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Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission
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Broadening Access to Books on Texas and Oklahoma
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Base Visit Report DFAS Charleston
Base Visit Report, Lead Commissioner Gen James T. Hill - includes list of attendees, summary of base's present mission, SECDEF's recommendations, key issues, installation and community concerns
Date:
July 12, 2005
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Corners of Texas
This volume contains popular folklore of Texas, including information about folk music, folk arts and crafts, history of Texas, prominent Texas writers, and other miscellaneous folklore. The index begins on page 285.
Date:
1993
Creator:
Abernethy, Francis Edward
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Base Closure & Realignment Commission Base Visit Book
Visit to Charleston South Carolina, dated 7 June 2005 DFAS, Charleston, SC and NAVFAC South Engineering Field Division, SC
Date:
June 14, 2005
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with David A. Eargle, October 26, 1993
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Interview with David Eargle concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Eargle worked at camps in Waynesville, North Carolina (Company 443); Greer, South Carolina (Company 443); Switzer, South Carolina; Laurens, South Carolina; and Roseburg, Oregon (Company 3450). Appendix includes photocopy of Mr. Eargle's CCC discharge papers [2 p.]
Date:
October 26, 1993
Creator:
Pierce, Jeffrey & Eargle, David
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Bouldin Family Scrapbook]
The first half of the scrapbook is composed of newspaper articles that have been pasted onto the pages and some that were inserted in between the book's pages. The articles are from Confederate states and contain news, poems, and stories centered around the Civil War and the time after. The second half of the book served as a ledger for the family to keep track of their expenses.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ruth Edmonds Hill, May 13, 2016
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Interview with Ruth Hill, a librarian and the wife of Boston-area storyteller Brother Blue (Hugh Morgan Hill) from Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Hill discusses growing up in Pittsfield and the layout of the communities there, her family history, school, attending the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, working at Harvard, marrying Hugh, festivities on the Cambridge commons, Blue's storytelling career, and her career working on African-American history projects. In appendix are 3 photos of Mrs. Hill.
Date:
May 13, 2016
Creator:
Valk, Anne M. & Edmonds-Hill, Ruth
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Personal File of Private First Class George W. Stone, U.S.M.C.
Scrapbook compiled by George Stone documenting his time in the U.S. Marine Corps during the 1920s.
Date:
1926-09/1971-06
Creator:
Stone, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Murray Daniel, March 1, 2000
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Interview with Navy veteran Murray Daniel. The interview includes Daniel's personal experiences about the light cruiser USS Helena, the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor, the antiaircraft cruiser Reno in the Pacific Theater during World War II, boot camp, the peacetime Navy, the immediate aftermath of the Japanese attack, various naval engagements around the Solomon Islands, the sinking of the Helena in the Kula Gulf, a kamikaze hit and torpedoing to the Reno, and postwar effects of his experiences in World War II.
Date:
March 1, 2000
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Daniel, Murray
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Robert W. Wilson, June 6, 2001
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Interview with airline pilot and Army Air Forces veteran Robert W. Wilson. The interview includes Wilson's personal experiences about being B-25 pilot in the Pacific Theater during World War II, basic training, college preparatory courses, flight training, and various missions. Wilson talks about his pre-war job experiences, flying conditions over the Owen Stanley Mountains, Operation OBOE, leave time in Sydney, Australia, the move to Palawan, Philippines, missions to French Indo-China, attitudes and feelings towards the deaths of comrades, and postwar adjustments. The interview includes an appendix with supplementary documents.
Date:
June 6, 2001
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Wilson, Robert W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Donald Boots, May 17, 2001
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Interview with building contractor and Marine Corps veteran Donald Boots. The interview includes Boots' personal experiences about the Pacific Theater during World War II, childhood, boot camp, camouflage school, training in beachhead organization with the 4th Pioneer Battalion, mopping-up operations on Kwajalein, rest and retraining on Maui, being assigned as a BAR man, invading Saipan, and assaulting enemy caves on Saipan. Boots also talks about the stress of battle, returning to Maui for rest and retraining, the invasion of Iwo Jima, Japanese resistance on the Iwo Jima beaches, the rescue of his friend, his role in organizing the beach operation at Iwo Jima, establishing beach defenses on Iwo Jima, evacuating and returning to Maui, retraining and refitting for the invasion of the Japanese home islands, and the dropping of the atomic bombs.
Date:
May 17, 2001
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Boots, Donald
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Frederick R. Freeman, March 31, 2000
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Interview with accountant and Army veteran Frederick R. Freeman. The interview includes Freeman's personal experiences about the European Theater during the World War II, basic training, advanced infantry training, initial combat on the front lines in France, survival techniques under combat conditions, the Ardennes Offensive, and the Battle of the Bulge. Freeman also talks about the effects of combat losses and acclimation of individual replacements, his bout with combat exhaustion and reassignment to a replacement depot as a clerk, his participation in the Army of Occupation, and postwar adjustments to civilian life.
Date:
March 31, 2000
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Freeman, Frederick R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Early Settlers Life in Texas
This book describes the early history of Hill County, located in Texas, including the author's trip to Texas, information about the first settlers, prominent men, Native American massacres, government, and the general organization of the county.
Date:
1963
Creator:
Kirkpatrick, A. Y.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corners of Texas
This volume contains popular folklore of Texas, including information about folk music, folk arts and crafts, history of Texas, prominent Texas writers, and other miscellaneous folklore. The index begins on page 285.
Date:
2017
Creator:
Abernethy, Francis Edward
System:
The UNT Digital Library
From Hell to Breakfast
Volume of popular folklore of Texas and Mexico, including religious anecdotes, stories about Native American dances, stories about petroleum and oil fields, folk songs, legends, customs and other miscellaneous folklore. The index begins on page 205.
Date:
2017
Creator:
Texas Folklore Society
System:
The UNT Digital Library
T for Texas: a State Full of Folklore
Collection of popular folklore of Texas, including information about crafts, stories about vampires, stories about peyote ceremonies, prison folklore, folk songs, and other miscellaneous folk tales.
Date:
2017
Creator:
Texas Folklore Society
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Leslie Line: Ancestors of Five Leslie Brothers
A book complied by Ruth Leslie Barrett detailing the history of five generations of a single Leslie family line beginning in America with George Leslie (1734-1775). Chapters describe the Leslie origins in Scotland, biographical information on George Leslie, Samuel Leslie , James Leslie, and John T. Leslie, as well as the kinsmen of Agnes Allison Leslie, and E. A. Atkins Leslie.
Date:
1990
Creator:
Barrett, Ruth Leslie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Scrapbook of John Briggs personal life and travel, 1987-1991]
Scrapbook documenting the personal life and travels of John Logan Briggs Jr. between 1987 and 1991, including color photographs, tickets, menus, business cards, receipts, clippings, stickers, and other records of travel. John Logan Briggs Jr. is the creator of "The Experience," a self-discovery workshop for the LGBT community. This scrapbook also documents his time spent with friends and family.
Date:
[1987..1991]
Creator:
Briggs, John Logan, Jr.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Stan Ingman, March 14, 2019
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Transcript of an interview with UNT professor Stan Ingman about his experiences growing up in cities that with pollution and environmental degradation, his education, and his work in the Rehabilitation and Health Services Department to develop curricula connecting the well-being of people to the health of their environments.
Date:
March 14, 2019
Creator:
Stark, Johnnie & Ingman, Stanley R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James G. Turner, August 7, 1999
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Transcript of an interview with James G. Turner, Marine Corps veteran (Regimental Headquarters Company, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division), concerning his experiences on Saipan in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Turner discusses his decision to join the Marine Corps, December 7, 1942; boot camp, Parris Island; formation of the 4th Marine Division at Camp Pendleton, California, 1943; preparations on Maui for the invasion of Saipan; the amphibious landings on Saipan, June 15, 1945; his duties with the Motor Transport Section and Headquarters Company; return to Maui.
Date:
August 7, 1999
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Turner, James G.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Base Visit Report from BRAC Commission Visit to DFAS Charleston, SC dtd 7 June 2005
Base Visit Report from BRAC Commission Visit to DFAS Charleston, SC dtd 7 June 2005.
Date:
July 8, 2005
Creator:
United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
2005 Report to the Base Closure and Realignment Commission: Industrial JCSG Justification Book
MCAS_BEAUFORT_SC, SC, Demographics, Child Care, Cost of Living, Education, Employment, Housing, Medical Providers, Safety/Crime, Transportation, Utilities
Date:
June 4, 2005
Creator:
United States. Department of Defense.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
2005 Report to the Base Closure and Realignment Commission: Industrial JCSG Justification Book
INSTALLATION ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILE MARINE CORPS AIR STATION BEAUFORT, SC, Air Quality (DoD Question #210-225), Cultural/Archeological/Tribal Resources (DoD Question #229-237), Dredging (DoD Question # 226-228), Land Use Constraints/Sensitive Resource Areas (DoD Question #198-201, 238, 240-247, 254-256, 273), Marine Mammal/Marine Resources/Marine Sanctuaries (DoD Question #248-250, 252-253), Noise (DoD Question # 202-209, 239), Threatened and Endangered Species/Critical Habitat (DoD Question #259-264), Waste Management (DoD Question # 265-272), Water Resources (DoD Question # 258, 274-299), Wetlands (DoD Question # 251, 257),
Date:
June 4, 2005
Creator:
United States. Department of Defense.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
T for Texas: a State Full of Folklore
Collection of popular folklore of Texas, including information about crafts, stories about vampires, stories about peyote ceremonies, prison folklore, folk songs, and other miscellaneous folk tales.
Date:
1982
Creator:
Abernethy, Francis Edward
System:
The UNT Digital Library
From Hell to Breakfast
Volume of popular folklore of Texas and Mexico, including religious anecdotes, stories about Native American dances, stories about petroleum and oil fields, folk songs, legends, customs and other miscellaneous folklore. The index begins on page 205.
Date:
1944
Creator:
Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
System:
The UNT Digital Library