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Base Visit Trip Report - Nashville Air National Guard Station, TN (open access)

Base Visit Trip Report - Nashville Air National Guard Station, TN

Base Visit Trip Report - Nashville Air National Guard Station, TN. Discusses the base's present mission, SECDEF recommendation and justification, key issues identified, and installation and community concerns.
Date: August 9, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Life and career of Senator Robert Love Taylor (Our Bob) (open access)

Life and career of Senator Robert Love Taylor (Our Bob)

Biography of Robert (Bob) Love Taylor, a senator during the 46th Congress, who later served as governor of Tennessee. It includes recollections around the Civil War and other parts of his life including his time in school and his work as a newspaper editor.
Date: 1913
Creator: Taylor, James Patton; Taylor, Alf A. & Taylor, Hugh L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bouldin Family Scrapbook] (open access)

[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
Official Reports to the Twenty-Fifth National Assembly of The Links, Incorporated, June-July 1986 (open access)

Official Reports to the Twenty-Fifth National Assembly of The Links, Incorporated, June-July 1986

This book contains reports from the national officers and program directors of The Links, Inc., about the activities of the national level of the organization from 1984-1986. It was presented to the 25th National Assembly. This conference is a biennial meeting of chapters of The Links, Inc. located in the United States.
Date: 1986
Creator: Links, Inc. National Assembly.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Program for the Twenty-Fifth National Assembly of the Links, Inc., June-July 1986 (open access)

Program for the Twenty-Fifth National Assembly of the Links, Inc., June-July 1986

This booklet contains a program of events, and committee membership lists for the 25th National Assembly of The Links, Inc. The conference is a biennial meeting of chapters of The Links, Inc. located in the United States. The theme for this year's conference is "Making History -- Providing Hope: Celebrating the Black Family."
Date: 1986
Creator: Links, Inc. National Assembly.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Facsimile of Joe Clark HBSS Life in Tennessee scrapbook] (open access)

[Facsimile of Joe Clark HBSS Life in Tennessee scrapbook]

Facsimile with transcription of a scrapbook documenting photographer Joe Clark's early work.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Junebug
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Facsimile of Joe Clark, HBSS, Master Book Pages] (open access)

[Facsimile of Joe Clark, HBSS, Master Book Pages]

Photographs of hand annotated pages in Joe Clark's published books of photography. From Junebug Clark's introduction: "A collection of pages from Joe Clark, HBSS books that contain handwritten information as to the original photofile numbers or ID information provided by Joe Clark, HBSS or by the individuals in the photographs or by people who knew the them. Most of this information was added during "Joe Clark, HBSS Days" held in Joe's home town, Cumberland Gap, Tennessee usually around the anniversary of his birthday October 4, 1904."
Date: 201X
Creator: Clark, Junebug & Clark, Joe
System: The UNT Digital Library
Atlanta Campaign Staff Ride Briefing Book (open access)

Atlanta Campaign Staff Ride Briefing Book

USARC Staff Ride Briefing Books are produced by the Office of the Command Historian (OCH) to provide a systematic approach to the analysis of significant campaigns and battle in the history of the military art and the profession of arms. This volume "provides a concise but detailed account of Major General William T. Sherman's operational art and tactical prowess in maneuvering his army group, composed of three separate Union armies, from Chattanooga, Tennessee to the Confederate rail hub of Atlanta, Georgia" (p. v).
Date: June 1995
Creator: Shanahan, Edward P.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Eva McMillan, April 25, 2014

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Interview with Eva McMillan, a civil rights activist from Tennessee. McMillan discusses growing up in the segregated South, her family, early involvement in civil rights, experiences of racism and discrimination, her son Ernie's establishing a chapter of the SNCC at UT Arlington, Ernie's arrests and imprisonment, founding various advocacy and activism groups in Dallas, milestones and tragedies of the Civil Rights Movement, conflict with the police and the decline of the SNCC, and reflections on her work. In appendix are photos of McMillan and Dallas-area civil rights activists, a flier, and newspaper clippings.
Date: April 25, 2014
Creator: Smith, Tiffany & McMillan, Eva
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Ralph L. Cerny, September 18, 2000

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Interview with Army veteran Ralph L. Cerny. The interview includes Cerny's personal experiences about being a combat infantryman in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II, joining the Illinois National Guard, federalization of the Illinois National Guard, training at Camp Forrest, Tennessee, shipping to Camp Darwin, Australia, and combat around Mount Austen on Guadalcanal. Additionally, Cerny talks about the formation of the American Division and landings at New Caledonia, transferring of the division to Guadalcanal, the fate of Japanese prisoners-of-war, evacuation to the Fiji islands for rest and recuperation, landings on Bougainville, patrol and reconnaissance activities on Bougainville, his rotation back to the States, stateside duty as a drill instructor at Fort McClellan, and his postwar career.
Date: September 18, 2000
Creator: Lane, Peter B. & Cerny, Ralph L.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Joe Tison, May 11, 2010

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Interview with Weatherford resident Joe Tison, school administrator and mayor, as part of the Weatherford Oral History Project. The interview includes Tison's personal experiences of childhood, education in Weatherford public schools, Weatherford College, and North Texas State College, as well as his career as a teacher, principal, and superintendent in Aledo and Weatherford ISDs. Tison also discusses the racial integration of Weatherford schools, his career as interim superintendent at various North Texas ISDs, and his experience as mayor. The interview includes an appendix with photographs and articles about Tison.
Date: May 11, 2010
Creator: Liles, Debbie & Tison, Joe
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with James F. Brede, 2011

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Interview with James F. Brede, dentist and U.S. Army Air Forces veteran. The interview includes his personal experiences in World War II as a B-17 co-pilot with the 8th Air Force in the European Theater, his childhood in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, enlistment in the U.S. Army Air Forces in 1943, preliminary training in Tennessee, Alabama, Missouri, Arkansas, and Texas, his active service with the 379th Bomb Group in Kimbolton, England, combat experience in 35 missions, return to the U.S. and continued military service as a flight instructor in Lakeland, Florida and Wichita Falls, Texas, as well as the return to civilian life, marriage, dental school under the G.I. Bill, reenlistment in the Air Force as a dentist, his deployment to Korea, his discharge from the Air Force, and the establishment of his dental practice and experiences since retirement. The interview includes an appendix with a copy of his book.
Date: March 30, 2011
Creator: Fox, Lisa A. & Brede, James F.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Louise Young and Vivienne Armstrong, February 24, 2010

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Interview with Louise Young and Vivienne Armstrong, longtime activists in the Dallas lesbian community. The interview includes Armstrong's personal experiences of childhood in Knoxville, Tennessee, New Jersey, and California, as well as her decision to study nursing and settle in Denver, Colorado, and her coming out narrative. The interview also includes Young's personal experiences of childhood in Ada, Oklahoma, her education at East Central State University and the University of Colorado, and her coming out narrative. They talk about their meeting and early relationship, give descriptions of Denver's gay and lesbian communities, their involvement with various groups such as the Daughters of Bilitis and Gay Liberation Front, their decision to move to Dallas, their involvement with groups such as the National Organization for Women and Dallas Gay Political Caucus/Dallas Gay and Lesbian Alliance in various political campaigns, and Young's career at Texas Instruments and Raytheon and efforts to create more equitable human resources policies from within the corporations. Additionally, Armstrong and Young talk about the effects of the HIV-AIDS crisis on Dallas's gay and lesbian communities, their 2008 marriage, relationships with family members, and secrets to a long relationship.
Date: February 24, 2010
Creator: Wisely, Karen; Young, Louise & Armstrong, Vivienne
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with William Barsanti, June 26, 2004

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Interview with accountant and Army veteran William Barsanti. The interview includes Barsanti's personal experiences about the European Theater during World War II, his youth in an Italian immigrant family, graduating from high school and enrolling in college, then in the Enlisted Reserve Corps, being inducted into the U.S. Army, basic training, being selected for the Army Specialized Training Program, transferring to the 106th Infantry Division, and his assignment to Cannon Company as a supply sergeant. Barsanti also talks about the living conditions at Stalag XII-A and Stalag II-D, Stargard, Germany, evacuating to Bremervorde, Germany, liberation, and his postwar business career in Europe.
Date: June 26, 2004
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Barsanti, William
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gib Morgan, Minstrel of the Oil Fields (open access)

Gib Morgan, Minstrel of the Oil Fields

This volume includes stories about the life of a West Texas oil driller named Gib Morgan and other folk stories about the oil industry.
Date: 1965
Creator: Boatright, Mody Coggin
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Portions of a Book About Pioneer Narratives] (open access)

[Portions of a Book About Pioneer Narratives]

Portion of Narratives of the Early Settlers of the South-West containing the frontier accounts of Colonel Brown, John Shelby, John Rains, and John Carr. Many pages are partially or entirely missing.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Journal of Josephus C. Moore, May 20, 1861 to September 2, 1862] (open access)

[Journal of Josephus C. Moore, May 20, 1861 to September 2, 1862]

A journal written by Josephus Moore describing his enlistment into the army in Tennessee at the outbreak of the Civil War, his experience in battle, imprisonment at Fort Donelson, and swearing an oath to gain his freedom.
Date: 1861/1862
Creator: Moore, Josephus C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gib Morgan, Minstrel of the Oil Fields (open access)

Gib Morgan, Minstrel of the Oil Fields

This volume includes stories about the life of a West Texas oil driller named Gib Morgan and other folk stories about the oil industry.
Date: 2017
Creator: Boatright, Mody Coggin
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Sunny Slopes of Long Ago (open access)

The Sunny Slopes of Long Ago

Volume of popular folklore of Western America, including ballads, cowboy stories, myths, folk songs and other miscellaneous folklore. The index begins on page 201.
Date: 2017
Creator: Hudson, Wilson M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883; Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Which Pensioned, the Post-Office Address, the Rate of Pension Per Month, and the Date of Original Allowance, as Called for by Senate Resolution of December 8, 1882. Volume 5 (open access)

List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883; Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Which Pensioned, the Post-Office Address, the Rate of Pension Per Month, and the Date of Original Allowance, as Called for by Senate Resolution of December 8, 1882. Volume 5

List of men receiving military pensions following the U.S. Civil War, organized by state and county. It includes the certificate number, name, address, reason for pension, monthly amount, and date initiated for each person. This final volume includes men living abroad who have U.S. pensions.
Date: 1883
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Kempner Scrapbook 1924-1929] (open access)

[Kempner Scrapbook 1924-1929]

Scrapbook documenting the Kempner family and businesses, including newspaper clippings, invitations, letterhead, telegrams and correspondence, images, and other ephemera.
Date: 1924~/1929~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Thomas Roth, October 15, 1977 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Thomas Roth, October 15, 1977

Interview with Thomas Roth regarding his experiences while stationed at Kaneohe Naval Air Station during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and other installations on the island on December 7th, 1941.
Date: October 15, 1977
Creator: Bowman, Larry & Roth, Thomas
System: The UNT Digital Library
BRAC 2005 Report to the Base Closure and Realignment Commission: Army Justification Book (open access)

BRAC 2005 Report to the Base Closure and Realignment Commission: Army Justification Book

Disregard Restriction Header and Footer - RC Transformation in Tennessee - Impacted Sites: AFRC Chattanooga, TN; AFRC Ft. Campbell, TN; AFRC Kingsport, TN
Date: June 11, 2005
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
System: The UNT Digital Library
2005 Report to the Base Closure and Realignment Commission: Air Force Justification Book (open access)

2005 Report to the Base Closure and Realignment Commission: Air Force Justification Book

Nashville International Airport Air Guard Station, TN: One Pager USAF(Disregard Restriction Header and Footer)
Date: June 2, 2005
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
System: The UNT Digital Library