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The Childers Family (open access)

The Childers Family

This is a paper describing the Childers family.
Date: December 13, 1972
Creator: Oliver, Margaret
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Rock House (open access)

The Rock House

This is a paper describing both Casa Piedra, "The Rock House," and the people who lived in Casa Piedra.
Date: December 13, 1972
Creator: Arce, Hugh
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jim Earthman, December 8th, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Jim Earthman, December 8th, 1972

Interview with Representative Jim Earthman, a Texas State legislator from Houston, Texas. Earthman discusses his experiences in the second, third, and fourth special sessions of the 62nd Legislature, specifically his feelings on state funding of primaries, the "Dirty Thirty," the selection of candidates for House Speaker, opposition to the election of Rayford Price, the legislature's budgeting hearings, his opinion of Bill Heatly, his opinion of Preston Smith, insurance rate making, insurance companies, and his thoughts about his own career on leaving office.
Date: December 8, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Earthman, Jim
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jack Blanton, December 6, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Jack Blanton, December 6, 1972

Interview with Representative Jack Blanton, Democratic Texas State legislator from Carrollton, Texas. Blanton discusses his experiences in the second, third, and fourth special sessions of the 62nd Legislature, including funding state primaries, the election of house speaker Rayford Price, Governor Preston Smith's budget proposal, insurance rate making, the State Insurance Commission, and the Texas insurance industry.
Date: December 6, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Blanton, C. F. (Jack)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Catalog of Abilene Christian College, 1973 (open access)

Catalog of Abilene Christian College, 1973

Summer session catalog describes the course offerings and general information of Abilene Christian College in Abilene, Texas.
Date: December 1972
Creator: Abilene Christian College
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James W. Stroud, November 28, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interview with James W. Stroud, November 28, 1972

Interview with Representative Jim Stroud, a Democratic Texas state legislator from Dallas, Texas. Stroud discusses the second, third, and fourth special sessions of the 62nd Legislature, including: legislation considered in the second session; the election of a House Speaker, and Jim Nugent and DeWitt Hale's aspirations to the post; the "Dirty Thirty" and lobbyists; the election of Rayford Price; the state budget; the insurance industry and related legislation. Also included is a newspaper clipping of Stroud's obituary.
Date: November 28, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Stroud, James W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with O. H. "Ike" Harris, November 27, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interview with O. H. "Ike" Harris, November 27, 1972

Interview with Senator O. H. "Ike" Harris, a Republican Texas state legislator from Dallas, Texas. Harris discusses the second, third, and fourth special sessions of the 62nd Legislature, including: the issue of state funding of primaries; Governor Preston Smith's actions on spending; the appointment of Larry Teaver to head of the State Insurance Commission; the calling of the fourth special session; insurance companies and their influence; discrimination in insurance policies; competitive rate-making legislation and opposition to it; and the confirmation of Bob Bullock as Secretary of State.
Date: November 27, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Harris, Ike, 1932-
System: The UNT Digital Library
The DPS Story: History of the Development of the Department of Public Safety in Texas (open access)

The DPS Story: History of the Development of the Department of Public Safety in Texas

Booklet describing the history of the Texas Department of Public Safety, including background on police, Texas Rangers, and other law enforcement in the state, organization and legislation, and other information about the agency.
Date: November 14, 1972
Creator: Robinson, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Louis B. Read, November 3, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Louis B. Read, November 3, 1972

Interview conducted in 1972 for the World War II Prisoners of War Oral History Project with Louis B. Read, a businessman, an Army veteran, and a survivor of the Bataan Death March, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II.
Date: November 3, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Read, Louis B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Addendum to Selected Sources on Spanish Colonial History, Archaeology, and Architecture (Rough Draft) (open access)

Addendum to Selected Sources on Spanish Colonial History, Archaeology, and Architecture (Rough Draft)

Addendum to a bibliography for studying Spanish colonial archaeology and architecture with further sources. Includes handwritten correction notes.
Date: November 1, 1972
Creator: Scurlock, Dan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interviews with Charley L. Pryor, 1972-1973 (open access)

Oral History Interviews with Charley L. Pryor, 1972-1973

Interview with Charley L. Pryor, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Lubbock, Texas, who survived the sinking of the USS Houston (CA-30). Pryor discusses the sinking of the Houston, his capture, experiences in imprisonment at Serang, Java, experiences at Bicycle Camp in Batavia and Changi Camp in Singapore, building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, American air raids, and liberation.
Date: 1972-11/1973-02
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Pryor, Charley L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with C. L. Permenter, October 25, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interview with C. L. Permenter, October 25, 1972

Interview with C. L. Permenter, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Dallas, Texas. Permenter discusses his pre-war service with the North China Marines at Tientsin (Tianjin) and Peking (Beijing), the situation in Japanese-occupied China, his capture, and his experiences in internment at Woosung, Kiangwang, and Fengtai.
Date: October 25, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Permenter, C. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Glenn Pace, October 24, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Glenn Pace, October 24, 1972

Interview with Glenn W. Pace regarding his experiences in the military during WWII. Mr. Pace was a member of the Texas National Guard, 36th Division, 131st Field Artillery, 2nd Battalion, also known as the "Lost Battalion" but was one of the few members of the battalion that were not captured and made it to Australia.
Date: October 24, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Pace, Glenn W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Catalog of Abilene Christian College, 1973-1974 (open access)

Catalog of Abilene Christian College, 1973-1974

Catalog describes the governance, history, course offerings, and campus life of Abilene Christian College in Abilene, Texas.
Date: October 1972
Creator: Abilene Christian College
System: The Portal to Texas History
It's Your Move! (open access)

It's Your Move!

"It is our hope that the information contained in this booklet will serve as a guide to help you step by step through this and all future [military family] moves" (p. 1).
Date: October 1972
Creator: United States. Navy Department. Naval Supply Systems Command.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Selected Sources on Spanish Colonial History Archaeology and Architecture (Rough Draft) (open access)

Selected Sources on Spanish Colonial History Archaeology and Architecture (Rough Draft)

A rough draft of a bibliography for studying Spanish colonial archaeology and architecture. Includes handwritten correction notes.
Date: October 1972
Creator: Scurlock, Dan
System: The Portal to Texas History
North Texas State University Schedule of Classes: Fall 1972 (open access)

North Texas State University Schedule of Classes: Fall 1972

Schedule of classes at North Texas State University for the Fall semester providing a list of classes that will be offered by department, with times and locations. It also includes class indexes and other information about registration procedures, exams, tuition, and related topics.
Date: Autumn 1972
Creator: North Texas State University
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Leland D. Bartlett, September 13, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Leland D. Bartlett, September 13, 1972

Interview with Colonel Leland D. Bartlett, an Army WWII veteran and POW from Springfield, Massachusetts. Bartlett discusses his education, his experience as a teenager in the Pancho Villa Expedition, becoming a commissioned officer in the Army, his pre-war career, his deployment to the Philippines, the Japanese attack, the Battle of Bataan, the siege of Corregidor and the American surrender, and his internment at Cabanatuan, Tanagawa, and Zentsuji.
Date: September 13, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Bartlett, Leland D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Directory of Regional Councils in Texas: 1972 (open access)

Directory of Regional Councils in Texas: 1972

Directory of state planning regions, regional council memberships, and other relevant information.
Date: September 1972
Creator: Texas. Office of the Governor. Division of Planning Coordination.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Land Quality and Quantity (open access)

Texas Land Quality and Quantity

Papers documenting presentations and discussions at a conference about natural resources and human activities in Texas.
Date: 1972-08-21/1972-08-22
Creator: Council of State Planning Agencies
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Story Log: August 11 to December 31, 1972] (open access)

[News Story Log: August 11 to December 31, 1972]

Logbook from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, documenting the names, locations, and run-times of video-taped news segments that aired each day from August through December in 1972.
Date: 1972-08/1972-12
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Soil Survey of Starr County, Texas (open access)

Soil Survey of Starr County, Texas

Text describes the area, climate, agricultural history and statistics, soil-survey methods and definitions, soils and crops, land uses and agricultural methods, irrigation, and morphology and genesis of soils of Starr County, Texas.
Date: August 1972
Creator: Thompson, Charles M.; Sanders, Russell R. & Williams, DeWayne
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Harcourt G. Bull, July 31, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Harcourt G. Bull, July 31, 1972

Interview with tax consultant Harcourt G. Bull, Army veteran and survivor of the siege of Corregidor. The interview includes Bull's personal experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Bull talks about the Fall of Corregidor and his capture, the Bilibid Prison in 1942, Tanagawa and Zentsuji, Honshu, and liberation. The interview includes an appendix with a notebook and a narrative written by Bull.
Date: July 31, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Bull, Harcourt G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James Sorenson Jr., July 3, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interview with James Sorenson Jr., July 3, 1972

Interview with James H. Sorenson Jr., president of First National Bank in Rockport, Texas. Sorenson discusses his growing up in the Corpus area, his education, his service in World War Two, the Rockport areas growth and changes through the years, the local economy, property developments, his family's ties to the region, natural conservation, local politics, the Aransas County Navigation District, the Intracoastal Channel, hurricanes, oil and gas, the school system, recreation in the area, the country club, and public utilities and services.
Date: July 3, 1972
Creator: Stephens, A. Ray & Sorenson, Jr., James H.
System: The UNT Digital Library