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Oral History Interview with John Miller, September 2, 2008 transcript

Oral History Interview with John Miller, September 2, 2008

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John E. Miller. Miller was born in Pulaski, Indiana 18 January 1918. He worked in his father’s general store until he was drafted into the Army. He was sent to Camp Forest, Tennessee for basic training after which he was assigned to the 80th Signal Company in the 80th Infantry Division. After completing a radio course in November 1942 he was sent to Ft. Riley, Kansas where he worked in the message center as a messenger. The division then went to Camp Laguna, Arizona and did advanced training until June 1944 when they moved to Fort Dix, New Jersey and boarded HMS Queen Mary on 6 July. Soon after arriving in England, Miller went to France, landing at Utah Beach. As a designated messenger he had a personal jeep and an armed guard. Miller drove over 40,000 miles while in Europe. He tells of being present at a conference attended by generals Eisenhower, Patton and Montgomery and comments on the unforgettable experience of seeing stacks of hundreds of corpses in one of the concentration camps. He was discharged on 7 November 1945 after returning to the United States …
Date: September 2, 2008
Creator: Miller, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Philip Nelson, September 2, 2011 transcript

Oral History Interview with Philip Nelson, September 2, 2011

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Philip Nelson. Nelson enlisted in the Navy in 1943 and attended midshipmen's school at Northwestern University. There he learned Morse code and semaphore signaling. Upon completion, he received landing craft training at Camp Pendleton. In the Pacific, most of his duty was on LSTs and LSDs. Equipped with rockets at Kwajalein, a mechanical mishap resulted in his ship's friendly rocket fire on a nearby vessel. At the invasion of Guam, Nelson was assigned the first of many temporary duties on other ships. At Leyte, he evacuated wounded aboard USS Doyen (APA-1). At Okinawa, he ferried ammunition under blackout conditions aboard USS Casa Grande (LSD-13). At the end of the war, Nelson returned home earned a Master's degree on the GI Bill.
Date: September 2, 2011
Creator: Nelson, Philip
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Tim Ashcraft, September 2, 2008 transcript

Oral History Interview with Tim Ashcraft, September 2, 2008

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Tim Ashcraft. Ashcraft joined the Army in October of 1943. He was assigned to the Medical Department. He worked at Ashford General Hospital in West Virginia. He traveled to Europe in 1944, including Germany and France. He was discharged in 1945.
Date: September 2, 2008
Creator: Ashcraft, Tim
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jack Tolliver, September 2, 2009 transcript

Oral History Interview with Jack Tolliver, September 2, 2009

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jack Tolliver. Tolliver was born in East St. Louis, Illinois on 8 June 1921. Upon entering the Navy in April 1943 he was trained as a machinist mate. After undergoing submariner training at New London, Connecticut, he was sent to sonar school at San Diego. Upon completion of the training he was assigned to the USS Trutta (SS-421), which sailed to Guam. He describes the living conditions aboard a submarine. Recalling specific instances, he tells of the boat intercepting small supply ships, which they sank with their deck gun. Tolliver also remembers the Trutta being on submarine lifeguard duty off the coast of Japan and picking up a downed P-51 pilot who survived a typhoon in a small life raft. Soon after the surrender of Japan, the Trutta returned to the United States and Tolliver was discharged.
Date: September 2, 2009
Creator: Tolliver, Jack
System: The Portal to Texas History

Personal narrative about Assam floods

Bimal Daimary is a school principal with an MA education who speaks Bengali, Hindi, and Assamese in addition to Boro, 56 years old at the time of recording. He recalls the road conditions of his childhood. He recalls an incident in which he and his father fell into the Buriyoti River. He claims that because his house was near the hills, a lot of crops were ruined due to the sand that covered their crops. Recorded in Gogamukh, Rangpuriya.
Date: September 2, 2022
Creator: Sonowal, Ria
System: The UNT Digital Library

Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods

Biswajit Goyary describes his experience during the 2022 Assam floods. The speaker is in the agricultural business with a higher secondary education. He speaks Hindi and Assamese in addition to Boro, 42 years old at the time of recording. Recorded in Gogamukh, Bathoupuri. He discusses the crop damage caused by the flood. The speaker discusses problems in the agricultural sector, the types of insects that harm crops, and various insects that the average person may be unaware of. He goes on to describe how the culture was in the past. He stated that there have been instances where maids refused to work in a household if the family does not have a son. According to the speaker, housemaids eloping with the sons of wealthy families was a common occurrence.
Date: September 2, 2022
Creator: Sonowal, Ria
System: The UNT Digital Library

Personal narrative about Assam floods

Dalimi Brahma Daimary is an assistant teacher with a MA in Boro who speaks Bengali, Hindi, Nepali, and Assamese in addition to Boro, 48 years old at the time of recording. This recording contains the speaker's wedding flood experience. She tells us about an incident that occurred during her wedding in 1997. To get to her husband's house, she had to use a boat to cross the Germer River. She also mentions a child who was swept into the river by a "hakhu" during the flood. She then goes on to talk about her experiences moving around and squeezing her clothes after crossing the Germer River. Recorded in Gogamukh, Rangpuriya.
Date: September 2, 2022
Creator: Sonowal, Ria
System: The UNT Digital Library

Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods

Julen Chandra Boro describes his experience during the 2022 Assam floods. The speaker is a Bodo Sahitya Sabha Representative with an MA level education who speaks Bengali, and Assamese in addition to Boro, 53 years old at the time of recording. Recorded in Gogamukh, Rangpuriya. This recording offers information regarding the diseases brought by the flood. The speaker discusses the numerous flood-related losses. He describes the destruction of the dwellings as well as the sicknesses caused by the water. He claims that he lived in the village until Class 7/8. As a result, whenever there was a flood, the water brought a lot of waste with it. They would go around in a boat washing them whenever this happened. They got diarrhea from the dirt, which is also known as "nari mora." He also recalls how, when he and his elder brother initially arrived at Gogamukh, they had to wade through a neck-length of water.
Date: September 2, 2022
Creator: Sonowal, Ria
System: The UNT Digital Library

Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods

Niran Brahma describes his experience during the 2022 Assam floods. The speaker is an assistant teacher with a BA-level education who speaks English, Hindi, and Assamese in addition to Boro, 54 years old at the time of recording. Recorded in Gogamukh, Rangpuriya. The speaker claims that he has not suffered any personal losses, but he has heard how the Subansiri river caused so much damage to local residents during the floods. So yet, he has not witnessed a natural calamity. He claims to be from No.1 Sonapur. He claims to have witnessed some road destruction. He has not suffered any losses, even in the agricultural industry.
Date: September 2, 2022
Creator: Sonowal, Ria
System: The UNT Digital Library

Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods

Bimal Daimary is a school principal with an MA education who speaks Bengali, Hindi, and Assamese in addition to Boro, 56 years old at the time of recording. In this recording, the speaker continues to discuss his business's loss due to flooding. He claims to be interested in breeding Thailand Catfish in the pond. As a result, when the flood occurred, all of the ponds overflowed, causing them to flee. He also mentions some unscrupulous individuals who stole the fish. Recorded in Gogamukh, Rangpuriya.
Date: September 2, 2022
Creator: Sonowal, Ria
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James Leach, September 2, 2005 transcript

Oral History Interview with James Leach, September 2, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James Leach. Leach joined the Navy in August, 1942 and after training attended diesel engine school in Missouri. After amphibious training at Little Creek, Virginia, Leach headed for Kentucky to join the crew of USS LST-78 in May 1943. In November, USS LST-78 was in on the invasion of Makin. Later, he made the landing at Kwajalein in early 1944. They spent a lot of time running supplies to Guam. In February, 1945, Leach returned to the US. When the war ended, Leach was in Farragut, Idaho having his teeth fixed.
Date: September 2, 2005
Creator: Leach, James
System: The Portal to Texas History

Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods

Rahila Basumatary describes her experience during the 2022 Assam floods. She is an assistant teacher who speaks English, Hindi, and Assamese in addition to Boro, 54 years old at the time of recording. In this recording, she describes how the flood would suddenly rise when they lived near the hills as children. Her residence, she claims, was at the base of the mountain. She claimed that the water would rise every 5 minutes, invade the houses, and wash everything away. As a result, the fireplace was destroyed, and the foodstuffs were carried away and mixed with the drinking water, which they later had to filter using sand. She also discusses the 2009 solar eclipse, when the sky darkened quickly and the water swelled over the surface level, sweeping away the animals and poultry. Recorded in Gogamukh, Rangpuriya.
Date: September 2, 2022
Creator: Sonowal, Ria
System: The UNT Digital Library

Student Recital: 2018-09-02 – Mia Detwiler, violin and Ted Powell, piano

Recital performed at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.
Date: September 2, 2018
Creator: Powell, Ted (pianist) & Detwiler, Mia
System: The UNT Digital Library

Master's Recital: 2006-09-02 - Andrew Stonerock, alto and soprano saxophone

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Master of Music (MM) degree.
Date: September 2, 2006
Creator: Stonerock, Andrew
System: The UNT Digital Library
Alumni Spotlight #4: Diamond Eagles Society with Debbie Smatresk, Dr. Cathy Bryce, and Nicole Sprowl transcript

Alumni Spotlight #4: Diamond Eagles Society with Debbie Smatresk, Dr. Cathy Bryce, and Nicole Sprowl

Podcast produced by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) that features an interview with UNT Alumni Debbie Smatresk and Dr. Cathy Bryce, co-founders of the UNT Diamond Eagles Society, and the group's organizer, Nicole Sprowl. They discuss the process of creating the Diamond Eagles Society, as well as the goals, operations, and accomplishments of the organization. They also discuss the focus of the organization's grants for 2020.
Date: September 2, 2020
Creator: University of North Texas. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Tape 29 Side A

Akha songs and narratives. 0-10 Ásɔ̀q: lullaby; 10-12 play song; 12-15 Ásɔ̀q's geneology 15-30 shà iq iq ə; 30-40 ájɛ̀ tjha ə̀; 40-42 là tjhə̀ qu ə́ ; 42-55 tshɔ́ ŋö ŋö ə́ ; 55-68 tshɔ́ ŋö ŋö ə́ ; 68-end shà iq iq ə
Date: September 2, 1977
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
System: The UNT Digital Library

Tape 29 Side B

Akha songs and narratives. Continued from Side A. 0-10 Ásɔ̀q: lullaby; 10-12 play song; 12-15 Ásɔ̀q's geneology 15-30 shà iq iq ə; 30-40 ájɛ̀ tjha ə̀; 40-42 là tjhə̀ qu ə́ ; 42-55 tshɔ́ ŋö ŋö ə́ ; 55-68 tshɔ́ ŋö ŋö ə́ ; 68-end shà iq iq ə; Ásɔ̀q: ájɛ̀ tjha ə̀
Date: September 2, 1977
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Arts council meeting audio tape] transcript

[Arts council meeting audio tape]

Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during an arts council meeting held on September 2nd, 1987. The audio on the tape is generally intelligible but overall covers summer activities and events that took place around Labor Day.
Date: September 2, 1987
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 9/2/1964 transcript

NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 9/2/1964

This recording is a part of the radio series “Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend,” which was a tribute to conductor Arturo Toscanini. The broadcasts consist of music performed by the NBC Orchestra as well as interviews with composers, conductors, orchestra members, and other people associated with Toscanini. This segment includes performances of Prokofiev's Classical Symphony, Weber's Invitation to the Dance, Gershwin's An American in Paris, and an interview with Franco Colombo.
Date: September 2, 1964
Creator: Gillis, Don
System: The UNT Digital Library