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Oral History Interview with Dr. Dan Wallace Bacon, March 3, 1998 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Dr. Dan Wallace Bacon, March 3, 1998

Interview with Dr. Dan Wallace Bacon, a physician from Kerrville, Texas, who also served as the city and Kerr County health officer. Dr. Bacon discusses his family history, as well as his education, medical career, brief stint in the Air Force, and general town life in Kerrville. While working at Peterson Hospital in Kerrville, he treated trauma victims from car accidents on Highway 27. In the Air Force, he briefly practiced psychiatry, served as a prison doctor, and finally switched to obstetrics and gynecology. He relates stories from his time as an obstetrician, as well as a general practitioner and family physician. He also discusses the history of minority communities in Kerrville, especially during integration, and the founding of the Kerrville Veteran's Hospital. Dr. Bacon's further remembrances, as well as a historical profile of the Kerrville VA Hospital, are included at the end of the interview transcript.
Date: March 3, 1998
Creator: Bethel, Ann & Bacon, Dan Wallace
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Dr. Dan Wallace Bacon, March 3, 1998, Supplement (open access)

Oral History Interview with Dr. Dan Wallace Bacon, March 3, 1998, Supplement

Supplemental materials to accompany an interview with Dr. Dan Wallace Bacon, physician and musician of Kerr County, including photographs of family, his career as a doctor, musical activities, and newspaper clippings.
Date: March 3, 1998
Creator: Bethel, Ann & Bacon, Dan Wallace
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with John Brush, February 3, 1998 (open access)

Oral History Interview with John Brush, February 3, 1998

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John B. Brush. Brush graduated from Cornell in 1934 and went to work for Proctor and Gamble in Cincinnati, Ohio. In April, 1941, he took a position as chief engineer for P&G's Philippine operation in Manila. He mentions how unprepared he was for the Japanese invasion in December, 1941, and how unaware he was of any Japanese military intentions. He and his wife were caught in the invasion and captured in Manila and sent to the internment camp at Santo Tomas. Brush describes the establishment of the internment camp and its function. He also recalls various aspect of life within its confines: daily routine, cleaning rice, building shanties, etc. In June 1943, Brush was relocated to Los Banos. He was liberated from there in April 1945, returned to Cincinnati and resumed working for P&G.
Date: February 3, 1998
Creator: Brush, John B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Fax Transmission and Copy: Confidential for Dennis Vercher] (open access)

[Fax Transmission and Copy: Confidential for Dennis Vercher]

A confidential fax transmission from Lynn Carroll intended only for Dennis Vercher.
Date: February 3, 1998
Creator: Lynn Carroll
System: The UNT Digital Library
DART HOV operator breathes life into child (open access)

DART HOV operator breathes life into child

News release about life-saving CPR performed by an HOV lane operator on a three-year-old boy that he came across on a patrol.
Date: February 3, 1998
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Stringfellow, Robin
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART names new chief engineer to head rail expansion (open access)

DART names new chief engineer to head rail expansion

News release about the naming of Gary Thomas as senior vice president of Project Management ahead of major expansions of DART's light-rail transit system. Thomas had previously worked as a consultant during the launch of DART's 20-mile Light Rail Starter System.
Date: December 3, 1998
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Stringfellow, Robin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: LO98-037 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: LO98-037

Letter opinion issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Whether a commissioner court is required to fill a vacancy in the office of justice of the peace (RQ-1061)
Date: April 3, 1998
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: LO98-116 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: LO98-116

Letter opinion issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification;Whether Waller county may pay for repair of a road located within the city of Prairie View (RQ-1108).
Date: December 3, 1998
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: LO98-117 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: LO98-117

Letter opinion issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Dan Morales, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification;Whether wading across or standing upon artificially submerged coastal land to fish constitutes criminal trespass (RQ-1038).
Date: December 3, 1998
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Commission on Structural Alternatives for the Federal Courts of Appeals Hearing: April 3, 1998 (open access)

Transcript of Commission on Structural Alternatives for the Federal Courts of Appeals Hearing: April 3, 1998

Transcript of a public hearing held by the Commission on Structural Alternatives for the Federal Courts of Appeals held April 3, 1998 in Chicago, Illinois. This hearing includes testimony from judges, attorneys, and officials of the Ninth and Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on the possible restructuring of the Ninth Circuit Court. It also includes testimony from William Richman, a Professor of Law, and Peter Jon Simpson on behalf of the Christian Legal Education Association.
Date: April 3, 1998
Creator: United States. Administrative Office of the United States Courts.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Recollections of Honolulu, Hawaii] (open access)

[Recollections of Honolulu, Hawaii]

Document written by Jack Vaughan recollecting his time spent in Honolulu, Hawaii during March and April of 1944.
Date: January 3, 1998
Creator: Vaughan, Jack Carter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Recollections of Jack Vaughan] (open access)

[Recollections of Jack Vaughan]

Recollections written by Jack Vaughan concerning his service in the military in American Samoa during World War II.
Date: January 3, 1998
Creator: Vaughan, Jack Carter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Recollections of Klamath Falls] (open access)

[Recollections of Klamath Falls]

Recollections by Jack Vaughan about his time spent in Klamath Falls, Oregon, recovering from a disease he had contracted in American Samoa.
Date: January 3, 1998
Creator: Vaughan, Jack Carter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Recollections of Yerba Buena Island] (open access)

[Recollections of Yerba Buena Island]

Document of Jack Vaughan's recollections of his time spent at the detention barracks on Yerba Buena Island in San Francisco, California, from July 1945 to April 1946.
Date: January 3, 1998
Creator: Vaughan, Jack Carter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Handwritten Notes and Copy: Lynn Carroll Call] (open access)

[Handwritten Notes and Copy: Lynn Carroll Call]

Handwritten notes and a copy of those notes about a returned call from Lynn Carrol.
Date: February 3, 1998
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Research Notes: Tina Kaufman Testimony] (open access)

[Research Notes: Tina Kaufman Testimony]

Research notes on a testimony given by Tina Kaufman about her and her partner's experience attempting to become parents.
Date: February 3, 1998
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library