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Apparatus for Treating Hydrocarbons. (open access)

Apparatus for Treating Hydrocarbons.

Patent for an improved apparatus for treating hydrocarbons. This apparatus is for treating comparatively heavy petroleum and other hydrocarbon oils and their distillates and derivatives, in order to produce from such heavy oils a large yield of gasoline or other light, easily volatile liquids. This apparatus will be a safe and efficient way to produce large yield of gasoline and light hydrocarbon liquids from heavy oils and will be free from trouble arising from the accumulation of carbon.
Date: August 5, 1919
Creator: Andrews, Benjamin & Averill, Willard C., Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Marina Oswald from the Embassy of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, August 5, 1963] (open access)

[Letter to Marina Oswald from the Embassy of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, August 5, 1963]

Letter written to Marina Oswald in August of 1963. The letter, which is from an individual at the Embassy of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, is written in Russian.
Date: August 5, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Newspaper Clipping: Judge Blocks Author In Move to Aid Shaw #1] (open access)

[Newspaper Clipping: Judge Blocks Author In Move to Aid Shaw #1]

Photocopy of a newspaper clipping which states that Judge Edward A. Haggerty Jr. blocked Saturday Evening Post author James Phelan from providing defense testimony.
Date: May 5, 1967
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Newspaper Clipping: Judge Blocks Author In Move to Aid Shaw #2] (open access)

[Newspaper Clipping: Judge Blocks Author In Move to Aid Shaw #2]

Photocopy of a newspaper clipping which states that Judge Edward A. Haggerty Jr. blocked Saturday Evening Post author James Phelan from providing defense testimony.
Date: May 5, 1967
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from George Fisher to Stephen F. Austin, August 5, 1836] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from George Fisher to Stephen F. Austin, August 5, 1836]

Copy of transcript for a letter from George Fisher to Stephen F. Austin, on August 5, 1836, discussing his ideas to keep Matamoros from falling into the hands of the Mexican government.
Date: August 5, 1836
Creator: Fisher, George
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Abortion Clinic] captions transcript

[News Clip: Abortion Clinic]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 5 P.M.
Date: November 5, 1992
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Afton Keeton, April 5, 2003 transcript

Oral History Interview with Afton Keeton, April 5, 2003

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Afton Keeton. Keeton joined the Navy in early 1942. He completed Hospital Corps School, and served as a Pharmacist’s Mate. He volunteered for Submarine School. From 1944 through the end of the war, Keeton worked in the sick bays aboard USS Seadragon (SS-194) and USS Tilefish (SS-307). He shares numerous anecdotes of his work aboard the submarines, though does not go into detail of where they traveled through the Pacific. Keeton continued his service after World War II, and retired in February of 1972.
Date: April 5, 2003
Creator: Keeton, Afton
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Afton Keeton, April 5, 2003 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Afton Keeton, April 5, 2003

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Afton Keeton. Keeton joined the Navy in early 1942. He completed Hospital Corps School, and served as a Pharmacist’s Mate. He volunteered for Submarine School. From 1944 through the end of the war, Keeton worked in the sick bays aboard USS Seadragon (SS-194) and USS Tilefish (SS-307). He shares numerous anecdotes of his work aboard the submarines, though does not go into detail of where they traveled through the Pacific. Keeton continued his service after World War II, and retired in February of 1972.
Date: April 5, 2003
Creator: Keeton, Afton
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Federal Disaster Assistance after Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Wilma, Gustav, and Ike (open access)

Federal Disaster Assistance after Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Wilma, Gustav, and Ike

Report that provides information on federal financial assistance provided to the Gulf States after major disasters were declared in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas in response to the widespread destruction that resulted from Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma in 2005 and Hurricanes Gustav and Ike in 2008. This includes a brief summary of each hurricane and a discussion concerning federal to state cost-shares.
Date: July 5, 2013
Creator: Lindsay, Bruce R. & Nagel, Jared Conrad
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from V. E. Maignan to Ferdinand Louis Huth, April 5, 1856] (open access)

[Letter from V. E. Maignan to Ferdinand Louis Huth, April 5, 1856]

Letter from V. E. Maignan to [Ferdinand] Louis Huth regarding merchandise he requested. It is being loaded on the Bull Rush and they will send a bill later. Signed V. E. Maignan on April 5, 1856 in New Orleans.
Date: April 5, 1856
Creator: Maignan, V. E.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from V. E. Maignan to Ferdinand Louis Huth, March 5, 1856] (open access)

[Letter from V. E. Maignan to Ferdinand Louis Huth, March 5, 1856]

Letter from V. E. Maignan to [Ferdinand] Louis Huth acknowledging his letter containing a check for $500. Signed V. E. Maignan on March 5, 1856 in New Orleans.
Date: March 5, 1856
Creator: Maignan, V. E.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of and Apparatus for Treating Mineral Pitch. (open access)

Method of and Apparatus for Treating Mineral Pitch.

Patent for an "improved method of and apparatus for treating mineral pitch and similar material to readily separate the asphalt and asphalt-oils from sand, bituminous rock, and other impurities contained in the mined material and removing the sand and impurities" (lines 12-17). The method circulates the material in hot water to separate the asphalt and asphalt-oils from the sand and impurities. The asphalt and oil rise to the top of the water and the impurities sink.
Date: November 5, 1895
Creator: Sellers, Harvey Lee; Conyngton, Hugh Ronald & Conyngton, Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mrs. Stokke to Mrs. Kempner, June 5, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Mrs. Stokke to Mrs. Kempner, June 5, 1943]

Letter from Mrs. Stokke discussing the New Orleans unit.
Date: June 5, 1943
Creator: Stokke, Musse
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Broilers: For Week Ending March 1, 1986 (open access)

Texas Broilers: For Week Ending March 1, 1986

Weekly report of the Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service on broiler chick numbers in Texas and compared with other states. It includes compiled statistics across six consecutive weeks, the week ending on January 25 to the week ending on March 1, during 1985 and 1986 for broiler eggs set, chicks hatched, and chicks placed.
Date: March 5, 1986
Creator: Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: 6PM Sports info] (open access)

[News Script: 6PM Sports info]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: January 5, 1970, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: 6PM sports roundup] (open access)

[News Script: 6PM sports roundup]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: December 5, 1970, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: 6PM Sports update] (open access)

[News Script: 6PM Sports update]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: August 5, 1970, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Delia] (open access)

[News Script: Delia]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of deaths which have been reported and one Texas city has suffered losses up to four million dollars due to the tropical storm "Delia".
Date: September 5, 1973, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Forecasts] (open access)

[News Script: Forecasts]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: February 5, 1969
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Forecasts] (open access)

[News Script: Forecasts]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: June 5, 1969
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Mayor] (open access)

[News Script: Mayor]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Woodland hills with a population of less than 400 is not even a city but a community bounded by the southwest Dallas county towns of Duncanville and De Soto.
Date: July 5, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Sports] (open access)

[News Script: Sports]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the Texas rangers who took a beating again in Cleveland.
Date: June 5, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Weather] (open access)

[News Script: Weather]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: September 5, 1969, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electric Belt (open access)

Electric Belt

Patent for improvements in electric belts.
Date: July 5, 1887
Creator: Williams, Robert E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History