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[Press Release: National Coming Out Day Press Conference] (open access)

[Press Release: National Coming Out Day Press Conference]

A news release announcing a press conference at the Metropolitan Community Church to encourage people to participate in National Coming Out day.
Date: October 11, 1988
Creator: Among Friends
System: The UNT Digital Library
Certificate of Filing of the Dallas Way (open access)

Certificate of Filing of the Dallas Way

A certificate recognizing the Dallas Way's submitted paperwork.
Date: October 11, 2011
Creator: Andrade, Hope
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with John P. Boswell, October 11, 2011 (open access)

Oral History Interview with John P. Boswell, October 11, 2011

Transcript of an oral interview with John P. "J.P." Boswell. When Boswell finished high school in 1942, he went to work in a machine shop to help pay for college. He went to Notre Dame, where he joined the US Marine Corps in June, 1943. Boswell describes riding the train from his home to Parris Island, the drill instructors there and the training regimen. When he finished boot camp, Boswell was assigned to Drill Instructor School. Before long, Boswell went to Sea School and reported shortly thereafter to the USS Bennington (CV-20) at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. He served as an anti-aircraft gunner aboard the ship. Boswell shares many anecdotes about life aboard ship: going through the Panama Canal, liberty on Mog Mog, the harbor at Ulithi, etc. Eventually, Boswell was assigned to shore duty. He rode a breeches bouy to a destroyer and then was delivered to Guam. There, he was assigned to the unit of Marines that served as Admiral Nimitz's bodyguards. Boswell was with Admiral Nimitz aboard the USS Missouri (BB-63) for the Japanese surrender.
Date: October 11, 2011
Creator: Boswell, John P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Cattle Account, October 11, 1955] (open access)

[Invoice for Cattle Account, October 11, 1955]

Invoice for items sold for Sugarland Industries by the Live Stock Commission Company, including the pricing and amount of cattle sold.
Date: October 11, 1955
Creator: C. B. Johnson Live Stock Commission Company
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Herbert Hughes, October 11, 1990

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Herbert Hughes concerning his experiences before, during, and after his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Hughes worked at camps in Tucson, Arizona (Company 2852); Dublin, Texas (Company 3810); and Monument, Colorado (Company 3810).
Date: October 11, 1990
Creator: Chrisman, David & Hughes, Herbert
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Curtis G. Clark, October 11, 2003 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Curtis G. Clark, October 11, 2003

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Curtis G. Clark. Born in 1918, he joined the Navy in 1937. He served on the USS Talbot throughout the war, beginning as a Radioman third class and working his way up to the rank of Warrant Officer. He provides information about the Battle of Dutch Harbor in Alaska. He discusses the conversion of four-stack destroyer ships (DD), such as the USS Talbot, into high-speed transport ships (Auxiliary Personnel Destroyer or APD) on Mare Island, California. As part of the conversion, the torpedo tubes were replaced with Welin davits and landing craft. He discusses the sinking of the USS McKean (PAD-5) near Bougainville in the Solomon Islands. He talks about landing reconnaissance forces in preparation for the Battle of the Green Islands. He also discusses transporting Underwater Demolition Teams (UDT) as well as the teams? method of operation. He describes the collision with the USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) on the way to Saipan as well as the trip to San Francisco for repairs. After the repairs, the ship transported other UDT units to the Philippines. He was on the USS Talbot when it returned to the United States for …
Date: October 11, 2003
Creator: Clark, Curtis G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from Eula Clark to T. N. Carswell - October 11, 1946] (open access)

[Telegram from Eula Clark to T. N. Carswell - October 11, 1946]

A Western Union telegram sent to T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas from Eula Clark, St. Louis, MO, dated Oct. 11, 1946. Eula requests twenty-five dollars assuring that nothing is wrong.
Date: October 11, 1946
Creator: Clark, Eula
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Lanson B. Ditto, October 11, 1996 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Lanson B. Ditto, October 11, 1996

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Lanson B. Ditto. Ditto grew up in Kentucky. He went to college at Washington and Lee University and then joined the Navy in 1940. After training, Ditto chose to join the Asiatic Fleet. He went to Shanghai, China where he was assigned to the USS Langley (CV-1). The ship went to the Philippines. They were at Manila when the Japanese destroyed all B-17's at the airfield on December 8, 1941. The Langley left Manila Bay that night and headed south. On that trip, Ditto mentions that his ship fired at the planet Venus. They went to Balikpapan, refueled, and spent Christmas at Surabaya. Next, they went to Darwin, Australia, then Perth, Australia. Then, they went to Java. Before they arrived at the port, they were hit by Japanese airplanes dropping bombs. Ditto abandons ship and swims to the USS Edsall. They steam to the Christmas Island. He transferred to the Pecos. The Pecos was then bombed by the Japanese. Next the 220 survivors out of 666 men were picked up by the Whipple. He was injured and went back to the United States on the Mount Vernon. They …
Date: October 11, 1996
Creator: Ditto, Lanson B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Frans W. Doelman, October 11, 2007 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Frans W. Doelman, October 11, 2007

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Frans Doelman. Doelman was born in Brussels, Belgium of Dutch parents but spent most of the years in Nice, France before they left Europe. His family left France after the war started and went to the Dutch East Indies where his father had worked (in the tobacco industry) previously. Doelman discusses in some detail their car trip to Lisbon, boarding a ship bound for New York, their stay in New York for a couple months, and their trip on the Dempo (Holland-American line) through the Panama Canal to Batavia in Java. After the Japanese took over the Dutch East Indies, they rounded up all the Caucasian families and first put them in a restricted area in Malang but then took them to Samarang. They ended up in a huge camp, Karang Panus. This was Doelman's home for the next year and a half and his father died there in August 1944. Then he was sent to Camp Bangkong which was for boys and old men; he was there for about a year. Bangkong was in the vicinity of Samarang. Doelman describes the conditions in the camp, their working …
Date: October 11, 2007
Creator: Doelman, Frans W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Written land agreement between H. Howard, A.J. Rigsby and J.M. Northworth, October 11 1888] (open access)

[Written land agreement between H. Howard, A.J. Rigsby and J.M. Northworth, October 11 1888]

This document is an agreement by Hartsford Howard, party of the first part, and A.J. Rigsby and J.M. Northworth, parties of the second part, on a portion of land. The land was part of the Washington-Howard Survey in Hood County. The agreement was for the cultivation of cotton, corn, wheat, oats and millet. The document was witnessed by J.C. Donathan.
Date: October 11, 1888
Creator: Donathon F.C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Joe R. Greenhill, October 11, 1984 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Joe R. Greenhill, October 11, 1984

Interview with judge Joe R. Greenhill who was active in St. David's Episcopal Church during it's early years. He speaks about his family, his involvement and activity at the church, and recounts memories of historical moments of the church.
Date: October 11, 1984
Creator: Dougherty, Mary Ann
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Carmine Giuliano, October 11, 2013 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Carmine Giuliano, October 11, 2013

The National Museum of the Pacific War present an oral interview with Carmine Giuliano. Giuliano was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1922. He recalls his early life as a child of immigrant parents. He received his draft notice while attending Berkley College and entered the Navy Aviation Cadet Training Program in February 1943. He tells of flight training before being notified of the reduction of cadets. He was then sent to boot camp and then Midshipman’s School at Notre Dame. After being commissioned as an ensign, he attended radar school for assignment as an air traffic controller. He was assigned to USS Lunga Point (CVE-94) and recalls being on duty in the combat information center when the nearby USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) was hit by a kamikaze. He recalls picking up Allied POWs in Nagasaki and transporting them to various ports. Giuliano also includes a story about meeting Admiral and Mrs. Nimitz.
Date: October 11, 2013
Creator: Giuliano, Carmine
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James Grealish, October 11, 2003 (open access)

Oral History Interview with James Grealish, October 11, 2003

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with James Grealish. Grealish joined the Navy in April of 1942. He completed Midshipman School. He served aboard the USS Waters (APD-8), transporting troops to the Solomon Islands, New Georgia, Saipan, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and rescuing survivors from the USS Helena (CL-50). He was later assigned as Commanding Officer of USS Cronin (DE-704). Grealish was discharged in 1946, though continued active duty through 1953 and service in the Reserves through his retirement in 1979, having acquired the rank of rear admiral.
Date: October 11, 2003
Creator: Grealish, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
T-N-T (open access)

T-N-T

Typed account "T-N-T" of bombing of USS Marathon at Okinawa on July 22, 1945, written by Kenneth E. Haden of the ship's crew. Included with the document is an envelope addressed to Mrs. Silas Haden with handwritten notes including "Kenneth account of Bombing."
Date: October 11, 1945
Creator: Haden, Kenneth E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Speech to the Chicano law students of T.S.U. (open access)

Speech to the Chicano law students of T.S.U.

Speech to the Chicano law students of T.S.U., delivered by John J. Herrera on October 11, 1973. In the speech he relayes advice based on his experience and career and urges the students to be involved in their communities.
Date: October 11, 1973
Creator: Herrera, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Speech to the Chicano law students of T.S.U. (open access)

Speech to the Chicano law students of T.S.U.

Speech to the Chicano law students of T.S.U., delivered by John J. Herrera on October 11, 1973. In the speech he relayes advice based on his experience and career and urges the students to be involved in their communities. This is a heavily edited version of this speech with notes and markings throughout.
Date: October 11, 1973
Creator: Herrera, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Speech to the Chicano law students of T.S.U. (open access)

Speech to the Chicano law students of T.S.U.

Speech to the Chicano law students of T.S.U., delivered by John J. Herrera on October 11, 1973. In the speech he relayes advice based on his experience and career and urges the students to be involved in their communities. This is a heavily edited version of this speech with notes and markings throughout.
Date: October 11, 1973
Creator: Herrera, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Expressed shipped packages] (open access)

[Invoice for Expressed shipped packages]

Invoice for items sold to D. W. Kempner (under the name H. Kempner) by the Imperial Mercantile Company, including prepaid express charges for packages shipped to Italy and Switzerland.
Date: October 11, 1948
Creator: Imperial Mercantile Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Expressed shipped packages] (open access)

[Invoice for Expressed shipped packages]

Invoice for items sold to D. W. Kempner (under the name H. Kempner) by the Imperial Mercantile Company, including expressed shipped packages to Italy and Switzerland.
Date: October 11, 1948
Creator: Imperial Mercantile Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company, October 11, 1939] (open access)

[Invoice for Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company, October 11, 1939]

Invoice from the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company for $225.97, "In payment for statement as rendered for Service, Lease #13747" on September 28, 1939.
Date: October 11, 1939
Creator: Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Testimonial for James E. Thompson by Thomas Jones] (open access)

[Testimonial for James E. Thompson by Thomas Jones]

Testimonial written by Thomas Jones, recommending James E. Thompson for the position of House Surgeon.
Date: October 11, 1889
Creator: Jones, Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Barbara Jordan, Houston Club - October 11, 1994, Houston, TX (open access)

Barbara Jordan, Houston Club - October 11, 1994, Houston, TX

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan at the Houston Club in Houston, Texas, at a centennial celebration for the organization.
Date: October 11, 1994
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Speech For Texas Councils For Social Studies (open access)

Speech For Texas Councils For Social Studies

Text for a speech by Barbara C. Jordan for the Texas Councils for Social Studies about possible changes to the school system.
Date: October 11, 1975
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Community Organization - A Necessary Link (open access)

Community Organization - A Necessary Link

Text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan regarding the Fifth Ward of Houston, Texas, and its environmental and employment issues.
Date: October 11, 1975
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
System: The Portal to Texas History