[Photograph 2012.201.B0231.0132]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Fifth graders at the Cabrillo School here are among the best behaved anywhere."
Date: September 18, 1960
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[News Clip: Partner (Braniff special)] captions transcript

[News Clip: Partner (Braniff special)]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: October 18, 1982, 10:30 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Rudy M. Briones to John Herrera - 1950-09-18] (open access)

[Letter from Rudy M. Briones to John Herrera - 1950-09-18]

Letter from Rudy M. Briones, 2nd R.T.B. PLT. 23, Marine Corps, to John Herrera, with envelope dated September 18, 1950. This is a request for Herrera to help Briones get a discharge from military service.
Date: September 18, 1950
Creator: Briones, Rudy M.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Al Hiegel, September 18, 2005 transcript

Oral History Interview with Al Hiegel, September 18, 2005

Transcript of an oral interview with Al Heigel. When Heigel finished high school in June, 1944, he joined the Navy at Little Rock, Arkansas and went for boot training at San Diego. He was assigned as a radar operator and reported aboard the USS Independence (CVL-22) at Pearl Harbor. Heigel describes the light carrier and its construction and features. He also speaks of the time the Independence was hit by a torpedo off Tarawa in 1943. Heigel then describes events off Okinawa: watching the USS Franklin (CV-13) being bombed off Okinawa; locating and shooting down kamikazes; describing battle stations; aircraft water landings; being in a typhoon, etc. After the war ended, the Independence served as a troop transport taking GIs back home to the US. He describes bunks in the hangar deck and arriving in Portland, Oregon. As the Independence was being prepared for the Bikini Atoll atomic tests, Heigel got off becuase he had the requisite amount of points allowing him to be discharged. He then entered the lumber business, married and raised family.
Date: September 18, 2005
Creator: Heigel, Al
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Al Hiegel, September 18, 2005 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Al Hiegel, September 18, 2005

Transcript of an oral interview with Al Heigel. When Heigel finished high school in June, 1944, he joined the Navy at Little Rock, Arkansas and went for boot training at San Diego. He was assigned as a radar operator and reported aboard the USS Independence (CVL-22) at Pearl Harbor. Heigel describes the light carrier and its construction and features. He also speaks of the time the Independence was hit by a torpedo off Tarawa in 1943. Heigel then describes events off Okinawa: watching the USS Franklin (CV-13) being bombed off Okinawa; locating and shooting down kamikazes; describing battle stations; aircraft water landings; being in a typhoon, etc. After the war ended, the Independence served as a troop transport taking GIs back home to the US. He describes bunks in the hangar deck and arriving in Portland, Oregon. As the Independence was being prepared for the Bikini Atoll atomic tests, Heigel got off becuase he had the requisite amount of points allowing him to be discharged. He then entered the lumber business, married and raised family.
Date: September 18, 2005
Creator: Heigel, Al
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Sports] (open access)

[News Script: Sports]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Billy Martin- manager of the Texas rangers who does not like to lose a fact that is well known and a fact that he was communicated well to the rangers as evidenced by their second place standing in the American league west.
Date: June 18, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Convairiety, Volume 12, Number 5, March 18, 1959 (open access)

Convairiety, Volume 12, Number 5, March 18, 1959

Bimonthly newsletter published for employees of the Convair Division in Fort Worth containing work-related information, updates about employees, and other news.
Date: March 18, 1959
Creator: General Dynamics Corporation. Convair Division.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Convairiety, Volume 12, Number 4, February 18, 1959 (open access)

Convairiety, Volume 12, Number 4, February 18, 1959

Bimonthly newsletter published for employees of the Convair Division in Fort Worth containing work-related information, updates about employees, and other news.
Date: February 18, 1959
Creator: General Dynamics Corporation. Convair Division.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Convairiety, Volume 5, Number 13, June 18, 1952 (open access)

Convairiety, Volume 5, Number 13, June 18, 1952

Bimonthly newsletter published for employees of the Convair Division in Fort Worth containing work-related information, updates about employees, and other news.
Date: June 18, 1952
Creator: Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Convair Supervisory Newsletter, Number 232, January 18, 1956 (open access)

Convair Supervisory Newsletter, Number 232, January 18, 1956

Weekly newsletter written for supervisors working at the Convair Division in Fort Worth containing news about events and activities, workplace reminders, and other relevant information.
Date: January 18, 1956
Creator: Esenwein, August C.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Convairiety, Volume 6, Number 23, November 18, 1953 (open access)

Convairiety, Volume 6, Number 23, November 18, 1953

Bimonthly newsletter published for employees of the Convair Division in Fort Worth containing work-related information, updates about employees, and other news.
Date: November 18, 1953
Creator: Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Steer (U. S. S. Texas), Vol. 2, No. 34, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 18, 1931 (open access)

The Texas Steer (U. S. S. Texas), Vol. 2, No. 34, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 18, 1931

Weekly newspaper of the U.S.S. Texas that includes news and information of interest to crew members.
Date: April 18, 1931
Creator: Texas (Battleship)
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Steer (U. S. S. Texas), Ed. 1 Monday, March 18, 1929 (open access)

Texas Steer (U. S. S. Texas), Ed. 1 Monday, March 18, 1929

Weekly newspaper of the U.S.S. Texas that includes news and information of interest to crew members.
Date: March 18, 1929
Creator: Texas (Battleship)
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Bob Clough to Harris L. Kempner, August 18, 1964] (open access)

[Letter from Bob Clough to Harris L. Kempner, August 18, 1964]

Letter from Bob Clough to Harris L. Kempner discussing his family and hoping to visit him sometime soon.
Date: August 18, 1964
Creator: Clough, Bob
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Denny Kempner, March 18, 1957] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Denny Kempner, March 18, 1957]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Denny Kempner discussing his upcoming college decisions and applications, and has asked the Texas Prudential about potential training bases in Texas.
Date: March 18, 1957
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History