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[Special Orders Number 104, Extract 1-2] (open access)

[Special Orders Number 104, Extract 1-2]

Special orders for a list of Women Airforce Service Pilots and other personnel to return to specified based for training purposes.
Date: November 20, 1944
Creator: 2563D Army Air Forces Base Unit & Nance, Walter L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Special Orders Number M-8] (open access)

[Special Orders Number M-8]

Special Order listing the rank and assignments of several Air Force personnel, including Marjorie Wakeham.
Date: October 20, 1959
Creator: 48th Tactical Fighter Wing (USAFE)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt from A.B.C. Printing & Stationery Company to LULAC - 1951-04-20] (open access)

[Receipt from A.B.C. Printing & Stationery Company to LULAC - 1951-04-20]

Receipt from A.B.C. Printing and Stationery Company of Houston Texas to Houston LULAC Council, dated April 20, 1951. The receipt is signed by Ernest Eguia. The receipt contains a breakdown, by quantity, of delegate, visitor, and member badges ordered.
Date: April 20, 1951
Creator: A.B.C. Printing & Stationery Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Media Advisory: ACT UP - Silence=Death] (open access)

[Media Advisory: ACT UP - Silence=Death]

A media advisory from ACT UP supporting an upcoming protest called STOP THE CHURCH where thousands will surround St. Patrick's Cathedral in protest of the lack of separation of church and state.
Date: November 20, 1989
Creator: ACT UP
System: The UNT Digital Library
[HIV Health Services Planning Council] (open access)

[HIV Health Services Planning Council]

A reactive publication from the HIV Health Services Planning Council in response to the Ryan White C.A.R.E. Act of 1990.
Date: December 20, 1990
Creator: AIDS Arms Network, Inc.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Press release: New staff members] (open access)

[Press release: New staff members]

Press release announcing the hires of several new staff members to the organization.
Date: August 20, 1991
Creator: AIDS Interfaith Network Inc.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Arnold Abbott, January 20, 2018 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Arnold Abbott, January 20, 2018

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Arnold Abbott. Abbott was born in 1924. He dropped out of college to join the US Army in 1942. While undergoing basic training at Camp Wheeler, Georgia, Abbott witnessed practiced segregation and consequently became involved in civil rights issues. He recalls that he did not finish basic training, and was sent to Newport News, Virginia where he was assigned to the 34th Infantry Division. He tells of being involved in action in North Africa, and Italy. Abbott returned to the US after the war.
Date: January 20, 2018
Creator: Abbott, Arnold
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for State and County Tax, November 1935] (open access)

[Receipt for State and County Tax, November 1935]

Receipt for state and county tax for the year 1935 on personal property worth $300, including tax of $6.57 paid by Southwest Investment & Loan Co.
Date: November 20, 1935
Creator: Agar, Paysh J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with John Alden, September 20, 2009 (open access)

Oral History Interview with John Alden, September 20, 2009

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Alden. Alden was born in San Diego, California on 23 October 1921. While attending Cornell University he entered the US Navy V-7 Program. Upon graduating from Cornell he was ordered to attend Midshipman School at Columbia University. While there he was hospitalized for an extended period of time. Later, Alden was ordered to Midshipman’s School at Notre Dame University. Upon graduating in September 1943, he was sent to Diesel school at Cornell University. When he completed the course, he was selected for the Submarine Service and reported to the Naval Submarine Base in Groton, Connecticut. Alden received training aboard the USS Pike (SS-173) and the USS Cachalot (SS-170) before being assigned as communications officer on the USS Lamprey (SS-372). During January 1945 the boat arrived in Saipan where they began patrol duties. He describes encounters with Chinese junks during these patrols. During their third patrol they were notified the Japanese surrendered and they returned to Subic Bay. The USS Lamprey was then ordered to return to the United States where it was placed into the mothball fleet. Alden concludes the interview by telling of his various assignments …
Date: September 20, 2009
Creator: Alden, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with John Alebis, April 20, 2002 (open access)

Oral History Interview with John Alebis, April 20, 2002

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Alebis. Alebis was born in Detroit, Michigan on 7 February 1926 to immigrant Lithuanian parents. Upon entering the Army Air Forces in May 1944, he was sent to Shepherd Field, Texas for basic training. After three weeks of training he was sent to gunnery school at Las Vegas, Nevada. He describes the training he received as a gunner. Upon completion of gunnery training he was sent to Ellsworth Field, North Dakota where he was assigned to a B-17 bomber crew as right waist gunner. The crew flew a B-17 to Capital Stone, England, arriving on 5 April 1945. Upon arrival Alebis was assigned to the 398th Bomb Group, 605th Bomb Squadron. He flew three bombing missions and describes them from the beginning of the day to the return to base. Following the surrender of Germany the unit began flying survey mission over Europe and he describes the devastation he saw. On 1 June 1945 he returned to the United States and was sent to McDill Field, Florida to begin training as a gunner on a B-29. With the surrender of Japan, his training was curtailed and he …
Date: April 20, 2002
Creator: Alebis, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
[List of Clothing, Camp and Garrison Equipage from John W. Alexander,June 20, 1865] (open access)

[List of Clothing, Camp and Garrison Equipage from John W. Alexander,June 20, 1865]

List of clothing, camp and garrison equipage from John W. Alexander to H. K. Redway. Items include: hats, jackets, trousers, shirts, drawers, boots, stockings, blankets, coats, coats, canteens, ponchos, shelter tents.
Date: June 20, 1865
Creator: Alexander, John W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Invoice for Jones Ant Killer] (open access)

[Invoice for Jones Ant Killer]

Invoice for items sold to Daniel W. Kempner by American Florist Supply Co., including a gallon of Jones Ant Killer.
Date: May 20, 1949
Creator: American Florist Supply Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for a Junior Simplex Soil Testing Outfit] (open access)

[Invoice for a Junior Simplex Soil Testing Outfit]

Invoice for a Junior Simplex Soil Testing Outfit sold to Daniel W. Kempner of Plantersville Nurseries by American Florist Supply Co. for $33.50.
Date: January 20, 1955
Creator: American Florist Supply Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Cans of Nicofume] (open access)

[Invoice for Cans of Nicofume]

Invoice for items sold to Daniel W. Kempner of Plantersville Nurseries by American Florist Supply Co., including twelve half-pound cans of Nicofume for $5.50, marked paid by check on the 2nd of February, 1954.
Date: January 20, 1954
Creator: American Florist Supply Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Employment Separation Clearance] (open access)

[Employment Separation Clearance]

Signed statements from various officers and staff confirming that Catherine Parker will no longer be employed at Marana Army Air Field and is cleared of any duties or obligations.
Date: December 20, 1944
Creator: Anderson, D. V.; Beauregard; Hixson, Hilwer B.; Hars, C. C.; Parrish, D. C. & Parker, Catherine
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Robert O. Andrews, September 20, 2003 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Robert O. Andrews, September 20, 2003

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert O. Andrews where he discusses his childhood and education and what led him to join the Air Force. He describes his experiences in the Pacific Theatre and over Asia during World War two.
Date: September 20, 2003
Creator: Andrews, Robert O. & Alexander, William J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letters and Invoices from Various Companies to Dr. Meyer Bodansky - September 20, 1940/February 20, 1941] (open access)

[Letters and Invoices from Various Companies to Dr. Meyer Bodansky - September 20, 1940/February 20, 1941]

Letter from Anheuser-Busch, Inc. to Dr. Bodansky, informing him that they are sending him three yeast samples in order to conduct some experiment using the samples. Letter from E. J. Teeter to Dr. Bodansky, informing him that the Eli Lilly and Company are sending him three 110 Gm. packages of Liver Extract for Dr. Bodansky's continued experimental studies. Letter from H. A. Burnett, Jr. to Dr. Bodansky, informing him of a recent package of Bacto-Beef, a desiccated fresh, lean beef product from Difco Laboratories, which was sent to him for continued experiments. Letter from H. A. Burnett, Jr. to Dr. Bodansky, informing him of a recent package of Bacto-Agar, a product of Difco Laboratories, and also telling him that they will give him some complimentary samples of Bacto-Thromboplastin. Letter from C. R. Lee to Dr. Bodansky, informing him of his recent order of organic chemicals and that their chemical Lecithin is an animal lecithin. Four invoices from The Emulsol Corporation from October 31, 1940 to February 20, 1941, for various products that Dr. Bodansky ordered which include: Emargol, Catol 2, 606, 660-B, Solvit, Monostearin Sulfoacetate. Invoice from Anheuser-Busch, Inc. for Dr. Bodansky for three yeast extract samples.
Date: September 20, 1940
Creator: Anheuser-Busch, inc.
System: The Portal to Texas History
"Those Wonderful Women in Their Flying Machines" Re-Creates Absorbing Page of Women's History (open access)

"Those Wonderful Women in Their Flying Machines" Re-Creates Absorbing Page of Women's History

Article from Rawson, Wade Publishers, Inc. titled "'Those Wonderful Women in Their Flying Machines' Re-Creates Absorbing Page of Women's History" discussing Sally Van Wagenen Keil's book "Those Wonderful in Their Flying Machines: The Unknown Heroines of World War II."
Date: February 20, 1979
Creator: Anthony, Carolyn & Mayers, Gwenn
System: The Portal to Texas History
Award for Civilian Service (open access)

Award for Civilian Service

Cloth Army Air Forces Emblem seen attached to the bottom left corner of a certificate awarding the emblem to Eleanor McLernon for civilian service.
Date: December 20, 1944
Creator: Army Air Forces Pilot School
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Insurance for Mrs. Fannie Kempner, August 1953] (open access)

[Invoice for Insurance for Mrs. Fannie Kempner, August 1953]

Invoice for insurance for Mrs. Fannie Kempner by National Surety, including endorsement adding gold compact worth $6.78. Stamped paid on August 21st, 1953.
Date: August 20, 1953
Creator: Arthur Evans & Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Barry Atkins, February 20, 1997 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Barry Atkins, February 20, 1997

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Barry Atkins. In 1928, Atkins was appointed to the Naval Academy and graduated in 1932 and was assigned to the USS Tennessee (BB-43). He was aboard at Long Beach, California during the 1933 earthquake. After that, he was transferred to the USS New Mexico (BB-40). his next assignment took him aboard the USS Mahan (DD-364). In 1941, Atkins was assigned to the USS Parrott (DD-218) in Manila Bay. He was aboard the Parrott during the Battle of Balikpapan in January 1942. When Atkins returned to the US in August, 1942, he was assigned as commander of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 8 and sent to New Caledonia that November. His squadron became operational in New Guinea in December. He recalls setting up the PT base at the Morobe River and several patrols and encounters with Japanese shipping. In late 1943, Atkins returned to the US and asked for a destroyer. In October 1944, Atkins was given command of the USS Melvin (DD-680) at Manus Island. From there, the Melvin escorted the Leyte landing forces to the Philippines, then took up station guarding the Surigao Strait. He made a torpedo …
Date: February 20, 1997
Creator: Atkins, Barry
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for a Paint Job from Auto Glamour Paint Shop, February 20, 1952] (open access)

[Invoice for a Paint Job from Auto Glamour Paint Shop, February 20, 1952]

Invoice for a paint job done by Auto Glamour Paint Shop for D. W. Kempner for $721.
Date: February 20, 1952
Creator: Auto Glamour Paint Shop
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from James C. Barber to Dr. Campbell Read, April 20, 1981] (open access)

[Letter from James C. Barber to Dr. Campbell Read, April 20, 1981]

A letter dated April 20, 1981 from James C. Barber to Campbell Read concerning information about arresting police officers in the Village Station raid in the Rudy Hunsaker vs. City of Dallas, et al. case.
Date: April 20, 1981
Creator: Barber, James C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Bill Barrow, December 20, 2012 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Bill Barrow, December 20, 2012

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Bill Barrow. Barrow joined the Navy in April of 1944. And, beginning in June, Barrow served aboard the USS Claxton (DD-571). Barrow was assigned to a 40-millimeter gun and served as a deckhand. They went to the Solomon Islands, escorting other ships and the old USS Mississippi (BB-41). He discusses life aboard the Claxton, and his initiation experiences crossing the equator. They participated in the Battle of Peleliu and the Battle of Leyte Gulf in 1944. Barrow was discharged in February of 1945.
Date: December 20, 2012
Creator: Barrow, Bill
System: The Portal to Texas History