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Oral History Interview with Donald Bishop, September 25, 2020 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Donald Bishop, September 25, 2020

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Donald Bishop. Bishop joined the Marines late December 1942. He served with K Company, Third Battalion, First Marines. He shares his experiences through the Guadalcanal, New Britain and Peleliu campaigns. He was injured at Peleliu and returned to the US in late 1944. He assisted at West Point and Annapolis, teaching beach landings. He continued his service after the war ended, receiving his discharge on 22 January 1946.
Date: September 25, 2020
Creator: Bishop, Donald
System: The Portal to Texas History
[4th of July cookout at Bonham Veterans Hospital: June 25, 2019] (open access)

[4th of July cookout at Bonham Veterans Hospital: June 25, 2019]

Document containing two photographs from a 4th of July event at the Veterans Hospital in Bonham, Texas on June 25, 2019. David Kinsey, Donald Babbs, and John Greer are identified in the caption.
Date: June 25, 2019
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, McKinney Chapter 63
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jay Rutherford, June 25, 2019 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Jay Rutherford, June 25, 2019

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Jay Rutherford. Rutherford joined the Navy in early 1943. He served as a Boatswain's mate aboard USS Harris (APA-2). In April, they traveled to the Aleutians, participating in the Battle of Attu. In December, after the Battle of Tarawa, they went to Pearl Harbor. While there, Rutherford had unexpected blindness, was treated and remained in service aboard the Harris. They participated in the Battle of Kwajalein in January 1944. Then, Rutherford was transferred to Pearl Harbor, and served with a flotilla under Rear Admiral Eugene Coffin. Later, he was assigned to the USS USS LCI(R)-644, where he participated in the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. After the war, Rutherford continued his service with the occupation forces in Yokohama, Japan. He returned to the US in February of 1946 and received his discharge.
Date: June 25, 2019
Creator: Rutherford, Jay
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Robert Storey, April 25, 2019 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Robert Storey, April 25, 2019

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Murry Storey. Storey joined the Navy in 1939. He served with the deck crew aboard USS Salt Lake City (CA-25). They were with USS Enterprise (CV-6) task group west of Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. They docked in Pearl Harbor on 8 December, and Storey describes the overturned ships and casualties that he witnessed in the harbor. He discusses their involvement in the Doolittle Raid. Storey does not go into great detail about specific places he traveled or battles he fought in aboard Salt Lake City. He provides general details of his experiences serving. He returned to the US after the war ended and received his discharge in late 1945.
Date: April 25, 2019
Creator: Storey, Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Change 53 to Update the Texas Rules for Credit Unions (open access)

Change 53 to Update the Texas Rules for Credit Unions

Memorandum to all state chartered credit unions in Texas providing updates to The Texas Rules for Credit Unions with revised pages containing amendments and instructions for inserting the new pages into existing books.
Date: March 25, 2019
Creator: Texas. Credit Union Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Button Forehand and Jerome Alexander, September 25, 2018 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Button Forehand and Jerome Alexander, September 25, 2018

Edited transcript of an interview with Button Forehand and Jerome Alexander discussing their work as hunting guides and other information about the history of the YO Ranch where they worked for 50 years. Copies of photos are included at the end of the transcript.
Date: September 25, 2018
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes; Forehand, Norman & Alexander, Jerome Isaacson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Panel Proposal: Policy-based collaborative approaches to preserving electronic government information (open access)

Panel Proposal: Policy-based collaborative approaches to preserving electronic government information

Panel proposal for iPRES 2018, the 15th International Conference on Digital Preservation. This proposal outlines a panel discussion on the preservation of electronic government information, including a brief discussion of the need for digital preservation efforts and an overview of the Preservation of Electronic Government Information (PEGI) Project.
Date: September 25, 2018
Creator: Sittel, Robbie; Graebner, Carla; Zarndt, Frederick; McCain, Edward; Matheson, Scott; Etkin, Cynthia et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with George Redding, July 25, 2018 (open access)

Oral History Interview with George Redding, July 25, 2018

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with George Redding. Redding joined the Navy in June of 1944. He was assigned to the 81st, 91st and 8th Construction Battalions, and served with a pontoon outfit, ferrying supplies from ship to shore. In January of 1945 he traveled aboard a troop ship to Hawaii for additional training, then on to Ulithi, Eniwetok and Okinawa. They remained on the coast of Okinawa through August, transporting Red Cross supplies, Sherman tanks, and howitzers aboard the pontoon boats to the shore. Redding returned to the US and was discharged in May of 1946.
Date: July 25, 2018
Creator: Redding, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
ICKM 2017 Program (open access)

ICKM 2017 Program

This is the final program for the 2017 International Conference on Knowledge Management.
Date: October 25, 2017
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Allen, Jeff M. & Hawamdeh, Suliman M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
DART adds service for Texas-Oklahoma football rivalry (open access)

DART adds service for Texas-Oklahoma football rivalry

News release about DART adjusting service in order to support traffic to the "Red River Showdown" football game between the University of Texas and Oklahoma University.
Date: September 25, 2017
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART Police Gearing Up for 2017 National Night Out Celebration (open access)

DART Police Gearing Up for 2017 National Night Out Celebration

News release about the DART Police's annual hosting of a "National Night Out" crime-prevention and police-community relationship strengthening program.
Date: September 25, 2017
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcription: Elicitation of paradigm of 'give' (open access)

Transcription: Elicitation of paradigm of 'give'

Transcription of an elicitation session of the paradigm for the verb 'give'.
Date: August 25, 2017
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library
[NSSAR Proposed Amendments and Resolutions] (open access)

[NSSAR Proposed Amendments and Resolutions]

A document outlining the proposed amendments to the NSSAR Constitution and Bylaws concerning membership eligibility, time requirements for officers and trustees, presidential duties, the introduction of new positions, adjustment of the standards for positions, and other changes to wording and organization.
Date: May 25, 2017
Creator: Sons of the American Revolution
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Alvino Mendoza, April 25, 2017 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Alvino Mendoza, April 25, 2017

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Alvino Mendoza. Mendoza was born in Round Rock, Texas on 1 March 1926, and briefly tells of his life before entering the US Navy. After completing boot training at Camp Wallace, Texas he was assigned as a seaman aboard USS St. George (AV-16). His battle station was loader on an anti-aircraft gun. Mendoza describes his experiences during the Battle of Okinawa in which the St. George, as well as USS Curtiss (AV-4), were hit by kamikazes. He tells of being in several typhoons and describes an incident in which he fell into the sea. He served in the occupation of Japan. Mendoza returned to the US and received his discharge in February of 1946.
Date: April 25, 2017
Creator: Mendoza, Alvino
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-connected development driving regional growth (open access)

Rail-connected development driving regional growth

News release about a UNT economic study showing DART's positive economic impact on the Dallas area.
Date: October 25, 2016
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
DART's Labor Day Weekend Schedule (open access)

DART's Labor Day Weekend Schedule

News release about DART's adjusted service schedule in observance of the Labor Day holiday.
Date: August 25, 2016
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0111 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0111

Document 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, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether a commissioners court may impose a vehicle policy that regulates the use, deployment, recording, and tracking of vehicles used by the sheriff (RQ-0100-KP).
Date: August 25, 2016
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Robert Dyches, June 25, 2016 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Robert Dyches, June 25, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Dyches. Dyches joined the Marine Corps in April of 1944. He served with the 4th Marine Division, 24th Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Company G. Dyches traveled to Maui for additional training. He participated in the Battle of Iwo Jima. On his fifth morning on the island he was seriously wounded from an exploding grenade thrown into his fox hole. Dyches spent over a year and a half in various hospitals recovering from his wounds and was awarded the Purple Heart. He was honorably discharged in August of 1946.
Date: June 25, 2016
Creator: Dyches, Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0076 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0076

Document 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, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether Texas law allows photographic insurance enforcement systems (RQ-0062-KP).
Date: April 25, 2016
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0077 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0077

Document 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, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of the Texas Department of Transportation to enter into design-build contracts during the 2016-201 7 fiscal biennium (RQ-0063-KP).
Date: April 25, 2016
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Robert Goodman, February 25, 2016 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Robert Goodman, February 25, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Goodman. Goodman graduated from Virginia Military Institute in May of 1942 in Electrical Engineering. He served as a Communications Officer with the Signal Corps Company. Goodman traveled to Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia, India and Iran. In Iran, his job was to establish a link between the US and Russia in preparation for a supply route. Working with Morse Code, he encoded and decoded messages in a radio room. His was a technical group, not a fighting group. Goodman returned to the US and received his discharge in 1946.
Date: February 25, 2016
Creator: Goodman, Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jean Adams, January 25, 2016 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Jean Adams, January 25, 2016

The National Museum of the pacific War presents an oral interview with Jean Adams. Adams recalls visiting her brother in the Philippines before the war started. On the way, she visited Japan. She was evacuated back to the US before hostilities started in the Philippines. After the war started, Adams joined the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps and was in the Inspector General’s office in Des Moines. She recalls meeting Eleanor Roosevelt and had some interaction with Oveta Culp Hobby.
Date: January 25, 2016
Creator: Adams, Jean
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0058 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0058

Document 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, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Proper procedure for a state agency when a court recognizes a new constitutional right and compliance with the ruling requires additional state funds (RQ-0039-KP).
Date: January 25, 2016
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0059 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0059

Document 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, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of a county comm1ss10ners court to establish requirements for indigent health care under the Texas Indigent Health Care and Treatment Act and relevant federal law (RQ-0041-KP).
Date: January 25, 2016
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History