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[Katy Allred and Emily Kitchens at Disney World]
Photograph of Katy Allred (left) and her wife Emily Kitchens wearing face masks and posing in front of a model ship in the Star Wars area of Disney World.
Date:
August 30, 2020
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
From Journalist to Dallas Mayor to Clean Energy Consultant
This article is a short biography of Laura Miller, a consultant for the Texas Clean Energy project, based on an oral history discussing her education and career.
Date:
October 30, 2014
Creator:
Carter, Chase; Limon, Elvia & Laljer, Jessie
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Laura Miller, October 30, 2014
Interview with Laura Miller, a consultant for the Texas Clean Energy project. The interview includes discussion of her youth, education, and career as a journalist and mayor of Dallas, Texas.
Date:
October 30, 2014
Creator:
Carter, Chase & Miller, Laura
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James F. Brede, 2011
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Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with James F. Brede, dentist and U.S. Army Air Forces veteran. The interview includes his personal experiences in World War II as a B-17 co-pilot with the 8th Air Force in the European Theater, his childhood in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, enlistment in the U.S. Army Air Forces in 1943, preliminary training in Tennessee, Alabama, Missouri, Arkansas, and Texas, his active service with the 379th Bomb Group in Kimbolton, England, combat experience in 35 missions, return to the U.S. and continued military service as a flight instructor in Lakeland, Florida and Wichita Falls, Texas, as well as the return to civilian life, marriage, dental school under the G.I. Bill, reenlistment in the Air Force as a dentist, his deployment to Korea, his discharge from the Air Force, and the establishment of his dental practice and experiences since retirement. The interview includes an appendix with a copy of his book.
Date:
March 30, 2011
Creator:
Fox, Lisa A. & Brede, James F.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Female Pilots Honored for WWII Service
Article printed from www.military.com/news, written by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services, describing the experiences of three Women Airforce Service Pilots: Ruth Shafer Fleisher, Frances Rohrer Sargent, and Helen Wyatt Snapp--at the Congressional Gold Medal ceremony in South Florida. It describes their role in military and women's history, their history and love for aviation, and their current marital statuses.
Date:
August 30, 2009
Creator:
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Evelyn Brown, October 30, 2007
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Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Evelyn Brown, Vietnam War-era veteran of the US Navy, as part of the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. The interview includes Brown's personal experiences of childhood and education in Pennsylvania, attending nursing school, enlisting in the Navy Nurse Corps, and being involved with veterans organizations. Additionally, Brown discusses her coming out experience, her assignment to facilities in Florida, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Camp Lejeune, N.C., and Quantico, Virginia, her decision to leave service upon assignment to USS Sanctuary, a hospital ship stationed off the coast of Vietnam, and her opinions regarding the "don't ask, don't tell" policy.
Date:
October 30, 2007
Creator:
Mims, Dennis Michael & Brown, Evelyn
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Afton Keeton, August 30, 2007
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Afton Keeton. Keeton joined the Navy in July of 1942. He completed Hospital Corps School and became a Pharmacist Mate. He first served aboard the USS Sea Dragon (SS-194). They patrolled the Aleutian Islands. He was then stationed at the Submarine Base in Pearl Harbor, working in a sick bay. He then served aboard the USS Apollo (AS-25) with a relief crew. He provides some detail of working aboard a submarine, serving as the Doc, living conditions and undergoing his own appendectomy aboard the Apollo. In early 1945 he was assigned for 1 year to serve at a submarine base in St. Thomas. He then served as hospital corpsman on the USS Clamagore (SS-343). Keeton also worked on sonar watch, radar watch and as a cook during his time in the Navy. He spent a total of 30 years in the Navy, retiring in February of 1972.
Date:
August 30, 2007
Creator:
Keeton, Afton
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Afton Keeton, August 30, 2007
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Afton Keeton. Keeton joined the Navy in July of 1942. He completed Hospital Corps School and became a Pharmacist Mate. He first served aboard the USS Sea Dragon (SS-194). They patrolled the Aleutian Islands. He was then stationed at the Submarine Base in Pearl Harbor, working in a sick bay. He then served aboard the USS Apollo (AS-25) with a relief crew. He provides some detail of working aboard a submarine, serving as the Doc, living conditions and undergoing his own appendectomy aboard the Apollo. In early 1945 he was assigned for 1 year to serve at a submarine base in St. Thomas. He then served as hospital corpsman on the USS Clamagore (SS-343). Keeton also worked on sonar watch, radar watch and as a cook during his time in the Navy. He spent a total of 30 years in the Navy, retiring in February of 1972.
Date:
August 30, 2007
Creator:
Keeton, Afton
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
General - Community Input
Contains Community Input for the Pensacola Bay Area regarding NAS Pensacola, FL and the surrounding bases
Date:
November 30, 2005
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
2 letters from George H. Newman in response to the recommendations regarding Eglin Air Force Base
Community Correspondence - 2 letters from George H. Newman in response to the recommendations regarding Eglin Air Force Base
Date:
July 30, 2005
Creator:
Newman, George H. Major
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Base Visit Trip Report - Patrick Air Force Base
Base Visit Trip Report - Patrick Air Force Base
Date:
July 30, 2005
Creator:
United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Executive Correspondence – Letter to Chairman Principi from Jeff Miller
Executive Correspondence – Letter to Chairman Principi from Jeff Miller (Rep 1st FL) discussing the flawed justification for some of military installation realignments in Florida.
Date:
July 30, 2005
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Letter from a concerned citizen in response to the recommendation regarding NAVFAC South
Community Correspondence - Letter from a concerned citizen in response to the recommendation regarding NAVFAC South
Date:
July 30, 2005
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Letter from Donald M. Lionetti in response to the recommendation regarding Fort Bliss
Community Correspondence - Letter from Donald M. Lionetti in response to the recommendations regarding Fort Bliss
Date:
July 30, 2005
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Francis R. Ferry, September 30, 2000
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Francis R. Ferry. Ferry grew up in Nebraska and taught for a year before joining the Navy in 1942. He had enrolled in the Civilian Pilot Training Program prior to enlisting. He trained on the N3N, the SNJ, the OS2U, the BT, the SBC3 and other types of aircraft. He was assigned to be a dive-bomber, flying the SB2C Helldiver. Ferry was initially assigned to VB-14 and left aboard the USS Wasp to the coast of Venezuela where he continued training. He was reassigned to VB-82 and left on the USS Bennington (CV-20) for Pearl Harbor. The ship joined Task Force 58.1 for Japan. He flew his first combat mission over Tokyo. He was involved with burning the beaches on Iwo Jima and Okinawa. He then was involved in the attack on the Japanese ship Yamato. His air group was the lead group in on the first strike, and Ferry himself dropped rockets and bombs that may have been hits. His wife Genevieve Ferry briefly discusses what her experiences were on the homefront.
Date:
September 30, 2000
Creator:
Ferry, Francis R.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Harold Buell, September 30, 2000
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Harold Buell. While attending college in Iowa, Buell took advantage of the Civilian Pilot Training program and earned a pilot's license in 1940. He volunteered for the Navy and went to flight school at Pensacola, Florida, where he earned his wings and a commission in November, 1941. He was assigned to go aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-5) as a member of Scouting Squadron 5 (VS-5) and arrived in time for the Battle of the Coral Sea. His squadron suffered enough damage to be removed from the Yorktown prior to the Battle of Midway. Buell was assigned to the USS Saratoga (CV-3) and flew search and rescue missions from her during the Battle of Midway. After that battle, Buell was transferred to yet another carrier, the USS Enterprise (CV-6), prior to the invasion of Guadalcanal. While flying off the Enterprise, Buell and ten other pilots had to land on Guadalcanal at Henderson Field. They and their dive bombers then became members of the Cactus Air Force. Buell describes the living conditions on Guadalcanal as opposed to those aboard an aircraft carrier. His group finally got off Guadalcanal and returned …
Date:
September 30, 2000
Creator:
Buell, Harold
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with R. Bruce Porter, September 30, 2000
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with R. Bruce Porter. After a few years of college at the University of Southern California, Porter joined the Marines as an aviation cadet. After training on the F4F, Porter was assigned to Squadron 111 and shipped out on the USS Garfield to American Samoa. Porter mentions training with and talking with Joe Foss when his squadron passed through Apia. Porter then went to Turtle Bay, New Caledonia. He next flew F4F's in Guadalcanal in 1943. Their squadron then switched to the Corsair plane. Porter then started moving ""up the slot"" toward Japan gradually moving north with his squadron. Later, Porter returned to the states to train on F6F's and joined a night fighter squadron. He was assigned as a squadron commander in Okinawa. He discusses blowing up a plane with a ""baka"" bomb on it. Porter's record is an ace, with five official kills and one probable. Porter witnessed the surrender party preparing for the official surrender. He stayed in Japan for four months after the occupation.
Date:
September 30, 2000
Creator:
Porter, R. Bruce
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Perot]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 6 P.M.
Date:
October 30, 1992
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Photograph 2012.201.B1076.0576]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Sooners Kenyon Rasheed (33) and Mike Gaddis meet the Rev. Jesse Jackson at the Gator Bowl."
Date:
December 30, 1991
Creator:
Gooch, Steve
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B1351.0591]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Oklahoma split end Corey Warren runs for yardage during Sunday's Gator Bowl game in Jacksonville, Florida."
Date:
December 30, 1991
Creator:
Hellstern, Paul
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Texas Broilers: For Week Ending December 26, 1987
Weekly report of the Texas Agricultural Statistics Service on broiler chick numbers in Texas and compared with other states. It includes compiled statistics across six consecutive weeks, from the week ending November 21 to the week ending December 26, during 1986 and 1987 for broiler eggs set, chicks hatched, and chicks placed.
Date:
December 30, 1987
Creator:
Texas Agricultural Statistics Service
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Broilers: For Week Ending September 26, 1987
Weekly report of the Texas Agricultural Statistics Service on broiler chick numbers in Texas and compared with other states. It includes compiled statistics across six consecutive weeks, from the week ending August 22 to the week ending September 26, during 1986 and 1987 for broiler eggs set, chicks hatched, and chicks placed.
Date:
September 30, 1987
Creator:
Texas Agricultural Statistics Service
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph 2012.201.B1225.0450]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Jill Johnson, 15, daughter of OU assistant coach Merv Johnson and kathy Switzer,16, whos fater is Ou head coach Barry Switzer, take advantage of warm Florida weather for a romp in the surf Monday in Miami, Fla."
Date:
December 30, 1985
Creator:
Argo, Jim
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0142.0453]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Fisheries biologist Ken Cook of Elgin quits his job with the state to become a full-time angler and fishing promoter after winning the richest bass event ever, the $100,000 Super Bass Tournament, last weekend in Florida."
Date:
March 30, 1983
Creator:
Hoke, Doug
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History