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The North Texan, Volume 56, Number 2, Summer 2006 (open access)

The North Texan, Volume 56, Number 2, Summer 2006

The North Texan magazine includes articles and notes about UNT students, faculty, and alumni activities.
Date: Summer 2006
Creator: University of North Texas
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Melvin R. Baird, 1998

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Navy veteran Melvin R. "Pancho" Baird. It includes a combination of interviewing and reading from Baird's personal correspondence about his pre-World War II experiences with the U.S. Asiatic Fleet and his later experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Baird talks about his stationing aboard the destroyer USS Alden as a radioman, the grounding of the SS President Hoover off of Hoishito Island, the Sino-Japanese War, liberty ashore various Asian port cities, events on the South China Patrol, civilian activities after his discharge, activities as a radio technician on Blue Beach during the Okinawan Campaign, kamikaze actions on Okinawa, and typical shipboard routine.
Date: August 18, 1998
Creator: Baird, James & Baird, Melvin R.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Jean Balch, October 12, 1996

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Navy veteran Jean Balch, including Balch's personal experiences about the Pacific theater, being a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II, boot camp, radio, radar, and gunnery school, operations during the Leyte invasion, missions over Luzon, and raids on Japanese installations on Formosa and Saigon, French Indo-China. Additionally, Balch talks about his plane being shot down on a raid to Hong Kong and his capture on January 16, 1945, interrogations and beatings by the Kempei-tai, imprisonment at Ofuna, Honshu, solitary confinement for six months and continued interrogation, beatings by Japanese prison guards, starvation diet, the end of the war and liberation, and his participation in the war crimes trials held by the International Military Tribunal.
Date: October 12, 1996
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Balch, Jean
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Elaine Harmon to Rigdon and Mary Emma Edwards, July 5, 1993] (open access)

[Letter from Elaine Harmon to Rigdon and Mary Emma Edwards, July 5, 1993]

Letter from Elaine Harmon to Rigdon and Mary Emma Edwards discussing their appearance on the newspapers, her son's recent marriage, her son's life, a visit to the Dyes Air Force Base, and wanting to review a book.
Date: July 5, 1993
Creator: Harmon, Elaine Danforth
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Galveston pier] (open access)

[News Script: Galveston pier]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about fire officials at Galveston who say that one un- attended smoldering cotton bale may have caused the 5 to 10 million dollar fire at a two square block pier at the Galveston Wharves overnight.
Date: June 18, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Houston] (open access)

[News Script: Houston]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about firemen in Galveston who continue to keep a close watch on a smoldering warehouse complex.
Date: June 18, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Pan America] (open access)

[News Script: Pan America]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the Pan America World airways and the Small Business Administration who list a Dallas couple among 106 victims of its jetliner crash in Bali.
Date: April 23, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Sweden] (open access)

[News Script: Sweden]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the Uppsala, Sweden seismological institute which says that the soviet union apparently has set off one of the largest underground blasts in its history.
Date: July 23, 1973, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Hong Kong] (open access)

[News Script: Hong Kong]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story NBC's report on the latest fad among the affluent in Hong Kong.
Date: July 5, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Associated Press stories] (open access)

[News Script: Associated Press stories]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: January 5, 1970, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library

Dress ensemble

Dress ensemble of tan silk and cashmere. A) Day dress of tan silk with pink, brown, and green floral and medallion print. Jewel neckline with piping; long sleeves with double snap closure on cuffs. Waist darts; piping at waistline. Knee length pleated skirt. Center back zipper closure; lined in cream silk. Custom label at back left neckline: Elizabeth Boeckman Designer label: Franklin Imports Inc. / A Frances Lharp / Original Custom Tailored in Hong Kong B) Cardigan sweater of tan cashmere. Round ribbed neckline with small scoop. Long sleeves with ribbed cuffs; ribbed hem. Brown decorative beading at center front opening and around floral fabric appliqué matching dress. Self-covered button and loop closure. Back trimmed with two large floral medallion appliqués and beading matching front. Lined in cream silk. C) Belt of matching silk fabric. Snap and hook & eye closure.
Date: 1970/1980
Creator: Lharp, Frances
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interviews with Howard Yergin, January 1986 (open access)

Oral History Interviews with Howard Yergin, January 1986

Interview with Howard Yergin, an employee of Caltex Petroleum Corporation from New York City. Yergin discusses his career with the company, including his education and Army service, hiring by Caltex, move to Shanghai in 1948 and business conducted there, businessmen who helped reestablish Caltex's Chinese market after WWII, fleeing China in 1949, attempts at recouping capital from the Chinese government, operations in Hong Kong, changes in the oil market over the years, corporate financing, internal reorganization, OPEC, Persian Gulf economies, South African operations, the tanker fleet, and the company's move from New York to Dallas.
Date: {1986-01-23,1986-01-24}
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Yergin, Howard
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Local votes and flights] (open access)

[News Script: Local votes and flights]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: July 8, 1969
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from George Perutz to Harris Kempner, January 26, 1967] (open access)

[Letter from George Perutz to Harris Kempner, January 26, 1967]

Letter from George Perutz to Harris Kempner discussing international firms in the Philippines and Hong Kong.
Date: January 26, 1967
Creator: Perutz, George
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bed robe

Robe of light blue or aqua quilted fabric with swirling floral motif stitched in, with bermuda collar, long sleeves, matching buttons of knotted bias, trapeze silhouette, lined in matching silk. Labels: "Made in Hong Kong Expressly for Neiman Marcus" and fabric content and care labels.
Date: 1964/1969
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Wright Armstrong to I. H. Kempner, March 4, 1963] (open access)

[Letter from Wright Armstrong to I. H. Kempner, March 4, 1963]

Letter from Wright Armstrong to I. H. Kempner conveying his travel plans to Europe and arrangements to meet any friends of Mr. I. H. Kempner along the way. He mentions a forthcoming itinerary and a flight from Los Angeles to Tokyo, then a journey to Hong Kong and Naples via ship through the Suez Canal.
Date: March 4, 1963
Creator: Armstrong, Wright
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to C. Y. Tung, January 30, 1963] (open access)

[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to C. Y. Tung, January 30, 1963]

Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to C. Y. Tung informing about the arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Oppenheimer to Hong Kong and requesting for assistance.
Date: January 30, 1963
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Dan Oppenheimer, January 30, 1963] (open access)

[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Dan Oppenheimer, January 30, 1963]

Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Dan Oppenheimer discussing about a guest house at Hong Kong and Tokyo.
Date: January 30, 1963
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dan Oppenheimer to Harris Leon Kempner, January 24, 1963] (open access)

[Letter from Dan Oppenheimer to Harris Leon Kempner, January 24, 1963]

Letter from Dan Oppenheimer to Harris Leon Kempner thanking for letters to friends and fine hospitality.
Date: January 24, 1963
Creator: Oppenheimer, Dan
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Edwin Tsai, January 23, 1963] (open access)

[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Edwin Tsai, January 23, 1963]

Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Edwin Tsai informing about the arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Oppenheimer to Hong Kong and requesting for assistance.
Date: January 23, 1963
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Arthur M. Alpert to Lyda K. Quinn, September 6, 1960] (open access)

[Letter from Arthur M. Alpert to Lyda K. Quinn, September 6, 1960]

Letter from Arthur M. Alpert to Lyda Quinn informing about enclosing an invoice covering a purchase in Hong Kong and requesting to pay it to H. Kempner Cotton Company.
Date: September 6, 1960
Creator: Alpert, Arthur M.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Douglas Butler, April 29, 1960] (open access)

[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Douglas Butler, April 29, 1960]

Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Douglas Butler handing the treasury department license dated April 21st, which should now allow you to release the package of silk white material from Hong Kong.
Date: April 29, 1960
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Foreign Assets Control Department, April 21, 1960] (open access)

[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Foreign Assets Control Department, April 21, 1960]

Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Foreign Assets Control Department regarding the notice 167 he received from the Bureau of Customs, El Paso about a small package of plain white silk he ordered from Hong Kong. He mentions that he didn't know that a certificate was required, but now he filled the form as advised.
Date: April 21, 1960
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Douglas Butler to Harris Leon Kempner, April 19, 1960] (open access)

[Letter from Douglas Butler to Harris Leon Kempner, April 19, 1960]

Letter from Douglas Butler to Harris Leon Kempner about the certificate not being sufficient that's forwarded with the letter of April 18, covering silk material that he purchased in Hong Kong. As they don't have certificate of Origin, he asks Kempner to follow the instructions included in the letter from the office, dated March 25.
Date: April 19, 1960
Creator: Butler, Douglas
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History