Jigging, Classification, Tabling, and Flotation Tests of Coals Presenting Difficult Washing Problems, with Particular Reference to Coals from Pierce County, Washington (open access)

Jigging, Classification, Tabling, and Flotation Tests of Coals Presenting Difficult Washing Problems, with Particular Reference to Coals from Pierce County, Washington

From Content and Arrangement of Report: "For the convenience of the reader the bulletin has been divided into two parts. Part I describes the investigation and summarizes the most important results. Part II gives the detailed data of the best of the washing tests by each process."
Date: 1931
Creator: Bird, B. M. & Marshall, S. M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from C. L. Bohannan to I. H. Kempner, Jr., June 7, 1946] (open access)

[Letter from C. L. Bohannan to I. H. Kempner, Jr., June 7, 1946]

Letter from C. L. Bohannan to I. H. Kempner, Jr. discussing a new address.
Date: June 7, 1946
Creator: Bohannan, C. L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Scouting, Volume 1, Number 17, January 1, 1914 (open access)

Scouting, Volume 1, Number 17, January 1, 1914

Semi-monthly publication of the Boy Scouts of America, written for Boy Scout leaders, officials, and others interested in the work of the Scouts. It includes articles about events and activities, updates from the national headquarters, topical columns and essays, and news from various chapters nationwide.
Date: January 1, 1914
Creator: Boy Scouts of America
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Alex Bradford to David F. Glines - September 3, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Alex Bradford to David F. Glines - September 3, 1944]

Letter from Alex Bradford to David F. Glines discussing the recent activities that Mr. Bradford has been encountering. These activities include visiting various fire equipment plants and laboratories to see recently created advancements since he had been overseas. Mr. Bradford mentions that he has been released from British service and is looking to enlist within the American Armed Forces as a fire-fighter. Finally, he states that he has been offered several civilian positions including a civilian fire chief, however he would like to be able to serve his country.
Date: September 3, 1944
Creator: Bradford, Alex
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Alex Bradford to David F. Glines - September 8, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Alex Bradford to David F. Glines - September 8, 1944]

Letter from Alex Bradford to David F. Glines acknowledging that he has accepted an overseas appointment for fire-fighting purposes. Mr. Bradford asks that he receive Major Fred Shirk’s address and that any letters from V-Mail be returned to him.
Date: September 8, 1944
Creator: Bradford, Alex
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1271.0250]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Cy Taillon, Great Falls, Montana, will announce the cavalcade."
Date: 1955
Creator: Custom Photo Service
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Analyses of Washington Coals: Supplement to Technical Papers 491 and 618 (open access)

Analyses of Washington Coals: Supplement to Technical Papers 491 and 618

From Washington Coalfields: The geographical distribution of the principal coal areas of Washington is shown in figure 1. Detailed information concerning these fields is given in Bureau of Mines Technical Paper 491. Further information on the minor coal areas is given in two bulletins of the Washington Division of Mines and Geology. Analyses, plastic properties, free-swelling indexes, and agglutinating values of the separate coals, together with data on yields of carbonization products and properties of the cokes produced in laboratory tests and under operating conditions."
Date: 1958
Creator: Daniels, Joseph; Yancey, H. F.; Geer, M. R.; Abernethy, R. F.; Aresco, S. J. & Hartner, F. E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coal-Mining Problems in the State of Washington (open access)

Coal-Mining Problems in the State of Washington

From Introduction: "On account of extensive folding and faulting of the coal measures, mining in Washington presents many difficulties; therefore a description of the methods employed at some of the mines may be useful in planning operations in other regions, and is presented in this bulletin."
Date: 1924
Creator: Evans, George Watkin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Rainier Rescue] captions transcript

[News Clip: Rainier Rescue]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a rescue on Mount Rainier. This b-roll footage shows an air rescue. The story aired at 6:00 A.M.
Date: July 8, 2005
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to C. L. Bohannon, June 12, 1946] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to C. L. Bohannon, June 12, 1946]

Letter from I. H. Kempner, Jr. to C. L. Bohannon discussing a vacancy for assistant to the Chief Chemist of Imperial Sugar Company and discussion of a starting salary.
Date: June 12, 1946
Creator: Kempner, Isaac Herbert, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Northern Pacific (NP) #9

A photograph print showing Northern Pacific (NP) 9, 0-6-0T, switcher, South Tacoma, WA.
Date: unknown
Creator: Krambeck, J. Wesley
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Letter from Truett Latimer to Lewis Stephens, March 4, 1957] (open access)

[Letter from Truett Latimer to Lewis Stephens, March 4, 1957]

Letter from Texas State Representative Truett Latimer to US Army officer Lewis Stephens discussing the state of certain legislation, an episode of effigy burning at Hardin-Simmons University, and recommending he contact Patsy Daniel about teaching.
Date: March 4, 1957
Creator: Latimer, Truett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memorandum from the National Secretary of LULAC to the Supreme Council - 1972] (open access)

[Memorandum from the National Secretary of LULAC to the Supreme Council - 1972]

Memorandum from the office of: National Secretary of LULAC to the Supreme Council; Subject: Approval of Charters for Tacoma, Washington; Seattle, Washington Ladies Council; Snyder, Texas; Aransas Pass, Texas.
Date: 1972
Creator: League of Latin American Citizens
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Analyses of Coals in the United States with Descriptions of Mine and Field Samples Collected between July 1, 1904 and June 30, 1910: Part 1. -- Analyses (open access)

Analyses of Coals in the United States with Descriptions of Mine and Field Samples Collected between July 1, 1904 and June 30, 1910: Part 1. -- Analyses

From Significance and value of Analyses of Coal: "The analyses published in this report cover samples of coal collected in many different parts of the country with unusual care by experiences men, in such manner as to make them representative of extensive beds of coal."
Date: 1913
Creator: Lord, N. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analyses of Coals in the United States with Descriptions of Mine and Field Samples Collected between July 1, 1904 and June 30, 1910 Part 2. Descriptions of Samples (open access)

Analyses of Coals in the United States with Descriptions of Mine and Field Samples Collected between July 1, 1904 and June 30, 1910 Part 2. Descriptions of Samples

From Introduction: "This volume contains the descriptions of the samples whose analyses are published in the preceding volume, Part I of this bulletin. The descriptions have been compiled from the notebooks of the persons who collected the samples, have been condensed from accounts given in published reports of the United States Geological Survey, or have furnished by the collection themselves. Inasmuch as the descriptions represent the work of many persons during a period of six years, and inasmuch as they were recorded under widely differing conditions, they necessarily vary in fullness detail."
Date: 1913
Creator: Lord, N. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Agglutinating, Coking, and By-Product Tests of Coals From Pierce County, Washington (open access)

Agglutinating, Coking, and By-Product Tests of Coals From Pierce County, Washington

Report discussing testing of coals in Pierce County, Washington. The investigation had three parts: a geological survey of the coal property, washing and crushing tests of the coals, and coking and by-product tests.
Date: 1931
Creator: Marshall, S. M. & Bird, B. M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sediment Transport by the White River Into Mud Mountain Reservoir, Washington--June 1974-June 1976 (open access)

Sediment Transport by the White River Into Mud Mountain Reservoir, Washington--June 1974-June 1976

This report provides an evaluation of sediment transport by the White River into Mud Mountain Reservoir during the two-year period of June 1974 and June 1976. It includes graphs and tables.
Date: October 1978
Creator: Nelson, Leonard M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Dwight Pendleberry, June 21, 2000 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Dwight Pendleberry, June 21, 2000

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Dwight Pendleberry. Pendleberry joined the Army with his brother prior to the outbreak of war with Japan. After training as an ordnance man in the artillery, Pendleberry's company was sent to the Philippines in September, 1941. Pendleberry describes the Japanese attack on the Philippines and the subsequent fall of Bataan. He escaped to Corregidor with a few other people only to be captured there one month later. After being taken to Manila, Pendleberry was sent to Cabanatuan. By that time, he had contracted malaria. From there, he was selected to be on a work detail loading and unloading Japanese ships in Manila. Pendleberry also describes executions, genral mistreatment and outright torture at the hands of the Japanese captors. Eventually, Pendleberry and many other POWs were shipped aboard the Noto Maru to Taiwan, then Japan. Pendleberry wound up at Omori prison camp in Tokyo Bay. He describes the low-level fire bombing mission over Tokyo, which took place one night in March, 1945. After that, Pendleberry was moved to northern Japan to work at a coal mine. After the war, Pendleberry was liberated and repatriated back to the US through …
Date: June 21, 2000
Creator: Pendleberry, Dwight
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Northern Pacific (NP) 1848

A photograph print showing the Northern Pacific (NP) 1848, 2-8-2 (Class W-5), Tacoma, WA.
Date: 1936
Creator: Schick, Joseph
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Letter from Lewis Stephens to Truett Latimer, February 25, 1957] (open access)

[Letter from Lewis Stephens to Truett Latimer, February 25, 1957]

Letter from US Army officer Lewis Stephens to Texas State Representative Truett Latimer commending his work as a state legislator and expressing hope to visit with him.
Date: February 25, 1957
Creator: Stephens, Lewis
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Stevens Pass in Cascade Mountains]

Photograph of Stevens Pass covered in heavy snow with green trees sporadically covering the steep incline of the mountain. Dense groups of green trees dominate the foreground of the photograph.
Date: unknown
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Steer (U. S. S. Texas), Vol. 2, No. 47, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 18, 1931 (open access)

The Texas Steer (U. S. S. Texas), Vol. 2, No. 47, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 18, 1931

Weekly newspaper of the U.S.S. Texas that includes news and information of interest to crew members.
Date: July 18, 1931
Creator: Texas (Battleship)
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Steer (U. S. S. Texas), Vol. 3, No. 48, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 3, 1932 (open access)

The Texas Steer (U. S. S. Texas), Vol. 3, No. 48, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 3, 1932

Weekly newspaper of the U.S.S. Texas that includes news and information of interest to crew members.
Date: September 3, 1932
Creator: Texas (Battleship)
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spectrographic Analysis of Normal Human Tissue From Seattle and Tacoma, Washington (open access)

Spectrographic Analysis of Normal Human Tissue From Seattle and Tacoma, Washington

Data are tabulated on the chemica1 content of human tissue as determined by spectrographic analysis. (C.H.)
Date: October 1, 1958
Creator: Tipton, I.H.; Cook, M.J.; Foland, J.M.; Rittner, J.; Hardwick, M. & McDaniel, K.K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library