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[Abilene City Council Minutes: 1974-1977] (open access)

[Abilene City Council Minutes: 1974-1977]

Ledger containing minutes of the City Council in Abilene, Texas documenting the group's discussions and activities from August 22, 1974 to April 28, 1977.
Date: 1974-08-22/1977-04-28
Creator: Abilene (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Richard Donley, February 22, 1997

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Interview with Navy veteran Richard Donley. The interview includes Donley's personal experiences about the Mediterranean Theater during World War II, boot camp, Fleet Torpedo School, encounters with German "F-lighter" armed barges and E-boats, various assignments, and combat against enemy destroyers. Donley also talks about screening operations for the invasions of Sicily and Salerno, operations along the coasts of northern Italy and southern France and the interdiction of German barge traffic, torpedo problems, commando and intelligence operations, returning to the States, his reassignment to the Motor Torpedo Boats Training Center, and transferring to Samar, Philippines.
Date: February 22, 1997
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Donley, Richard
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Willie Fred Sander, May 22, 2002

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Interview with Willie Fred Sander, a Navy WWII veteran from Brenham, Texas. Sander discusses his background and life before the war, joining the Navy and aviator training, flying PBM patrol bombers throughout the Pacific, and his family life after the war.
Date: May 22, 2002
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Sander, Willie Fred
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Christopher Perry Nichols, February 22, 2003

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Interview with Christopher Perry Nichols, stage director, concerning his recollections of his father, the artist Perry Nichols.
Date: February 22, 2003
Creator: Balsley, Gerald & Nichols, Christopher P.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Valerie Martínez-Ebers, October 22, 2013

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Transcript of an interview with Dr. Valerie Martínez-Ebers, professor of Political Science at the University of North Texas and former UNT student. Dr. Martínez-Ebers discusses her childhood as an Army brat; education; family background; discrimination against Mexican Americans; attending UNT with a Mexican American ancestry; growing awareness of ethnicity and ethnic identity; student activism; differences in treatment and attitudes towards Latinos/Latinas in various parts of the United States; teaching politics of race and ethnicity at UNT; continued activism; UNT organizations for Latinos/Latinas.
Date: October 22, 2013
Creator: Bynum, Katherine E. & Martínez-Ebers, Valerie
System: The UNT Digital Library
Life of Jesus Cabezuela (open access)

Life of Jesus Cabezuela

This is a paper describing the life of Jesus Cabezuela, by Nora Cabezuela.
Date: January 22, 1965
Creator: Cabezuela, Nora
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2013-2017 (open access)

Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2013-2017

Agency strategic plan for the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas describing the organization's planned services, activities, and other goals during fiscal years 2013 through 2017.
Date: June 22, 2012
Creator: Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Erma Thomson, January 22, 2019

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Interview with Erma Thomson, longtime employee of Mary Kay Inc. as personal assistant to Mary Kay Ash. She discusses her employment history before interviewing with Mary Kay Inc.; personal relationship with Mary Kay Ash; memories of annual conventions; Ash’s personal working style and business philosophy; changes in the company’s structure and culture; and feelings about the job opportunities Ash provided for women.
Date: January 22, 2019
Creator: Chegwidden, Caitlin & Thomson, Erma
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Life of Max Cortez Fall Research Paper for American History (open access)

The Life of Max Cortez Fall Research Paper for American History

Biography of Max Cortez written by his great-granddaughter, Martha Cortez. Max Cortez was born in Aldama, Chihuahua, Mexico in 1867.
Date: January 22, 1965
Creator: Cortez, Martha
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Vick Edmiston, August 22, 2003

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Interview with truck driver Vick Edmiston. The interview includes Edmiston's personal experiences about being employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. The interview includes an appendix with a photograph.
Date: August 22, 2003
Creator: Dixon, Tricia Taylor & Edmiston, Vick
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Xergio Chacin, October 22, 2015

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Transcript of an interview with Xergio Chacin, Director of Immigration Services for Catholic Charities of Fort Wort. Chacin discusses his work as the Director and the the services provided for the community, particularly for Dreamers, and his thoughts on immigration issues.
Date: October 22, 2015
Creator: Fowler, Mike & Chacin, Xergio, 1952-
System: The UNT Digital Library
George Francis and Thomas Clement Crosson (open access)

George Francis and Thomas Clement Crosson

This is a paper describing the lives of George Francis Crosson and Thomas Clement Crosson.
Date: January 22, 1965
Creator: Hampton, Donna Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Larry Canfield, February 22, 1992

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Interview with Larry Canfield, a veteran army nurse from Pennsylvania. This interview contains his experiences as an army nurse in Vietnam. It includes his assignment to the 93rd Evacuation Hospital, 935th Medical Detachment, Long Binh. Living conditions, morale problems, recreation, medical treatment of enemy POWs, and racial problems are discussed.
Date: February 22, 1992
Creator: Houser, Cindy & Canfield, Larry
System: The UNT Digital Library
Journal. W.P. Huff, San Felipe de Austin, February 22, 1840 (open access)

Journal. W.P. Huff, San Felipe de Austin, February 22, 1840

Daily Journal from the William P. Huff store in San Felipe de Austin from 1840 - 1841. Lists expenses and sales, including the names of customers. (Handwritten.)
Date: February 22, 1840
Creator: Huff, William P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Condition of Texas.  Message from the President of the United States, Upon the subject of the political, military, and civil condition of Texas. (open access)

Condition of Texas. Message from the President of the United States, Upon the subject of the political, military, and civil condition of Texas.

This booklet includes the text of an address by President Andrew Jackson to Congress regarding the independence of Texas as well as various letters written by Henry M. Morfit who went to Texas in order to report about the conditions to the Secretary of State.
Date: December 22, 1836
Creator: Jackson, Andrew & Morfit, Henry M.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Anne Pearsall Karr, June 22, 1997

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Transcript of an interview with Anne Pearsall Karr from Elgin, Illinois, concerning her experiences on the home front during World War II. Karr discusses her youth in Elgin, Illinois; effects of Depression on Pearsall family; college at Iowa State; courtship with Kenneth Karr, her future husband; reaction to Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor; changes on Iowa State campus after American entry into World War II; wartime rationing and Victory Gardens; effects on Pearsall family having a son and daughter in military service; her marriage to Kenneth Karr, early 1944; housing shortage in Corpus Christi, Texas, during World War II; birth of their daughter; wartime entertainment; experiences as a military wife; attitudes toward the Japanese; husband's training as a naval air cadet at Corpus Christi Naval Air Station. Appendix includes various photographs [5] pages.
Date: June 22, 1997
Creator: Jackson, Sarah C. & Karr, Anne Pearsall, 1923-
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Alan Lee Briscoe, November 22, 2006

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Interview with Alan Lee Briscoe, NASA engineer, as part of the Skylab Oral History Project. The interview includes Briscoe's personal experiences about education at Texas A&M University and South Texas School of Law, joining NASA, working in flight control operations and communications support on the Apollo program, and problem-solving on Skylab missions. Briscoe also speaks about the Skylab "wet workshop," the monotony inherit in Skylab work-shift schedules and efforts to break it, and Skylab's contributions to space exploration.
Date: November 22, 2006
Creator: Johnson, Michael & Briscoe, Alan Lee
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Hollis G. Duell, May 22, 1996

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Interview with Hollis G. Duell, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences while aboard the submarine USS Sargo in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Assignment to the Sargo, 1941; his responsibilities as a yeoman; early war patrols off the Netherlands East Indies and the Philippines; transfer to the Submarine Division Commander's Office, Pearl harbor, 1944; postwar duty in the Submarine Service.
Date: May 22, 1996
Creator: Maglaughlin, Barry & Duell, Hollis G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Soil Survey of Brownsville Area, Texas (open access)

Soil Survey of Brownsville Area, Texas

Text describes climate, agriculture, and soils of the Brownsville Area, Texas.
Date: August 22, 1908
Creator: Mangum, A. W. & Lee, Ora
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Tom Blaylock, March 22, 1971 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Tom Blaylock, March 22, 1971

Interview with Tom Blaylock, an Army Air Corps WWII veteran and POW from Dallas, Texas. Blaylock was stationed in the Philippines during the Japanese invasion of December 1941, was captured, forced to partake in the Bataan Death March, and was interned at several major POW camps in the Philippines before transferring to a coal mine camp at Omine-machi, Yamaguchi, Japan.
Date: March 22, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald & Blaylock, Thomas
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Fred Agnich, November 22, 1983 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Fred Agnich, November 22, 1983

Interview with Fred Agnich, businessman and member of the Texas House of Representatives from Dallas, Republican. The interview includes Agnich's personal experiences about being a member of the 68th Legislature. Agnich talks about his appointment as chair of the Environmental Affairs Committee, appropriations and taxes, Governor Mark White, teachers pay, and personal legislation.
Date: November 22, 1983
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Agnich, Fred
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Howard Baxter, May 22, 1991

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Interview with businessman Howard Baxter about his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Baxter discusses his childhood near Aubrey, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to a camp at White Rock Lake in Dallas, Texas (Company 2896); description of camp; life in camp.
Date: May 22, 1991
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Baxter, Howard
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Howard Baxter, May 22, 1991

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Interview with Howard L. Baxter, a farmer and former member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Tom Bean, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of participating in the CCC during the Great Depression. It includes an appendix with a poem about "The CCC Boys" by Iva Hathaway.
Date: May 22, 1991
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Baxter, Howard L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James Bolar, April 22, 1988 (open access)

Oral History Interview with James Bolar, April 22, 1988

Interview with James Bolar, a United States Navy veteran from Illinois, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the minelaying flagship USS Oglala.
Date: April 22, 1988
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Bolar, James M.
System: The UNT Digital Library