Strontium Program: Quarterly Summary Report, November 19, 1958 (open access)

Strontium Program: Quarterly Summary Report, November 19, 1958

From Abstract: "This report up-dates certain sections of HASL-42, "Environmental Contamination from Weapon Tests". In particular, the levels of Strontium-90 in fallout, milk, tap water, air, and soil are included for data available up to November 1, 1958."
Date: November 19, 1958
Creator: Hardy, Edward P., Jr. & Klein, Stanley
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
City Smoke Ordinances and Smoke Abatement (open access)

City Smoke Ordinances and Smoke Abatement

From Introduction: "In connection with the fuel investigations conducted by the Bureau of Mines much information has been accumulated as to the smoke abatement activities in various cities. The essential features of the information are presented in this report, which, it is believed, will be of public interest and benefit, especially to those communities that are just beginning organized effort to abate unnecessary smoke."
Date: 1912
Creator: Flagg, Samuel B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mining and Preparing Domestic Graphite for Crucible Use (open access)

Mining and Preparing Domestic Graphite for Crucible Use

From Prefactory Statement: "In this bulletin are presented the results obtained in the first two phases of the work outlined above. The bulletin is in two parts. The first part describes the methods of mining and milling used, suggests a standard method of sampling finished graphite, and describes a rapid and convenient method of analysis developed at the Pittsburgh station of the Bureau of Mines, to which has been assigned the analytical and microscopic work. The second part describes experiments on the concentration and milling of graphite, which were made at the Salt Lake City, Utah, station."
Date: 1920
Creator: Dub, George D. & Moses, Frederick G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Cloche

Cloche hat of lace and velvet. The deep, domed crown is of peach satin (?) overlaid with a silver metallic lace. At the front of the crown are applied leaf shapes of dark pink velvet that form a fan-motif. The lowest leaves on each side extend to become a shallow brim for the hat, also formed of the dark pink velvet. The leaves and the brim are quilted with metallic silver stitching. The hat is lined in pink satin(?). Label sewn inside crown: "Pittsburgh / Character Hats / New York / Trade Mark Reg. / U.S. Pat. Office"
Date: 1925
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jerell E. Crow, August 24, 2002 transcript

Oral History Interview with Jerell E. Crow, August 24, 2002

Interview with Jerell E. Crow. He entered the Coast Guard in 1940 and trained in Florida and New York City. He served aboard a Landing Ship, Tank (LST) when those ships were first introduced. He traveled to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to the Neville Island Shipyard operated by the Dravo Corporation as part of a crew that brought an LST down the Mississippi River to New Orleans. From there, the crew practiced operations at Biloxi, Mississippi. Eventually, Crow travelled to San Diego aboard the LST through the Panama Canal. From there, he went to Guadalcanal and unloaded tanks. Eventually, his ship was hit at Saipan and he was wounded. He also served aboard an LST during the invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Afterwards, Crow's LST was present in Tokyo Bay for the surrender. He visited Hiroshima while on occupation duty after the atomic bomb was dropped. Eventually, his LST made its way back to San Francisco where he was discharged.
Date: August 24, 2002
Creator: Rabalais, Larry & Crow, Jerell E.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from George L. Hammeken to James F. Perry, August 18, 1837] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from George L. Hammeken to James F. Perry, August 18, 1837]

Copy of transcript for a letter from George L. Hammeken to James F. Perry concerning his travel plans and giving an update about Santa Anna's actions in Mexico.
Date: August 18, 1837
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of an Invoice for Coffee Sales, February 11, 1811] (open access)

[Transcript of an Invoice for Coffee Sales, February 11, 1811]

Copy of transcript for an invoice for barrels of coffee sold for Henry Austin, on February 11, 1811, as well as the charges for the transportation of the barrels.
Date: February 11, 1811
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of an Invoice for Coffee Barrels, January 1, 181u] (open access)

[Transcript of an Invoice for Coffee Barrels, January 1, 181u]

Copy of transcript of an invoice for coffee barrels shipped from New York to Herculaneum, Missouri, for Henry Austin.
Date: 181u-01-01
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter to Isaac Tomlinson, August 1, 1810] (open access)

[Transcript of letter to Isaac Tomlinson, August 1, 1810]

Copy of transcript for a letter addressed to Issac Tomlinson and Co. or Issac Tomlinson and Sons, in which the author explains taking out loans in order to transport goods.
Date: August 1, 1810
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from William Richards to Moses Austin, August 16, 1810] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from William Richards to Moses Austin, August 16, 1810]

Copy of transcript for a letter from William Richard to Moses Austin concerning the delivery of an invoice.
Date: August 16, 1810
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Moses Austin to James Bryan, July 15, 1812] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Moses Austin to James Bryan, July 15, 1812]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Moses Austin to James Bryan reporting on Stephen F. Austin's letters and asking Bryan to settle a bill for him in New York.
Date: July 15, 1812
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Metallurgical Coke (open access)

Metallurgical Coke

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies on metallurgical coke. As stated in the introduction, "in this paper the attempt is made to summarize the history of coke making in the United States, to indicate the development of different methods and the modern types of ovens, and to point out the composition and physical properties of the metallurgical cokes produced in this country" (p. 5). This paper includes tables, illustrations, photographs, and a map.
Date: September 1913
Creator: Belden, A. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Scouting, Volume 2, Number 2, May 15, 1914 (open access)

Scouting, Volume 2, Number 2, May 15, 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: May 15, 1914
Creator: Boy Scouts of America
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Scouting, Volume 1, Number 19, February 1, 1914 (open access)

Scouting, Volume 1, Number 19, February 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: February 1, 1914
Creator: Boy Scouts of America
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mrs. Gloria Brooks] (open access)

[Client Card: Mrs. Gloria Brooks]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mrs. Gloria Brooks, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. This work order includes a bronze "flagstaffeagle," although the shipment shows as being cancelled.
Date: unknown
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mr. Virgil Cantini] (open access)

[Client Card: Mr. Virgil Cantini]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. Virgil Cantini, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. This work order includes an aluminum cast of a group of abstracts, and numerous bronze casts of various figures.
Date: September 1970
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mr. Bailey Balken] (open access)

[Client Card: Mr. Bailey Balken]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. Bailey Balken, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Piece includes: "Child's Head".
Date: January 1933
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mrs. Milton Brauman] (open access)

[Client Card: Mrs. Milton Brauman]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mrs. Milton Brauman, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. This work order includes a bronze cast of "Aaron" measuring 22" tall.
Date: March 1961
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Floods] (open access)

[News Script: Floods]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the effect of floods in the eastern United States.
Date: June 24, 1972, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 17, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 17, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing flying from Spartanburg, SC, to Newark, visiting New York City, preparing to pick up a P-47 in Evansville, IN, and Father's Day.
Date: June 17, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Rangers] (open access)

[News Script: Rangers]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the Texas rangers who continued their torrid hitting streak against the Boston red sox in Arlington stadium.
Date: June 8, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Belmont and triple crown] (open access)

[News Script: Belmont and triple crown]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about secretariat who wrote into racing history books by winning the Belmont stakes by a staggering 31 lengths and with it the triple crown winner since citation performed the feat in 1948.
Date: June 9, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Belmont Secretariat] (open access)

[News Script: Belmont Secretariat]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about secretariats who joined the immortals of the horse world by becoming the ninth winner of the triple crown by a runaway in the Belmont stakes.
Date: June 9, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Baseball] (open access)

[News Script: Baseball]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a pretty good turnout of 52 hundred which showed up at Arlington stadium to see the Rangers defeat the Astros for the unofficial championship of the state.
Date: June 11, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library