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[Annette Becker, Dr. Anthony F. Mangieri and Ernest Jolicoeur]

Photograph of project curators TFC director Annette Becker and Salve Regina University faculty Dr. Anthony F. Mangieri and Ernest Jolicoeur. "Purple: Fashion and Fancy, Highlights from the Texas Fashion Collection," hosted by Salve Regina University's Dorrance H. Hamilton Gallery and curated by TFC director Annette Becker and Salve Regina University faculty Ernest Jolicoeur and Dr. Anthony F. Mangieri.
Date: October 30, 2019
Creator: Becker, Annette
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Annette Becker standing in the exhibition space]

Photograph of TFC director Annette Becker standing in the exhibition space. "Purple: Fashion and Fancy, Highlights from the Texas Fashion Collection," hosted by Salve Regina University's Dorrance H. Hamilton Gallery and curated by TFC director Annette Becker and Salve Regina University faculty Ernest Jolicoeur and Dr. Anthony F. Mangieri.
Date: October 30, 2019
Creator: Becker, Annette
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[A Bes-Ben hatlet]

Photograph of a Bes-Ben hatlet. "Purple: Fashion and Fancy, Highlights from the Texas Fashion Collection," hosted by Salve Regina University's Dorrance H. Hamilton Gallery and curated by TFC director Annette Becker and Salve Regina University faculty Ernest Jolicoeur and Dr. Anthony F. Mangieri.
Date: October 30, 2019
Creator: Becker, Annette
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Design by Olivier Theyskens]

Photograph of the entrance of the exhibition with the title wall. "Purple: Fashion and Fancy, Highlights from the Texas Fashion Collection," hosted by Salve Regina University's Dorrance H. Hamilton Gallery and curated by TFC director Annette Becker and Salve Regina University faculty Ernest Jolicoeur and Dr. Anthony F. Mangieri.
Date: October 30, 2019
Creator: Becker, Annette
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Dress by Oscar de la Renta]

Photograph of the exhibition with a dress by Oscar de la Renta at the center front. "Purple: Fashion and Fancy, Highlights from the Texas Fashion Collection," hosted by Salve Regina University's Dorrance H. Hamilton Gallery and curated by TFC director Annette Becker and Salve Regina University faculty Ernest Jolicoeur and Dr. Anthony F. Mangieri.
Date: October 30, 2019
Creator: Becker, Annette
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[An evening dress by Vera Wang]

Photograph of an evening dress by Vera Wang. "Purple: Fashion and Fancy, Highlights from the Texas Fashion Collection," hosted by Salve Regina University's Dorrance H. Hamilton Gallery and curated by TFC director Annette Becker and Salve Regina University faculty Ernest Jolicoeur and Dr. Anthony F. Mangieri.
Date: October 30, 2019
Creator: Becker, Annette
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[A Fendi fur coat and a wedding dress]

Photograph of a Fendi fur coat and a wedding dress made by the bride's friend Jane. "Purple: Fashion and Fancy, Highlights from the Texas Fashion Collection," hosted by Salve Regina University's Dorrance H. Hamilton Gallery and curated by TFC director Annette Becker and Salve Regina University faculty Ernest Jolicoeur and Dr. Anthony F. Mangieri.
Date: October 30, 2019
Creator: Becker, Annette
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[A late nineteenth-century hat]

Photograph of a late nineteenth-century hat. "Purple: Fashion and Fancy, Highlights from the Texas Fashion Collection," hosted by Salve Regina University's Dorrance H. Hamilton Gallery and curated by TFC director Annette Becker and Salve Regina University faculty Ernest Jolicoeur and Dr. Anthony F. Mangieri.
Date: October 30, 2019
Creator: Becker, Annette
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[A mini dress by Cushnie et Ochs]

Photograph of a mini dress by Cushnie et Ochs. "Purple: Fashion and Fancy, Highlights from the Texas Fashion Collection," hosted by Salve Regina University's Dorrance H. Hamilton Gallery and curated by TFC director Annette Becker and Salve Regina University faculty Ernest Jolicoeur and Dr. Anthony F. Mangieri.
Date: October 30, 2019
Creator: Becker, Annette
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[A mourning cape]

Photograph of a mourning cape from the late nineteenth century. "Purple: Fashion and Fancy, Highlights from the Texas Fashion Collection," hosted by Salve Regina University's Dorrance H. Hamilton Gallery and curated by TFC director Annette Becker and Salve Regina University faculty Ernest Jolicoeur and Dr. Anthony F. Mangieri.
Date: October 30, 2019
Creator: Becker, Annette
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[A mourning cape, 2]

Photograph of a mourning cape from the late nineteenth century. "Purple: Fashion and Fancy, Highlights from the Texas Fashion Collection," hosted by Salve Regina University's Dorrance H. Hamilton Gallery and curated by TFC director Annette Becker and Salve Regina University faculty Ernest Jolicoeur and Dr. Anthony F. Mangieri.
Date: October 30, 2019
Creator: Becker, Annette
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[A purple Fendi fur coat]

Photograph of a purple Fendi fur coat. "Purple: Fashion and Fancy, Highlights from the Texas Fashion Collection," hosted by Salve Regina University's Dorrance H. Hamilton Gallery and curated by TFC director Annette Becker and Salve Regina University faculty Ernest Jolicoeur and Dr. Anthony F. Mangieri.
Date: October 30, 2019
Creator: Becker, Annette
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Purple garments on display for an exhibition]

Photograph of a nineteenth-century mourning cape, a WWII-era Adrian suit, a 1980s Victor Costa evening ensemble, an early 1970s wedding dress, and a 2010s mini dress by Cushnie et Ochs. "Purple: Fashion and Fancy, Highlights from the Texas Fashion Collection," hosted by Salve Regina University's Dorrance H. Hamilton Gallery and curated by TFC director Annette Becker and Salve Regina University faculty Ernest Jolicoeur and Dr. Anthony F. Mangieri.
Date: October 30, 2019
Creator: Becker, Annette
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Purple spectrum garments on display for an exhibition]

Photograph of a wedding dress, a mini dress by Cushnie et Ochs, and an Ultrasuede suit by Mollie Parnis. "Purple: Fashion and Fancy, Highlights from the Texas Fashion Collection," hosted by Salve Regina University's Dorrance H. Hamilton Gallery and curated by TFC director Annette Becker and Salve Regina University faculty Ernest Jolicoeur and Dr. Anthony F. Mangieri.
Date: October 30, 2019
Creator: Becker, Annette
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Sportswear dress by Carolyn Schnurer]

Photograph of a sportswear dress by Carolyn Schnurer. "Purple: Fashion and Fancy, Highlights from the Texas Fashion Collection," hosted by Salve Regina University's Dorrance H. Hamilton Gallery and curated by TFC director Annette Becker and Salve Regina University faculty Ernest Jolicoeur and Dr. Anthony F. Mangieri.
Date: October 30, 2019
Creator: Becker, Annette
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Suit by Adrian and a fur coat by Fendi]

Photograph of a suit by Adrian and a fur coat by Fendi. "Purple: Fashion and Fancy, Highlights from the Texas Fashion Collection," hosted by Salve Regina University's Dorrance H. Hamilton Gallery and curated by TFC director Annette Becker and Salve Regina University faculty Ernest Jolicoeur and Dr. Anthony F. Mangieri.
Date: October 30, 2019
Creator: Becker, Annette
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Afton Keeton, August 30, 2007 (open access)

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 transcript

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
Oral History Interview with Voris C. Riley, November 1, 2005 transcript

Oral History Interview with Voris C. Riley, November 1, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Voris C. Riley of Kingland, Texas. He discusses enlisting in the military while living in Abilene, Texas and getting sent to civil service for the Army before being offered to join the Navy. In the Navy he went through basic training in San Diego, California, then to St. Louis Electrical School and finally through firefighting training in Rhode Island. After he completed his training Mr. Riley was assigned to the U.S.S. Lake Champain, CB 39 and went on a shakedown cruise where 16 crewmen were lost for various reasons. In the Navy he was an electrician aboard the ship and dealt with setting up electricity onshore. He also dealt with Prisoners of War, being put in charge of a group of them to build a swimming pool. He was in New York City on temporary leave when the news of the wars end was released by President Truman. Mr. Voris also talks about serving in the Civilian Conservation Corps in New Mexico.
Date: November 1, 2005
Creator: Riley, Voris C.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Voris C. Riley, November 1, 2005 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Voris C. Riley, November 1, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Voris C. Riley of Kingland, Texas. He discusses enlisting in the military while living in Abilene, Texas and getting sent to civil service for the Army before being offered to join the Navy. In the Navy he went through basic training in San Diego, California, then to St. Louis Electrical School and finally through firefighting training in Rhode Island. After he completed his training Mr. Riley was assigned to the U.S.S. Lake Champain, CB 39 and went on a shakedown cruise where 16 crewmen were lost for various reasons. In the Navy he was an electrician aboard the ship and dealt with setting up electricity onshore. He also dealt with Prisoners of War, being put in charge of a group of them to build a swimming pool. He was in New York City on temporary leave when the news of the wars end was released by President Truman. Mr. Voris also talks about serving in the Civilian Conservation Corps in New Mexico.
Date: November 1, 2005
Creator: Riley, Voris C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with John Reas, November 17, 2000 (open access)

Oral History Interview with John Reas, November 17, 2000

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Reas. Reas grew up in Indiana and Ohio and enlisted in the Navy in 1938. After training, he boarded the USS Houston (CA-30) at Charleston, South Carolina. He was assigned to the aviation unit. On February 28, 1942, he survived the bombing and sinking of the ship. He and other survivors in life rafts were picked up by the Japanese the next day and taken to Java as a prisoner of war. He was taken to a ship and then back to an island, where he met survivors of the Australian ship HMAS Perth (D29). They were moved from Serang to Batavia. He was told to record the POW's occupations and those idenitified as skilled were sent to Japan. Inspired by this, he kept a detailed and complete list of the survivors that he kept hidden. From Java, the survivors are put on a cargo ship to Singapore. Then they went to Pynang by train. He then boarded another ship to Burma. Allied forces bombed a ship next to Reas. He describes living in bamboo huts while building the railroad. During one of the routine abuses in …
Date: November 17, 2000
Creator: Reas, John
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with E. B. Potter, October 8, 1994 transcript

Oral History Interview with E. B. Potter, October 8, 1994

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with E. B. Potter. Potter was attached to the Intelligence Section of the 14th Naval District in Oahu during World War II. He graduated with an English degree from the University of Richmond in 1929. He completed an advanced degree in English at the University of Chicago, and during this time the war broke out in Europe. He applied for and received a commission in the Navy. Potter was sent to the Naval Academy as a reservist to teach college-level European and naval history. After 7 December 1941 he went to communications school. From there he went to Pearl Harbor in November of 1943. Potter worked in the Registered Publications Issuing Office (RPIO), distributing codes and ciphers to ships of the fleet. He provides a vivid description of his work. Potter became second-in-command of RPIO. He talks some of Commander Joseph Rochefort’s operation and code breaking. He discusses briefly working on the biography of Admiral Chester Nimitz, and some of Admiral Bill Halsey’s actions during the war. Potter was later assigned as executive officer to the 14th Naval District and provides stories of his experiences. In 1945 he returned to …
Date: October 8, 1994
Creator: Potter, E. B. & Marcello, Ronald E.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Edmund T. Thomassen, May 4, 1993

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Transcript of an interview with Commander Edmund Thomassen, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences as a naval officer in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Thomassen discusses the New York State Merchant Marine Academy in 1941, his assignment to the USS Sheridan (APA 51), Tarawa landing, Marshall Island landings, Saipan landing, his assignment to Newport, Rhode Island, his assignment to the USS Dutchess for amphibious landings, and his Korean War experiences.
Date: May 4, 1993
Creator: Byrd, R. W. (Richard W.) & Thomassen, Edmund T., 1924-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[The New World, 1992] (open access)

[The New World, 1992]

Scrapbook documenting the life of John Logan Briggs Jr. and his friends, including photographs, menus, business cards, clippings, and tickets. The scrapbook also contains photographs of his travels, social gatherings and "The Experience."John Logan Briggs Jr. is the creator of "The Experience," a self-discovery workshop for the LGBT community.
Date: 1992
Creator: Briggs, John Logan, Jr.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library