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Creating Impact - Feed-In Tariff Laws: Making clean energy a reality for all (open access)

Creating Impact - Feed-In Tariff Laws: Making clean energy a reality for all

The brochure describes evidence from fifty governments that Feed-In Tariff (FIT) policy speeds the transition to clean energy production and use.
Date: March 2009
Creator: World Future Council
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Homer James "Jim" Avery, August 14, 2008 (open access)

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Homer James "Jim" Avery, August 14, 2008

Interview with Homer James "Jim" Avery, founder of James Avery Craftsman from Kerrville, Texas. Mr. Avery discusses his childhood, education, service in World War II, and starting and developing his jewelry business. The interview includes photographs of Mr. Avery, on pages 35-41.
Date: August 14, 2008
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Webb, Jeanie Archer; Leonard, Julie Mosty & Avery, Homer James
System: The Portal to Texas History
[WASP 2000 Reunion Schedule] (open access)

[WASP 2000 Reunion Schedule]

Schedule of events for the WASP 2000 Reunion for October 5-7th, including museum tours, a rodeo, and a trip to Midland.
Date: 2000
Creator: Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Reunion Buffet Ticket] (open access)

[Reunion Buffet Ticket]

Breakfast buffet meal ticket for the 2000 WASP reunion at the Holiday Inn Holidome. A small plane illustration can be seen above the text in the top left corner with a chef illustration beneath it.
Date: 2000
Creator: Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Calendar: WASP WWII - 2008] (open access)

[Calendar: WASP WWII - 2008]

Calendar for 2008 containing photographs of the Women Airforce Service Pilots. Fifinella, the organization's cartoon mascot, appears in each of the calendar's twelve photographs.
Date: 2007
Creator: Wings Across America
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Special Orders Number 102, Extract 1] (open access)

[Special Orders Number 102, Extract 1]

Special orders extract reassigning a list of Women Air Force Service Pilot members, having completed their training, to be transferred to new air base stations.
Date: September 9, 1943
Creator: 318th Army Air Forces Flying Training Detachment
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Special Orders Number 50, Extracts 7-12] (open access)

[Special Orders Number 50, Extracts 7-12]

Special orders listing station assignments and reporting duties for several male pilots and Women Airforce Service Pilots.
Date: May 25, 1944
Creator: 555th Army Air Force Base (5th Ferrying Group)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Delivery Charges] (open access)

[Delivery Charges]

Note on total costs for delivery of a crated gas range.
Date: February 3, 1948
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Heather Hays, November 29, 2018 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Heather Hays, November 29, 2018

Interview with Heather Hays discussing her childhood and inspiration to go into journalism, as well as her education and highlights from her career as a news anchor. She also discusses winning Miss Hawaii in 1992 and how it affected her career path, as well as her perspectives on technology and social media.
Date: November 29, 2018
Creator: Hooi-Rodriguez, Nicole & Hays, Heather
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Rance WASP Transfer Slip] (open access)

[Rance WASP Transfer Slip]

Photocopied document stating Mary Ruth Rance's new position, pay grade, and station in the Women Airforce Service Pilots training program.
Date: unknown
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Committee on Education and Special Training Administration Memo Number 6] (open access)

[Committee on Education and Special Training Administration Memo Number 6]

Memorandum outlining S. A. T. C. Military Administration Districts, jurisdictions of the committees and department commanders, and the headquarters of department commanders.
Date: September 21, 1918
Creator: Briscoe, Chesleigh H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Gladiolus Bulbs, January 13, 1954] (open access)

[Invoice for Gladiolus Bulbs, January 13, 1954]

Invoice for various types of Gladiolus bulbs sold to Daniel W. Kempner by Regal Bulb Company, including Elizabeth the Queen, King Lear, Margaret Beaton, and J. Von Konynenburg for $24.98.
Date: January 13, 1954
Creator: Regal Bulb Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Gladiolus Bulbs, January 27, 1953] (open access)

[Invoice for Gladiolus Bulbs, January 27, 1953]

Invoice for various types of Gladiolus bulbs sold to Plantersville Nurseries by Regal Bulb Company, including Elizabeth the Queen, King Lear, Margaret Beaton, and J. Von Konynenburg for $23.52. The invoice states that there was a $1.46 refund for the King Lear bulbs.
Date: January 27, 1953
Creator: Regal Bulb Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Shipping Charges, October 21, 1955] (open access)

[Invoice for Shipping Charges, October 21, 1955]

Invoice from Railway Express Agency Incorporated for the shipment of three boxes of plants from Kalamazoo, Michigan to Galveston, Texas. The total charge was $4.22 and the invoice was stamped paid on the 4th of November, 1955.
Date: October 21, 1955
Creator: Railway Express Agency, Incorporated
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Gladiolus Bulbs, January 12, 1955] (open access)

[Invoice for Gladiolus Bulbs, January 12, 1955]

Invoice for various types of Gladiolus bulbs sold to Daniel W. Kempner on behalf of Plantersville Nurseries by Regal Bulb Company, including Yellow Emperor, King Lear, Margaret Beaton, and J. Von Konynenburg for $25.71.
Date: January 12, 1955
Creator: Regal Bulb Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Stock Purchased From Nagle's Nursery, July 1956] (open access)

[Invoice for Stock Purchased From Nagle's Nursery, July 1956]

Invoice for items sold to Daniel W. Kempner by Nagle's Nursery, including honey comb, orchid spoon, red velvet, etc. shipped via express worth $7.5. Stamped paid on July 21st, 1956.
Date: July 5, 1956
Creator: Nagle's Nursery
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Aaron C. Kulow (open access)

Oral History Interview with Aaron C. Kulow

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Aaron C. Kulow. Kulow grew up in Michigan and enlisted in the Navy in 1942. After training, he joined the ship USS Pollux AKS-4 at Norfolk, Virginia. Initially the ship runs trips down to the Carribbean and Brazil but in 1943 is fitted with radar and sent to the Pacific Theater. In the Pacific, the general stores issue ship visited Australia, New Guinea, the Admiralty Islands, and the New Hebrides Islands. He then returned to San Francisco in 1944 where his wife met him to get married. He left for the Pacific again and in 1945 traveled to the Philippines. In 1945 Kulow met survivors of the Bataan Death March that had been liberated. He remembers going to a friend's burial in the Philippines. On V-J Day Kulow was at Manila Harbor. He left for America in October 1945 and was discharged in New York December 12, 1945.
Date: unknown
Creator: Kulow, Aaron C.
System: The Portal to Texas History