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
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Harris L. Kempner, Jr., January 25, 1962] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Harris L. Kempner, Jr., January 25, 1962]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Harris L. Kempner, Jr. discussing an enclosed circular published by the radio station, KGBC, and informing Harris of recent birthday and anniversary celebrations. I. H. Kempner also asks if Harris had received the copy of Kempner's published book.
Date: January 25, 1962
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Shrub, January 29, 1962] (open access)

[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Shrub, January 29, 1962]

Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Shrub enclosing a postcard. He mentions that their trip to New Orleans has been cancelled due to the weather, and weather has been magnificent yesterday and today so they went to sailing. And as Shrub has the typewriter now, Harris suggests him to use it to write letters though the phone was great, they'd like to hear more.
Date: January 29, 1962
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Shrub, May 2, 1962] (open access)

[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Shrub, May 2, 1962]

Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Shrub sending the reports of H. Kempner and allied companies as of December 31st. And mentions about his and Ruth's plans and requests him to write them about what's going on in his life.
Date: May 2, 1962
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Notice About 1986 WASP Class Dinner] (open access)

[Notice About 1986 WASP Class Dinner]

Notice in which the author states she volunteered at the Women Airforce Service Pilots National Convention to take over as the secretary for WASP class 43-6, going on to describe the convention and asking more of class 43-6 members to plan to attend the next gathering. A black and white photo of the thirteen members of class 43-6 that attended holding a large WASP wings plaque is printed on the page. Some of the women are labeled in pen around the edge of the photo as Evelyn Stewart Johnson, Moya Mitchell Anonson, Blanche Osborn Bross, Rance, Irene Maglio, Cappy Johnson Johnson, "Babe" Story, and McGeorge.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Lake] (open access)

[News Script: Lake]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of president Nixon's budget which has set aside 1 million dollars to begin construction on Lakeview Reservoir.
Date: February 6, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Iola Magruder to Rigdon Edwards, May 15, 1994] (open access)

[Letter from Iola Magruder to Rigdon Edwards, May 15, 1994]

Letter from Iola Magruder to Rigdon Edwards discussing articles from different news sources, a recent contribution to Texas Women's University, moving into a new house, past involvement with the American Cross and US military, and other events in her life.
Date: May 15, 1994
Creator: Magruder, Iola V.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Alan Tanaguchi, March 18, 1995 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Alan Tanaguchi, March 18, 1995

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Alan Tanaguchi. Tanaguchi was a Japanese-American internee at the Gila River Camp in Arizona during World War II. At 19 years old, after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Tanaguchi became a part of the internment program of the War Relocation Authority. He provides detail of life growing up in Stockton, California before December 7, 1941 and after, and experiences of bigotry and racism among his peers. He provides detail of his father being in the Justice Department internment group. He served as the dean of the College of Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin, and at Rice University in Houston. He designed an addition to the Nimitz Museum.
Date: March 18, 1995
Creator: Tanaguchi, Alan
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Alan Taniguchi, March 18, 1995

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Alan Taniguchi, former Dean of Architecture at UT-Austin and a Japanese-American internee during WWII, from Brentwood, California. Taniguchi discusses his family and childhood, experiences of racism, the attack on Pearl Harbor and its effects, having his home raided by the FBI, his father's detention and that of Japanese community leaders, preparing for internment, moving to the Gila Relocation Camp in Arizona, life there, leaving the camp for resettlement in Detroit, and life afterwards.
Date: March 18, 1995
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Taniguchi, Alan
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Pete Craig, July 10, 2002 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Pete Craig, July 10, 2002

Interview with Pete Craig, a veteran of the U.S. Army who served in the Pacific Theatre during World War II from Houston, Texas. Craig describes his time as a Private 1st Class in the Infantry, as well as his experiences in basic training and the places he visited throughout the United States. Included at the end of the transcript is a written summarization by the interviewer, Colby Burmaster, which was provided with the two audiotapes of the interview.
Date: April 26, 2003
Creator: Burmaster, Colby & Craig, Pete
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History