[Letter from Chester W. Nimitz to William Nimitz, April 1905] (open access)

[Letter from Chester W. Nimitz to William Nimitz, April 1905]

Handwritten letter from Chester Nimitz to his father in Kerrville. Nimitz mentions finally leaving California for Hawaii on 1 April 1905 and comments on the desertion rate among the sailors. He also mentions the seas his ship is facing. He indicates the ship's position and mentions the cooks and stewards. Nimitz also mentions the weather. He shares anecdotes from aboard ship about his experiences. He also mentions going ashore at Honolulu.
Date: 1905-04-05/1905-04-08
Creator: Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from Chester W. Nimitz to William Nimitz, April 1905] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from Chester W. Nimitz to William Nimitz, April 1905]

Transcription of letter from Chester Nimitz to his father in Kerrville. Nimitz mentions finally leaving California for Hawaii on 1 April 1905 and comments on the desertion rate among the sailors. He also mentions the seas his ship is facing. He indicates the ship's position and mentions the cooks and stewards. Nimitz also mentions the weather. He shares anecdotes from aboard ship about his experiences. He also mentions going ashore at Honolulu.
Date: 1905-04-05/1905-04-08
Creator: Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Liberty Hounds, Honolulu, Hawaii]

Photograph of Jack Vaughan, G. C. Skripek, B. E. Statham, and E. J. Marta in Honolulu, Hawaii. Vaughan and Skripek stand, while Statham and Marta kneel. They are all in uniform.
Date: April 28, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Walter F. Woodul, April 8, 1952] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Walter F. Woodul, April 8, 1952]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Walter F. Woodul discussing Ethel Woodul's current cold and the Kempners' travel plans.
Date: April 8, 1952
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner to Hollister Drug Company, April 30, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner to Hollister Drug Company, April 30, 1954]

Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner to Hollister Drug Company mentioning that the invoice has arrived some time ago but the goods only arrived that day and he encloses a check for $24.66 He also asks if those toilet waters are for sale in their country.
Date: April 30, 1954
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Hawaiians] captions transcript

[News Clip: Hawaiians]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Royal Hawaiian entertainers greeting Honorable Edward Johnson in Dallas.
Date: April 11, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Mary G. Quiroga, April 13, 1959] (open access)

[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Mary G. Quiroga, April 13, 1959]

Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Mary G. Quiroga requesting absentee voting ballots for him and his wife because they will be in Hawaii.
Date: April 13, 1959
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Fred H. Rayner to Harris Leon Kempner, April 25, 1959] (open access)

[Letter from Fred H. Rayner to Harris Leon Kempner, April 25, 1959]

Letter from Fred H. Rayner to Harris Leon Kempner mentioning that it's pleasure talking to him on phone from Honolulu. He then includes the sales he did after he left. He also enclosed a memorandum of the standing of their business as of yesterday. Then he talks about the bid on Monday and hopes that Kempner and Ruth are having a good time.
Date: April 25, 1959
Creator: Rayner, Fred H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Hawaii Blossoms, Ltd., April 5, 1962] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Hawaii Blossoms, Ltd., April 5, 1962]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Hawaii Blossoms, Ltd. informing them that the flowers he ordered have arrived "promptly and in very good shape".
Date: April 5, 1962
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Astronaut] (open access)

[News Script: Astronaut]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: April 18, 1970, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Medal of freedom] (open access)

[News Script: Medal of freedom]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: April 18, 1970, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Teamsters/ Election changes] (open access)

[News Script: Teamsters/ Election changes]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: April 23, 1970, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Lyndon Johnson/ Nuclear plants] (open access)

[News Script: Lyndon Johnson/ Nuclear plants]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: April 28, 1970, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Tokyo, Washington, Philadelphia, and Honolulu] (open access)

[News Script: Tokyo, Washington, Philadelphia, and Honolulu]

Photocopy of a script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: April 12, 1971, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Midway sets sail] (open access)

[News Script: Midway sets sail]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: April 10, 1972, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Ship] (open access)

[News Script: Ship]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about crewmen on the American cargo ship “Silver Dove” being picked up from lifeboats near Hawaii.
Date: April 1, 1973
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Earthquake] (open access)

[News Script: Earthquake]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about an earthquake in Hawaii. The island of Hawaii felt the worst of the tremor.
Date: April 26, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Hawaii] (open access)

[News Script: Hawaii]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Hawaii. A state of emergency was in effect on the island after an earthquake. Only light damage was reported at this time.
Date: 1973-04-26T24:00:00
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Hawaii shake] (open access)

[News Script: Hawaii shake]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about an earthquake that shook the Hawaiian Islands. On the Richter scale, the earthquake was measured at a 6 out of 10. The largest island, Hawaii, reported extensive damage.
Date: April 26, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with G. C. Mitchell, April 6, 1974 (open access)

Oral History Interview with G. C. Mitchell, April 6, 1974

Interview with G. C. Mitchell, a realtor and a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the cruiser USS Phoenix during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: April 6, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Mitchell, G. C., 1919-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with C. R. Gross, April 8, 1974 (open access)

Oral History Interview with C. R. Gross, April 8, 1974

Interview with C. R. Gross, civil servant and Army Air Corps veteran. The interview includes Gross' personal experiences at Hickam Field with the Finance Detachment during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: April 8, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Gross, C. R.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Sports] (open access)

[News Script: Sports]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about several weeks of rumors about what might happen to the world football league which has officially made its presence felt with the Dallas cowboys.
Date: April 9, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Sports] (open access)

[News Script: Sports]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the arrival of any phenonium which quite often is greeted with some skepticism as people find it difficult to give credence or acceptability to those things which would challenge the trading order.
Date: April 9, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Sports] (open access)

[News Script: Sports]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the Texas rangers who showed the explosiveness predicted of them all along by manager Billy Martin when the team opened a road series with the California angels.
Date: April 10, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library