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[Adoption Statement of Sarah Heath and Celena Kopinski] (open access)

[Adoption Statement of Sarah Heath and Celena Kopinski]

Personal statement of Sarah Heath and Celena Kopinski regarding their adoption from the Changzhou CWI in Jiangsu Province, China. They discuss their chance encounter which lead to them discovering they were twins who had been adopted separately, Sarah by parents in Nashville, Tennessee and Celena by parents in New York City. There is a photo of Celena and Sarah on the second page of the statement.
Date: April 2016
Creator: Heath, Sarah & Kopinski, Celena
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Albert Donaldson, April 14, 2009 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Albert Donaldson, April 14, 2009

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Albert Donaldson. Donaldson talks about how the Great Depression affected his family. He joined the Navy in 1944 and provides details of his training. He traveled aboard the USS Buckingham (APA-141). They traveled to Pearl Harbor, which he describes along with his responsibilities with work parties unloading and reloading ships. He assisted with trading out old ammunition for new ammunition. He was transferred to the John Rodgers Naval Air Station in Hawaii. He worked on the Martin Mars seaplanes, repairing and test flying them. He also flew C-54s and the J-3 Piper Cub and shares his experiences. He spent the remainder of his Navy career in Hawaii and was discharged in August of 1946 and joined the reserves. While in the service he made storekeeper 3rd class. In the 1950s he was commissioned into the Air Force.
Date: April 14, 2009
Creator: Donaldson, Albert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Clyde Jones, April 5, 1999 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Clyde Jones, April 5, 1999

Interview with Clyde Jones, former part-owner of Kerrville's first radio station, KERV, from Kerrville, Texas. Mr. Jones discusses how he came to the area and his involvement with radio station, as well as some of the challenges he and his crew encountered. He also talks about his work with the Mental Health and Retardation Center at the Kerrville State Hospital. Mr. Jones briefly discusses his band, The Poverty Playboys.
Date: April 5, 1999
Creator: Snodgrass, Clarabelle; Bethel, Ann & Jones, Clyde
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Itemized Invoice for Hotel Peabody: April 1955] (open access)

[Itemized Invoice for Hotel Peabody: April 1955]

Itemized list of charges from a stay at the Hotel Peabody in Memphis during April 27th through 30th, including the balances due along with their explanation. Stamped " Paid ."
Date: April 1955
Creator: Hotel Peabody
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Dyersburg, Tennessee Baptistry Painting] (open access)

[Dyersburg, Tennessee Baptistry Painting]

Black and white photograph of a baptistry painting done by Perry for a church in Dyersburg, Tennessee. Scene depicts a narrow stream with rocks, trees, hills, sun, clouds. Back of photograph inscribed with the name "Mrs. A.B. Fowler."
Date: April 24, 1950
Creator: Perry, Myrta Blanche
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt from Slayden-Kirksey Woolen Mills] (open access)

[Receipt from Slayden-Kirksey Woolen Mills]

Receipt for goods purchased by S.M. Roy & Co. in Hennings, Tennessee from Slayden-Kirksey Woolen Mills in Waco, Texas.
Date: April 10, 1900
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope addressed to Charles B. Moore, April 20, 1895] (open access)

[Envelope addressed to Charles B. Moore, April 20, 1895]

Envelope addressed to Mr. Charles B. Moore in Melissa, Collin County, Texas. It was sent by Will McGee and received on April 24, 1895, according to the hand-written note in the bottom left corner. It is postmarked Gallatin, Tenn. APR 20, 1895. The top right corner, where the stamp would have been, has been cut away.
Date: April 20, 1895
Creator: McGee, Will
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Provost Marshal's Office Pass for Ziza Moore, April 29, 1863] (open access)

[Provost Marshal's Office Pass for Ziza Moore, April 29, 1863]

Travel pass from the Provost Marshal's Office in Shelbyville, Tennessee. The pass allowed Ziza Moore and her family to travel at will throughout the county, but specified that they not "communicate anything that may prove detrimental to the Confederate States."
Date: April 29, 1863
Creator: Hawkins, J. M.
System: The UNT Digital Library