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[Transcript of invoice for the Special Mission to the United States made by Stephen F. Austin, Branch T. Archer, and William H. Wharton, April 23, 1836] (open access)

[Transcript of invoice for the Special Mission to the United States made by Stephen F. Austin, Branch T. Archer, and William H. Wharton, April 23, 1836]

Copy of transcript for an invoice for the Special Mission to the United States made by Stephen F. Austin, Branch T. Archer, and William H. Wharton. The invoice documents expenses for traveling from New Orleans to New York, Philadelphia, Washington D. C., and Baltimore.
Date: April 23, 1835
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of promissory note for the Republic of Texas and lenders in New York, [April 1836]] (open access)

[Transcript of promissory note for the Republic of Texas and lenders in New York, [April 1836]]

Copy of transcript for a promissory note from the Republic of Texas to lenders in New York outlining the terms and conditions of their loans. The document identifies the names of the lenders and the amount of each loan.
Date: April 1836
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of land agreement between Stephen F. Austin and Barnard E. Bee, April 27, 1842] (open access)

[Transcript of land agreement between Stephen F. Austin and Barnard E. Bee, April 27, 1842]

Copy of transcript for an agreement for land sold by Stephen F. Austin to Barnard E. Bee on November 25, 1836.
Date: April 27, 1842
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Mary Austin Holley to Emily M. Austin Bryan Perry, April 12, 1844] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Mary Austin Holley to Emily M. Austin Bryan Perry, April 12, 1844]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Mary Austin Holley to Emily M. Austin Bryan Perry requesting papers to begin a biography of Stephen F. Austin.
Date: April 12, 1844
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Rena Pederson, April 5, 2012 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Rena Pederson, April 5, 2012

Interview with Rena Pederson, a former journalist in Dallas, Texas. The interview includes biographical information about her life growing up, her educational background, her career with The Dallas Morning News and other newspapers, the books she has written, and her work in communications and public affairs.
Date: April 5, 2012
Creator: Harding, Anne; Dann, Lori & Pederson, Rena
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from James Spaights to Doris Horne - April 2, 1965] (open access)

[Letter from James Spaights to Doris Horne - April 2, 1965]

Letter from James Spaights to Doris Horne confirming his appearance at a meeting of the San Antonio chapter of The Links, Inc. Spaights is going out of town but will forward promotional materials to Horne upon his return. Included is an envelope addressed to "Mrs. Doris Horne." The back of the envelope has handwritten notes in a different script.
Date: April 2, 1965
Creator: Spaights, James
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Stephen E. Van Nostrand, April 20, 1987 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Stephen E. Van Nostrand, April 20, 1987

Interview with Stephen E. Van Nostrand, former executive at Caltex Petroleum Corporation. The interview includes Van Nostrand's personal experiences about service during World War II, employment with Caltex in China, the formation of Ryuku Oil Corporation, and holding various positions within Caltex. Van Nostrand talks about joint ventures with Nippon Oil Company and Koa Oil Company, increasing the refining capacity from 60,000 bbls. to 900,000 bbls. per day, crude oil contracts, the Nippon Petroleum Refining Company, refinery rehabilitation and construction, his role in Caltex operations in Japan, the Nippon Oil Staging Terminal Company, relations between Caltex (Japan) and New York headquarters, OPEC and its effects upon Caltex, character sketches of Neal Lilley, Alec Singleton, and James Voss, and various Japanese oil executives. The interview includes a personal history of S. Nomura.
Date: April 20, 1987
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Van Nostrand, Stephen E.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Needle for Graphophones and the Like. (open access)

Needle for Graphophones and the Like.

Patent for a gramophone needle that produces better sound due to allowing for vibrations and can be used longer by producing a a sharpened point on one side while playing that can be used the next time by turning over the needle.
Date: April 9, 1907
Creator: Petmecky, Fred
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mr. W. E. Barnes] (open access)

[Client Card: Mr. W. E. Barnes]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. W. E. Barnes, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. This order includes a rubber mold of a "Seated Nude Undressing."
Date: April 1969
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mrs. R. Borglum Carter] (open access)

[Client Card: Mrs. R. Borglum Carter]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mrs. R. Borglum Carter, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. This work order includes a bronze cast "Washington Sheridan Equestrien [sic]."
Date: April 1976
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Lecture by Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield] captions transcript

[Lecture by Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield]

Lecture featuring Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, the founders of Ben & Jerry's ice cream. They discuss their history together and how the company first established itself and grew to what it is today. Covered are their original business plans, stumbling blocks they faced and their solutions to those problems, and how they redefined the idea of business as a force for change. At the end is a presentation video, speech, and pledge from their "Stamp Stampede" campaign against big corporations' involvement in politics.
Date: April 9, 2015
Creator: University of North Texas. College of Music.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from E.P. Legett to K.B. Legett - April 9, 1934] (open access)

[Letter from E.P. Legett to K.B. Legett - April 9, 1934]

Letter from E.P. Legett to K.B. Legett, about another line of Legetts that lives in Canada, and whether or not they are related to one another. Included is a handwritten family genealogy on Rice Hotel stationery.
Date: April 9, 1934
Creator: Legett, E. P.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from K.K. Legett to Robert S. Simmons - April 2, 1906] (open access)

[Letter from K.K. Legett to Robert S. Simmons - April 2, 1906]

Letter written to Robert S. Simmons from K.K. Legett, containing a short message, "I mailed check to Judge Clinch Saturday."
Date: April 2, 1906
Creator: Legett, Kirvin Kade, 1857-1926
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from K.K. Legett to Edward Clinch - April 25, 1906] (open access)

[Letter from K.K. Legett to Edward Clinch - April 25, 1906]

Letter written to Edward Clinch from K.K. Legett, explaining the Simmons College board's decision regarding money to be donated to the James B. Simmons endowment fund.
Date: April 25, 1906
Creator: Legett, Kirvin Kade, 1857-1926
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from C. K. Griggs to his Son Charles R. Griggs, April 8, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from C. K. Griggs to his Son Charles R. Griggs, April 8, 1945]

Letter from C. K. Griggs to his son Captain Charles R. Griggs telling him that they are not worrying too strongly about him while he is away; his parents did not want to think they did not care about him. C. K. Griggs describes what is going at home, "Otto Carter is home from the Pacific, he and Lillain Pratt are to be married soon."
Date: April 8, 1945
Creator: Griggs, C. K.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Griggs to Captain Charles R. Griggs, April 7, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Griggs to Captain Charles R. Griggs, April 7, 1945]

Letter from Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Griggs to their son Captain Charles R. Griggs discussing the house work that they have done recently including replacing fence posts, and wondering if they should get a barbecue pit. They also tell Charles that they do not worry about him as they "had the assurance of God [that he] would take care of you."
Date: April 7, 1945
Creator: Griggs, Mrs. C. K.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mrs. C. K. Griggs to his Son Charles R. Griggs, April 19, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Mrs. C. K. Griggs to his Son Charles R. Griggs, April 19, 1945]

Letter from Mrs. C. K. Griggs to Gharles R. Griggs regarding daily life back home in Sweetwater, Texas; Mrs. Griggs tells that "190 Sweetwater people donated blood." She mentions the marriage between Otto Carter and Lillian Pratt, as well as her and Mr. C. K. Griggs' attempts at getting the yard in better shape.
Date: April 19, 1945
Creator: Griggs, Mrs. C. K.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from C. K. Griggs to his Son, April 12, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from C. K. Griggs to his Son, April 12, 1945]

Letter from C. K. Griggs to his son, Captain in the 49th Armored Infantry Battalion, Charles R. Griggs. Among the other things discussed, Mr. Griggs mentions the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt that had happened that evening, and the assumption of the new president Harry Truman.
Date: April 12, 1945
Creator: Griggs, C. K.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Griggs to Charles R. Griggs, April 17, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Griggs to Charles R. Griggs, April 17, 1945]

Letter from Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Griggs to their son Captain Charles R. Griggs of the 49th Armored Infantry Battalion. The letter mostly talks about the death of their grandfather who died suddenly, Mr. Griggs had been away in Big Spring as it happened. The rest of the letter talks about the grandfather's dislike for smoking and drinking; finally Mrs. Griggs says that they pray for her son's safety as well as the rest of the boys.
Date: April 17, 1945
Creator: Griggs, Mrs. C. K.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mold for Typographical Casting-Machines. (open access)

Mold for Typographical Casting-Machines.

Patent for a mold for typographical casting machines which may be altered to produce slugs of different sizes.
Date: April 7, 1914
Creator: Diaz, Pascual M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Stock market] captions transcript

[News Clip: Stock market]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: April 4, 1994, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Students] (open access)

[News Script: Students]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: April 29, 1969, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: National news] (open access)

[News Script: National news]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: April 20, 1969, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Evening sports roundup] (open access)

[News Script: Evening sports roundup]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story. This story aired at 6:00pm.
Date: April 7, 1969, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library