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Metallurgical Coke (open access)

Metallurgical Coke

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies on metallurgical coke. As stated in the introduction, "in this paper the attempt is made to summarize the history of coke making in the United States, to indicate the development of different methods and the modern types of ovens, and to point out the composition and physical properties of the metallurgical cokes produced in this country" (p. 5). This paper includes tables, illustrations, photographs, and a map.
Date: September 1913
Creator: Belden, A. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Scouting, Volume 1, Number 19, February 1, 1914 (open access)

Scouting, Volume 1, Number 19, February 1, 1914

Semi-monthly publication of the Boy Scouts of America, written for Boy Scout leaders, officials, and others interested in the work of the Scouts. It includes articles about events and activities, updates from the national headquarters, topical columns and essays, and news from various chapters nationwide.
Date: February 1, 1914
Creator: Boy Scouts of America
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Scouting, Volume 2, Number 2, May 15, 1914 (open access)

Scouting, Volume 2, Number 2, May 15, 1914

Semi-monthly publication of the Boy Scouts of America, written for Boy Scout leaders, officials, and others interested in the work of the Scouts. It includes articles about events and activities, updates from the national headquarters, topical columns and essays, and news from various chapters nationwide.
Date: May 15, 1914
Creator: Boy Scouts of America
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mining and Preparing Domestic Graphite for Crucible Use (open access)

Mining and Preparing Domestic Graphite for Crucible Use

From Prefactory Statement: "In this bulletin are presented the results obtained in the first two phases of the work outlined above. The bulletin is in two parts. The first part describes the methods of mining and milling used, suggests a standard method of sampling finished graphite, and describes a rapid and convenient method of analysis developed at the Pittsburgh station of the Bureau of Mines, to which has been assigned the analytical and microscopic work. The second part describes experiments on the concentration and milling of graphite, which were made at the Salt Lake City, Utah, station."
Date: 1920
Creator: Dub, George D. & Moses, Frederick G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
City Smoke Ordinances and Smoke Abatement (open access)

City Smoke Ordinances and Smoke Abatement

From Introduction: "In connection with the fuel investigations conducted by the Bureau of Mines much information has been accumulated as to the smoke abatement activities in various cities. The essential features of the information are presented in this report, which, it is believed, will be of public interest and benefit, especially to those communities that are just beginning organized effort to abate unnecessary smoke."
Date: 1912
Creator: Flagg, Samuel B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Strontium Program: Quarterly Summary Report, November 19, 1958 (open access)

Strontium Program: Quarterly Summary Report, November 19, 1958

From Abstract: "This report up-dates certain sections of HASL-42, "Environmental Contamination from Weapon Tests". In particular, the levels of Strontium-90 in fallout, milk, tap water, air, and soil are included for data available up to November 1, 1958."
Date: November 19, 1958
Creator: Hardy, Edward P., Jr. & Klein, Stanley
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 17, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 17, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing flying from Spartanburg, SC, to Newark, visiting New York City, preparing to pick up a P-47 in Evansville, IN, and Father's Day.
Date: June 17, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Jerell E. Crow, August 24, 2002 transcript

Oral History Interview with Jerell E. Crow, August 24, 2002

Interview with Jerell E. Crow. He entered the Coast Guard in 1940 and trained in Florida and New York City. He served aboard a Landing Ship, Tank (LST) when those ships were first introduced. He traveled to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to the Neville Island Shipyard operated by the Dravo Corporation as part of a crew that brought an LST down the Mississippi River to New Orleans. From there, the crew practiced operations at Biloxi, Mississippi. Eventually, Crow travelled to San Diego aboard the LST through the Panama Canal. From there, he went to Guadalcanal and unloaded tanks. Eventually, his ship was hit at Saipan and he was wounded. He also served aboard an LST during the invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Afterwards, Crow's LST was present in Tokyo Bay for the surrender. He visited Hiroshima while on occupation duty after the atomic bomb was dropped. Eventually, his LST made its way back to San Francisco where he was discharged.
Date: August 24, 2002
Creator: Rabalais, Larry & Crow, Jerell E.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mr. Bailey Balken] (open access)

[Client Card: Mr. Bailey Balken]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. Bailey Balken, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Piece includes: "Child's Head".
Date: January 1933
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mr. Virgil Cantini] (open access)

[Client Card: Mr. Virgil Cantini]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. Virgil Cantini, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. This work order includes an aluminum cast of a group of abstracts, and numerous bronze casts of various figures.
Date: September 1970
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mrs. Gloria Brooks] (open access)

[Client Card: Mrs. Gloria Brooks]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mrs. Gloria Brooks, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. This work order includes a bronze "flagstaffeagle," although the shipment shows as being cancelled.
Date: unknown
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mrs. Milton Brauman] (open access)

[Client Card: Mrs. Milton Brauman]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mrs. Milton Brauman, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. This work order includes a bronze cast of "Aaron" measuring 22" tall.
Date: March 1961
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from E. H. Stoner to Mrs. William L. McKie - May 19, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from E. H. Stoner to Mrs. William L. McKie - May 19, 1943]

Letter sent from E. H. Stoner, President and Treasurer of West Penn Lumber Company, on behalf of Mr. G. M. Lusk, to Cecelia McKie thanking her for the message and stating he has received the same information from the Relief for Americans in Philippines, New York City, and has forwarded this advice to Mr. G. M. Lusk. Letter is typed on West Penn Lumber Company stationery. Envelope addressed to Mrs. William L. McKie, Sacramento, California from West Penn Lumber Co., Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Handwritten note in pencil lower left: 'Lusk'. Reverse side of envelope has been removed by creator.
Date: May 19, 1943
Creator: Stoner, E. H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Bank] (open access)

[News Script: Bank]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about several large banks have followed the tread to lower prime interest rate.
Date: February 19, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Baseball] (open access)

[News Script: Baseball]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a pretty good turnout of 52 hundred which showed up at Arlington stadium to see the Rangers defeat the Astros for the unofficial championship of the state.
Date: June 11, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Basketball] (open access)

[News Script: Basketball]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Houston Kashmere who captured the Class 4A basketball title 91-87 over South Oak Cliff.
Date: March 9, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Belmont and triple crown] (open access)

[News Script: Belmont and triple crown]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about secretariat who wrote into racing history books by winning the Belmont stakes by a staggering 31 lengths and with it the triple crown winner since citation performed the feat in 1948.
Date: June 9, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Belmont Secretariat] (open access)

[News Script: Belmont Secretariat]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about secretariats who joined the immortals of the horse world by becoming the ninth winner of the triple crown by a runaway in the Belmont stakes.
Date: June 9, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Clyde] (open access)

[News Script: Clyde]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about things which are beginning to fall rapidly into places in the life of David Clyde.
Date: June 12, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Floods] (open access)

[News Script: Floods]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the effect of floods in the eastern United States.
Date: June 24, 1972, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Golf] (open access)

[News Script: Golf]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Gary player who is flattered, Arnold Palmer made a charge that advanced him all the way to the front of the U. S open after three rounds at Oakmont.
Date: June 16, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Golf] (open access)

[News Script: Golf]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the event of the U. S open in Oakmont Pennsylvania where Jack Nicklaus had some chilling news for his opponents in the big event.
Date: June 13, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Leheay dies] (open access)

[News Script: Leheay dies]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about one of the greats of college football coacher, Frank Leahy who passed away at the age of 65.
Date: June 21, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Open golf] (open access)

[News Script: Open golf]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Gary Player of south Africa who is playing at the U. S open at Oakmont while still on the mend from recent major surgery and is underweight.
Date: June 14, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library