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[Telegram from Luster P. Gollagher to J. Watt Page - April 21, 1943] (open access)

[Telegram from Luster P. Gollagher to J. Watt Page - April 21, 1943]

A Western Union telegram sent to J. Watt Page, Austin, Texas from Luster P. Gollagher, Senior Warden Assistant, Texarkana, Texas dated April 21, 1943. Gollagher advises Page that four hundred inmates are already registered, 50 are not registered, and he has received no word of a local board appointment. A handwritten note by L. M. F. [Major L. M. Fellbaum] at the bottom left of the telegram advises of having called Col. Perkins [Colonel John Perkins].
Date: April 21, 1943
Creator: Gollagher, Luster P.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Allan Shivers, April 9, 1949] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Allan Shivers, April 9, 1949]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Allan Shivers thanking Shivers for a resolution passed by the Texas Senate regarding a visit by a Senate delegation to the University of Texas Medical School at Galveston on March 25, 1949. He writes that the purpose of the visit was to show the Senators the potential of the medical school. He mentions that the school has a high national reputation and that funding should not be cut. He concludes by inviting Shivers to investigate the situation further.
Date: April 9, 1949
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Rabbi Newton J. Friedman, March 5, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Rabbi Newton J. Friedman, March 5, 1945]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Rabbi Newton J. Friedman asking him to contact the members of the committee and ask them if they would still like to meet in Austin and if they would like hotel reservations.
Date: March 5, 1945
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jim T. Lindsey to Truett Latimer, June 18, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from Jim T. Lindsey to Truett Latimer, June 18, 1953]

Letter from Jim T. Lindsey to Truett Latimer thanking him for his help and discussing hopes to visit one another in Texarkana or Austin.
Date: June 18, 1953
Creator: Lindsey, Jim T.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jim T. Lindsey to Truett Latimer, March 5, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from Jim T. Lindsey to Truett Latimer, March 5, 1954]

Letter from Jim T. Lindsey to Truett Latimer inviting him to a buffet dinner with other representatives at the Stephen F. Austin Hotel. A handwritten note at the bottom reads, "would like to see you some time prior to Sun. night-".
Date: March 5, 1954
Creator: Lindsey, Jim T.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of letter from William M. Nathan to Leo Walkow, October 19, 1945] (open access)

[Copy of letter from William M. Nathan to Leo Walkow, October 19, 1945]

Letter from William M. Nathan to Leo Walkow acknowledging receipt of the checks he sent. He asks for the list of addresses of the people who donated to be sent to Rabbi Rudavsky so that he can individually thank them. He also thanks Walkow for his efforts and updates him on familial matters.
Date: October 19, 1945
Creator: Nathan, William M.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from J. Watt Page to T. N. Carswell - April 29, 1943] (open access)

[Telegram from J. Watt Page to T. N. Carswell - April 29, 1943]

A western Union telegram sent to T. N. Carswell in care of the McCartney Hotel, Texarkana, Texas from PAGE, State Director, Austin, Texas, dated April 29, 1943. Page advises that Colonel Banister [Colonel John R. Banister] has directed Carswell to travel from Texarkana to the Federal Correctional Institution in La Tuna, El Paso County via Abilene, return to Austin, and to forward his itinerary.
Date: April 29, 1943
Creator: Page, J. Watt
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest (open access)

The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest

This text gives an overview of the places and resources in Texas with an emphasis on the locations where the railroads run through the state. Indexes start on page 220.
Date: 1896
Creator: Texas & Pacific Railway
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Michael Hurd, May 28, 2013

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Michael Hurd, a journalist and member of the Texas Black History Preservation Project from Houston, Texas. Hurd discusses growing up in Texarkana and Houston, his education and service in the Air Force, work with the Houston Post and USA Today, Juneteenth, researching black history, the Texas Black History Preservation Project and related efforts, being an historian, the history of Juneteenth and emancipation in Texas, and civil rights. In appendix are photographs of Hurd, clippings of his reporting, and URLs to videos he was involved in.
Date: May 26, 2013
Creator: Turner, Elizabeth Hays & Hurd, Michael
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Amtrak] (open access)

[News Script: Amtrak]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Amtrak directors who have given approval to begin Amtrak passenger train service to Dallas.
Date: February 4, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Amtrak] (open access)

[News Script: Amtrak]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Amtrak which has been approved passenger train service to Dallas.
Date: February 4, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Amtrak] (open access)

[News Script: Amtrak]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story indicating delays in the start of Amtrak service from Dallas to Mexican border.
Date: December 14, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Austin] (open access)

[News Script: Austin]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Texas governor Dolph Briscoe who is speaking through an aide which has suggested that there might be a need for state regulation of intra state long distance telephone rates and of some local telephone service.
Date: April 10, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: New top Texas weather] (open access)

[News Script: New top Texas weather]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: February 23, 1970, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: New Top Texas Weather] (open access)

[News Script: New Top Texas Weather]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of chilly temperatures and clear skies which are prevailing over Texas.
Date: February 26, 1974, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: New top Texas weather] (open access)

[News Script: New top Texas weather]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a few scattered thunderstorms which are still rumbling across Texas.
Date: June 6, 1974, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Texas AP] (open access)

[News Script: Texas AP]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: October 3, 1969, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Texas Truckers] (open access)

[News Script: Texas Truckers]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of independent truckers who continue their shutdown protest across Texas as a part of a national move to bring down fuel prices and raise highway speed limits lowered in the energy crisis.
Date: February 4, 1974, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Texas weather new top] (open access)

[News Script: Texas weather new top]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: November 2, 1971, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library