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Oral History Interview with John H. Byrd, January 24, 1996

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Interview with John Byrd, an Army Air Corps veteran (457th Bomb Squadron, 8th Air Force), concerning his experiences as a radio operator in the 8th Air Force in England during World War II.
Date: January 24, 1996
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.; Byrd, Richard W. & Byrd, John Howard
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Barbara Campbell, May 6, 1993

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Interview with Barbara Campbell concerning her views on the impact and significance of women on the development of the Republican Party in Texas (1960-1990). Campbell discusses the first senatorial campaign of John Tower, the activities of Northwood, Texas, Republican Women's Club, the Texas Federation of Republican Women, her work for U.S. Congressman Jim Collins, and her personal political philosophy.
Date: May 6, 1993
Creator: Strickland, Kristi & Campbell, Barbara
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Adolph Krchnak, May 23, 2015 transcript

Oral History Interview with Adolph Krchnak, May 23, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Adolph Krchnak. Krchnak joined the Army in December of 1944. He completed parachute school. In late 1944, early 1945 he was stationed in the Philippines with the 11th Airborne Division. They served in a traditional infantry role in the Philippines. His division participated in the Liberation of Manila in the spring of 1945. In August of 1945 they traveled into southern Japan as part of the occupation force. He was honorably discharged in 1946.
Date: May 23, 2015
Creator: Krchnak, Adolph
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Aaron Mendoza, September 7, 2012 transcript

Oral History Interview with Aaron Mendoza, September 7, 2012

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Aaron Mendoza. Mendoza joined the Navy in 1943 and received basic training in San Diego. He attended torpedo school and was assigned to an aircraft torpedo lab at Kaneohe Naval Air Station. There he filled warheads with air so the torpedo could be retrieved after test fires. Torpedoes that passed quality control would then be filled with explosive warheads and loaded into underground silos. After 14 months, his unit was dispersed. Mendoza was in Great Lakes awaiting further orders when the war ended. He was discharged in December 1945 and worked as a civilian employee at Kelly Air Force Base, retiring with a GS-12 ranking. He then worked as a salesman for Control Data, selling supercomputers to the likes of NASA and Texaco. He emphasizes the importance of staying active in retirement, and at the age of 88 he ranked number one nationally in Wii bowling.
Date: September 7, 2012
Creator: Mendoza, Aaron
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Albert Jeffers, December 28, 2011 transcript

Oral History Interview with Albert Jeffers, December 28, 2011

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Albert Jeffers. Jeffers joined the Navy in 1943 and received basic training in Illinois. He received diesel engine maintenance and repair training at submarine school in Connecticut. Upon completion, he was assigned to the engine room aboard the USS Threadfin (SS-410) as a fireman, first class. He participated in the tracking operation that led to the sinking of the Japanese battleship Yamato. He was transferred to the USS Menhaden (SS-377) and was the first to welcome Admiral Nimitz during a change of command ceremony. Jeffers was discharged in 1946 and went on to earn a degree in mechanical engineering as well as a law degree.
Date: December 28, 2011
Creator: Jeffers, Albert
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Albert Donaldson, April 14, 2009 transcript

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
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Adolph Krchnak, May 23, 2015 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Adolph Krchnak, May 23, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Adolph Krchnak. Krchnak joined the Army in December of 1944. He completed parachute school. In late 1944, early 1945 he was stationed in the Philippines with the 11th Airborne Division. They served in a traditional infantry role in the Philippines. His division participated in the Liberation of Manila in the spring of 1945. In August of 1945 they traveled into southern Japan as part of the occupation force. He was honorably discharged in 1946.
Date: May 23, 2015
Creator: Krchnak, Adolph
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Aaron Mendoza, September 7, 2012 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Aaron Mendoza, September 7, 2012

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Aaron Mendoza. Mendoza joined the Navy in 1943 and received basic training in San Diego. He attended torpedo school and was assigned to an aircraft torpedo lab at Kaneohe Naval Air Station. There he filled warheads with air so the torpedo could be retrieved after test fires. Torpedoes that passed quality control would then be filled with explosive warheads and loaded into underground silos. After 14 months, his unit was dispersed. Mendoza was in Great Lakes awaiting further orders when the war ended. He was discharged in December 1945 and worked as a civilian employee at Kelly Air Force Base, retiring with a GS-12 ranking. He then worked as a salesman for Control Data, selling supercomputers to the likes of NASA and Texaco. He emphasizes the importance of staying active in retirement, and at the age of 88 he ranked number one nationally in Wii bowling.
Date: September 7, 2012
Creator: Mendoza, Aaron
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Albert Jeffers, December 28, 2011 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Albert Jeffers, December 28, 2011

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Albert Jeffers. Jeffers joined the Navy in 1943 and received basic training in Illinois. He received diesel engine maintenance and repair training at submarine school in Connecticut. Upon completion, he was assigned to the engine room aboard the USS Threadfin (SS-410) as a fireman, first class. He participated in the tracking operation that led to the sinking of the Japanese battleship Yamato. He was transferred to the USS Menhaden (SS-377) and was the first to welcome Admiral Nimitz during a change of command ceremony. Jeffers was discharged in 1946 and went on to earn a degree in mechanical engineering as well as a law degree.
Date: December 28, 2011
Creator: Jeffers, Albert
Object Type: Text
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
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Susan Feingold, April 14, 2021

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Interview with Dr. Susan Benjamin Feingold, a clinical psychologist from Chicago, Illinois. Feingold discusses her education, the early gender gap in her area of study, her own pregnancy, postpartum depression, starting a practice related to perinatal psychology, and the experiences she had speaking on behalf of women with postpartum psychosis.
Date: April 14, 2021
Creator: Moran, Rachel Louise & Feingold, Susan
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Carol Blocker, October 14, 2022

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Interview with Carol Blocker, an activist from Chicago, Illinois. Blocker discusses postpartum activism, her experience with her daughter Melanie, the difference between postpartum psychosis and postpartum depression, the Melanie Blocker Stokes Act, and the lack of detailed information available about postpartum mental illnesses.
Date: October 14, 2022
Creator: Moran, Rachel Louise & Blocker, Carol
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Barry M. Lewis, April 13, 2021

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Interview with Barry M. Lewis, an attorney from Chicago, Illinois. Lewis discusses his background in law, education, the COVID-19 Pandemic, his involvement with postpartum cases, postpartum psychoses, the DSM, and literature and treatment related to postpartum mental illnesses.
Date: April 13, 2021
Creator: Moran, Rachel Louise & Lewis, Barry M.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: 4-H] captions transcript

[News Clip: 4-H]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about thirty young Texan 4-H Club members boarding a train in Fort Worth bound for the club's annual national convention in Chicago.
Date: November 29, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

OK, USA: A Musical Guide Book to the States: Soldier Shows "Blueprint Special"

The last of the U.S. Army Soldier Shows "Blueprint Specials" to be published, "OK, USA" is a musical revue on the theme of U.S. soldiers returning to the United States and finding it finding it as foreign and exotic as any country overseas because they have been away and living under extreme circumstances for so long. Like the other "Blueprint Specials," this show includes a complete script (multiple copies this time); a conductor's score and complete set of instrumental parts; a sample program; set and costume designs; and detailed instructions for producing the show using whatever materials are at hand. Unlike the other "Blueprint Specials," it includes no information on the librettists, songwriters, and other staff who worked on the show.
Date: 1945
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Musical Score/Notation
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Uhlmann Grain Co. to I. H. Kempner, November 5, 1957] (open access)

[Letter from Uhlmann Grain Co. to I. H. Kempner, November 5, 1957]

Letter from Uhlmann Grain Co. to I. H. Kempner discussing Kempner's article in the Houston Post, and extends his congratulations.
Date: November 5, 1957
Creator: Uhlmann Grain Co.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. Fred Gurley,  January 11, 1957] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. Fred Gurley, January 11, 1957]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. Fred Gurley discussing the Santa Fe interest in the Texas City Terminal Company, who has received funds to rebuild piers and warehouses. Discusses the finances and deliveries between the first bank in Texas City and the Imperial Sugar Company, and requests Gurley's influence in the direction of the funds.
Date: January 11, 1957
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from R. M. Armstrong to Russell Anderson, August 3, 1962] (open access)

[Letter from R. M. Armstrong to Russell Anderson, August 3, 1962]

Letter from R. M. Armstrong to Russell Anderson discussing Mr. and Mrs. Kempner traveling to the Whiteface Inn in Lake Placid New York and explaining the Kempners want their baggage to be moved to Lake Placid to Chicago then re-expressed from Chicago to Galveston upon the Kempner's return to Galveston.
Date: August 3, 1962
Creator: Armstrong, R. M.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Gulf, Colorado, and Santa Fe Railway Company, December 4, 1962] (open access)

[Letter from Gulf, Colorado, and Santa Fe Railway Company, December 4, 1962]

Letter from Gulf, Colorado, and Santa Fe Railway Company discussing an enclosed address written by Mr. Marsh discussing major problems facing railroads and exposing fallacies in an ad about the financial condition of the railroads.
Date: December 4, 1962
Creator: Gulf, Colorado, and Santa Fe Railroad
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. A. Elkins to I. H. Kempner, May 8, 1962] (open access)

[Letter from J. A. Elkins to I. H. Kempner, May 8, 1962]

Letter from J. A. Elkins to I. H. Kempner explaining to Kempner that Elkins was unable to attend a reception at Robert Lee Kempner's home due to a meeting with the Pure Oil Company that was required for Elkins to attend.
Date: May 8, 1962
Creator: Elkins, J. A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[JBAAL CNN news interview featuring Curtis King] captions transcript

[JBAAL CNN news interview featuring Curtis King]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a CNN televised news broadcast featuring an interview with Curtis King on July 18th, 1981. The Betacam footage shows various journalists, political commentators, and meteorologists from LA and Chicago.
Date: July 18, 1981
Creator: King, Curtis
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Leah Mishkin, July 10, 1963] (open access)

[Letter from Leah Mishkin, July 10, 1963]

Letter from Leah Mishkin thanking Kempner family for gifting a book named 'Henry Cohen: Messenger of the Lord'.
Date: July 10, 1963
Creator: Mishkin, Leah
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. Fred G. Gurley - December 31, 1956] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. Fred G. Gurley - December 31, 1956]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. Fred G. Gurley thanking him for the passes which are good for 1957 and 1958 and greatly appreciates the gesture.
Date: December 31, 1956
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mrs. Mark Fishof to Mrs. I. H. Kempner, November 8, 1960] (open access)

[Letter from Mrs. Mark Fishof to Mrs. I. H. Kempner, November 8, 1960]

Letter from Mrs. Mark Fishof to Mrs. I. H. Kempner inviting to attend her and her husband to Donor Dinner, along with details of the event and charges.
Date: November 8, 1960
Creator: Fishof, Mrs. Mark
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History