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Between the Cracks of History: Essays on Teaching and Illustrating Folklore (open access)

Between the Cracks of History: Essays on Teaching and Illustrating Folklore

Volume of twenty-one essays about folklore in Texas, including essays about police burials, railroads, graffiti, folk music, dance halls, and other folklore. The index begins on page 279.
Date: 1997
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Between the Cracks of History: Essays on Teaching and Illustrating Folklore (open access)

Between the Cracks of History: Essays on Teaching and Illustrating Folklore

Volume of twenty-one essays about folklore in Texas, including essays about police burials, railroads, graffiti, folk music, dance halls, and other folklore. The index begins on page 279.
Date: 2017
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
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 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
[News Script: Tropical Storm] (open access)

[News Script: Tropical Storm]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of tropical storm Delia which still hangs off the Texas Coast and has become erratic in its movement.
Date: September 4, 1973, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
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
[News Script: Flooding] (open access)

[News Script: Flooding]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about relief efforts are underway in 8 south Texas cities for hundreds of people who have been forced to evacuate their homes because of high water bulging out of the Trinity and San Jacinto rivers.
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: Prison escapees captured] (open access)

[News Script: Prison escapees captured]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story how policemen were able to capture prisoners from the jail. Out of eleven prisoners, two prisoners remain at large.
Date: July 5, 1973, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Sheriffs] (open access)

[News Script: Sheriffs]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Texas sheriff's association which has elected sheriff Robert Gladney of Brazoria county as its new president.
Date: July 25, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Hillcrest high fire] (open access)

[News Script: Hillcrest high fire]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Dallas firemen who are fighting a fire at Hillcrest high school which is situated at Hillcrest and Glendora.
Date: March 1, 1974, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Robert Lee Kempner to David F. Weston, May 17, 1956] (open access)

[Letter from Robert Lee Kempner to David F. Weston, May 17, 1956]

Letter from Robert Lee Kempner to David F. Weston discussing about transfer of donation from Harris and Eliza Kempner Fund to David F. & Sara K. Weston Fund.
Date: May 17, 1956
Creator: Kempner, Robert Lee
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to I. H. Kempner, D. W. Kempner, and R. Lee Kempner, April 08, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to I. H. Kempner, D. W. Kempner, and R. Lee Kempner, April 08, 1948]

Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to I. H. Kempner, D. W. Kempner, & R. Lee Kempner discussing how someone came into the office that day to ask about leasing their property.
Date: April 8, 1948
Creator: Blackshear, A. H., Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History