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Oral History Interview with Charles P. Foote, February 21, 1993
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Interview with Charles P. Foote about his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. He discusses his childhood during the Great Depression in in Hunt County, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to a camp at Wolfe City, Texas (Company 2899); description of camp; life in camp.
Date:
February 21, 1993
Creator:
Cubberly, Monica & Foote, Charles P.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Charles P. Foote, February 21, 1993
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Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Charles Foote concerning his experiences before and during his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Foote worked at a camp in Wolfe City, Texas (Company 2899).
Date:
February 21, 1993
Creator:
Cubberly, Monica & Foote, Charles P.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Dallas Journal, Volume 44, 1998
Annual publication containing genealogical information about families in Dallas, Texas and the surrounding area, including family histories, lists of records (births, deaths, registration, etc.), correspondence, and other documentation. Name index begins on page 174.
Date:
June 1998
Creator:
Dallas Genealogical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Yoke.
Patent for a cattle-yoke that is economical to make and easy to take on and off of the cow.
Date:
February 12, 1907
Creator:
Dean, George J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rule Gage.
Patent for a new and improved rule-gage. This design "relates to improvements in gages for carpenter's rules; and it consists of a gage formed of sheet metal adapted to be detachably applied to an ordinary two-foot rule to convert it instantly into a gage-rule" (lines 7-11).
Date:
May 27, 1890
Creator:
Dickins, Sam
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Engine.
Patent for a steam engine which is more economical than other steam engines. "Steam is cut off in the earlier or later part of the stroke, according to the conditions of the work" (lines 15-17), according to a governor or engineer.
Date:
February 2, 1897
Creator:
Dickson, Henry L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Knee-Pad.
Patent for a simple and efficient knee-pad "made of leather or other pliable material, padded with a yielding lining to give comfort to the wearer" (lines 9-11). It prevents gravel, moisture, and other things from injuring the knee of the user.
Date:
August 27, 1895
Creator:
Dowling, Stonewall Jackson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of a Group of Men and One Woman]
Portrait of a group of eleven formally dressed men in three rows, either standing, sitting in chairs or sitting on the floor. In the middle of the group, sitting in a chair, is one woman wearing a white dress. Photograph border includes the name and logo of the portrait studio, "Driver, Commerce, Tex."
Date:
1900~
Creator:
Driver
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Opal Drury to Mary Ann Moore and Linnet White, April 3, 1911]
This is a letter from the Charles B. Moore Collection. It is written by Opal Drury to Linnet White and Mary Ann Moore. In the letter, Opal discusses that the family does not have any time to write due to the baby, notes that Clifford Chandler and the Harris children have the measles, and and mentions that they have a new carriage. Opal informs Moore and White of the successful crops in Greenville, and states that her mom has a successful endeavor raising chickens, hens, and partridges. She states that the baby is beginning to crawl and has one tooth. She also notes that she has "fell off so much," about 15 pounds or so and that they would no recognize her at all. She closes the letter by expressing her wish to see them this summer and hopes that they write soon. A name card for Dr. Benjamin Thomas White is included in the letter as well as an envelope addressed to Mr. Claude D. White.
Date:
April 3, 1911
Creator:
Drury, Opal
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Hypodermic Syringe.
Patent for a new and improved hypodermic syringe. This design consists in "the combination of a barrel, a sleeve secured to said barrel and having a diaphragm adapted to close the end of the barrel, a needle-carrier having a cylindrical projection working in the sleeve, an outlet-tube secured to the needle-carrier and extending through the diaphragm in the sleeve, and a coiled spring arranged around said tube within the cylindrical projection of the needle-carrier" (lines 71-80).
Date:
April 26, 1887
Creator:
Dunbar, Addison
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of the Gibbs Family in a Portrait Studio]
Photograph of a portrait of Moses and Francis Gibbs with their children. Moses, left, sits in a chair with a toddler. Frances, right, sits in a chair with an infant. A young boy stands over a young girl in the center. The children are named Joe, Paul, Rosa, and Silas.
Date:
1898
Creator:
Dyer, Joe M.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
East Texas.
This book was created to provide "authentic information concerning the natural and co-operative resources and opportunities offered by East Texas and her people" for the general public. It contains information about the "General Development in 1921-22, The Evolution of transportation and Fixing of Lower Rate Levels, The Marketing Problem Nearing Solution, Organization, Concentration and Standardization of Quality; Pack and Grade, Co-Operative Work of A. & M. College Department of Extension Service; State Agricultural Department; Markets and Warehouses Department; [and the] Chamber of Commerce in East Texas" (p. 1).
Date:
1923
Creator:
East Texas Chamber of Commerce.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boat Propeller
Patent for a boat propeller. Illustration included.
Date:
January 1, 1907
Creator:
Edgar, Samuel Nooley
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plow and Seeder.
Patent for a plow and seeder that has an added "rotating flanged drum composed of two perforated cylinders" (lines 10-11) including a detailed explanation and description of the illustration.
Date:
February 19, 1878
Creator:
Elliott, Pinkney H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Indicator
Patent for an indicator. This invention is for keeping track of a grocer's list. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 4, 1906
Creator:
Ellis, Harley Sigal
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Brake.
Patent for an improvement "in the application of power to car brakes, whereby the slack is quickly and automatically absorbed, and a powerful leverage is secured, and a perfect equalization of the leverage at each end of the car is obtained, and the convenient and safe adjustment of the brakes in regard to the wheels is effected, and any particular alignment of the brake cylinder in regard to the car body is avoided as the cylinder in regard to the car body is avoided as the cylinder may be placed across the car body or at any angle desired to secure convenience of application" (lines 8-20).
Date:
June 20, 1893
Creator:
Ferguson, George J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Brake.
Patent for a car brake that "automatically absorb[s] the slack in car brake connecting rods which slack is induced by the wear of the brake shoes and fastening and the stretching of the parts by the strain in applying the brake" (lines 7-12). It is adjustable, inexpensive, and adjustable.
Date:
March 14, 1893
Creator:
Ferguson, George J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the draw-head, the coupling-hook supported therein and having a limited longitudinal movement, the front edge of said hook being formed with inclined faces . . . and a vertical face arranged to engage proper faces in the draw-head, the forward movement of said hook being limited by [the] inclined faces . . . and vertical face, and its backward movement of bolt or stud and its upward movement by engagement of [one] surface with [another] surface" (lines 93-103).
Date:
January 18, 1887
Creator:
Ferguson, George J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Continuous Recording-Seal and Door-Fastener.
Patent for a continuous recording-seal and door-fastener. The purpose behind this patent is the continuous recording-seal and door-fastener itself which is intended to "provide a simple means of fastening, sealing, and cleating or closing the crack of a car or other sliding hinge door" (lines 9-12).
Date:
March 29, 1887
Creator:
Ferguson, George J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Recording Door-Lock
Patent for "a continuous-recording lock suitable for bonded warehouses, factories, stores, public buildings, offices &c., and by a slight modification applicable, also, for private residences" (lines 7-11).
Date:
January 1, 1889
Creator:
Ferguson, George J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for "a new and useful improvement in car-couplings" (lines 5-6), with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 15, 1886
Creator:
Ferguson, George Jones
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "is to provide a cheap, durable, and simple car-coupling, which shall be automatic and positive in its action, and which uses the ordinary link and takes the draft in the same way as the common pin, and which will also fit any car, and will not get out of order from being battered. It consists, mainly, in the peculiar construction of a coupling device, in combination with a spring for holding it to the open or closed position, and co-operating with the same for automatic action" (lines 11-22).
Date:
September 8, 1885
Creator:
Ferguson, George Jones
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for improvement of automatic car coupling and uncoupling devices.
Date:
November 2, 1886
Creator:
Ferguson, George Jones
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for automatic car-coupling for passenger and freight cars.
Date:
April 26, 1887
Creator:
Ferguson, George Jones
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History