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Oklahoma Historical Society
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UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Rosenberg Library
5
Fire Museum of Texas
3
University of Dallas
3
Lee College
2
Hardin-Simmons University Library
1
National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
1
Private Collection of Mike Cochran
1
UNT College of Arts and Sciences
1
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Oklahoma Publishing Company Photography Collection
9
KXAS-NBC 5 News Collection
6
Harris and Eliza Kempner
5
George Pendexter Postcard Collection
3
Rescuing Texas History, 2015
3
Rescuing Texas History, 2017
3
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2
World War Two Collection
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Frame-Lifting Device for Disk Plows or Similar Implements.
Patent for "improvements in disk plows and similar implements, and especially to means employed for raising and lowering the frames of said plows in order to regulate the depth of the furrow" (lines 9-13).
Date:
October 30, 1900
Creator:
Hendon, Walter Preston
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of a Fire Station, Lansing, Michigan]
Postcard of a fire department at their station, lined up with four horse-drawn wagons outside of their respective garage doors. On the back of the postcard, the sender has left a handwritten message that says, "Pardon delay. Yours Sincerely, J. M. Hutchinson."
Date:
March 27, 1908
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from J. D. Smith to George Pendexter, August 20, 1909]
Postcard from J. D. Smith to George Pendexter with a message saying that Smith had forgotten Pendexter's number. On the backside of the postcard there is a photo of some of the members of the Central Fire Station in Lansing, Michigan. The twelve men in front of the building are standing next to two of the automobiles used in fighting fires; the car on the left is holding ladders in the back end.
Date:
August 20, 1909
Creator:
Smith, J. D.
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Governor Murray D. Van Wagoner to T. N. Carswell - December 12, 1941]
A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Committee on Americanism, Parramore Post No. 57, American Legion, Abilene, Texas, from Murray D. Van Wagoner, Governor, State of Michigan, dated December 12, 1941. Governor Van Wagoner defines Americanism.
Date:
December 12, 1941
Creator:
Van Wagoner, Murray D.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letters from Alex Bradford to Chuck Boyce - February 23, 1943 & October 12, 1943]
Letter from Alex Bradford to Chuck Boyce discussing various topics including his experiences abroad and at home. The first letter Mr. Bradford hurriedly describes his experience with the British Army and Canadian Army. Additionally, he mentions that a transfer from the British Army to the U.S. Army or Air Force is expected to be in the works. The second letter, Mr. Bradford mentions that he is still living in Washington at the address attached to the letter. The majority of this letter, Mr. Bradford speaks about his experiences with Mack and Bean firefighting trucks in both America and Italy.
Date:
1943-02-23/1943-10-12
Creator:
Bradford, Alex
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of a letter from Mr. S. E. Skinner to L. C. Goad, May 9, 1946]
Letter from S. E. Skinner to L. C. Goad confirming Harris Kempner's order for a four-door Sedan and discussing a previous order.
Date:
May 9, 1946
Creator:
Skinner, S. E.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Walter Bros, August 16, 1949]
Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Walter Bros. sending a check for $4.00 for 50 cinerarias.
Date:
August 16, 1949
Creator:
Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to Walter Bros., Florists, October 13, 1951]
Letter from Daniel Webster Kempner to Walter Bros., Florists handing a check for $2.00 and requests him to send him 25 of their Cinerarias mixed, as put in Florists' review.
Date:
October 13, 1951
Creator:
Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0230.0659]
Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "G. R. Jones (center) Oldsmobile general sales maneger, talks shop with Henry F. Coffeen (left) of Coffeen Oldsmobile Co., Inc., Oklahoma City, and Carl G Peterson, of Peterson Motor Co. Storm lake, Iowa, at the meeting of the seventeenth Oldsmobile Dealer Council in Lansing Michigan."
Date:
July 19, 1956
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0379.0339]
Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper.
Date:
August 7, 1961
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Letter from Mordechai Kreinin to H. Kempner Cotton Company, July 10, 1964]
Letter from Mordechai Kreinin to H. Kempner Cotton Company asking them to fill out a questionnaire to help him collect data for a research project about "comparative labor efficiency in the United States and abroad". He says that he is looking exclusively at "innate qualities of the labor force". An "Intent of Inquiry" and the questionnaire mentioned in the letter are attached.
Date:
July 10, 1964
Creator:
Kreinin, Mordechai
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner, Jr. to Mordechai Kreinin, July 17, 1964]
Letter from Harris L. Kempner, Jr. of H. Kempner Cotton Company to Mordechai Kreinin regretfully informing him that H. Kempner's overseas operations are not applicable to Kreinin's survey and explaining why.
Date:
July 17, 1964
Creator:
Kempner, Harris Leon, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0379.0342]
Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Nila Magidoff heroine of the best seller "Nila", will speak January 20 in the Persian Room of the Skirvin Tower Hotel under the auspices of the Young Men's Dinner Club."
Date:
January 18, 1966
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[News Script: Feature]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date:
May 1, 1969, 12:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Basketball Coach Death]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date:
1969-09-10T24:00:00
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Photograph 2012.201.B0254.0397]
Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Heathcote, Jud / Michigan State Basketball coach."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph of Helen Corbitt and Martha Dixon]
Photograph of Helen Corbitt and Martha Dixon in a kitchen, with multiple fruits in front of them. Corbitt is wearing a jacket with a triangular pattern on it, while Dixon is wearing a solid, dark-colored dress with a belt attached. Dixon is also wearing a brooch. Multiple cabinets are seen in the background.
Date:
197X
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Helen Corbitt on a TV interview]
Photograph of Helen Corbitt and Martha Dixon on Dixon's television show. The women are wearing light colored clothes, seemingly discussing the food placed before them. A mock kitchen can be seen as part of the set behind them, with another set pictured to the left. A set operator, along with multiple lights, cameras and microphones can be seen in the foreground of the photograph. Printed text on the back of the photograph: "3-1156012."
Date:
197X
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Helen Corbitt with Martha Dixon]
Photograph of Helen Corbitt with television host Martha Dixon, presumably on Dixon's television show "Martha Dixon's Copper Kettle." Both women are seen from the waist up, wearing light-colored tops holding kitchen trays and bowls. Cabinets and a kitchen sink can be seen behind them.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Lansing Central Fire Station, Michigan]
Postcard of the Central Fire Station at Lansing, Michigan, with the fire department and their horse-drawn engines lined up in front of it. On the back of the postcard, the sender left a handwritten message that says, "a couple of more for you. From Lansing, Mich."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: News in military and protests]
Photocopy of a script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date:
May 19, 1970, 6:30 a.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Photograph 2012.201.B0379.0343]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "LIFE IN THE Soviet Union will be discussed by Russian-born Nila Magidoff at the Thursday meeting of the Women's Dinner Club."
Date:
January 24, 1971
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[News Script: Drug laws]
Photocopy of a script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date:
1971-12-21T24:00:00
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Bus]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date:
May 17, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library