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Oklahoma Historical Society
47
Rosenberg Library
43
UNT Libraries Special Collections
39
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
14
National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
4
Private Collection of T. B. Willis
3
UNT Oral History Program
3
McFaddin-Ward House Museum
2
National WASP WWII Museum
2
Courthouse-on-the-Square Museum
1
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Harris and Eliza Kempner
43
KXAS-NBC 5 News Collection
39
Preston George Collection
28
Oklahoma Publishing Company Photography Collection
19
Technical Report Archive and Image Library
12
Abilene Library Consortium
4
National Museum of the Pacific War Oral History Collection
4
National Museum of the Pacific War Digital Archive
4
T. B. Willis Collection
3
UNT Oral Histories
3
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Personal Papers (MS 80-0002)
43
NBC News Scripts
36
United States Bureau of Mines Reports
11
NBC News Clips
3
Report of investigations (United States. Bureau of Mines)
2
Technical paper (United States. Bureau of Mines)
2
Bulletin (United States. Bureau of Mines)
1
Correspondence, 1920-1953, undated
1
Eleanor Brown Collection
1
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[News Script: Steel Firm]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about nine major steel firms which have signed a consent degree in US district court in Birmingham, Alabama.
Date:
April 15, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from W. W. Overton, Jr. to I. H. Kempner, April 21, 1953]
Letter from W. W. Overton, Jr. to I. H. Kempner discussing the potential sale of the Galveston Dr. Pepper plant and current Dr. Pepper and Coca Cola prices.
Date:
April 21, 1953
Creator:
Overton, W. W., Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Sports]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the Rangers who blew a 5- 0 lead then bounced back to defeat Oakland 7- 6.
Date:
July 31, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with William G. Adair, May 27, 1971
Interview with Major William G. Adair, an Army WWII veteran and POW from Birmingham, Alabama. Stationed in the Philippines when the Japanese invaded in December 1941, Adair was captured, survived the Bataan Death March, and interned at Cabanatuan before going to Osaka and Zentsuji, Japan for the remainder of the war.
Date:
May 27, 1971
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Adair, William G.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Cecile Blum Kempner to the Alabama Gas Company, May 9, 1957]
Letter from Cecile Blum Kempner to the Alabama Gas Company discussing her parent's plans and recommendations on the road trip.
Date:
May 9, 1957
Creator:
Kempner, Cecile Blum
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Edward R. Thompson, Jr., to Alabama Gas Corporation, May 14, 1965]
Letter from Edward R. Thompson, Jr., informing the Alabama Gas Corporation that he has unable to find the certificate with the 7 shares. He also request for a new issue of the certificate and have it delivered to Cecile B. Kempner.
Date:
May 14, 1965
Creator:
Thompson, Edward R., Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Richard A. Puryear Jr. to Cecile B. Kempner, May 14, 1957]
Letter from Richard A. Puryear to Cecile B. Kempner confirming the recommendations of motels for her parents road trip and informing her to contact by telephone for any questions.
Date:
May 14, 1957
Creator:
Puryear, Richard A., Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Alabama Gas Corporation, October 23, 1964]
Letter from Alabama Gas Corporation to holders of common stock purchase warrants from the company informing them of the deadline to exercise their purchase warrants, among other details.
Date:
October 23, 1964
Creator:
Alabama Gas Corporation
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joseph N. Greene to Cecile Kempner, December 28, 1956]
Letter from Joseph N. Greene to Cecile Kempner discussing the Alabama Gas Corporation's upcoming meeting regarding the management of the company.
Date:
December 28, 1956
Creator:
Greene, Joseph N.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping of the Florists' Review]
Clipping of the Florists' Review of Poinsettias prices. The focus is on a listing from Birmingham, Alabama but one from Opelika, Alabama is also visible on the front and a listing from Springfield, Illinois is visible on the back.
Date:
1953
Creator:
Florists' Review
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from George W. Woodruff to Mr. Harris L. Kempner, March 9, 1955]
Letter from George W. Woodruff to Harris L. Kempner discussing Harris' father's recovery from surgery and offering assistance.
Date:
March 9, 1955
Creator:
Woodruff, George W.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Broker Invoice from Marx & Co., September 22, 1954]
Broker invoice prepared by Marx & Co. for the account of Cecile Kempner regarding the sale of 200 Fearn Foods shares in September 1954.
Date:
September 16, 1954
Creator:
Marx & Company
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Broker Invoice from Marx & Co., September 1954]
Broker invoice prepared by Marx & Co. for the account of Cecile Kempner regarding the sale of 78 Bower Roller Bearing shares in September 1954.
Date:
September 16, 1954
Creator:
Marx & Company
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Handwritten letter from Mrs. Piovene to Daniel W. Kempner, April 18, 1951]
Handwritten letter from Mrs. Piovene to Daniel W. Kempner informing him that she and Mr. Piovene are traveling through America working for an Italian newspaper and wishing to meet him while they pass through Texas.
Date:
April 18, 1951
Creator:
Piovene
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Indianapolis Red Poinsettias]
Invoice for items sold to Daniel W. Kempner by Fraser Nurseries, including 50 Indianapolis Red Poinsettias for $11.25.
Date:
June 19, 1954
Creator:
Fraser Nurseries
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from James Armour Lindsay to Mr. I. H. Kempner, September 24, 1949]
Letter from James Armour Lindsay to Mr. I. H. Kempner discussing their hopes Kempner will visit the schools on his trip through the Southeast.
Date:
September 24, 1949
Creator:
Lindsay, James Armour
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Davis Porter Newton, October 12, 1996
Access:
Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Davis Porter Newton, Army WWII veteran of the Pacific Theater from Birmingham, Alabama. Newton discusses his family background, working during the Depression and his education, commissioning into the Army, assignment to the 346th Harbor Craft Company and deployment to Finschhafen, New Guinea, acting as defense counsel in a court martial, sea-transport operations around New Guinea and the Philippines, working with POWs, and investigating war crimes.
Date:
October 12, 1996
Creator:
Alexander, William J. & Newton, Davis Porter
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Charles H. Tucker, April 18, 2017
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles H. Tucker from Orange, California. He discusses volunteering for the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1943 and going to basic training in Miami Beach, Florida, then going to Aircraft Armament School in Buckley Field, Colorado, and finally air gunnery school in Fort Myers, Florida. In air gunnery school, Mr. Tucker learned to shoot in B-17 by shooting into the Gulf of Mexico. After gunnery school he was sent to the B-25 crew training at Columbia, South Carolina for 5 months. After Mr. Tucker completed his training, he was transferred to Dacca to a B-25 base and joined the 10th Air Force, the 12th Bomb Group. When he arrived his crew pilots were reassigned, and Mr. Tucker was not able to fly much until he was assigned to a regular crew again. Mr. Tucker was put in the 729th bomb squadron tasked with supporting the British 14th Army against the Japanese forces in Burma. The campaign he was involved in ended in May 1945 with the capture of Rangoon, the main city of Burma and Mr. tucker was in one of the squadron planes that flew over the …
Date:
April 18, 2017
Creator:
Tucker, Charles H.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Charles H. Tucker, April 18, 2017
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles H. Tucker from Orange, California. He discusses volunteering for the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1943 and going to basic training in Miami Beach, Florida, then going to Aircraft Armament School in Buckley Field, Colorado, and finally air gunnery school in Fort Myers, Florida. In air gunnery school, Mr. Tucker learned to shoot in B-17 by shooting into the Gulf of Mexico. After gunnery school he was sent to the B-25 crew training at Columbia, South Carolina for 5 months. After Mr. Tucker completed his training, he was transferred to Dacca to a B-25 base and joined the 10th Air Force, the 12th Bomb Group. When he arrived his crew pilots were reassigned, and Mr. Tucker was not able to fly much until he was assigned to a regular crew again. Mr. Tucker was put in the 729th bomb squadron tasked with supporting the British 14th Army against the Japanese forces in Burma. The campaign he was involved in ended in May 1945 with the capture of Rangoon, the main city of Burma and Mr. tucker was in one of the squadron planes that flew over the …
Date:
April 18, 2017
Creator:
Tucker, Charles H.
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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 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
[Handwritten Letter from Greenlee D. Letcher to I. H. Kempner, June 5, 1949]
Letter from Greenlee D. Letcher to I. H. Kempner discussing a sent picture for a scrap book, his appreciation of Kempner's speech last fall, and hopes his classmate Billie is doing well while discussing a sermon he heard in Alabama.
Date:
June 5, 1949
Creator:
Letcher, Greenlee D.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Railway.
Patent for an electric railway that has the electric conductor on or under the ground, in a tube. The tube gets electricity to the trains via contact-pieces embedded in the tube, and it collapses whenever the train wheels go over it. The tube and conductor are kept safe in a u-shaped hanger underground.
Date:
January 12, 1897
Creator:
Lomb, George W. C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Blach's, March 13, 1952]
Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Blach's enclosing a check for $3.50 regarding the leather turtle shell.
Date:
March 13, 1952
Creator:
Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History