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Newsmap. Monday, August 30, 1943 : week of August 19 to August 26, 207th week of the war, 89th week of U.S. participation

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Italy, Russia, Kiska, Berlin, Conference, Burma, China, New Guinea, New Georgia. Maps show Russian front -- Southern Italy. Includes photographs: Kiska, Sicily. Back: Weapons of the German Infantry Division. 17 weapons are identified and described, including the size, maximum range, and number found in various German Army units. Each weapon is keyed by number to a battle illustration.
Date: August 30, 1943
Creator: [United States.] Army Orientation Course.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

United States of North America: (Eastern & Central) [Sheet 1].

Map shows Russian America, British America, Greenland, United States, West Indies, Mexico, and Central America; areas of Native American habitation. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given. Scale not given.
Date: [1856..1863]
Creator: Ettling, Theodor, b. 1823
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Carte de l'Amérique septentrionale.

Map shows geography, cities, towns of early nineteenth century North America. Inset depicts the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:22,528,000].
Date: 1838
Creator: Delamarche
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of North America showing its political divisions and recent discoveries in the polar regions

From: Mitchell's general atlas. Map shows major cities of the North American continent and the Russian America, Danish America, British America, and Central American boundaries dividing it during the mid-nineteenth century. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:28,000,000].
Date: 1860
Creator: Williams, W. (Wellington)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

North western America showing the territory ceded by Russia to the United States.

Map shows boundary line between the U.S. and Russia, settlements, military posts, western portion of British possessions, and eastern portion of Siberia. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:12,672,000].
Date: 1867
Creator: Mitchell, S. Augustus, Jr. (Samuel Augustus)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of North America: from the latest authorities showing the proposed railroad routes from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans.

Map shows mid-nineteenth century major cities, existing and proposed railroad routes, Mexico, British America, Russian Possessions [Alaska], Central America, the West Indies, areas of Indian habitation by tribe with populations numbers, western U.S. territories. Includes table of distances, geographical statistics, notes, and 1 illustration. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:15,000,000].
Date: [1849..1854]
Creator: J.H. Colton & Co.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Johnson's North America.

Map shows existing and proposed railroads, major roads, cities and towns, North American Indian tribes, U.S. Mail and Pony Express routes, and pre-statehood boundaries for contiguous western United States. Alaska is among "Russian Possessions" and Canada is "British America." Mexico, Central America, Greenland, and West Indies are also pictured. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:15,840,000].
Date: [1866..1879]
Creator: Johnson, A. J. (Alvin Jewett), 1827-1884
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Maps of Alaska, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick]

Map shows late nineteenth century Alaska settlements, military posts, mountains, rivers, and coastal detail. Includes population and area statistics. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [ca. 10,140,000] and [ca. 2,340,000].
Date: [1880..1900]
Creator: Cram, George Franklin, 1841-1928
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Killing of Baby Seals (open access)

The Killing of Baby Seals

This report is a response to a mail campaign concerning a letter published about the killing of baby seals in Canada.
Date: November 7, 1969
Creator: Shaw, Elmer W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Energy From the North: Selected References on Oil and Gas in Alaska and Canada, 1969-1972 (open access)

Energy From the North: Selected References on Oil and Gas in Alaska and Canada, 1969-1972

This report provides a bibliography of resources related to oil and gas reserves in Alaska and Canada that were published between 1969 and 1972.
Date: September 1972
Creator: Siehl, George H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Energy from the North: Selected References in Oil and Gas in Alaska and Canada 1969-1973 (open access)

Energy from the North: Selected References in Oil and Gas in Alaska and Canada 1969-1973

This report provides a bibliography of resources related to oil deposits in Alaska and northwest Canada that were published between 1969 and 1973.
Date: October 1973
Creator: Siehl, George H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

[3 Travel Maps]

Three travel maps which are meant to accompany a text about expeditions in the area. The first map shows the north pole and northernmost parts of North America and Greenland; some exploration routes and geographic features are noted. The second map shows exploration and discoveries in the Arctic Sea area with regions and some geographic features noted. The third map is a nautical chart of the Port of Lievely with depths marked in fathoms and some relief of surrounding land marked.
Date: 1855
Creator: Belcher, Edward, Sir, 1799-1877
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Aaron C. Kulow transcript

Oral History Interview with Aaron C. Kulow

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Aaron C. Kulow. Kulow grew up in Michigan and enlisted in the Navy in 1942. After training, he joined the ship USS Pollux AKS-4 at Norfolk, Virginia. Initially the ship runs trips down to the Carribbean and Brazil but in 1943 is fitted with radar and sent to the Pacific Theater. In the Pacific, the general stores issue ship visited Australia, New Guinea, the Admiralty Islands, and the New Hebrides Islands. He then returned to San Francisco in 1944 where his wife met him to get married. He left for the Pacific again and in 1945 traveled to the Philippines. In 1945 Kulow met survivors of the Bataan Death March that had been liberated. He remembers going to a friend's burial in the Philippines. On V-J Day Kulow was at Manila Harbor. He left for America in October 1945 and was discharged in New York December 12, 1945.
Date: unknown
Creator: Kulow, Aaron C.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Aaron C. Kulow (open access)

Oral History Interview with Aaron C. Kulow

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Aaron C. Kulow. Kulow grew up in Michigan and enlisted in the Navy in 1942. After training, he joined the ship USS Pollux AKS-4 at Norfolk, Virginia. Initially the ship runs trips down to the Carribbean and Brazil but in 1943 is fitted with radar and sent to the Pacific Theater. In the Pacific, the general stores issue ship visited Australia, New Guinea, the Admiralty Islands, and the New Hebrides Islands. He then returned to San Francisco in 1944 where his wife met him to get married. He left for the Pacific again and in 1945 traveled to the Philippines. In 1945 Kulow met survivors of the Bataan Death March that had been liberated. He remembers going to a friend's burial in the Philippines. On V-J Day Kulow was at Manila Harbor. He left for America in October 1945 and was discharged in New York December 12, 1945.
Date: unknown
Creator: Kulow, Aaron C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Arctic gas] (open access)

[News Script: Arctic gas]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about another step towards solution of the energy crisis which came when a group of energy companies represented by Alaska artic gas filed applications with the federal government for permission to build a five point seven billion dollar natural gas pipeline from Alaska through Canada to the lower four eight states.
Date: March 21, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Copper Mining in North America (open access)

Copper Mining in North America

From introduction: "In this paper are assembled and summarized many subjects relating to the copper industry in North America. Production of mines and districts, history of the industry in North America. Production of mines and districts, history of the industry, geology, of the principal deposits, and mining methods and costs are discussed."
Date: 1938
Creator: Gardner, E. D.; Johnson, C. H. & Butler, B. S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Carbonizing Properties: British Columbia, Matanuska Valley (Alaska), and Washington Coals and Blends of Six of Them with Lower Sunnyside (Utah) Coals (open access)

Carbonizing Properties: British Columbia, Matanuska Valley (Alaska), and Washington Coals and Blends of Six of Them with Lower Sunnyside (Utah) Coals

From Introduction and Summary: "This report gives results of an investigation of the carbonizing properties of 18 coals, including 2 from Alaska, 12 from British Columbia, 3 from Washington, and 1 from Utah. Each coal was carbonized in the standard 13-inch Bureau of Mines-American Gas Association (BM-AGA) retort at 900 degrees C."
Date: 1952
Creator: Davis, J. D.; Reynolds, D. A.; Brewer, R. E.; Naugle, B. W.; Wolfson, D. E.; Gibson, F. H. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tunza: The UNEP Magazine for Youth, Volume 5, Number 1, 2007 (open access)

Tunza: The UNEP Magazine for Youth, Volume 5, Number 1, 2007

Tunza is a UNEP magazine for and by young people. This issue is devoted to climate change and the International Polar Year.
Date: 2007
Creator: Lean, Geoffrey
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Planes collide] (open access)

[News Script: Planes collide]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Air force investigators who continue to probe the wreckage of two RF- 4 jet planes near Gainesville which was crashed and burned killing one of three fliers.
Date: March 6, 1974, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library