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Oral History Interview with Odis Taylor, October 6, 1995

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Interview with Odis Taylor concerning his experiences before, during, and after his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Taylor worked at camps in Pierce, Idaho (Company 5702) and Emida, Idaho (Company 229).
Date: October 6, 1995
Creator: Ball, Paula & Taylor, Odis S.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Jessie Surratt, October 28, 1994

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Interview with Jessie Surratt about her recollections of women's lives in Texarkana, Texas during the Progressive Era. Surratt discusses the business community during her childhood, "Swampoodle" and speakeasies and prostitution, folk medicines, funeral practices, her education, her stay at Fort Worth Masonic Home, memories of her parents, church activities, her mother's membership in Maccabees, gender roles, child-rearing, and holiday customs.
Date: October 28, 1994
Creator: Rowe, Beverly & Surratt, Jessie Marie Perkinson
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Chester W. Nimitz to his Grandfather, August 29, 1893] (open access)

[Letter from Chester W. Nimitz to his Grandfather, August 29, 1893]

Handwritten letter from Chester Nimitz to his grandfather in Fredericksburg. Nimitz mentions Otto, his younger brother, and his going to school soon. The letter is on St. Charles Hotel (Kerrville, Texas) stationery.
Date: August 29, 1893
Creator: Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from Chester W. Nimitz to his Grandfather, August 29, 1893] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from Chester W. Nimitz to his Grandfather, August 29, 1893]

Transcription of letter from Chester Nimitz to his grandfather in Fredericksburg. Nimitz mentions Otto, his younger brother, and his going to school soon.
Date: August 29, 1893
Creator: Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Andrew Young] captions transcript

[News Clip: Andrew Young]

B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: May 15, 1990, 6:00 a.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Budget Cuts] captions transcript

[News Clip: Budget Cuts]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: June 1993
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Ildea Cutchall, April 1, 1994

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Interview with Ildea Cutchall about her experiences as an employee of the Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant in Texarkana, Texas during World War II and the postwar years. Cutchall discusses the hiring procedures, the job assignments, safety precautions, social activities, swing shifts, race relations, relationships between the male and female workers, and the social and economic effects of the plant on Texarkana. Appendix includes a photocopy of a certificate from the Lone Star Ordnance Plant to Ildea S. Cutchall for 23 months of service at the plant during World War Two [1 leaf].
Date: April 1, 1994
Creator: Brantley, Janet G. & Cutchall, Ildea
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Geralene Young, January 18, 1994

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Interview with Geralene Young about her experiences as an employee of the Red River Army Depot in Texarkana, Arkansas during World War II and the postwar years. Young discusses hiring and promotion practices, relations between male and female workers, social activities, and the social and economic effects of the depot on Texarkana.
Date: January 18, 1994
Creator: Brantley, Janet G. & Young, Geralene Mahone
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Chester E. Hudson, October 12, 1993

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Interview with Chester Hudson concerning his experiences before, during, and after his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Hudson worked at camps in Calico Rock, Arkansas (Company 4747); Walcott, Arkansas (Company 3799); and Ozone, Arkansas (Company 1708). Includes an appendix.
Date: October 12, 1993
Creator: Polatti, Gaylon & Hudson, Chester E.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Zelle Holman Moore and Marguerite Holman Magee, March 10, 1994

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Interview with Marguerite Magee and Zelle Moore, sisters, about their recollections of life in Texarkana, Texas. Magee and Moore discuss their parents, Junior Service League, family entertainment, women's suffrage and political activities, church activities, the Current Topic Club, the Wednesday Music Club, and women's household chores.
Date: March 10, 1994
Creator: Rowe, Beverly; Moore, Zelle Holman & Magee, Marguerite Holman
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with John I. Bateman, January 11, 1994

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Interview with John Bateman concerning his recollections of the Crater of Diamonds and diamond mining near Murfreesboro, Arkansas from 1930 to 1950. Appendix includes 2 maps: a "Geologic Map of the Prairie Creek Area of Peridotite in T. 8 S., R. 25 W., 2 1/2 Miles South-Southeast of Murfreesboro, Pike County, Ark." and a map showing the locations of various landmarks in the Crater of Diamonds State Park area.
Date: January 11, 1994
Creator: Henderson, John C. & Bateman, John I.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Willa Mae Bateman, January 11, 1994

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Interview with Willa Mae Bateman concerning her recollections of the Crater of Diamonds and diamond mining growing up in Murfreesboro, Arkansas.
Date: January 11, 1994
Creator: Henderson, John C. & Bateman, Willa Mae
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Charles Scheffel, May 10, 2000 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Charles Scheffel, May 10, 2000

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles Scheffel. Scheffel grew up in Oklahoma and enlisted in the Army ROTC in 1940. He was called up in 1941 after Pearl Harbor. He was allowed to finish out his senior year of college and was married in March 1942. He embarked on the Queen Elizabeth from New Jersey in September 1942. As leader of 200 men, he landed in Scotland and drove with them to Whittington Barracks where they joined with the British 51st Highlanders. He lists the three main survival lessons he learned from the seasoned English soldiers: having a batman to back you up, digging a two-man foxhole, and waiting for the ""crack and thump."" Scheffel how the ""crack and thump"" lesson would later save his life when he was seriously wounded when attacking the Siegfried Line. From England he went to Algeria with the British troops on the Scythia. The ship is torpedoed off the coast limps into Algiers. Scheffel made the decision to leave the British Highlanders and join up with American 9th Division in February 1943. The division went into Tunisia. Then he was sent to spend another month with the …
Date: May 10, 2000
Creator: Scheffel, Charles
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Robert Warren, March 28, 2022 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Robert Warren, March 28, 2022

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Warren. Warren was born in Frisco, Texas in February 1921. After graduating from high school, he attended Texas A&M participating in the ROTC program for two years. Upon graduation in 1942 he applied for a commission in the United States Army Air Forces and was accepted. After participating in various stages of flight training, he was assigned as a C-47 pilot. Flying the Northern Route over Greenland, he joined the 439th Troop Carrier Wing, 94th Squadron, 9th Air Force in England. He tells of being involved in Operation Market Garden and of crossing the Rhine, where he pulled Waco CG-4 gliders, and of the Battle of the Bulge where he hauled fuel for General Patton’s tanks.
Date: March 28, 2022
Creator: Warren, Robert
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with James Stines, March 2, 1993

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Interview with James Stines, a former member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Mena, Arkansas, regarding his experiences and memories of participating in the CCC during the Great Depression.
Date: March 2, 1993
Creator: Maxwell, Lisa & Stines, James T.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 1985 (open access)

Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 1985

Report of the Red River Compact Commission describing the approved budgets, audits, and rules and regulations during fiscal year 1985.
Date: July 1986
Creator: Red River Compact Commission (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 1984 (open access)

Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 1984

Report of the Red River Compact Commission describing the approved budgets, audits, and rules and regulations during the fiscal year 1984.
Date: July 1985
Creator: Red River Compact Commission (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 1981-1983 (open access)

Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 1981-1983

Report of the Red River Compact Commission describing approved budgets, activities, and collected data during fiscal years 1981 and 1983.
Date: June 1994
Creator: Red River Compact Commission (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 1993 (open access)

Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 1993

Report of the Red River Compact Commission describing the approved budgets, audits, and rules and regulations during fiscal year 1993.
Date: May 1994
Creator: Red River Compact Commission (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 1991 (open access)

Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 1991

Report of the Red River Compact Commission describing the approved budgets, audits, and rules and regulations during fiscal year 1991.
Date: May 1992
Creator: Red River Compact Commission (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 1986 (open access)

Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 1986

Report of the Red River Compact Commission describing the approved budgets, audits, and rules and regulations during fiscal year 1986.
Date: July 1987
Creator: Red River Compact Commission (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 1987 (open access)

Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 1987

Report of the Red River Compact Commission describing the approved budgets, audits, and rules and regulations during fiscal year 1987.
Date: July 1988
Creator: Red River Compact Commission (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 1988 (open access)

Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 1988

Report of the Red River Compact Commission describing goals, activities, and accomplishments during fiscal year 1988.
Date: May 1989
Creator: Red River Compact Commission (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 2001 (open access)

Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 2001

Report of the Red River Compact Commission describing the approved budgets, audits, and rules and regulations during fiscal year 2001
Date: April 2002
Creator: Red River Compact Commission (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History