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[Distances Between McKinney, Texas and Nashville, Tennesee] (open access)

[Distances Between McKinney, Texas and Nashville, Tennesee]

Handwritten list of distances between McKinney in Collin County, Texas and Nashville, Tennesee. The list details each stopping point with the distance to the city from the previous stop. The total number of miles (710) is given at the end of the list.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from William L. Gatz to Daniel W. Kempner & Jeane Kempner, July 23, 1951] (open access)

[Letter from William L. Gatz to Daniel W. Kempner & Jeane Kempner, July 23, 1951]

Letter from William L. Gatz to Mr. and Mrs. Kempner thanking them for hosting him in their home and informing them that he had safely reached home after meeting up with his wife in Memphis.
Date: June 23, 1951
Creator: Gatz, William L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joseph R. Bertig to Jeane Bertig Kempner, July 5, 1950] (open access)

[Letter from Joseph R. Bertig to Jeane Bertig Kempner, July 5, 1950]

Letter from Joseph R. Bertig to Jeane Bertig Kempner discussing Mrs. Kempner's upcoming trip to Plantersville and telling her not to expect him as he is too sick, but that Bill would meet her in St. Louis or Memphis. Bertig then comments on tensions between Russia and the United States saying that it must be settled whether that be by World War III or otherwise. Mr. Bertig then says there has been good growing weather, but they could use a little rain. Finally, he mentions that Mary Jean Kempner sent him a letter from Canada alerting him that she was sending a shipment of Salmon.
Date: July 5, 1950
Creator: Bertig, Joseph R.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Al Hiegel, September 18, 2005 transcript

Oral History Interview with Al Hiegel, September 18, 2005

Transcript of an oral interview with Al Heigel. When Heigel finished high school in June, 1944, he joined the Navy at Little Rock, Arkansas and went for boot training at San Diego. He was assigned as a radar operator and reported aboard the USS Independence (CVL-22) at Pearl Harbor. Heigel describes the light carrier and its construction and features. He also speaks of the time the Independence was hit by a torpedo off Tarawa in 1943. Heigel then describes events off Okinawa: watching the USS Franklin (CV-13) being bombed off Okinawa; locating and shooting down kamikazes; describing battle stations; aircraft water landings; being in a typhoon, etc. After the war ended, the Independence served as a troop transport taking GIs back home to the US. He describes bunks in the hangar deck and arriving in Portland, Oregon. As the Independence was being prepared for the Bikini Atoll atomic tests, Heigel got off becuase he had the requisite amount of points allowing him to be discharged. He then entered the lumber business, married and raised family.
Date: September 18, 2005
Creator: Heigel, Al
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Joseph R. Bertig, February 9, 1951] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Joseph R. Bertig, February 9, 1951]

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Joseph R. Bertig requesting to know how teh freeze has affected his farms in Arkansa and updating Mr. Bertig on the weather in Texas being bad enough to freeze powerlines. he also informs Mr. Bertig that his plans to visit him in March are changing because Mr. Kempner's daughter, Mary jean, is coming to visit him.
Date: February 9, 1951
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Sam Graber to Joesph Bertig, January 24, 1951] (open access)

[Letter from Sam Graber to Joesph Bertig, January 24, 1951]

Letter from Sam Graber to Joe Bertig discussing his daughter Carol's ambition to enroll at the University of Texas in Austin in the Scottish Rite Dormitory. Mr. Graber has been informed that admission to that dormitory would be easier if his daughter had a 32nd Degree Mason she was related to in the state of Texas. Mr. Graber then asks Mr. Bertig to help him find someone to put in a good word for Carol.
Date: January 24, 1951
Creator: Graber, Sam
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: WASP Hunt Centers on Some Recognition] (open access)

[Clipping: WASP Hunt Centers on Some Recognition]

Newspaper clipping with an article about the WASP, their contribution to the war effort, their lack of veterans' benefits, and their reunions.
Date: October 20, 1976
Creator: Kueck, Bruce
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Business Card for Jack B. Manning of the Texas Automatic Sprinkler Co.] (open access)

[Business Card for Jack B. Manning of the Texas Automatic Sprinkler Co.]

Business card for Jack B. Manning of the Texas Automatic Sprinkler Co.. It lists the cities the company is present in and has a logo featuring the word "Viking" on the top left corner of the card.
Date: 1950
Creator: Texas Automatic Sprinkler Co.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Al Hiegel, September 18, 2005 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Al Hiegel, September 18, 2005

Transcript of an oral interview with Al Heigel. When Heigel finished high school in June, 1944, he joined the Navy at Little Rock, Arkansas and went for boot training at San Diego. He was assigned as a radar operator and reported aboard the USS Independence (CVL-22) at Pearl Harbor. Heigel describes the light carrier and its construction and features. He also speaks of the time the Independence was hit by a torpedo off Tarawa in 1943. Heigel then describes events off Okinawa: watching the USS Franklin (CV-13) being bombed off Okinawa; locating and shooting down kamikazes; describing battle stations; aircraft water landings; being in a typhoon, etc. After the war ended, the Independence served as a troop transport taking GIs back home to the US. He describes bunks in the hangar deck and arriving in Portland, Oregon. As the Independence was being prepared for the Bikini Atoll atomic tests, Heigel got off becuase he had the requisite amount of points allowing him to be discharged. He then entered the lumber business, married and raised family.
Date: September 18, 2005
Creator: Heigel, Al
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Memories of Martha Elizabeth Gibson Anglin (open access)

Memories of Martha Elizabeth Gibson Anglin

A transcript of a 1963 oral history with Martha Elizabeth Anglin (née Gibson), recalling her childhood in Alabama, her family's move to Texas in 1895, and her marriage and life on a farm in Commerce, Texas. Footnotes are provided to add context to the narrative.
Date: 1887/1963
Creator: Anglin, Michael W.; Anglin, Reba; Barnett, Robert & Barnett, Patricia
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Pittman and Davis, December 8, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Pittman and Davis, December 8, 1943]

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Pittman and Davis asking for shipments of fruit to be sent.
Date: December 8, 1943
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to G. D. Ulrich, November 29, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from D. W. Kempner to G. D. Ulrich, November 29, 1944]

Letter from D. W. Kempner to G. D. Ulrich discussing the addresses Kempner wants each Preserved fig case to go to.
Date: November 29, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Delta Sigma Theta Awards Gala at the 42nd national convention] captions transcript

[Delta Sigma Theta Awards Gala at the 42nd national convention]

Video footage provided by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters shown during the Delta Sigma Theta Awards Gala. The footage shows an animated slideshow with photo slides of famous members of the sorority along with their names and city. A narrator speaks over the slideshow giving a brief description of the women's accomplishments. The women commonly serve their community in positions of education, politics, civil rights, and public service.
Date: October 6, 1994
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Business Card for Jack B. Manning of Texas Automatic Sprinkler Co.] (open access)

[Business Card for Jack B. Manning of Texas Automatic Sprinkler Co.]

Business card for Jack B. Manning from Texas Automatic Sprinkler Co. in multiple cities.
Date: 1949~
Creator: Texas Automatic Sprinkler Co.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Business Card for Texas Automatic Sprinkler Co.] (open access)

[Business Card for Texas Automatic Sprinkler Co.]

Business card from Texas Automatic Sprinkler Co, which does business in multiple cities.
Date: 1952~
Creator: Texas Automatic Sprinkler Co.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
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
[Letter from William L. Gatz to D. W. Kempner, July 3, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from William L. Gatz to D. W. Kempner, July 3, 1954]

Letter from William L. Gatz to D. W. Kempner discussing about Mrs. Kempner's and Miss Gladys's travel to Paragould. And about the reservations for ballgames at St. Louis.
Date: July 3, 1954
Creator: Gatz, William L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from William L. Gatz to Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W. Kempner, July 6, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from William L. Gatz to Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W. Kempner, July 6, 1953]

Handwritten letter from William L. Gatz to Mr. and Mrs. Kempner updating them on a recent business trip he took to Memphis.
Date: July 6, 1953
Creator: Gatz, William L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memorandum from Ray I. Mehan to I. H. Kempner and A. H. Blackshear, Jr., 1944~] (open access)

[Memorandum from Ray I. Mehan to I. H. Kempner and A. H. Blackshear, Jr., 1944~]

Memorandum from Ray I. Mehan to I. H. Kempner and A. H. Blackshear, Jr. discussing Mehan's traveling schedule.
Date: 1944~
Creator: Mehan, Ray I.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to The Pullman Company, August 12, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from D. W. Kempner to The Pullman Company, August 12, 1953]

Letter from D. W. Kempner to The Pullman Company discussing tickets, prices and refunds charged.
Date: August 12, 1953
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joseph R. Bertig to Jeane and D. W. Kempner, December 13, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from Joseph R. Bertig to Jeane and D. W. Kempner, December 13, 1948]

Letter from Joseph R. Bertig to Jeane and D. W. Kempner discussing thanks for the earlier gift and letter of congratulations. Bertig clarifies what he meant in his last letter about his business.
Date: December 13, 1948
Creator: Bertig, Joseph R.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joseph R. Bertig to Jeane Kempner, February 13, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from Joseph R. Bertig to Jeane Kempner, February 13, 1948]

Letter from Joseph R. Bertig to Jeane Kempner discussing all the troubles coming up with Bertig's house that he is having to fix. Bertig also discusses the passing of both a dog and a family friend's son.
Date: February 13, 1948
Creator: Bertig, Joseph R.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to W. L. Minkus, August 3, 1951] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to W. L. Minkus, August 3, 1951]

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to W. L. Minkus discussing some changes in the Bertig Cotton Company now that he will be taking a more active role in the leadership.
Date: August 3, 1951
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History