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Transcript of Oral History Interview with Irene Fisher Womack and Bill Womack, June 16, 2011
Interview with Irene and Bill Womack, a couple from two well-known Kerr County families, from Kerrville, Texas. The couple discusses their ancestors, the Reals and the Womacks. They also talk about the local people and places they remember growing up in Kerrville. The interview transcript includes photos of Mr. and Mrs. Womack and their family, on pages 31-36.
Date:
June 16, 2011
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Stephens, Louis; Womack, Irene Fisher & Womack, Bill
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Note on Cotton Warehouse Sizing]
A note listing pricing and logistics for constructing a steel warehouse.
Date:
1955-12~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Services Rendered to J. L. Brett & Co. Delivered to Lone Star S/S, Pusan]
Invoice for accrued charge on J. L. Brett & co. by Merchants & Planters Compress & Warehouse Co., including insurance fee of $3.94 and storage, unloading & delve, segregation by marks worth $43.09.
Date:
March 9, 1966
Creator:
Merchants & Planters Compress & Warehouse Company
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Services Rendered to J. L. Brett & Co., March 1966]
Invoice from Merchants & Planters Compress & Warehouse Co. to J. L. Brett & Co. for services rendered including fees for storage, loading to cars, ship marking, totaling $28.35.
Date:
March 11, 1966
Creator:
Merchants & Planters Compress & Warehouse Company
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Services Rendered to J. L. Brett & Co. Delivered to Repairs in Elk City, Okla.]
Invoice for accrued charge by J. L. Brett & Co. for Merchants & Planters Compress & Warehouse Co., including fees for high density compressing and extra bands worth $8.5.
Date:
March 9, 1966
Creator:
Merchants & Planters Compress & Warehouse Company
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Al D'Agostino, April 19, 2012
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Al D’Agostino. D’Agostino joined the Merchant Marine in 1945 and received training in Brooklyn. Upon completion, he was assigned to the SS Monterey where he worked as a butcher. His first trip to the Pacific was transporting European troops, who were unhappy about the looming invasion of Japan. The war ended while the Monterey was in transit, and the soldiers returning home were a much happier bunch. Even more joyful was the reunion of families when the Monterey picked up war brides and their babies from all over the Pacific and brought them back to the States. He transferred to a Liberty ship that brought German war criminals back to the States from South America, although he believes that the majority of the passengers were actually concentration camp survivors. D’Agostino was discharged but was drafted again during the Korean War and served as a radio relay operator atop a mountain in dangerous and harsh winter conditions. When he was discharged a second time, he applied his kitchen experience and attended Cornell’s hotel school. D’Agostino became the director of food service for Trans World Airlines. Before retiring, he moved …
Date:
April 19, 2012
Creator:
D'Agostino, Al
System:
The Portal to Texas History