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Oral History Interview with Jerell E. Crow, August 24, 2002 transcript

Oral History Interview with Jerell E. Crow, August 24, 2002

Interview with Jerell E. Crow. He entered the Coast Guard in 1940 and trained in Florida and New York City. He served aboard a Landing Ship, Tank (LST) when those ships were first introduced. He traveled to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to the Neville Island Shipyard operated by the Dravo Corporation as part of a crew that brought an LST down the Mississippi River to New Orleans. From there, the crew practiced operations at Biloxi, Mississippi. Eventually, Crow travelled to San Diego aboard the LST through the Panama Canal. From there, he went to Guadalcanal and unloaded tanks. Eventually, his ship was hit at Saipan and he was wounded. He also served aboard an LST during the invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Afterwards, Crow's LST was present in Tokyo Bay for the surrender. He visited Hiroshima while on occupation duty after the atomic bomb was dropped. Eventually, his LST made its way back to San Francisco where he was discharged.
Date: August 24, 2002
Creator: Rabalais, Larry & Crow, Jerell E.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Boyd K. Miller, January 21, 2003 transcript

Oral History Interview with Boyd K. Miller, January 21, 2003

Interview with Boyd K. Miller, a draftsman and pilot during World War II. He discusses being drafted out of college and working as an artist and draftsman. Since he studied art in college, he worked on diagrams and charts. He then transferred to the Air Corps to become a pilot and trained in Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Alabama, New York, Georgia, Florida and Texas.
Date: January 21, 2003
Creator: Misenhimer, Richard & Miller, Boyd K.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Stephen Austin to his brother Moses Austin, July 25, 1801] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Stephen Austin to his brother Moses Austin, July 25, 1801]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Stephen Austin to Moses Austin concerning debts occurred at the lead mines.
Date: July 25, 1801
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from Thomas J. Pilgrim to James Perry, July 6, 1838] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from Thomas J. Pilgrim to James Perry, July 6, 1838]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Thomas J. Pilgrim to James Perry, on July 6, 1838, discussing a school for Perry's son Stephen in Steubenville, Ohio. Pilgrim also discusses what he did for the Fourth of July.
Date: July 6, 1838
Creator: Pilgrim, Thomas J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Roundheaded Apple-Tree Borer (open access)

The Roundheaded Apple-Tree Borer

This report discusses the roundheaded apple-tree borer, an insect in the eastern and midwestern United States that, in its larval stage, destroys the bark and wood of apple trees. Several methods of control are discussed, including worming, paints and washes, and sprays.Apple-tree borers.
Date: 1915
Creator: Brooks, Fred E.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Culture of Winter Wheat in the Eastern United States (open access)

The Culture of Winter Wheat in the Eastern United States

Report discussing best practices for growing winter wheat in the eastern United States. Topics discussed include soils adapted to wheat cultivation, fertilizers, seed selection and preparation, and crop rotation.
Date: 1914
Creator: Leighty, C. E. (Clyde Evert), b. 1882
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Culture of Winter Wheat in the Eastern United States (open access)

The Culture of Winter Wheat in the Eastern United States

Revised edition. Report discussing best practices for growing winter wheat in the eastern United States. Topics discussed include soils adapted to wheat cultivation, fertilizers, seed selection and preparation, and crop rotation.
Date: 1917
Creator: Leighty, C. E. (Clyde Evert), b. 1882
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Beekeeping in the Tulip-Tree Region (open access)

Beekeeping in the Tulip-Tree Region

"Many thousand colonies of bees occur in the region where the tulip-tree is abundant but the honey crop from tulip-tree flowers inconsiderable. Too few beekeepers in this region have modern equipment, it is true, but the greatest loss comes from the fact that they do not care for their bees so as to have them ready to gather the abundant nectar from this early-blooming tree. In this bulletin a methods is given for the management of the apiary so that the full honey crop from this source may be obtained." -- p. 2
Date: 1922
Creator: Phillips, Everett Franklin, 1878-1951 & Demuth, Geo. S. (George S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library

Map of the great Air Line route : Ohio & Mississippi Railway and connections.

Map shows major cities and towns, military posts, state and territory boundaries, and railroad companies and existing and proposed rail routes across eastern half of the continental United States; Dakota and Indian Territories. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: 1878
Creator: Ohio and Mississippi Railway Company (1867-1893)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letters Sent to Jack Ruby at County Jail by Citizens] (open access)

[Letters Sent to Jack Ruby at County Jail by Citizens]

Poor quality photocopies of letters which were sent to Jack Ruby during his time at Dallas County Jail. The letters were written by citizens, many of whom express an interest in his well-being and spirituality.
Date: 1964~
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letters Sent to Jack Ruby at Dallas County Jail] (open access)

[Letters Sent to Jack Ruby at Dallas County Jail]

Poor quality photocopies of letters which were sent to Jack Ruby during his time at Dallas County Jail. The letters were written by citizens, many of whom express an interest in his well-being and spirituality. Newspaper clippings are included.
Date: 1964~
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Robert W. Wilson, June 6, 2001

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with airline pilot and Army Air Forces veteran Robert W. Wilson. The interview includes Wilson's personal experiences about being B-25 pilot in the Pacific Theater during World War II, basic training, college preparatory courses, flight training, and various missions. Wilson talks about his pre-war job experiences, flying conditions over the Owen Stanley Mountains, Operation OBOE, leave time in Sydney, Australia, the move to Palawan, Philippines, missions to French Indo-China, attitudes and feelings towards the deaths of comrades, and postwar adjustments. The interview includes an appendix with supplementary documents.
Date: June 6, 2001
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Wilson, Robert W.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aeronautics Star, Volume 3, Number 10, November/December 2002 (open access)

Aeronautics Star, Volume 3, Number 10, November/December 2002

Monthly newsletter published for employees of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. containing work-related information, updates about employees, and other news.
Date: November 2002
Creator: Lockheed Martin Astronautics Corporation
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aeronautics Star, Volume 4, Number 5, September/October 2003 (open access)

Aeronautics Star, Volume 4, Number 5, September/October 2003

Bimonthly newsletter published for employees of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. containing work-related information, updates about employees, and other news.
Date: September 2003
Creator: Lockheed Martin Astronautics (Firm)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aeronautics Star, Volume 4, Number 3, May/June 2003 (open access)

Aeronautics Star, Volume 4, Number 3, May/June 2003

Bimonthly newsletter published for employees of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. containing work-related information, updates about employees, and other news.
Date: May 2003
Creator: Lockheed Martin Astronautics (Firm)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aeronautics Star, Volume 6, Number 3, July/August 2004 (open access)

Aeronautics Star, Volume 6, Number 3, July/August 2004

Bimonthly newsletter published for employees of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. containing work-related information, updates about employees, and other news.
Date: July 2004
Creator: Lockheed Martin Astronautics Corporation
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aeronautics Star, March/April 2004, Special Ethics Supplement (open access)

Aeronautics Star, March/April 2004, Special Ethics Supplement

Bimonthly newsletter published for employees of the General Dynamics Fort Worth Division containing work-related information, updates about employees, and other news.
Date: March 2004
Creator: Lockheed Martin Astronautics Corporation
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aeronautics Star, January 2003, Special Edition (open access)

Aeronautics Star, January 2003, Special Edition

Special issue of a bimonthly newsletter published for employees of the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Division providing a summary update, month-by-month, of work conducted during calendar year 2002.
Date: January 2003
Creator: Lockheed Martin Astronautics Corporation
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aeronautics Star, Special Edition National Engineers Week 2003 (open access)

Aeronautics Star, Special Edition National Engineers Week 2003

Special issue of a bimonthly newsletter published for employees of the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Division containing news and advertising events for National Engineers Week.
Date: February 2003
Creator: Lockheed Martin Astronautics Corporation
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aeronautics Star, Special Edition, May 2003 (open access)

Aeronautics Star, Special Edition, May 2003

Special issue of a bimonthly newsletter published for employees of the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Division highlighting honorees who received Aero Star Awards.
Date: May 2003
Creator: Lockheed Martin Astronautics Corporation
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aeronautics Star, Special Edition National Engineers Week 2004 (open access)

Aeronautics Star, Special Edition National Engineers Week 2004

Special issue of a bimonthly newsletter published for employees of the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Division containing news and advertising events for National Engineers Week.
Date: February 2004
Creator: Lockheed Martin Astronautics Corporation
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aeronautics Star, Volume 4 , Number 1, January/February 2003 (open access)

Aeronautics Star, Volume 4 , Number 1, January/February 2003

Monthly newsletter published for employees of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. containing work-related information, updates about employees, and other news.
Date: January 2003
Creator: Lockheed Martin Astronautics Corporation
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aeronautics Star, Volume 4, Number 2, March/April 2003 (open access)

Aeronautics Star, Volume 4, Number 2, March/April 2003

Bimonthly newsletter published for employees of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. containing work-related information, updates about employees, and other news.
Date: March 2003
Creator: Lockheed Martin Astronautics Corporation
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aeronautics Star, Volume 4, Number 4, July/August 2003 (open access)

Aeronautics Star, Volume 4, Number 4, July/August 2003

Bimonthly newsletter published for employees of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. containing work-related information, updates about employees, and other news.
Date: July 2003
Creator: Lockheed Martin Astronautics (Firm)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History