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Oral History Interview with James F. Brede, 2011
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Interview with James F. Brede, dentist and U.S. Army Air Forces veteran. The interview includes his personal experiences in World War II as a B-17 co-pilot with the 8th Air Force in the European Theater, his childhood in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, enlistment in the U.S. Army Air Forces in 1943, preliminary training in Tennessee, Alabama, Missouri, Arkansas, and Texas, his active service with the 379th Bomb Group in Kimbolton, England, combat experience in 35 missions, return to the U.S. and continued military service as a flight instructor in Lakeland, Florida and Wichita Falls, Texas, as well as the return to civilian life, marriage, dental school under the G.I. Bill, reenlistment in the Air Force as a dentist, his deployment to Korea, his discharge from the Air Force, and the establishment of his dental practice and experiences since retirement. The interview includes an appendix with a copy of his book.
Date:
March 30, 2011
Creator:
Fox, Lisa A. & Brede, James F.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Robert W. Wilson, June 6, 2001
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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
[News Script: Meskill]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Connecticut governor who has ordered his state Attorney General to prepare for legal battle if a Houston firm keep its word and cuts off gas to the state.
Date:
December 28, 1973, 8:25 a.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Truck Traffic]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story estimating the truck traffic in East and Midwest.
Date:
December 13, 1973, 6:30 a.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Rangers]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the Rangers pitching staff who needs more work but that' s what they will be getting the next five days.
Date:
June 30, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Soccer]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the St. Louis stars who came into Texas stadium holding a shaky one point advantage over the second place Tornado.
Date:
June 30, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Sports]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date:
September 19, 1970, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letters Sent to Jack Ruby in 1964]
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 in 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.
Date:
1964~
Creator:
Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Robert Markle Armstrong to W. H. Louviere, March 27, 1953]
Letter from Robert Markle Armstrong to W. H. Louviere discussing the ten heaviest sugar volume states and the U. S. A. deliveries since 1949. The total deliveries are listed for each year for multiple states.
Date:
March 27, 1953
Creator:
Armstrong, Robert Markle
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joseph Heacock Company to D. W. Kempner, December 22, 1952]
Letter from Joseph Heacock Company to D. W. Kempner advising him about a recent order.
Date:
December 22, 1952
Creator:
Joseph Heacock Company
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dreer's to Daniel W. Kempner, May 14, 1951]
Letter from Dreer's to Daniel W. Kempner discussing that they are unable to fulfill Mr. Kempner's order for Wild Phlox or Geranium seeds in bulk and referring him to Rex Pearce.
Date:
May 14, 1951
Creator:
Henery A. Dreer, Incorporated
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mrs. Nixon to Mrs. Kempner, December 29, 1943]
Letter to Mrs. Kempner from Mrs. Nixon thanking her for the reply about national dues and national finances for the AWVS.
Date:
December 29, 1943
Creator:
Nixon, Doris
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
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
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
[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
[Transcript of James F. Perry granting power of attorney to Thomas F. Leaming, [1837?]]
Copy of transcript for a power of attorney in which James F. Perry grants rights to Thomas F. Leaming to act on his behalf with regard to the Jacob Fox case.
Date:
1837?
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Thomas F. Leaming to James F. Perry, October 21, 1834]
Copy of transcript for a letter from Thomas F. Leaming to James F. Perry concerning the Fox lawsuit. Leaming also passes along copy of a 2nd edition of Texas map from 1834 and provides a brief introduction for the Prest family who will be immigrating to Texas.
Date:
October 21, 1834
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Thomas F. Leaming to Stephen F. Austin, February 27, 1833]
Copy of transcript for a letter from Thomas F. Leaming to Stephen F. Austin updating him on the progress of the Fox lawsuit.
Date:
February 27, 1833
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from James F. Perry to Stephen F. Austin, July 18, 1830]
Copy of transcript for a letter from James F. Perry to Stephen F. Austin, in Perry explains the difficulties he is having in settling his business matters before moving to Texas, asks for Stephen's advice on completing the indenture forms for his slaves, and questions why Stephen was not more vocal about which tracts of land he had reserved for the Perrys.
Date:
July 18, 1830
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Document Ascribing Power of Attorney to Thomas F. Leaming, February 1, 1828]
Copy of transcript of a document written by Stephen F. Austin and James Austin, on February 1, 1828, giving the power of attorney to Thomas F. Leaming in the case against Jacob Fox, who holds lands in New Jersey that rightfully belong to the Austins.
Date:
February 1, 1828
Creator:
Austin, Stephen F. & Austin, James Elijah Brown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from James F. Perry to Stephen F. Austin, July 22, 1827]
Copy of transcript for a letter from James F. Perry to Stephen F. Austin explaining his hesitation to move to Texas, discussing family land matters, and giving news from Missouri.
Date:
July 22, 1827
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from James Perry to Stephen F. Austin, July 22, 1827]
Copy of transcript for a letter from James Perry to Stephen F. Austin, on July 22, 1827, discussing the health of his neighbors, and land in the east that has been left to the Austin family.
Date:
July 22, 1827
Creator:
Perry, James Franklin
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History