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[Letter from Chester W. Nimitz to William Nimitz, November 27, 1902]
Handwritten letter from Chester Nimitz to his father in Kerrville. Nimitz relates his excitement about the annual Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia. Nimitz bemoans the fact that he is on duty on Thanksgiving Day. This letter is written on US Naval Academy stationery.
Date:
November 27, 1902
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 William Nimitz, November 27, 1902]
Transcription of letter from Chester Nimitz to his father in Kerrville. Nimitz relates his excitement about the annual Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia. Nimitz bemoans the fact that he is on duty on Thanksgiving Day.
Date:
November 27, 1902
Creator:
Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Chester W. Nimitz to William Nimitz, December 1904]
Handwritten letter from Chester Nimitz to his father in Kerrville. Nimitz laments the fact that Navy lost again to Army in football and admits he believes his class is cursed. He reports on his standing in his classes for November. He also mentions a desire to be assigned to the Asiatic Station upon graduation. This letter is on US Naval Academy stationery.
Date:
1904-12~
Creator:
Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Chester W. Nimitz to William Nimitz, November 29, 1903]
Handwritten letter from Chester Nimitz to his father in Kerrville. Nimitz recalls going to the Army-Navy game in Philadelphia and the difficulty in trying to meet up with some friends there. This letter is on US Naval Academy stationery.
Date:
November 29, 1903
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 William Nimitz, November 29, 1903]
Transcription of letter from Chester Nimitz to his father in Kerrville. Nimitz recalls going to the Army-Navy game in Philadelphia and the difficulty in trying to meet up with some friends there.
Date:
November 29, 1903
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 William Nimitz, December 1904]
Transcription of letter from Chester Nimitz to his father in Kerrville. Nimitz laments the fact that Navy lost again to Army in football and admits he believes his class is cursed. He reports on his standing in his classes for November. He also mentions a desire to be assigned to the Asiatic Station upon graduation.
Date:
1904-12~
Creator:
Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Paul Dillon, November 3, 1993
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Interview with Paul Dillon concerning his experiences before and during his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Dillon worked at a camp in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania (Company 1381). Includes an appendix with Dillon's CCC discharge papers and a photograph of his camp.
Date:
November 3, 1993
Creator:
Lovell, Bonnie & Dillon, Paul
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Childs]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about Melody Childs being arrested while working at Storek Cable.
Date:
May 21, 1986, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Albert Brown, March 2, 2010
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Albert Brown. Brown joined the Navy and served as a Radarman with amphibious forces at Guadalcanal for one year. In 1942, Brown worked aboard submarines as a specialist in surface attacks using radar. Admiral Chester Nimitz appointed him the officer in charge to create the Pacific Fleet Radar School for Senior Officers, and to instruct them in radar techniques. Brown completed this work through late 1945. He continued his service after the war ended.
Date:
March 2, 2010
Creator:
Brown, Albert
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Afton Keeton, August 30, 2007
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Afton Keeton. Keeton joined the Navy in July of 1942. He completed Hospital Corps School and became a Pharmacist Mate. He first served aboard the USS Sea Dragon (SS-194). They patrolled the Aleutian Islands. He was then stationed at the Submarine Base in Pearl Harbor, working in a sick bay. He then served aboard the USS Apollo (AS-25) with a relief crew. He provides some detail of working aboard a submarine, serving as the Doc, living conditions and undergoing his own appendectomy aboard the Apollo. In early 1945 he was assigned for 1 year to serve at a submarine base in St. Thomas. He then served as hospital corpsman on the USS Clamagore (SS-343). Keeton also worked on sonar watch, radar watch and as a cook during his time in the Navy. He spent a total of 30 years in the Navy, retiring in February of 1972.
Date:
August 30, 2007
Creator:
Keeton, Afton
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Albert Brown, March 2, 2010
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Albert Brown. Brown joined the Navy and served as a Radarman with amphibious forces at Guadalcanal for one year. In 1942, Brown worked aboard submarines as a specialist in surface attacks using radar. Admiral Chester Nimitz appointed him the officer in charge to create the Pacific Fleet Radar School for Senior Officers, and to instruct them in radar techniques. Brown completed this work through late 1945. He continued his service after the war ended.
Date:
March 2, 2010
Creator:
Brown, Albert
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Afton Keeton, August 30, 2007
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Afton Keeton. Keeton joined the Navy in July of 1942. He completed Hospital Corps School and became a Pharmacist Mate. He first served aboard the USS Sea Dragon (SS-194). They patrolled the Aleutian Islands. He was then stationed at the Submarine Base in Pearl Harbor, working in a sick bay. He then served aboard the USS Apollo (AS-25) with a relief crew. He provides some detail of working aboard a submarine, serving as the Doc, living conditions and undergoing his own appendectomy aboard the Apollo. In early 1945 he was assigned for 1 year to serve at a submarine base in St. Thomas. He then served as hospital corpsman on the USS Clamagore (SS-343). Keeton also worked on sonar watch, radar watch and as a cook during his time in the Navy. He spent a total of 30 years in the Navy, retiring in February of 1972.
Date:
August 30, 2007
Creator:
Keeton, Afton
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Louis Cresson, February 22, 1993
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Interview with Louis Cresson, a former member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Hillside, Pennsylvania. Cresson discusses his family, life during the Great Depression, and work at CCC camps in Shawville and Renovo, Pennsylvania.
Date:
February 22, 1993
Creator:
Price, Peggy & Cresson, Louis
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Frank Polenta, March 2, 1993
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Interview with Frank Polenta, a former member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Meadville, Pennsylvania. Polenta discusses his background and his experiences at the CCC Camp Pebble Dell--ANF No. 1 in Marienville, Pennsylvania.
Date:
March 2, 1993
Creator:
Hodges, Ann & Polenta, Frank
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jabina Coleman, November 3, 2022
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Interview with Jabina Coleman, a reproductive psychotherapist and certified lactation consultant from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Coleman discusses her involvement in supporting maternal health, from running Life House Lactation & Perinatal Services to founding groups like Breastfeeding Awareness and Empowerment, the Perinatal Mental Health and Alliance for People of Color, and the Maternal Wellness Village in Philadelphia. Coleman discusses her own pregnancy, postpartum depression, education, and motivation to become an advocate in her field.
Date:
November 3, 2022
Creator:
Moran, Rachel Louise & Coleman, Jabina
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Nancy Berchtold, March 2, 2021
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Interview with Nancy Berchtold, a women's support group leader from Pennsylvania. Berchtold discusses her pregnancy, postpartum psychosis, postpartum depression, the Pacific postpartum Support Society in Vancouver, starting the Depression After Delivery support group for women, television appearances, conferences, and change over time.
Date:
March 2, 2021
Creator:
Moran, Rachel Louise & Berchtold, Nancy
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with John Sacker, February 24, 1989
Interview with Major John R. Sacker, a United States Air Force veteran from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while a member of the 9th Signal Service Company stationed there.
Date:
February 24, 1989
Creator:
Young, Thomas & Sacker, John R.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Maxwell Whiteman, September 11, 1963]
Letter from Maxwell Whiteman thanking Kempner family for the book named 'Henry Cohen: Messenger of the Lord'.
Date:
September 11, 1963
Creator:
Whiteman, Maxwell
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Felice Chocolate Candy Company - March 10, 1956]
Letter from I. H. Kempner to Felice Chocolate Candy Company discussing an order of two boxes of chocolate peppermints which he wishes to be shipped as early as possible, and has included the address.
Date:
March 10, 1956
Creator:
Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Rabbi Leo J. Stillpass to I. H. Kempner, December 19, 1955]
Letter from Rabbi Leo J. Stillpass to I. H. Kempner discussing Kempner's donation to the Combined Campaign and the good support for the campaign that year. Stillpass further explains that the Combined Campaign in Philadelphia kicks off their donations with a dinner to garner support for the cause.
Date:
December 19, 1955
Creator:
Stillpass, Leo J.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. Gwilym A. Price, March 6, 1954]
Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. Gwilym A. Price discussing his disapproval of Price and Westinghouse Electric Corporation's asks for the imposition of tariffs to prevent the U.S. government or citizens from buying foreign electrical products at a cheaper price while providing evidence to support his statements.
Date:
March 6, 1954
Creator:
Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Gwilym A. Price to I. H. Kempner, May 4, 1954]
Letter from Gwilym A. Price to I. H. Kempner discussing Kempner's disagreement with Westinghouse Electric Corporation's viewpoint on the control of government purchases of foreign made electrical equipment.
Date:
May 4, 1954
Creator:
Price, Gwilym A.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. Peter K. Thompson, January 22, 1954]
Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. Peter K. Thompson discussing his appreciation for good wishes on his birthday and the family dinner he had to celebrate while giving advice to Peter while he is in college.
Date:
January 22, 1954
Creator:
Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. Peter K. Thompson, October 30, 1954]
Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. Peter K. Thompson discussing an enclosed clipping from the Galveston News of a sports game win, how little Thompson writes, the value of education, and the serious condition of Uncle Pat.
Date:
October 30, 1954
Creator:
Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History