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Cylinder for Cotton-Gins (open access)

Cylinder for Cotton-Gins

Patent for a cylinder for cotton gins that can have one disk removed for repair without taking apart the whole cylinder.
Date: August 13, 1912
Creator: Fuller ,James T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Ethel Baker Starkey, March 28, 2013 (open access)

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Ethel Baker Starkey, March 28, 2013

Interview with Ethel Baker Starkey, whose husband's ancestors were Texas Hill Country settlers, from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Starkey discusses her husband's family history. She also talks about coming to Kerrville for a job with her family.
Date: March 28, 2013
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Stephens, Louis & Starkey, Ethel Baker
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Article: Obituaries] (open access)

[Article: Obituaries]

A series of obituaries in the Texas Medical Association's June 1988 Texas Medicine journal. Those listed in the obituaries included Dr. May Owen, Dr. William Frank Renfrow, Dr. Louis Reed Robey, Dr. Hampton C. Robinson, Dr. Lowell Edison Rutledge, Dr. Cassie Elizabeth Stuermer, Dr. Robert W. B. Terrell, Dr. Robert H. Thomason, and Dr. Leopoldo Villareal.
Date: June 1988
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: National news] (open access)

[News Script: National news]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas relating a news story.
Date: March 11, 1969
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner Jr. to Isaac Herbert Kempner, September 5, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner Jr. to Isaac Herbert Kempner, September 5, 1945]

Letter, using Western Union, from Isaac Herbert Kempner Jr. to Isaac Herbert Kempner discussing travel plans.
Date: September 5, 1945
Creator: Kempner, Isaac Herbert, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Personal notes, undated] (open access)

[Personal notes, undated]

The following document includes personal notes from the Charles B. Moore Collection. The notes detail a visit to family and friends in Tennessee. The document goes on to discuss the President of Oak Cliff school, a representative from the Houston Post, and agriculture. It mentions that it rained much of the time during a trip to Memphis from Nashville. The document is undated.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letters from Adelitia McGee to the Moore family and Alice McGee, October 16-17, 1889] (open access)

[Letters from Adelitia McGee to the Moore family and Alice McGee, October 16-17, 1889]

This is a letter from the Charles B. Moore Collection. It is written by Adelitia "Dinkie" McGee to the Moore family and Alice McGee. In this letter, Dinkie details the goings-on in Gallatin, Tennessee and the news includes: weather updates, a discussion concerning Alice's Grandma McGee who has passed, a dialogue about making molasses from cane, news about the crops that survived and the crops that were ruined from frost, updates on family and friends, and the daily happenings since the Moore family and Alice have left. She closes the letter by Birdie want to see Alice and Linnet very badly but since Bessie has come to visit, she has not been as lonely. Dinkie notes that she would like for the Moore's and Alice to write soon. On the first page, Dinkie writes another letter dated October 17 to the Moore family and Alice. She details her daily schedule and mentions that Birdie will write next time. She writes a note for Alice to write Bettie Wilson and that Mother (Matilda Dodd) will write the Moore family on Sunday. The envelope is included with the letter.
Date: October 16, 1889
Creator: Dodd, Adelitia
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: 10pm Sports update] (open access)

[News Script: 10pm Sports update]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: May 27, 1971, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: 10PM Sports update] (open access)

[News Script: 10PM Sports update]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: May 28, 1971, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: 6pm Sports update] (open access)

[News Script: 6pm Sports update]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: May 28, 1971, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Pneumonia] (open access)

[News Script: Pneumonia]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: January 16, 1969, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from T. L. James to I. H. Kempner, August 11, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from T. L. James to I. H. Kempner, August 11, 1954]

Letter from Thos. L. James to I. H. Kempner discussing the possible purchase of the two men's property in Aldine, Texas.
Date: August 11, 1954
Creator: James, Thomas Leroy
Object Type: Letter
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
[News Script: Sports] (open access)

[News Script: Sports]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a pair of losses for Texas baseball teams as the Rangers fell to Baltimore 6- 4 and the Texas longhorns lost to USC 9- 2 in the college world series.
Date: June 8, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Briefs] (open access)

[News Script: Briefs]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Henry Kissinger who is returning home from Paris after signing a new Vietnam pact with agents from Hanoi.
Date: June 13, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Maid of Cotton] (open access)

[News Script: Maid of Cotton]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of three Texas girls are among the 20 are hoping to be crowned the 1974 Maid of Cotton at Memphis, Tennessee.
Date: December 26, 1973, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Foreman] (open access)

[News Script: Foreman]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of attorney who denies that he compromised the interest of James Earl Ray when he defended Ray during his trial on charges of killing Dr. Martin Luther King.
Date: January 30, 1974, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Convair Supervisory Newsletter, Number 188, March 16, 1955 (open access)

Convair Supervisory Newsletter, Number 188, March 16, 1955

Weekly newsletter written for supervisors working at the Convair Division in Fort Worth containing news about events and activities, workplace reminders, and other relevant information.
Date: March 16, 1955
Creator: Esenwein, August C.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 20, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 20, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing ferrying aircraft and trouble with weather, flying between Dallas, Wichita, Pampa, and Walnut Ridge, her friends, and food. Written on Hotel Chisca (Memphis) starionary.
Date: January 20, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Maid of Cotton] (open access)

[News Script: Maid of Cotton]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of three Texas girls who are among 20 are hoping to be crowned the 1974 Maid of Cotton in Memphis, Tennessee.
Date: December 26, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Stuart Godwin to D. W. Kempner, July 3, 1952] (open access)

[Letter from Stuart Godwin to D. W. Kempner, July 3, 1952]

Letter from Stuart Godwin to D. W. Kempner discussing Kempner's flight reservations and new airline flight confirmation policies.
Date: July 3, 1952
Creator: Godwin, Stuart
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Aubrey L. Lockett to the National Cotton Council, January 7, 1965] (open access)

[Letter from Aubrey L. Lockett to the National Cotton Council, January 7, 1965]

Letter from Aubrey L. Lockett to the National Cotton Council discussing their next meeting and the state of the council.
Date: January 7, 1965
Creator: Lockett, Aubrey L.
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
[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to James A. Tinsley, September 26, 1966] (open access)

[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to James A. Tinsley, September 26, 1966]

Letter from Harris L. Kempner to James A. Tinsley asking him to send a copy of a book to a number of different associates of his in Memphis, Tennessee.
Date: September 26, 1966
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History