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Oral History Interview with Albert Donaldson, April 14, 2009 transcript

Oral History Interview with Albert Donaldson, April 14, 2009

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Albert Donaldson. Donaldson talks about how the Great Depression affected his family. He joined the Navy in 1944 and provides details of his training. He traveled aboard the USS Buckingham (APA-141). They traveled to Pearl Harbor, which he describes along with his responsibilities with work parties unloading and reloading ships. He assisted with trading out old ammunition for new ammunition. He was transferred to the John Rodgers Naval Air Station in Hawaii. He worked on the Martin Mars seaplanes, repairing and test flying them. He also flew C-54s and the J-3 Piper Cub and shares his experiences. He spent the remainder of his Navy career in Hawaii and was discharged in August of 1946 and joined the reserves. While in the service he made storekeeper 3rd class. In the 1950s he was commissioned into the Air Force.
Date: April 14, 2009
Creator: Donaldson, Albert
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Albert Donaldson, April 14, 2009 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Albert Donaldson, April 14, 2009

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Albert Donaldson. Donaldson talks about how the Great Depression affected his family. He joined the Navy in 1944 and provides details of his training. He traveled aboard the USS Buckingham (APA-141). They traveled to Pearl Harbor, which he describes along with his responsibilities with work parties unloading and reloading ships. He assisted with trading out old ammunition for new ammunition. He was transferred to the John Rodgers Naval Air Station in Hawaii. He worked on the Martin Mars seaplanes, repairing and test flying them. He also flew C-54s and the J-3 Piper Cub and shares his experiences. He spent the remainder of his Navy career in Hawaii and was discharged in August of 1946 and joined the reserves. While in the service he made storekeeper 3rd class. In the 1950s he was commissioned into the Air Force.
Date: April 14, 2009
Creator: Donaldson, Albert
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ben Russell, April 22, 1988 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Ben Russell, April 22, 1988

Interview with Ben Russell, a United States Navy veteran from Memphis Tennessee, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the light cruiser USS Phoenix.
Date: April 22, 1988
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Russell, Ben
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Weather intro] (open access)

[News Script: Weather intro]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about 3 deaths and scores of injuries resulted from 28 tornadoes that caused extensive property in the southeastern United States .
Date: April 2, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Sports] (open access)

[News Script: Sports]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the day Billy Martin and the Texas rangers who have been preparing for the past few weeks for the opening of the 1974 major league Baseball season.
Date: April 3, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Tornadoes] (open access)

[News Script: Tornadoes]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about tornadoes which have killed at least 260 persons, injured hundreds and caused millions of dollars damage in an awesome trail of destruction from the deep south through the Ohio valley and into Canada.
Date: April 4, 1974, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Deborah S. Schwartz to I. H. Kempner, April 2, 1951] (open access)

[Letter from Deborah S. Schwartz to I. H. Kempner, April 2, 1951]

Letter from Mrs. Deborah Schwartz to I. H. Kempner informing him that he has been nominated for the National Advisory Board for the American Council for Judaism.
Date: April 2, 1951
Creator: Schwartz, Deborah S.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Dan Oppenheimer, April 25, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Dan Oppenheimer, April 25, 1955]

Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Dan Oppenheimer discussing about the attached memorandum of conversation with J. C. Wilson and details regarding his trip to Memphis for a cotton meeting.
Date: April 25, 1955
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from F. M. Grout to I. H. Kempner, April 28, 1949] (open access)

[Letter from F. M. Grout to I. H. Kempner, April 28, 1949]

Letter from F. M. Grout to I. H. Kempner offering Mrs. Kempner to exchange her stocks in the Colonial Baking Company for $150.00 per share.
Date: April 28, 1949
Creator: Grout, F. M.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Itemized Invoice for Hotel Peabody: April 1955] (open access)

[Itemized Invoice for Hotel Peabody: April 1955]

Itemized list of charges from a stay at the Hotel Peabody in Memphis during April 27th through 30th, including the balances due along with their explanation. Stamped " Paid ."
Date: April 1955
Creator: Hotel Peabody
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Robert D. McCallum, April 26, 1965] (open access)

[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Robert D. McCallum, April 26, 1965]

Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Robert D. McCallum accepting a dinner invitation extended to Kempner and his wife, Ruth. The letter also accepts a seat at the president's table the day after.
Date: April 26, 1965
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Robert D. McCallum to Harris Leon Kempner, April 23, 1965] (open access)

[Letter from Robert D. McCallum to Harris Leon Kempner, April 23, 1965]

Letter from Robert D. McCallum to Harris Leon Kempner extending a dinner invitation to him and his wife, Ruth. The letter also invites them to a seat at the president's table in an event the following day.
Date: April 23, 1965
Creator: McCallum, Robert D.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Sam G. Loring, April 1, 1964] (open access)

[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Sam G. Loring, April 1, 1964]

Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Sam G. Loring thanking him for the kind note and warning him that getting a professional portrait is unlikely as getting his photo taken gives him "the willies."
Date: April 1, 1964
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Seton Ross to Harris L. Kempner, April 30, 1964] (open access)

[Letter from Seton Ross to Harris L. Kempner, April 30, 1964]

Letter from Seaton Ross to Harris L. Kempner enclosing a check in payment for the 474 shares of stock he owns in the Journal.
Date: April 30, 1964
Creator: Ross, Seaton
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Arthur W. McCain, April 29, 1952] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Arthur W. McCain, April 29, 1952]

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Arthur W. McCain inviting him to be his house guest for the upcoming Texas Bankers Association convention.
Date: April 29, 1952
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Miss Teen America] (open access)

[News Script: Miss Teen America]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about plans to hold the Miss Teen America pageant in Memphis.
Date: April 19, 1973
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Dr. Chauncey D. Leake, April 1955] (open access)

[Letter from Dr. Chauncey D. Leake, April 1955]

Letter from Dr. Chauncey D. Leake to several friends discussing the weather, a trip to Washington D.C., the Aero Medical Association, Vanderbilt University, a meeting in San Francisco, and teaching.
Date: April 1955
Creator: Leake, Chauncey Depew, 1896-1978
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Eva McMillan, April 25, 2014

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Eva McMillan, a civil rights activist from Tennessee. McMillan discusses growing up in the segregated South, her family, early involvement in civil rights, experiences of racism and discrimination, her son Ernie's establishing a chapter of the SNCC at UT Arlington, Ernie's arrests and imprisonment, founding various advocacy and activism groups in Dallas, milestones and tragedies of the Civil Rights Movement, conflict with the police and the decline of the SNCC, and reflections on her work. In appendix are photos of McMillan and Dallas-area civil rights activists, a flier, and newspaper clippings.
Date: April 25, 2014
Creator: Smith, Tiffany & McMillan, Eva
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: 10 PM sports] (open access)

[News Script: 10 PM sports]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: April 9, 1972, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Man killed by knife] (open access)

[News Script: Man killed by knife]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the suspect for the murder of William Jenkins turning himself into the military authorities in Memphis, Tennessee.
Date: April 26, 1971, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Broilers: For Week Ending April 13,1985 (open access)

Texas Broilers: For Week Ending April 13,1985

Weekly report of the Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service on broiler chick numbers in Texas and compared with other states. It includes compiled statistics across six consecutive weeks, from the week ending March 9 to the week ending April 13, during 1984 and 1985 for broiler eggs set, chicks hatched, and chicks placed.
Date: April 17, 1985
Creator: Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Broilers: For Week Ending April 6, 1985 (open access)

Texas Broilers: For Week Ending April 6, 1985

Weekly report of the Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service on broiler chick numbers in Texas and compared with other states. It includes compiled statistics across six consecutive weeks, from the week ending March 2 to the week ending April 6, during 1984 and 1985 for broiler eggs set, chicks hatched, and chicks placed.
Date: April 10, 1985
Creator: Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Doris Tanner to Rigdon Edwards, April 9, 1992] (open access)

[Letter from Doris Tanner to Rigdon Edwards, April 9, 1992]

Letter from Doris Tanner to Rigdon Edwards requesting more specific information about Sweetwater's weather and newspapers.
Date: April 9, 1992
Creator: Tanner, Doris Brinker
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Drunk Charge] (open access)

[News Script: Drunk Charge]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: April 19, 1969, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library