Oral History Interview with Joe Tison, May 11, 2010

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Interview with Weatherford resident Joe Tison, school administrator and mayor, as part of the Weatherford Oral History Project. The interview includes Tison's personal experiences of childhood, education in Weatherford public schools, Weatherford College, and North Texas State College, as well as his career as a teacher, principal, and superintendent in Aledo and Weatherford ISDs. Tison also discusses the racial integration of Weatherford schools, his career as interim superintendent at various North Texas ISDs, and his experience as mayor. The interview includes an appendix with photographs and articles about Tison.
Date: May 11, 2010
Creator: Liles, Debbie & Tison, Joe
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Sports at six] (open access)

[News Script: Sports at six]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: May 27, 1970, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Late night sports] (open access)

[News Script: Late night sports]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: May 30, 1970, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Ten p.m. sports] (open access)

[News Script: Ten p.m. sports]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: May 28, 1970, 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 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: 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 29, 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 30, 1971, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Bill Minkus to Daniel W. Kempner, May 25, 1956] (open access)

[Letter from Bill Minkus to Daniel W. Kempner, May 25, 1956]

Letter from the Bertig Cotton Co. to Daniel W. Kempner informing him that they have no photography prints by Mr. B. H. Haynes, Jr.
Date: May 25, 1956
Creator: Bertig Cotton Co.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Southwest Retort, Volume 17, Number 9, May 1965 (open access)

Southwest Retort, Volume 17, Number 9, May 1965

This publication of the Dallas-Fort Worth Section of the American Chemical Society includes information about research, prominent scientist, organizational business, and various other stories of interest to the community. Published monthly during long academic semesters. This issue includes information for the regional meeting in Memphis, Tennessee.
Date: May 1965
Creator: American Chemical Society. Dallas/Fort Worth Section.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lock for Automobiles (open access)

Lock for Automobiles

Patent for a new inexpensive, secure, and convenient to use lock for automobiles to be secured against theft, or use, while the lock is attached.
Date: May 3, 1921
Creator: Godbey, Walter H., Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
["King: Montgomery to Memphis" civil rights film segments] captions transcript

["King: Montgomery to Memphis" civil rights film segments]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters of segments from the civil rights documentary "King: Montgomery to Memphis" from May 24th, 1991. The U-Matic footage shows clips from the 1960s civil rights movement featuring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders involved in southern non violent protests.
Date: May 24, 1991
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Arthur W. McCain to Daniel W. Kempner, May 2, 1952] (open access)

[Letter from Arthur W. McCain to Daniel W. Kempner, May 2, 1952]

Letter from Arthur W. McCain to Daniel W. Kempner thanking him for the generous invitation to stay at his house during the Texas Bankers Association Convention but informing him that he has other arrangements.
Date: May 2, 1952
Creator: McCain, Arthur W.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Charles Scheffel, May 10, 2000 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Charles Scheffel, May 10, 2000

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles Scheffel. Scheffel grew up in Oklahoma and enlisted in the Army ROTC in 1940. He was called up in 1941 after Pearl Harbor. He was allowed to finish out his senior year of college and was married in March 1942. He embarked on the Queen Elizabeth from New Jersey in September 1942. As leader of 200 men, he landed in Scotland and drove with them to Whittington Barracks where they joined with the British 51st Highlanders. He lists the three main survival lessons he learned from the seasoned English soldiers: having a batman to back you up, digging a two-man foxhole, and waiting for the ""crack and thump."" Scheffel how the ""crack and thump"" lesson would later save his life when he was seriously wounded when attacking the Siegfried Line. From England he went to Algeria with the British troops on the Scythia. The ship is torpedoed off the coast limps into Algiers. Scheffel made the decision to leave the British Highlanders and join up with American 9th Division in February 1943. The division went into Tunisia. Then he was sent to spend another month with the …
Date: May 10, 2000
Creator: Scheffel, Charles
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Spencer Marrow to Mr. L. T. Murray, May 3, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from Spencer Marrow to Mr. L. T. Murray, May 3, 1955]

Letter from Spencer Marrow to L. T. Murray discussing his inability to attend a meeting and a medical procedure done to his face.
Date: May 3, 1955
Creator: Marrow & Conn
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of a Letter from Lamar Fleming, Jr. to Mr. Albert Russel, May 15, 1951] (open access)

[Copy of a Letter from Lamar Fleming, Jr. to Mr. Albert Russel, May 15, 1951]

Letter from Lamar Fleming, Jr. to Mr. Albert Russel discussing plans for a Houston Chamber of Commerce citizens committee and a conference meeting to discuss actions of the company, listing potential resources and people to discuss company problems with.
Date: May 15, 1951
Creator: Fleming, Lamar, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History