Mining and Preparing Domestic Graphite for Crucible Use (open access)

Mining and Preparing Domestic Graphite for Crucible Use

From Prefactory Statement: "In this bulletin are presented the results obtained in the first two phases of the work outlined above. The bulletin is in two parts. The first part describes the methods of mining and milling used, suggests a standard method of sampling finished graphite, and describes a rapid and convenient method of analysis developed at the Pittsburgh station of the Bureau of Mines, to which has been assigned the analytical and microscopic work. The second part describes experiments on the concentration and milling of graphite, which were made at the Salt Lake City, Utah, station."
Date: 1920
Creator: Dub, George D. & Moses, Frederick G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Picture-Hook. (open access)

Picture-Hook.

Patent for a picture-hook that improves on a commonly used picture-hook that easily becomes dislodged. The patented hook fits over molding with spurs that go into the molding.
Date: February 6, 1894
Creator: Hall, James B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Frogs leave for Columbus] (open access)

[News Script: Frogs leave for Columbus]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about TCU's Horned Frogs traveling to Columbus for a football game.
Date: September 27, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Robert Edward Sieker, August 3, 2000 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Robert Edward Sieker, August 3, 2000

Interview with Robert Edward Sieker, a pilot from Kerrville, Texas. Mr. Sieker discusses his grandfather's immigration from Germany. In addition to his stories from his extensive flying career, he also talks about his service in the military during World War II, his various occupations throughout the years, and his work against the screwworm infestation.
Date: August 3, 2000
Creator: Bethel, Ann; Snodgrass, Clarabelle & Sieker, Robert Edward
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with John Andrews, March 26, 2004 (open access)

Oral History Interview with John Andrews, March 26, 2004

Interview with John Andrews, a veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps from Kentwood, Louisiana. The transcript includes a list of questions regarding Andrews's training and service in World War II as a B-29 command pilot and flight instructor throughout the United States.
Date: May 17, 2005
Creator: Coy, Larisa L. & Andrews, John
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with John Andrews, March 26, 2004 transcript

Oral History Interview with John Andrews, March 26, 2004

Interview with John Andrews, a veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps from Kentwood, Louisiana. It includes a list of questions regarding Andrews's training and service in World War II as a B-29 command pilot and flight instructor throughout the United States.
Date: March 26, 2004
Creator: Coy, Larisa L. & Andrews, John
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Fort Worth ambulance] (open access)

[News Script: Fort Worth ambulance]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: January 17, 1969, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Nightly sports updates] (open access)

[News Script: Nightly sports updates]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: June 21, 1969
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from E. C. Walther] (open access)

[Letter from E. C. Walther]

A letter from E.C. Walter to Carl B. Compton about an open position at Otterbein College.
Date: April 9, 1941
Creator: Walther, E. C.
Object Type: Letter
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.
Date: September 26, 1969, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to G. D. Ulrich, December 27, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to G. D. Ulrich, December 27, 1944]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to G. D. Ulrich requesting cases of Christmas Figs be delivered to three addresses with charges prepaid.
Date: December 27, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Convair Supervisory Newsletter, Number 164, September 29, 1954 (open access)

Convair Supervisory Newsletter, Number 164, September 29, 1954

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: September 29, 1954
Creator: Esenwein, August C.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from C. L. Bohannan to I. H. Kempner, Jr., May 31, 1946] (open access)

[Letter from C. L. Bohannan to I. H. Kempner, Jr., May 31, 1946]

Letter from C. L. Bohannan to I. H. Kempner, Jr. discussing an ad placed in Sugar and becoming associated with the Imperial Sugar Company.
Date: May 31, 1946
Creator: Bohannan, C. L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dr. Chauncey D. Leake, June 1955] (open access)

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

Letter from Dr. Chauncey D. Leake to several friends discussing the developments in the Pharmacology Society, work at the U. of Texas Medical Branch, visits to Ohio State University, New York, and Princeton, and UTMB graduation.
Date: June 1955
Creator: Leake, Chauncey Depew, 1896-1978
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dr. Chauncey D. Leake, August 1955] (open access)

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

Letter from Dr. Chauncey D. Leake discussing his move away from U. of Texas Medical Branch to Ohio State Univeristy, and recent research.
Date: August 1955
Creator: Leake, Chauncey Depew, 1896-1978
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 10, 1944?] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 10, 1944?]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing visiting her friend Billy and her recent travels ferrying aircraft. Written on American Airlines Sky Harbor Airport stationary.
Date: 1944-09-10?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Maizie Toungate to Glenn R. Klopfenstein - October 22, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from Maizie Toungate to Glenn R. Klopfenstein - October 22, 1954]

A letter addressed to Glenn R. Klopfenstein, Chief, Bureau of Probation and Parole, Columbus 15, Ohio from Jack Ross, Administrator, Interstate Parole Compact (by Maizie Toungate, Acting Chief), Parole Division, Board of Pardons and Paroles, Texas, dated October 22, 1954. Toungate replies to an investigation request dated September 3, 1954 and affirms the willingness of the State of Texas to accept a subject for supervision advising that the placement of subject will be in Abilene, Texas. Toungate requests that they instruct the subject to report to T. N. Carswell.
Date: October 22, 1954
Creator: Toungate, Maizie
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Letter from R. N. McMichael to Jack Ross - November 8, 1954]

A letter written to Jack Ross, Parole and Probation Compact Administrator, Austin, Texas from G. R. Klopfenstein, Chief (by R. N. McMichael, Placement Supervisor), Bureau of Probation and Parole, Columbus 15, Ohio, dated November 8, 1954. McMichael advises Ross of the enclosed, recent photograph, criminal record and fingerprints of Subject 95040 OP, recently approved for placement in Abilene,Texas. The enclosures include an Ohio State Penitentiary Institutional Processing Photograph of Inmate No. 95040, dated August 23, 1954; an Ohio Penitentiary, Columbus Ohio Inmate No. 95040. BERT 11 7M-6-54-OFF Form, dated September 15, 1953; the Criminal Record of Inmate No. 95040, dated March 24, 1952 - September 15, 1953. Compiled by: G. W. Norris, Superintendent, Identification Department, Ohio Penitentiary.
Date: November 8, 1954
Creator: McMichael, R. N.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from R. N. McMichael to Jack Ross - October 26, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from R. N. McMichael to Jack Ross - October 26, 1954]

A letter addressed to Hon. Jack Ross, Parole and Probation Compact Administrator, Austin, Texas, from G. R. Klopfenstein, Chief (by R. N. McMichael, Placement Supervisor), Bureau of Probation and Parole, Columbus 15, Ohio, dated October 26, 1954. McMichael acknowledges receipt of the pre-parole investigation report regarding Inmate 95040 OP and advises of his pending release noting he has be instructed to report to Mr. T. N. Carswell.
Date: October 26, 1954
Creator: McMichael, R. N.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Maizie Toungate to Glenn R. Klopfenstein - December 14, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from Maizie Toungate to Glenn R. Klopfenstein - December 14, 1954]

A letter addressed to Mr. Glenn R. Klopfenstein, Chief, Bureau of Probation and Parole, Columbus 15, Ohio, from Jack Ross, Administrator, Interstate Parole Compact (by Maizie Toungate, Acting Chief, Parole Division), Board of Pardons and Paroles, Texas, dated December 14, 1954. The letter regards a report on Subject OP 95040 as submitted by the Taylor County Parole Board.
Date: December 14, 1954
Creator: Toungate, Maizie
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Maizie Toungate to Glenn R. Klopfenstein - August 1, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from Maizie Toungate to Glenn R. Klopfenstein - August 1, 1955]

A letter addressed to Mr. Glenn R. Klopfenstein, Chief, Bureau of Probation and Parole, Columbus 15, Ohio, from Jack Ross, Administrator, Interstate Parole Compact (by Maizie Toungate, Supervisor, Parole Division), Board of Pardons and Paroles, Texas dated August 1, 1955. Toungate references a letter from Klopfenstein in which a report on Subject OP 95040 was requested. She advises that Subject has reported each month, the reports have been forwarded to their office and that the conduct and attitude of Subject is satisfactory.
Date: August 1, 1955
Creator: Toungate, Maizie
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. N. Carswell VIA Jack Ross to Bureau of Probation and Parole, Ohio - October 10, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from T. N. Carswell VIA Jack Ross to Bureau of Probation and Parole, Ohio - October 10, 1955]

A letter addressed to the Bureau of Probation and Parole, Columbus 15, Ohio via Hon. Jack Ross, Interstate Compact, Austin, Texas, from T. N. Carswell, Chairman, Taylor County, Texas, Parole Board, dated October 10, 1955. The letter contains a review of Subject 95040 due to the completion of the one year probation period. Carswell advises the Board regarding the good conduct of Subject and that his "interest in right direction progress" affords them genuine satisfaction.
Date: October 10, 1955
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. N. Carswell VIA Jack Ross to Bureau of Probation and Parole, Ohio - December 9, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from T. N. Carswell VIA Jack Ross to Bureau of Probation and Parole, Ohio - December 9, 1955]

A letter addressed to the Bureau of Probation and Parole, Columbus 15, Ohio via Hon. Jack Ross, Interstate Compact, Austin, Texas, from T. N. Carswell, Chairman, Taylor County Parole Board, dated December 9, 1955. Carswell reports on the irregular behavior of Subject 95040 and advises of a call from a Texas Ranger in Breckenridge regarding the "whereabouts" of Subject.
Date: December 9, 1955
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Sarah Landes to Glenn R. Klopfenstein - December 12, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from Sarah Landes to Glenn R. Klopfenstein - December 12, 1955]

A letter written to Mr. Glenn R. Klopfenstein, Chief, Bureau of Probation and Parole, Columbus 15, Ohio, from Jack Ross, Administrator, Interstate Parole Compact (by Sarah Landes, Supervisor, Parole Division), Texasa Board of Pardons and Paroles, dated December 12, 1955. Landes responds to a request from Klopfenstein for a recommendation for the final release of Subject 95040. She advises that T. N. Carswell reported on the subject's conduct as very unsatisfactory, that a Texas Ranger is looking for and has not been able to locate the subject, and that Carswell is to keep them posted on any further developments.
Date: December 12, 1955
Creator: Landes, Sarah
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History