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Oral History Interview with James William Harrison, January 27, 2005 transcript

Oral History Interview with James William Harrison, January 27, 2005

Interview with James William "Bill" Harrison, a serviceman in the U. S. Navy during World War II. He explains how he joined the navy in San Diego without going to boot camp. He worked on an oil tanker that shipped out to Pearl Harbor a month after the attack there and transported fuel out of San Diego to various ships at sea. He was then transfered to Admiral Nimitz's public relations department. There he and two others wrote stories about the action in the Pacific theater, particularly about the Battle of Midway. They also contributed to a radio show and worked with the national press corps. He then worked at the Naval Air Station in Seattle before traveling to Hilo, Hawaii to meet with soldiers who had returned from Tarawa. In Texas, he attended officer training school and college at Southwestern University. After the war ended, he studied at the University of Texas and University of Oklahoma for law school. He recalls an incident in which his office released a story about a cat that had kittens on board a cruiser; they reported this good news from the Pacific prior to the Battle of Midway. He also met Admirals Nimitz …
Date: January 27, 2005
Creator: Parish, Brainerd & Harrison, James William
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Broilers: For Week Ending December 22, 1984 (open access)

Texas Broilers: For Week Ending December 22, 1984

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 November 17 to the week ending December 22, during 1983 and 1984 for broiler eggs set, chicks hatched, and chicks placed.
Date: December 27, 1984
Creator: Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: 10pm sports, January 27, 1970] (open access)

[News Script: 10pm sports, January 27, 1970]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: January 27, 1970, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: 6pm sports, January 27, 1970] (open access)

[News Script: 6pm sports, January 27, 1970]

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

[News Script: 6 PM sports]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about coach firings in the Southwest Conference, a Wichita Falls High football game, Fort Worth Wings vs Dallas Blackhawks hockey game, the Heritage golf tournament, and the College basketball's opening next week.
Date: November 27, 1971, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter to Isaac Herbert Kempner Jr., April 27, 1945] (open access)

[Letter to Isaac Herbert Kempner Jr., April 27, 1945]

Letter to Isaac Herbert Kempner Jr. discussing business plans with Walter F. Woodul.
Date: April 27, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
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, covering news stories about the Texas Rangers, UCLA’s basketball team, Sam Schulman’s lawsuit, and Olympic swimmer Mark Spitz.
Date: March 27, 1973
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Robert Crown to Harris Leon Kempner, September 27, 1962] (open access)

[Letter from Robert Crown to Harris Leon Kempner, September 27, 1962]

Letter from Robert Crown to Harris Leon Kempner welcoming him as a member of the Navy League of the United States. And he includes information on who could join, what they'll do and few other things.
Date: September 27, 1962
Creator: Crown, Robert
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: AP 192] (open access)

[News Script: AP 192]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the executive vice- president of the Texas cattle feeders association who is enrouting from Amarillo to Washington in an effort to get federal officials to help ease the price squeeze.
Date: June 27, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: AP 166] (open access)

[News Script: AP 166]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a third investigation which is now underway into alleged brutality by San Angelo police in the west Texas city.
Date: June 27, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: King] (open access)

[News Script: King]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the late Martin Luther King Jr who made his famous, I have a dream speech to more than 200 thousand persons at the foot of the Lincoln memorial in Washington.
Date: August 27, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Nixon] (open access)

[News Script: Nixon]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of President Nixon who is now at San Clemente home for a week of work on 1974 budgets and state of the union messages.
Date: December 27, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Energy Committee] (open access)

[News Script: Energy Committee]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of process of awaring citizens in and around Fort Worth about energy crisis.
Date: December 27, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Coal] (open access)

[News Script: Coal]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of a Denton plastics manufacturer who has come up with a coal-conversion process which he claims is the answer to the energy crisis.
Date: December 27, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Eastern Air Lines, June 27, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Eastern Air Lines, June 27, 1945]

Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Eastern Air Lines requesting the details about his daughter's flight.
Date: June 27, 1945
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to Mrs. Leonora K. Thompson, September 27, 1956] (open access)

[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to Mrs. Leonora K. Thompson, September 27, 1956]

Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to Mrs. Leonora K. Thompson informing about enclosing check covering dividend of Imperial Sugar Company Voting Trust Agreement and discussing about the need to pay transfer taxes.
Date: September 27, 1956
Creator: Blackshear, A. H., Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Wheat] (open access)

[News Script: Wheat]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of repeated warning by bakers of low wheat supplied culminated in Washington with a lobbying effort to limit wheat exports.
Date: February 27, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Impeach] (open access)

[News Script: Impeach]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the house judiciary committee which took a big step in the history of this country.
Date: July 27, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library