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Harris and Eliza Kempner
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Interview with Dr. Rae Adams, 1984
Interview with Dr. Rae Adams, Professor of Sociology and Program Director for Gerontology at ACU. In the interview, Dr. Adams discusses her recent trip to China with other professors as part of an exchange program.
Date:
1984
Creator:
Adams, Rae & McCaleb, Gary
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Robert O. Andrews, September 20, 2003
Interview with Robert O. Andrews, a businessman and United States Army Air Force veteran from Jean, Texas, regarding his experience in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. Andrews discusses enlistment, training, assignments including his overseas assignments in India and Burma, reaction to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and his postwar career.
Date:
September 20, 2003
Creator:
Alexander, William J. & Andrews, Robert O.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Richard E. Cole, August 8, 2000
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Interview with Army Air Forces veteran Richard E. Cole describing personal experiences about being Jimmy Doolittle's co-pilot during the Tokyo Raid on April 8, 1942, pre-war education, flight training, volunteering for a secret mission and meeting Colonel Doolittle, being assigned as Doolittle's co-pilot, mission training, various B-25 missions against Japanese targets in China and Burma, flying supplies over "The Hump." transferring to the states and volunteering for service in Burma with the 1st Air Commandos to support Wingate's Chindits and Merrill's Marauders, and reunions of Doolittle's Raiders the following war.
Date:
August 8, 2001
Creator:
Alexander, William J. & Cole, Richard E.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Alton O. Crawley, March 9, 1999
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Interview with electrical engineer and Army veteran Alton O. Crawley. The interview includes Crawley's personal experiences about the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II, having pre-war civilian jobs in radio/communications work, training for Office of Strategic Services operations, being assigned to Wudu, China, coast watching activities and radio transmissions, and various miscellaneous accounts of his tour of duty in China. The interview includes an appendix with various letters accompanied by a list detailing them, and an itinerary for per diem claims.
Date:
March 9, 1999
Creator:
Alexander, William J. & Crawley, Alton O.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Nick Sanchez, February 16, 1999
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Interview with Nick Sanchez, a Army Air Force WWII veteran from Laredo, Texas. Sanchez discusses working in radio when the war began, becoming a radio technician in the Army Air Force, deployment to India and operations there, going missing in China after surviving a plane crash, and the end of the war. In appendix are an autobiographical sketch of Sanchez's service, a copy of a diary recording his experience "bailing-out," and his official military statement of the event.
Date:
February 16, 1999
Creator:
Alexander, William J. & Sanchez, Nick
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Melvin R. Baird, 1998
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Interview with Navy veteran Melvin R. "Pancho" Baird. It includes a combination of interviewing and reading from Baird's personal correspondence about his pre-World War II experiences with the U.S. Asiatic Fleet and his later experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Baird talks about his stationing aboard the destroyer USS Alden as a radioman, the grounding of the SS President Hoover off of Hoishito Island, the Sino-Japanese War, liberty ashore various Asian port cities, events on the South China Patrol, civilian activities after his discharge, activities as a radio technician on Blue Beach during the Okinawan Campaign, kamikaze actions on Okinawa, and typical shipboard routine.
Date:
August 18, 1998
Creator:
Baird, James & Baird, Melvin R.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to D. W. Kempner, August 11, 1950]
Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to D. W. Kempner discussing a mix-up regarding instructions given to Ed Hamilton about his pay and vacation, mentioning their attempts to obtain a lease a property in Plantersville with 440 acres of land that has been divided between four heirs, and providing information on 7,000 bales of cotton that will be shipped to China.
Date:
August 11, 1950
Creator:
Blackshear, A. H., Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to D. W. Kempner, August 11, 1950]
Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to D. W. Kempner discussing a mix-up regarding instructions given to Ed Hamilton about his pay and vacation, mentioning their attempts to obtain a lease a property in Plantersville with 440 acres of land that has been divided between four heirs, and providing information on 7,000 bales of cotton that will be shipped to China.
Date:
August 11, 1950
Creator:
Blackshear, A. H., Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from A. H. Blackshear to D. W. Kempner, September 23, 1950]
Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to D. W. Kempner enclosing position reports and discussing payments from China, rent for leasing property, cotton production, and the opinions of their business associates.
Date:
September 23, 1950
Creator:
Blackshear, A. H., Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Brown Booth of Houston Committee on Foreign Relations to the members, April 4, 1963]
Letter from Brown Booth of Houston Committee on Foreign Relations to the members regarding the next meeting that is going to happen on April 17, 1963. He also provides a little information on what to expect from the meeting and requests members to indicated whether hey can attend or not on the enclosed card.
Date:
April 4, 1963
Creator:
Booth, Brown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Scouting, Volume 1, Number 10, September 1, 1913
Semi-monthly publication of the Boy Scouts of America, written for Boy Scout leaders, officials, and others interested in the work of the Scouts. It includes articles about events and activities, updates from the national headquarters, topical columns and essays, and news from various chapters nationwide.
Date:
September 1, 1913
Creator:
Boy Scouts of America
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Hui Sun, November 18, 2012
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Interview with Hui Sun, a Chinese-American immigrant from Ankang, Shaanxi, China. Hui Sun discusses her childhood, her marriage, coming to the United States, American and Chinese culture, her children, parenting, her local Chinese community, Chinese holidays, reflections on love and personal growth, and her service in the People's Liberation Army.
Date:
November 18, 2012
Creator:
Bravo, Francis & Sun, Hui
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Oral History with Marilyn Brock]
Oral history with Marilyn Brock regarding the adoption of Nora Brock from the QiChun Social Welfare Institute in Hubei Province, China, describing the experience of adopting Nora and Nora's friend group of other adopted Chinese girls, "The Ladybugs." She also speaks about the family's trip to China for Nora's eighth birthday.
Date:
2015~
Creator:
Brock, Marilyn
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Oral History with Nora Brock]
Oral history with Nora Brock discussing her visit to China on her eighth birthday and describing the experience of "blending in" in China. She also speaks about her life in Texas, describing her school classes and interests.
Date:
2015~
Creator:
Brock, Nora
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Adoption Statement of Nora and Marilyn Brock]
Personal statement of Marilyn and Nora Brock regarding the adoption of Nora Brock from the QiChun Social Welfare Institute in Hubei Province, China. Nora discusses her eighth birthday, which was spent in China, and Marilyn describes the process of adopting Nora. There is a photo of Nora Brock being interviewed on the second page.
Date:
2015~
Creator:
Brock, Nora & Brock, Marilyn
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ken Towery, March 19, 1995
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Interview with Ken Towery. Towery joined the Army in early 1941 and was sent to Corregidor to join a coast artillery unit. He recalls several details about life under siege at Corregidor before he was captured by the Japanese and taken to Cabanatuan. He left the Philippines later that year and was taken to China. Towery shares his opinions about being a POW as well as several anecdotes. He also comments on being liberated by Russians and how the Russians and Chinese communists cooperated right after the war. When he was liberated, Towery was put aboard a hospital ship at Port Arthur.
Date:
March 19, 1995
Creator:
Byrd, Richard W. & Towery, R. Ken
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Tsung O. Cheng to Harris Leon Kempner, September 11, 1961]
Letter from Tsung O. Cheng to Harris Leon Kempner letting him know that they just moved to Flushing and also provided his new address. He then mention about the food problem in China and was hoping Kempner would contribute for such a case.
Date:
September 11, 1961
Creator:
Cheng, Tsung O.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James Macia, July 21, 2000
Interview with James "Herb" Macia of San Antonio, Texas, who is a veteran of the United States Armed Forces during World War Two. In the interview, Mr. Macia recalls memories about growing up as well as his days as a mining engineer, the Doolittle Raid, North Africa, Normandy, and D-Day.
Date:
July 21, 2000
Creator:
Cox, Floyd & Macia, James
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James Macia, July 21, 2000
Interview with James "Herb" Macia of San Antonio, Texas, who is a veteran of the United States Armed Forces during World War Two. In the interview, Mr. Thomas recalls memories about growing up as well as his days as a mining engineer, the Doolittle Raid, North Africa, Normandy, and D-Day.
Date:
July 21, 2000
Creator:
Cox, Floyd & Macia, James
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Alan W. Saunders, October 8, 2004
Interview with Alan W. "Buck" Saunders, a pilot during World War II. He discusses joining the Army Air Corps, becoming an airplane mechanic, and going to flight school for pilot training. He was stationed in India and flew supplies into China over the Himalayas (known by pilots as "the Hump"). In China, he traded items such as jewelry or opium for information on Japanese troop placements in Burma. He also discusses his meetings with native Burmese and talks about later experiences he had after the war and during the Vietnam War.
Date:
October 8, 2004
Creator:
Cox, Floyd & Saunders, Alan W.
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Alan W. Saunders, October 8, 2004
Interview with Alan W. "Buck" Saunders of New Braunfels, Texas, a veteran of the Army Air Force during World War Two. The interview includes Saunders' personal experiences while in the Air Force, including the China-Burma-India Theater and memories of flying cargo to China over the Himalayas. Mr. Saunders also talks about life before and after his service.
Date:
October 8, 2004
Creator:
Cox, Floyd & Saunders, Alan W.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with David Straus, September 17, 2001
Interview with David Straus of San Antonio, Texas, a veteran from the United States Marine Corps during World War Two in the Pacific Theater as well as the Korean War. The interview includes some of Straus' background before the war and his personal experiences while in the Marines, including memories of Okinawa, various weapons, what happened at the end of World War Two, and his assignment in Korea.
Date:
September 17, 2001
Creator:
Cox, Floyd & Straus, David
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with David Straus, September 17, 2001
Interview with David Straus of San Antonio, Texas, a veteran from the United States Marine Corps during World War Two in the Pacific Theater as well as the Korean War. The interview includes some of Straus' background before the war and his personal experiences while in the Marines, including memories of Okinawa, various weapons, what happened at the end of World War Two, and his assignment in Korea.
Date:
September 17, 2001
Creator:
Cox, Floyd & Straus, David
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with David Lee Hill, September 20, 2003
Interview with David Lee "Tex" Hill of San Antonio, Texas, a veteran from the United States Navy during World War II in the China-Burma-India Theater. The interview includes Hill's personal experiences while in the Navy, including memories of pre-war flight training in Florida, the Flying Tigers, and the Salween River Gorge attack.
Date:
September 20, 2003
Creator:
Cox, William G. & Hill, David Lee
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History