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[News Script: Sirhan] (open access)

[News Script: Sirhan]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: March 27, 1969, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Smog] (open access)

[News Script: Smog]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story. The story aired at 10pm.
Date: April 2, 1969, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Bank robber] (open access)

[News Script: Bank robber]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: March 25, 1969, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Cowboys at Rams] (open access)

[News Script: Cowboys at Rams]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: 1972-08-11T24:00:00
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Honors] (open access)

[News Script: Honors]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a woman becoming the first African American to receive a doctorate degree from Waco campus of Baylor University and a Fort Worth fireman being re-elected as vice president of the International Association of Fire Fighters.
Date: August 19, 1972, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Sports update] (open access)

[News Script: Sports update]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: 1972-07-21T24:00:00
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: 6PM sports] (open access)

[News Script: 6PM sports]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story giving the daily sports highlights.
Date: August 5, 1972, 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 Dewitt Weaver, football player turned golfer, on the pro tour, Golfer Frank Beard hopes to break his slump, a look at the Texas Rangers, the Southwest Conference annual football rally, and a meeting of Major League Baseball owners.
Date: August 10, 1972, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Apparatus for Transmitting Sound-Waves (open access)

Apparatus for Transmitting Sound-Waves

Patent for transmitting sound waves by magnetic induction and to "furnish an apparatus by which these different vibrations can be heard at the receiving end" (lines 20-22). Includes descriptions and illustrations.
Date: October 17, 1911
Creator: Harvey, Fred Brown
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Betty Jane Williams to Maxine Flournoy, February 23, 2001] (open access)

[Letter from Betty Jane Williams to Maxine Flournoy, February 23, 2001]

Letter from Betty Jane Williams to WASP President Maxine Flournoy discussing the decision to pay Mildred Carter's expenses to attend the WASP's next national conference. During WWII, Carter had applied to join the WASP but was denied because the government excluded African-American women from serving in the program. Williams disagrees with the action taken at the October business meeting and urges the WASP to rescind their offer to pay Carter's expenses.
Date: February 23, 2001
Creator: Williams, Betty Jane
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Speech: Veteran Benefits for Individuals who Served in Civilian Capacity in the Armed Forces] (open access)

[Speech: Veteran Benefits for Individuals who Served in Civilian Capacity in the Armed Forces]

Copy of two pages from the Congressional Record containing a speech by Texas Representative Olin Teague regarding pending bills that would grant civilian veterans benefits as well as the history of Avenger Field. The pages include other text, including partial text before the speech discussing a memorial dance for Jess Nevarez, his service in the military, his involvement with his community and church and supplemental statements to Teague's speech after his statements.
Date: April 6, 1977
Creator: United States. Congress.
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Bad cops] captions transcript

[News Clip: Bad cops]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story.
Date: March 19, 1991, 5:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: "The WASPS"] (open access)

[Clipping: "The WASPS"]

Magazine clipping comparing how safe the WASP were compared to the entire United States, Virginia Moffett's service with the WASP, and the amount of hours they logged.
Date: January 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: The WASPS] (open access)

[Clipping: The WASPS]

Photocopied magazine clipping about the squadron that led to the use of women in military aviation and life as a WASP.
Date: January 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Robert Baty to Rigdon Edwards, August 15, 1973] (open access)

[Letter from Robert Baty to Rigdon Edwards, August 15, 1973]

Letter from Robert Baty to Rigdon Edwards discussing a movie script about the WASP members who served in WWII, asking for Mr. Edwards's first-hand experience to help them write the script. He mentions that Mrs. Maureen Stracener referred him to Mr. Edwards for information.
Date: August 15, 1973
Creator: Baty, Robert
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Pushing The Limits] (open access)

[Clipping: Pushing The Limits]

Newspaper clipping of an article about Alma Jeschien, a WASP member, working as an air-show pilot. The articles includes personal stories from her experiences a pilot, and a photograph of Jeschien standing next to a small propeller on a tarmac. On the back of the clipping are a few articles, letters to the editor, and a multi-panel political cartoon.
Date: September 8, 1992
Creator: Pisano, Marina
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Women Pilots Acknowledged] (open access)

[Clipping: Women Pilots Acknowledged]

Newspaper clipping of an article about Eleanor "Mickey" Brown and other WASP being honored for their service in WWII
Date: May 28, 1979
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Betty Riddle to Mr. Rigdon Edwards, August 21, 1973] (open access)

[Letter from Betty Riddle to Mr. Rigdon Edwards, August 21, 1973]

Letter from Betty Riddle to Mr. Rigdon Edwards discussing a letter she received a letter from Gip D. Oldham, Jr., to which she's not sure how to respond. She asks Mr. Edwards for help with how to respond, and mentions that she has fond memories of Sweetwater, Texas. The letter she discusses, which is included, asks for information from ex-instructors in the WASP air school for the WASP newsletter. Also included is the envelope addressed to Mr. Edwards from Betty Riddle.
Date: August 21, 1973
Creator: Riddle, Betty
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Pushing The Limits] (open access)

[Clipping: Pushing The Limits]

Newspaper clipping of an article about Alma Jeschien, a WASP member, working as an air-show pilot. The articles includes personal stories from her experiences a pilot, and a photograph of Jeschien standing next to a small propeller on a tarmac. On the back of the clipping are a few articles, letters to the editor, and a multi-panel political cartoon.
Date: September 8, 1992
Creator: Pisano, Marina
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: News briefs -- secretaries] (open access)

[News Script: News briefs -- secretaries]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about three secretaries, two of whom were from Texas, leaving from Dallas for a three-day all expenses paid trip to Hollywood as part of a promotion for the film Miracle in the Rain.
Date: April 5, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: 10PM Sports] (open access)

[News Script: 10PM Sports]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: December 6, 1969, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Perot mercy flight] (open access)

[News Script: Perot mercy flight]

Photocopy of a script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: December 22, 1969, 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.
Date: October 17, 1969, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[UNT UPDATE clipping, Vol. 21 No. 13, June 11, 1991] (open access)

[UNT UPDATE clipping, Vol. 21 No. 13, June 11, 1991]

A clipping from the UNT UPDATE publication that covers recent conferences and programs that NTIEVA staff and directors have attended.
Date: June 11, 1991
Creator: Spencer, Peggy
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library