[News Clip: Skiing squirrel] captions transcript

[News Clip: Skiing squirrel]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 6 P.M.
Date: July 19, 1988
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Special Orders Number 104, Extracts 18-24] (open access)

[Special Orders Number 104, Extracts 18-24]

Extracts of several special orders and regulations for both Women Airforce Service Pilots and male pilots ordered by Lieutenant Colonel Munson.
Date: July 25, 1944
Creator: 555th Army Air Force Base
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Elwood Ustler to Daniel W. Kempner, January 19, 1956] (open access)

[Letter from Elwood Ustler to Daniel W. Kempner, January 19, 1956]

Letter from Elwood Ustler to Daniel W. Kempner discussing plant availability.
Date: January 19, 1956
Creator: Ustler, Elwood
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Elwood Ustler to Plantersville Nursery, April 11, 1956] (open access)

[Letter from Elwood Ustler to Plantersville Nursery, April 11, 1956]

Letter from Elwood Ustler to Plantersville Nursery informing that they do not grow certain types of ferns and suggesting another type with prices and sizes.
Date: April 11, 1956
Creator: Ustler, Elwood
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: New Deal In Ground School Calls For Six Day Week] (open access)

[Clipping: New Deal In Ground School Calls For Six Day Week]

Newspaper clipping of an article about the three phases of the new training program recently adopted for the female pilots.
Date: May 5, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Annual Meeting of Officers Order of Fifinella] (open access)

[Annual Meeting of Officers Order of Fifinella]

Order of Fifinella Officer meeting meeting minutes that discusses, among other things, the WASP newsletter, the group historian's activities, militarization of WASP, the next reunion, and the Order of Fifinella Award.
Date: April 14, 1973
Creator: Jones, Mary
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Plane Janes] (open access)

[Clipping: Plane Janes]

Photocopied newspaper clipping of an article about who the WASP were, what they did, and the military's failure to recognize them as veterans.
Date: January 30, 1977
Creator: Hayes, Ed
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to the Ustler Brothers, August 16, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to the Ustler Brothers, August 16, 1944]

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to the Ustler Brothers asking for the availability of Crotons and rubber trees for sale, as well as the sizes and varieties.
Date: August 16, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Commander] (open access)

[News Script: Commander]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the naval air station in Dallas which held change of command and retirement ceremonies.
Date: June 29, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Sports - March 5, 1970] (open access)

[News Script: Sports - March 5, 1970]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: March 5, 1970, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: 10 PM sports] (open access)

[News Script: 10 PM sports]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the Rangers' win over the New York Yankees, TCU football spring training, the Maureen Connolly Brinker tennis championships, coverage of the Citrus Golf Open, and a gun goes off in an Arkansas dorm.
Date: March 8, 1972, 10:00 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 the teams voting on the Major League Baseball strike, Texas Rangers camp, the Citrus Open golf tournament, Rosemary Casals elimination from the Connally Brinker tournament, and Arnold Palmer's glasses.
Date: March 9, 1972, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Earl P. Legett to K.B. Legett - 1952] (open access)

[Letter from Earl P. Legett to K.B. Legett - 1952]

Letter written to K.B. Legett from Earl P. Legett, asking for help compiling records about the Legett family history.
Date: 1952~
Creator: Legett, Earl P.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Letter from Southern Fern Growers, Inc. to D. W. Kempner, September 13, 1949]

Letter from Southern Fern Growers, Inc. to D. W. Kempner thanking him for his fern order and letting him know it should arrive the same day the card will.
Date: September 13, 1949
Creator: Southern Fern Growers, Inc.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Letter from Southern Fern Growers, Inc. to D. W. Kempner, August 25, 1949]

Letter from Southern Fern Growers, Inc. to D. W. Kempner informing him that they will ship his order on September 9th. They estimate that the order will arrive on September 12th.
Date: August 25, 1949
Creator: Southern Fern Growers, Inc.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Timeline of Cornelia Yerkes Kafka's World War II service] (open access)

[Timeline of Cornelia Yerkes Kafka's World War II service]

A handwritten timeline with details of Cornelia Yerkes' service as a WASP and Red Cross worker in World War II, with details on her training, duty stations, aircraft and routes flown, and some personal details.
Date: 2000~/2009~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, July 18, 1944?] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, July 18, 1944?]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing a phone call with a friend, flying a P-40, meeting with a Rev. Johnson, papers, and traveling. Written on San Juan Hotel (Orlando) stationary.
Date: 1944-07-18?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Hamilton Holt to T. N. Carswell - December 10, 1941] (open access)

[Letter from Hamilton Holt to T. N. Carswell - December 10, 1941]

A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, American Legion, Abilene, Texas, from Hamilton Holt, President, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida, dated December 10, 1941. Hamilton Holt defines Americanism.
Date: December 10, 1941
Creator: Holt, Hamilton
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[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 held his first news conference of the new year.
Date: February 26, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Ustler Brothers to Daniel W. Kempner, August 24, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Ustler Brothers to Daniel W. Kempner, August 24, 1944]

Letter from Ustler Brothers to Daniel W. Kempner informing Kempner they do not have Crotons but can ship Ficus or other rubber plants.
Date: August 24, 1944
Creator: Ustler Brothers
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Peter Pearson, August 16, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Peter Pearson, August 16, 1944]

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Peter Pearson responding to an advertisement in the Florists Review about crotons before asking Pearson if he carries rubber trees and what varieties are available.
Date: August 16, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Benjamin B. Luong, March 15, 2021

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Benjamin Bình-Thiên Phạm Lương, a chef from Dallas, Texas who studied at the Culinary Institute of America. Benjamin discusses the background of his Vietnamese parents, the Vietnam War, politics, his father's education in the United States, and his own personal journey to becoming a chef.
Date: March 15, 2021
Creator: Bridges-Jacobsen, Lauren & Luong, Benjamin Bình-Thiên Phạm
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Delta Sigma Theta Awards Gala at the 42nd national convention] captions transcript

[Delta Sigma Theta Awards Gala at the 42nd national convention]

Video footage provided by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters shown during the Delta Sigma Theta Awards Gala. The footage shows an animated slideshow with photo slides of famous members of the sorority along with their names and city. A narrator speaks over the slideshow giving a brief description of the women's accomplishments. The women commonly serve their community in positions of education, politics, civil rights, and public service.
Date: October 6, 1994
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Peter Pearson to D. W. Kempner] (open access)

[Letter from Peter Pearson to D. W. Kempner]

Letter from Peter Pearson to D. W. Kempner letting him know that the plants Kempner had requested are sold out and suggesting an alternative plant.
Date: 194X
Creator: Pearson, Peter
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History