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Moses and Stephen F. Austin Papers
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Harris and Eliza Kempner
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National Museum of the Pacific War Oral History Collection
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National Museum of the Pacific War Digital Archive
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KXAS-NBC 5 News Collection
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Rescuing Texas History, 2015
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Women With Words
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The Black Academy of Arts and Letters Records
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John Briggs Scrapbook Collection (The Dallas Way)
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John F. Kennedy Memorial Collection
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Personal Papers (MS 80-0002)
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Austin Papers: Series IV, 1836 (1 of 2)
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Austin Papers: Series III, 1836
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Austin Papers: Series III, 1837-1889 (1 of 2)
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NBC News Scripts
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Austin Papers: Series IV, 1836 (2 of 2)
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Austin Papers: Series II, Part II, 1818-1847
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Austin Papers: Series III, 1831-1834
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Oral History Interview with Charles H. Tucker, April 18, 2017
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles H. Tucker from Orange, California. He discusses volunteering for the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1943 and going to basic training in Miami Beach, Florida, then going to Aircraft Armament School in Buckley Field, Colorado, and finally air gunnery school in Fort Myers, Florida. In air gunnery school, Mr. Tucker learned to shoot in B-17 by shooting into the Gulf of Mexico. After gunnery school he was sent to the B-25 crew training at Columbia, South Carolina for 5 months. After Mr. Tucker completed his training, he was transferred to Dacca to a B-25 base and joined the 10th Air Force, the 12th Bomb Group. When he arrived his crew pilots were reassigned, and Mr. Tucker was not able to fly much until he was assigned to a regular crew again. Mr. Tucker was put in the 729th bomb squadron tasked with supporting the British 14th Army against the Japanese forces in Burma. The campaign he was involved in ended in May 1945 with the capture of Rangoon, the main city of Burma and Mr. tucker was in one of the squadron planes that flew over the …
Date:
April 18, 2017
Creator:
Tucker, Charles H.
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Charles H. Tucker, April 18, 2017
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles H. Tucker from Orange, California. He discusses volunteering for the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1943 and going to basic training in Miami Beach, Florida, then going to Aircraft Armament School in Buckley Field, Colorado, and finally air gunnery school in Fort Myers, Florida. In air gunnery school, Mr. Tucker learned to shoot in B-17 by shooting into the Gulf of Mexico. After gunnery school he was sent to the B-25 crew training at Columbia, South Carolina for 5 months. After Mr. Tucker completed his training, he was transferred to Dacca to a B-25 base and joined the 10th Air Force, the 12th Bomb Group. When he arrived his crew pilots were reassigned, and Mr. Tucker was not able to fly much until he was assigned to a regular crew again. Mr. Tucker was put in the 729th bomb squadron tasked with supporting the British 14th Army against the Japanese forces in Burma. The campaign he was involved in ended in May 1945 with the capture of Rangoon, the main city of Burma and Mr. tucker was in one of the squadron planes that flew over the …
Date:
April 18, 2017
Creator:
Tucker, Charles H.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Aaron C. Kulow
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Aaron C. Kulow. Kulow grew up in Michigan and enlisted in the Navy in 1942. After training, he joined the ship USS Pollux AKS-4 at Norfolk, Virginia. Initially the ship runs trips down to the Carribbean and Brazil but in 1943 is fitted with radar and sent to the Pacific Theater. In the Pacific, the general stores issue ship visited Australia, New Guinea, the Admiralty Islands, and the New Hebrides Islands. He then returned to San Francisco in 1944 where his wife met him to get married. He left for the Pacific again and in 1945 traveled to the Philippines. In 1945 Kulow met survivors of the Bataan Death March that had been liberated. He remembers going to a friend's burial in the Philippines. On V-J Day Kulow was at Manila Harbor. He left for America in October 1945 and was discharged in New York December 12, 1945.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Kulow, Aaron C.
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Aaron C. Kulow
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Aaron C. Kulow. Kulow grew up in Michigan and enlisted in the Navy in 1942. After training, he joined the ship USS Pollux AKS-4 at Norfolk, Virginia. Initially the ship runs trips down to the Carribbean and Brazil but in 1943 is fitted with radar and sent to the Pacific Theater. In the Pacific, the general stores issue ship visited Australia, New Guinea, the Admiralty Islands, and the New Hebrides Islands. He then returned to San Francisco in 1944 where his wife met him to get married. He left for the Pacific again and in 1945 traveled to the Philippines. In 1945 Kulow met survivors of the Bataan Death March that had been liberated. He remembers going to a friend's burial in the Philippines. On V-J Day Kulow was at Manila Harbor. He left for America in October 1945 and was discharged in New York December 12, 1945.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Kulow, Aaron C.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Anne Sloan, September 11, 2000
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Anne Sloan. Sloan grew up in Oregon and joined the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in 1944. She spent time at Fort Des Moines, Iowa; Plattsburgh, New York; Camp Davis, North Carolina; Lexington, Virginia; and San Antonio, Texas before she left the service in 1946. She was at Times Square, New York City on V-E Day. After the service, she used the GI Bill to attend the University of Texas at Austin, where she met her husband. She later became a teacher.
Date:
September 11, 2000
Creator:
Sloan, Anne
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Walter F. Woodul, October 6, 1944]
Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Walter F. Woodul discussing suggestions made by the latter and the controversy around the Medical School of the University of Texas.
Date:
October 6, 1944
Creator:
Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to W. J. Aicklen, July 17, 1954]
Letter from I. H. Kempner to W. J. Aicklen discussing his disappointment with an article written in the Houston Chronicle about Mr. Aicklen.
Date:
July 17, 1954
Creator:
Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to B'nai B'rith District Grand Lodge No. 7, June 1, 1945]
Letter from I. H. Kempner to B'nai B'rith District Grand Lodge No. 7 informally acknowledging receipt of the Lodge's donation of $1,000 to the Hillel Building Fund. He explains that the Rabbi has left for a trip so their formal acceptance of the donation will be delayed. He also states that he believes there will be no problem with placing a plaque in the Hillel House to honor their deceased Secretary Myron M. Goldman who the donation is on behalf of.
Date:
June 1, 1945
Creator:
Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Samuel Kreiter to I. H. Kempner, January 6, 1951]
Letter from Samuel Kreiter to I. H. Kempner explaining that he hadn't responded to Kempner because he had been ill. He explains how thankful he is that Kempner agreed to host this event and suggests it be held at a hotel as to have enough room and not disturb Mrs. Kempner.
Date:
January 6, 1951
Creator:
Kreiter, Samuel
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charles Godchaux to I. H. Kempner, April 23, 1951]
Letter from Charles Godchaux to I. H. Kempner discussing a future talk with Count Guido Piovene, the state of the sugar industry discussed in an annual stockholder meeting, and dull months of business.
Date:
April 23, 1951
Creator:
Godchaux, Charles
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. B. Richardson to Mr. I. H. Kempner, May 27, 1949]
Letter from J. B. Richardson to Mr. I. H. Kempner requesting further communication on potential living accommodations ahead of his move to Galveston from New Orleans.
Date:
May 27, 1949
Creator:
Richardson, J. B.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris K. Weston to I. H. Kempner, December 20, 1957]
Letter from Harris K. Weston to I. H. Kempner informing about enclosing a copy of a letter and receival of checks, and discussing about New York and New Orleans lawyers story and his wait for a brochure.
Date:
December 20, 1957
Creator:
Weston, Harris Kempner
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[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 Caswell P. Ellis, Jr. to I. H. Kempner, June 14, 1945]
Letter from Caswell P. Ellis, Jr. to I. H. Kempner asking Kempner to attend a dinner hosted by the New York Cotton Exchange and discussing the Purchase Program.
Date:
June 14, 1945
Creator:
Ellis, Caswell P., Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mrs. A. Smith, August 11, 1944]
Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mrs. A. Smith discussing a selection of shirts being sent to New Orleans on accident and asking Mrs. Smith to write Kempner once the shirts arrive at the correct location.
Date:
August 11, 1944
Creator:
Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Harris Leon Kempner, July 31, 1948]
Letter from I. H. Kempner to Harris Leon Kempner discussing Harris needing to inform the New York and New Orleans Cotton Exchange of a new bond and the concerning behavior of Kirby Newberger. I. H. Kempner also asks about messages from T. C. I. and request Harris find more information on the subject.
Date:
July 31, 1948
Creator:
Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to I. H. Kempner, August 2, 1948]
Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to I. H. Kempner discussing enclosed copies of letters that are being mailed to the New York Cotton Exchange and New Orleans Cotton Exchange discussing the bonds made in the state of Texas and exchanges for the handling of certified cotton. Blackshear also discusses wanting to get away from the monthly statements for the banks while discussing upcoming arrangements with the banks.
Date:
August 2, 1948
Creator:
Blackshear, A. H., Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to Robert Lee Kempner, Daniel W. Kempner. and I. H. Kempner, September 20, 1948]
Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to I. H. Kempner, Daniel W. Kempner, and Robert Lee Kempner explaining the current value of Galveston, New York, New Orleans, and Liverpool Cotton Exchange companies and discussing the change in shares advised by the Liverpool Cotton Exchange.
Date:
September 20, 1948
Creator:
Blackshear, A. H., Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Mrs. Robert Nathan, February 25, 1953]
Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Clara Mae discussing Herb's recovery from lung surgery after a growth was found on an x-ray.
Date:
February 25, 1953
Creator:
Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Mr. G. de Berc, July 7, 1950]
Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Mr. G. de Berc expressing disappointment that despite making his desired accommodations clear early, the French Line was unable to secure rooms on the Main Deck for him and his family.
Date:
July 7, 1950
Creator:
Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to D. W. Kempner, August 17, 1948]
Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to D. W. Kempner discussing various cattle and cotton related topics.
Date:
August 17, 1948
Creator:
Blackshear, A. H., Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Scrapbook of John Briggs personal life, business and travel, 1945-1961]
Scrapbook documenting the life of John Logan Briggs Jr. between 1945 and 1961, including photographs, newspaper clippings, letters, business cards, tickets, and various other documents. John Logan Briggs Jr. is the creator of "The Experience," a self-discovery workshop for the LGBT community.
Date:
[1945..1961]
Creator:
Briggs, John Logan, Jr.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner to Gus A. Stirl, January 23, 1962]
Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner to Gus A. Stirl discussing fig gift packages.
Date:
January 23, 1962
Creator:
Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Hugh L. Williams to Leighton, Stevens & Cornwall, June 12, 1953]
Letter from Hugh L. Williams to Leighton, Stevens & Cornwall discussing insurance.
Date:
June 12, 1953
Creator:
Williams, Hugh L.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History