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[News Clip: Andrew Young] captions transcript

[News Clip: Andrew Young]

B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: May 15, 1990, 6:00 a.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Charles Scheffel, May 10, 2000 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Charles Scheffel, May 10, 2000

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles Scheffel. Scheffel grew up in Oklahoma and enlisted in the Army ROTC in 1940. He was called up in 1941 after Pearl Harbor. He was allowed to finish out his senior year of college and was married in March 1942. He embarked on the Queen Elizabeth from New Jersey in September 1942. As leader of 200 men, he landed in Scotland and drove with them to Whittington Barracks where they joined with the British 51st Highlanders. He lists the three main survival lessons he learned from the seasoned English soldiers: having a batman to back you up, digging a two-man foxhole, and waiting for the ""crack and thump."" Scheffel how the ""crack and thump"" lesson would later save his life when he was seriously wounded when attacking the Siegfried Line. From England he went to Algeria with the British troops on the Scythia. The ship is torpedoed off the coast limps into Algiers. Scheffel made the decision to leave the British Highlanders and join up with American 9th Division in February 1943. The division went into Tunisia. Then he was sent to spend another month with the …
Date: May 10, 2000
Creator: Scheffel, Charles
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Washington] (open access)

[News Script: Washington]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the federal trade commission which says that it' s expanding its investigation of grocery prices.
Date: July 1, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Plane crash] (open access)

[News Script: Plane crash]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the body of 20 year old Randy Fisher of Arlington who was found near Clarksville in northeast Texas in the burned wreckage of his twin engine aircraft.
Date: June 25, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Plane crash] (open access)

[News Script: Plane crash]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the body of an Arlington pilot which was found in the charred wreckage of his twin- engine cargo plane that crashed near the northwest Texas community of Clarksville.
Date: June 25, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Crash victim] (open access)

[News Script: Crash victim]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the wreckage of a burned plane which has been found near Clarksville in Texas .
Date: June 25, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Plane missing] (open access)

[News Script: Plane missing]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a private plane which may be missing on a flight from love field to Arkansas.
Date: June 25, 1974, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Plane search] (open access)

[News Script: Plane search]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Texas and Arkansas authorities who are searching for a private plane missing on a flight from Love field in Dallas to little rock Arkansas.
Date: June 25, 1974, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Dillard department] (open access)

[News Script: Dillard department]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Dillard department stores of Little rock, Arkansas which has bought the business and inventories of the Leonard department stores division of Fort Worth' s Tandy corporation.
Date: March 5, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Leoanrds sale] (open access)

[News Script: Leoanrds sale]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Leonards department stores of Fort Worth which has become part of a 28 store chain of the Dillard department stores of Little rock, Arkansas.
Date: March 5, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Amtrack] (open access)

[News Script: Amtrack]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Amtrack's passenger service from St. Louis to Laredo which will begin serving Dallas and Little Rock soon.
Date: February 26, 1974, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Amtrak] (open access)

[News Script: Amtrak]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Amtrak who announced schedules and fares for it's new St Louis to Laredo route which includes stops at Fort Worth and Dallas.
Date: February 25, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Lee E. Johnson, April 21, 1976 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Lee E. Johnson, April 21, 1976

Interview with Lee E. Johnson, a retired educator, concerning his recollections about military life during World War I. Johnson discusses his education; his enlistment in the Texas National Guard; his training at Pecan Gap; Camp Bowie; the formation of the 36th Division; officers training school at Camp Pike, Arkansas; embarkation for France; Saint-Amand and Saint-Nazairre.
Date: April 21, 1976
Creator: Milner, E. R. & Johnson, Lee E., 1893-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from H. Gale Rogers to Isaac H. Kempner, September 12, 1951] (open access)

[Letter from H. Gale Rogers to Isaac H. Kempner, September 12, 1951]

Letter from H. Gale Rogers to Isaac H. Kempner inviting him to talk at the Cowboy Club banquet on September 19, 1951.
Date: September 12, 1951
Creator: Rogers, H. Gale
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dave Grundfest to Mr. D. W. Kempner, February 23, 1950] (open access)

[Letter from Dave Grundfest to Mr. D. W. Kempner, February 23, 1950]

Letter from Dave Grundfest to Mr. D. W. Kempner discussing about the financial problems of Leo N. Levi Memorial Hospital and requesting for immediate support through monetary funds to avoid closure of the hospital.
Date: February 23, 1950
Creator: Grundfest, Dave
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dave Grundfest to Mr. and Mrs. I. H. Kempner, February 23, 1950] (open access)

[Letter from Dave Grundfest to Mr. and Mrs. I. H. Kempner, February 23, 1950]

Letter from Dave Grundfest to Mr. and Mrs. I. H. Kempner discussing about the financial problems of Leo N. Levi Memorial Hospital and requesting for immediate support through monetary funds to avoid closure of the hospital.
Date: February 23, 1950
Creator: Grundfest, Dave
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[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 Melvin Kempner to Henrietta B. Kempner, July 6, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Melvin Kempner to Henrietta B. Kempner, July 6, 1944]

Letter from Melvin Kempner returning a check sent by the Coca Cola Company that was sent to him by mistake.
Date: July 6, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Melvin J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Dillards] (open access)

[News Script: Dillards]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Dillards who may buy six leonards department stores in Fort Worth and Dallas owned by Tandy.
Date: December 14, 1973, 10:00 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 of the Texas Rangers Steve Dunning shuts the door on the Texas League al-stars who reached starting pitcher Lloyd.
Date: August 17, 1973, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to the National Oil Line Insurance Company, September 3, 1964] (open access)

[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to the National Oil Line Insurance Company, September 3, 1964]

Letter from Harris L. Kempner to National Old Line Insurance Company discussing a previous note from them.
Date: September 3, 1964
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from George O. Jackson to Harris L. Kempner, August 31, 1964] (open access)

[Letter from George O. Jackson to Harris L. Kempner, August 31, 1964]

Letter from George O. Jackson to Harris L. Kempner requesting his signature for a change of address note.
Date: August 31, 1964
Creator: Jackson, George O.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Roland C. Irvine to Robert A. Vineyard, October 16, 1956] (open access)

[Letter from Roland C. Irvine to Robert A. Vineyard, October 16, 1956]

Letter from Roland C. Irvine to Robert A. Vineyard discussing his reaction to the death of D. W. Kempner including offering assistance by expediting clearance of customs or providing hotel reservations or additional funds when his family arrives in New York from France next week while expressing memories and sentiments he has of Kempner.
Date: October 16, 1956
Creator: Irvine, Roland C.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from R. D. Hill to T. N. Carswell - November 11, 1950] (open access)

[Letter from R. D. Hill to T. N. Carswell - November 11, 1950]

A letter written to Mr. Carswell, from R. D. Hill, The La Fayette Hotel, Little Rock, Arkansas, dated November 11, 1950. Hill outlines his business itinerary and discribes the bad effects that the war in Korea is having on many businesses. The reverse side includes a postscript informing Carswell of Hill's immediate travel itinerary and a reminder of his Los Angeles address.
Date: November 11, 1950
Creator: Hill, R. D.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History