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Airship (open access)

Airship

Patent for a dirigible airship for aerial navigation, "to provide the balloon or gas bag with aeroplanes which serve to steady the balloon during the flight of the ship, and to increase the lifting power of the balloon when the ship is under motion, the arrangement being such as to enable said aeroplanes to be converted into a parachute, should the balloon or gas bag become deflated" (lines 20-28).
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Keller, James M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Life with the Women's Airforce Service Pilots] (open access)

[Clipping: Life with the Women's Airforce Service Pilots]

Newspaper clipping of an article about Iris Critchell and Peg Calhoun's service with the WASP and how the WASP program began.
Date: May 29, 1986
Creator: Crowley, Sarah E.
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Oh...To Be A Women's Air Force Service Pilot] (open access)

[Clipping: Oh...To Be A Women's Air Force Service Pilot]

Photocopy of a magazine clipping with an article about the history of the WASP, how they began, their achievements, and more.
Date: February 1977
Creator: Gutierrez, Ava & Wilson, Jan
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: 'Our Daring Young Women': WWII role models guide women pilots] (open access)

[Clipping: 'Our Daring Young Women': WWII role models guide women pilots]

Photocopy of an clipping on the legacy of Women Airforce Service Pilots, their contributions to World War II, and their eventual fight to gain veteran status.
Date: November 1984
Creator: Watson, Liz
Object Type: Article
System: The Portal to Texas History
Convair Supervisory Newsletter, Number 108, September 2, 1953 (open access)

Convair Supervisory Newsletter, Number 108, September 2, 1953

Weekly newsletter written for supervisors working at the Convair Division in Fort Worth containing news about events and activities, workplace reminders, and other relevant information.
Date: September 2, 1953
Creator: Esenwein, August C.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Delivery Charges] (open access)

[Delivery Charges]

Note on total costs for delivery of a crated gas range.
Date: February 3, 1948
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
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
An Die Gemeinden Des Texas Distrikts Der Missouri Synode (open access)

An Die Gemeinden Des Texas Distrikts Der Missouri Synode

Document written in German, concerning the Texas districts of the Missouri Synod.
Date: March 3, 1925
Creator: Texas District
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Funeral Program for Lillian Johnson, October 29, 2013] (open access)

[Funeral Program for Lillian Johnson, October 29, 2013]

Funeral program for Lillian Johnson, born April 7, 1920 and died October 22, 2013. The funeral was held October 29, 2013 at Second Baptist Church, officiated by Rev. Dr. R.L Jemerson. Funeral arrangements were made through Lewis Funeral Home and she was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Detroit, Michigan.
Date: October 29, 2013
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Burroughs Clearing House to Isaac Herbert Kempner, April 17, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from Burroughs Clearing House to Isaac Herbert Kempner, April 17, 1954]

Letter from Burroughs Clearing House to Isaac Herbert Kempner discussing booklets in the magazine advertising for the Imperial Sugar Company.
Date: April 17, 1954
Creator: Burroughs Clearing House
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from C. L. Bohannan to I. H. Kempner, Jr., July 6, 1946] (open access)

[Letter from C. L. Bohannan to I. H. Kempner, Jr., July 6, 1946]

Letter from C. L. Bohannan to I. H. Kempner, Jr. discussing a starting salary.
Date: July 6, 1946
Creator: Bohannan, C. L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen] (open access)

[Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen]

Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen regarding appropriations for Lutheran Concordia College of Texas.
Date: 1929~
Creator: Concordia College Board of Control
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen, April 3, 1930] (open access)

[Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen, April 3, 1930]

Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen regarding appropriations for Lutheran Concordia College of Texas.
Date: April 3, 1930
Creator: Concordia College Board of Control
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen, April 26, 1928] (open access)

[Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen, April 26, 1928]

Letter from Reverend R. Osthoff to William Hagen regarding building repairs.
Date: April 26, 1928
Creator: Concordia College Board of Control
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen, April 29, 1930] (open access)

[Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen, April 29, 1930]

Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen regarding appropriations for Lutheran Concordia College of Texas.
Date: April 29, 1930
Creator: Concordia College Board of Control
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen, August 8, 1928] (open access)

[Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen, August 8, 1928]

Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen regarding the construction of a new college.
Date: August 8, 1928
Creator: Concordia College Board of Control
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen, August 9, 1928] (open access)

[Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen, August 9, 1928]

Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen regarding the construction of a new college.
Date: August 9, 1928
Creator: Concordia College Board of Control
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen, August 13, 1928] (open access)

[Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen, August 13, 1928]

Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen regarding appropriations for a new college.
Date: August 13, 1928
Creator: Concordia College Board of Control
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen, August 23, 1928] (open access)

[Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen, August 23, 1928]

Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen regarding appropriations for a new college.
Date: August 23, 1928
Creator: Concordia College Board of Control
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen, August 23, 1929] (open access)

[Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen, August 23, 1929]

Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen regarding appropriations for Lutheran Concordia College of Texas.
Date: August 23, 1929
Creator: Concordia College Board of Control
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen, August 24, 1927] (open access)

[Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen, August 24, 1927]

Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen regarding the construction funding of a new college.
Date: August 24, 1927
Creator: Concordia College Board of Control
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen, December 31, 1928] (open access)

[Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen, December 31, 1928]

Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen regarding appropriations for Lutheran Concordia College of Texas.
Date: December 31, 1928
Creator: Concordia College Board of Control
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen, February 19, 1930] (open access)

[Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen, February 19, 1930]

Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen regarding appropriations for Lutheran Concordia College of Texas.
Date: February 19, 1930
Creator: Concordia College Board of Control
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen, February 26, 1930] (open access)

[Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen, February 26, 1930]

Letter from Concordia College Board of Control to William Hagen regarding appropriations for Lutheran Concordia College of Texas.
Date: February 26, 1930
Creator: Concordia College Board of Control
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History