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Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 2001 (open access)

Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 2001

Proceedings of the 37th regional archeological symposium including the text of papers presented during the conference. It also includes the SWFAS by-laws, and the meeting minutes for a SWFAS business meeting.
Date: 2002
Creator: Robertson, Pinky
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with William W. Creacy, October 9, 1993

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Interview with William Creacy concerning his experiences before, during and after his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Creacy worked at camps in Elephant Butte, Arizona (Company 855); Tucson, Arizona; Grand Lake, Colorado; and Yuma, Arizona.
Date: October 9, 1993
Creator: Henley, Shelly & Creacy, William W.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Ken W. Duncan, March 9, 1994

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Interview with Ken Duncan concerning his experiences during and after his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Duncan worked at camps in Redvale, Colorado (Company 3844) and Paradox Valley, Colorado.
Date: March 9, 1994
Creator: Gonzalez, Linda Ott & Duncan, Ken W.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Herbert Hughes, October 11, 1990

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Interview with Herbert Hughes concerning his experiences before, during, and after his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Hughes worked at camps in Tucson, Arizona (Company 2852); Dublin, Texas (Company 3810); and Monument, Colorado (Company 3810).
Date: October 11, 1990
Creator: Chrisman, David & Hughes, Herbert
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Thurman H. Hooper, February 24, 1993

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Interview with Thurman Hooper from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Hooper worked at camps in Peaceful Valley, Colorado (Company 894); Bonham, Texas (Company 894); Durango, Colorado; Alamosa, Colorado; Jasper, Texas (Company 1820); and Bowie, Arizona. Includes Appendix.
Date: February 24, 1993
Creator: Wilson, David & Hooper, Thurman H.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Bert Boydstun, March 3, 1993

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Interview with Bert Boydstun concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) during the Great Depression. Boydstun worked at camps in Lubbock, Texas (Company 3820) and Palisade, Colorado. Interview includes Boydstun's experiences leading up to joining the CCC.
Date: March 3, 1993
Creator: Henderson, John & Boydstun, Bert
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with James I. Gipson, February 19, 1991

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Interview with James Gipson concerning his experiences before, during, and after his employment in Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Gipson worked at camps in Grand Junction, Colorado and Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
Date: February 19, 1991
Creator: Houser, Cindy & Gipson, James I.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Charles H. Tucker, April 18, 2017 transcript

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 John G. Solis, March 31, 2009 transcript

Oral History Interview with John G. Solis, March 31, 2009

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John G. Solis of Irving, Texas. He discusses enlisting in the U.S. Navy on September 17, 1942, and was sent to the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, Texas for bootcamp. In bootcamp Mr. Solis talks about learning to shoot rifles by shooting clay pigeons and presentations held to teach how to identify enemy aircraft. While learning to fly, Mr. Solis was assigned to Bombing Squadron 1. In 1944 Mr. Solis ended up with the Torpedo Squadron 100 flying torpedo planes in Oahu, Hawaii. His squadron never saw combat, but he did witness U.S. ships getting destroyed by Kamikaze planes during the Okinawa invasion. He helped in some Naval strikes in Japan from March to June of 1945 before returning to the states for leave. Mr. Solis was still at home on leave when the war officially ended, and he was discharged on September 14th of 1948 due to signing up for a 6-year contract instead of the normal 4-year one.
Date: March 31, 2009
Creator: Solis, John G.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Charles H. Tucker, April 18, 2017 (open access)

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 John G. Solis, March 31, 2009 (open access)

Oral History Interview with John G. Solis, March 31, 2009

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John G. Solis of Irving, Texas. He discusses enlisting in the U.S. Navy on September 17, 1942, and was sent to the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, Texas for bootcamp. In bootcamp Mr. Solis talks about learning to shoot rifles by shooting clay pigeons and presentations held to teach how to identify enemy aircraft. While learning to fly, Mr. Solis was assigned to Bombing Squadron 1. In 1944 Mr. Solis ended up with the Torpedo Squadron 100 flying torpedo planes in Oahu, Hawaii. His squadron never saw combat, but he did witness U.S. ships getting destroyed by Kamikaze planes during the Okinawa invasion. He helped in some Naval strikes in Japan from March to June of 1945 before returning to the states for leave. Mr. Solis was still at home on leave when the war officially ended, and he was discharged on September 14th of 1948 due to signing up for a 6-year contract instead of the normal 4-year one.
Date: March 31, 2009
Creator: Solis, John G.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Mei Nakano, March 18, 1995 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Mei Nakano, March 18, 1995

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Mei Nakano. Nakano is a Japanese-American and was an internee at the Amache Internment Camp in Colorado. She was born in 1924 in Olathe, Colorado. She provides detail of her life growing up in Colorado and various prejudices she received from teachers and classmates. They moved to Los Angeles, California in 1935 where she graduated from high school. She provides detail of the discrimination she and her family received in California, particularly after 7 December 1941. As notices were going out to other Japanese-American families regarding evacuation, Nakano describes her family’s preparations for the inevitable. They were evacuated by the War Relocation Authority to the Santa Anita Racetrack and in 1942 transferred to the Amache Internment Camp in Colorado. She provides much detail of life in these camps. Nakano returned to California after the war.
Date: March 18, 1995
Creator: Nakano, Mei
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Glenn F. Davis, March 3, 1993

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Interview with Glenn F. Davis, a former member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Plano, Texas. Davis discusses his family, farming background, and working for the CCC at camps in Colorado, Texas, and California during the Great Depression.
Date: March 3, 1993
Creator: Wilson, David & Davis, Glenn F.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Report of the Rio Grande Compact Commission: 1996 (open access)

Report of the Rio Grande Compact Commission: 1996

Annual report of the Rio Grande Compact Commission describing goals and activities during their annual meeting and the previous year as well as tabular data and other statistics related to the management of the Rio Grande River.
Date: 1997
Creator: Rio Grande Compact Commission
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Report of the Rio Grande Compact Commission: 1995 (open access)

Report of the Rio Grande Compact Commission: 1995

Annual report of the Rio Grande Compact Commission describing goals and activities during their annual meeting and the previous year as well as tabular data and other statistics related to the management of the Rio Grande River.
Date: 1996
Creator: Rio Grande Compact Commission
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Report of the Rio Grande Compact Commission: 1993 (open access)

Report of the Rio Grande Compact Commission: 1993

Annual report of the Rio Grande Compact Commission describing goals and activities during their annual meeting and the previous year as well as tabular data and other statistics related to the management of the Rio Grande River.
Date: 1994
Creator: Rio Grande Compact Commission
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Report of the Rio Grande Compact Commission: 1992 (open access)

Report of the Rio Grande Compact Commission: 1992

Annual report of the Rio Grande Compact Commission describing goals and activities during their annual meeting and the previous year as well as tabular data and other statistics related to the management of the Rio Grande River.
Date: 1993
Creator: Rio Grande Compact Commission
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Report of the Rio Grande Compact Commission: 1990 (open access)

Report of the Rio Grande Compact Commission: 1990

Annual report of the Rio Grande Compact Commission describing goals and activities during their annual meeting and the previous year as well as tabular data and other statistics related to the management of the Rio Grande River.
Date: 1991
Creator: Rio Grande Compact Commission
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Report of the Rio Grande Compact Commission: 1991 (open access)

Report of the Rio Grande Compact Commission: 1991

Annual report of the Rio Grande Compact Commission describing goals and activities during their annual meeting and the previous year as well as tabular data and other statistics related to the management of the Rio Grande River.
Date: 1992
Creator: Rio Grande Compact Commission
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Report of the Rio Grande Compact Commission: 1989 (open access)

Report of the Rio Grande Compact Commission: 1989

Annual report of the Rio Grande Compact Commission describing goals and activities during their annual meeting and the previous year as well as tabular data and other statistics related to the management of the Rio Grande River.
Date: 1990
Creator: Rio Grande Compact Commission
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Report of the Rio Grande Compact Commission: 1981 (open access)

Report of the Rio Grande Compact Commission: 1981

Annual report of the Rio Grande Compact Commission describing goals and activities during their annual meeting and the previous year as well as tabular data and other statistics related to the management of the Rio Grande River.
Date: 1982
Creator: Rio Grande Compact Commission
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Report of the Rio Grande Compact Commission: 1987 (open access)

Report of the Rio Grande Compact Commission: 1987

Annual report of the Rio Grande Compact Commission describing goals and activities during their annual meeting and the previous year as well as tabular data and other statistics related to the management of the Rio Grande River.
Date: 1988
Creator: Rio Grande Compact Commission
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Report of the Rio Grande Compact Commission: 1986 (open access)

Report of the Rio Grande Compact Commission: 1986

Annual report of the Rio Grande Compact Commission describing goals and activities during their annual meeting and the previous year as well as tabular data and other statistics related to the management of the Rio Grande River.
Date: 1987
Creator: Rio Grande Compact Commission
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Report of the Rio Grande Compact Commission: 1984 (open access)

Report of the Rio Grande Compact Commission: 1984

Annual report of the Rio Grande Compact Commission describing goals and activities during their annual meeting and the previous year as well as tabular data and other statistics related to the management of the Rio Grande River.
Date: 1985
Creator: Rio Grande Compact Commission
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History