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Oral History Interview with Adolph C. Allen, February 25, 1993

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Interview with Adolph Allen from Colfax, Louisiana concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) during the Great Depression as well as his childhood and experiences leading up to joining the CCC. Allen worked at a camp in New Augusta, Mississippi (Company 5415).
Date: February 25, 1993
Creator: Henley, Shelly & Allen, Adolph C.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Albert Day, February 23, 2004 transcript

Oral History Interview with Albert Day, February 23, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Albert Day. Day was born in Olney, Texas 23 September 1921 and graduated from high school in Vivian, Louisiana in 1942. Upon joining the Navy 4 June 1942, he was sent to The Great Lakes Naval Training Station for boot training. Afterwards, Day was assigned to the Amphibious Forces at Solomons, Maryland for training where he learned navigation and signal communications. Completing the course in October 1942 he went to Redwood City, California for further training. Assigned to LCT(5)-62, he describes the size, propulsion, crew compliment and purpose of the craft. Day tells of breaking the LCT into sections that were put aboard an AKA and sailing to New Caledonia arriving in December 1942. On a trip to Guadalcanal he witnessed a Japanese plane dropping a bomb on the USS De Haven (DD-469). He recalls a night trip to New Georgia when he saw St. Elmo’s fire on the railing of his ship. At Tulagi on 7 April 1943, Day personally shot down an attacking Japanese plane. He participated in the invasion of Iwo Jima and tells of being on the USS Estes (ACG-12) and describes an intense …
Date: February 23, 2004
Creator: Day, Albert
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Albert Day, February 23, 2004 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Albert Day, February 23, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Albert Day. Day was born in Olney, Texas 23 September 1921 and graduated from high school in Vivian, Louisiana in 1942. Upon joining the Navy 4 June 1942, he was sent to The Great Lakes Naval Training Station for boot training. Afterwards, Day was assigned to the Amphibious Forces at Solomons, Maryland for training where he learned navigation and signal communications. Completing the course in October 1942 he went to Redwood City, California for further training. Assigned to LCT(5)-62, he describes the size, propulsion, crew compliment and purpose of the craft. Day tells of breaking the LCT into sections that were put aboard an AKA and sailing to New Caledonia arriving in December 1942. On a trip to Guadalcanal he witnessed a Japanese plane dropping a bomb on the USS De Haven (DD-469). He recalls a night trip to New Georgia when he saw St. Elmo’s fire on the railing of his ship. At Tulagi on 7 April 1943, Day personally shot down an attacking Japanese plane. He participated in the invasion of Iwo Jima and tells of being on the USS Estes (ACG-12) and describes an intense …
Date: February 23, 2004
Creator: Day, Albert
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. Enos Danos, February 9, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. Enos Danos, February 9, 1955]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. Enos Danos asking for the cost and sizes in which Danos sells his soups.
Date: February 9, 1955
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Federal Appeals Court] (open access)

[News Script: Federal Appeals Court]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the attorneys for the state of Texas who told a Federal Appeals Court that the Federal Clean Air plans are too expensive and too tough on auto dependent people.
Date: February 15, 1974, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Car Wreck] (open access)

[News Script: Car Wreck]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of 50-year-old man who narrowly escaped death when his car became jammed beneath a tractor-trailer.
Date: February 14, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Air Control Board] (open access)

[News Script: Air Control Board]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the lawyers representing the state of Texas who are to resent oral argument at New Orleans in the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals test of federal air pollution controls.
Date: February 14, 1974, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Limited Auto Use] (open access)

[News Script: Limited Auto Use]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of the Court of Appeals in New Orleans which will hear arguments on a request for a permanent stay against Environmental Protection Agency air pollution controls limiting the use of automobile.
Date: February 13, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Truckers] (open access)

[News Script: Truckers]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of 50 independent truckers from Texas who met in Shreveport and Bill Corpier recommend they join a 60-day strike moratorium.
Date: February 13, 1974, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Mall] (open access)

[News Script: Mall]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of the green light which still has not been given in Dallas to the plan for an experiment pedestrian-mall in the downtown area.
Date: February 12, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Truckers in Texas] (open access)

[News Script: Truckers in Texas]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of the thousand independent truckers who continue their work stoppage, truck traffic at key point across the nation is reported at 70 percent of normal.
Date: February 11, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Trucker Violence] (open access)

[News Script: Trucker Violence]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of violence associated with strike which was reported in Beaumont.
Date: February 11, 1974, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Truckers] (open access)

[News Script: Truckers]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the truck traffic which was was normal, when two groups of drivers said that they wont take to the road until they get higher speed limits and increased freight rates.
Date: February 11, 1974, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Truck] (open access)

[News Script: Truck]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the Southwest Association of Truck Stops who claim to represent truck stop owners and has announced a vote to keep truck stops open.
Date: February 11, 1974, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Texas Truckers] (open access)

[News Script: Texas Truckers]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of the president of a group called "The Truck Drivers of America" who called for a complete work stoppage by independent truckers.
Date: February 10, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Briefs] (open access)

[News Script: Briefs]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of the Skylab three astronauts who have arrived in San Diego aboard the carrier New Orleans.
Date: February 9, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Airmen] (open access)

[News Script: Airmen]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of two airmen from Shepard Air Force Base who are in the custody of Wichita Falls police in connection with beating death of a motel manager.
Date: February 9, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Skylab] (open access)

[News Script: Skylab]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the orbiting Skylab which is deserted house in space, as its program ended when it's three astronauts returned to Earth.
Date: February 8, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Astronauts Home] (open access)

[News Script: Astronauts Home]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of the Skylab three astronauts who were on time and on target for their homecoming.
Date: February 8, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Stolen Beef Truck] (open access)

[News Script: Stolen Beef Truck]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of tractor-trailer rig which is stolen from Fort Worth parking lot of Lisa Motor Lines has been found in a field alongside US-80 in Louisiana.
Date: February 7, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Dan Oppenheimer to I. H. Kempner, February 26, 1949] (open access)

[Letter from Dan Oppenheimer to I. H. Kempner, February 26, 1949]

Letter from Dan Oppenheimer to I. H. Kempner discussing about the excellent earnings of the companies from their statements and conveying his travel plans regarding Mardi Gras festival.
Date: February 26, 1949
Creator: Oppenheimer, Dan
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to H. Y. Cartwright, Jr., February 3, 1949] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to H. Y. Cartwright, Jr., February 3, 1949]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mayor H. Y. Cartwright discussing actions taken by New Orleans on the issuance of revenue bonds and requesting that the mayor phone him when possible.
Date: February 3, 1949
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Allen Kimberly, February 23, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Allen Kimberly, February 23, 1953]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Allen Kimberly discussing Herbert Kempner's health condition and the Kempners' postponed trip to Hawaii.
Date: February 23, 1953
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from Eli W. Tullis to Harris Kempner, February 18, 1966] (open access)

[Telegram from Eli W. Tullis to Harris Kempner, February 18, 1966]

Telegram sent by Eli W. Tullis to Harris Kempner notifying that his father passed away on his yacht off the Florida coast.
Date: February 18, 1966
Creator: Tullis, Eli W.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History