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Oral History Interview with Michael Hurd, May 28, 2013
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Interview with Michael Hurd, a journalist and member of the Texas Black History Preservation Project from Houston, Texas. Hurd discusses growing up in Texarkana and Houston, his education and service in the Air Force, work with the Houston Post and USA Today, Juneteenth, researching black history, the Texas Black History Preservation Project and related efforts, being an historian, the history of Juneteenth and emancipation in Texas, and civil rights. In appendix are photographs of Hurd, clippings of his reporting, and URLs to videos he was involved in.
Date:
May 26, 2013
Creator:
Turner, Elizabeth Hays & Hurd, Michael
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Francis H. "Fuzzy" and Cora Nell Cunningham Swayze, May 28, 2008
Interview with Frances Howland "Fuzzy" and Cora Nell Cunningham Swayze, a couple from Kerrville, Texas. The couple discusses their individual childhoods, life during the depression, and life in the Kerr County area. Mr. Swayze discusses his service in the Air Force and Mrs. Swayze discusses her teaching career.
Date:
May 28, 2008
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Webb, Jeanie Archer; Swayze, Francis H. & Swayze, Cora Nell Cunningham
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Elections in States Affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
None
Date:
May 26, 2006
Creator:
Coleman, Kevin J. & Fischer, Eric A.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: WASP Memorial Fly-In]
Newspaper clipping giving information about the Patriot's Parade. A list of former WASP with portraits and short biographies is also included.
Date:
May 28, 2005
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: WASP Memorial Fly-In]
Newspaper clipping giving information about the Patriot's Parade. A list of former WASP with portraits and short biographies is also included.
Date:
May 28, 2005
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aeronautics Star, Special Edition, May 2003
Special issue of a bimonthly newsletter published for employees of the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Division highlighting honorees who received Aero Star Awards.
Date:
May 2003
Creator:
Lockheed Martin Astronautics Corporation
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aeronautics Star, Volume 4, Number 3, May/June 2003
Bimonthly newsletter published for employees of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. containing work-related information, updates about employees, and other news.
Date:
May 2003
Creator:
Lockheed Martin Astronautics (Firm)
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Harve D. King, May 22, 2001
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Interview with Harve D. King, a Army WWII veteran from Copeville, Texas, who served in the 350th Engineer Regiment. King discusses his upbringing on a cotton farm, school in Farmersville, discrimination as an African-American, attending Texas College, joining the Army, training, assignment at Camp Shelby, deployment to New Guinea, operations at Hollandia, building a hospital, recreation, visiting Australia, returning to the United States and discharge, and life after the war.
Date:
May 22, 2001
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & King, Harve D.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Donald Boots, May 17, 2001
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Interview with building contractor and Marine Corps veteran Donald Boots. The interview includes Boots' personal experiences about the Pacific Theater during World War II, childhood, boot camp, camouflage school, training in beachhead organization with the 4th Pioneer Battalion, mopping-up operations on Kwajalein, rest and retraining on Maui, being assigned as a BAR man, invading Saipan, and assaulting enemy caves on Saipan. Boots also talks about the stress of battle, returning to Maui for rest and retraining, the invasion of Iwo Jima, Japanese resistance on the Iwo Jima beaches, the rescue of his friend, his role in organizing the beach operation at Iwo Jima, establishing beach defenses on Iwo Jima, evacuating and returning to Maui, retraining and refitting for the invasion of the Japanese home islands, and the dropping of the atomic bombs.
Date:
May 17, 2001
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Boots, Donald
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Nesbitt Memorial Library Journal, Volume 8, Number 2, May 1998
The Nesbitt Memorial Library Journal contains historical information about Colorado County, Texas including personal accounts and research into area stories. The index to District Court Criminal Cause Files begins on page 79.
Date:
May 1998
Creator:
Nesbitt Memorial Library
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ross R. Barnett to John W. Stanford, May 13, 1964]
Letter from Ross R. Barnett to John W. Stanford discussing the return of Stanford's $1.00 donation.
Date:
May 13, 1964
Creator:
Barnett, Ross R. (Ross Robert), 1898-1987
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John W. Stanford to Guaranty Bank and Trust Company, May 10, 1964]
Letter from John W. Stanford to the Guaranty Bank and Trust Company discussing a check he sent to Mrs. Medgar Evers that had been deposited by Ross R. Barnett, the trustee of the memorial trust for Mrs. Evers' family. The deposited check is included with the letter. The check is made out to Mrs. Medgar Evers and was deposited by Ross Barnett.
Date:
May 10, 1964
Creator:
Stanford, John W., Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, May 29, 1944]
Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing flying to Love Field, picking up a P-51 and flying it to Meridian, MS, and news about family friends. Typed on The Mayo (Tulsa) stationary.
Date:
May 29, 1944
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Public School in Magnolia, Mississippi]
Postcard of a photograph of three-story, light colored building with a large group of children crowded onto the front steps, under the balcony on the third floor. Text at the bottom of the postcard identifies the building as a public school in Magnolia, Mississippi. There is handwritten text on the other side of the postcard to Mr. Leslie Boone in San Marcos, Texas.
Date:
May 2, 1909
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from John Martin Duffield to Stephen F. Austin, on May 5, 1836]
Copy of transcript for a letter from John Martin Duffield to Stephen F. Austin, on May 5, 1836, asking that Austin delay his trip so that Duffield can deliver his news in person.
Date:
May 5, 1836
Creator:
Duffield, John Martin
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History