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Oral History Interview with Albert Barton, November 6, 2010 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Albert Barton, November 6, 2010

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Albert Barton. Barton joined the Navy and was trained as a radioman. He became a crewman on an Avenger torpedo bomber in October 1943. Barton flew off of the USS Mission Bay (CVE-59) and the USS Tripoli (CVE-64) and performed anti-submarine patrols in the North Atlantic. He describes how depth charges were dropped, the armament of the plane, and how they were trained to skip-bomb. Barton was then sent to the Pacific where he flew off of the USS Anzio (CVE-57) for the remainder of the war. He describes an incident where his plane had a failed landing and ended upside-down in the water. Barton had to break some glass in the cockpit to escape. He flew ground support missions over Okinawa. Barton discusses how the radio and radar functioned on his plane. He was discharged several months after the surrender.
Date: November 6, 2010
Creator: Barton, Albert
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Albert Barton, November 6, 2010 transcript

Oral History Interview with Albert Barton, November 6, 2010

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Albert Barton. Barton joined the Navy and was trained as a radioman. He became a crewman on an Avenger torpedo bomber in October 1943. Barton flew off of the USS Mission Bay (CVE-59) and the USS Tripoli (CVE-64) and performed anti-submarine patrols in the North Atlantic. He describes how depth charges were dropped, the armament of the plane, and how they were trained to skip-bomb. Barton was then sent to the Pacific where he flew off of the USS Anzio (CVE-57) for the remainder of the war. He describes an incident where his plane had a failed landing and ended upside-down in the water. Barton had to break some glass in the cockpit to escape. He flew ground support missions over Okinawa. Barton discusses how the radio and radar functioned on his plane. He was discharged several months after the surrender.
Date: November 6, 2010
Creator: Barton, Albert
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Federal spending] (open access)

[News Script: Federal spending]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about president Nixon' s top economic advisers Herbert Stein who has joined other top administration economic experts in calling for reductions in federal spending.
Date: June 6, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Telegram from Mrs H. Kempner to I. H. Kempner, April 6, 1894] (open access)

[Telegram from Mrs H. Kempner to I. H. Kempner, April 6, 1894]

Telegram from Mrs. H. Kempner to I. H. Kempner telling him that Papa is sick and instructing him to come home at once
Date: April 6, 1894
Creator: Kempner, Eliza Seinsheimer
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Norfolk-Peninsula Area (ARMS-II) (open access)

Norfolk-Peninsula Area (ARMS-II)

From Introduction: "The ARMS-II Norfolk - Peninsula area survey was one many that have been flown for the CETO since the nationwide ARMS program was started (1958). Figure 2 shows the location of the areas that have been completed to date. The purpose of the program is to measure the present environmental levels of gamma radiation in areas around nuclear facilities and planned nuclear activities."
Date: December 6, 1961
Creator: Guillou, R. B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Broilers: For Week Ending January 2, 1988 (open access)

Texas Broilers: For Week Ending January 2, 1988

Weekly report of the Texas Agricultural Statistics Service on broiler chick numbers in Texas and compared with other states. It includes compiled statistics across six consecutive weeks, from the week ending November 28 to the week ending January 2, during 1986, 1987, and 1988 for broiler eggs set, chicks hatched, and chicks placed.
Date: January 6, 1988
Creator: Texas Agricultural Statistics Service
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: News] (open access)

[News Script: News]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of several congressmen who are making news individually. Italian health officials says that epidemic of cholera in being brought under control.
Date: September 6, 1973, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter to James and Frances Chambers - April 6, 1925] (open access)

[Letter to James and Frances Chambers - April 6, 1925]

Letter to "James and Frances" signed "Mother," providing a description of the author's recent trip to Virginia and various tourist locations.
Date: April 6, 1925
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Federal Judge] (open access)

[News Script: Federal Judge]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of federal judge who received a note signed by president Nixon.
Date: February 6, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Status Report Number Three on Clinch River Study (open access)

Status Report Number Three on Clinch River Study

Report describing the progress made in the Clinch River Study for the period May to October 1961. This report is based off of multiple reports of water sampling conducted across six stations in order to evaluate the safety and radioactive content of the Clinch River.
Date: December 6, 1962
Creator: Morton, R. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Court ruling] (open access)

[News Script: Court ruling]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a Court of Appeals reversing a landmark ruling.
Date: June 6, 1972, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Letter from Fisette  (Arlington County, Virginia  Board)to  Chairman Principi (open access)

Letter from Fisette (Arlington County, Virginia Board)to Chairman Principi

Executive Correspondence - Letter requesting a public hearing and short site visit of the several affected locations in Arlington Virginia
Date: June 6, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aerodynamic heating of a thin, unswept, untapered, multiweb, aluminum-alloy wing at Mach numbers up to 2.67 as determined from a free-flight investigation of a rocket-propelled model (open access)

Aerodynamic heating of a thin, unswept, untapered, multiweb, aluminum-alloy wing at Mach numbers up to 2.67 as determined from a free-flight investigation of a rocket-propelled model

From Introduction: "The heat-transfer data calculated from measured temperatures are compared with values calculated by the theory of Van Driest for a flat plate with laminar and turbulent boundary layers. In addition, the heat-transfer data from the flight tests are compared with data obtained from the Langley Structures Research Division of ground tests of an identical wing at a Mach number approximately equal to 1.99 in the pre-flight jet of the Langley Pilotless Aircraft Research Station at Wallops Island, Va. The stream static pressure is maintained at about 1 atmosphere, the free-stream temperature at about 75^o F, and the stagnation temperature at approximately 500 ^o F (ref.1)."
Date: August 6, 1957
Creator: Strass, H. Kurt & Stephens, Emily W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Postcard of Two Cape Henry Lighthouses]

Postcard of two lighthouses against the night sky near the ocean. The message on the back reads, "Spent today at Ocean View, Cold Point and took in food morrow, most interesting to see all the peace bull roar . Wish you could have been with me Auntie Curley." The postcard is addressed to "Miss Mamie McFaddin 1906 McFaddin Ave. Beaumont, Texas."
Date: October 6, 1907
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Dean] (open access)

[News Script: Dean]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of three men panel of Virginia state circuit court judges deliberated one hour and 20 minutes in Alexandria before disbarring Dean.
Date: February 6, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from W. S. Galeski, May 6, 1956] (open access)

[Letter from W. S. Galeski, May 6, 1956]

Letter from W. S. Galeski seeking for clarity on tax exemption for business trip related expenses.
Date: May 6, 1956
Creator: Galeski, W. S.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Wildcat activity] (open access)

[News Script: Wildcat activity]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the Texas railroad commission who says the drilling of wildcat oil wells has increased.
Date: March 6, 1974, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Transcript of The Civil War Diary of Dr. John Henry Bass] (open access)

[Transcript of The Civil War Diary of Dr. John Henry Bass]

Transcript of the diary of D. John Henry Bass documenting his time in the Confederate Army, including his observations, notes about the progress of the war and various skirmishes, and being wounded.
Date: June 6, 2017
Creator: Kuenstler, Jewellee
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, November 6, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, November 6, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing being in an airliner's emergency landing, and divorce settlements. Typed on Hotel Sheraton stationary.
Date: November 6, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Plates 1-3: Aeroradioactivity Map (ARMS-II), Norfolk-Peninsula Area

Maps of four quadrants in the Norfolk-Peninsula area surveyed as part of a radiological survey, outlining "Radioactivity levels in hundreds of counts per second normalized to 500 ft above ground." Scale 1:250,000.
Date: December 6, 1961
Creator: Edgerton, Germeshausen & Grier
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from L. J. Desha to I. H. Kempner, April 14, 1952] (open access)

[Letter from L. J. Desha to I. H. Kempner, April 14, 1952]

Letter from L. J. Desha to I. H. Kempner discussing Kempner's sisters' visit with Desha in Lexington.
Date: April 6, 1952
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Virginia Smelting Company, March 6, 1950] (open access)

[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Virginia Smelting Company, March 6, 1950]

Letter from D. W. Kempner to Virginia Smelting Company requesting information on the types of greenhouse aerosols they carry, their cost, and nearby jobbers.
Date: March 6, 1950
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
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
[Inter-Office Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner, Jr., to Harris Leon Kempner, August 6, 1953] (open access)

[Inter-Office Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner, Jr., to Harris Leon Kempner, August 6, 1953]

Inter-office letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner, Jr., to Harris Leon Kempner confirming their phone conversation of that day. He mentions that they're stopping at a hotel in Los Angeles. He mentions that he gave Harris's information to Denny if any problem arises, and he also includes Denny's address.
Date: August 6, 1953
Creator: Kempner, Isaac Herbert, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History