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Oral History Interview with E. B. Potter, October 8, 1994

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Interview with E. B. "Ned" Potter, Navy WWII veteran from Norfolk, Virginia, who served in the intelligence section of the 14th Naval District. Potter discusses his education, teaching, commissioning into the Navy and training in communications, assignment to Oahu, codes and ciphers, interception, President Roosevelt's visit, WAVES, and leaving active duty at the end of the war and becoming a history professor. In appendix is a letter from Potter to Marcello with revisions to the interview.
Date: October 8, 1994
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Potter, E. B. (Ned)
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Broilers: For Week Ending July 4, 1987 (open access)

Texas Broilers: For Week Ending July 4, 1987

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 May 30 to the week ending July 4, during 1986 and 1987 for broiler eggs set, chicks hatched, and chicks placed.
Date: July 8, 1987
Creator: Texas Agricultural Statistics Service
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Broilers: For Week Ending April 4, 1987 (open access)

Texas Broilers: For Week Ending April 4, 1987

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 on February 28 to the week ending April 4, during 1986 and 1987 for broiler eggs set, chicks hatched, and chicks placed.
Date: April 8, 1987
Creator: Texas Agricultural Statistics Service
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with E. B. Potter, October 8, 1994 transcript

Oral History Interview with E. B. Potter, October 8, 1994

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with E. B. Potter. Potter was attached to the Intelligence Section of the 14th Naval District in Oahu during World War II. He graduated with an English degree from the University of Richmond in 1929. He completed an advanced degree in English at the University of Chicago, and during this time the war broke out in Europe. He applied for and received a commission in the Navy. Potter was sent to the Naval Academy as a reservist to teach college-level European and naval history. After 7 December 1941 he went to communications school. From there he went to Pearl Harbor in November of 1943. Potter worked in the Registered Publications Issuing Office (RPIO), distributing codes and ciphers to ships of the fleet. He provides a vivid description of his work. Potter became second-in-command of RPIO. He talks some of Commander Joseph Rochefort’s operation and code breaking. He discusses briefly working on the biography of Admiral Chester Nimitz, and some of Admiral Bill Halsey’s actions during the war. Potter was later assigned as executive officer to the 14th Naval District and provides stories of his experiences. In 1945 he returned to …
Date: October 8, 1994
Creator: Potter, E. B. & Marcello, Ronald E.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister, Ann Upshur Eyre, December 8, 1817] (open access)

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister, Ann Upshur Eyre, December 8, 1817]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister, Ann Eyre.
Date: December 8, 1817
Creator: Teackle, Elizabeth Uphsur
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister, Ann Upshur Eyre, September 8, 1811] (open access)

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister, Ann Upshur Eyre, September 8, 1811]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister, Ann Upshur Eyre. She discusses the health issues going on around town, including her own recent miscarriage. She talks about being treated by Dr. Robert King. She writes a response to the news of her uncle Littleton Upshur. She also discusses her husband, Littleton Dennis Teackle's business dealings. The end of the letter is missing.
Date: September 8, 1811
Creator: Teackle, Elizabeth Uphsur
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History