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[Aerial of Virginia]

Photograph of an aerial view of Virginia and the forest covered land spotted with buildings and plots of clear land. The tops of dark green trees are visible along the bottom of the image.
Date: 1960
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Arlington National Cemetery]

Photograph of Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. Rows of white headstones with flowers cover the field surrounded by trees.
Date: 1960
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[National Archives Building]

Photograph of the National Archives building in Virginia taken from a side angle. The building has a pediment with a relief sculpture above rows of corinthian style columns. There is a flag pole in front of a large bush and across from a small blue sign with the words "National Archives". The blue sign sits in a row of bushes at the corner of the building.
Date: 1960
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[National Art Gallery]

Photograph of the side of the National Art Gallery in Virginia taken from across the street as a woman walks along the sidewalk. The building has ionic columns, a pediment, and steps leading up to the building that is partially covered by trees.
Date: 1960
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Rear View of George Washington's Mt. Vernon]

Photograph of the back of George Washington's Mt. Vernon in Virginia, the historic home or George and Martha Washington. On the left of the image a line of people wait outside the home that is white with a brown roof and has multiple windows with dark shutters. A weather vane sits at the highest point of the roof in between two chimneys and a sundial sits at the center of a fenced off grassy area that more people walk around.
Date: 1960
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Science Building]

Photograph of a group of people standing on the walkway outside a science building of a University. The building is made of red brick, with three rows of windows, and has two ionic columns at the entrance. A second building can be seen to the side of the science building, slightly obscured by trees.
Date: 1960
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two People in Front of a Lake]

Photograph of two people standing next to a park bench in front of lake with a forest covered mountain in the background. A large tree is to the right of the two people, partially obscuring the mountain.
Date: 1960
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[White Monument in Virginia]

Photograph of a a tall white monument at the center of a grassy field. A pathway to walk on surrounds the monument and a plaque sits at the center of the path.
Date: 1960
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[World War I Era Cannons]

Photograph of four World War I cannons lined up in a row on the side of a road. A rock site between the cannons and the back half of a car is visible behind the cannons.
Date: 1960
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Squadron Officer Correspondence, Course 2A, Volume 22. Organization for National Security (open access)

Squadron Officer Correspondence, Course 2A, Volume 22. Organization for National Security

Filled out correspondence exam on national security for an Air Force squadron officer course.
Date: June 1960
Creator: United States. Air Force.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0239.0392]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Exchange greetings Thursday at Langley Field, Va. Capt. L. Gordon Cooper , formerly of Shawnee, Okla., donned a pressure suit designed for space flight."
Date: September 30, 1960
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[News Script: Scout rocket] (open access)

[News Script: Scout rocket]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the launch of a balloon satellite at Wallops Island, Virginia, and it's subsequent failure to achieve objective.
Date: December 5, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Muscadine Grapes: A Fruit for the South (open access)

Muscadine Grapes: A Fruit for the South

This bulletin discusses the cultivation of muscadine grapes in the southern United States. Topics discussed include propagation, pruning and training, soil management, fertilizers, harvesting, common diseases, and varieties.
Date: 1961
Creator: United States. Agricultural Research Service. Crops Research Division.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effect of Radiation Damage on SM-1, SM-1A and PM-2A Reactor Vessels (open access)

Effect of Radiation Damage on SM-1, SM-1A and PM-2A Reactor Vessels

Report describing the status of the SM-1, SM-1A, and PM-2A reactors, specifically regarding the effects "of irradiation on nil-ductility transition temperature and the associated problem of brittle fracture." (p. iii)
Date: October 14, 1961
Creator: McLaughlin, D. W.; Rowekamp, B. J.; Chittum, R. A.; Coombe, J. R.; Kelleman, R. W.; Bobe, P. E. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Postcard of Historic Dates and People Involved With Jamestown]

Postcard of historic dates and people such as Captain John Smith or The Old Church Tower. Jamestown is described as "Here the First Permanent English Settlement in America was Founded, May 13, 1607 Here the First Legislative Assembly in America Convened, July 30, 1619 Here was the First Capital of the Colony of Virginia 1697-1698." The back of the postcard adds, "Administered jointly by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (Jamestown National Historic Site) and the National Park Service, U. S. Department of the Interior." The message on the back is illegible. The postcard is addressed to "Mrs. Carroll Ward 1906 McFaddin Ave. Beaumont, Texas."
Date: November 3, 1961
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
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

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 Isaac H. Kempner to Fred C. Cole, April 6, 1962] (open access)

[Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Fred C. Cole, April 6, 1962]

Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Fred C. Cole donating $500 and General Crude Oil Company of Houston stock to Washington and Lee University.
Date: April 6, 1962
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Fred C. Cole, April 20, 1962] (open access)

[Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Fred C. Cole, April 20, 1962]

Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Fred C. Cole discussing his plans in Washington and requesting information on the Washington and Lee University class of 1894.
Date: April 20, 1962
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Fred C. Cole to Isaac H. Kempner, April 24, 1962] (open access)

[Letter from Fred C. Cole to Isaac H. Kempner, April 24, 1962]

Letter from Fred C. Cole to Isaac H. Kempner discussing possible plans to see each other when the latter travels to Washington. The second page is a list of Isaac H. Kempner's classmates from Washington and Lee University.
Date: April 24, 1962
Creator: Cole, Fred C.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. N. Carswell to Milton H. Comley - May 1, 1962] (open access)

[Letter from T. N. Carswell to Milton H. Comley - May 1, 1962]

A letter addressed to Mr. Milton H. Comley, Florist, Arlington, Virginia from T. N. Carswell, dated May 1, 1962. Carswell requests a flower delivery for the newly married Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bartlett Hague, Jr. for when they arrive home. A sentiment which is to accompany the flower delivery offers congratulations, best wishes and ends with a quote from Sidney Lanier's "Song of the Chattahoochee". The reverse side of poem includes business letterhead of Little Tuffy Mfg. Co.
Date: May 1, 1962
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Fred C. Cole, May 9, 1962] (open access)

[Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Fred C. Cole, May 9, 1962]

Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Fred C. Cole discussing an enclosed newspaper clipping and his recent trip to Washington. Mr. Kempner expresses his concern with the Kennedy administration, stating that he is doubtful of how much he can accomplish.
Date: May 9, 1962
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mary Ann Hague to T. N. Carswell - May 19, 1962] (open access)

[Letter from Mary Ann Hague to T. N. Carswell - May 19, 1962]

Letter written to Mr. Carswell from Mary Ann Hague dated May 19, 1962. Hague expresses her appreciation for the flowers inviting Carswell to visit if in Washington.
Date: May 19, 1962
Creator: Hague, Mary Ann
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Fred C. Cole to I. H. Kempner, June 1, 1962] (open access)

[Letter from Fred C. Cole to I. H. Kempner, June 1, 1962]

Letter from Fred C. Cole to I. H. Kempner thanking Kempner for sending a news clipping about Franklin, Texas to Cole and providing the address of Mr. Herbert Fitzpatrick to Kempner. Cole also expresses his appreciation of the Kempners visiting Washington.
Date: June 1, 1962
Creator: Cole, Fred C.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History