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[Austin American-Statesman Interview with Lance Avery Morgan] (open access)

[Austin American-Statesman Interview with Lance Avery Morgan]

Document containing questions and answers from an Austin American-Statesman interview with Lance Avery Morgan.
Date: April 2004
Creator: Austin American-Statesman
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Orbie Reeves, April 19, 2002 (open access)

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Orbie Reeves, April 19, 2002

Transcript of interview with Orbie Reeves, a World War II veteran from Camp Verde, Texas. Reeves speaks of his time growing up in the Camp Verde area, his work as a butcher at the Kerrville State Hospital, and his experience serving in the Philippines during World War II.
Date: April 19, 2002
Creator: Bethel, Ann
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cultural Partners Agenda] (open access)

[Cultural Partners Agenda]

Document containing the schedule for a dinner hosted by the Black Academy of Arts and Letters on April 24, 2004 at the Dallas Convention Center Theatre Complex.
Date: April 2004
Creator: Black Academy of Arts and Letters
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Invitation: Humanizing Sculpture: The Work of Donald Brown] (open access)

[Invitation: Humanizing Sculpture: The Work of Donald Brown]

Invitation to an art exhibition produced and hosted by the Black Academy of Arts and Letters on April 2, 2003, at the James E. Kemp Gallery.
Date: April 2003
Creator: Black Academy of Arts and Letters
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Black Tie Dinner committee meeting agenda] (open access)

[Black Tie Dinner committee meeting agenda]

Document of the meeting agenda for the Black Tie Dinner committee. The agenda lists the people who were present or absent at the meeting and the meeting minutes. Each committee has a section on the agenda of a summary of what was discussed during the meeting.
Date: April 19, 2001
Creator: Black Tie Dinner, Inc.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Pete Craig, July 10, 2002 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Pete Craig, July 10, 2002

Interview with Pete Craig, a veteran of the U.S. Army who served in the Pacific Theatre during World War II from Houston, Texas. Craig describes his time as a Private 1st Class in the Infantry, as well as his experiences in basic training and the places he visited throughout the United States. Included at the end of the transcript is a written summarization by the interviewer, Colby Burmaster, which was provided with the two audiotapes of the interview.
Date: April 26, 2003
Creator: Burmaster, Colby & Craig, Pete
System: The Portal to Texas History
King of the Swing Fiddle: Johnny Gimble (open access)

King of the Swing Fiddle: Johnny Gimble

Article about Johnny Gimble, a western swing fiddler from East Texas, written for the Austin Chronicle.
Date: April 5, 2002
Creator: Caliguiri, Jim
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with W. G. (Bill) Campbell, April 21, 2000 (open access)

Oral History Interview with W. G. (Bill) Campbell, April 21, 2000

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with W. G. (Bill) Campbell. Campbell grew up in Texas, attended Texas A&M, and married in 1939 before joining the Army in 1943. After training, he went to Australia, Dutch New Guinea, Palu, Leyte, and Mindanao. He describes riding in amphibious vehicles and interacting with the natives. He discusses various illnesses he had during the war and his interactions with his brother, an engineer. He also describes surveying work in some detail. After the war, Campbell eventually became a public school teacher.
Date: April 21, 2000
Creator: Campbell, W. G. (Bill)
System: The Portal to Texas History
Artistas hispanos exhiben obras en Festival de Arte de Fort Worth (open access)

Artistas hispanos exhiben obras en Festival de Arte de Fort Worth

Este artículo describe el Festival de Arte de Fort Worth, donde un gran número de artistas hispanos venden sus obras. Se incluye tanto el artículo original en español como la traducción al inglés.
Date: April 22, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Centenares de personas protestan en Dallas contra amnistia (open access)

Centenares de personas protestan en Dallas contra amnistia

This article deals with the protest that occured on April 08, 2006 when 500 people gathered to demonstrate against granting amnesty to undocumneted workers. Both the original Spanish article and the English translation are included.
Date: April 8, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dallas codigo municipal (open access)

Dallas codigo municipal

This article deals with the various ways that the Dallas city council is seeking to inform Hispanics about laws in the municipal code. Both the original Spanish article and the English translation are included.
Date: April 25, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Jovenes hispanos tienen poder electoral para cambios legislativos (open access)

Jovenes hispanos tienen poder electoral para cambios legislativos

This article describes how Hispanic youth have use their voting power to enact legislative change. Both the original Spanish article and the English translation are included.
Date: April 25, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Leucemia (open access)

Leucemia

This article deals with Jose Vazquez and the struggle that he and his family face because of leukemia. Both the original Spanish article and the English translation are included.
Date: April 25, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Programa piloto busca reducir brecha academica en edad preescolar (open access)

Programa piloto busca reducir brecha academica en edad preescolar

This article deals with the program "Early Childhood Matters", whose aim is to help pre-school age children from lower socio-economic brackets succeed in school. Both the original Spanish article and the English translation are included.
Date: April 20, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Protetst march in Arlington] (open access)

[Protetst march in Arlington]

This article deals with the protest march that took place in Arlington. Most of the participants were students. Both the original Spanish article and the English translation are included.
Date: April 1, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Unas cien mil personas marchan por legalizacion de indocumentados (open access)

Unas cien mil personas marchan por legalizacion de indocumentados

This article describes the mega march which took place in Dallas in support of the legalization of undocumented immigrants. Dallas police estimated the size of the crowd to at least be 100,000 people. Both the original Spanish article and the English translation are included.
Date: April 9, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Youth boxing in Fort Worth] (open access)

[Youth boxing in Fort Worth]

This article deals with youth boxing in Fort Worth. Both the original Spanish article and the English translation are included.
Date: April 18, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Carl Clay, May 7, 2002 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Carl Clay, May 7, 2002

Interview with Carl Clay, a veteran of the U.S. Navy during the Persian Gulf War, who also served in the civil wars in Lebanon, Kosovo, and Somalia. Clay describes his time working in aviation on the flight deck of ships and the many countries he visited while in the service, such as Brazil, Spain, and Cuba.
Date: April 15, 2003
Creator: DeVore, Danielle & Clay, Carl
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Albert Donaldson, April 14, 2009 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Albert Donaldson, April 14, 2009

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Albert Donaldson. Donaldson talks about how the Great Depression affected his family. He joined the Navy in 1944 and provides details of his training. He traveled aboard the USS Buckingham (APA-141). They traveled to Pearl Harbor, which he describes along with his responsibilities with work parties unloading and reloading ships. He assisted with trading out old ammunition for new ammunition. He was transferred to the John Rodgers Naval Air Station in Hawaii. He worked on the Martin Mars seaplanes, repairing and test flying them. He also flew C-54s and the J-3 Piper Cub and shares his experiences. He spent the remainder of his Navy career in Hawaii and was discharged in August of 1946 and joined the reserves. While in the service he made storekeeper 3rd class. In the 1950s he was commissioned into the Air Force.
Date: April 14, 2009
Creator: Donaldson, Albert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Organizations adopt Wings Across America, National WASP Museum (open access)

Organizations adopt Wings Across America, National WASP Museum

A printed webpage article from Air Force Print News discussing the Arnold Air Society's adoption of the Wings Across American WASP Museum project.
Date: April 20, 2004
Creator: Easterling, Ann
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Owen Fluckey, August 21, 2004 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Owen Fluckey, August 21, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Owen Fluckey. He discusses his childhood and family and what led him to join the US navy. He describes his experiences in bootcamp at the Great Lakes Training Station in Indiana and his time in the Pacific Theatre during World War Two.
Date: April 21, 2004
Creator: Fluckey, Owen; Tombaugh, John B. & Meter, Peggy Van
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Amendments to Article VII] (open access)

[Amendments to Article VII]

Email with proposed amendments to article VII.
Date: April 7, 2009
Creator: Graney, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Email from Daniel Graney] (open access)

[Email from Daniel Graney]

Email from Daniel Graney to Rick Walker about the number of Texas Stonewall Democratic Caucus board members.
Date: April 24, 2004
Creator: Graney, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Leopoldo Chapa, December 3, 2001 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Leopoldo Chapa, December 3, 2001

Interview with Leopoldo Chapa, a veteran of the U.S. Navy who served in the Vietnam War from Baytown, Texas. Chapa describes his time in boot camp, what he experienced while in combat, and his opinions on war in general.
Date: April 27, 2003
Creator: Ibarra-Chapa, Belinda & Chapa, Leopoldo
System: The Portal to Texas History