List of clothing, camp and garrison equipage from John W. Alexander to H. K. Redway. Items include: hats, jackets, drawers, trousers, shirts, boots, stockings, coats, ponchos, tents, and canteens.

Transcript of an oral inerview with Doctor Dayton L. Alverson. He was born in 1924 in the San Diego Naval Hospital. He joined the Navy and received training in radio interception. Went to Washington, DC where he volunteered for assignment to the Sino-American Cooperative Organization (SACO) as a Radioman First Class. Left Newport News in July 1944 and sailed to Bombay, India and took the train to Calcutta. He was flown on a DC-3 over "The Hump" and into Kunming, China. He volunteered for duty near Amoy Island, which was occupied by the Japanese and was flown to Zhangping and traveled to a small encampment 25 miles north of Amoy. He recounts his time intercepting Japanese code and sending it to Chungking and provides details about breaking the code. He next describes taking 38 days to travel 18,000 miles on foot, in sampans and on trucks to reach the camp. He describes the methods by which the Chinese moved the sampans up and down the rivers. He was then assigned to a group making a raid on a small island adjacent to Amoy. He traveled by sampan down the river to Shima, China in order to deliver two 50-caliber machine …

Envelope addressed to Mrs. William L. McKie, Sacramento, California from Mrs. Leslie D. Ames (Mary C. Ames), Camden, Maine.

Transcript of an interview with Cal "Skip" Trammell and Nan Nugent-White about their father James E. (Jim) Nugent who served as a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1961 to 1979 and was elected to the Texas Railroad Commission for sixteen years.The interview details his upbringing, education, career as an attorney, navy service as a pilot in World War II, and family memories. Photos and documents relating to the interview follow the transcript text.

Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy project sheet summarizing general information about the Electrofuels program including critical needs, innovation and advantages, impacts, and contact information. This sheet discusses combining ammonia and bacteria to produce liquid fuel as part of the "Biofuels from CO2 Using Ammonia or Iron-Oxidizing Bacteria in Reverse Microbial Fuel Cells" project.

Minutes for a regular meeting of the Congregation Adath Yeshurun Board of Trustees documenting attendees, topics of discussion, and committee reports.

The bylaws of the Dallas Gay Alliance, revised May 10, 1982.

Minutes for the Order of Fifinella meeting of May 10, 1979, including the secretary's report, treasurer's report, issues with an order of prints from artist Rick Broom, selecting a site for the 1980 WASP reunion, commissions and organization, old business, and new business. The first page is not included.

Suggested reading list for Creek resources

Invoice for an ivory three-opening Despard light switch plate sold to D. W. Kempner by Electric Supply Company.

Invoice for D. W. Kempner by F. Cruwys, including amount on account rendered for services worth $6.255 Francs.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert Frederick. Frederick quit school in November 1942 to join the Navy. He attended gunnery school before being assigned to USS Oakland (CL-95). He spent the rest of the war abaord the Oaklnad and was discharged in January 1946.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Galbraith. Galbraith joined the Marine Corps in February of 1942. He describes the training he received to become a pilot. Galbraith became a flight instructor and then trained on twin engine planes. He was sent to the Pacific and flew C-46 transport planes into Guam, Tinian, and Saipan. Galbraith discusses flying into Iwo Jima during the battle. He flew into Japan on several missions after the war had ended. Galbraith describes the damage he witnessed at Nagasaki and Yokohama. He also tells of how he weathered two typhoons on an airfield. Galbraith left the service after he returned to the US.

Monthly water usage statement sent to I. H. Kempner listing previous and current meter readings, cubic feet of water used, and amount due.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Micki and Jim George. Micki George completed Cadet Nurse Corps training in 1948. She traveled with a USO Unit out of Dallas and worked with the Nurse Corps in California and with Special Services as a chauffeur, chaperone and pianist for performances. She was stationed in the US and did not travel overseas. Micki was discharged from military service in 1950. She and Jim met at the University of Texas at Austin, while completing their medical degrees. Jim joined the Army in December of 1945. He served in the Korean War as a combat medic in a field MASH Unit, and was discharged in 1950.

Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy project sheet summarizing general information about the Electrofuels program including critical needs, innovation and advantages, impacts, and contact information. This sheet discusses the modification of E. coli to consume carbon dioxide and produce liquid fuel as part of the "Engineering E. coli as an Electrofuels Chassis for Isooctane Production" project.

Transcript of an oral interview with Colonel (Ret.) Frank Gleason. He was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania on September 20, 1920. After graduation from Penn State, he was commissioned into the Army in 1942. His first assignment was to Fort Belvoir, Virginia as the leader of a platoon of African-American soldiers. In 1943 he was recruited into the Office of Stregic Services (OSS) and sent to a camp outside of Frederick, Maryland (later Camp David). His duties there included training agents in heavy duty demolitions, explosives and booby traps. His next assignment was temporary duty to London for six weeks and training in sabotage and underwater demolition. He recalls that, upon arriving in London, he delivered a crate of fresh fruit to Major General Dwight Eisenhower. He was subsequently assigned to the Sino-American Cooperative Organization (SACO) headquarters in Chungking, China where he spent several months training Thai troops. Captain Merry Miles assigned him as Executive Officer to the SACO unit at Camp 3 in Linju, China. The mission was to train guerillas in demolition, small arms, scouting, patrolling and other duties as assigned. He recounts one of those duties in January, 1944 resulting in the destruction of a bridge over the …

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Leland Gwin. After Gwin's brother was captured on Corregidor, Gwin vowed to rescue him. In late 1944, when he turned 17, Gwin joined the Navy. Upon completion of amphibious training, he was assigned as an engineer to an LCVP attached to the USS Rockingham (APA-229). While landing troops at Okinawa, he rescued a crew whose landing gear failed and evacuated 150 wounded off a hospital ship that was attacked. Gwin was later assigned to pick up American POWs from Leyte, where he met someone who had been imprisoned with his brother. Gwin learned that although his brother survived the Bataan Death March, he had been worked to death in a coalmine. Gwin spent the next six months transporting soldiers home, making four round trips before by June 1946. He then received orders to Bikini Atoll but was granted leave to see his dying mother and was subsequently discharged. Several of the men who went in his place died soon after from exposure to radiation.

Invoice for services rendered to Mr. Daniel W. Kempner by Dr. Harold L. Temple, including x-ray examination, lumbosacral spine, gastrointestinal series and left elbow worth $90. Written paid by check on May 25th, 1954.

Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy project sheet summarizing general information about a new program to generate liquid fuels from bacteria, carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight (project title "Engineering a Bacterial Reverse Fuel Cell") including critical needs, innovation and advantages, impacts, and contact information. This sheet is the first open solicitation, announcing funding opportunities for involvement in the project.

Invoice for items sold to D. W. Kempner by the Imperial Mercantile Company, including light bulbs.

Imperial Sugar Company telephone statement for I. H. Kempner's telephone charges.

Text for a speech by Barbara C. Jordan at the Institutional Investor Institute in Washington D.C., about the establishment of economic policies.

Text for a speech by Barbara C. Jordan at the Institutional Investor Institute in Washington D.C.