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Oral History Interview with Nan Alexander, July 22, 2020

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Interview with Nan (Barbara) Alexander, a former model and executive at Neiman Marcus. Alexander discusses her background, beginning work in the fashion industry as a store model, her education, working as a sample model and "Girl Friday" at Howard Wolf Inc. in Fair Park, being a sportswear model at Neiman Marcus, the layout of the store, the apparel market, and the history of fashion in the DFW area.
Date: July 22, 2020
Creator: Becker, Annette & Alexander, Barbara
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Naomie Rudelson, July 13, 2020

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Interview with Naomi Rudelson, a former department store executive from New Orleans, Louisiana. Rudelson discusses involvement with the fashion industry in Dallas, starting with work as an assistant to a personal shopper and eventually becoming vice president of several different department stores. Rudelson also describes designing a curriculum for students at the University of North Texas, and the work environment at Dalton's department store, Sanger-Harris, Winkleman's in Detroit, and May Company Los Angeles.
Date: July 13, 2020
Creator: Becker, Annette & Rudelson, Naomi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Raymond Walker, July 18, 2016 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Raymond Walker, July 18, 2016

Walker discussed the experience of integrating Texas and Louisiana universities and working as a Black supervisor during the late-1970s. He was also raised Catholic and gave some interesting details about colorism and privileges of Catholicism for some Black people.
Date: July 18, 2016
Creator: Grevious, Danielle; Bobadilla, Eladio & Walker, Raymond
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Federal Disaster Assistance after Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Wilma, Gustav, and Ike (open access)

Federal Disaster Assistance after Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Wilma, Gustav, and Ike

Report that provides information on federal financial assistance provided to the Gulf States after major disasters were declared in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas in response to the widespread destruction that resulted from Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma in 2005 and Hurricanes Gustav and Ike in 2008. This includes a brief summary of each hurricane and a discussion concerning federal to state cost-shares.
Date: July 5, 2013
Creator: Lindsay, Bruce R. & Nagel, Jared Conrad
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Spill and Offshore Drilling

This website is for the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil SpilUnited States. Office of Fossil Energyl and Offshore Drilling, established by President Barack Obama on May 21, 2010. The Commission examined the relevant facts and circumstances concerning the root causes of the Deepwater Horizon explosion and developed options to guard against, and mitigate the impact of, any oil spills associated with offshore drilling in the future. This included recommending improvements to federal laws, regulations, and industry practices. The website contains detailed information about each of the commission's meetings, the commission's final reports, and other related resources.
Date: July 25, 2011
Creator: National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling
Object Type: Website
System: The UNT Digital Library
Thinking critically about models used to predict emergency evacuation in Gulf Coast states (open access)

Thinking critically about models used to predict emergency evacuation in Gulf Coast states

Report examining evacuation procedures using existing forecasting models in the gulf coast states and discusses ways to improve the use of forecasting models by government officials.
Date: July 2010
Creator: Moseley, Brandon; Wynn, Garlin & Lewis, Carol Abel
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Base Visit Book - Naval Support Activity New Orleans (open access)

Base Visit Book - Naval Support Activity New Orleans

Commissioner's Base Visit Book for Naval Support Activity New Orleans, LA Closure Recommendations
Date: July 25, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
103-06A-Rh15 - Media Briefing Book Regional Hearing - 7-22-05 - New Orleans - LA (open access)

103-06A-Rh15 - Media Briefing Book Regional Hearing - 7-22-05 - New Orleans - LA

Naval Air Station Pensacola, FL B. Suggested Talking Points C. Suggested Qs & As D. Sampling of Local Media Coverage Relating to BRAC Naval Ordinance Test Unit at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL E. Suggested Talking Points F. Suggested Qs & As G. Sampling of Local Media Coverage Relating to BRAC Naval Support Activity New Orleans, LA H. Suggested Talking Points I. Suggested Qs & As J. Sampling of Local Media Coverage Relating to BRAC Naval Station Pascagoula, MS K. Suggested Talking Points L. Suggested Qs & As M. Sampling of Local Media Coverage Relating to BRAC
Date: July 19, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The UNT Digital Library
Base Visit Report - Naval Air Station/Joint Reserve Base New Orleans (open access)

Base Visit Report - Naval Air Station/Joint Reserve Base New Orleans

Naval Air Station, Joint Reserve Base, New Orleans, Louisiana is located 20 minutes south of downtown New Orleans, and is home to VP-94, VFA-204, VR-54, Louisiana Air National Guard, U.S. Air Force Reserve, U.S. Coast Guard, and the U.S. Customs Service. When the base was redesignated in May 1994 to add "Joint Reseke Base," it broke the paradigm of Naval Air Station.
Date: July 19, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Letter from Florida Senator Bill Nelson to Chairman Principi dtd 8 July 2005 (open access)

Letter from Florida Senator Bill Nelson to Chairman Principi dtd 8 July 2005

Executive Correspondence - Letter from Florida Senator Bill Nelson to Chairman Principi regarding the state of Florida BRAC Commission Hearing in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Date: July 19, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Community Input from New Orleans, LA for Naval Support Activity New Orleans dtd 17 June 2005 (open access)

Community Input from New Orleans, LA for Naval Support Activity New Orleans dtd 17 June 2005

Community Input from New Orleans, LA for Area Bases dtd 17 June 2005. Document includes a BRAC Commission Power Point briefing and copies of official correspondence.
Date: July 8, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 06/29/05 to Chairman Principi from State of LA House of Representatives Clerk Alfred Speer (open access)

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 06/29/05 to Chairman Principi from State of LA House of Representatives Clerk Alfred Speer

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 06/29/05 to Chairman Principi from State of LA House of Representatives Clerk Alfred Speer enclosing Resolution No. 136 calling on the BRAC Commission to favorably consider the “Federal City Concept” for New Orleans.
Date: July 7, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Memorandum of Meeting: Naval Support Activity New Orleans, Louisiana, July 7, 2005] (open access)

[Memorandum of Meeting: Naval Support Activity New Orleans, Louisiana, July 7, 2005]

Memorandum of meeting with Naval Support Activity New Orleans, LA representatives.
Date: July 7, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Memorandum of Meeting: Naval Support Activity New Orleans, Louisiana, July 7, 2005] (open access)

[Memorandum of Meeting: Naval Support Activity New Orleans, Louisiana, July 7, 2005]

Memorandum of meeting with community representatives regarding the recommendation for Naval Support Activity New Orleans.
Date: July 7, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Memorandum of Meeting: Defense Information Systems Agency, Louisiana, July 6, 2005] (open access)

[Memorandum of Meeting: Defense Information Systems Agency, Louisiana, July 6, 2005]

Memorandum of Meeting with community leaders from Slidell, Louisiana regarding the proposed realignment of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA).
Date: July 6, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
History of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry in Southern Louisiana, Interim Report: Volume 1. Papers on the Evolving Offshore Industry (open access)

History of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry in Southern Louisiana, Interim Report: Volume 1. Papers on the Evolving Offshore Industry

An historical evaluation and documentation of the offshore oil and gas industry and its impact on the economy of Southern Louisiana from its inception in the early decades of the twentieth century.
Date: July 2004
Creator: Austin, Diane; Carriker, Bob; McGuire, Tom; Pratt, Joseph; Priest, Tyler & Pulsipher, Allan G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
History of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry in Southern Louisiana: Interim Report, Volume 2. Bayou Lafourche-An Oral History of the Development of the Oil and Gas Industry (open access)

History of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry in Southern Louisiana: Interim Report, Volume 2. Bayou Lafourche-An Oral History of the Development of the Oil and Gas Industry

This report contains several interviews of individuals who were employed by the oil and gas industry since its conception.
Date: July 2004
Creator: McGuire, Tom
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
History of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry in Southern Louisiana, Volume 3: Samples of interviews and Ethnographic Prefaces (open access)

History of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry in Southern Louisiana, Volume 3: Samples of interviews and Ethnographic Prefaces

This study is about the history and evolution of the offshore oil and gas industry in southern Louisiana in an objective and comprehensive way.
Date: July 2004
Creator: Austin, Diane & McGuire, Tom
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Labor Migration and the Deepwater Oil Industry (open access)

Labor Migration and the Deepwater Oil Industry

This report is about how local residents respond to the presence of immigrants, in the ways in which migrants supply their labor and employers demand it, and in how migrants socially and economically incorporate into their receiving communities.
Date: July 2004
Creator: Donato, Katherine M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Subsurface, High-Speed Current Jets in the Deepwater Region of the Gulf of Mexico: Final Report (open access)

Subsurface, High-Speed Current Jets in the Deepwater Region of the Gulf of Mexico: Final Report

This report is about the study of subsurface high-speed current jets in the deep water of the Gulf of Mexico.
Date: July 2004
Creator: Dimarco, Steven F.; Howard, Matthew K.; Nowlin, Worth D., Jr. & Reid, Robert O.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Importance of Zooplankton in the Diets of Blue Runner (Caranx crysos) Near Offshore Petroleum Platforms in the Northern Gulf of Mexico (open access)

Importance of Zooplankton in the Diets of Blue Runner (Caranx crysos) Near Offshore Petroleum Platforms in the Northern Gulf of Mexico

This report is about the importance of Zooplankton in the diet of the blue runner.
Date: July 2003
Creator: Keenan, Sean F. & Benfield, Mark C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Warren Lee Miller, July 19, 2002 transcript

Oral History Interview with Warren Lee Miller, July 19, 2002

Interview with Warren Lee Miller, a communications expert for the US Coast Guard in the Vietnam War. He answers questions about joining the military and life in the Port of New Orleans.
Date: July 19, 2002
Creator: Collins, Kim & Miller, Warren Lee
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James H. ""Herb"" Macia, July 21, 2000 (open access)

Oral History Interview with James H. ""Herb"" Macia, July 21, 2000

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with James H. ""Herb"" Macia. He discusses being a navigator/bombardier on the 14th plane in the Doolittle Raid, including the training leading up to the raid, the trip on the USS Hornet, the raid itself, bailing out over China, the weeks spent there before making it out through India and Egypt and stories about other men in the Raiders. He also discusses meeting with Generalissimo and Madam Chiang Kai-Shek, seeing the Egyptian pyramids, crossing Africa then to Brazil before getting back to the US, landing in Miami, his later deployments in North Africa and Europe, his work after the war and reunions the Raiders have had since the war.
Date: July 21, 2000
Creator: Macia, James H. ""Herb""
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nesbitt Memorial Library Journal, Volume 10, Number 2, July 2000 (open access)

Nesbitt Memorial Library Journal, Volume 10, Number 2, July 2000

The Nesbitt Memorial Library Journal contains historical information about Colorado County, Texas including personal accounts and research into area stories.
Date: July 2000
Creator: Nesbitt Memorial Library
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History