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Oral History Interview with Ed Carseth, August 6, 2003 transcript

Oral History Interview with Ed Carseth, August 6, 2003

Interview with Ed Carseth, a pilot during World War II. He discusses an early interest in aviation and earned his pilot's license through the Civilian Pilot Training program. He spent a year as an instructor before joining the Air Transport Command. Through 1944 he delivered aircraft to Australia before being assigned to Myitkyina, Burma. He speaks of living conditions at Myitkyina. He flew materials over the Himalaya Mountains (the Hump) from Burma to Kunming, China. Carseth relates anectdotes about General Claire Chennault, Lord Louis Mountbatten, and a squadron mate who kept a baboon.
Date: August 6, 2003
Creator: Metzler, Ed & Carseth, Ed
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Oral History with Willa Mei Kurland and Charlotte Cotter, August 21, 2016] transcript

[Oral History with Willa Mei Kurland and Charlotte Cotter, August 21, 2016]

Oral history with Willa Mei Kurland and Charlotte Cotter regarding their trip to China to search for their birth parents. They discuss their expectations going into the trip, the attention they received from the Chinese media, and how they were embraced by Charlotte's birth family and Willa's foster family. Charlotte and Willa also speak about the aftermath of finding their birth and foster families and what their families' hopes and expectations are regarding future contact. This interview was conducted while Willa and Charlotte were in China on their birth parents search, towards the end of their trip.
Date: August 21, 2016
Creator: Cotter, Charlotte & Kurland, Willa Mei
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tape 93 Side B

Continued from Side A. Word list: Akha, Mèng-là, Kunming 26-27 Aug 1982. Glosses 368-
Date: 1982-08-26/1982-08-27
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
System: The UNT Digital Library

Tape 93 Side A

Word list: Akha, Mèng-là, Kunming 26-27 Aug 1982. Glosses 1-368
Date: 1982-08-26/1982-08-27
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
System: The UNT Digital Library

Tape 92 Side A

Continued from Tape 91. end Lǜ-chūm word list, int. lɛ́-djỳ, Kunming 25-26/8-1982; Àbɔ́qɔ: hɔ̀ sjỳq ə dɔ̀ ŋɛ̀ ɣɛ ə djí tshe ə́ 14/10-82
Date: 1982-08-25/1982-10-14
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
System: The UNT Digital Library

Tape 94 Side B

Hani, Mòjiang xiàn, Akha word list. Informant 6 and 7, both until gloss 420; Informant 3 glosses 421-507; glosses 508-. 28-29 Aug.-82.
Date: 1982-08-28/1982-08-29
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
System: The UNT Digital Library

Tape 94 Side A

Hani, Mòjiang xiàn, Akha word list Informant 6 & 3, Informant 7. 28-29 Aug.-82, Kunming
Date: 1982-08-28/1982-08-29
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
System: The UNT Digital Library

Tape 91 Side B

Continued from Side A. Lǜ-chūm word list, int. lɛ́-djỳ, Kunming 25-26/8-1982
Date: 1982-08-25/1982-08-26
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
System: The UNT Digital Library

Tape 91 Side A

Lǜ-chūm word list, int. lɛ́-djỳ, Kunming 25-26/8-1982
Date: 1982-08-25/1982-08-26
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
System: The UNT Digital Library

Tape 95 Side A

Akha songs and narratives. 0-27 Hani, Mòjiang xiàn, Akha word list. gloss 421-450; 27-[end] Àbɔ́qɔ: mì dàq sjhí ŋɛ tshɔ́ ŋö́ ŋö́ ə. Mɛ-bý 12/10-82
Date: 1982-08-28/1982-10-12
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
System: The UNT Digital Library