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Tennessee Central (TC) 506

A photograph print showing Tennessee Central (TC) 502, 4-6-0.
Date: September 1938
Creator: Schick, Joseph
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Tennessee Central (TC) 554

A photograph print showing Tennessee Central (TC) 554, 4-8-2, Emory Gap, TN.
Date: September 1938
Creator: Schick, Joseph
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oral History Interview with Al Hiegel, September 18, 2005 transcript

Oral History Interview with Al Hiegel, September 18, 2005

Transcript of an oral interview with Al Heigel. When Heigel finished high school in June, 1944, he joined the Navy at Little Rock, Arkansas and went for boot training at San Diego. He was assigned as a radar operator and reported aboard the USS Independence (CVL-22) at Pearl Harbor. Heigel describes the light carrier and its construction and features. He also speaks of the time the Independence was hit by a torpedo off Tarawa in 1943. Heigel then describes events off Okinawa: watching the USS Franklin (CV-13) being bombed off Okinawa; locating and shooting down kamikazes; describing battle stations; aircraft water landings; being in a typhoon, etc. After the war ended, the Independence served as a troop transport taking GIs back home to the US. He describes bunks in the hangar deck and arriving in Portland, Oregon. As the Independence was being prepared for the Bikini Atoll atomic tests, Heigel got off becuase he had the requisite amount of points allowing him to be discharged. He then entered the lumber business, married and raised family.
Date: September 18, 2005
Creator: Heigel, Al
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Al Hiegel, September 18, 2005 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Al Hiegel, September 18, 2005

Transcript of an oral interview with Al Heigel. When Heigel finished high school in June, 1944, he joined the Navy at Little Rock, Arkansas and went for boot training at San Diego. He was assigned as a radar operator and reported aboard the USS Independence (CVL-22) at Pearl Harbor. Heigel describes the light carrier and its construction and features. He also speaks of the time the Independence was hit by a torpedo off Tarawa in 1943. Heigel then describes events off Okinawa: watching the USS Franklin (CV-13) being bombed off Okinawa; locating and shooting down kamikazes; describing battle stations; aircraft water landings; being in a typhoon, etc. After the war ended, the Independence served as a troop transport taking GIs back home to the US. He describes bunks in the hangar deck and arriving in Portland, Oregon. As the Independence was being prepared for the Bikini Atoll atomic tests, Heigel got off becuase he had the requisite amount of points allowing him to be discharged. He then entered the lumber business, married and raised family.
Date: September 18, 2005
Creator: Heigel, Al
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from James Armour Lindsay to Mr. I. H. Kempner, September 24, 1949] (open access)

[Letter from James Armour Lindsay to Mr. I. H. Kempner, September 24, 1949]

Letter from James Armour Lindsay to Mr. I. H. Kempner discussing their hopes Kempner will visit the schools on his trip through the Southeast.
Date: September 24, 1949
Creator: Lindsay, James Armour
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jim Baird to Arthur M. Alpert, September 29, 1960] (open access)

[Letter from Jim Baird to Arthur M. Alpert, September 29, 1960]

Letter from Jim Baird to Arthur M. Alpert informing about sending a camera by Mr. Matsuda and requesting for remittance after receipt of the camera.
Date: September 29, 1960
Creator: Baird, Jim
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Copenhagen Fire] (open access)

[News Script: Copenhagen Fire]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of police who has charged a 34-year old man with deliberately setting hotel fire in which 35 persons died.
Date: September 2, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Hotel Fire] (open access)

[News Script: Hotel Fire]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of death toll in hotel fire in Copenhagen Denmark now stands at 35 and a number of persons are still unaccounted for.
Date: September 1, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: With Tropical Storm Delia] (open access)

[News Script: With Tropical Storm Delia]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Sabine Pass in Texas is deserted town after virtually all residents fled inland in the face of approaching tropical storm Delia.
Date: September 4, 1973, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: News] (open access)

[News Script: News]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Skylab astronauts say that they expect the sun to continue acting up as they prepare to cancel the rest of their chores. President of United Auto Workers Union say that he hopes a partial news blackout. Many people were evacuated from their homes when two railroad tank cars loaded with propane gas exploded and burst into flames.
Date: September 6, 1973, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Memphis] (open access)

[News Script: Memphis]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of a railroad tank car loaded with propane gas exploded in South Memphis, Tennessee.
Date: September 5, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Price Adjustements] (open access)

[News Script: Price Adjustements]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Seven Eleven Food Stores and Oak Farms Dairy who have signed a voluntary agreement with the Internal Revenue Service to adjust retail prices of 69 food items sold by those two divisions of the Southland Corporation.
Date: September 13, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to James A. Tinsley, September 26, 1966] (open access)

[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to James A. Tinsley, September 26, 1966]

Letter from Harris L. Kempner to James A. Tinsley asking him to send a copy of a book to a number of different associates of his in Memphis, Tennessee.
Date: September 26, 1966
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Sam G. Loring to Harris and Ruth Kempner, September 2, 1965] (open access)

[Letter from Sam G. Loring to Harris and Ruth Kempner, September 2, 1965]

Letter from Sam G. Loring to Harris and Ruth Kempner thanking them for the flowers they sent him in the hospital and expressing hope for recovery from his eye surgery.
Date: September 2, 1965
Creator: Loring, Sam G.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Ned Cook, September 14, 1964] (open access)

[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Ned Cook, September 14, 1964]

Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Ned Cook thanking the Cooks for their hospitality and discussing about joining the Businessmen's for Johnson and Humphries Committee.
Date: September 14, 1964
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Norman R. Galloway to Harris L. Kempner, September 9, 1964] (open access)

[Letter from Norman R. Galloway to Harris L. Kempner, September 9, 1964]

Letter from Norman R. Galloway to Harris L. Kempner discussing Ned Cook's request of taking care of the bills during Harris' stay at the Memphis Country Club.
Date: September 9, 1964
Creator: Galloway, Norman R.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to the Memphis Country Club, September 4, 1964] (open access)

[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to the Memphis Country Club, September 4, 1964]

Letter from Harris L. Kempner to the Memphis Country Club requesting the bill for their stay at the Club.
Date: September 4, 1964
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Edward W. Cook, September 23, 1964] (open access)

[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Edward W. Cook, September 23, 1964]

Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Edward W. Cook asking him the name of a hotel in Washignton.
Date: September 23, 1964
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Edward W. Cook to Harris L. Kempner, September 24, 1964] (open access)

[Letter from Edward W. Cook to Harris L. Kempner, September 24, 1964]

Letter from Edward W. Cook to Harris L. Kempner informing him of a hotel called The Madison.
Date: September 24, 1964
Creator: Cook, Edward W.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Mr. A. E. Hohenberg, September 24, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Mr. A. E. Hohenberg, September 24, 1955]

Letter from Harris L. Kempner to A. E. Hohenberg acknowledging the sending and return of a necklace and discussing the price of customs.
Date: September 24, 1955
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Return Receipt Card for Harris Leon Kempner, September 26, 1955]

Return receipt card from the Post Office Department returned to Harris Leon Kempner for registered article No. 21664 delivered on September 26, 1955.
Date: September 26, 1955
Creator: United States. Post Office Department.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Hohenberg Bros. Company to Mr. Harris Kempner, September 26, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from Hohenberg Bros. Company to Mr. Harris Kempner, September 26, 1955]

Letter from Hohenberg Bros. Company to Harris L. Kempner enclosing a check for customs regarding Dorothy's necklace and suggesting that Kempner call him when he gets the chance.
Date: September 26, 1955
Creator: Hohenberg Bros. Company
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from The National Life and Accident Insurance Co. to Commander Harris L. Kempner, September 17, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from The National Life and Accident Insurance Co. to Commander Harris L. Kempner, September 17, 1945]

Letter from G. D. Brooks to Harris L. Kempner discussing his time in the Navy and adjusting back to working for the insurance company.
Date: September 17, 1945
Creator: The National Life and Accident Insurance Co.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Mr. G. D. Brooks, September 20, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Mr. G. D. Brooks, September 20, 1945]

Letter from Harris L. Kempner to G. D. Brooks apologizing for not being able to say goodbye and looking forward to meeting again.
Date: September 20, 1945
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History