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Oral History Interview with Beatriz Terrazas, October 19, 2014
Interview with Beatriz Terrazas, photojournalist, writer, and producer for JMD Multimedia. The interview includes discussion of her childhood, the foundation of her photojournalism and subsequent writing careers, her favorite assignments, challenges faced on the job, and advice on succeeding in the industry.
Date:
October 19, 2014
Creator:
Blanco, Fabianna; Boyett, Pennie; Schrader, Adam; Siegle, Jaimie & Terrazas, Beatriz
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Account Statement for Clark's Warehouse Liquor Store, October 19, 1948]
Invoice for items sold to Daniel Webster Kempner by Clark's Warehouse Liquor Store, including the charges and the total. Handwritten note " Paid #2691 10-21-48. "
Date:
October 19, 1948
Creator:
Clark's Warehouse Liquor Store
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ernest S. Clifford, October 19, 2011
Transcript of an oral interview with Ernest S. Clifford. Clifford enlisted in the Army Air Force in late 1942. For training, he went to Miami, South Dakota and Virginia. There, he was attached to the 45th Infantry Division to facilitate radio communications between the Air Force and the infantry. They sailed for North Africa to train for the invasion of Sicily. Clifford describes his experience on Sicily and was evacuated with several hundred Italian POWs back to North Africa, where he was reassigned to a photo reconnaissance company based in southern Italy. His job was to send coded messages from the photo lab to th eair bases where bomb groups would decide which targets to hit. When the war in Europe ended, Clifford went home on leave and was there when the war in the Pacific ended. He was discharged in September, 1945.
Date:
October 19, 2011
Creator:
Clifford, Ernest S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Harold Collins, October 19, 2001
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Harold Collins. Collins was born in Driftwood, Pennsylvania on 24 September 1920. In 1943 he joined the United States Navy and was sent to Camp Peary for eight weeks of boot training. He then went to Camp Parks, California where he was assigned to Company A, 93rd Construction Battalion. In October 1943 the unit boarded the USAT Perida, arriving at Noumea, New Caledonia on 1 November 1943. Just as the ship anchored in the harbor, Collins witnessed an ammunition ship explode at the docks. The accident resulted in many deaths. The battalion went to Banika Island where they built a hospital. They then went to Green Island Atoll where they built two air strips and a hospital. In January 1945, the battalion boarded the USS Cape Johnson (AP-172) and sailed to Samar, Philippines. He describes being under attack by Japanese aircraft. While on Samar, Collins’ unit constructed airstrips and warehouses. During October 1945, Collins returned to the United States and was assigned to the Philadelphia Navy Yard. He had developed a serious ear infection while overseas and was sent to a naval hospital. After receiving treatment for two …
Date:
October 19, 2001
Creator:
Collins, Harold
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Congregation Adath Yeshurun Board of Trustees Minutes: October 19, 1936]
Minutes for a regular meeting of the Congregation Adath Yeshurun Board of Trustees documenting attendees, topics of discussion, and committee reports.
Date:
October 19, 1936
Creator:
Congregation Adath Yeshurun. Board of Trustees.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Robert Conner, October 19, 2001
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert W. Conner. Conner was born in Pennsylvania on 8 September 1914. He attended Duke University prior to joining the 93rd Construction Battalion in 1941. Initial training began in Williamsburg, Virginia, after which the unit moved to California where they were trained in the use of arms. The unit was then transported to Green Island where they built two airstrips and support buildings. He tells of his admiration for the New Zealand people who were also stationed on the island. Following the surrender of Japan Conner’s unit returned to the United States and he discusses the joyous reception upon their arrival in Portland, Oregon.
Date:
October 19, 2001
Creator:
Conner, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Buck Gibson, October 19, 2002
Interview with Buck Gibson of Waco, Texas, a veteran from the United States Navy during World War Two. The interview includes some of Strauss' background before and after the war as well as his personal experiences while in the Navy, including memories of his training, life in the Navy, the sinking of the USS Indianapolis, and what happened after he was rescued.
Date:
October 19, 2002
Creator:
Cox, Bill & Gibson, Buck
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Edgar Damour, October 19, 2000
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Edgar Damour. Damour joined the Navy in September of 1939. His first assignment was aboard USS Chester (CA-27) traveling with the British in the Caribbean and the Atlantic. He volunteered for submarine service. Damour served as Radioman aboard USS S-35. From early 1942 through late 1943, they completed war patrols in the defense of the Aleutian Islands. Damour was then assigned to USS Pargo (SS-264). Their base was located at Pearl Harbor, and they completed war patrols to the Philippines and the Sea of Japan. He was discharged in October of 1945, though re-entered and served until his retirement in 1959.
Date:
October 19, 2000
Creator:
Damour, Edgar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with George De Laughter, October 19, 2002
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with George De Laughter. De Laughter joined the Army in 1942. He was assigned to the 7th Infantry Division, 32nd Regiment. He worked as a supply officer. He participated in the battles of Attu, Kwajalein, Leyte and Okinawa. He was discharged in March of 1946.
Date:
October 19, 2002
Creator:
De Laughter, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Telegraph from J. R. Elliott to K. K. Legett - October 19, 1911]
Western Union Telegraph from J. R. Elliott, Acting Secretary of State, to K. K. Legett, containing a short message: "Charter of Hope Oil Company filed today."
Date:
October 19, 1911
Creator:
Elliott, J. R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Willis Conover’s Music USA and the Continuation of East-West Jazz Connections Formed Before World War II
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Notes for a presentation on the historical context of Willis Conover's long-running jazz program, Music USA, on the Voice of America, for the conference Music and the Nation III: Music in Postwar Transitions at the Université de Montréal held on October 18-20, 2018 in Montreal, Canada.
Date:
October 19, 2018
Creator:
Feustle, Maristella
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Henry Freitas, October 19, 1999
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Henry Freitas. Freitas joined the Navy in 1939. Freitas served as Fireman Second Class aboard the USS Tangier (AV-8) from April of 1941 to December of 1942. The Tangier picked up military personnel in Pearl Harbor and delivered them to combat areas. Freitas was aboard the Tangier when it was moored abaft the former battleship Utah at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. Freitas describes in detail his duties during the attack. He helped rescue people out of the water and provided assistance where needed.
Date:
October 19, 1999
Creator:
Freitas, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Guatemozin Garcia, October 19, 2005
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Guatemozin Garcia. Garcia was born in Alice, Texas 26 October 1923. Upon graduating from high school in 1942, he joined the Army Air Forces. Four of his brothers were also in the military during World War II. After completing basic training at Shepherd Field, Texas he was sent to Fort Myers, Florida for four weeks of gunnery training. He was then sent to Santa Ana, California where he joined the 34th Bomb Group as a nose gunner in a B-24. Garcia’s group flew to England during April 1944. In seven months, he flew thirty-two missions. He flew two missions over Normandy during the invasion not knowing that one of his brothers was in the ground forces hitting the beach. Later, he learned his brother was severely wounded and was in the Liverpool Army Hospital. Garcia visited him there. He recalls a bombing mission when their plane was so heavily damaged by flak it was doubtful they could make it back to England. He tells of the measures taken to keep their plane airborne until making an emergency landing at an English air field. Returning to the United States …
Date:
October 19, 2005
Creator:
Garcia, Guatemozin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Fax: Openly gay candidates election day update]
A fax from William Waybourn, at the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, to Dennis Vercher, at the Dallas Voice, providing an update on how the openly LGBT candidates are doing in their elections.
Date:
October 19, 1992
Creator:
Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Buck Gibson, October 19, 2002
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Buck Gibson. Gibson enlisted in the Navy and once he finished boot camp, he was assigned to the USS Indianapolis where he was a loader on a 20mm gun. He first sailed for the Aleutian Islands, then to Tarawa for the invasion. When the island was secure, he went ashore with Admiral Raymond Spruance. He desribes the kamekazi attack on Indianapolis during the Okinawa campaign, then the torpedo attack after leaving Tinian. He spent five days in the water before being rescued, then some time in the hospital after the war.
Date:
October 19, 2002
Creator:
Gibson, Buck
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ernest Higgins, October 19, 2002
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Ernest Higgins. Higgins joined the Army in August of 1940. He was assigned to the 7th Infantry Division, 32nd Infantry Regiment. He participated in the battles of Attu, Kwajalein, Leyte and Okinawa. His job was to ensure that supplies were delivered on the beach within an hour of the beach landings. Higgins continued his service in the military, retiring in 1973 with rank of lieutenant colonel.
Date:
October 19, 2002
Creator:
Higgins, Ernest
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with John Hotova, October 19, 2006
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Hotova. Hotova was born in November 1918. He describes conditions during the Great Depression. He left high school at 15 years of age and joined the National Guard in 1939. He was assigned to the 242nd Coast Artillery. Hotova applied for flight training in the Army Air Corps in 1942. He did not qualify for advanced flight training and was assigned to aircraft mechanics school at Keesler Field, Mississippi. After four months of training, he was sent to Laredo, Texas for gunnery training. He was assigned as a waist gunner on a B-24. While four members flew their plane to England, he and five other crewmen boarded RMS Queen Mary. Landing in Scotland they were assigned to the 8th Air Force, 389th Bomb Group, 567th Bomb Squadron based at Hethel, England. On his first bombing mission, in May 1944, he flew to Brussels and recounts the discomfort of being at a waist gun position at high altitudes. Having flown 29 combat missions during his tour, he describes several of the missions, during which German fighters and heavy flak were encountered. He also witnessed other aircraft being shot …
Date:
October 19, 2006
Creator:
Hotova, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Thomas Johnson, October 19, 2002
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Thomas Johnson. Johnson was born in Dallas, Texas 9 April 1918. He was attending Washington University in St. Louis when he was drafted into the US Army. After serving for nine months he received a hardship discharge. Soon after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, he joined the Navy. Johnson tells of the pilot training he received at Murray, Kentucky prior to washing out of the program. He then went to the Great Lakes Naval Training Station for electrician’s school. In January 1944 he went by troop ship to the naval base at Ulithi. There, he was assigned to the USS Raby (DE-698) as a radioman. When at general quarters, Johnson was on the bridge with the ship’s captain as the captain’s talker. After the surrender of Japan the ship returned to San Pedro, California and Johnson was discharged December 1945.
Date:
October 19, 2002
Creator:
Johnson, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Can We Govern Ourselves?
Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan for the Association of American Railroads in Tucson, Arizona, about the public's cynicism concerning government.
Date:
October 19, 1994
Creator:
Jordan, Barbara C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Can We Govern Ourselves?
Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan for the Association of American Railroads in Tucson, Arizona. The speech covers the topic of cynicism in America.
Date:
October 19, 1994
Creator:
Jordan, Barbara C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coalition for Purification
Speech given by Barbara C. Jordan at the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) Convention, about social welfare programs.
Date:
October 19, 1973
Creator:
Jordan, Barbara C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coalition for Purification
Speech given by Barbara C. Jordan at the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) Convention, about social welfare programs.
Date:
October 19, 1973
Creator:
Jordan, Barbara C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coalition for Purification
Text of a speech delivered by Barbara Jordan at the AFL-CIO convention in October of 1973 regarding the Nixon administration's opposition to welfare programs.
Date:
October 19, 1973
Creator:
Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coalition for Purification
Text of a speech delivered by Barbara Jordan at the AFL-CIO convention in October of 1973 regarding the Nixon administration's opposition to welfare programs.
Date:
October 19, 1973
Creator:
Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
System:
The Portal to Texas History