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Oral History Interview with BJ Austin, October 28, 2017
Interview with BJ Austin, a former KERA radio reporter in which she discusses her 40-year broadcast journalism career. She particularly comments on the treatment of women in the newsroom and her personal experiences.
Date:
October 28, 2017
Creator:
Austin, B. J.; Byers, Jade & Roe, Angela
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Edward S. Jones to Helen Snapp, October 31, 2010]
Letter from Edward S. Jones from the Department of the Air Force to Helen Snapp inviting Snapp to attend the HRDC workshop in Atlanta, Georgia.
Date:
October 13, 2010
Creator:
Jones, Edward S.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Living in the Woods in a Tree: Remembering Blaze Foley
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Living in the Woods in a Tree is an intimate glimpse into the turbulent life of Texas music legend Blaze Foley (1949--1989), seen through the eyes of Sybil Rosen, the woman for whom he wrote his most widely known song, “If I Could Only Fly." It captures the exuberance of their fleeting idyll in a tree house in the Georgia woods during the countercultural 1970s. Rosen offers a firsthand witnessing of Foley’s transformation from a reticent hippie musician to the enigmatic singer/songwriter who would live and die outside society's rules. While Foley's own performances are only recently being released, his songs have been covered by Merle Haggard, Lyle Lovett, and John Prine. When he first encountered “If I Could Only Fly," Merle Haggard called it “the best country song I've heard in fifteen years." In a work that is part-memoir, part-biography, Rosen struggles to finally come to terms with Foley's myth and her role in its creation. Her tracing of his impact on her life navigates a lovers' roadmap along the permeable boundary between life and death. A must-read for all Blaze Foley and Texas music fans, as well as romantics of all ages, Living in the Woods in a …
Date:
October 15, 2008
Creator:
Rosen, Sybil
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Arthur Hofstein, October 30, 2007
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Interview with Arthur Hofstein, a Army WWII veteran from Cambridge, Massachusetts. Hofstein discusses the lead up to war, being drafted, training to be a radio operator, departure for the European Theater, landing in France and first action at Mars-la-Tour, the Battle of the Bulge, German prisoners and civilians, advancing into Germany, the liberation of Dachau, letters, and life after the war. In appendix are various materials and photographs related to Hofstein and his service.
Date:
October 30, 2007
Creator:
Decoster, Charlotte & Hofstein, Arthur I.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Adanto D'Amore, October 8, 2005
Transcript of an oral interview with Dr. Adanto D'Amore. D'Amore describes his education briefly at Ohio State University where he graduated from medical school. Shortly thereafter, he joined the US Army Air Corps, where he examined candidates for jump school. He eventually was assigned as flight surgeon to the 19th Bomb Group and sent with them to Clark Field in the Philippines in October, 1941. After the Japanese invaded, D'Amore and elements of the 19th Bomb Group moved to Mindanao. After the surrender, D'Amore went with fellow prisoners of war to the Davao Internment Camp. Eventually, he was relocated to Cabanatuan where he spent 12 months before leaving aboard a hell ship for Omori Prison Camp in Japan. Upon being liberated after the war, D'Amore was sent to Okinawa, Manila and finally San Francisco. D'Amore also discusses the condition of the returning POWs.
Date:
October 8, 2005
Creator:
D'Amore, Dr. Adanto A. S.
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Adanto D'Amore, October 8, 2005
Transcript of an oral interview with Dr. Adanto D'Amore. D'Amore describes his education briefly at Ohio State University where he graduated from medical school. Shortly thereafter, he joined the US Army Air Corps, where he examined candidates for jump school. He eventually was assigned as flight surgeon to the 19th Bomb Group and sent with them to Clark Field in the Philippines in October, 1941. After the Japanese invaded, D'Amore and elements of the 19th Bomb Group moved to Mindanao. After the surrender, D'Amore went with fellow prisoners of war to the Davao Internment Camp. Eventually, he was relocated to Cabanatuan where he spent 12 months before leaving aboard a hell ship for Omori Prison Camp in Japan. Upon being liberated after the war, D'Amore was sent to Okinawa, Manila and finally San Francisco. D'Amore also discusses the condition of the returning POWs.
Date:
October 8, 2005
Creator:
D'Amore, Dr. Adanto A. S.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jeff C. Reed to Helen Snapp, October 12, 2000]
Letter from Jeff C. Reed, a technician at Fort Stewart Museum, to Helen Snapp discusses the museum's interest in conducting an oral history interview with Snapp.
Date:
October 12, 2000
Creator:
Reed, Jeff C.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Floyd Rose, October 26, 1998
Interview with Floyd Rose, a preacher and civil rights leader from Valdosta, Georgia. The interview includes Rose's personal experiences as a preacher outside of the church, former president of the NAACP, and civil rights leader. The interview also includes Rose discussing his views on discrimination, police brutality, and the internal politics of the church. He also discusses his relationship to his immediate family and the deaths of his wife and father.
Date:
October 26, 1998
Creator:
Boyd, R. Vernon & Rose, Floyd
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Floyd Rose, October 26, 1998
Interview with Floyd Rose, a preacher and civil rights leader from Valdosta, Georgia. The interview includes Rose's personal experiences as a preacher outside of the church, former president of the NAACP, and civil rights leader. The interview also includes Rose discussing his views on discrimination, police brutality, and the internal politics of the church. He also discusses his relationship to his immediate family and the deaths of his wife and father.
Date:
October 26, 1998
Creator:
Boyd, R. Vernon & Rose, Floyd
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Delta Sigma Theta Awards Gala at the 42nd national convention]
Video footage provided by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters shown during the Delta Sigma Theta Awards Gala. The footage shows an animated slideshow with photo slides of famous members of the sorority along with their names and city. A narrator speaks over the slideshow giving a brief description of the women's accomplishments. The women commonly serve their community in positions of education, politics, civil rights, and public service.
Date:
October 6, 1994
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Georgia Tornado]
B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
October 30, 1993, 6:00 p.m.
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Politics PKG]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 10 P.M.
Date:
October 20, 1992
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Texas Broilers: For Week Ending October 24, 1987
Weekly report of the Texas Agricultural Statistics Service on broiler chick numbers in Texas and compared with other states. It includes compiled statistics across six consecutive weeks, from the week ending September 19 to the week ending October 24, during 1986 and 1987 for broiler eggs set, chicks hatched, and chicks placed.
Date:
October 28, 1987
Creator:
Texas Agricultural Statistics Service
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Flying fillies once occupied Liberty Field]
Newspaper clipping of an article about members of WASP who were stationed at Liberty Field in Fort Stewart, Georgia during WWII. The article includes more details about Fort Stewart, and a photograph of Helen Snapp, Margery Moore, Bertha Mary Clifford, and Viola Thompson in flight jumpsuits, walking away from a small plane. The clipping includes other articles about the Fort Stewart and Hinesville, Georgia area, as well as local advertisements.
Date:
October 23, 1987
Creator:
Owens, Dianne
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Broilers: For Week Ending October 17, 1987
Weekly report of the Texas Agricultural Statistics Service on broiler chick numbers in Texas and compared with other states. It includes compiled statistics across six consecutive weeks, from the week ending September 12 to the week ending October 17, during 1986 and 1987 for broiler eggs set, chicks hatched, and chicks placed.
Date:
October 21, 1987
Creator:
Texas Agricultural Statistics Service
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Broilers: For Week Ending October 10, 1987
Weekly report of the Texas Agricultural Statistics Service on broiler chick numbers in Texas and compared with other states. It includes compiled statistics across six consecutive weeks, from the week ending September 5 to the week ending October 5, during 1986 and 1987 for broiler eggs set, chicks hatched, and chicks placed.
Date:
October 14, 1987
Creator:
Texas Agricultural Statistics Service
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Broilers: For Week Ending October 3, 1987
Weekly report of the Texas Agricultural Statistics Service on broiler chick numbers in Texas and compared with other states. It includes compiled statistics across six consecutive weeks, from the week ending August 29 to the week ending October 3, during 1986 and 1987 for broiler eggs set, chicks hatched, and chicks placed.
Date:
October 7, 1987
Creator:
Texas Agricultural Statistics Service
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0262.0201]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Dr. Alan R. Hinman"
Date:
October 27, 1986
Creator:
Southerland, Paul
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Base Flow of Streams in the Outcrop Area of Southeastern Sand Aquifer: South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi
From purpose and scope: The purpose of this study are to derive base flow estimates for representative parts of the Cretaceous and Tertiary clastic outcrop area as an aid in estimating recharge to the sand aquifers; to use base flow relations to estimate aquifer hydraulic parameters; and to relate the lithology of the aquifer to the streamflow duration curves.
Date:
October 1983
Creator:
Stricker, Virginia A.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Photograph 2012.201.B1289.0310]
Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Senior engineer Don Timmerman checks the light level from new energy efficient high-pressure sodium lamps in Western Electric's Atlanta plant. The firm estimates the lamps will save 2.2 million kilowatt hours per year, trimming the light bill by $91,000 at the plant."
Date:
October 7, 1980
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B1333.0352]
Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "White-water rapids of the Chattooga River in northern Geogia forced Jon Voight to become a conoeing expert while Warner Bros. ' "Deliverance," produced and directed by John Boorman and also starring Burt Reyolds."
Date:
October 29, 1972
Creator:
Warner Bros.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[News Script: Builders suit]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Georgia filing a suit against the builders of a jail.
Date:
October 20, 1972, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Clifford and Zeke to T. N. Carswell - October 7, 1972]
A letter written to Norwood [T. N. Carswell] from Clifford and Zeke, dated October 7, 1972. Clifford and Zeke express their appreciation for hearing from Carswell that morning and advise that Iverson will answer Carswell's letter regarding the cemetery plots. They discuss their failing eye sight and their health, in general, wishing Carswell lived across the street for company for them since they no longer drive noting all of Zeke's family has passed away.
Date:
October 7, 1972
Creator:
Clifford and Zeke
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Iverson H. Huxford to T. N. Carswell - October 7, 1972]
A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas from Iverson H. Huxford, Editor and Publisher, The Clinch County News, Homerville, Georgia, dated October 7, 1972. Huxford acknowledges his receipt of Carswell's letter which was written to Uncle Zeke and verifies the inquiry made by Carswell regarding the availability of the two spaces next to his mother's grave. He discusses Uncle Zeke's eyesight and advises of the help he gives to him with correspondence, checks and book work. He advises that Uncle Zeke and Dee want to convey their regards to Carswell, their old friend.
Date:
October 7, 1972
Creator:
Huxford, Iverson H.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History