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[Clipping: "Memorial to U.S. Servicewomen Dedication"] (open access)

[Clipping: "Memorial to U.S. Servicewomen Dedication"]

Newspaper clipping about female veterans visiting the newly built Women in Military Service for America Memorial.
Date: October 19, 1997
Creator: Associated Press
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Earl E. Ambrose, October 6, 2007

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Earl E. Ambrose, Korean War veteran, as part of the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. The interview includes Ambrose's personal experiences of childhood, basic training, volunteering for service in Korea, and attending Arlington State College using GI Bill benefits. Additionally, Ambrose discusses family experiences in military service, the decision to join the Marines, assignments to Quantico and Yorktown, Virginia, his brief combat experience and assignment to the Main Line of Resistance near the Imjin River, his discharge from the Marines, and his career with Bell Helicopter.
Date: October 6, 2007
Creator: Ball, Gregory & Ambrose, Earl E.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from John Ballator] (open access)

[Letter from John Ballator]

A letter from John Ballator to Carl B. Compton about upcoming exhibitions.
Date: October 17, 1943
Creator: Ballator, John
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ship's-Bottom Paint (open access)

Ship's-Bottom Paint

Patent for a paint specially made to protect the exterior of a ship, especially below the waterline.
Date: October 3, 1916
Creator: Brackin, Henry G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Eleanor Brown to Elaine, October 8, 2004] (open access)

[Letter from Eleanor Brown to Elaine, October 8, 2004]

Letter from Eleanor Brown to Elaine discussing her volunteer activities, recent travel, and other news.
Date: October 8, 2004
Creator: Brown, Eleanor McLernon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. M. Carruthers to D. W. Kempner, October 6, 1947] (open access)

[Letter from T. M. Carruthers to D. W. Kempner, October 6, 1947]

Letter from T. M. Carruthers to D. W. Kempner discussing the possibility of getting one Mr. Randolph a ticket to an upcoming game.
Date: October 6, 1947
Creator: Carruthers, T. M. & Weisiger, Cary N., Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fisheries Ecosystem Model of the Chesapeake Bay: Methodology, Parameterization, and Model Exploration (open access)

Fisheries Ecosystem Model of the Chesapeake Bay: Methodology, Parameterization, and Model Exploration

Report on the construction of a model to manage fisheries in the Chesapeake Bay region, to see how stocks affect the food web and provide quantified estimations. "This report describes an ecosystem model of the Chesapeake Bay, the Chesapeake Bay Fisheries Ecosystem Model (CBFEM), prepared using the Ecopath with Ecosim approach and software" (p. 5).
Date: October 2009
Creator: Christensen, Villy; Beattie, Alasdair; Buchanan, Claire; Ma, Hongguang; Martell, Steven J. D.; Latour, Robert J. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Hal Lamar, October 9, 1994

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Commander Hal Lamar, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences while serving as flag lieutenant and aide to Admiral Chester W. Nimitz during World War II. Lamar discusses Nimitz's personal and professional routines; comments about Admirals William ("Bull") Halsey and Raymond Spruance; the Roosevelt-Nimitz-MacArthur conference at Pearl Harbor from July to August of 1944; and the transfer of CINCPAC from Pearl Harbor to Guam.
Date: October 9, 1994
Creator: Christman, Calvin & Lamar, Hal
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Adanto D'Amore, October 8, 2005 transcript

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 (open access)

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
Preliminary Study of the Uranium Potential of the Dan River Triassic Basin System, North Carolina and Virginia (open access)

Preliminary Study of the Uranium Potential of the Dan River Triassic Basin System, North Carolina and Virginia

From summary: A preliminary geologic investigation was conducted to determine the uranium potential of the Triassic strata in the Dan River basin system (Dan River, Danville, and Davie County Triassic basins) of North Carolina and Virginia. The pre-Triassic Inner Piedmont basement rocks adjacent to the basins were investigated as potential sources of uranium. Outcrops of Triassic and basement rocks were examined and measured for surface radioactivity by scintillometer. Representative rock and saprolite samples were collected for laboratory analyses.
Date: October 1978
Creator: Dribus, John R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Preliminary Study of the Uranium Potential of the Dan River Triassic Basin System, North Carolina and Virginia, Plate 1.

Supplementary data containing sample locations and a geologic map of the Dan River-Danville Triassic Basin to accompany a report on uranium potential in North Carolina and Virginia.
Date: October 1978
Creator: Dribus, John R.
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library
Email chain from Hollins University regarding expanding inclusiveness on campus (open access)

Email chain from Hollins University regarding expanding inclusiveness on campus

Emails regarding creating programs for expanding inclusiveness on the campuses of Hollins University and Oklahoma City University.
Date: October 21, 2003
Creator: Edmonds, Kerry J.
Object Type: Text
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Invoice for Balance Due to Farmington Country Club, October 1952] (open access)

[Invoice for Balance Due to Farmington Country Club, October 1952]

Invoice for balance due to Farmington Country Club by Daniel W. Kempner, including $30.
Date: October 1, 1952
Creator: Farmington Country Club
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Farmington Country Club to Daniel W. Kempner, October 4, 1951] (open access)

[Letter from Farmington Country Club to Daniel W. Kempner, October 4, 1951]

Letter from Farmington Country Club to Daniel W. Kempner discussing a recent cancelation opening up an additional room for Mrs. Kempner and Mrs. Caroll's for their upcoming trip to Farmington.
Date: October 4, 1951
Creator: Farmington Country Club
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from The Galveston Kempners to Mr. and Mrs. Otto Marx, Jr., October 29, 1965] (open access)

[Telegram from The Galveston Kempners to Mr. and Mrs. Otto Marx, Jr., October 29, 1965]

Telegram sent by the Galveston Kempner family to Mr. and Mrs. Otto Marx Jr. sending them deepest sympathies and love.
Date: October 29, 1965
Creator: H. Kempner (Firm)
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from C.L. Hailey to Dr. Vernon Spence - October 1971] (open access)

[Letter from C.L. Hailey to Dr. Vernon Spence - October 1971]

Letter written to Dr. Vernon Spence at the University of Virginia from C.L. Hailey concerning the educational and political activities of Judge K.K. Legett.
Date: October 1971
Creator: Hailey, Clarence L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from W. F. Halsey to Mr. Daniel W. Kempner, October 17, 1949] (open access)

[Letter from W. F. Halsey to Mr. Daniel W. Kempner, October 17, 1949]

Letter from William F. Halsey to Daniel W. Kempner requesting another donation to the university.
Date: October 17, 1949
Creator: Halsey, William F.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from William F. Halsey to D. W. Kempner, October 21, 1947] (open access)

[Letter from William F. Halsey to D. W. Kempner, October 21, 1947]

Letter from William F. Halsey to D. W. Kempner inviting Kempner to the 1947 Development Fund Program. Pages 2 through 4 include an RSVP and schedule of events for the program.
Date: October 21, 1947
Creator: Halsey, William F.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Southern Railway Train #610] (open access)

[Southern Railway Train #610]

Clipping of a photograph of Southern Railway's train #610. In the background there are a building and a truck. The SR logo is visible on the front of the train. Written underneath the clipping are "[sic] Potomac Yard Alexandria Va Wednesday August 2nd 1978" and "Photo by Victor Hand - Oct 1978 'Trains' pg 24."
Date: October 1978
Creator: Hand, Victor
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from R. L. Harriss to I. H. Kempner, October 25, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from R. L. Harriss to I. H. Kempner, October 25, 1948]

Letter from R. L. Harriss to I. H. Kempner discussing Kempner's purchase of grapefruits for Dr. Francis P. Gaines and informing Kempner that the fruit can't be shipped until November due to the lateness in the maturity of the fruit that year.
Date: October 25, 1948
Creator: Harriss, R. L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John J. Herrera to Mr. and Mrs. William R. Childress - 1976-10-14] (open access)

[Letter from John J. Herrera to Mr. and Mrs. William R. Childress - 1976-10-14]

Onionskin paper carbon copy of letter from John J. Herrera to Mr. and Mrs. William R. Childress, dated October 14, 1976. In the letter, Herrera thanks the recipients for their hospitality.
Date: October 14, 1976
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Raymond F. Higgins, October 25, 1997 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Raymond F. Higgins, October 25, 1997

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Raymond F. Higgins. Higgins joined the Navy in February 1941 as a commissioned officer. He trained with the Marines at Quantico and then with the Medical Corps at Paris Island. He also trained in tropical and aviation medicine and learned to fly N3N's at Pensacola. Higgins was transferred to the U.S. Naval Hospital at Pearl Harbor. He then transferred to islands in the southwest Pacific. He was in Fleet Air Wing 101, a flight patrol squadron based out of Australia. He returned to the United States for leave in 1944. He then is assigned to the USS Ranger (CV-4) and leaves from San Diego to the sea for training. After V-J Day, the Ranger went to New Orleans and then Norfolk. He remained in service until 1947.
Date: October 25, 1997
Creator: Higgins, Raymond F.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. T. Hoffman, Jr. to I. H. Kempner, October 16, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from J. T. Hoffman, Jr. to I. H. Kempner, October 16, 1948]

Letter from J. T. Hoffman, Jr. to I. H. Kempner informing Kempner of an enclosed schedule of flights going to Lynchburg, Virginia.
Date: October 16, 1948
Creator: Hoffman, J. T., Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History