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[Transcript of Letter from Stephen F. Austin to James Perry, November 15, 1831] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from Stephen F. Austin to James Perry, November 15, 1831]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Stephen F. Austin to James Perry, on November 15, 1831, discussing his health and land matters in Texas.
Date: November 15, 1831
Creator: Austin, Stephen F.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to Care, November 15, 1952] (open access)

[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to Care, November 15, 1952]

Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to Care informing about enclosing a New York Exchange covering charges for sending an all meat package to Mr. R. L. Steele.
Date: November 15, 1952
Creator: Blackshear, A. H., Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to Overseas Associates, Inc., November 15, 1952] (open access)

[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to Overseas Associates, Inc., November 15, 1952]

Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to Overseas Associates, Inc. informing about enclosing a New York Exchange covering charges for Wiltshire Hans sent to Mr. R. L. Steele.
Date: November 15, 1952
Creator: Blackshear, A. H., Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr.  to Roma Lipowska, November 15, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to Roma Lipowska, November 15, 1954]

Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to the Pekao Trading Corporation enclosing a check for Roma Lipowska.
Date: November 15, 1954
Creator: Blackshear, A. H., Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Scouting, Volume 2, Number 14, November 15, 1914 (open access)

Scouting, Volume 2, Number 14, November 15, 1914

Semi-monthly publication of the Boy Scouts of America, written for Boy Scout leaders, officials, and others interested in the work of the Scouts. It includes articles about events and activities, updates from the national headquarters, topical columns and essays, and news from various chapters nationwide.
Date: November 15, 1914
Creator: Boy Scouts of America
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Scouting, Volume 3, Number 14, November 15, 1915 (open access)

Scouting, Volume 3, Number 14, November 15, 1915

Semi-monthly publication of the Boy Scouts of America, written for Boy Scout leaders, officials, and others interested in the work of the Scouts. It includes articles about events and activities, updates from the national headquarters, topical columns and essays, and news from various chapters nationwide.
Date: November 15, 1915
Creator: Boy Scouts of America
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Scouting, Volume 4, Number 14, November 15, 1916 (open access)

Scouting, Volume 4, Number 14, November 15, 1916

Semi-monthly publication of the Boy Scouts of America, written for Boy Scout leaders, officials, and others interested in the work of the Scouts. It includes articles about events and activities, updates from the national headquarters, topical columns and essays, and news from various chapters nationwide.
Date: November 15, 1916
Creator: Boy Scouts of America
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Scouting, Volume 5, Number 14, November 15, 1917 (open access)

Scouting, Volume 5, Number 14, November 15, 1917

Semi-monthly publication of the Boy Scouts of America, written for Boy Scout leaders, officials, and others interested in the work of the Scouts. It includes articles about events and activities, updates from the national headquarters, topical columns and essays, and news from various chapters nationwide.
Date: November 15, 1917
Creator: Boy Scouts of America
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Alex Bradford to William J. Moses - November 15, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Alex Bradford to William J. Moses - November 15, 1943]

Letter from Alex Bradford to William J. Moses acknowledging the receipt of Mr. Moses' previous letters and apologizing for the delayed response due to the constant traveling throughout Asia and Africa. Mr. Bradford provides a brief update on his family and their locations. Finally, after giving a brief update on his current appointed position asks about Mr. Moses' life.
Date: November 15, 1943
Creator: Bradford, Alex
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Travel Agent Appointment Agreement between Byron Breen, Alcoa Steamship Company, Inc. and T. N. Carswell, Carswell Agency] (open access)

[Travel Agent Appointment Agreement between Byron Breen, Alcoa Steamship Company, Inc. and T. N. Carswell, Carswell Agency]

A travel agent appointment agreement between The Alcoa Steamship Company, Inc., 17 Battery Place, New York 4, N. Y., signed by Byron Breen and Carswell Agency, Abilene, Texas, signed by T. N. Carswell, dated November 15, 1949. Signed by J. B. Dalton, witness. The reverse side includes received stamp: ALCOA S. S. RECEIVED NOV 18 1949 Pass. Dept.
Date: November 15, 1949
Creator: Breen, Byron
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Richard Bennett, November 15, 2001 transcript

Oral History Interview with Richard Bennett, November 15, 2001

Interview with Richard (Dick) Bennett, a pilot during World War II. He discusses his enlistment in the Army Air Corps, basic training and flight school. He then went to a base in South Carolina to learn to fly B-25s. At Fort Myers, Florida he flew B-26 bombers and trained to fly them off of aircraft carriers so they could drop torpedos on the Japanese fleet during naval battles. He traveled across the Pacific to Brisbane only to be told that they didn't have B-26s for the crews; the colonel there knew nothing about the plan to launch B-26s from aircraft carriers, so they were sent to New Guinea to fly B-17s and supplement the crews for those bombers. From there they made bombing runs or "Washing Machine Charlie"-type runs to keep people awake at night on various Japanese targets in the islands, particularly the base at Rabaul. In fall of 1943, the Army grounded the B-17s due to the damage they had incurred and replaced them with B-24s. The men received manuals and were given only a few days to familiarize themselves with the new planes. They were then sent on bombing runs. He finished his tour of duty at …
Date: November 15, 2001
Creator: Cox, Floyd & Bennett, Richard
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Adina to Mary] November 15th, 1900 (open access)

[Letter from Adina to Mary] November 15th, 1900

A secret letter from Adina to her sister, Mary, including information on family history.
Date: November 15, 1900
Creator: De Zavala, Adina, 1861-1955
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Friends of the Jewish Newsletter, Inc., November 15, 1956] (open access)

[Letter from Friends of the Jewish Newsletter, Inc., November 15, 1956]

Letter from Friends of the Jewish Newsletter, Inc. providing an annual report about the Newsletter and requesting comment. The annual report, a membership card, and a pre-addressed envelope are attached.
Date: November 15, 1956
Creator: Friends of the Jewish Newsletter, Incorporated
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Industrial Enterprise Inc. - November 15, 1958] (open access)

[Letter from Industrial Enterprise Inc. - November 15, 1958]

Letter from Industrial Enterprises Inc. discussing it's merging and creation of four new divisions, and states their amount of net sales comparable to 1957. The letter examines the specific factors that effected the amount of sales, as well as announces a stock dividend of 3% to stockholders. Information about arrangements and order cards regarding stock shares is included.
Date: November 15, 1958
Creator: Industrial Enterprises, Inc.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Bertha Rosenzweig, November 15, 1979 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Bertha Rosenzweig, November 15, 1979

Interview with Bertha Rosenzweig, co-founder of Tex-Glass, Inc. in Decatur, Texas. The interview includes Rosenzweig's personal experiences about her education in New York, and having a teaching career. Rosenzweig talks about her family background, her knowledge of her husband's family background and his life in Europe during the Hitler era, his technical training, work in glass factories, starting his own glass factory in Vienna, fleeing Nazis and migrating to Greece, the Jewish underground in Central Europe, fleeing to Egypt, Palestine, and his migration to the U.S. Additionally, Rosenzweig talks about their meeting and marriage, work in Canada and Mexico, opening a glass factory in Athens, Texas, moving to Decatur, employee relations, products and the production process, the distribution system, financing methods, her managing the business, sale of the business, and reparations from the Austrian government.
Date: November 15, 1979
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd & Rosenzweig, Bertha
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Bertha Rosenzweig, November 15, 1979 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Bertha Rosenzweig, November 15, 1979

Interview with Bertha (Mrs. Herman) Rosenzweig concerning her experiences as co-founder (with her husband, Herman, deceased) of Tex Glass, Inc. in Decatur, Texas. Rosenzweig discusses her family background, her education in Brooklyn, N.Y., and her teaching career. She also speaks of her husband's family background and his life in Europe during the Hitler era, her husband's technical training and his work in glass factories, starting his own glass factory in Vienna, fleeing the Nazis and migrating to Greece, working for the underground getting Jews out of Central Europe, fleeing to Egypt and Palestine, and migrating to the United States. Rosenzweig also talks of meeting her husband and their marriage, working in Canada and Mexico, opening a glass factory in Athens, Texas, their move to Decatur, as well as their employee relations, products and the production process, the distribution system, financing methods, her managing the business, the sale of the business, and reparations from the Austrian government.
Date: November 15, 1979
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd Harold & Rosenzweig, Bertha
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: MTV #5] captions transcript

[News Clip: MTV #5]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: November 15, 1985
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, November 15, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, November 15, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes, probably to her parents, discussing the recent Army-Navy game, her divorce, her grandfather's health, an offer from Jacqueline Cochran to serve in another country's air force when the WASP is disbanded, and difficulties collecting a P-63 from its factory.
Date: November 15, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, November 15, 1946]

Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing recent news about friends and family. The postcard features "Festival of St. Roche" by E. Debat-Ponsan as it appears at the Tudor Hotel in New York.
Date: November 15, 1946
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Lee Guth, November 15, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Lee Guth, November 15, 1955]

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Lee Guth of the Continental American Travel Agency, New York, confirming an eastbound reservation on the Liberte, providing the name of a maid who will also travel with them, and enclosing information about the car the party will be bringing along.
Date: November 15, 1955
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Roland Irvine, November 15, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Roland Irvine, November 15, 1954]

Letter from D. W. Kempner to Roland Irvine discussing about a letter of credit, expenses in Europe. Mentions to inform Percy that Mr. D. W. Kempner was close behind him in Switzerland and Paris.
Date: November 15, 1954
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to The Henri Stern Watch Agency, Inc., November 15, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from D. W. Kempner to The Henri Stern Watch Agency, Inc., November 15, 1954]

Letter from D. W. Kempner to The Henri Stern Watch Agency, Inc. discussing about an appraisal for insurance purposes for platinum watch case and separately of the Patek, Philippe & Co.'s works in the case.
Date: November 15, 1954
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Alamo Fruit Distributors, Ltd., November 15, 1951] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Alamo Fruit Distributors, Ltd., November 15, 1951]

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Alamo Fruit Distributors, Ltd. enclosing a check and requesting that a shipment of pink and white grapefruit be sent to Mrs. D. W. Kempner in Galveston, Texas and to Mrs. Oakleigh L. Thorne in New York, New York.
Date: November 15, 1951
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Black, Starr & Gorham, November 15, 1951] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Black, Starr & Gorham, November 15, 1951]

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Black, Starr & Gorham Inc. expressing displeasure with how his Christmas card order has been handled by Black, Starr & Gorham Inc. and reiterating the greeting he would like on his Christmas cards.
Date: November 15, 1951
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History