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[Membership certificate, William Blair Graham] (open access)

[Membership certificate, William Blair Graham]

A membership certificate for William Blair Graham certifying that he is a member of The Texas Society, Sons of the American Revolution, as a descendant of William Foster. The NSSAR seal is attached and the certificate is signed by NSSAR's President General and Secretary General and the TXSSAR State President and State Secretary.
Date: December 1, 2017
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, Arlington Chapter 7
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Albert Stone, August 1, 2017 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Albert Stone, August 1, 2017

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Albert Stone. Stone joined the Navy in April 1945. He completed boot camp at Great Lakes. From there he went to Gulfport, Mississippi for basic electronic training. In September 1945 he was shipped to Corpus Christi, Texas to train on naval aviation electronics and radar equipment. In June 1946 he was assigned to Operation CROSSROADS at Bikini Atoll in the South Pacific. His rank was AETM-3C, Aviation Electronics Technician Mate 3C. He was assigned to the USS Avery Island (AG-76), though was farmed out to a destroyer escort to fix and test all of their radio-controlled boats. He was discharged October 1946. He received a real estate license and a radio-telephone license and earned his pilot’s license with his G.I. Bill. He finished up at Duke University in 1950 with an electrical engineering degree. He worked for Savannah River Plant for DuPont Construction. He also worked on the Boemark Missile System, the Apollo program, the moon shots, and the Saturn V program.
Date: August 1, 2017
Creator: Stone, Albert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with George S. Nelson, September 1, 2017 (open access)

Oral History Interview with George S. Nelson, September 1, 2017

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with George S Nelson. Nelson joined the Navy in December of 1942. He served as a machinist mate aboard a merchant ship. They traveled to New Caledonia and boarded the USS President Adams (APA-19), then headed to Guadalcanal. There they helped the Army and Marines unload food supplies. Then they headed to Tulagi, where Nelson took over as port director. He describes his job responsibilities as director. He participated in the Battle of Okinawa. He then served as Motor Machinist Mate aboard the USS YMS-429, sweeping mines off the coast of Kyushu. Nelson provides details of that experience. He was discharged in July of 1946. He rejoined the Navy in October of 1946 and retired as Chief Permanent Engineman 1970.
Date: September 1, 2017
Creator: Nelson, George S
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with George Kempfe, April 1, 2017 (open access)

Oral History Interview with George Kempfe, April 1, 2017

The National Museum of the pacific War presents an oral interview with George Kempfe. Kempfe was working when the war started. He decided to join the Navy and trained for service aboard PT boats. After training, he was assigned to PT-372 in Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 27. Kempfe shares several anecdotes about PT operations in the Solomon Islands and the Philippines. When the war ended, Kempfe opted for discharge and mustered out of the Navy in late 1945.
Date: April 1, 2017
Creator: Kempfe, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Years 36 to 42: A History of the Northeastern Ohio Chapter Church and Synagogue Library Association (open access)

Years 36 to 42: A History of the Northeastern Ohio Chapter Church and Synagogue Library Association

A history of the Northeastern Ohio Chapter of the Church and Synagogue Library Association from 2011 through 2017, detailing past annual meetings and workshops, regional meetings, publications, members, and officers by year.
Date: 2017-11-01~
Creator: Church and Synagogue Library Association. Northeastern Ohio Chapter.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Membership certificate, William Blair Graham] (open access)

[Membership certificate, William Blair Graham]

A membership certificate for William Blair Graham certifying that he is a member of The Texas Society, Sons of the American Revolution, as a descendant of William Foster. The NSSAR seal is attached and the certificate is signed by NSSAR's President General and Secretary General and the TXSSAR State President and State Secretary.
Date: December 1, 2017
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, Arlington Chapter 7
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Traditional story about Ruunu and the Squirrel by Farngam Shilshi (open access)

Transcription: Traditional story about Ruunu and the Squirrel by Farngam Shilshi

Transcription of a retelling of Ruunu leh theipaa paomin (The Story of Ruunuu and the Squirrel), as narrated by Farngam Shilshi. Ruunu collects figs in the forest and meets a squirrel, who asks for a ride in the fig basket. The squirrel eats all the figs, leaving only the skins, and Ruunu curses
Date: September 1, 2017
Creator: Lamkang Literature and Education Committee
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Traditional story about the Boy and the Tiger (open access)

Transcription: Traditional story about the Boy and the Tiger

Transcription of a retelling of Buurling le humpii paa paomin (the Story of the Boy and the Tiger), as narrated by Kangten Shakhila. The elder brother's wife tells her husband to kill his younger brother. At first he just pretends to do so, and then he abandons his younger brother in a tree. There the younger brother meets a tiger who wants to eat fruit from the tree. The boy offers to feed the tiger but stabs him instead. [INCOMPLETE.]
Date: September 1, 2017
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Traditional story about She-frog and He-tiger (open access)

Transcription: Traditional story about She-frog and He-tiger

Transcription of a retelling of Uitxok nuu le humpii paa paomin (the Story of She-frog and He-tiger), as narrated by Rengting Shilshi. Monkeys lead a tiger to a she-frog, who threatens to eat the tiger. The tiger proposes that the two of them race, and that the winner eat the other. The frog rides on the tiger's tail and jumps off at the end, beating the tiger. The tiger proposes that they vomit to see who has eaten more meat. The tiger asks how it is that the frog vomits tiger fur, and she claims it is from all the tigers she has eaten. Frightened, the tiger flees. The story is collected during the LLEC workshop at Mantripantha Village.
Date: September 1, 2017
Creator: Shilshi, Rengting & Khular, Sumshot
System: The UNT Digital Library
Senior citizens are guests of honor during annual DART event (open access)

Senior citizens are guests of honor during annual DART event

News release about DART's annual senior health fair.
Date: May 1, 2017
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Programmatic Extraction of ‘Documents' from Web Archives (open access)

Programmatic Extraction of ‘Documents' from Web Archives

Data management plan for the grant "Programmatic Extraction of ‘Documents' from Web Archives." This research project seeks to evaluate the use of machine learning algorithms to successfully identify and extract publications contained in existing Web archives. Identifying these documents will empower libraries, archives, and museums to meet their curatorial missions.
Date: 2017-12-01/2020-11-30
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward & Caragea, Cornelia
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Pat Gulley, March 1, 2017

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Audio log for a recording of an interview with community activist Pat Gulley for the Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship Oral History Project. In the interview Gulley discusses her experiences with the black community and interracial interactions, involvement in the Denton Women's Interracial Fellowship, civil rights, and contemporary race relations.
Date: March 1, 2017
Creator: Huebner, Andrew & Gulley, Pat
System: The UNT Digital Library