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[Membership Certificate, Robert Walter Browning] (open access)

[Membership Certificate, Robert Walter Browning]

A Membership certificate for Robert Walter Browning certifying that he is a member of The Texas Society, Sons of the American Revolution, as a descendant of Joseph Manchester. 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: June 2, 2017
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, Arlington Chapter 7
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with John Rue, March 2, 2017 (open access)

Oral History Interview with John Rue, March 2, 2017

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with John Rue. Rue’s son-in-law Scott Gremillion assists with the interview. Upon high school graduation in 1941 Rue enlisted in the Coast Guard. He completed training at the Naval Station in Algiers, Louisiana, and then went to Miami, Florida where he was stationed on a light ship. From there he went to Fort Lauderdale where he guarded a German ship that was in port. From there he went on to Maryland to be trained as an electrician. His job on the ships was an assistant to both the electrician and the cook. His rank was Electrician 1st Class. For almost a year he escorted ships going to Russia and later escorted troops and supplies to the Panama Canal and throughout the North Pacific. He helped make the airfield at Guadalcanal and would escort troops from Iwo Jima to Guadalcanal. His ship made the invasion at Iwo Jima. He returned from the Pacific and was discharged in 1946. He carried on with his work and family.
Date: March 2, 2017
Creator: Rue, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcript for Blessings from the Thei-chik-tboor tree by Shekarnong Sankhil of Thamlapokpi (open access)

Transcript for Blessings from the Thei-chik-tboor tree by Shekarnong Sankhil of Thamlapokpi

Transcription of Thei chik tboor tun ki suu txhat nah (Blessings from the Thei-chik-tboor tree) as told by Shekarnong Sankhil. A young man, abandoned by his elder brother at the behest of his wife, befriends a young woman. He gifts his prospective parents-in-law with precious items he took from the tiger he killed. The young woman proves herself fit to be his wife by being the only person not to slip on a mat spread out at harvest time.
Date: September 2, 2017
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Linnie McAdams, March 2, 2017

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Audio log for a recording of an interview with Linnie McAdams, community activist, for the Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship Oral History Project. In the interview McAdams talks about the contemporary state of civil rights progress; involvement in the Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship; discrimination; poverty; Quakertown; continued community involvement; women’s rights; contemporary politics; and whiteness of black movies.
Date: March 2, 2017
Creator: Lacy, David & McAdams, Linnie
System: The UNT Digital Library