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[Memorandum of Meeting: Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, June 9, 2005] (open access)

[Memorandum of Meeting: Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, June 9, 2005]

Memorandum of meeting with Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R)-Texas regarding Dyess AFB and other Texas bases.
Date: June 9, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Minutes for the TXSSAR Board of Managers Meeting: October 25, 2008] (open access)

[Minutes for the TXSSAR Board of Managers Meeting: October 25, 2008]

Minutes from a meeting of the TXSSAR Board of Managers, held from October 25, 2008, at the Hilton Garden Inn, Temple, Texas, including a summary of activities and business discussed. The meeting was called to order by President Harry Fife in the Salon C & D in the Hilton Garden Inn.
Date: October 2008
Creator: Sons of the American Revolution. Texas Society.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Minutes of the TXSSAR Board of Managers Meeting: October 25-26, 2008] (open access)

[Minutes of the TXSSAR Board of Managers Meeting: October 25-26, 2008]

Minutes of the Texas Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (TXSSAR) Board of Managers meeting covering the general sessions, held October 25-26, 2008 at the Hilton Garden Inn, in Temple, Texas. It includes information about the committees and business covered by the attending members.
Date: 2008-10-25/2008-10-26
Creator: Pugh, Don
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Certificate Awarded to Hester Beck Willis] (open access)

[Certificate Awarded to Hester Beck Willis]

Certificate awarded to Hester Beck Willis for 25 years of membership in the Daughters of the Republic of Texas. It reads: "Twenty-Five Years of Continuous Membership. This Certifies that Hester Beck Willis #012499 is a member of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, having been admitted to membership on January 11, 1984. In Witness Whereof the President General and Senior Members Committee Chair subscribe their names and have caused the seal of the Association to be hereunto affixed at Killeen, Texas this 16th day of May AD 2009."
Date: May 16, 2009
Creator: Daughters of the Republic of Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Thornton Secor, September 27, 2000 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Thornton Secor, September 27, 2000

Interview with Thornton Secor, grandson of a prominent local doctor, from Kerrville, Texas. Thornton talks about how his grandfather ended up in the area and his various contributions to Kerrville, such as building the town's first hospital and establishing a tourist campsite. Thornton also briefly mentions the flood of 1932, and rainfall in the area.
Date: September 27, 2000
Creator: Snodgrass, Clarabelle; Bethel, Ann & Secor, Thornton
System: The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Grace Putnam Jones, 43-W-7] (open access)

[WASP Grace Putnam Jones, 43-W-7]

Printed obituary for Grace Rosanky Putnam Jones, a WASP from class 43-W-7 who had a popular fashion store in Salado, Texas. Pictures of the inside and outside of the store can be seen included.
Date: February 16, 2008
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Twinkle! Twinkle!: From Amarillo to Tyler, holiday lights parks bring out the child in everyone. (open access)

Twinkle! Twinkle!: From Amarillo to Tyler, holiday lights parks bring out the child in everyone.

Text for an article about drive-through holiday lights parks that was published in the December 2000 issue of Texas Highways magazine.
Date: December 2000
Creator: Mallory, Randy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Locomotion: Romancing the rails at Texas train museums, or Two Longs and a Short: Highballin' it through Texas train museums!, or Two Longs and a Short: Museums toot the whistle of railroading's colorful past. (open access)

Locomotion: Romancing the rails at Texas train museums, or Two Longs and a Short: Highballin' it through Texas train museums!, or Two Longs and a Short: Museums toot the whistle of railroading's colorful past.

Draft of an article about train museums across Texas that was published in the February 2001 issue of Texas Highways magazine.
Date: 2001-02~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Remembering railroads (open access)

Remembering railroads

Text about railroad museums across Texas that was published in the "When..." section of a February 2001 Texas Highways magazine article.
Date: 2001-02~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Holiday Lights Galore (open access)

Holiday Lights Galore

Text about drive-through holiday light parks that was published in the "When..." section of a December 2000 Texas Highways magazine article.
Date: 2000-12~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Epiphany on the Prairie: A Whirlwind Tour of Dinosaurs, Downtowns, and Heavenly Delights (open access)

Epiphany on the Prairie: A Whirlwind Tour of Dinosaurs, Downtowns, and Heavenly Delights

Text for an article about the areas between between Tyler and Dallas, Texas that was published in the September 2000 issue of Texas Highways magazine.
Date: 2000-09~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Abelino Alviar, March 14, 2003 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Abelino Alviar, March 14, 2003

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Abelino Alviar. Alviar joined the Army in May of 1944. In early 1945, he joined the 778th Anti-aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. They deployed to Le Havre, France, and traveled to Munich, Germany, arriving after the Battle of the Ardennes. Alviar provided guard duty, and served as a gunner on the half-track supporting the 1st Infantry Division as they fought into Germany. He also worked as a translator and helped transport supplies to the front line. He returned home and was discharged in May of 1946.
Date: March 14, 2003
Creator: Alviar, Abelino
System: The Portal to Texas History