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Oral History Interview with Albert Donaldson, April 14, 2009 transcript

Oral History Interview with Albert Donaldson, April 14, 2009

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Albert Donaldson. Donaldson talks about how the Great Depression affected his family. He joined the Navy in 1944 and provides details of his training. He traveled aboard the USS Buckingham (APA-141). They traveled to Pearl Harbor, which he describes along with his responsibilities with work parties unloading and reloading ships. He assisted with trading out old ammunition for new ammunition. He was transferred to the John Rodgers Naval Air Station in Hawaii. He worked on the Martin Mars seaplanes, repairing and test flying them. He also flew C-54s and the J-3 Piper Cub and shares his experiences. He spent the remainder of his Navy career in Hawaii and was discharged in August of 1946 and joined the reserves. While in the service he made storekeeper 3rd class. In the 1950s he was commissioned into the Air Force.
Date: April 14, 2009
Creator: Donaldson, Albert
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Albert Donaldson, April 14, 2009 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Albert Donaldson, April 14, 2009

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Albert Donaldson. Donaldson talks about how the Great Depression affected his family. He joined the Navy in 1944 and provides details of his training. He traveled aboard the USS Buckingham (APA-141). They traveled to Pearl Harbor, which he describes along with his responsibilities with work parties unloading and reloading ships. He assisted with trading out old ammunition for new ammunition. He was transferred to the John Rodgers Naval Air Station in Hawaii. He worked on the Martin Mars seaplanes, repairing and test flying them. He also flew C-54s and the J-3 Piper Cub and shares his experiences. He spent the remainder of his Navy career in Hawaii and was discharged in August of 1946 and joined the reserves. While in the service he made storekeeper 3rd class. In the 1950s he was commissioned into the Air Force.
Date: April 14, 2009
Creator: Donaldson, Albert
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Southeast Texas, March 2009 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Southeast Texas, March 2009

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the Southeast Texas area.
Date: March 2009
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Arthur Macroni Radio Tower]

Photograph of Arthur Marconi Radio Tower at Lamar State College. On each side of the tower, there are cut out shapes in the form of "LS." Buildings and trees surround the tower; one building is identified as the Ruby Ruth Fuller Building. Guglielmo Marconi patented wireless telegraphy, and was a close friend of John W. Gates. Marconi personally built and installed the fifty feet tall antenna mounted on top of the 130 feet tall tower. The tower is part of the National Register of Historic Places, and Ruby Ruth Fuller Building is a Texas Historic Landmark.
Date: 2009
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gates Memorial Library]

Photograph of a building identified as Gates Memorial Library, a National Register Historic Place. There are columns in the front of the building. In the foreground, there is a round courtyard with four flower beds and four flag poles with the American flag, Texas flag, and two unknown. A bust on a cement slab and a street light are in the center.
Date: 2009
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Lamar State College]

Photograph of an exterior view of the Lamar State College theatre facilities. In front of the building, there are groups of people standing and walking on sidewalks. On the building above a set of doors, text says "Lamar Theater."
Date: 2009
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Lamar State College]

Photograph of Lamar State College campus. In the foreground, there is a round courtyard with four flower beds and four flag poles with the American flag, Texas flag, and two unknown. In the background, there are buildings and a radio tower; one building is identified as Ruby Ruth Fuller Building, a recorded Texas Historic Landmark, and the tower is named Marconi Radio Tower, a National Register Historic Place.
Date: 2009
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Titanium, Yearbook of Memorial High School, 2009 (open access)

Titanium, Yearbook of Memorial High School, 2009

Yearbook for Memorial High School in Port Arthur, Texas includes photographs of and information about the school, student body, teachers, and organizations.
Date: 2009
Creator: Memorial High School
Object Type: Yearbook
System: The Portal to Texas History
Port Arthur Independent School District: Food Services Review, August 2008 (open access)

Port Arthur Independent School District: Food Services Review, August 2008

This report reviews the management and performance of the Port Arthur Independent School District's (PAISD's) Food Services Operation.
Date: August 26, 2008
Creator: MGT of America, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Collected Papers from Past Texas Archeological Society Summer Field Schools (open access)

Collected Papers from Past Texas Archeological Society Summer Field Schools

Series of articles documenting four Texas Archeological Society Field Schools, describing each of the projects including the environment, cultural context, and archaeological findings.
Date: 2008
Creator: Perttula, Timothy K.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Titanium, Yearbook of Memorial High School, 2008 (open access)

Titanium, Yearbook of Memorial High School, 2008

Yearbook for Memorial High School in Port Arthur, Texas includes photographs of and information about the school, student body, teachers, and organizations.
Date: 2008
Creator: Memorial High School
Object Type: Yearbook
System: The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3634, Chapter 771 (open access)

80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3634, Chapter 771

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the name and powers of the Jefferson County Waterway and Navigation District.
Date: June 15, 2007
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

2007 Economic Census Map: Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area

Map showing the area of the Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data during the 2007 economic census.
Date: 2007
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2007 Economic Census Map: Chambers County, Texas - Economic Places

Map for Chambers County, Texas showing the boundaries of designated areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data during the 2002 and 2007 economic censuses.
Date: 2007
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2007 Economic Census Map: Hardin County, Texas - Economic Places

Map for Hardin County, Texas showing the boundaries of designated areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data during the 2002 and 2007 economic censuses.
Date: 2007
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2007 Economic Census Map: Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, Texas Combined Statistical Area

Map showing the area of the Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, Texas Combined Statistical Area for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data during the 2007 economic census.
Date: 2007
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2007 Economic Census Map: Jefferson County, Texas - Economic Places

Map for Jefferson County, Texas showing the boundaries of designated areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data during the 2002 and 2007 economic censuses.
Date: 2007
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2007 Economic Census Map: Liberty County, Texas - Economic Places

Map for Liberty County, Texas showing the boundaries of designated areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data during the 2002 and 2007 economic censuses.
Date: 2007
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2007 Economic Census Map: Orange County, Texas - Economic Places

Map for Orange County, Texas showing the boundaries of designated areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data during the 2002 and 2007 economic censuses.
Date: 2007
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Titanium, Yearbook of Memorial High School, 2007 (open access)

Titanium, Yearbook of Memorial High School, 2007

Yearbook for Memorial High School in Port Arthur, Texas includes photographs of and information about the school, student body, teachers, and organizations.
Date: 2007
Creator: Memorial High School
Object Type: Yearbook
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil Survey of Jefferson and Orange Counties, Texas (open access)

Soil Survey of Jefferson and Orange Counties, Texas

Text describes the area, climate, agricultural history and statistics, soil-survey methods and definitions, soils and crops, land uses and agricultural methods, irrigation, and morphology and genesis of soils of Jefferson and Orange Counties, Texas.
Date: June 2006
Creator: Crenwelge, Gerald
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

John J. French Museum, Beaumont

Photograph of the John J. French house museum in Beaumont. It is a two story wooden building.
Date: April 5, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum, Beaumont

Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum, Beaumont. Reenactment of the Spindletop Gusher with performers in period costumes. There she blows - a water cannon recreates the Spindletop gusher of January 10, 1901.
Date: April 4, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum, Beaumont

Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum, Beaumont. Reenactment of the Spindletop Gusher with performers in period costumes. There she blows - a water cannon recreates the Spindletop gusher of January 10, 1901.
Date: April 4, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History