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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 Alan Fouts, December 6, 2001 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Alan Fouts, December 6, 2001

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Alan Fouts. Fouts joined the Navy in 1939 and trained in San Diego. Upon completion of basic training, Fouts joined the USS Argonne (AG-31). Later, he was stationed at the submarine base at Pearl Harbor when the war started. He recalls witnessing the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor. He managed to get guns operational on the USS Widgeon (AM-22) before it got underway during the attack. Between the attacks, Fouts went alongside the USS Arizona (BB-39) and measured the holes in the hull. He continued serving as a diver at Noumea and Samoa in 1942-1943. He volunteered for submarine duty and was made five war patrols aboard the USS Pogy (SS- 266). Fouts tells several submarine stories. After the war, Fouts remained in the Navy for thirty years.
Date: December 6, 2001
Creator: Fouts, Alan
Object Type: Text
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
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
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
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
Titanium, Yearbook of Memorial High School, 2006 (open access)

Titanium, Yearbook of Memorial High School, 2006

Yearbook for Memorial High School in Port Arthur, Texas includes photographs of and information about the school, student body, teachers, and organizations.
Date: 2006
Creator: Memorial High School
Object Type: Yearbook
System: The Portal to Texas History
Titanium, Yearbook of Memorial High School, 2005 (open access)

Titanium, Yearbook of Memorial High School, 2005

Yearbook for Memorial High School in Port Arthur, Texas includes photographs of and information about the school, student body, teachers, and organizations.
Date: 2005
Creator: Memorial High School
Object Type: Yearbook
System: The Portal to Texas History
Titanium, Yearbook of Memorial High School, 2004 (open access)

Titanium, Yearbook of Memorial High School, 2004

Yearbook for Memorial High School in Port Arthur, Texas includes photographs of and information about the school, student body, teachers, and organizations.
Date: 2004
Creator: Memorial High School
Object Type: Yearbook
System: The Portal to Texas History
Titanium, Yearbook of Memorial High School, 2003 (open access)

Titanium, Yearbook of Memorial High School, 2003

Yearbook for Memorial High School in Port Arthur, Texas includes photographs of and information about the school, student body, teachers, and organizations.
Date: 2003
Creator: Memorial High School
Object Type: Yearbook
System: The Portal to Texas History
Catalog of Lamar University: 2006-2008, Graduate (open access)

Catalog of Lamar University: 2006-2008, Graduate

Catalog of courses offered by the Lamar University College of Graduate Studies for the years 2006-2008 as well as general information about the university, programs, and policies. It includes a blank admissions form; index starts on page 179.
Date: 2006
Creator: Lamar University. College of Graduate Studies.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Catalog of Lamar Institute of Technology, 2006-2007 (open access)

Catalog of Lamar Institute of Technology, 2006-2007

Catalog of courses offered by the Lamar Institute of Technology for the year 2006-2007, as well as general information about the university, programs, and policies. There is a blank admissions application and needs assessment questionnaire at the end of the book. Index starts on page 163.
Date: March 2006
Creator: Lamar Institute of Technology
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Catalog of Lamar Institute of Technology, 2002-2003 (open access)

Catalog of Lamar Institute of Technology, 2002-2003

Catalog of courses offered by the Lamar Institute of Technology for the year 2002-2003, as well as general information about the university, programs, and policies, along with an admissions form.
Date: March 2002
Creator: Lamar Institute of Technology
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Catalog of Lamar Institute of Technology, 2001-2002 (open access)

Catalog of Lamar Institute of Technology, 2001-2002

Catalog of courses offered by the Lamar Institute of Technology for the year 2001-2002, as well as general information about the university, programs, and policies, along with an admissions form.
Date: March 2001
Creator: Lamar Institute of Technology
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Catalog of Lamar Institute of Technology, 2000-2001 (open access)

Catalog of Lamar Institute of Technology, 2000-2001

Catalog of courses offered by the Lamar Institute of Technology for the year 2000-2001, as well as general information about the university, programs, and policies, along with an admissions form.
Date: March 2000
Creator: Lamar Institute of Technology
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Music Festivals research] (open access)

[Music Festivals research]

Research about music festivals in 2005 compiled for an article that was published in the December 2004 issue of Texas Highways magazine.
Date: 2004-12~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Day Trips from Houston in the Texas Forest Trail Region (open access)

Day Trips from Houston in the Texas Forest Trail Region

Research about towns in the Forest Trail region of Texas compiled for a Texas Highways article describing historic sites, museums, parks, and other attractions near each town.
Date: 2003~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Melody Maids of Beaumont (open access)

Melody Maids of Beaumont

Text for an article published in the November 2005 issue of Texas Highways magazine about the Melody Maids, a World War II-era choral group in Beaumont, Texas.
Date: November 14, 2005
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Jefferson County Trial] captions transcript

[News Clip: Jefferson County Trial]

B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: May 31, 2000
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Beaumont Plane Accident] captions transcript

[News Clip: Beaumont Plane Accident]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: September 21, 2003, 5:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Late Holocene Settlement in the Taylor Bayou Drainage Basin: Test Excavations at the Gaulding Site (41JF27), Jefferson County, Texas (open access)

Late Holocene Settlement in the Taylor Bayou Drainage Basin: Test Excavations at the Gaulding Site (41JF27), Jefferson County, Texas

Report on research, excavations, and testing performed at a dig site in the Sabine Lake Area. It outlines the long history of the site, cultural artifact analyses, and its geological and geographical significance.Included are six appendices containing the names of the field school participants and the group's data findings.
Date: 2002
Creator: Aten, Lawrence E. & Bollich, Charles N.
Object Type: Book
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
[Obituary for Kenneth L. Sampson] (open access)

[Obituary for Kenneth L. Sampson]

Pamphlet containing an obituary for Kenneth L. Sampson, died October 1 2001, with a photograph. The text of Psalm 121 is printed on the back.
Date: October 1, 2001
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Regional Outlook, 2002:  Southeast Texas Region (open access)

Texas Regional Outlook, 2002: Southeast Texas Region

Report on economic forecast and outlook for the Southeast Texas Region describing expected economic change for various industries, employment growth, and county-level analyses.
Date: May 2002
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History