[Letter from Betty Jane Williams to Maxine Flournoy, February 23, 2001] (open access)

[Letter from Betty Jane Williams to Maxine Flournoy, February 23, 2001]

Letter from Betty Jane Williams to WASP President Maxine Flournoy discussing the decision to pay Mildred Carter's expenses to attend the WASP's next national conference. During WWII, Carter had applied to join the WASP but was denied because the government excluded African-American women from serving in the program. Williams disagrees with the action taken at the October business meeting and urges the WASP to rescind their offer to pay Carter's expenses.
Date: February 23, 2001
Creator: Williams, Betty Jane
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with W. R. Barker, April 25, 2001 (open access)

Oral History Interview with W. R. Barker, April 25, 2001

Interview with W. R. Barker, a veteran who served as a combat engineer with the U.S. Army in the South Pacific during World War II. The transcript includes a conversation with Barker as he talks freely about his time in basic training at Camp Cook, when Bob Hope visited jungle training in Hawaii, and interactions between U.S. soldiers and the native islanders. He also discusses the Marines mission on Pelilu Island and meeting his brother in the Philippines.
Date: February 23, 2003
Creator: Amador, Yacel & Barker, W. R.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Acencion Fernandez, February 19, 2005 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Acencion Fernandez, February 19, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Acencion Fernandez. Fernandez, a Texas farm boy born in 1924, was drafted when he was 18 years old. He was based in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was assigned to the USS LCI-80 where he served as a loader on a 40-inch gun. At the Mariana Islands of Saipan and Tinian and at Iwo Jima, he was involved in strafing the beaches to enable Marines to land. Later his LCI landed Marines on Okinawa. He briefly mentions the presence of Navajo code talkers on the ship.
Date: February 19, 2005
Creator: Fernandez, Acencion
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Acencion Fernandez, February 19, 2005 transcript

Oral History Interview with Acencion Fernandez, February 19, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Acencion Fernandez. Fernandez, a Texas farm boy born in 1924, was drafted when he was 18 years old. He was based in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was assigned to the USS LCI-80 where he served as a loader on a 40-inch gun. At the Mariana Islands of Saipan and Tinian and at Iwo Jima, he was involved in strafing the beaches to enable Marines to land. Later his LCI landed Marines on Okinawa. He briefly mentions the presence of Navajo code talkers on the ship.
Date: February 19, 2005
Creator: Fernandez, Acencion
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Funeral Program for Irene Barnett Williams (open access)

Funeral Program for Irene Barnett Williams

Funeral Program for Irene Barnett Williams.
Date: February 19, 2004
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Funeral Program for Irene Barnett Williams (open access)

Funeral Program for Irene Barnett Williams

Funeral Program for Irene Barnett Williams.
Date: February 19, 2004
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Aeronautics Star, Special Edition National Engineers Week 2003 (open access)

Aeronautics Star, Special Edition National Engineers Week 2003

Special issue of a bimonthly newsletter published for employees of the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Division containing news and advertising events for National Engineers Week.
Date: February 2003
Creator: Lockheed Martin Astronautics Corporation
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aeronautics Star, Special Edition National Engineers Week 2004 (open access)

Aeronautics Star, Special Edition National Engineers Week 2004

Special issue of a bimonthly newsletter published for employees of the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Division containing news and advertising events for National Engineers Week.
Date: February 2004
Creator: Lockheed Martin Astronautics Corporation
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Lou Meyers Cabaret "Jazz Storyteller" performance clip and news spot] captions transcript

[Lou Meyers Cabaret "Jazz Storyteller" performance clip and news spot]

Video footage provided by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters of a news spot on Lou Meyers cabaret performances. The footage shows a reporter speaking outside a venue about actor Lou Meyers performing cabaret on the side paired with clips of him singing at multiple places in California. The clip focuses on a primary performance at an unknown venue.
Date: February 2001
Creator: Meyers, Lou
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library