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Tradurre - Tradire

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Recording of Frank Corcoran's Tradurre - Tradire. This is a work for electroacoustics that includes German spoken word. It also includes sounds of screaming and whispering.
Date: 2004
Creator: Corcoran, Frank
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Roscoe Corder, February 27, 2004 transcript

Oral History Interview with Roscoe Corder, February 27, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Roscoe Corder. Corder joined the Army in March of 1940. He completed Officer Candidate School and Parachute School. He served with the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment. In late 1943, Corder participated in the New Guinea Campaign. In February of 1945, he served in the Battle of Corregidor. He was discharged in June of 1946.
Date: February 27, 2004
Creator: Corder, Roscoe
System: The Portal to Texas History

Faculty Recital: 2004-09-21 - Faculty Chamber Music

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Recital performed at UNT Murchison Performing Arts Center, Winspear Hall on September 21, 2004 at 8:00 pm.
Date: September 21, 2004
Creator: Corporon, Eugene
System: The UNT Digital Library

Time.mass.velocity

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Recording of Benoît Courribet's Time.mass.velocity. This is a work for electronics that includes 7 untitled movements.
Date: 2004/2005
Creator: Courribet, Benoît
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Lewis R. Hopkins, January 15, 2004 transcript

Oral History Interview with Lewis R. Hopkins, January 15, 2004

Interview with Lewis R. Hopkins, a pilot during World War II. He describes growing up on a farm in Georgia, going to college at Berry, and working for Sears, Roebuck, and the Royal Typewriter Company before joining the U. S. Navy. He tells an anecdote about joining the navy so he could go to New York to see the World's Fair, since he had heard the Atlanta Reserve would be making a trip to the Fair. He began flight training in Florida in December 1940, finished the next September, then drove cross-country to San Francisco after the Pearl Harbor attack. He eventually joined the USS Enterprise in April 1942 and saw the B-25 bombers in the Doolittle Raid take off. He was part of Bombing Squadron Six and trained under Commander Best to learn how to do scouting flights, navigation, and dive bombing. He then describes his participation in the Battle of Midway, the hours before take-off, his first view of the Japanese fleet, and his bombing mission. He was later assigned to the USS Hornet and had to fly off to a little island so that planes from the USS Wasp could land on the Hornet after their ship …
Date: January 15, 2004
Creator: Cox, Floyd & Hopkins, Lewis R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James F. Sansom, October 8, 2004 transcript

Oral History Interview with James F. Sansom, October 8, 2004

Interview with James F. Sansom, an officer in the U. S. Army during World War II. Sansom joined the Army in 1940 and began training on anti-aircraft guns in Florida. He was selected for Officer Candidate School (OCS) and was commissioned a second lieutenant in 1942. He was assigned to the 843rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Air Warning Battalion, which made its way to India via the Panama Canal and Australia. Shortly after reaching Calcutta, the unit moved to Myitkyina, Burma. After the war, Sansom was assigned to Sagumo Prison outside Tokyo where Japanese war criminals were being held while on trial for war crimes. He describes some of the routines and residents in the prison. Sansom taught Hideki Tojo how to play card games like gin rummy. Sansom also describes the process of executing convicted prisoners as he carried out some sentences. In all, he executed nine convicted war criminals.
Date: October 8, 2004
Creator: Cox, Floyd & Sansom, James F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Alan W. Saunders, October 8, 2004 transcript

Oral History Interview with Alan W. Saunders, October 8, 2004

Interview with Alan W. "Buck" Saunders, a pilot during World War II. He discusses joining the Army Air Corps, becoming an airplane mechanic, and going to flight school for pilot training. He was stationed in India and flew supplies into China over the Himalayas (known by pilots as "the Hump"). In China, he traded items such as jewelry or opium for information on Japanese troop placements in Burma. He also discusses his meetings with native Burmese and talks about later experiences he had after the war and during the Vietnam War.
Date: October 8, 2004
Creator: Cox, Floyd & Saunders, Alan W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Come to the Waters transcript

Come to the Waters

Lecture given Saturday, June 26, 2004 at Abilene Christian University
Date: June 26, 2004
Creator: Cox, Monte
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with John Andrews, March 26, 2004 transcript

Oral History Interview with John Andrews, March 26, 2004

Interview with John Andrews, a veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps from Kentwood, Louisiana. It includes a list of questions regarding Andrews's training and service in World War II as a B-29 command pilot and flight instructor throughout the United States.
Date: March 26, 2004
Creator: Coy, Larisa L. & Andrews, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Raymond Barajas, April 18, 2004 transcript

Oral History Interview with Raymond Barajas, April 18, 2004

Interview with Raymond Barajas, an infantry veteran of the U.S. Army who was discharged after a training accident in 1943. It includes a list of questions, which focus on Barajas's time in training, his subsequent injury, and impressions of his time in the service and war in general.
Date: April 18, 2004
Creator: Coy, Larisa L. & Barajas, Raymond
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Alfonso Nava, March 26, 2004 transcript

Oral History Interview with Alfonso Nava, March 26, 2004

Interview with Alfonso Nava, a technical sergeant in the US Army during WWII. He answers questions about his decision to enlist and his experiences in the military.
Date: March 26, 2004
Creator: Coy, Marisa E. & Nava, Alfonso
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with R. C. Nieto, April 9, 2004 transcript

Oral History Interview with R. C. Nieto, April 9, 2004

Interview with R. C. Nieto, a combat engineer in the US Army during WWII and the Korean War. He answers questions about his life before the military and his experiences overseas.
Date: April 9, 2004
Creator: Coy, Marisa E. & Nieto, R. C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Roy Crawford, September 19, 2004 transcript

Oral History Interview with Roy Crawford, September 19, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Roy Crawford. Crawford joined the Navy in January of 1944. He completed Radar Operator School, and served aboard the USS Richard P. Leary (DD-664) beginning late February. He worked as a radarman and engineers’ yeoman. They traveled to Pearl Harbor and in July provided escort duty to Eniwetok and Saipan. In September they supported landings at Peleliu, and at Leyte in October. They launched torpedoes at the Japanese battleship Yamashiro during the 25 October Battle of Surigao Strait, and rescued survivors from the USS Albert W. Grant (DD-649). Crawford recalls a kamikaze attack to the ship. They supplied gunfire support for the landings at Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Upon arriving at Adak, Alaska in August they learned that Japan had surrendered. They returned to the US in September of 1945. Crawford was discharged in March of 1946.
Date: September 19, 2004
Creator: Crawford, Roy
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Barry Crites, September 4, 2004 transcript

Oral History Interview with Barry Crites, September 4, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Barry Crites. Crites was born in Osage City, Kansas on 7 July 1928. After completing high school, he joined the Marine Corps in February 1946. Following boot camp in San Diego, he was sent to Camp Pendleton as part of the 104th replacement draft. He embarked on the troopship USS General J. C. Breckenridge (AP-176) in June 1946 and sailed to Tsingtao, China. He provides a description of his experiences during the transit. He says that Tsingtao was the headquarters of the Sixth Marine Division which was soon disbanded, and he was assigned to the First Division as a sales clerk at the local Post Exchange in Chinwangtao, China. Crites provides several anecdotes from his experiences in Tsingtao and Chinwangtao. He returned to the United States in January 1947 and was discharged at El Toro Marine Corps Air Station in California.
Date: September 4, 2004
Creator: Crites, Barry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with George Cross, January 23, 2004 transcript

Oral History Interview with George Cross, January 23, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with George Cross. Cross joined the Navy in August of 1944. He was trained as a yeoman. Cross served on a destroyer in the Atlantic. He describes how his ship screened convoys by disrupting an air attack by German planes and depth charging a suspected submarine. Cross also talks about his duties as a phone talker during general quarters and the type of work performed by a yeoman. He was discharged soon after he returned to the US.
Date: January 23, 2004
Creator: Cross, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
What In the World Do We Do with Anger? transcript

What In the World Do We Do with Anger?

Lecture given Saturday, June 26, 2004 at Abilene Christian University: "Minister father and psychologist daughter look at an issue that impacts people with whom both of them counsel. What does the Bible say? What are the physical and emotional consequences of expressing or not expressing anger?"
Date: June 26, 2004
Creator: Crowe, Gayle & Cunningham, Lauren Crowe
System: The Portal to Texas History

Variaciones en seis objetos sonoros

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Recording of Lucio Edilberto Cuellar Camargo's Variaciones en seis objetos sonoros. This work is a set of variations based on six sound objects that represent a multicultural sonic world. Some of the sound objects inclue: white noise, portions of a jam session of the grupo folklorico de Buenaventura, the slam of a door, etc. These sound objects are sonic symbols used to create a personal language embracing various cultures.
Date: 2004
Creator: Cuellar Camargo, Lucio Edilberto
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Maxine Lauderdale Cullison, November 18, 2004 transcript

Oral History Interview with Maxine Lauderdale Cullison, November 18, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Maxine Lauderdale Cullison. Cullison speaks of being raised in Harlingen, Texas and meeting her husband, who was training in the Army Air Corps there in 1942. She mentions two brother that served during the war: one aboard the USS Swordfish (SS-193) and one was an engineer building the Alcan Hiaghway. Then she speaks about her husband's service and all the places he was stationed.
Date: November 18, 2004
Creator: Cullison, Maxine Lauderdale
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with J. L. Cunningham, May 31, 2004 transcript

Oral History Interview with J. L. Cunningham, May 31, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with J L Cunningham. Cunningham joined the Marine Corps in late 1942. He served in combat infantry with the 4th Marine Division, and participated in amphibious assaults in the battles of Saipan, Tinian and Iwo Jima. Cunningham was discharged in late 1945.
Date: May 31, 2004
Creator: Cunningham, J. L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Power of Waiting on the Lord - Part 1 transcript

The Power of Waiting on the Lord - Part 1

Lecture given Saturday, June 26, 2004 at Abilene Christian University: "Wouldn't it be fantastic to be able to draw upon an unlimited resource of power to get through the difficult times? Scripture describes hope of a deeper reality through which we can tap into the inexhaustible strength of God. Come and learn from Isaiah 40:30-31."
Date: June 26, 2004
Creator: Curl, Billy
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Power of Waiting on the Lord - Part 2 transcript

The Power of Waiting on the Lord - Part 2

Lecture given Saturday, June 26, 2004 at Abilene Christian University: "Wouldn't it be fantastic to be able to draw upon an unlimited resource of power to get through the difficult times? Scripture describes hope of a deeper reality through which we can tap into the inexhaustible strength of God. Come and learn from Isaiah 40:30-31."
Date: June 26, 2004
Creator: Curl, Billy
System: The Portal to Texas History

Temps Fixé

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Recording of Yves Daoust's Temps Fixé. This work was commissioned by Media Arts Networks with the help of the Canada Council for the Arts. This work was inspired by a visit the composer made to a singer friend who now, as an elderly individual, lives in an assisted living facility. The composer was struck by the vision of "a worn man, deteriorated by time". The work represents not death but the idea of time and the unstoppable nature of it through the lens of a singer frozen in time at the height of their career.
Date: 2004
Creator: Daoust, Yves
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Albert Day, February 23, 2004 transcript

Oral History Interview with Albert Day, February 23, 2004

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Albert Day. Day was born in Olney, Texas 23 September 1921 and graduated from high school in Vivian, Louisiana in 1942. Upon joining the Navy 4 June 1942, he was sent to The Great Lakes Naval Training Station for boot training. Afterwards, Day was assigned to the Amphibious Forces at Solomons, Maryland for training where he learned navigation and signal communications. Completing the course in October 1942 he went to Redwood City, California for further training. Assigned to LCT(5)-62, he describes the size, propulsion, crew compliment and purpose of the craft. Day tells of breaking the LCT into sections that were put aboard an AKA and sailing to New Caledonia arriving in December 1942. On a trip to Guadalcanal he witnessed a Japanese plane dropping a bomb on the USS De Haven (DD-469). He recalls a night trip to New Georgia when he saw St. Elmo’s fire on the railing of his ship. At Tulagi on 7 April 1943, Day personally shot down an attacking Japanese plane. He participated in the invasion of Iwo Jima and tells of being on the USS Estes (ACG-12) and describes an intense …
Date: February 23, 2004
Creator: Day, Albert
System: The Portal to Texas History

Southern Mosaic

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Recording of Chris De Chiara's Southern Mosaic. This work is a sonic montage constructed from field recordings of American folk music made by John and Ruby Lomax in the southern US in 1939. The composer states that the Lomax's are perhaps the most important American ethnographers of the 20th century.
Date: 2004
Creator: De Chiara, Chris
System: The UNT Digital Library