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Safety Cars of the United States Bureau of Mines (open access)

Safety Cars of the United States Bureau of Mines

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing the mine stations and safety cars used to reach miners in distress. As stated in the report, "the purpose, equipment, personnel, and construction of its safety cars" is presented. This report includes an illustration, and a map.
Date: March 1931
Creator: Forbes, J. J. & Ankeny, M. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph 2012.201.B0228.0349]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Miss Angella Clement, a native of Valliant, is one of the bevy of beauty queens who will converge on Lake Tahoe's Kings Castle Hotel and Casino on October 2-4 for the 1971 Miss World U.S.A Contest."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0234.0276]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "James Gourlay, left San Jose, CA., and John Colvan, Hudson Falls, NY, are taken to jail at Reno, NV., in custody of an FBI Agent."
Date: August 25, 1965
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0321.0214]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Velma Johnston, Reno, Nevada"
Date: November 22, 1967
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1261.0115]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Steen on occasion drives broken-down Lincoln Continental."
Date: January 25, 1970
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1261.0118]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Steen removes flippers after refreshing swim in his indoor pool. Mural in background impressionistically depicts region where he made famous uranium strike."
Date: January 25, 1970
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1261.0116]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Charlie Steen surveys exterior of his home, which he says totals 27,000 square feet of living space."
Date: 1970
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1261.0117]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "In bedroom Charles Steen looks over bills from some 300 creditors."
Date: January 25, 1970
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1261.0110]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "In huge kitchen, Steen opens lonesome can of beans for lunch, like he did in prospecting days. Servant-less, he frequently prepares his own meals, says he can afford only basic grub."
Date: January 25, 1970
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1261.0119]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "One of Steen's favorite pastimes is playing penny ante with his son Andy. In background is painting of self which Hardluck Charlie commissioned in richer days, depicting time he played poker and won $20,000 pot with four aces."
Date: January 25, 1970
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1261.0113]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Inside indoor patio which has a sliding glass roof, Steen holds a black rock, a souvenir specimen of his Utah uranium discovery in 1952. Laid out in boxes are other rare geological specimens he has collected."
Date: January 25, 1970
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1261.0111]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "On winding staircase of home, Steen confers with attorney John Gibbons of Denver, who is convinced the Internal revenue Service is actually persecuting his client."
Date: February 1, 1970
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1261.0120]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "While wife Minnie Lee (or M.L., as he calls her) looks on, Steen prepares to replace burnt-out light blub."
Date: January 25, 1970
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1261.0112]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Bunyanesque replica of his tattered miner's boots recalls Steen's prospecting days when he stuck it rich with uranium find."
Date: January 25, 1970
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1180.0278]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Entertainer Red Skelton, who celebrates his 65th birthday today, punctuates a point with his omnipresent cigar between shows at John Ascuaga's Nugget in Sparks, Nevada."
Date: 1978
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1418.0123]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Dead, Major General John "Tiger" Wood, who headed the Fourth Armored Division in its drive across France in World War II, died Sunday in Reno, Nevada. He was 78."
Date: July 4, 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[View of the Truckee River]

Photograph of a view of the Truckee river, looking west from one of the bridges in Reno, Nevada. The river runs between a street and a row of houses. The street has a bridge that is supported by wooden structures. Two individuals can be seen traveling along the street. A mountainous landscape is visible in the background.
Date: [1910..1930]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Report on the Buckhorn Claims, Washoe County, Nevada, and Lassen County, California (open access)

Preliminary Report on the Buckhorn Claims, Washoe County, Nevada, and Lassen County, California

Abstract: Secondary uranium minerals occur along narrow silicified northeast-trending fractures in Tertiary volcanics of rhyolitic composition. Two zones containing uranium minerals are present.
Date: August 1955
Creator: Hetland, Donald L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

[View of the Truckee River]

Photograph of a view of the Truckee river, looking west from one of the bridges in Reno, Nevada.
Date: [1910..1930]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[The old Virginia Street Bridge in Reno, Nevada]

Photograph of the late Virginia Street Bridge in Reno, Nevada. Individuals can be seen crossing the bridge as well as a horse-drawn carriage. The bridge was built in 1905, demolished in 2015, and was replaced by a new bridge in 2016.
Date: [1900..1915]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Virginia Street in Reno, Nevada]

Photograph of Reno, Nevada, taken from the old Virginia Street bridge over the Truckee River. Visible is the T. C. McKinnely piano company building and Mecca Drugs.
Date: [1900..1930]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Jacqueline Cochran's Typed Daily Schedule: December 1969 to December 1973] (open access)

[Jacqueline Cochran's Typed Daily Schedule: December 1969 to December 1973]

Text of Jacqueline Cochran's typed daily schedule from December 21, 1969, to December 15, 1973, including golf tournaments, doctor appointments, hair appointments, Arthritis Foundation committee meetings, dinner meetings, budget meetings, and board meetings. Entries include day of week, time, and location. They also include personal handwritten notes on some entries.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Group Petition #1] (open access)

[Group Petition #1]

Petition addressed to the Board of Directors, Order of Fifinella, Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII, from ten members living in Texas. The petition includes a list of nine concerns, including the reinstatement of the nonprofit organization in California and the removal of the Fifinella logo from the newsletter. The signatures found at the bottom of the page include the member's WASP class and street address.
Date: 1979-09~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Group Petition #2] (open access)

[Group Petition #2]

Petition addressed to the Board of Directors, Order of Fifinella, Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII and circulated to the WASP class secretaries. The petition includes a list of nine concerns, including the reinstatement of the nonprofit organization in California and the removal of the Fifinella logo from the newsletter. This version of the petition does not include the Texas Ten's signatures.
Date: 1979-09~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History