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Oral History Interview with Richard L. Johnston, February 17, 1999

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with William J. Alexander, a Army WWII veteran from Universal, Pennsylvania, who served as an officer of the 382nd Engineer Battalion (Separate), a unit of black enlisted troops. Alexander discusses growing up, joining the Civilian Conservation Corps, joining the Army and commissioning through OCS, training, deployment to India, building the Ledo Road, General Joseph Stilwell, constructing the 20th Bomber Command HQ, working in a steelmill, the atomic bomb, returning home, and postwar service.
Date: February 17, 1999
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Johnston, Richard L.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Julia A. Barr to the Moore family, December 3, 1888] (open access)

[Letter from Julia A. Barr to the Moore family, December 3, 1888]

This item is from the Charles B. Moore Collection. It is written by Julia A. Barr, Henry and Charles Moore's cousin. In the letter, Julia updates the Moore family on the happenings in Jerseyville, Illinois and the news includes: a dialogue about meeting cousin George Wilson in Eureka Springs, Arkansas while on a trip there, a discussion about the people that accompanied here on the trip and how long she stayed, details concerning the people she meet in Eureka Springs, a conversation about Seella, her two children, and Polly, a dialogue about their helper who was discharged over a year ago and how they are getting along without him, an update on the bountiful crops and how good rain has made it possible for people to get out of debt, a discussion about "Aunt" Sally Smith and Uncle Abner's family, a dialogue about Sottie Knaff's daughter, details about the Goodrich family, an aside about the town of Jerseyville, a dialogue about Mrs. O. P. Powell's children, a discussion about Wilson Cross and Ida Barr Cross, details about Fannie and her love for entertaining, updates on family, a dialogue about Barr's California trip and the places they stopped at along the …
Date: December 3, 1888
Creator: Barr, Julia A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcript of Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities Hearing: December 7-8 , 2015 (open access)

Transcript of Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities Hearing: December 7-8 , 2015

Transcript of a public hearing held by the Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities (CECANF) held December 7-8, 2015 in Herndon, Virginia. This hearing includes deliberation on recommendations to the Commission's final report to be delivered to the President and Congress.
Date: 2015-12-07/2015-12-08
Creator: CQ Transcriptions
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Adanto D'Amore, October 8, 2005 transcript

Oral History Interview with Adanto D'Amore, October 8, 2005

Transcript of an oral interview with Dr. Adanto D'Amore. D'Amore describes his education briefly at Ohio State University where he graduated from medical school. Shortly thereafter, he joined the US Army Air Corps, where he examined candidates for jump school. He eventually was assigned as flight surgeon to the 19th Bomb Group and sent with them to Clark Field in the Philippines in October, 1941. After the Japanese invaded, D'Amore and elements of the 19th Bomb Group moved to Mindanao. After the surrender, D'Amore went with fellow prisoners of war to the Davao Internment Camp. Eventually, he was relocated to Cabanatuan where he spent 12 months before leaving aboard a hell ship for Omori Prison Camp in Japan. Upon being liberated after the war, D'Amore was sent to Okinawa, Manila and finally San Francisco. D'Amore also discusses the condition of the returning POWs.
Date: October 8, 2005
Creator: D'Amore, Dr. Adanto A. S.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Adanto D'Amore, October 8, 2005 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Adanto D'Amore, October 8, 2005

Transcript of an oral interview with Dr. Adanto D'Amore. D'Amore describes his education briefly at Ohio State University where he graduated from medical school. Shortly thereafter, he joined the US Army Air Corps, where he examined candidates for jump school. He eventually was assigned as flight surgeon to the 19th Bomb Group and sent with them to Clark Field in the Philippines in October, 1941. After the Japanese invaded, D'Amore and elements of the 19th Bomb Group moved to Mindanao. After the surrender, D'Amore went with fellow prisoners of war to the Davao Internment Camp. Eventually, he was relocated to Cabanatuan where he spent 12 months before leaving aboard a hell ship for Omori Prison Camp in Japan. Upon being liberated after the war, D'Amore was sent to Okinawa, Manila and finally San Francisco. D'Amore also discusses the condition of the returning POWs.
Date: October 8, 2005
Creator: D'Amore, Dr. Adanto A. S.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group Portrait of National Teacher's Association at Mount Vernon]

Photograph of a large group of people in Washington D.C. for the National Teacher's Association meeting, including Jacob Bickler (fourth row center), posing outside Mount Vernon. Other people are standing near the house in the background. Text below photo says, "Home of Washington, Mount Vernon, VA."
Date: 1887~/1892~
Creator: Dillon, Luke C.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
An apparatus for measuring rates of discharge of a fuel-injection system (open access)

An apparatus for measuring rates of discharge of a fuel-injection system

From Introduction: "An apparatus that gives a quick and an accurate measurement of the rate of discharge has been has been designed by the NACA and is described in this report."
Date: March 24, 1941
Creator: Dutee, Francis J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Toby Felker to WASP, December, 1994] (open access)

[Letter from Toby Felker to WASP, December, 1994]

Letter from Toby Felker to WASP enclosed with a souvenir book from their previous conference.
Date: December 1994
Creator: Felker, Toby
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Eric Suggs, April 2, 2002 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Eric Suggs, April 2, 2002

Interview with Eric Suggs, an avionics systems expert in the US Air Force. He describes his observations on life in Saudi Arabia.
Date: November 24, 2004
Creator: Gace, Michael & Suggs, Eric
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Eric Suggs, April 2, 2002 transcript

Oral History Interview with Eric Suggs, April 2, 2002

Interview with Eric Suggs, an avionics systems expert in the US Air Force. He describes his observations on life in Saudi Arabia.
Date: November 24, 2004
Creator: Gace, Michael & Suggs, Eric
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from C.L. Hailey to Dr. Vernon Spence - October 1971] (open access)

[Letter from C.L. Hailey to Dr. Vernon Spence - October 1971]

Letter written to Dr. Vernon Spence at the University of Virginia from C.L. Hailey concerning the educational and political activities of Judge K.K. Legett.
Date: October 1971
Creator: Hailey, Clarence L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Clarence L. Hailey to Dr. Vernon Spence - March 25, 1972] (open access)

[Letter from Clarence L. Hailey to Dr. Vernon Spence - March 25, 1972]

Letter written by Clarence L. Hailey to Dr. Vernon Spence at the University of Virginia, addressing his question about why Judge Legett moved to California and Dallas.
Date: March 25, 1972
Creator: Hailey, Clarence L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dick Hailey and C.L. Hailey to Dr. Vernon Spence and Mrs. Percy Jones - November 22, 1972] (open access)

[Letter from Dick Hailey and C.L. Hailey to Dr. Vernon Spence and Mrs. Percy Jones - November 22, 1972]

Letter begun by C.L. Hailey for Dr. Vernon Spence in 1914-1917, finished by his son, Dick Hailey in 1972, and sent to Mrs. Percy Jones, concerning Mrs. Jones' father, K.K. Legett. The original letter is typed on the back side of a legal document, with handwritten notes added by Dick Hailey.
Date: November 22, 1972
Creator: Hailey, Dick & Hailey, C. L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John J. Herrera to Mr. and Mrs. William R. Childress - 1976-10-14] (open access)

[Letter from John J. Herrera to Mr. and Mrs. William R. Childress - 1976-10-14]

Onionskin paper carbon copy of letter from John J. Herrera to Mr. and Mrs. William R. Childress, dated October 14, 1976. In the letter, Herrera thanks the recipients for their hospitality.
Date: October 14, 1976
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Frank takes the lead - to middle ground] (open access)

[Clipping: Frank takes the lead - to middle ground]

A USA Today clipping about Rep. Barney Frank creating political compromises.
Date: May 20, 1993
Creator: Howlett, Debbie
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Cops/ Cia] captions transcript

[News Clip: Cops/ Cia]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: October 27, 1986, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Harris Kempner to Ann Oppenheimer, November 26, 1965] (open access)

[Letter from Harris Kempner to Ann Oppenheimer, November 26, 1965]

Letter from Harris Kempner to Ann Oppenheimer explaining what happened during a recent visit to Washington, D.C. when they made a wrong turn and other social news.
Date: November 26, 1965
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Aviation annex reaches for the sky] (open access)

[Clipping: Aviation annex reaches for the sky]

Newspaper clipping discussing the new National Air and Space Museum annex in Chantilly Virginia.
Date: January 11, 2004
Creator: Kilian, Michael
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Kenneth Poff, August 10, 1997

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Interview with Kenneth Poff, a Army WWII veteran from Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, who served with the 1913th Engineer Aviation Battalion. Poff discusses his early life, being drafted and training, shipping out to Townsville, Australia, and landing on New Guinea, fighting attached to the 1st Marine Division for the Cape Gloucester and Hollandia campaigns, constructing and maintaining an airstrip, the Lingayan Gulf campaign in the Philippines, the atomic bomb and VJ-Day, and returning home.
Date: August 10, 1997
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Poff, Kenneth
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: 3 homosexuals likely to win NYC school board seats] (open access)

[Clipping: 3 homosexuals likely to win NYC school board seats]

A USA Today clipping about three members of the LGBTQIA+ community being elected to positions on the NYC school board.
Date: May 18, 1993
Creator: Marshall, Steve
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical investigation of acceleration restriction in a fighter airplane with an automatic control system (open access)

Analytical investigation of acceleration restriction in a fighter airplane with an automatic control system

From Introduction: "In the present report, consideration is given to certain features intended to improve the accleration-limiting characteristics of a normal-accleration control system."
Date: January 1958
Creator: Matthews, James T., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effect of Radiation Damage on SM-1, SM-1A and PM-2A Reactor Vessels (open access)

Effect of Radiation Damage on SM-1, SM-1A and PM-2A Reactor Vessels

Report describing the status of the SM-1, SM-1A, and PM-2A reactors, specifically regarding the effects "of irradiation on nil-ductility transition temperature and the associated problem of brittle fracture." (p. iii)
Date: October 14, 1961
Creator: McLaughlin, D. W.; Rowekamp, B. J.; Chittum, R. A.; Coombe, J. R.; Kelleman, R. W.; Bobe, P. E. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph 2012.201.B1253.0515]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Miss Aubrey Snodgrass, Fairfax, Va., believes the 12-month school program might work out if students could attend on a rotating basis."
Date: April 2, 1963
Creator: Miller, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Clipping: Senate nears vote on AIDS bill] (open access)

[Clipping: Senate nears vote on AIDS bill]

A USA Today clipping about Jesse Helms attempting to stall an AIDS funding bill with debate.
Date: May 16, 1990
Creator: Minzesheimer, Bob
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library