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Oral History Interview with Abelino Alviar, March 14, 2003 transcript

Oral History Interview with Abelino Alviar, March 14, 2003

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Abelino Alviar. Alviar joined the Army in May of 1944. In early 1945, he joined the 778th Anti-aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. They deployed to Le Havre, France, and traveled to Munich, Germany, arriving after the Battle of the Ardennes. Alviar provided guard duty, and served as a gunner on the half-track supporting the 1st Infantry Division as they fought into Germany. He also worked as a translator and helped transport supplies to the front line. He returned home and was discharged in May of 1946.
Date: March 14, 2003
Creator: Alviar, Abelino
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Abelino Alviar, March 14, 2003 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Abelino Alviar, March 14, 2003

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Abelino Alviar. Alviar joined the Army in May of 1944. In early 1945, he joined the 778th Anti-aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. They deployed to Le Havre, France, and traveled to Munich, Germany, arriving after the Battle of the Ardennes. Alviar provided guard duty, and served as a gunner on the half-track supporting the 1st Infantry Division as they fought into Germany. He also worked as a translator and helped transport supplies to the front line. He returned home and was discharged in May of 1946.
Date: March 14, 2003
Creator: Alviar, Abelino
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Repeating and the Financial Cost of Teaching Repeaters in the Kingsville, Texas, Public Schools (open access)

Repeating and the Financial Cost of Teaching Repeaters in the Kingsville, Texas, Public Schools

The purpose of this problem is to determine the financial cost of repeating students who failed during a five-year period in the Kingsville Public Schools, and to determine if this expenditure is justified.
Date: 1948
Creator: Bacon, Carl T.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Relation of Ponded Floodwater from Hurricane Beulah to Ground Water in Kleberg, Kenedy, and Willacy Counties, Texas (open access)

Relation of Ponded Floodwater from Hurricane Beulah to Ground Water in Kleberg, Kenedy, and Willacy Counties, Texas

Report on how ponded floodwater from Hurricane Beulah affected the groundwater in Kleberg, Kenedy, and Willacy Counties, Texas.
Date: December 1971
Creator: Baker, E. T. (Ernest T.), 1931-
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Dr. Dan Wallace Bacon, March 3, 1998 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Dr. Dan Wallace Bacon, March 3, 1998

Interview with Dr. Dan Wallace Bacon, a physician from Kerrville, Texas, who also served as the city and Kerr County health officer. Dr. Bacon discusses his family history, as well as his education, medical career, brief stint in the Air Force, and general town life in Kerrville. While working at Peterson Hospital in Kerrville, he treated trauma victims from car accidents on Highway 27. In the Air Force, he briefly practiced psychiatry, served as a prison doctor, and finally switched to obstetrics and gynecology. He relates stories from his time as an obstetrician, as well as a general practitioner and family physician. He also discusses the history of minority communities in Kerrville, especially during integration, and the founding of the Kerrville Veteran's Hospital. Dr. Bacon's further remembrances, as well as a historical profile of the Kerrville VA Hospital, are included at the end of the interview transcript.
Date: March 3, 1998
Creator: Bethel, Ann & Bacon, Dan Wallace
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with William C. Beyer, March 14, 2001 (open access)

Oral History Interview with William C. Beyer, March 14, 2001

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with William C. Beyer. Beyer grew up in Texas and joined the Marines in January 1942. After training, he was assigned to the third division in artillery. He departed on the USS Mount Vernon for New Zealand. He anecdotes about meeting with some Maori people. Then he departed on the Cresent City for Guadalcanal in May 1943. From Guadalcanal he left for Bougainville in November 1943. He describes being caught in a foxhole for two days without communication. He also listened to Tokyo Rose on the radio. The Army relieved the Marines January 15, 1944, and his unit returned to Guadalcanal. On July 21, 1944, they landed on Guam and went into battle. Next Beyer left for Iwo Jima. The Third Marine Division was assigned to the central area of the island. He witnessed the raising of the flag. On the 50th anniversary of the war, Beyer and his wife returned to New Zealand and Guam.
Date: March 14, 2001
Creator: Beyer, William C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil Survey of Padre Island National Seashore, Texas: Special Report (open access)

Soil Survey of Padre Island National Seashore, Texas: Special Report

Text describes the area, climate, agricultural history and statistics, soil-survey methods and definitions, soils and crops, land uses and agricultural methods, irrigation, and morphology and genesis of soils of Padre Island National Seashore, Texas.
Date: May 2007
Creator: Brezina, Dennis N.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Analysis of the Attitudes of Recent Graduates Toward the Secondary Teacher Education Program at Texas A & I University at Kingsville (open access)

An Analysis of the Attitudes of Recent Graduates Toward the Secondary Teacher Education Program at Texas A & I University at Kingsville

The problem with which this study is concerned is to conduct an analysis of the secondary teacher education program at Texas A & I University at Kingsville in determining the extent the program meets the needs of its graduates and to recommend improvements based on these findings. The purposes of this study are to investigate the effectiveness of the program in providing educational theories and practices, subject area knowledge and general knowledge to enable its graduates to function effectively in their societal roles as individuals and teachers. It is also a purpose of this study to solicit the graduates' opinions concerning the program's strengths and weaknesses.
Date: August 1973
Creator: Bryant, Paul D.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Report of Current Research: 2011 (open access)

Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Report of Current Research: 2011

Annual report of the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute discussing the institute's personnel and finances as well as compiled papers summarizing in-progress and completed research, with biographical information about authors and in-press publications.
Date: December 2011
Creator: Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Report of Current Research: 2012 (open access)

Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Report of Current Research: 2012

Annual report of the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute discussing the institute's personnel and finances as well as compiled papers summarizing in-progress and completed research, with biographical information about authors and in-press publications.
Date: December 2012
Creator: Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Report of Current Research: 2013 (open access)

Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Report of Current Research: 2013

Annual report of the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute discussing the institute's personnel and finances as well as compiled papers summarizing in-progress and completed research, with biographical information about authors and in-press publications.
Date: December 2013
Creator: Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Report of Current Research: 2014 (open access)

Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Report of Current Research: 2014

A report on wildlife research projects done by the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute in fiscal year 2014.
Date: December 2014
Creator: Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Report of Current Research: 2016 (open access)

Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Report of Current Research: 2016

Annual report of the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute discussing the institute's personnel and finances as well as compiled papers summarizing in-progress and completed research, with biographical information about authors and in-press publications.
Date: December 2016
Creator: Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Report of Current Research: 2017 (open access)

Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Report of Current Research: 2017

The annual report of the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute to let the supporters know what the institute has accomplished in the year and to collect donations from supporters.
Date: December 2017
Creator: Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Report of Current Research: 2018 (open access)

Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Report of Current Research: 2018

Annual report of the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute discussing the institute's personnel and finances as well as compiled papers summarizing in-progress and completed research, with biographical information about authors and in-press publications.
Date: December 2018
Creator: Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Report of Current Research: 2019 (open access)

Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Report of Current Research: 2019

Annual report of the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute discussing the institute's personnel and finances as well as compiled papers summarizing in-progress and completed research, with biographical information about authors and in-press publications.
Date: December 2019
Creator: Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Report of Current Research: 2020 (open access)

Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Report of Current Research: 2020

Annual report of the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute discussing the institute's personnel and finances as well as compiled papers summarizing in-progress and completed research, with biographical information about authors and in-press publications.
Date: December 2020
Creator: Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Report of Current Research: 2021 (open access)

Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Report of Current Research: 2021

Annual report of the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute discussing the institute's personnel and finances as well as compiled papers summarizing in-progress and completed research, with biographical information about authors and in-press publications.
Date: December 2021
Creator: Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Report of Current Research: 2022 (open access)

Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Report of Current Research: 2022

Annual report of the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute discussing the institute's personnel and finances as well as compiled papers summarizing in-progress and completed research, with biographical information about authors and in-press publications.
Date: December 2022
Creator: Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Report of Current Research: 2023 (open access)

Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute Report of Current Research: 2023

Annual report of the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute discussing the institute's personnel and finances as well as compiled papers summarizing in-progress and completed research, with biographical information about authors and in-press publications.
Date: December 2023
Creator: Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sectional Pneumatic Tire (open access)

Sectional Pneumatic Tire

Patent for a sectional pneumatic tire design.
Date: March 11, 1919
Creator: Chandler, Chester C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas Sesquicentennial Wagon Train on Its Way to Kingsville

Photograph of people riding horses as part of the Texas Sesquicentennial Wagon Train near Kingsville, Texas. The photo shows eleven people on horses near a road traveling with the wagon train.
Date: February 16, 1986
Creator: Cirincione, Nick
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas Sesquicentennial Wagon Train on Its Way to Kingsville

Photograph of tractors hauling port-o-potties as part of the Texas Sesquicentennial Wagon Train on its way to Kingsville, Texas.
Date: February 16, 1986
Creator: Cirincione, Nick
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas Sesquicentennial Wagon Train on Its Way to Kingsville

Photograph of the front of a wagon train celebrating the Texas Sesquicentennial Wagon Train on its way to Kingsville, Texas. Wagon train on a highway, with horse drawn covered wagons as far as the eye can see. The photograph also includes the leader of the wagon train, as well as front and side views of multiple wagons. Cars are visible on the other side of the highway.
Date: February 16, 1986
Creator: Cirincione, Nick
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History