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[Draft of article by John J. Herrrera, "My 17 Minutes with John F. Kennedy", Houston Chronicle - 1983-11-21]

Description: Draft of an article by John J. Herrera published in the Houston Chronicle on November 21, 1983. The article, titled "My 17 Minutes with John F. Kennedy", recounts Kennedy's trip to Houston and the brief time Herrera was able to spend with him. It also describes how Herrera and his family heard the news of Kennedy's assassination the following day.
Date: November 21, 1983
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Fire on Commerce Street]

Description: Photograph of a fire on Commerce Street in Dallas, Texas. Firefighters stand on the street looking up at the building, where several ladders have been placed. They spray water on the fire from the engine.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Fire Department.
Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

[Memo to W. R. Rollins from Jack L. Beavers, January 28, 1988]

Description: Memorandum addressed to Captain W. R. Rollins of the Dallas Police Department's Intelligence Division. In the memorandum, Jack L. Beavers states that the Midland County District Attorney's Office requested information regarding former officer Roscoe Anthony White. Case notes, many of them handwritten, accompany the memorandum.
Date: January 28, 1988
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

Oral History Interview with Frederick W. Dittus, September 13, 1985

Description: Interview with Frederick Dittus, an executive at Caltex Petroleum Corporation. He discusses his educational background, his early job experience with Standard Oil Company of California, the Dittus-Boelter equation, his pre-World War II experiences in Nazi Germany, construction of the Bahrain refinery for Bapco, the formation of Caltex in 1936, his transfer to Caltex, his activities during World War II, the postwar refinery expansion, and the evolution of the Technical Services Division.
Date: September 13, 1985
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Dittus, Frederick W., 1897-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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