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Blow Up Unicorn from Sister Mary Katherine Gagher's Novice Project

Description: This document contains information about the Novice Project of Novice Sister Mary Katherine Gagher in the DFW Chapter of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. It includes details about the performance at the Hidden Door, who organized it, who attended and performed, the amount of money raised for the Resource Center of Dallas, pictures of the event and the poster, as well as a donated blow-up unicorn inflatable doll. The spelling of several sisters' and performers' names are inconsistent with ot… more
Date: July 15, 2023
Creator: Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
Location: 32.824657 -96.818846
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Oral History Interview with Neil Elder, July 6, 2021

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Neil Elder. Elder joined the Navy in 1940. He completed Radio Communications School, and served as an Aviation Radioman. He flew scout missions in the Curtiss SOC Seagull aircraft, catapulted from USS Portland (CA-33). He participated in the battles of the Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, Tulagi, Savo Island, the Eastern Solomons and Santa Cruz. Elder returned to the US and was discharged in 1946.
Date: July 6, 2021
Creator: Elder, Neil
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Clarence Griffith, July 28, 2020

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Clarence Griffith. Griffith was born in Granbury Texas in 1913. He worked as an electrician and volunteered for service in the Navy in 1943. He served with the Seabees in the 76th Naval Construction Battalion and went to Guam during the invasion. While there, his outfit built power stations.
Date: July 28, 2020
Creator: Griffith, Clarence
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Texas Public Utility Commission Rulebook Updates: July 2020

Description: Memorandum providing updates to rulebook related to public utilities with revised pages containing amendments and instructions for inserting the new pages into existing books.
Date: July 24, 2020
Creator: Texas. Public Utility Commission.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Oral History Interview with Jack Owen, July 23, 2020

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jack Owen. Owen was born in Lufkin Texas in 1926. He went to Texas A&M for a year after high school then joined the Navy after turning 18 in 1944 and trained at San Diego in June. In December, he was in the commissioning crew of USS Colusa (APA-74). Owen recalls hauling wounded from Iwo Jima back to Pearl Harbor aboard the Colusa before heading for Australia to repatriate American sailors whose ships had sunk. When the war e… more
Date: July 23, 2020
Creator: Owen, Jack
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[TXSSAR McKinney Chapter #63 meeting minutes: July 16, 2020]

Description: Minutes for the July 16, 2020 TXSSAR virtual meeting, held by the McKinney chapter. A photograph of guest speaker Tom Nowak has been included in the document.
Date: July 16, 2020
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, McKinney Chapter 63
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Oral History Interview with Ralph Schultz, July 29, 2019

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Ralph Schultz. Schultz joined the Marine Corps in in late 1942. He completed radio/telephone school. He joined the 3rd Joint Assault Signal Company (JASCO), and was shipped to Guadalcanal and assigned to Headquarters 3rd Marine Division. In July of 1944, they participated in the Battle of Guam. As part of JASCO, Schultz helped coordinate and control naval gunfire and close air support of landings on the island. After receiving in… more
Date: July 29, 2019
Creator: Schultz, Ralph
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Melvin Pratt, July 23, 2019

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Melvin Pratt. Pratt joined the Navy in April of 1944. He served as Seaman 3rd Class with the gunnery gang aboard the minesweeper USS Strength (AM-309). In December, they arrived in Pearl Harbor, and began training in preparation for the Iwo Jima invasion. On 16 February 1945, they began sweeping off Iwo Jima to clear the way for the invasion fleet. In late March, they assisted in clearing the approaches to the beaches off Okinawa… more
Date: July 23, 2019
Creator: Pratt, Melvin
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[TXSSAR McKinney Chapter #63 meeting minutes: July 18, 2019]

Description: Minutes for the July 18, 2019 TXSSAR meeting, held by the McKinney chapter. Photographs have been included in the document, along with the 2019 Fall Meeting registration form and a Compatriot Questionnaire.
Date: July 18, 2019
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, McKinney Chapter 63
Location: 33.219734 -96.636463
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Oral History Interview with Clyde Covey, July 17, 2019

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Clyde Covey. Covey joined the Navy in October of 1945. He served as a Fireman aboard the patrol craft escort, the PCE-870, in Hawaii, completing patrols around Pearl Harbor, and in between the equator and the Aleutians. They had about nine different posts, where they would send up weather balloons with transmitters, radioing weather information back to Pearl Harbor. Covey later completed motor machinist school, and was assigned t… more
Date: July 17, 2019
Creator: Covey, Clyde
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Alfred Gluck, July 12, 2019

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Alfred Gluck. Gluck joined the Merchant Marines in mid-1941. He served as a Seaman aboard a liberty ship, the SS George L. Baker (1614). In May of 1943, they traveled to Honolulu, Hawaii, transporting general supplies and merchandise for people on the island. He returned to San Francisco, and was assigned to the SS James Lick in July as Able Seaman, traveling to New Hebrides and New Caledonia, transporting military cargo. In 1944… more
Date: July 12, 2019
Creator: Gluck, Alfred
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Texas Society SAR Importance of Chapter Historian

Description: Document containing a list of questions related to Texas Society, Sons of the American Revolution (TXSSAR) history and the preservation of historical items.
Date: July 12, 2019
Creator: Sons of the American Revolution. Texas Society. Arlington Chapter 7.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Oral History Interview with James Ashbaugh, July 9, 2019

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with James Ashbaugh. Ashbaugh joined the Navy in April of 1944. He completed Electrician School. He served as Fireman 1st Class aboard a landing craft tank, the LCT-60. He traveled to Bougainville and Manus. Ashbaugh continued his service after the war ended, and participated in the nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll, for which he provides vivid details. He served for a total of nine years in the Navy.
Date: July 9, 2019
Creator: Ashbaugh, James
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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