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Oral History Interview with James William Harrison, January 27, 2005

Description: Interview with James William "Bill" Harrison, a serviceman in the U. S. Navy during World War II. He explains how he joined the navy in San Diego without going to boot camp. He worked on an oil tanker that shipped out to Pearl Harbor a month after the attack there and transported fuel out of San Diego to various ships at sea. He was then transfered to Admiral Nimitz's public relations department. There he and two others wrote stories about the action in the Pacific theater, particularly about t… more
Date: January 27, 2005
Duration: 58 minutes 50 seconds
Creator: Parish, Brainerd & Harrison, James William
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Honorable Discharge for Raymond Vaughan]

Description: Certificate honorably discharging Raymond Vaughan from the Navy. It reads: "Honorable Discharge from the United States Navy. This is to certify that Raymond Britton Vaughan, a Chief Shipfitter (AA)(T)(CB) is Honorably Discharged from the U.S. Naval Personnel Separation Center, Norman, Oklahoma, and from the Naval Service of the United States this 23rd day of September 1945. This certificate is awarded as a Testimonial of Fidelity and Obedience."
Date: September 23, 1945
Partner: Arlington Public Library

[News Script: Bobby Boyd]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about all-state halfback Bobby Boyd's decision to enroll at and join the University of Oklahoma's football team instead of SMU.
Date: September 2, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Wells Ranch arena]

Description: Photograph of the interior of the arena with seating at the Jerry Wells Ranch. A sign in the cordoned of area reads "Jerry Wells Invitational Sale."
Date: unknown
Creator: Dalco Photography
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Wells Ranch arena]

Description: Photograph of the interior of the arena with seating at the Jerry Wells Ranch. A sign in the cordoned of area reads "Jerry Wells Invitational Sale."
Date: unknown
Creator: Dalco Photography
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Barn B at Wells Ranch]

Description: Photograph of cars parked at the Jerry Wells Ranch. The photo is taken from the back of the vehicles and a striped room tent is set up in the space in front of the cars.
Date: unknown
Creator: Dalco Photography
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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