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[Letter from Cecelia McKie to Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Masig - May 15, 1943]

Description: Copy of letter sent from Cecelia McKie to 'Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Masig (?)' of New South Wales, Australia, regarding Santo Tomas Internment Camp internee 'Eric John Byde'. Letter contains transcribed message broadcast from internee to 'Charles Gregor', asking him to forward the message to his parents in New South Wales, Australia.
Date: May 15, 1943
Creator: McKie, Cecelia, 1903-1982
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Cecelia McKie to Lillie Balfour - May 7, 1943]

Description: Copy of letter sent from Cecelia McKie to 'Mrs. Lillie Balfour (?)' of Brooklyn, New York, regarding Santo Tomas Internment Camp internee 'William Balfour'. Letter contains transcribed message broadcast to 'Lilly' (wife of William Balfour) from internee on Radio Tokyo.
Date: May 7, 1943
Creator: McKie, Cecelia, 1903-1982
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Al D'Agostino, April 19, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Al D’Agostino. D’Agostino joined the Merchant Marine in 1945 and received training in Brooklyn. Upon completion, he was assigned to the SS Monterey where he worked as a butcher. His first trip to the Pacific was transporting European troops, who were unhappy about the looming invasion of Japan. The war ended while the Monterey was in transit, and the soldiers returning home were a much happier bunch. Even more joyful was the… more
Date: April 19, 2012
Duration: 41 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: D'Agostino, Al
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Aaron C. Kulow

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Aaron C. Kulow. Kulow grew up in Michigan and enlisted in the Navy in 1942. After training, he joined the ship USS Pollux AKS-4 at Norfolk, Virginia. Initially the ship runs trips down to the Carribbean and Brazil but in 1943 is fitted with radar and sent to the Pacific Theater. In the Pacific, the general stores issue ship visited Australia, New Guinea, the Admiralty Islands, and the New Hebrides Islands. He then returned t… more
Date: unknown
Duration: 44 minutes 41 seconds
Creator: Kulow, Aaron C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Al D'Agostino, April 19, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Al D’Agostino. D’Agostino joined the Merchant Marine in 1945 and received training in Brooklyn. Upon completion, he was assigned to the SS Monterey where he worked as a butcher. His first trip to the Pacific was transporting European troops, who were unhappy about the looming invasion of Japan. The war ended while the Monterey was in transit, and the soldiers returning home were a much happier bunch. Even more joyful was the… more
Date: April 19, 2012
Creator: D'Agostino, Al
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Paul R. Nixon

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Paul R. Nixon. Nixon grew up in Kenya. After reporting for duty in Nairobi, he enlisted in the Army at 20 in Eritrea. He was assigned as an engineer near Cairo, Egypt. While on guard duty, he saw Faruk I, King of Egypt. His work involved mostly civil engineering. He won a trip to Palestine. After visiting, he then traveled through Iran and Iraq by plane to assist in building an airport in Dhahran, Arabia. Although VJ Day occ… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Nixon, Paul R.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Location: 50.464936 4.865073
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Aaron C. Kulow

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Aaron C. Kulow. Kulow grew up in Michigan and enlisted in the Navy in 1942. After training, he joined the ship USS Pollux AKS-4 at Norfolk, Virginia. Initially the ship runs trips down to the Carribbean and Brazil but in 1943 is fitted with radar and sent to the Pacific Theater. In the Pacific, the general stores issue ship visited Australia, New Guinea, the Admiralty Islands, and the New Hebrides Islands. He then returned t… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Kulow, Aaron C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[News Script: Utah Murders]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about two Hill Air Force base airmen who are having difficulties finding legal counsel to defend them against first degree murder charges.
Date: April 29, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Allende]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of police who arrested a man who elbowed his way through a crowd as the widow of slain Chilean president Salvador Allende arrived.
Date: February 19, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Guerrillas]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of several gunmen who burst into a mosque in Brooklyn and opened fire killing 4 men and wounding the fifth man. Also Greek government who has pledged to free two Palestinian Guerrillas sentenced to death for murders committed at the Athens airport.
Date: February 5, 1974, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Oral History Interview with Bertha Rosenzweig, November 15, 1979

Description: Interview with Bertha (Mrs. Herman) Rosenzweig concerning her experiences as co-founder (with her husband, Herman, deceased) of Tex Glass, Inc. in Decatur, Texas. Rosenzweig discusses her family background, her education in Brooklyn, N.Y., and her teaching career. She also speaks of her husband's family background and his life in Europe during the Hitler era, her husband's technical training and his work in glass factories, starting his own glass factory in Vienna, fleeing the Nazis and migrati… more
Date: November 15, 1979
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd Harold & Rosenzweig, Bertha
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

[Clipping: 20,000 Follow In His Footsteps]

Description: Newspaper article briefly describing the successful preacher Preston Bradley of Chicago and his unique methods of preaching and his preferred method of using theatre seats rather than pews. The second page of this clipping features another newspaper article describing Mr. George Fitzgerald’s profession of teaching men and women how to properly walk.
Date: unknown
Creator: The American Magazine
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Letters from George F. Eliot to Tex Bradford - May 2, 1940]

Description: Correspondence between George F. Eliot and Tex Bradford discussing military sentiments and qualifications. In the first letter, George F. Elliot writes about a meeting between himself and C. Hartley Grattan. In the second letter George F. Eliot advises Mr. Bradford on applying for a military position in Ontario, Canada.
Date: May 2, 1940
Creator: Eliot, George Fielding
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran
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["Spirit of the Cloth" textile exhibition gallery walk through video]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a gallery walkthrough during the summer exhibition of the James E. Kemp Gallery "Spirit of the Cloth: African American Fiber Artisans". The footage shows an unnarrated walkthrough of the gallery with pauses on piece descriptions. The work features 60 works of traditional and contemporary textile pieces ranging from quilts to dolls to wearables all bright and vibrant in color and design.
Date: August 1993
Duration: 7 minutes 05 seconds
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Location: 32.774281 -96.797546
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Interior of Brooklyn café near Prospect Park Southwest]

Description: Photograph of a woman sitting on a stool and holding a disposable black and white cup at a café in Brooklyn outlooking Prospect Park Southwest. The woman is wearing a black jacket, blue jeans, black shirt, burgundy or red cardigan, and a blue disposable face mask, and is sitting in between two round wooden tables. There is a rectangular mirror behind the woman and an open window on the left side of the image. A hanging plant and wooden clock with silver Roman numeral numbers is above the woman … more
Date: May 2021
Creator: Brown, Stephanie
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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