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United States: IV. Central [from Mississippi River to Rocky Mountains]

Map shows cities, counties, and railroads for states along and east of the Rocky Mountains and west of the Mississippi River. Includes "Index to the sectional maps of the United States" on verso. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [1:4,870,000].

Date: [1902..1922]

Creator: London Geographical Institute

Item Type: Map

Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Oral History Interview with Carlton J. Killgo, March 23, 1972

Interview with Carlton J. Killgo, a Army Air Corps WWII veteran and POW from Slocum, Texas, who was shot down and captured by German forces. Killgo discusses enlisting in the Air Corps before the war, training and becoming a B-17 crewmember, deployment to England, his missions, getting shot down, capture by German civilians, transfer to Stalag Luft #4, experiences in internment there, liberation by the Soviet Army, and return to the United States.

Date: March 23, 1972

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Killgo, Carlton J.

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

[Biographical Sketch of Eleanor Brown]

Biographical sketch of Eleanor Brown including details about her service with the WASP, personal life, career, family, interests, and community involvement. In the last paragraph, Brown states that "the time has come to hire an Executive Director to assist us."

Date: 2006

Creator: Brown, Eleanor McLernon

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Biographical Sketch of Eleanor Brown]

Biographical sketch of Eleanor Brown including details about her service with the WASP, personal life, career, family, interests, and community involvement.

Date: 2006

Creator: Brown, Eleanor McLernon

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Making Neighbors of the people of Dallas and Kaufman counties and the towns of Terrell, Forney, Mesquite and Dallas by the opening of the Texas Interurban Railway

Booklet containing information about the history of the Texas Interurban Railway and historical sketches of several Texas cities on the route: Dallas, Mesquite, Forney, and Terrell.

Date: 1925

Creator: Texas Interurban Railway

Item Type: Pamphlet

Partner: Mesquite Public Library

Oral History Interview with Rosa Lea Fullwood Meek Dickerson, February 27, 2000

Interview with Rosa Lea Fullwood Meek Dickerson, former pilot from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Dickerson describes her early interest in airplanes and tells stories from her days with the WWII Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), flying different types of aircraft to bases all over the United States. She includes the history of WASP, its formation, and dissolution. Her flying stories detail plane crashes and near-death experiences, including the sabotage of planes at the airport in Enid, OK by a Ge… more

Date: February 27, 2000

Creator: Snodgrass, Clarabelle; Bethel, Ann & Dickerson, Rosa Lea Fullwood Meek

Item Type: Text

Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Sketch: A.T. & S. F. Ry. Co's Lines in Barber County Kansas.

Map shows railroad lines in Barber County and portions of adjacent Kiowa, Pratt, Kingman, Harper, and Comanche counties in Kansas, noting towns and distances. It includes a key to colors (marking segments of the line in red and yellow). "No Scale."

Date: June 21, 1922

Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company

Item Type: Map

Location: None

Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Two Biographical Sketches of Eleanor Brown]

Document containing two biographical sketches of Eleanor Brown, including details about her interest in aviation, service in the WASP organization, career, and personal life.

Date: 1999~

Creator: Brown, Eleanor McLernon

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 25, July 1921 - April, 1922

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 303.

Date: 1922

Creator: Texas State Historical Association

Item Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter

Partner: Texas State Historical Association

Oral History Interview with George P. Lawley, November 3, 1973

Interview with George P. Lawley, an Army WWII veteran and POW from Odessa, Texas. Lawley discusses his time with the so-called "Lost Battalion" on Java and his experiences as a Japanese prisoner-of-war, including: joining the National Guard in 1940 and training, deployment for East Asia with 2nd Battallion, 131st Field Artillery Regiment; diversion to Java at the start of the war; the Japanese attack and his unit's capture; and his experiences in internment and labor at Tanjong Priok in Batavia… more

Date: November 3, 1973

Creator: Teague, William J. & Lawley, George P.

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Convairiety, Volume 13, Number 14, July 6, 1960

Bimonthly newsletter published for employees of the Convair Division in Fort Worth containing work-related information, updates about employees, and other news.

Date: July 6, 1960

Creator: General Dynamics Corporation. Convair Division.

Item Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter

Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

The Texas Folklore Society: Volume 3, 1971-2000

Book containing information about the publishing history of the Texas Folklore Society, as well as anecdotes about the gatherings of the Society, information about past presidents of the Society, and Society by-laws. The index begins on page 219.

Date: 2000

Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Press

The Texas Folklore Society: Volume 3, 1971-2000

Date: 2017

Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Press

Convairiety, Volume 12, Number 24, November 25, 1959

Bimonthly newsletter published for employees of the Convair Division in Fort Worth containing work-related information, updates about employees, and other news.

Date: November 25, 1959

Creator: General Dynamics Corporation. Convair Division.

Item Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter

Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

[McLernon Autobiographic Sketch]

Short autobiographic essay written by Eleanor McLernon on her life, family, career, and experience with the WASP program. A note paired with the paper reads, "Brief autobiographic sketch for the ALL-WASP lino graphic book Betty Turner currently working on (1999)".

Date: 1999

Creator: McLernon, Eleanor Michel

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

East Texas.

This book was created to provide "authentic information concerning the natural and co-operative resources and opportunities offered by East Texas and her people" for the general public. It contains information about the "General Development in 1921-22, The Evolution of transportation and Fixing of Lower Rate Levels, The Marketing Problem Nearing Solution, Organization, Concentration and Standardization of Quality; Pack and Grade, Co-Operative Work of A. & M. College Department of Extension Serv… more

Date: 1923

Creator: East Texas Chamber of Commerce.

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Libraries

Oral History Interview with Alan Tanaguchi, March 18, 1995

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Alan Tanaguchi. Tanaguchi was a Japanese-American internee at the Gila River Camp in Arizona during World War II. At 19 years old, after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Tanaguchi became a part of the internment program of the War Relocation Authority. He provides detail of life growing up in Stockton, California before December 7, 1941 and after, and experiences of bigotry and racism among his peers. He provides detail of his father … more

Date: March 18, 1995

Creator: Tanaguchi, Alan

Item Type: Text

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation