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[News Clip: Brother China]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 5pm.
Date: June 5, 1989
Duration: 1 minute 34 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Oral History Interview with Peter Chu, November 1, 2003

Description: Interview with Peter Chu regarding his experiences in China during World War II. Peter's son Alan Chu also participates in this interview. Peter Chu discusses the Japanese occupation in Nanking (Nanjing), China in 1937 when he was 10 years old.
Date: November 1, 2003
Duration: 48 minutes 50 seconds
Creator: Nichols, Chuck & Chu, Peter
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 Alan W. Saunders, October 8, 2004

Description: Interview with Alan W. "Buck" Saunders, a pilot during World War II. He discusses joining the Army Air Corps, becoming an airplane mechanic, and going to flight school for pilot training. He was stationed in India and flew supplies into China over the Himalayas (known by pilots as "the Hump"). In China, he traded items such as jewelry or opium for information on Japanese troop placements in Burma. He also discusses his meetings with native Burmese and talks about later experiences he had after … more
Date: October 8, 2004
Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Cox, Floyd & Saunders, Alan W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Scouting, Volume 1, Number 10, September 1, 1913

Description: Semi-monthly publication of the Boy Scouts of America, written for Boy Scout leaders, officials, and others interested in the work of the Scouts. It includes articles about events and activities, updates from the national headquarters, topical columns and essays, and news from various chapters nationwide.
Date: September 1, 1913
Creator: Boy Scouts of America
Item Type: Refine your search to only Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
Partner: Boy Scouts of America National Scouting Museum
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[News Clip: China / Dallas Journalist]

Description: B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 10pm.
Date: June 19, 1989
Duration: 47 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Adoption Statement of Parrie Liu Maio]

Description: Personal statement of Parrie Liu Maio regarding her adoption from Changsha, Hunan Province, China. She discusses her aspirations for the future and her feelings about adoptions following her getting in contact with an adoption worker from her orphanage. There is a link to an essay she wrote about adoption on "No Hands But Ours" and a photo of Parrie Liu as a child.
Date: 2016~
Creator: Maio, Parrie Liu
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: St. Edward’s University

[Adoption Statements of Lily Selvaggi and Tina Fletcher]

Description: Personal statements of Lily Selvaggi and Tina Fletcher regarding the adoption of Lily from the Guigang City SWI, Guangxi Province, China. Lily states she hasn't considered her Chinese history much due the inaccessibility of the information and Tina, also an adoptee, describes her and her husband's family history and experiences parenting Lily. There is a photo of Lily holding a black cat on the second page of the document.
Date: unknown
Creator: Selvaggi, Lily & Fletcher, Tina
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: St. Edward’s University

[Adoption Statements of Greta Wohlfeld, Michael Wohlfeld, and Kalen Hoyle]

Description: Personal statements of Greta Wohlfeld, Michael Wohlfeld, and Kalen Hoyle regarding the adoption of Greta Wohlfeld from Jiangxi Province, China. Greta shares that she used to be in a Girl Scout troop with other adoptees and that she celebrates Chinese New Year with a friend who was also adopted from China. Michael and Kalen discuss the decision to adopt from China and their experiences bringing Greta home from China. There is a photo of the family with two dogs at the end of the statement.
Date: 2015~
Creator: Wohlfeld, Greta; Wohlfeld, Michael & Hoyle, Kalen
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: St. Edward’s University
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[Interview with Avery Kimberlin]

Description: Narrative history of Avery Kimberlin regarding her adoption from Jiangsu Province, China, describing what she knows about her adoption and how she reacts to questions or comments about being adopted.
Date: unknown
Duration: 5 minutes 14 seconds
Creator: Kimberlin, Avery
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: St. Edward’s University
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[Interview With Paul Kimberlin]

Description: Interview with Paul Kimberlin regarding the adoption of Avery Kimberlin from Jiangsu China, discussing his and his wife's decision to adopt from China, and their family and friend's reactions to their decision.
Date: 2016~
Duration: 5 minutes 32 seconds
Creator: Kimberlin, Paul
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: St. Edward’s University
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[Interview With Lily Selvaggi]

Description: Interview with Lily Selvaggi regarding her adoption from the Guigang City SWI, Guangxi Province, China. Lily speaks about seeing videos of herself as a baby in China and her trip to China when she was ten years old, where she met her foster mother. She states that she's not given much though to finding her biological family and that she's more interested in meeting biological siblings than learning about her origins. She also speaks about the casual racism she's experienced due to being Asian A… more
Date: unknown
Duration: 18 minutes 27 seconds
Creator: Selvaggi, Lily
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: St. Edward’s University

Oral History Interviews with James Voss, 1986

Description: Interview with James Voss, a lawyer and employee of the Caltex Petroleum Company from San Antonio, Texas. Voss discusses his earlier life and joining Caltex, work on company claims involving postwar China and other assets affected by World War II, the crude oil market, effects of the Chinese Communist Revolution on the company and markets, company operations in Japan and reconstruction, the company in Korea and Vietnam, mergers, purchases, divestments, expansion in the Mid East, South Africa, r… more
Date: 1986-01-09/1986-06-20
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Stephen E. Van Nostrand, April 20, 1987

Description: Interview with Stephen E. Van Nostrand, former executive at Caltex Petroleum Corporation. The interview includes Van Nostrand's personal experiences about service during World War II, employment with Caltex in China, the formation of Ryuku Oil Corporation, and holding various positions within Caltex. Van Nostrand talks about joint ventures with Nippon Oil Company and Koa Oil Company, increasing the refining capacity from 60,000 bbls. to 900,000 bbls. per day, crude oil contracts, the Nippon Pet… more
Date: April 20, 1987
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Van Nostrand, Stephen E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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