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[Transcript of Letter from George Fisher to Stephen F. Austin, August 13, 1836]

Copy of transcript for a letter from George Fisher to Stephen F. Austin, on August 13, 1836, discussing opinions about the Texas blockade of Matamoros. He goes on to discuss the upkeep of his newspaper, the Correo Atlántico.

Date: August 13, 1836

Creator: Fisher, George

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[News Script: Gulf of Mexico]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about seven men who are missing after an explosion on a production rig of the Chevron oil company in the Gulf of Mexico near New Orleans.

Date: June 15, 1974, 10:00 p.m.

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Script

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Oral History Interview with John W. Wisecup, July 28, 1987

Interview with John Wisecup, a Marine Corps veteran and a survivor of the sinking of the USS Houston, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Wisecup talks about the sinking of the Houston (1942), his capture and imprisonment at Serang, Java, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway (1942-1944), Kanchanaburi, Thailand (1944), Changi Jail (1944-1945), and his liberation.

Date: July 28, 1987

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Wisecup, John W.

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Oral History Program