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Transcript of Oral History Interview with Homer James "Jim" Avery, August 14, 2008

Description: Interview with Homer James "Jim" Avery, founder of James Avery Craftsman from Kerrville, Texas. Mr. Avery discusses his childhood, education, service in World War II, and starting and developing his jewelry business. The interview includes photographs of Mr. Avery, on pages 35-41.
Date: August 14, 2008
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Webb, Jeanie Archer; Leonard, Julie Mosty & Avery, Homer James
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Oral History Interview with Gordon Patrick Hannan, April 22, 2002

Description: Interview with Gordon Patrick Hannan, a paratrooper veteran of World War II, serving in Africa, Italy, and the Netherlands. Hannan answers questions regarding his service, such as the jumps he made over Italy and Holland. Also covered is his participation in liberating one of the German concentration camps.
Date: May 14, 2003
Creator: Meschede, Robert & Hannan, Gordon Patrick
Partner: Lee College

Brief History of the Balzen Family in Texas

Description: History of the Balzen family in Texas including narratives and family charts for the various branches of the family, and anecdotes about family members, with reproductions of the family brand, maps, and other supplementary materials. The text includes a number of handwritten corrections and additions.
Date: July 14, 1982
Creator: Balzen, Richard W. & Balzen, Martha C.
Partner: Castroville Public Library

[News Script: Solzhenitsyn]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the German author who said that the Soviet writer who will not remain in West Germany.
Date: February 14, 1974, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Fillers]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story saying that those who have ever read a newspaper is aware of those 1..2.. or 3 line tid-bits of information called fillers and it is used to pad out a newspaper column that runs short.
Date: August 14, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Hijack Scare]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of west German air safety officials who say that the pilot of an Ethiopian jetliner, flyer Emperor Haile Selassie home to Ethiopia, accidentally pushed the wrong button and set off a false hijacking scare over Italy.
Date: September 14, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Hijack & Auto Talks]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of an Ethiopian airliner which signaled Italian Control Towers that it had been taken over by a hijacker. More than 127-thousand members of the United Auto Workers who are ready to go on strike if their negotiators fail to reach a new contract agreement with Chrysler.
Date: September 14, 1973, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Sports]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Arnold Palmer who has definitely moved into the spotlight by tying for the lead with only a few golfers still left in the 2nd round of the U. S open at New York.
Date: June 14, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Kurt Brenner, July 14, 1955]

Description: Letter from D. W. Kempner to Kurt Brenner at the Brenner's Park Hotel indicating that Kempner intends to extend his hotel reservation to about three weeks to comply with "the Doctor's orders" and still hopes that the reservation will be made for a large apartment at the hotel.
Date: July 14, 1955
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Partner: Rosenberg Library

Oral History Interview with George Hargens, December 14, 1985

Description: Interview with George Hargens, a former Caltex executive from San Francisco, California, to discuss his experiences working for Standard Oil during the Great Depression, his transfer to Caltex and establishment of the German market, work as a director of several oil companies, and leaving Caltex.
Date: September 14, 1985
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Hargens, George
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Jefferson D. Roberts, March 14, 1973

Description: Interview with Jefferson D. Roberts, a businessman and an Army Air Corps veteran (339th Bomb Squadron, 96th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force), concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Germans after being shot down over Nazi Germany during World War II. Roberts discusses the shooting down of his bomber (1944), his capture and interogation near Frankfurt, Heidekruge, East Prussia (1944), a prison camp near Berlin (1944), the forced march from NĂ¼rnberg to Moosberg (1945), prison camp… more
Date: March 14, 1973
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Roberts, Jefferson D.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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