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Oral History Interviews with Harrell Edmund Chiles, 1980

Description: Interview with Harrell Edmund Chiles, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of the Western Company. He discusses his family, formation of the Western Company, oil exploration, history of the oil industry in Texas, his political views, and his "I'm Mad" campaign.
Date: 1980-01/1980-09
Creator: Smallwood, J. B. & Chiles, H. E.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Vehicle-Step.

Description: Patent for a new and useful vehicle step, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 30, 1900
Creator: Erikson, Eduard August Olef
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Burial-Vault

Description: Patent for an air and moisture proof burial vault which can also expel gases. Illustrations included.
Date: January 3, 1911
Creator: Pepple, John W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fence Stay

Description: Patent for a fence stay. "This invention relates to means for maintaining strands or line-wires of fences in relatively fixed relation to prevent their sagging or being forced apart by the attempted passage of animals between them" (lines 7-11). Illustration included.
Date: January 15, 1907
Creator: Price Thomas Mortin
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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