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[Press Release: Marlboro/Miller Beer Boycott]

Description: A press release from ACT UP addressing the recent allegations from the Conservative Campaign Fund (CCF) and the Federal Election Commission (FCE) that LGBT organizations were boycotting Marlboro cigarettes and Miller beer as a way of keeping Jesse Helms from being re-elected.
Date: March 9, 1991
Creator: ACT UP
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Transcript of letters from James Cook and Stephen F. Austin to E. R. Wightman, April 9, 1830]

Description: Copy of transcript for letters from James Cook and Stephen F. Austin to E. R. Wightman. In Cook's letter, he discusses his survey of the land. And in Austin's letter he discusses Williams and Bowman's failure to have their land surveyed and outlines what tract he created since they did not complete the land survey.
Date: April 9, 1830
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Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Weather Board Gage.

Description: Patent for a new and improved gauge for weatherboards. This design utilizes a guiding loop and a hinged part to create a gauge that, "after it has been attached to the house, will support at least two boards in position while they are being nailed on, before it is necessary to the move the gage [sic] into another position, and which gage will be so securely held in place that the boards can be moved back and forth without displacing it in any manner" (lines 27-34).
Date: August 9, 1881
Creator: Lawrence, John Madison
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Spark-Extinguisher.

Description: Patent for a spark extinguisher "to prevent the burning of buildings and other combustible matter by steam engines" (lines 15-17).
Date: March 9, 1880
Creator: Blewett, George L.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Composition Pulp Plaster and Process of Manufacturing Same.

Description: Patent for "a composition pulp plaster designed as a substitute for ordinary lime-plaster and equivalent materials and particularly adapted for use in warm moist climates, where the ordinary lime-plaster lacks durability and is rendered non-adherent. A further objective of the invention is to provide a cheap substitute for plaster which will be not only waterproof, but also fireproof and gas-proof or practically impervious to air" (lines 9-18). It includes instructions for manufacturing the p… more
Date: May 9, 1899
Creator: Blake, David H. & Ray, Jeramiah P.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Oral History Interview with Russell Pitzer, July 9, 2013

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Russell Pitzer. Pitzer was drafted into the Marine Corps in August 1944. In 1945 he traveled aboard USS Iowa (BB-61), fighting in the Battle of Okinawa and participating in the bombardment of Tokyo Bay and Japanese islands. Upon the Japanese surrender, Pitzer was assigned as a bodyguard to Admiral Chester Nimitz, and accompanied the admiral on a post-surrender tour of Japan that included Hiroshima. After the war, he returned home… more
Date: July 9, 2013
Creator: Pitzer, Russell
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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