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Oral History Interview with M. T. Harrelson, May 9, 1985

Description: Interview with M. T. Harrelson, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran and POW from Wichita Falls, Texas, who was a member of the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery (the "Lost Battalion"). Harrelson discusses National Guard training and operations before the war, deployment to the Pacific and diversion to Java, the Japanese invasion, surrender and initial confinement, internment at Tanjong Priok and Bicycle Camp in Batavia, transfer to Changi Camp in Singapore, and the end of the war.
Date: May 9, 1985
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Harrelson, M. T., 1919-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Sack-Protector.

Description: Patent for an improvement to sacks, as used in picking berries, to protect the bag from deterioration caused by dragging of the sack on the ground.
Date: March 4, 1919
Creator: Roer, William A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[News Script: Tanker fire]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a fully loaded gasoline tanker truck which overturned and caught fire at 28th and Sylvania in north Fort Worth.
Date: July 26, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Railroad-Tie.

Description: Patent for a "simple and effective railroad tie for supporting the rails and rigidly holding them in the position of use" (lines 19-21).
Date: January 30, 1894
Creator: Lee, John Chester
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Agreement Between The Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company of Texas and The Wichita Falls Railway Company: Dated May 16, 1901

Description: Contract between The Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company of Texas and The Wichita Falls Railway Company amending and extending their original contract entered into on June 12, 1894. This agreement amends Article Five of the previous contract, which regards interstate freight traffic and interchanging freight in Wichita Falls.
Date: May 16, 1901
Creator: Rouse, Henry C.; Newby, A.; Reagan, John H. & Storey, L. J.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[News Script: Tornado

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the tornado which struck Wichita Falls around 3pm on Friday, April 3, 1964; description of the destruction and aftermath are given.
Date: April 3, 1964
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Happy birthday]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Nancy Voss, a young Wichita Falls girl suffering from cancer, receiving a birthday trip to her old hometown in Fort Worth as a gift from three radio stations. Voss visits old schoolmates and the Fort Worth Zoo before a birthday dinner at a resort hotel with her friends.
Date: July 19, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Military night]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Armed Forces Day celebrations in North Texas, honoring military personnel with parades, exhibits, and speeches against communism.
Date: May 22, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Gambler]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the gambling indictment of Albert Meadows.
Date: October 2, 1963
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Locomotion: Romancing the rails at Texas train museums, or Two Longs and a Short: Highballin' it through Texas train museums!, or Two Longs and a Short: Museums toot the whistle of railroading's colorful past.

Description: Draft of an article about train museums across Texas that was published in the February 2001 issue of Texas Highways magazine.
Date: 2001-02~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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