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Oral History Interview with Mary Steele Leon, April 15, 1997

Description: Interview with Mary Steele Leon, a secretary for the U. S. Navy during and after World War II. She joined the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) and was trained as a secretary. Her first assignment was in the office of the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) during World War II. The CNO at the time was Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King. After the war, she served as personal secretary for Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz while he was CNO. She was discharged in 1946.
Date: April 15, 1997
Duration: 31 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: Alexander, Bill & Leon, Mary Steele
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Ray Hunter and Howard Jackel, April 30, 1990

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Rear Admiral Ray Hunter and Howard Jackel. The interview begins with Admiral Hunter’s experiences aboard USS Washington (BB-56) during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on 14-15 November 1942. Hunter served as officer of the deck, and speaks of events that occurred in company with USS South Dakota (BB-57). In the second interview, Howard Jackel shares his experiences aboard the South Dakota from January of 1942 through January of 1… more
Date: April 30, 1990
Duration: 42 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: Hunter, Ray & Jackel, Howard
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Ray Hunter, April 30, 1990

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Ray Hunter. In this interview, Hunter recounts the Night Battle of Guadalcanal, for which he served as officer of the deck on the USS Washington (BB-56), on the lookout, keeping the ship out of collision with friendly forces, and making sure that the commanding officer’s orders were carried out. The crew had been at general quarters for 12 hours before the first shots were fired. Still, everyone remained calm. At the climax … more
Date: April 30, 1990
Duration: 20 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: Hunter, Ray
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Howard Jackel, April 30, 1990

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Howard Jackel. Jackel served aboard the USS Portland (CA-33) beginning in 1937. During World War II, he was aboard the USS South Dakota (BB-57). He noticed a stark difference between the two crews: while the Portland’s crew were polished sailors, the South Dakota’s were fighting men; uniforms did not mean much to them. During the Night Battle of Guadalcanal, Jackel was in the main battery plotting room, taking ranges from fi… more
Date: April 30, 1990
Duration: 22 minutes
Creator: Jackel, Howard
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Mary Steele Leon, April 15, 1997

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Mary Steele Leon. She joined the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) and was trained as a secretary. Her first assignment was in the office of the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) during World War II. The CNO at the time was Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King. After the war, she served as personal secretary for Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz while he was CNO. She was discharged in 1946.
Date: April 15, 1997
Duration: 30 minutes 56 seconds
Creator: Leon, Mary Steele
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Ray Amstutz, April 5, 1997

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Ray Amstutz. Amstutz joined the Army Reserve (Student Training Corps) while in college at the University of Tulsa. On May 8, 1943 he was inducted and went to Fort Sill, Oklahoma for processing and then to Camp Maxie, Paris, Texas for three months basic training. The Army sent him back to school at the University of Oklahoma where he finished one semester. From there, he went to Camp Claiborne in Louisiana where they were tra… more
Date: April 5, 1997
Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: Amstutz, Ray
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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[Affordable Housing and Access to Historic Places]

Description: Sound recording of (clip 1) a 1993 meeting about historical preservation in regards to an affordable housing program in the Houston Heights neighborhood in Houston, Texas; and (clip 2) a Texas Historical Commission conference in Houston on Saturday, April 25, 1992, titled: Beginning Program on Access to Historic Places -- Implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Date: [1992-04-25,1993]
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 35 seconds
Creator: Hays, Margaret Parx
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Hispanic Experience, NCTC]

Description: Sound recording of the Hispanic Experience event held at the North Central Texas College (NCTC) campus in Gainesville, featuring presentations by Amelia Hernandez and Dr. Rudy Rodriguez.
Date: April 13, 1995
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Hays, Margaret Parx
Location: 33.618792 -97.165940
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Marking Texas History]

Description: Sound recording of a Jefferson County Historical Commission seminar in Beaumont, TX in April 1991, outlining the history of markers in Texas and the historic marker application process.
Date: April 1991
Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes 36 seconds
Creator: Hays, Margaret Parx
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Funding on Preservation of Documents]

Description: Sound recording of a meeting held in Abilene, TX, discussing the Local Government Records Act (LGRA) passed September 1, 1989. First speaker: Christopher Laplante, Director of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission; Second speaker: Associate Director of Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library at Texas Tech; Third speaker: Kent Keeth, Director of the Texas Collection at Baylor University. Topics of the meeting include the history of the National Historical Publications and Reco… more
Date: April 1990
Duration: 57 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Hays, Margaret Parx
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[City meeting with Curtis King]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a city council meeting at city hall with Curtis King speaking. The meeting was held April 13th 1998. The tape includes two tracks of audio that are noisy and intelligible beyond voice tonality.
Date: April 13, 1998
Duration: 28 minutes 05 seconds
Location: 32.776178 -96.797341
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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["Smallwood Singers: Rooted in Gospel" concert audio tape 1 of 2]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the "Rooted in Gospel" concert held on April 16th, 1995 at the Naomi Bruton Theatre. The tape includes a single track of audio that features the Smallwood Singers and vocalists playing a gospel and R&B concert.
Date: April 16, 1995
Duration: 30 minutes 08 seconds
Location: 32.774281 -96.797546
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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["Smallwood Singers: Rooted in Gospel" concert audio tape 2 of 2]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the "Rooted in Gospel" concert held on April 16th, 1995 at the Naomi Bruton Theatre. The tape includes two tracks of audio from the jazz and gospel concert. The audio has slight distortions and low background static throughout.
Date: April 16, 1995
Duration: 1 hour 12 seconds
Creator: Smallwood Singers
Location: 32.774281 -96.797546
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Cultural commissioners meeting audio tape]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the cultural commissioners meeting held on April 17th, 1998. The tape includes two tracks of audio that are generally intelligible of echoing voices.
Date: April 17, 1998
Duration: 25 minutes 48 seconds
Location: 32.774281 -96.797546
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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["Black Living Legends Speak" speakers series]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the second Black Living Legends Speaks speaker series held in the spring of 1997. The event featured John Briggs, Edison Fowlks, Foster Kidd, Mamie McKnight, Travis Lewis, Ima Runnels and Allison Tucker. The tape includes two tracks of audio that are noisy but with the content of the speakers still maintained enough to be heard and understood.
Date: April 12, 1997
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 32 seconds
Location: 32.774281 -96.797546
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[2nd Annual "Black Preaching in the Literary Tradition" break out session]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the 2nd annual Black Preaching In the Literary Tradition held in April of 1998. The tape includes two of tracks of audio covering the break out session on the topic of anecdotes in black preaching.
Date: April 25, 1998
Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes 45 seconds
Location: 32.774281 -96.797546
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[2nd Annual "Black Preaching in the Literary Tradition" closing session]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the 2nd annual Black Preaching In the Literary Tradition held in April of 1998. The tape includes two of tracks of audio covering the closing session by Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker from Canaan Missionary Baptist Church in New York City.
Date: April 25, 1998
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 47 seconds
Creator: Walker, Rev. Wyatt Tee
Location: 32.774281 -96.797546
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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