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The Handbook of Texas

Description: Digital encyclopedia maintained by the Texas State Historical Association documenting historic and modern people, places and events in Texas history, along with curated sets of entries and information about related resources.
Date: 2023
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Item Type: Refine your search to only Website
Partner: UNT Libraries Digital Projects Unit

Eagles Overhead: the History of US Air Force Forward Air Controllers, from the Meuse-Argonne to Mosul

Description: US Air Force Forward Air Controllers (FACs) bridge the gap between air and land power. They operate in the grey area of the battlefield, serving as an aircrew who flies above the battlefield, spots the enemy, and relays targeting information to control close air support attacks by other faster aircraft. When done well, Air Force FACs are the fulcrum for successful employment of air power in support of ground forces. Unfortunately, FACs in recent times have been shunned by both ground and air fo… more
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Date: February 2023
Creator: Dietz, Matt,
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries

The Weekly War: How the Saturday Evening Post Reported World War I

Description: An elite team of reporters brought the Great War home each week to ten million readers of The Saturday Evening Post. As America’s largest circulation magazine, the Post hired the nation’s best-known and best-paid writers to cover World War I. The Weekly War provides a history of the unique record Post storytellers created of World War I, the distinct imprint the Post made on the field of war reporting, and the ways in which Americans witnessed their first world war. The Weekly War includes repr… more
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Date: April 2023
Creator: Dubbs, Chris & Edy, Carolyn M.
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Partner: UNT Libraries

The Dallas Story: the North American Aviation Plant and Industrial Mobilization During World War II

Description: During World War II the United States mobilized its industrial assets to become the great “Arsenal of Democracy” through the cooperation of the government and private firms. The Dallas Story examines a specific aviation factory, operated by the North American Aviation (NAA) company in Dallas, Texas. Terrance Furgerson explores the construction and opening of the factory, its operation, its relations with the local community, and the closure of the facility at the end of the war. Prior to the o… more
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Date: March 2023
Creator: Furgerson, Terrance
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Death and Life in the Big Red One: a Soldier's World War II Journey from North Africa to Germany

Description: Joe Olexa enlisted in the US Army in December 1940, figuring that if he was going to be in a war, he might as well start training. Assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, nicknamed “The Big Red One,” he served in Company L of its 26th Infantry Regiment for the next four years. Along the way he trained with the division in maneuvers in the United States; shipped to England in 1942; landed at Oran, Algeria, in the Operation Torch landings of November 1942; and fought in Tunisia, Sicily, Normandy, … more
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Date: March 2023
Creator: Olexa, Joseph P. & Smither, James R.
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[A Bulletin Board Inside Wooten Hall]

Description: Photograph of a bulletin board inside Wooten Hall on the University of North Texas campus. The board is located to the right of the (former) cafe entrance of the building and covered in flyers and advertisements for various campus events and student organizations.
Date: November 14, 2023
Creator: Vackar, Luke
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[An Image of an August 27, 2023 Tweet by WFAA and Dallas-Based Meteorologist Pete Delkus Showing the Daily Temperatures for August 2023]

Description: Image of an August 27, 2023 tweet by WFAA and Dallas-based meteorologist Pete Delkus showing the daily temperatures for August 2023. That month was the hottest on record in the Dallas Fort Worth area and broke a number of daily heat records for the county.
Date: August 27, 2023
Creator: Eubanks, Sarah
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[The Giant Green Chair at the DATCU Stadium]

Description: Photograph of the giant green chair at the DATCU Stadium, the home of the University of North Texas Mean Green football team. The chair is 20 feet tall and weighs over 15,000 pounds. It is made of steel and fiberglass, and it is painted green to match the Mean Green's team colors. The students consider the chair to serve as a symbol of the Mean Green's tradition, spirit, and community commitment for excellence.
Date: November 24, 2023
Creator: Swift, Carter
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Special Collection staff and student celebrating 500k]

Description: Photograph of Jupiter Allen, Gabrielle Milburn, Jessica Tucker, Perri Hamilton, and Ava Roden standing with golden balloons that spell out 500K and celebrating the Special Collections achievement of getting 500k records online in the Digital Library and Portal to Texas History.
Date: 2023-11-03/2023-11-07
Creator: Gieringer, Morgan Davis
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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