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Backwoods to Border

Description: Book about folklore in Texas, including folk songs, ghost stories, Mexican animal tales, anecdotes about lawyers, folklore about Texas plants, riddles and miscellaneous legends. The index begins on page 225.
Date: 1943
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
Partner: UNT Press
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In the Shadow of History

Description: Collection of Texan and Mexican folklore, including stories about the Navajo Indians, the Alamo, Jim Bowie, various folk characters, tortilla making, and other humorous anecdotes. The index begins on page 181.
Date: 1980
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Partner: UNT Press
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Juneteenth Texas: Essays in African-American Folklore

Description: Volume of essays about African-American folklore, including reminiscences of African-American folk culture in Texas, studies of specific genres of folklore, information about Texas-African food-ways, studies of specific performers, information about songs and other folklore. The index begins on page 353.
Date: 1996
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Partner: UNT Press
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Paisanos: A Folklore Miscellany

Description: Collection of Texas and Mexican folklore, including "folk tales, folklore in journalism, reflections on the lore of the past, and some analyses of folklore generally" (inside of the front cover).
Date: 1978
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Partner: UNT Press
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Southwestern Lore

Description: Collection of a miscellany of Texas and Mexican folklore, including folk stories about treasure hunters, cowboys, Native Americans, and razorback hogs, as well as myths, customs and other superstitions. The index of song material begins on page 192 and the general index begins on page 193.
Date: 1931
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
Partner: UNT Press
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Juneteenth Texas: Essays in African-American Folklore

Description: Volume of essays about African-American folklore, including reminiscences of African-American folk culture in Texas, studies of specific genres of folklore, information about Texas-African food-ways, studies of specific performers, information about songs and other folklore. The index begins on page 353.
Date: 2017
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Partner: UNT Press
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Paisanos: A Folklore Miscellany

Description: Collection of Texas and Mexican folklore, including "folk tales, folklore in journalism, reflections on the lore of the past, and some analyses of folklore generally" (inside of the front cover).
Date: 2017
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Partner: UNT Press
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Southwestern Lore

Description: Collection of a miscellany of Texas and Mexican folklore, including folk stories about treasure hunters, cowboys, Native Americans, and razorback hogs, as well as myths, customs and other superstitions. The index of song material begins on page 192 and the general index begins on page 193.
Date: 2017
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
Partner: UNT Press
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In the Shadow of History

Description: Collection of Texan and Mexican folklore, including stories about the Navajo Indians, the Alamo, Jim Bowie, various folk characters, tortilla making, and other humorous anecdotes. The index begins on page 181.
Date: 2017
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Partner: UNT Press
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Backwoods to Border

Description: Book about folklore in Texas, including folk songs, ghost stories, Mexican animal tales, anecdotes about lawyers, folklore about Texas plants, riddles and miscellaneous legends. The index begins on page 225.
Date: 2017
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
Partner: UNT Press
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[News Script: Geisick]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Claudius Geisick Jr of San Antonio who surrendered to authorities in the Alamo city.
Date: June 12, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Corey released]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Sam Corey- the former Irving massage parlor operator who indicted for murder at New Orleans.
Date: June 11, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: San Antonio]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a San Antonio judge who reduced a 250 thousand dollar bond to just 20 thousand dollars and cleared the way for the jail release.
Date: June 11, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Geisick]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about 26 year old Claudius James Geisick Jr who indicted on second degree murder charges by a New Orleans grand jury.
Date: June 12, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Geisick case]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about one of the two men who indicted at New Orleans for the death of Mrs. Patricia Geisick.
Date: June 10, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Geisick case]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Claudius Geisick of San Antonio who has not yet surrendered to authorities following his indictment on murder charges in new Orleans.
Date: June 10, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Casket]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about authorities in New Jersey who exhumed the body of Patricia Giesick for what police hope will reveal the crucial clue in the woman' s bizarre hit and run traffic death at New Orleans three days after her marriage to a Texan.
Date: May 30, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Time' s titillations]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the article in the current issue of Time magazine which is critical of the Dallas Fort Worth regional airport has drawn fire from every angle of interest.
Date: June 21, 1974, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Airport reaction]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about executive director of the Dallas Fort Worth airport Ernest Dean whose staff begun a counter campaign to a derogatory article which appeared in the current issue of the Times magazine.
Date: June 21, 1974, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Energy spilled]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about environmental protection agency which says that more than 6 million 500 thousand gallons of petroleum products was spilled and wasted during the past fiscal year in Texas.
Date: June 15, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Wasted petroleum]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the environmental protection agency which reported that more than 6 and half million gallons of petroleum products which were spilled or wasted during the past fiscal year in Texas.
Date: June 15, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Delia]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of the Texas Gulf Coast which is bracing itself for a morning visit by tropical storm Delia, after a course change sent the storm headed toward Galveston-Freeport landfall.
Date: September 3, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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