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Oral History Interview with Edith Smith, October 1, 1994

Description: Interview with Edith Smith about her recollections of the Progressive Era of Texarkana, Texas. Smith discusses her marriage to Wilbur Smith, courting practices, her childhood, family servants, her education, church activities, a survey of downtown businesses, her job in the newspaper business, leisuretime activities, Red Cross activities during World War I, family reading material, and political activities.
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Date: October 1, 1994
Creator: Rowe, Beverly & Smith, Edith
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Joseph Vivian, February 17, 1994

Description: Interview with Joseph Vivian concerning his experiences before, during, and after his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Vivian worked at a camp in Ratcliff, Texas (Company 1803).
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Date: February 17, 1994
Creator: Henley, Shelly & Vivian, Joseph
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Thomas J. Hayman, December 4, 1989

Description: Interview with Thomas Hayman, a builder from Huntsville, Texas, who was involved in the development of Hamilton Park. Hayman discusses his education and early career, going into the construction business, work with the Army Corps of Engineers during WWII, building projects in Dallas, the Dallas Interracial Association, prominent figures in Dallas business and the black community, and the process of building Hamilton Park.
Date: December 4, 1989
Creator: Wilson, William H. & Hayman, Thomas J.
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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GIS and Civic Imagination

Description: Recording of a presentation session at the 2015 Digital Frontiers Annual Conference. In this session, presenters discuss the creation of a geographic information system dedicated to the history of Houston, and how such a system can function as a way to make archival documents accessible.
Date: September 2015
Duration: 19 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: Sewell, Jeanette & Riedel, Brian
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries
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The Golden Log

Description: This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains popular Texas folklore, including information about unusual Texas place names, folktales about spiders, folktales about witchcraft, ghosts and superstitions, and information about early petroleum geologists. The index begins on page 167.
Date: 1962
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
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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
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Partner: UNT Press
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[News Script: Fiddlers]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an annual fiddling competition in Crockett, Texas.
Date: June 10, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: African American Elections]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 6pm.
Date: November 7, 1989
Duration: 1 minute 52 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Analyses of Coals in the United States with Descriptions of Mine and Field Samples Collected between July 1, 1904 and June 30, 1910 Part 2. Descriptions of Samples

Description: From Introduction: "This volume contains the descriptions of the samples whose analyses are published in the preceding volume, Part I of this bulletin. The descriptions have been compiled from the notebooks of the persons who collected the samples, have been condensed from accounts given in published reports of the United States Geological Survey, or have furnished by the collection themselves. Inasmuch as the descriptions represent the work of many persons during a period of six years, and ina… more
Date: 1913
Creator: Lord, N. W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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