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Folk Travelers: Ballads, Tales and Talk

Description: This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains popular folklore of Texas and Mexico, including traveling anecdotes, folk ballads, folklore in natural history, as well as information about black and white magic, Western animals, and cattle brands. The index begins on page 259.
Date: 1953
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Partner: UNT Press

[Adelaida L. Cuellar portrait]

Description: Photograph of Adelaida L. Cuellar in front of a blank backdrop. The photograph shows her head to part of her torso. She wears a dark-colored jacket and smiles while looking at the camera. Written on photograph: "Para mis queridos abuelitos con cariño de su nieta, Lala - 11/7/51". ( *Translation from Spanish: To my dearest grandparents with love from your granddaughter, Lala - 11/7/51.)
Date: November 7, 1951
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Frank Jr. Portrait]

Description: Photograph of Frank Cuellar Jr. wearing a light-colored suit with neck-tie in front of a blank backdrop. Written on photograph: "Cariñosamente para mis abuelitos - Frank Jr. (Franquito) 12-10-50." ( *Translation from Spanish: " To my grandparents with love - Frank Jr. (Franquito - a nickname) 12 -10 -50. )
Date: December 10, 1950
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Madstones and Twisters

Description: Collection information about weather, plant and animal lore in Texas and Mexico. It also discusses folk remedies, folktales about tornadoes, information about prairie dogs, and ghost stories.
Date: 1958
Creator: Boatright, Mody Coggin
Partner: UNT Press
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Mesquite and Willow

Description: Collection of Texas, Spanish and Mexican folklore, including legends, child ballads, folk tales, folk songs, tall tales, information about home remedies, and other folklore.
Date: 1957
Creator: Boatright, Mody Coggin
Partner: UNT Press
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[Division of the land (division del norte)]

Description: Division of the land (division del norte). A small block of text and a wider paragraph are printed above two signatures and two stamped seals. At the top of the page are two lines of handwriting while near the page's bottom edge are additional lines of printed text.
Date: October 25, 1955
Creator: Parlee, Lorena, 1945-2006
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Letter from a radio announcer association to Pedro J. Gonzalez, 3]

Description: Letter from the Asociacion de Locutores de Radio y Similares de la Baja California to Pedro J. Gonzalez. A microphone icon is printed next to a heading and subheadings, below which is date and a wide column of paragraphed text. Below the text column is a second microphone are additional lines of texts that have been handwritten over in blue ink.
Date: December 5, 1958
Creator: Parlee, Lorena, 1945-2006
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Letter from a radio announcer association to Pedro J. Gonzalez, 4]

Description: Letter from the Asociacion de Locutores de Radio y Similares de la Baja California to Pedro J. Gonzalez. A microphone icon is printed next to multiple lines of red and blue text, below which is a wide column of paragraphed text printed in black. Below the paragraphs is a second microphone icon stamped between two signatures.
Date: February 1, 1958
Creator: Parlee, Lorena, 1945-2006
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Letter from Pedro J. Gonzalez to a radio announcer association, 2]

Description: Letter from Pedro J. Gonzalez to the Asociacion de Locutores de Radio y Similares de la Baja California. Both the first and second page have short lines of text printed above a wide column of paragraphed text. The second page's text column continues onto the third page of the letter.
Date: December 5, 1958
Creator: Parlee, Lorena, 1945-2006 & Gonzalez, Pedro J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Notice to all employees of XEAU Radio]

Description: Notice to all employees of XEAU Radio. A microphone icon is printed to the left of titles, below which is a wide column of paragraphed text that ends above a signature. A second microphone icon is stamped next to the signature, above additional signatures that have been written out along printed lines. The back of the page is covered by handwritten text.
Date: May 11, 1953
Creator: Parlee, Lorena, 1945-2006
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Letter from Manuel Acuña Varela to Eduardo Ortega Paniagua]

Description: Letter from Manuel Acuña Varela to Eduardo Ortega Paniagua. A large radio tower icon is printed with the text "XEAU" above lines of smaller text and a date. A wide column of paragraphed text printed further down fills the rest of the page.
Date: April 18, 1958
Creator: Parlee, Lorena, 1945-2006 & Varela, Manuel Acuña
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Letter to the members of Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Industria del Radio]

Description: Letter to the members of Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Industria del Radio. On the document's first two pages, short lines of text are printed above wide columns of paragraphed text. The third page contains a short paragraph positioned above three columns of signatures.
Date: November 1957
Creator: Parlee, Lorena, 1945-2006
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Letter from a radio announcer association to Pedro J. Gonzalez, 10]

Description: Letter from the Asociacion de Locutores de Radio y Similares de la Baja California to Pedro J. Gonzalez. A microphone icon is printed next to multiple lines of red and blue text, below which are short lines of black text. Additional black text is printed in paragraphs above signatures, which have been signed below a stamped microphone icon. Upon the back of the page is a third signature followed by a single block of printed text.
Date: May 11, 1953
Creator: Parlee, Lorena, 1945-2006
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Letter from a radio announcer association to Pedro J. Gonzalez, 12]

Description: Letter from the Asociacion de Locutores de Radio y Similares de la Baja California to Pedro J. Gonzalez. A microphone icon is printed next to multiple lines of red and blue text, below which is a wide column of paragraphed text printed in black. Below the paragraphs is a second microphone icon stamped between two signatures and above additional lines of printed text.
Date: January 28, 1958
Creator: Parlee, Lorena, 1945-2006
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Letter from a radio announcer association to Pedro J. Gonzalez, 2]

Description: Letter from the Asociacion de Locutores de Radio y Similares de la Baja California to Pedro J. Gonzalez. A microphone icon is printed next to multiple lines of red and blue text, below which is a wide column of paragraphed text printed in black. Below the paragraphs is a second microphone icon stamped between two signatures and above additional lines of printed text.
Date: January 28, 1958
Creator: Parlee, Lorena, 1945-2006
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Letter from a radio announcer association to Pedro J. Gonzalez, 1]

Description: Letter from the Asociacion de Locutores de Radio y Similares de la Baja California to Pedro J. Gonzalez. A microphone icon is printed next to multiple lines of red and blue text, below which is a wide column of paragraphed text printed in black. Below the paragraphs is a second microphone icon stamped between two signatures and above additional lines of printed text.
Date: January 4, 1958
Creator: Parlee, Lorena, 1945-2006
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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