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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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[News Clip: Skaggs Santa]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: December 23, 1985, 5:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 41 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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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

[Over Here: War Time Rhymes, cover]

Description: Photograph of the cover of "Over Here: War Time Rhymes" by Edgar A. Guest, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover is dark blue with the first part of the title in dark blue inside of a gold banner, the rest of the title and author stamped in gold under it.
Date: September 23, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[History and Rhymes of the Lost Battalion]

Description: Photographs of "History and Rhymes of the Lost Battalion" by Lee C. McCollum, held by UNT Special Collections. The second image is open to two poems, the one on the left tiled "Our Commander" and the one on the right "Up There." On each side and bottom of the page is an illustration of field workers, the bottom part being the ground. Each page also has a dedication. Image 3, poem titled "My Pals" expanding over two pages. On the outer part of each page is part of an illustration of things like … more
Date: October 12, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Rhymes of a Red Cross Man, cover]

Description: Photograph of the cover of "Rhymes of a Red Cross Man" by Robert W. Service, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover is olive green the title and author within a decorative frame, all in gold lettering and lines.
Date: September 23, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Jabberwocky: A Pop-up Rhyme from Through the Looking Glass]

Description: Photographs of Lewis Carrol's "Jabberwocky: A Pop-up Rhyme from Through the Looking Glass," held by UNT Special Collections. The pale blue cover contains an illustration of a Jabberwocky, a creature with human-like face and ear ears, also with pointed ears at the top. The title is at the top in big black letters. Image 2, illustration of the jabberwocky hiding behind a tree branch expanding over two pages. Another pointy eared animal is peeking out with him. In the top left corner is a small po… more
Date: March 2, 2020
Creator: Gellner, Megan
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Some Preliminary Issues in the Reconstruction of Proto-KokBorok

Description: This is a description of Proto-KokBorok prepared as part of the 1987-88 Linguistic Field Methods course at University of California, Berkeley on KokBorok with some handwritten notes from Jim Matisoff. Tripura describes regional variation and provides a phoneme inventory, rhyme classes, and correspondences with Bodo.
Date: May 27, 1988
Creator: Tripura, Prashanta
Partner: UNT College of Information
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KokBorok dictionary drafts and notes

Description: Notes from the 1978-88 Linguistic Field Methods course at University of California, Berkeley on KokBorok with the consultant Prashanta Tripura. These are typed drafts of a KokBorok dictionary with notes and questions from the authors to each other. The drafts are organized by initial and rhyme. For some entries, the form is also provided in Bengali (Bng.), Bodo (B.), or the Naitong variety of KokBorok (Ntg.). See table of contents for detailed listing.
Date: May 1988
Creator: Matisoff, James A.; Tripura, Prashanta & Jurafsky, Dan
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Texas and Southwestern Lore

Description: Collection of popular folklore from Texas and the Southwest, including ballads, cowboy songs, Native American myths, superstitions and other miscellaneous folk tales. It also contains the proceedings of the Texas Folklore Society. The index begins on page 243.
Date: 2017
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
Partner: UNT Press
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Texas and Southwestern Lore

Description: Collection of popular folklore from Texas and the Southwest, including ballads, cowboy songs, Native American myths, superstitions and other miscellaneous folk tales. It also contains the proceedings of the Texas Folklore Society. The index begins on page 243.
Date: 1927
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
Partner: UNT Press

Performance of childrens' songs and rhymes

Description: Sandesh Bakshaka performs childrens' songs and rhymes 'Jeng Jeng Mai' about insects, 'Sa Ning Tham' used to teach counting, and 'Rel Gari' which imitates train sounds.
Date: June 3, 2023
Duration: 3 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla & Rabha, Subhash
Partner: UNT College of Information
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[News Clip: Rap Teacher]

Description: B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: May 25, 1990, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 58 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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