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[Photograph of a policeman giving a ticket]

Description: Photograph of a police officer ticketing an automobile parked on the side of a busy city street. He wears a peaked hat and a white collared shirt. A sign advertising "Monnig's" hangs in the background next to a streetlight. Tall stone and brick buildings line either side of the street and fade into the distance.
Date: 1936
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Letter from Pedro J. Gonzalez's lawyer, Anna Zacsek, to the prison board]

Description: Letter from Pedro J. Gonzalez's lawyer, Anna Zacsek, to the board of prison terms and paroles regarding his case. A wide column of paragraphed text extends across the front and back of the page, ending above the text "sincerely" and "Anna Zacsek."
Date: September 17, 1936
Creator: Parlee, Lorena, 1945-2006 & Zacsek, Anna
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Grown-Up Paper Dolls: Betty and Jean

Description: Grown-Up Paper Dolls book published in 1936. The dolls are named Dot, Kay, Betty, and Jean. The book includes fashion illustrations cut-outs of the outfits for each girl labeled with descriptive text.
Date: 1936
Creator: O'Rourke, Gladys
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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The Opinions of Spanish Women Concerning the Transition from the Dictatorship to the Democracy in Spain in 1975

Description: Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing how women in Spain during the dictatorship of Francisco Franco viewed the dictator, how those women view their political positions today, how much their positions have changed, and how do they compare Franco's government with the current democracy.
Date: Autumn 2005
Creator: Church, Kellye
Partner: UNT Honors College

[Photograph of a police officer ticketing an automobile]

Description: Photograph of a police officer writing a parking ticket for an automobile. The policeman stands on the sidewalk next to a parking meter and looks down at a small notebook in his hands. He wears a peaked cap with a long-sleeved shirt and dark pants. Buildings line both sides of the street and fade into the distance.
Date: 1936
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Weeding Out the Undesirables: the Red Scare in Texas Higher Education, 1936-1958

Description: When the national Democratic Party began to transform to progressive era politics because of the New Deal, conservative reactionaries turned against the social welfare programs and used red scare tactics to discredit liberal and progressive New Deal Democrat professors in higher education. This process continued during the Second World War, when the conservatives in Texas lumped fascism and communism in order to anchor support and fire and threaten professors and administrators for advocating o… more
Date: August 2014
Creator: Bynum, Katherine E.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Personnel Study of North Texas State Teachers College Lettermen from 1936 to 1946 as to Military and Scholastic Attainments During World War II

Description: The purposes of this study are (1) to determine military and scholastic achievements made by North Texas State Teachers College lettermen during World War II; (2) to make tabulations of these achievements; and (3) to provide references and data on these athletes during World War II.
Date: August 1947
Creator: Curnutt, Wilburn
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Oral History Interview with Gib Lewis, August 29, 1979

Description: Transcript of an interview with with Gibson ("Gib") Lewis, a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from Fort Worth, concerning his experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-sixth Legislature.
Date: August 29, 1979
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Lewis, Gib, 1936-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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An analysis of the airspeeds and normal accelerations of Martin M-130 airplanes in commercial transport operation

Description: From Introduction: "Acceleration and airspeed data obtained from V-G records collected during commercial transport operations (references 1 and 2) are being analyzed in some detail to determine the flight loads and operating speeds as functions of airplane, route, season, and prewar and wartime operations."
Date: September 1948
Creator: Walker, Walter G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Oral History Interview with Thomas E. Parr, January 6, 1993

Description: Interview with Thomas E. Parr, an army veteran from Adams, Wisconsin. This interview contains his experiences as an army nurse in Vietnam, 1971. Topics include psychiatric casualties at Long Binh and the heroin detoxification center at Cam Ranh Bay.
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Date: January 6, 1993
Creator: Houser, Cindy & Parr, Thomas E.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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The Preparation and Work of High School Teachers in Collin County

Description: "The aim of this study is to examine some of the factors and conditions underlying the preparation and work of the high school teachers in Collin County for the year 1936-1937 only. In finding and tabulating the existing factors and conditions, it is hoped that this will be of help in making improvements in the present schedule for the training of high school teachers."--leaf 2
Date: August 1937
Creator: Alexander, Mabel Parker
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Oral History Interview with David Allred, November 13, 1968

Description: Interview with former member of the Texas House of Representatives David Allred, a journalist from Wichita Falls and son of former Democratic Governor James V. Allred. The interview includes Allred's personal experiences while serving as a member of the Special Session of the Sixtieth Legislature, as well as his views on revenue legislation, the reform of liquor laws, increases in state sales tax, changes in House rules, and beer and liquor lobbies. The interview also includes Allred's comments… more
Date: September 30, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Allred, David
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with David Allred, August 9, 1967

Description: Interview with former Democratic journalist and member of the Texas House of Representatives David Allred from Wichita Falls, Texas. The interview includes Allred's experiences while serving in the Sixtieth Legislature as well as his personal views on the influence of lobbyists, rules of the House, power of committee chairs, defeat of pari-mutuel betting bill, the value of the Texas Legislative Council, and annual legislative sessions. The interview also contains Allred's thoughts on fellow pol… more
Date: November 20, 1968
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.; Kamp, H. W. & Allred, David
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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