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[Football Coaches with Blackboard]

Photograph of four football coaches standing next to a blackboard with football plays. Standing from left to right: Odus Mitchell, Ken Bahnsen, Herb Ferrill, and Fred McCain.

Date: 1940~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

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From Slave to Statesman: The Legacy of Joshua Houston, Servant to Sam Houston

This biography discusses the life of Joshua Houston starting at around twelve years of age until his death in 1902. The text includes commentary on the historical context of his life and anecdotal accounts. Index starts on page 259.

Date: 1993

Creator: Prather, Patricia Smith, 1943- & Monday, Jane Clements, 1941-

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Press

[Away from the Crowd]

Photograph of two couples embracing while playing "kissing games" at a stir-off, standing to the left of tall stalks of sorghum.

Date: 1940~

Creator: Clark, Joe

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Chemistry Society, 1942]

Photograph of the chemistry society posing in front of the entrance of a building in the 1940's.

Date: 1942

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Choir on a Tour #1]

Photograph of the college choir on a tour. The choir is outside surrounded by broken down brick and debris looking towards the ground where a structure use to be. They are all dressed in their choir uniforms.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Choir on a Tour #2]

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

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Chromite deposits of Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

This report describes field work and research done in two areas of ultramafic rocks containing chromite deposits are known at the south end of Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. The Red Mountain is the other area covered in this report.

Date: 1942

Creator: Guild, Philip White

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hat

Hat of fine mauve straw and artificial flowers. Designed as a "boater", the low cylindrical crown is of woven fine mauve straw with a slightly sunken, inset flat top. Around the base of the crown is a wreath of artificial flowers, including red roses, and small blossoms in pale green and mauve, which is tied at back with a thin green velvet ribbon bow with trailing ends. From below the wreath extends a net mesh veil, which covers the narrow, flat brim, and hangs down. The hat is unlined, wi… more

Date: 1940~

Creator: Frank, Nat

Item Type: Physical Object

Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Hat

Hat of black felt. Styled somewhat as a fez, the hat has a slightly conical crown with flattened top. At back are two segments of black silk braid/knotwork. Inner black grosgrain ribbon hatband. Designer's label: "Original / Helen Smith / Marshall Field Annex - Chicago"

Date: 1940~

Creator: Smith, Helen

Item Type: Physical Object

Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

[Straining the Cane]

Narrative by Junebug Clark in the summer of 2014: "Straining the Cane" show community members actually straining the extracted juice from the sorghum cane before it goes into metal vats to be boiled down into molasses. Overall Background: These Molasses Making Stir-off photos were shot by Joe Clark HBSS in the early to mid-1940s. Either on the farm of Fred Whitaker about four miles southwest of Cumberland Gap, or in Cumberland Gap on the farm of Baptist preacher the Rev. Hugh Vancel. More inf… more

Date: 194X

Creator: Clark, Joe

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Kissing Games]

Narrative by Junebug Clark in the summer of 2014: Kissing games at Stir-off gatherings are a favorite pastime. Looks like a few girls in the background are jealous and looking for a beau. The kissing game usually started with single boys and girls forming a circle. A girl would run around the circle and tag a boy and he would then chase her around the circle. The idea being that if she beat him back to the spot he vacated - she was safe. If he caught her - a kiss was the prize. It's been said … more

Date: 194X

Creator: Clark, Joe

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Douglas Clark Taking a Bath]

Narrative by Junebug Clark: Photograph is from the 1940s and is shot in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. This is my cousin Douglas Clark, son of my Uncle Junebug and Aunt Jennie Clark. I'd guess this to be bath time in 1945.

Date: 194X

Creator: Clark, Joe

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Kissing Game]

Narrative by Junebug Clark in the summer of 2014: Stir-off Time, the harvesting of sorghum and the process of extracting out its juices and boiling it down into molasses was a day and night process that brought families, neighbors and friends together for this last social event in the Fall season. Besides sharing in the labor they also shared in fun and dance as local musicians came to play as did many of the single folk used this as an opportunity to meet and court. Overall Background: Thes… more

Date: 194X

Creator: Clark, Joe

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Mule Power]

Narrative by Junebug Clark in the summer of 2014: Mules and horses were the common 'power plant' used for turning the mill that the stripped down sorghum stalks were fed. The juice from the stalks were pressed and extracted to later be boiled down into molasses in large metal vats. Overall Background: These Molasses Making Stir-off photos were shot by Joe Clark HBSS in the early to mid-1940s. Either on the farm of Fred Whitaker about four miles southwest of Cumberland Gap, or in Cumberland Ga… more

Date: 194X

Creator: Clark, Joe

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Sorghum Harvest]

Narrative by Junebug Clark in the summer of 2014: Young girl in a field of sorghum. Overall Background: These Molasses Making Stir-off photos were shot by Joe Clark HBSS in the early to mid-1940s. Either on the farm of Fred Whitaker about four miles southwest of Cumberland Gap, or in Cumberland Gap on the farm of Baptist preacher the Rev. Hugh Vancel. More information about these images can be found in scrapbooks in the Clark Family Collection at the University of North Texas Special Collecti… more

Date: 194X

Creator: Clark, Joe

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Date Night]

Narrative by Junebug Clark in the summer of 2014 People watching the molasses syrup as it boils down use short pieces of sorghum cane stalk to make “sop sticks,” which are used to dip into the molasses syrup for a taste. This was the height of the fall social season. Harvesting the sorghum, extracting the juice, boiling it down into molasses could take days and weeks going round the clock to finish. Overall Background: These Molasses Making Stir-off photos were shot by Joe Clark HBSS in the e… more

Date: 194X

Creator: Clark, Joe

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Woman quilting]

Narrative by Junebug Clark: Photograph is from the 1940s and is shot in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. Two women quilting at the home of Nora and Wylie Treece.

Date: 194X

Creator: Clark, Joe

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Fun Around the Molasses Kettle]

Narrative by Junebug Clark in the summer of 2014: People watching the molasses syrup as it boils down use short pieces of sorghum cane stalk to make “sop sticks” which are used to dip into the molasses syrup for a taste. This was the height of the fall social season. Harvesting the sorghum, extracting the juice, boiling it down into molasses could take days and weeks going 'round the clock to finish. Overall Background: These Molasses Making Stir-off photos were shot by Joe Clark HBSS in the … more

Date: 194X

Creator: Clark, Joe

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Caught Her]

Date: unknown

Creator: Clark, Joe

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Molasses Making Time]

Narrative by Junebug Clark in the summer of 2014 In the background center, you can see the grinding mill, usually drawn by a horse or a mule. Sorghum cane stalks are fed into this mill and juice from the stalks are pressed out. Those juices, as you can see the steam rising in the foreground, are being boiled down into molasses. Overall Background: These Molasses Making Stir-off photos were shot by Joe Clark HBSS in the early to mid-1940s. Most of them on the farm of Fred Whitaker about four m… more

Date: 194X

Creator: Clark, Joe

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Couple Making Sop Sticks]

Narrative by Junebug Clark in the summer of 2014: People watching the molasses syrup as it boils down use short pieces of sorghum cane stalk to make “sop sticks,” which are used to dip into the molasses syrup for a taste. This was the height of the fall social season. Harvesting the sorghum, extracting the juice, boiling it down into molasses could take days and weeks going round the clock to finish. Overall Background: These Molasses Making Stir-off photos were shot by Joe Clark HBSS in the… more

Date: 194X

Creator: Clark, Joe

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Straining the Cane]

Narrative by Junebug Clark in the summer of 2014: "Straining the Cane" shows community members actually straining the extracted juice from the sorghum cane before it goes into metal vats to be boiled down into molasses. Overall Background: These Molasses Making Stir-off photos were shot by Joe Clark HBSS in the early to mid-1940s. Either on the farm of Fred Whitaker about four miles southwest of Cumberland Gap, or in Cumberland Gap on the farm of Baptist preacher the Rev. Hugh Vancel. More in… more

Date: 194X

Creator: Clark, Joe

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Musicians at the Stir-off]

Narrative by Junebug Clark in the summer of 2014 Stir-off Time, the harvesting of sorghum and the process of extracting out its juices and boiling it down into molasses was a day and night process that brought families, neighbors and friends together for this last social event in the Fall season. Besides sharing in the labor they also shared in fun and dance as local musicians came to play as did many of the single folk used this as an opportunity to meet and court. Overall Background: These… more

Date: 194X

Creator: Clark, Joe

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Tasting Molasses]

Narrative by Junebug Clark in the summer of 2014: Two girls tasting fresh molasses using short pieces of sorghum cane stalks, "sop sticks", which they have dipped into the molasses as it is boiled down into the right consistency and sweetness. Overall Background: These Molasses Making Stir-off photos were shot by Joe Clark HBSS in the early to mid-1940s. Most of them on the farm of Fred Whitaker about four miles southwest of Cumberland Gap, or in Cumberland Gap on the farm of Baptist preache… more

Date: 194X

Creator: Clark, Joe

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections