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[V-Mail envelope in War Bond Budget Portfolio]

Description: Photograph of an envelop from a War Bond Budget Portfolio held by UNT Special Collections as part of the Rare Books and Texana Collections. It is a cream paper with red print that has the front face of an envelope on one side and instructions on sending V-Mail letters. The paper is stained in purple at the top.
Date: October 15, 2014
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[War Bond Budget Portfolio front]

Description: Photographs of the front of a war bond portfolio from the Rare Book and Texana Collections, held by UNT Special Collections. The portfolio has a blue cover with a mock envelope at the top and an upside down instruction box at the bottom. The contents are listed underneath the title. Image 2, the charts inside of a war bond budget portfolio from the Rare Book and Texana Collections. There are five charts for recording war bonds that you own, separated by savings, children's education, new car or… more
Date: October 15, 2014
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[American Soldier Ballads, cover]

Description: Photograph of the cover of "American Soldier Ballads" by F.B. Camp, held by UNT Special Collections. The cover is dark yellow in color with the title at the top in red lettering.Under the title is an illustration of soldiers sitting or standing around a fire. This edition of Patriotic Toasts was published in 1917 by Forbes and Company in Chicago. Each page has a lithographic decorative blue border surrounding the printed text, and the dense cardboard cover contains a stoic depiction of Uncle Sa… more
Date: October 14, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Oral History Interview with Jack Witherspoon, May 24, 2014

Description: Transcript of an interview with Jack Witherspoon, Reservations, Ticketing, Sales and Advertising employee for Braniff International Airways. Witherspoon discusses his childhood; career with Braniff; personal reflections of Braniff; Braniff’s rise to the top of preferred airlines; and its bankruptcy on May 12, 1982. Appendix includes various photos and documents from Witherspoon's career.
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Date: May 24, 2014
Creator: Schnur, Abra & Witherspoon, Jack, 1942-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

[Women training on the fire drill tower]

Description: Photograph of women training on a fire drill tower. The tower is approximately three stories tall and ladders are propped against the building on the three sides. In April 1942 the Women’s Defense Corps was formed at UNT. The primary purpose of the organization was to train college women to organize their hometown defense and to instruct their fellow citizens in home defense. Training in the first aid, firefighting, the use of gas masks, and ambulance driving was included in this program.
Date: May 7, 2015
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Soldiers Housed on campus]

Description: Photograph of a large number of people attending a dance in a gymnasium. The men are dressed in army uniforms; the women are wearing dark-colored dresses and heels. The wall behind them is all multi-paned windows and there is a basketball hoop above. The soldiers were housed on campus, and those from nearby camps were also guests at dances held on campus.
Date: May 7, 2015
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Interior of a Photo-lab Index]

Description: A photograph of a photo index from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. It is 'The cumulative Formula of Standard Recommended Photographic Procedures" and has a red cloth cover. The book is open on the table and there are tabs between the sections labeled 8-17. There are stains on the inside of the front cover where the metal bracket and rings that are holding the pages together touched the paper.
Date: July 20, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Military training at North Texas]

Description: Photograph of one of several military units training at North Texas parades down Denton’s Theater Row in 1942. From September 1942 to December 1943, training detachments of the Army Air Forces were housed in Chilton Hall. The military soldiers are seen marching down a street by a row of shops in a downtown area. Cars are parked in front of the shops, one of them titled Theatre Row.
Date: May 4, 2015
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Oral History Interview with Bob Glenn, March 30, 2010

Description: Interview with Bob Glenn, longtime resident of Weatherford, Texas, as part of the Weatherford Oral History Project. The interview includes Glenn's personal experiences of childhood and education in Weatherford, his 1961 enlistment in the U.S. Army, service at various stateside bases, and his career in the banking industry. Glenn also discusses changes in the Weatherford economy.
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Date: March 30, 2010
Creator: Liles, Debbie & Glenn, Bob
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Effie McQueen, April 30, 2013

Description: Interview with Effie McQueen from Marshall, Texas. McQueen discusses her childhood and education, attending North Texas State University, participation in civil rights activism, getting the streets of south Denton paved, Quakertown, employment and discrimination, her church involvement, the Denton County Courthouse, and reflections on the town. In appendix is a photo of the Denton County Courthouse and one of the Den County Confederate Memorial.
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Date: April 30, 2013
Creator: Stallings, Chelsea & McQueen, Effie
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Paul Anthony Sovik, November 8, 2010

Description: Transcript of an interview with Paul Anthony Sovik, U.S. Marine Corps (1st Marine Division) World War II veteran. Sovik discusses his family life and childhood in Ohio, decision to enlist with the Marine Corps following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, experiences with the 1st Marine Division in the Pacific Theater during World War II, and post-war life.
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Date: November 8, 2010
Creator: Hegi, Benjamin & Sovik, Paul Anthony, 1920-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Texian Stomping Grounds

Description: Collection containing sketches of post-war life in East Texas, including descriptions of early recreations and games, stories about Southern food and cooking, religious anecdotes, Negro folk tales, a first-hand account of a Negro folk play about the life of Christ, and other miscellaneous folklore. The index begins on page 159.
Date: 2017
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
Partner: UNT Press
open access

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
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