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Oral History Interview with Catherine Bell, April 7, 2017

Description: Audio log for a recording of an interview with Catherine Bell, public employee and community activist, about her experiences with the Denton Women's Interracial Fellowship.
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Date: April 7, 2017
Creator: Beattie, Kathleen & Bell, Catherine, approximately 1920-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

[Oil painted print of a woman]

Description: A photograph of a picture of a woman from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. She is wearing a light skirt with a green, white, and maroon waist detail. She is also wearing a chain strapped bra with green and maroon flower details on the front. She is partially lying down on a platform and is leaning against an urn.
Date: August 26, 2016
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Portrait of a woman]

Description: A photograph of a picture of a woman from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. She is possibly Doris Stiles Williams, Byrd Williams III's wife. It is an oil-painted photo print.
Date: August 26, 2016
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Oral History Interview with Dean Finley, February 15, 2014

Description: Audio log for a recording of an interview with Dean Finley, former ticket agent for Braniff International Airways, conducted for the Flying Voices oral history project. Content includes personal reflections of Braniff’s impact on the DFW area and the airline industry as a whole, Braniff’s rise to the top of preferred airlines, and its bankruptcy on May 12, 1982.
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Date: February 15, 2014
Creator: Schnur, Abra & Finley, Dean
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Joe Mitchell, September 21, 2013

Description: Audio log for a recording of an interview with Joe Mitchell, former employee of Braniff International Airways, conducted for the Flying Voices oral history project. In the interview Mitchell shares his experiences working for Braniff for 32 years, the issues that led to Braniff's bankruptcy, and the overall impact of Braniff.
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Date: September 21, 2013
Creator: Schnur, Abra & Mitchell, Joe
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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''Til Death Do Us Part:' Marital Aftermath of One Spouse's Near-Death Experience

Description: Abstract: Research has revealed that following a near-death experience (NDE) a majority of experiencers (NDEers) change fundamentally in values, religious/spiritual beliefs, and relationship to paranormal phenomena. Much less is known about the relationship between aftereffects of one spouse's NDE and subsequent marital adjustment and stability. In this preliminary retrospective study, we addressed this question quantitatively with supplementary narrative data. Using the framework of John Gottm… more
Date: Summer 2012
Creator: Christian, Rozan & Holden, Janice Miner
Partner: UNT Libraries
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The Fourteen Seréstas of Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)

Description: The Fourteen Seréstas of Heitor Villa-Lobos comprise a group of songs that expresses Villa-Lobos's compositional technique for the voice. These songs are challenging as a topic because not much historical or analytical research has been done on them. I approach the topic by providing historical background on the modinha and how it relates to the serésta. This is followed by a descriptive analysis in the order of the set, which includes musical examples, chart diagrams, and comparisons of the se… more
Date: August 1999
Creator: Sánchez, Noé
Partner: UNT Libraries

Oral History Interview with Ray Hunt, March 19, 1995

Description: Interview with Ray Hunt. Hunt joined the Army Air Corps in early 1939. After training, Hunt became an aircraft mechanic and went to the Philippines in November, 1941. He was captured on Bataan and made a prisoner of war. Hunt describes his experiences on the Death March. Along the way, he escaped and was aided by Filipinos until he was healthy enough to join a guerrilla band in Tarlac. Hunt describes his activities and the command structure of his guerrilla organization. When the Allies invaded… more
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Date: March 19, 1995
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.; Byrd, Richard W. & Hunt, Ray
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interviews with Gene Hall, February 1991

Description: Interviews with Morris E. ("Gene") Hall, a musician and college professor, concerning his reflections and personal role in establishing the jazz studies program in the College of Music at North Texas State College.
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Date: February 1991
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.; Cogswell, Michael & Hall, Gene (Conductor)
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The Emergence of Christian Television: the First Decade, 1949-1959

Description: The purpose of this research was to describe the relationship and to compare the programming of major Christian ministries during the first decade of Christian television. A historical perspective was the method used in identifying and explaining the events and activities that constituted Christian television from 1949 to 1959. The results of the research concluded that Christian television began at a time of social trauma, unrest, and confusion in America. Competition for a viewing audience wa… more
Date: August 1990
Creator: Roush, Edward W. (Edward Wesley)
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Oral History Interview with Catherine Bell, December 12, 1987

Description: Interview with Catherine Bell, a public employee and community activist, about her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women's Interracial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. Bell discusses the early organization and social activities, her experiences in a segregated environment, the street paving of the African American section of Denton, urban renewal, desegregation of public places in Denton, her political activities, desegregation of schools, and the jobs progra… more
Date: December 12, 1987
Creator: Byrd, R. W. (Richard W.) & Bell, Catherine, approximately 1920-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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The Call Number, Volume 35, Number 3, Summer 1974

Description: "Newsletter of the School of Library and Information Sciences, North Texas State University; distributed three times a year to students, alumni, and others" (p. 25). The periodical contains news items; announcements; articles; the schedule of Fall 1974 Library Science courses; lists of alumni and graduates; and personals concerning students, faculty, staff, and alumni.
Date: 1974
Creator: North Texas State University. School of Library and Information Sciences.
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Congressional Activity Relating To Consumer Protection Agencies, 1959-1972

Description: This paper is a history of Congressional action since 1959 that pertains to bills to establish consumer protection agencies of two types: (1) a department of consumer affairs, a consumer advocate agency, and an office of consumer affairs in the Executive Office; and (2) a consumer product safety agency.
Date: January 15, 1973
Creator: Hall, Marian D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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