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2001: A Texas Folklore Odyssey

Description: This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society "contains a sample of the research that members of the Society were doing at the turn of the millennium as represented at the 1998, 1999, and 2000 meetings." The volume covers "a wide variety of contemporary and historical topics," including baby lore, stories about notable women, stories about food and cooking, information about the Model T Ford, and more (inside front cover). The index begins on page 339.
Date: 2001
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
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Partner: UNT Press
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2001: A Texas Folklore Odyssey

Description: This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society "contains a sample of the research that members of the Society were doing at the turn of the millennium as represented at the 1998, 1999, and 2000 meetings." The volume covers "a wide variety of contemporary and historical topics," including baby lore, stories about notable women, stories about food and cooking, information about the Model T Ford, and more (inside front cover). The index begins on page 339.
Date: 2017
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Press
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The Bounty of Texas

Description: This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains a miscellany of Texas, Mexican and Spanish folklore, including information about hunting, canning, cooking, and other folklore. The index begins on page 225.
Date: 2017
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Press
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The Bounty of Texas

Description: This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains a miscellany of Texas, Mexican and Spanish folklore, including information about hunting, canning, cooking, and other folklore. The index begins on page 225.
Date: 1990
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Press
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Paisanos: A Folklore Miscellany

Description: Collection of Texas and Mexican folklore, including "folk tales, folklore in journalism, reflections on the lore of the past, and some analyses of folklore generally" (inside of the front cover).
Date: 1978
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Press
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Paisanos: A Folklore Miscellany

Description: Collection of Texas and Mexican folklore, including "folk tales, folklore in journalism, reflections on the lore of the past, and some analyses of folklore generally" (inside of the front cover).
Date: 2017
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Press
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[Letter from S. T. Appling to Sally Thornhill, May 8, 1899]

Description: This is a letter from the Charles B. Moore Collection. It is written by S. T. Appling to Sally Thornhill. In this letter, Appling discusses the current news in her community. She details the goings-on and well-being of family members. She notes to Sally that she has rheumatism in her hands, making it difficult to write. Appling states that the garden is all planted and details which crops are successful or failing at present. She mentions that Henry is currently shearing sheep, updates Sally on… more
Date: May 8, 1899
Creator: Appling, S. T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Flyer for Jazz up your week!]

Description: A flyer advertising the brown bag lunch series hosted by the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters at the Dallas Convention Center Theatre Complex in an unknown year. This brown bag lunch featured an African American drummer group called Irungu Bakari and Company.
Date: 1977/2013
Creator: Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Item Type: Refine your search to only Poster
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Letter from Anna Boyd to Charles B. Moore, April 27, 1899]

Description: This is a letter from the Charles B. Moore Collection. It is written by Anna Boyd and is addressed to Charles B. Moore. She informs Moore about the reasons for the family's delay in continuing correspondence with the Moore family since their visit to Colorado. In this letter, Boyd discusses the weather's affect on their crops for this spring. She details the failures they had last season due to grasshoppers and hopes that this season would be better than the last. She notes that they did not ha… more
Date: April 27, 1899
Creator: Boyd, Anna
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Student operates popcorn machine at Victory Hall carnival]

Description: Photograph of a young woman operating a popcorn machine during a carnival at UNT's Victory Hall. The young woman can be seen standing outdoors in the center of the photograph, facing the camera with a straight face. She is leaning her left hand on the popcorn machine next to her.
Date: 2005/2006
Creator: Carey, Mandi
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 33.202206 -97.158015
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Baked goods]

Description: A photograph of a man looking in at shelves of baked goods, including (on the top shelf) fruit cake called Rosca de Reyes (called King's Cake or Three Kings Bread in English). There are many traditions associated with Rosca de Reyes, but it is often baked for special occasions. It is usually shaped like a wreath and contains fruit and a plastic or ceramic baby Jesus doll.
Date: January 5, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Baked Rosca de Reyes]

Description: Fotografía de un hombre colocando en una rejilla un pastel de frutas recién horneado llamado Rosca de Reyes. Hay muchas tradiciones asociadas a la Rosca de Reyes, pero generalmente se hornea para ocasiones especiales. Normalmente tiene forma de corona y contiene fruta y un muñeco de plástico o cerámica del niño Jesús.
Date: January 5, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Bowls of red and yellow micro tomatoes]

Description: Photograph of two bowls - one with cut, yellow micro tomatoes and the other with cut, red micro tomatoes. Thanks to a new combined organic and artisan technique with technology, Mexican grower Salvador Huiza waters, sows, and cuts thousands of micro vegetables in a matter of hours in the greenhouse where he works north of Fort Worth, Texas. The harvest of these miniature vegetables, obtained through a procedure where water and earth are used without pesticides, is drawing the attention of res… more
Date: August 26, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Colorful Rosca de Reyes]

Description: Stacks of colorful Rosca de Reyes cakes (called King's Cake or Three Kings Bread in English) are in the foreground while, in the background, a man takes Rosca de Reyes out of the oven. There are many traditions associated with Rosca de Reyes, but it is often baked for special occasions. It is usually shaped like a wreath and contains fruit and a plastic or ceramic baby Jesus doll.
Date: January 5, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Customers shop for Rosca de Reyes]

Description: Customers shop for a fruit cake called Rosca de Reyes (called King's Cake or Three Kings Bread in English). There are many traditions associated with Rosca de Reyes, but it is often baked for special occasions. It is usually shaped like a wreath and contains fruit and a plastic or ceramic baby Jesus doll.
Date: January 5, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Group of People Juicing Fruit]

Description: More than 100 persons from Dallas contributed to the Mexican state of Colima to be entered in the next Guinness book of world records for having created the world's largest lemonade at 3500 liters. 20,000 lemons, or one ton, from the valleys of Colima along with 3750 liters of water and 56 liters of syrup beat out the previous record holder of 2500 liters that was created in Victoria, Australia in 1996.
Date: August 6, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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