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[News Script: Civil Rights]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of US Commission on Civil Rights has charged Mexican-American pupils who are victimized by widespread discriminatory practices in the public schools of the southwest.
Date: February 4, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: APBO 85]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the federal government which is seeking convictions against two airplanes owned by a convicted millionaire marijuana smuggler in San Antonio.
Date: May 29, 1974, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Uvalde Desegregation]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of a U. S. district judge in San Antonio ruled that the Uvalde School District will not have to implement a massive bussing plan, when school doors reopen.
Date: August 18, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Zookeeper finds new type lizard]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a San Antonio zookeeper, John Werler, discovering a new species of lizard in Mexico and putting it on display at the San Antonio Zoo.
Date: March 1, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Trade Fair]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of 250 Mexican manufacturers who have set up displays in San Antonio for the week long Mexican Trade Fair.
Date: September 10, 1973, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: APO 71]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about federal authorities who say that they are holding a father and son team who have a contract to smuggle five tons of marijuana into the United states.
Date: July 3, 1973, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Marijuana Smuggling]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of charges of conspiring to illegally import 5000 pounds of marijuana into the United States from Mexico were filed against 43-year old Edward Wright of Dallas.
Date: September 4, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Briscoe]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Texas governor Dolph Briscoe who says the governors of the Mexican States of Nuevo Leon, Jalisco and Yucatan will be his guest in Austin.
Date: September 11, 1973, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Border Beef]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of some Texas residents who are facing high cost of living by grocery shopping across the border in Mexico.
Date: August 15, 1973, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Tex independence]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the Alamo which was under siege at San Antonio leaders from across Texas which gathered at Washington on the Brazos and issued a formal declaration of independence from Mexico.
Date: March 1, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Mexican Beef]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of American residents along the Texas-Mexico border have decided to switch rather than fight the current price of beef in the United State.
Date: August 15, 1973, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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The Texas Folklore Society: Volume 1, 1909-1943

Description: Book describing the history and publications of the Texas Folklore Society between the years of 1909 and 1943. It includes information about "public songs and ballads; superstitions, signs and omens; cures and peculiar customs; legends; dialects; games, plays and dances; riddles and proverbs" (inside front cover). The index begins on page 317.
Date: 1992
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Partner: UNT Press
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The Texas Folklore Society: Volume 1, 1909-1943

Description: Book describing the history and publications of the Texas Folklore Society between the years of 1909 and 1943. It includes information about "public songs and ballads; superstitions, signs and omens; cures and peculiar customs; legends; dialects; games, plays and dances; riddles and proverbs" (inside front cover). The index begins on page 317.
Date: 2017
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Partner: UNT Press
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Round the Levee

Description: Collection of Texas and Mexican folklore, including stories about folk songs and party games, religious beliefs of the Hasanias Indians, horse stories, and information about the history of the Texas Folklore Society. The index begins on page 108.
Date: 1916
Creator: Thompson, Stith
Partner: UNT Press
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Round the Levee

Description: Collection of Texas and Mexican folklore, including stories about folk songs and party games, religious beliefs of the Hasanias Indians, horse stories, and information about the history of the Texas Folklore Society. The index begins on page 108.
Date: 2017
Creator: Thompson, Stith
Partner: UNT Press
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Southwestern Lore

Description: Collection of a miscellany of Texas and Mexican folklore, including folk stories about treasure hunters, cowboys, Native Americans, and razorback hogs, as well as myths, customs and other superstitions. The index of song material begins on page 192 and the general index begins on page 193.
Date: 1931
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
Partner: UNT Press
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Southwestern Lore

Description: Collection of a miscellany of Texas and Mexican folklore, including folk stories about treasure hunters, cowboys, Native Americans, and razorback hogs, as well as myths, customs and other superstitions. The index of song material begins on page 192 and the general index begins on page 193.
Date: 2017
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
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
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
Partner: UNT Press
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Man, Bird and Beast

Description: Collection of Texas and Mexican folklore, including stories about folk medicine and ranch remedies, folk songs, legends and other folklore. The index begins on page 176.
Date: 1930
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
Partner: UNT Press
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