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[News Script: Navasota train]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about nine cars of the Southern pacific freight train which derailed near Navasota as it tried to avoid hitting a man lying on the tracks.
Date: June 2, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: K609]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news about three members of the Texas industrial commission who will begin a series of public hearings across the state.
Date: April 2, 1974, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Tyler court]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a federal court order which was issued at Tyler.
Date: March 15, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Tyler court]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a federal court which order on re-districting results in the election of the first black county commissioners for Nacogdoches and Anderson counties .
Date: March 15, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Grimes County Courthouse in Anderson, TX]

Description: Photograph of Grimes County Courthouse in Anderson, TX. The courthouse sits in front of an empty parking lot with a yellow curb at its center, which has a sign on it reading "Keep right " with an arrow. The courthouse sits on an elevated platform with a grassy lawn enclosed by concrete walls, with three short sets of stairs leading from the parking lot to the top of the platform. The building itself is comprised of two rectangular sections, one narrower and positioned in front of the other thou… more
Date: May 1969
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Amtrak Derailment]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of six cars of a 17-car Amtrak train which was loaded with 300-400 passengers derailed at Anderson, California on a trip from Seattle to Oakland, California.
Date: December 28, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Bank robber]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about authorities looking for a bank robber that took eight thousand dollars.
Date: September 6, 1972, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Bank robbery]

Description: Photocopy of a script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: July 22, 1971, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Accidents]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about vehicular accidents in Navasota, Texas and in Fort Worth, Texas.
Date: April 23, 1971, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: John Henry Faulk]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: February 3, 1983, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 45 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Juneteenth Texas: Essays in African-American Folklore

Description: Volume of essays about African-American folklore, including reminiscences of African-American folk culture in Texas, studies of specific genres of folklore, information about Texas-African food-ways, studies of specific performers, information about songs and other folklore. The index begins on page 353.
Date: 2017
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Partner: UNT Press
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Tire Shrinker to Dragster

Description: Collection of Texas, Jamaican and Irish folklore, including stories about drag racing, treasure hunting, frontier preachers, Irish storytellers, mock bidding in Jamaica, and more. The index begins on page 247.
Date: 2017
Creator: Hudson, Wilson M.
Partner: UNT Press
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In the Shadow of History

Description: Collection of Texan and Mexican folklore, including stories about the Navajo Indians, the Alamo, Jim Bowie, various folk characters, tortilla making, and other humorous anecdotes. The index begins on page 181.
Date: 2017
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Partner: UNT Press
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