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Interesting Texans

Description: Document containing the concept for an article about interesting Texans that was published in the September 2013 issue of Texas Highways magazine.
Date: 2013-09~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
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Oral History Interview with J. Brown, August 4, 2010

Description: Interview with J. Brown, a teacher, rancher, stagecoach-builder, and longtime resident of Weatherford, Texas. Brown discusses his family history, his education and family, working the Wild West Show at Six Flags, building stagecoaches, the history of the stagecoach, and a tour of his shop.
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Date: August 4, 2010
Creator: Liles, Debbie & Brown, J. W.
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Oral History Interview with J. W. Stoker, August 4, 2010

Description: Interview with J. W. Stoker, a cowboy from Weatherford, Texas. Stoker discusses his family and growing up, getting involved in the rodeo, traveling shows, being drafted into the Army and serving in Korea, celebrities he has worked with, the Six Flags Wild West Show, induction into the National Cowboy Hall of Fame, contemporary rodeos, his favorite acts, and reflections on his career. In appendix are two promotional photos of Stoker and his horse, and three of him performing.
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Date: August 4, 2010
Creator: Liles, Debbie & Stoker, J. W.
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Oral History Interview with Coy Carter, July 28, 2010

Description: Transcript of an interview with Coy Carter, longtime resident of Weatherford, Texas, discussing his childhood in Weatherford and Spring Creek, Texas; farming in Spring Creek; memories of the Great Depression; ranching; tenure as sheriff.
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Date: July 28, 2010
Creator: Liles, Debbie & Carter, Coy, 1929-
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Oral History Interview with Opal Bowden, June 21, 2010

Description: Interview with Opal Bowden, a resident of Weathorford, Texas. Bowden, born in 1908, discusses her family history, various experiences growing up, the 1918 Influenza pandemic, school, working in a beauty shop, her first husband, having a family, the Depression, dogs, World War Two, and her neighbors.
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Date: June 21, 2010
Creator: Liles, Deborah & Bowden, Opal
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Oral History Interview with Joe Tison, May 11, 2010

Description: Interview with Weatherford resident Joe Tison, school administrator and mayor, as part of the Weatherford Oral History Project. The interview includes Tison's personal experiences of childhood, education in Weatherford public schools, Weatherford College, and North Texas State College, as well as his career as a teacher, principal, and superintendent in Aledo and Weatherford ISDs. Tison also discusses the racial integration of Weatherford schools, his career as interim superintendent at various… more
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Date: May 11, 2010
Creator: Liles, Debbie & Tison, Joe
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Oral History Interview with Raymond Curtis, April 29, 2010

Description: Interview with Raymond Curtis, longtime resident and school administrator of Weatherford, Texas, as part of the Weatherford Oral History Project. The interview includes Curtis' personal experiences of farm life in the Great Depression, childhood in Collin County, Texas, and education at the University of North Texas under the GI Bill. Additionally, Curtis discusses his family history, his career as a teacher, administrator, and coach in various public school districts, the integration of Weathe… more
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Date: April 29, 2010
Creator: Liles, Debbie & Curtis, Raymond
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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
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Oral History Interview with Donald Davis, March 30, 2010

Description: Transcript of an interview with Donald Davis who shares his childhood memories growing up in a family of eight children on a farm in Weatherford, Texas during the Great Depression, career, and family life with wife and four children.
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Date: March 30, 2010
Creator: Liles, Debbie & Davis, Donald, 1935-
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Oral History Interview with Roy J. Grogan, March 16, 2010

Description: Interview with Roy J. Grogan, longtime Weatherford resident and elected official, as part of the Weatherford Oral History Project. The interview includes Grogan's personal experiences of childhood and education in Weatherford, Depression-era struggles, enlisting in the U.S. Navy, and World War II. Additionally, Grogan talks about his studies at Weatherford College, Duke University, and Duke Law, his legal career with the FBI and as a land developer, his political career on the Weatherford City … more
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Date: March 16, 2010
Creator: Liles, Debbie & Grogan, Roy J.
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Oral History Interview with Wendolyn Stroud, February 25, 2010

Description: Interview with Wendoyln Stroud, a longtime resident of Weatherford, Texas. Stroud discusses her family background, growing up, her own family, presidents, the civil rights movement, and thoughts on living in Weatherford.
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Date: February 25, 2010
Creator: Liles, Deborah & Stroud, Wendolyn
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Oral History Interview with Billie Joyce Towles, February 18, 2010

Description: Interview with Billie Joyce Towles, longtime resident of Weatherford, Texas, as part of the Weatherford Oral History Project. The interview includes Towles' personal experiences of childhood and education in Weatherford, Depression-era struggles, and living in Weatherford during World War II. Towles also discusses her father's work with the Works Progress Administration, marriage to Norman Towles, her family's switch from Democratic loyalty to Republican, her personal evolution on race issues, … more
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Date: February 18, 2010
Creator: Liles, Debbie & Towles, Billie Joyce
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Oral History Interview with Andrew Joseph Brenner, Sr., November 3, 2009

Description: Interview with Joseph Andrew Brenner Sr., Hungarian-American immigrant to Weatherford, Texas, as part of the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. The interview includes Brenner's personal experiences of childhood and education in Budapest, Hungary, having a career as a tool and die machinist, the involvement with his brothers in anti-Soviet and anti-Communist resistance movements, being captured by Hungarian political police and subsequent torture, his sentence in a Soviet work camp, … more
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Date: November 3, 2009
Creator: Liles, Debbie & Brenner, Joseph Andrew, Sr.
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Oral History Interview with Eleonore Greenfield, November 2, 2009

Description: Interview with Eleonore Greenfield, Germany-born immigrant to Weatherford, Texas, as part of the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. The interview includes Greenfield's personal experiences of childhood and education in Germany, escaping to Berlin from the Soviet army, and again to Bavaria, and marriage to an America GI. Greenfield also discusses her family's experiences with occupying U.S. Army forces, the decision to settle in Weatherford, the struggle to pass on German language an… more
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Date: November 2, 2009
Creator: Liles, Debbie & Greenfield, Eleonore
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[News Clip: Parker County Guns]

Description: Video footage from the NBC 5 television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 6 P.M.
Date: November 8, 1999
Duration: 3 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Econ Impact]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: April 16, 1997, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 2 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Parker co courthouse]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: October 20, 1994, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 47 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Quadriplegic Kid]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: July 21, 1993, 5:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 53 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Cocaine baby]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story by reporter Craig Marks about the Parker County Sheriff's ongoing investigation into the March 28th death of 7-week old baby Michael Routte whose autopsy found cocaine in his system. This story includes an interview with the child's mother and prime suspect, Sarah Routte, at her home in Weatherford and the child's grandmother. Also included is footage of the Parker County Sheriff's department working. Th… more
Date: June 17, 1993
Duration: 1 minute 44 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Doctor Of The Year]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: June 1, 1993, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 2 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Weatherford Plane Crash]

Description: B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: May 17, 1993, 12:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 01 second
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Fort Worth Chase]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: May 5, 1993, 5:00 p.m.
Duration: 2 minutes
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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