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[News Clip: Heroin]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 5:00 P.M.
Date: November 26, 1997
Duration: 1 minute 34 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Drug Bust]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story by reporter Heidi Browning about press conference discussing illegal drug smuggling from a family militia. Includes Arturo Herera, a local Texas school employee, accused of being involved in drug smuggling. This story aired at 6:00 P.M.
Date: May 13, 1997
Duration: 1 minute 55 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Students inside of Willis Library]

Description: Photograph of students walking around and sitting at desks and in chairs inside of Willis Library. There are books on display and several more rows of shelves past the students. The photo was taken from the central staircase. On the back of the print is a handwritten note that originally only read "New Library" but was changed to read "New A. M. Willis Library [interior] 1970s center staircase students unidentified C".
Date: 197X
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of two sculptures of heads, 3]

Description: Photograph of two small, white sculptures of busts on rectangular blocks. The busts have feminine faces and wear hoods. The one on the left rests on the floor and faces the camera, while the one on the right sits on a short block and faces the left, revealing its profile. A solid backdrop stands behind them. Dark shadows cover the right half of the composition.
Date: 193X
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Dope]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Dallas officers seizing heroin from one of the city's big heroin dealers, Clarence McCommon.
Date: February 13, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Pages of Voltaire's 'Satirical Dictionary']

Description: Photographs of the pages of "Satirical Dictionary of Voltaire" held by UNT Special Collections. The first image is of the title page It lists the details about this specific publication and has an illustration. The book's blue-green cover is visible and the pages on the left are being held down by a clear band. The book is propped open on a plastic book cradle. The second image is focused on the illustration of a bust and a wig on a stand. The third image is of a section titled "Crime" and the … more
Date: October 9, 2014
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Changing the Face of Leadership, One Woman at a Time]

Description: A digital scan of a painting created by Dana Tiger called "Changing the Face of Leadership, One Woman at a Time". It depicts Mount Rushmore with female faces instead of the original men. There is also a red sun and bird flying above the figures.
Date: March 6, 2006
Creator: University of North Texas. Multicultural Center.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Almshouse Man in a Top Hat

Description: This graphite drawing depicts the profile of a man wearing a hat and coat.
Access: Restricted to UNT Community Members. Login required if off-campus.
Date: 1882
Creator: Van Gogh, Vincent, 1853-1890
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

[Props in Byrd Williams's studio]

Description: Photograph of props at Byrd Williams's photography studio. In the center of the image is a painted portrait of a young girl that is sitting on top of a radio on a table. To the left of the radio, there are some 45 rpm records sitting on the table. To the right of this table is a high chair that has a female bust on it. On the left side of the image a studio light that is plugged into the wall is visible.
Date: 19XX
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Porn Raid]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 6:00 P.M.
Date: May 17, 1978
Duration: 1 minute 55 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Marble Bust]

Description: Photograph of a marble bust inset into a brick wall in Rome, Italy. A few cars are visible in front of the wall. A tree is visible on the left side of the bust.
Date: July 1965
Creator: Gough, Ray
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

[Photograph of two sculptures of heads]

Description: Photograph of two small, white sculptures of busts on rectangular blocks, lit from the left. The busts have feminine faces and wear hoods. The one on the left rests on the floor and faces the camera, while the one on the right sits on a short block and faces the left, revealing its profile. A solid backdrop stands behind them. Dark shadows cover the right half of the composition.
Date: 193X
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of two sculptures of heads, 2]

Description: Photograph of two small, white sculptures of busts on rectangular blocks. The busts have feminine faces and wear hoods. The one on the left rests on the floor and faces the camera, while the one on the right sits on a short block and faces the left, revealing its profile. A solid backdrop stands behind them. Dark shadows cover the right half of the composition.
Date: 193X
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Croix de Guerre WWI medal]

Description: Photograph of a medal from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. It is the French Croix de Guerre from WWI. It has a red and green striped cloth with a bronze palm frond on it to signify that it was given to someone in the army. The bronze cross is hanging below it and has two swords crossed behind it and the bust of a young woman wearing a Phrygian cap to signify the French Republic.
Date: July 20, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Illustrations in "La Creación"]

Description: Photograph of a page from a book titled "La creación: historia natural" held by UNT Special Collections. There is an illustration and two columns of text on the page. The image is a side-profile of a woman wearing a fur coat over cloth material. She is also wearing a headdress with a material similar to chain mail. It has a loop underneath her chin that is pinned to the side of her headdress. Her hair is braided beneath it. Image 2, a colored illustration of two people in a tiled open air room … more
Date: October 9, 2014
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Title page and poem in "Excursions"]

Description: Photographs of pages in Henry David Thoreau's "Excursions" held by UNT Special Collections. The first image is of the title pages. The left page is being held down by a clear band and a fain illustration of Thoreau's head and shoulders is on it. The right side is the title page of the book and includes a crest and other information about the book. The second image is of a poem inside of the book.
Date: October 3, 2014
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Pages clv-clvii in the book La creación]

Description: Photographs of three pages in the first volume of "La creación" held by UNT Special Collections. It is a Spanish translation of a series of novels by Alfred E. Brehm, a zoologist and illustrator who traveled the world investigating natural histories and working to establish what is now termed "scientific racism". Page clv has two columns of text and two illustrations titled "Cafre" and "Venus hotentote" both now recognized as offensive terms. Page clvi has two columns of text and two illustrati… more
Date: December 15, 2014
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Wig in hairnet]

Description: Photograph of a red wig on a white Styrofoam bust. There is a hairnet covering the wig and a bag beside it. It appears to be set up on a picnic table.
Date: September 24, 2011
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Civil Rights Memorial, Selma, AL]

Description: A photograph of a monument dedicated to the Civil Rights Movement in Selma, Alabama. The left side reads "I Had A Dream; They gave their lives to overcome injustice and secure the right to vote for all Americans; James J. Reeb, Boston; Viola Gregg Liuzzo, Detroit; Jimmy Lee Jackson, Marion, Alabama; Dedicated August 11 1979; This was the starting point of the march from Selma to Montgomery March 21, 1965; Project conceived and edited by Executive Secretary Robert H. Miller 1896-1979". The right… more
Date: March 10, 2013
Creator: University of North Texas. Multicultural Center.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Dope]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about several people arrested for selling illegal drugs after five months of undercover work in Dallas. Those arrested include Aldo Phillips, George Young, Sie Brooks, John Melvin Steele, William Davis, and others.
Date: February 22, 1956
Duration: 1 minute 05 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Tippit Bust]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the unveiling of a bust of J.D. Tippit, who was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald shortly after the assassination of President Kennedy; the bust is by Louis Lee, and was unveiled by Tippit's widow.
Date: July 24, 1964
Duration: 53 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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"Imaging Columbus" A Christopher Columbus Iconography

Description: Video recording of a slideshow presentation by Samuel J. Marino that was directed and included photographs from Silas S. Stamper. It includes visuals of portraits, monuments, statues, busts, and books that depict Christopher Columbus. It was overlaid with music from the Italian Symposium of Texas and narration explaining who the artists, and writers were along with a history of Columbus.
Date: 1987~
Duration: 18 minutes 01 second
Creator: Marino, Samuel
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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