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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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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[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: 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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[Scrapbook of John Briggs personal life and travel, 1987-1991]

Description: Scrapbook documenting the personal life and travels of John Logan Briggs Jr. between 1987 and 1991, including color photographs, tickets, menus, business cards, receipts, clippings, stickers, and other records of travel. John Logan Briggs Jr. is the creator of "The Experience," a self-discovery workshop for the LGBT community. This scrapbook also documents his time spent with friends and family.
Date: [1987..1991]
Creator: Briggs, John Logan, Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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From Hell to Breakfast

Description: Volume of popular folklore of Texas and Mexico, including religious anecdotes, stories about Native American dances, stories about petroleum and oil fields, folk songs, legends, customs and other miscellaneous folklore. The index begins on page 205.
Date: 2017
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Partner: UNT Press
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Legendary Ladies of Texas

Description: Collection of historical anecdotes providing "a study of Texas women and the conflicting images and myths that have grown up about them" (back cover). The index begins on page 225.
Date: 2017
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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Sonovagun Stew: A Folklore Miscellany

Description: Collection of popular Texas folklore, including cowboy and gaucho songs, information about boat-making and other folk crafts, religious anecdotes, and other miscellaneous stories of early cowboy life in Texas. The index begins on page 165.
Date: 2017
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Partner: UNT Press
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Mustangs and Cow Horses

Description: Collection of popular folklore of Texas and Mexico, including folktales, folk songs, ballads and other information about mustangs and horses. The index begins on page 425.
Date: 2017
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964; Boatright, Mody C. & Ransom, Harry H.
Partner: UNT Press
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Singers and Storytellers

Description: Collection of popular folklore of Texas, including personal anecdotes about storytellers and singers, as well as folk songs, myths, and ghost stories. The index begins on page 295.
Date: 2017
Creator: Boatright, Mody C.
Partner: UNT Press
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Madstones and Twisters

Description: Collection of information about weather, plant and animal lore in Texas and Mexico. It also discusses folk remedies, folktales about tornadoes, information about prairie dogs, and ghost stories.
Date: 2017
Creator: Boatright, Mody Coggin
Partner: UNT Press
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Mesquite and Willow

Description: Collection of Texas, Spanish and Mexican folklore, including legends, child ballads, folk tales, folk songs, tall tales, information about home remedies, and other folklore.
Date: 2017
Creator: Boatright, Mody Coggin
Partner: UNT Press
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