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Grand Prairie Auditorium, 1958 May 1; Merriman, Gustafeste, Gwin, Breeden [Dallas], 1958 February 21

Description: Recording of Leon Breeden playing with two different jazz chamber groups. The first recording is from a Grand Prairie High School fundraiser and recorded by the Grand Prairie Radio Station in the Grand Prairie High School auditorium. The performers on the first recording are Jim Ecker, piano; John Hawkins, bass; Sumter Brutin, drum set; and Leon Breeden, clarinet. The first recording is a re-recording from the original vinyl. The second recording is from a performance in Dallas by Leon Breeden,… more
Date: {1958-02-21,1958-05-01}
Duration: 31 minutes 52 seconds
Creator: Breeden, Leon
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Grand Prairie High School Band, made in Band Hall, 1957. Leon Breeden Orchestra at the Casino Ballroom on Lake Worth, circa 1950

Description: Recording of the Grand Prairie High School Band at the Gopher Band Hall on December 12, 1957 and the Leon Breeden Orchestra at the Lake Worth Casino, Fort Worth, Texas. The Grand Prairie High School Band plays marches and some popular jazz tunes with interludes of speaking from the students. The Leon Breeden Orchestras plays many jazz standards.
Date: {1950,1957}
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: Breeden, Leon
Partner: UNT Music Library

John G. Diefenbaker Building

Description: The view is of an entrance with a paved patio, raised planting beds and a large grassy lawn. In the distance can be seen the pyramidal shapes and a portion of the tower scaffolding.
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Date: {1958,1992..1993}
Creator: Bland, John & Safdie, Moshe
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

John G. Diefenbaker Building

Description: This view of the building complex includes a structural log-cabin style fortress in a small area next to the building. The fort is constructed of hewn logs with a fence along the top of which are sculpted fish-like forms.
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Date: {1958,1992..1993}
Creator: Bland, John & Safdie, Moshe
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
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Leon Breeden, clarinet, Tom Merriman, piano, Joe Gustafeste, bass, Tommy Gwin, drums, 1958 February 21. U.S. State Department, part 2- mono original tape, North Texas Lab Band - Leon Breeden, conductor, 1966 February 25

Description: Recording of a small jazz chamber ensemble led by Leon Breeden and consisting of Breeden, Tom Merriman, Joe Gustafeste, and Tommy Gwin on February 21, 1958. This cassette also contains a recording of the North Texas Lab Band performing for the U.S. State Department on February 25, 1966. Breeden can be heard speaking between tunes during the North Texas Lab Band performance.
Date: {1958-02-21,1966-02-25}
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Breeden, Leon
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Music USA #1664-B, Interview with Roman Waschko

Description: The entire program for the jazz hour (second hour) of Music USA, broadcast July 20, 1959. This episode was the first of a series following Conover's highly successful trip to Poland earlier that year, and includes an interview with Roman Waschko, president of the Polish Jazz Federation.
Date: {1959-05,1959-06}
Duration: 45 minutes 39 seconds
Creator: Conover, Willis
Partner: UNT Music Library

[North Texas State College Administration Building]

Description: Photograph of the administration building at North Texas State Teacher's college, visible in the background, at the end of a drive. There are buildings partially visible on either side of the drive, the history building (Curry Hall) is on the left and the language building is on the right. In the foreground, the drive is bracketed by white posts and open gates; it is lined by hedges and plants. Handwritten notes on the back of the photo say, "Administration Building Before 1958" at the top a… more
Date: [..1958]
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Penguin Club, 1958. Bayou, 1960

Description: Recording of two jazz combos playing at the Penguin Club in 1958 and the Bayou in 1960. The club's locations are unknown and the combos are unknown. Between some of the performances crowd noise
Date: {1958,1960}
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes 36 seconds
Creator: Breeden, Leon
Partner: UNT Music Library

[Photograph of Joan Crawford]

Description: Photograph of Lucille Fay LeSueur, aka Joan Crawford, an American actress. Crawford is wearing a pearl beaded shawl that is draped over her shoulders of her silk button-up with a high collar. She is wearing a large pearl ring on her left hand and looking off to the side as her portrait is taken.
Date: 19XX/1957
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Quartet at [Ridglea Country Club], 1959 December 28. Excerpt - Louis Armstrong on Bell Telephone Hour, 1960 January [1]

Description: Recording of a jazz combo with Leon Breeden on clarinet performing at the Ridglea Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas on December 28, 1959 and an audio excerpt of Louis Armstrong on the Bell Telephone Hour on January 1, 1960. On the Country Club performance, the combo can be heard calling tunes and preparing for each tune quietly. For the Louis Armstrong performance, the date is noted incorrectly on the cassette as January 2, 1960; the actual date of performance in January 1, 1960.
Date: {1959-12-28,1960-01-01}
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 52 seconds
Creator: Breeden, Leon
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Snodgrass/Bruton/Repass/Breeden Quartet at Grand Prairie HS, recorded with hand mike (Wollensak), 1959 May 7. Interview with Bill Mercer on KVIL in Dallas ("We listened to it from mother's"), 1981 April 19

Description: Recording of the Leon Breeden Quartet at Grand Prairie High School on May 7, 1958 consisting of Leon Breeden, clarinet; Sumter Bruton, drum set; [Herb?] Repass, double bass; and [Arnold?] Snodgrass, piano. This first recording is recorded with a Wollensak tape recorder with a hand mic. There is also a recording of Bill Mercer's interview with Leon Breeden on KVIL in Dallas on April 19, 1981. The interview contains the history of the creation of the One O'Clock Lab Band and of Breeden's experien… more
Date: {1959-05-07,1981-04-19}
Duration: 36 minutes 32 seconds
Creator: Breeden, Leon
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Absorption of Organic Acids on Thoria

Description: The adsorption of acetic and oleic acids on the surface of thoria was studied by means of infrared spectroscopy. An infrared analysis of the adsorbates before and after adsorption using differential double bean methods indicated that the adsorption of organic acids on thoria surfaces occurs by an esterification reaction between the organic acid and the hydroxylated thoria surface. Ammonia vapor will not adsorb on thoria, indicated the basic character of the hydroxylated surface.
Date: December 31, 1959
Creator: Bradford, Harold R. & Wadsworth, Milton E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Annual Report of Research Progress

Description: This technical report constitutes a brief review of the work undertaken, entirely or in part, under the Contract AT(30-1)-1772 with eh United States Atomic Energy Commission. The work published during 1959 is listed at the end of this report and copies of the reprints or reports are attached where available. These investigations have been concerned with the examination of defect production and behavior as it may be observed by high frequency ultrasonic attenuation and velocity (modulus) changes… more
Date: December 31, 1959
Creator: Truell, Rohn, 1913-1968
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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