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Oral History Interview with Margarita Giustino, May 4, 1985

Description: Transcript of an interview with Margarita Giustino. Giustino recollects about growing up with her family in San Sebastian, Spain during the Spanish Civil War. She gives her thoughts on identifying as Basque after the civil war, and the differences between city and country life.
Date: May 4, 1985
Creator: Echeverria, Jeri & Giustino, Margarita, 1985-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Holiday dress

Description: Evening dress of ivory white synthetic satin. Full length. Strapless, heart shaped bodice is boned with princess seaming. White fur trim around hips. Sarong, wrap-around style skirt. Center back zipper with hook & eye. Lined in ivory polyester. Designer's label at back to left of zipper: "Victor Costa / Duplicate / Style 3214 / Date Fall II/Holiday / Operator" Tag at right side seam of bodice: "Lot / Size 4"
Date: 1985/1989
Creator: Costa, Victor
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Cantus

Description: After my first experiences in musique concrète, and even more so, when I started using the computer for music composition, I wanted to be able to compose the sound material , as I composed the structures when I wrote "notes" for instrumentalists. Our first researches, from 1976 (by means of a microprocessor that we had procured for ourselves), were done in this direction: to put the sound matter in memory and to fragment it so that it became "reflowable". The microprocessor of this era providin… more
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Date: 1985
Duration: 8 minutes 45 seconds
Creator: Boesch, Rainer, 1938-2014
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...Dwelling place of the acts...

Description: Lord Buddha turned his entire body round like an elephant, looked at the town of Vaisali, and uttered these words : O vaisali, this is the last time that I see you. For I an now departing for Nirvana ! At Gaya, at the time when I won enlightenment, I got rid of the causes of becoming, which are nothing but a gang of harmful vipers ; now the hour comes near when I get rid also of this body, the dwelling place of the acts accumulated in the past. Now that at last this body, which harbours so much… more
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Date: 1985
Duration: 12 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Wraggett, Wes Richard
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Le Voyage de Cyrano

Description: Commissioned by the company "Mafilm" of Budapest, and realized in the Electroacoustic studio of the Hungarian Radiodiffusion, the work was conceived as music for an imaginary film: the composer would be represented under the features of a character who, refusing the demystification imposed by modern science and technology, would travel in the moon and the sun, his old suitcase full of real anxieties and false sonorous phantasies, which will be, moreover, damaged and distorted during the course … more
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Date: 1985
Duration: 20 minutes 27 seconds
Creator: Xanthoudakēs, Charēs
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Maikafer Flieg

Description: In my composition "cockchafer, fly", I used some historical sound documents as a starting point and to allow associations of ideas for a musical development throughout the piece. The title of the composition is drawn from a children's song whose text expresses the sad situation after the first and the second world wars: "Cockchafer, fly, your father is the war, your mom is in Pom'ranie, Pomerania is destroyed by the flames, Cockchafer, fly. " Towards the end of the composition, this song will… more
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Date: 1985
Duration: 9 minutes 54 seconds
Creator: Voigtländer, Lothar, 1943-
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Floral ruffle dress

Description: Dress of off-white chiffon printed with purple and red flowers with green leaves. Floor length; scoop neck; 4" ruffle; poufy sleeves, elbow length; 6" ruffle at hem, curves up to waist on right side; snap-on sash with flower; invizible zipper CB. Lined in white organza? Designer's label: "Carolyne Roehm" Size: "6" Origin label Care label.
Date: 1985/1991
Creator: Roehm, Carolyne
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Smocked dress

Description: Dress of tan polyester crepe. V-neck, bishop sleeves, and gathered skirt. Invisible zipper with hook closures in center front. Two wide bands of ruching at waist and at top of shoulders and across back. Designer's label: "Bill Blass" Union label
Date: 1985/1995
Creator: Blass, Bill
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Drop-waist dress

Description: Dress of bubblegum pink silk. Long sleeves, wide round neckline finished with self bias, loose fitting princess line. Dropped waist falls at mid-thigh where there is a band of 1/2 inch bias. Skirt of three wide flounces falling to different lengths; top two flounces are asymmetrical being shorter on left, bottom flounce straight. Center back invisible zipper with hook and eye at top.
Date: 1985/1995
Creator: Herrera, Carolina
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
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Oral History Interview with Harold Lewis, November 8, 1985

Description: Interview with Harold Lewis, an executive at Caltex Petroleum Corporation. He discusses his educational background, his employment with Standard Oil of California, his early experiences in refinery construction, his transfer to Caltex, his assignment to Bahrain, refinery construction in Australia (Boral, Ampol), refinery construction in Japan, and the relationship between Caltex and Nippon Oil. He also talks about military fuel oil contracts, postwar refinery expansion, Caltex East, Caltex in K… more
Date: November 8, 1985
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Lewis, H. W. (Harold Walter), 1917-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Murdo MacIver, November 9, 1985

Description: Interview with Murdo MacIver, an executive at Caltex Petroleum Corporation, discussing his experiences with the company. He comments on his educational background and early employment, his employment with Standard Oil Company of California, his transfer to Caltex in 1938, the expansion before World War II, Caltex during World War II, Bapco's refinery expansion, financing postwar refinery expansion, foreign exchange problems, banking syndicates, accounting methods, tanker construction, training … more
Date: November 9, 1985
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & MacIver, Murdo, 1901-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Herbert M. Fish, July 31, 1985

Description: Interview with Herbert M. Fish, an executive at Caltex Petroleum Corporation from Boston, Massachusetts. Fish discusses his time working at Shell Oil during the Depression, experience in the U.S. Army, his duties at Caltex, marketing with Chinese agents and visiting China, dealing with Japanese executives, and Caltex European operations.
Date: August 31, 1985
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Fish, Herbert M.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Leslie A. Smith, August 1, 1985

Description: Interview with Leslie A. Smith, an employee of Caltex from Southend-on-Sea, England. Smith discusses how he came to Caltex in 1937, his work as an accountant in Bahrain, the company's organization and its relations with the oil business there, living arrangements and social life, World War II, issues with Bahraini labor politics, his transfer to New York and work there, and Caltex's worldwide operations.
Date: August 1, 1985
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Smith, Leslie A.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Darwin McMillan, September 16, 1985

Description: Interview with Darwin "Mac" McMillan, a long-term employee of Caltex from California, discussing his background, employment with Texaco and Standard Oil, the history of Caltex and his work as an executive there, his various assignment experiences in China the Philippines, Germany, India, and South Africa, and the oil market.
Date: September 16, 1985
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with George Hargens, December 14, 1985

Description: Interview with George Hargens, a former Caltex executive from San Francisco, California, to discuss his experiences working for Standard Oil during the Great Depression, his transfer to Caltex and establishment of the German market, work as a director of several oil companies, and leaving Caltex.
Date: September 14, 1985
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Hargens, George
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with William Tucker, September 25, 1985

Description: Interview with William Tucker, a business executive from Boston, regarding his experiences working for Caltex Petroleum Corporation, their refinery construction and expansion during World War II and after the war, the oil industry, and Caltex in India, Australia, Germany, Japan, Korea, and South Africa.
Date: September 25, 1985
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Tucker, William
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Day dress

Description: Dress of dark gray wool jersey knit. Knee length; vertical welt pockets at hips. Rounded neckline with left side closure of three gray buttons. Long raglan sleeves with a single matching button at vent. Center back vent. Fully lined in navy polyester. Designer's label: "Perry Ellis" Size and content/care tags at base of designer label. B) Tie belt of matching fabric; 3" wide.
Date: 1985/1989
Creator: Ellis, Perry
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Evening dress

Description: Evening gown of black gazar, velvet and crepe chiffon with belt. A) Dress: Fitted black velvet main bodice with modified sweetheart neckline. Upper bodice (bust to shoulder) of black silk crepe chiffon scattered with diamond rhinestones. High round neckline with long sleeves. Four snap closures at each wrist. Center back zipper closure with a hook&eye at the neckline. Waist seam with semi-full. gathered. full-length skirt of black silk gazar. Inverted 'V' front opening with curved hemline. Bodi… more
Date: 1985/1989
Creator: Givenchy, Hubert de, 1927-2018
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Skirt suit

Description: Black wool suit. A) Jacket has round neckline; dolman sleeves; 5 large plastic buttons center back. Designer Label: Albert Nipon Retailer Label: Neiman-Marcus B) Skirt of same material with gathered waistband; knee length; left side zipper; seam pockets. C) Tie belt of black wool. 2 1/2 yards long.
Date: 1985/1989
Creator: Nipon, Albert
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Leather ensemble

Description: Ensemble of brown leather with suede side out; (a) Blouse with wide v-neckline leading into asymmetrical five button front closure; dropped shoulders; seam with tucks at front; seam at elbow and 7 tucks going verticle down side seam; center back seam; and neck facing; (b) skirt with facing; lacing down center front and waist is long and slightly flared; divided in 3 horizontal sections creating a chevron at center front and back; back center zipper closure lined in brown silk. Stamped on leat… more
Date: 1985/1999
Creator: Grimes, Barbara
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Splatter painted dress

Description: Evening dress of white acetate taffeta with multicolored hand-painted splatter and brush stroke design. Sleeveless with bateau neckline. Full length with gathered 7-1/2" cotton flounce at hemline. Bows of ribbon at shoulders with stands of ribbon extending to hem. Center back zipper with hook & eye. Unlined.
Date: 1985~
Creator: Kehoe, Mary Lide Murchison
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Green evening dress

Description: Gown of green and black nylon tulle with vertical stripes of crystal rhinestones on bodice; V-neckline and short sleeves; bodice dips to a V-point in center-front and center-back; full-length, full skirt of 2 layers of green tulle with 1 layer of black tulle over top; bodice is fully lined in green acetate; under skirt of acetate; center-back zip closure. Designer's label at inside back: "Murray Arbeid / " Retailer's label at inside back: "Made in England for / Lou Lattimore / Inc." Care/conte… more
Date: 1985/1989
Creator: Arbeid, Murray
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
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