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The WPA Dallas Guide and History

Description: This book gives an overview of the city of Dallas, Texas including statistics about the people and businesses as well as background information regarding the government, businesses, and social aspects of the city. The book also gives information about tourism and points of interest in the city and in Dallas County. Index starts on page 421.
Date: 1992
Creator: Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the City of Dallas
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Partner: UNT Press
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A Book Lover in Texas

Description: This autobiographical text discusses Evelyn Oppenheimer's role as a reader and book reviewer in Texas. The book discusses both her life and opinions regarding books and various topics. A selection of her poetry and one of her short stories ("The Green Conscience") are also included. Index starts on page 153.
Date: 1995
Creator: Oppenheimer, Evelyn, 1907-
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Folklore: in All of Us, in All We Do

Description: Compilation of articles about various topics related to folklore organized into five chapters by subject: "The first tackles this issue of folklore and its relationship to history, with some of the articles trying to provide some of that folkloric filler to historical facts. Another chapter focuses on women; one features various types of occupational lore; and another is a tongue-in-cheek look at 'shady characters' such as police officers, politicians, and horsetraders. A final chapter has no t… more
Date: December 15, 2006
Creator: Untiedt, Kenneth L.
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Antebellum Jefferson, Texas: Everyday Life in an East Texas Town

Description: Founded in 1845 as a steamboat port at the entryway to western markets from the Red River, Jefferson was a thriving center of trade until the steamboat traffic dried up in the 1870s. During its heyday, the town monopolized the shipping of cotton from all points west for 150 miles. Jefferson was the unofficial capital of East Texas, but it was also typical of boom towns in general. For this topical examination of a frontier town, Bagur draws from many government documents, but also from newspap… more
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Date: March 15, 2012
Creator: Bagur, Jacques D.
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Folklore in Motion: Texas Travel Lore

Description: Collection of folklore stories and personal anecdotes that relate to travel in Texas, grouped into broad topics that include historic and modern modes of transportation. Index starts on page 281.
Date: December 15, 2007
Creator: Untiedt, Kenneth L.
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[Grinding Cane]

Description: Narrative by Junebug Clark in the summer of 2014 Sorghum cane is fed into a mule drawn press where the juice is extracted and collected. Overall Background: These Molasses Making Stir-off photos were shot by Joe Clark HBSS in the early to mid-1940s. Either on the farm of Fred Whitaker about four miles southwest of Cumberland Gap, or in Cumberland Gap on the farm of Baptist preacher the Rev. Hugh Vancel. More information about these images can be found in scrapbooks in the Clark Family Collect… more
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
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Baptising in Olde Towne Creek

Description: Narrative by Junebug Clark: Photograph is from 1938 and is shot in Red Hill, Tennessee. One of the first photos made by Joe, Baptising in Olde Towne Creek, has endured to become a favorite and meaningful to many. It bears close scrutiny because of the differing expressions and attitudes of those attending. People have said that they have counted fifty-one people in this picture and I’ve listened to many a controversy about a TV antenna* appearing in this 1938 photo. The Rev. Hugh Vancel, in c… more
Date: 1938
Creator: Clark, Joe
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[Old Time Dancing]

Description: Narrative by Junebug Clark: Photograph is from the 1940s and is shot in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. Students of "pappy" Hiram Frakes School learn old time dances.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
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[Old Time Dancing]

Description: Narrative by Junebug Clark: Photograph is from 1940s and is shot in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. Students of "Pappy" Hiram Frakes School learn old time dances. This photo appeared in National Geographic Magazine.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
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[Walking home by lantern light(1)]

Description: Photograph of Cecil Ray with his arm around a Bonnie Burns as they walk along a gravel path. Burns carries a gas lamp while the Cecil Ray carries a small pail of sorghum molasses while they both laugh and smile. Narrative by Junebug Clark in the summer of 2014 Walking Home by Lantern Light. This is a typical scene at the end of a stir-off event. It is a scene Joe tried to capture many times. It is a good shot and has been published, but it is not the "kill-shot" the one "picture that tells a… more
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
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Baptising in Olde Towne Creek

Description: Photograph of Reverend Hugh Vancel performing a baptism in Olde Town Creek near Red Hill, Tennessee. The reverend is standing in the creek and facing a large crowd of people on the bank, and holding the arm of a young girl (Ivana Wright) standing next to him; several other girls (identified as Hester Welch, Minnie Hicks, Cleo McCurey, Lilian Hicks, and Lenore Treece), a woman and a man are also standing in the creek, on the left. A building with wood siding is visible in the background.
Date: 1938
Creator: Clark, Joe
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[Old Time Dancing]

Description: Narrative by Junebug Clark: Photograph is from the 1940s and is shot in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. Students of "pappy" Hiram Frakes School learn old time dances.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Harvesting Cane]

Description: Narrative by Junebug Clark in the summer of 2014 Young Folks of the Burns and Evans families cut cane. Overall Background: These Molasses Making Stir-off photos were shot by Joe Clark HBSS in the early to mid-1940s. Either on the farm of Fred Whitaker about four miles southwest of Cumberland Gap, or in Cumberland Gap on the farm of Baptist preacher the Rev. Hugh Vancel. More information about these images can be found in scrapbooks in the Clark Family Collection at the University of North Tex… more
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Old Time Dancing]

Description: Narrative by Junebug Clark: Photograph is from the 1940s and is shot in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. Students of "pappy" Hiram Frakes School learn old time dances.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[A man holding a sign]

Description: Photograph of an African American man holding a sign that reads, "Don't believe the press we are right." The man has a cigar in his mouth and is smiling at the camera. Another man can be seen standing directly behind him. The exterior brick wall of a building is visible next to the two men.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
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[Buick Open Golf Tournament]

Description: Photograph of a golfer teeing off at the Buick Open Golf Tournament. Photo is taken from being the golfer in full swing, fairway down the middle, with audience galleries on both sides. This Buick Open Invitational was played at Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club in Grand Blanc, Michigan. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Clark PhotoFile: 8806-0000
Date: 1968
Creator: Clark, Joe
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[Bernice Clark and Julie Schulzinger]

Description: Photograph of Bernice Clark and Julie Schulzinger with a rock formation outside of Phoenix, Arizona. Julie and Avrum were close friends of the Clark family from the days they lived in Michigan. This photo was made during a visit to their home in Phoenix. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Clark PhotoFile: 9648-0001-26
Date: 198X
Creator: Clark, Joe
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[The Old Marketplace]

Description: Narrative by Junebug Clark: Photograph of a jug of moonshine sitting inside a hollow tree stump. Legend has it that placing a $5 bill inside the stump before sunset would yield a gallon jug of moonshine before dawn. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Clark PhotoFile: 0013-53
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
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Shoes in a Circle

Description: Photograph of a young couple at a Molasses Stir-off in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. Published in National Geographic Magazine. December 1943. Page 766. Captioned: Playing “Shoes in a Circle” by Moonlight is Mirthful Sport After sides are chosen, the competitors take off their shoes and mix them willy-nilly on the ground. A signal starts a wild scramble in which everybody tries to find and put on his own footgear. The team first properly shod wins. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Clark PhotoFile: 58… more
Date: 1943
Creator: Clark, Joe
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Case-Ferry Laundry Lady

Description: Photograph of the Cass-Ferry Laundry Lady standing outside her shop in Detroit, Michigan near Wayne State University. Photo by: Junebug Clark. Signed by: Junebug Clark
Date: 1976
Creator: Clark, Junebug
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[Roll Top Desk]

Description: Narrative by Junebug Clark: Photograph of a well used and in use Roll Top Desk. Photo was taken in Moore County, Tennessee in the back of a road side General Store. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Signed by: Joe Clark, HBSS Clark PhotoFile: 9122-0013-13
Date: 1972
Creator: Clark, Joe
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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