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Eleven Days in Hell: the 1974 Carrasco Prison Siege in Huntsville, Texas

Description: From one o’clock on the afternoon of July 24, 1974, until shortly before ten o’clock the night of August 3, eleven days later, one of the longest hostage-taking sieges in the history of the United States took place in Texas’s Huntsville State Prison. The ringleader, Federico (Fred) Gomez Carrasco, the former boss of the largest drug-running operation in south Texas, was serving life for assault with intent to commit murder on a police officer. Using his connections to smuggle guns and ammunitio… more
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Date: August 15, 2004
Creator: Harper, William T.
Partner: UNT Press

Utterbackia imbecillis, Specimen #1323

Description: One preserved mussel specimen including both the left and right valves. The specimen exhibits an oval shape; thin shell; double looped beak sculpturing; bluish-white internal coloring; green external coloring; no external sculpturing. Collected in the San Jacinto basin. The specimen measures between 0 - 60 mm in length and was assessed to be relatively-recently dead when collected.
Date: October 23, 1976
Creator: Britton, Joseph
Partner: Elm Fork Natural Heritage Museum

Utterbackia imbecillis, Specimen #1324

Description: One preserved mussel specimen including both the left and right valves. The specimen exhibits an oval shape; thin shell; double looped beak sculpturing; bluish-white internal coloring; tan external coloring; no external sculpturing. Collected in the San Jacinto basin. The specimen measures between 0 - 60 mm in length and was assessed to be relatively-recently dead when collected.
Date: October 23, 1976
Creator: Britton, Joseph
Partner: Elm Fork Natural Heritage Museum

Utterbackia imbecillis, Specimen #1325

Description: One preserved mussel specimen including both the left and right valves. The specimen exhibits an oval shape; thin shell; double looped beak sculpturing; bluish-white internal coloring; green external coloring; no external sculpturing. Collected in the San Jacinto basin. The specimen measures between 0 - 60 mm in length and was assessed to be relatively-recently dead when collected.
Date: October 23, 1976
Creator: Britton, Joseph
Partner: Elm Fork Natural Heritage Museum
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[News Script: Huntsville]

Description: Photocopy of a script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Huntsville prisoners reacting to the unconstitutionality declaration of the death sentence.
Date: June 30, 1972, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Walker Plane]

Description: B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 10pm.
Date: September 4, 1988
Duration: 53 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Minutes for the TXSSAR Board of Managers Meeting: November 5, 1977]

Description: Minutes from a meeting of the TXSSAR Board of Managers, held on November 5, 1977 at the Sam Houston Inn, Huntsville, Texas, including a summary of activities and business discussed. The meeting was called to order and presided by President Louis Rumaggi, the invocation was given by State Chaplain A. J. Frank.
Date: November 1977
Creator: Sons of the American Revolution. Texas Society.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Annual Meeting of the Texas Society, Sons of the American Revolution, 1979

Description: Program for the 83rd annual meeting of the Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, held from March 16 through the 17, 1979 at the Institute of Contempoary Corrections & The Behavioral Sciences in Hunstville, Texas, including a list of sessions for the meeting and related information about the organization and conference. The meeting was called to order by President Richard L. Denham in Rooms 208-209 of the Institute.
Date: March 1979
Creator: Sons of the American Revolution. Texas Society.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Minutes for the TXSSAR Board of Managers Meeting: July 24, 1977]

Description: Minutes from a meeting of the TXSSAR Board of Managers, held on July 24, 1977 at the Sam Houston Inn, in Huntsville, Texas, including a summary of activities and business discussed. The meeting was called to order and presided over by President Louis Rumaggi.
Date: July 1977
Creator: Sons of the American Revolution. Texas Society.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Minutes for the TXSSAR Board of Managers Meeting: March 16, 1979]

Description: Minutes from a meeting of the TXSSAR Board of Managers, held on March 16, 1979, in Huntsville, Texas, including a summary of activities and business discussed. The meeting was called to order by President Denham with treasurer General Robert Luckey introduced as a guest.
Date: March 1979
Creator: Sons of the American Revolution. Texas Society.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Hayes release]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: February 27, 1980, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 59 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Prison violence]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: October 2, 1984, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 37 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Tucker]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: February 3, 1998
Duration: 1 minute 59 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Map]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: August 26, 1969, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Prison folo]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: April 5, 1981, 5:30 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 47 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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