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Oral History Interview with Keven Ann Willey, November 7, 2017

Description: Interview with Keven Ann Willey, a former editorial page editor at the Dallas Morning News. She describes her childhood and education as well as her career path and various projects that she worked on as a college student and as a professional.
Date: November 7, 2017
Creator: Willey, Keven Ann; Wise, Hannah & Higgins, Claire
Partner: UNT Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism
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A Good Tale and a Bonnie Tune

Description: Volume of miscellaneous folklore about Texas and Mexico, including Mexican folktales, Texas folk songs, information about Texas streams and information about racial discrimination in the South. The index begins on page 273.
Date: 2017
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
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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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

[Front view of the Hasselblad 500 C]

Description: Photograph of the Hasselblad 500 C camera from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. It is viewed from the front of the camera. The lens is open and the parts to control the camera are visible on the side. The viewfinder housing is on top of the camera.
Date: July 20, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Lens of the Hasselblad 500 C]

Description: Photograph of the lens on the Hasselblad 500 C camera from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. It is viewed from above and has a plate on the side that reads "500 C Made in Sweden by Victor Hasselblad".
Date: July 20, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Top view of the Hasselblad 500 C]

Description: Photograph of the Hasselblad 500 C camera from the Byrd Williams Family Photography Collection, held by UNT Special Collections. It is viewed from above and has a large silver lens on the front. There is a viewfinder on top and a plate on the side that reads "500 C Made in Sweden by Victor Hasselblad".
Date: July 20, 2016
Creator: Sylve, Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Island Empire: the Influence of the Maceo Family in Galveston

Description: From the 1920s until the 1950s, brothers, Sam and Rosario Maceo, ran an influential crime family in Galveston, Texas. The brothers’ success was largely due to Galveston’s transient population, the turbulent history of the island, and the resulting economic decline experienced at the turn of the 20th century. Their success began during Prohibition, when they opened their first club. The establishment offered bootlegged liquor, fine dining, and first class entertainment. After Prohibition, th… more
Date: August 2014
Creator: Boatman, T. Nicole
Partner: UNT Libraries

Oral History Interview with Lisa Jane Lachance-Skier, March 14, 2013

Description: Interview with Lisa Jane Lachance-Skier, a Air Force veteran from Phoenix, Arizona. Lachance-Skier discusses growing up, participating in Junior ROTC, enlisting in the Air Force in 1976, experiences as a woman in a newly integrated Air Force, sexual harassment and assault in the military, service in England, attending ROTC and becoming an officer, her marriage, service in Germany, her work during the Gulf War, being forced out as part of a personnel drawdown, transitioning to the civilian world… more
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Date: March 14, 2013
Creator: Hedrick, Amy & Lachance-Skier, Lisa Jane
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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[Oral History Interview with Julia Jordan]

Description: Part two of an interview with Julia Jordan, who was an activist in Dallas. Jordan discusses her involvement with the Priscilla Art Club and The Links, how the social clubs worked, and the local medical community. She also speaks about teaching, the activism she took part in in the school districts, and her work with the Opportunities Industrial Center. The interview appears to be cut-off.
Date: September 7, 2011
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Oral History Interview with Kathy Jack, October 26, 2009

Description: Transcript of an interview with Kathy Jack concerning her childhood and education in Shreveport, Louisiana, and Dallas; "coming-out" narrative; social life in Dallas's gay and lesbian bars; effects of AIDS epidemic on Dallas gay community; career as employee, manager, and eventually owner of various bars; involvement in and support of various Gay Pride events; thoughts about future of gay rights movement.
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Date: October 26, 2009
Creator: Wisely, Karen & Jack, Kathy, 1957-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Jacob Bekker, September 28, 1996

Description: Interview with Jacob Bekker, a Holocaust survivor from Warsaw, Poland. Bekker discusses his upbringing, life for Jews in Warsaw before the war, antisemitism in Warsaw and discrimination, the invasion of Poland, Germans and Poles identifying Jews and singling them out for labor, fleeing to Russia and working there, returning to Poland after the war, and leaving for Israel.
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Date: September 28, 1996
Creator: Anson, Jennifer & Bekker, Jacob
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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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: 1978
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Partner: UNT Press
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[News Clip: Yesterday]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: December 25, 1977, 5:30 p.m.
Duration: 3 minutes 35 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

USAF Aircraft Photopak 1: 1957-1977

Description: Series of photographs documenting types of U.S. Air Force planes used 1957-1977, with brief descriptions of the aircraft types and notable features or deployments.
Date: October 1977
Creator: United States. Department of the Air Force.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Health and Safety Laboratory Fallout Program Quarterly Summary Report: June 1, 1974 - September 1, 1974, Appendix

Description: Report documenting radioactive fallout across the world, including both material in the atmosphere and that has deposited into food supplies. This appendix includes tables of monthly fallout deposition collections from 116 sites across the Earth and a list of radionuclides and their half-lives.
Date: October 1, 1974
Creator: HASL (New York, N.Y.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Carol with Luggage]

Description: Photograph of Carol Williams looking off to the side, holding a piece of luggage. The luggage bag she is holding is resting on a fur coat and a large luggage bag. Carol is wearing a blue shirt, white skirt, and red lipstick. A red, wood-paneled wall can be seen in the background behind her.
Date: 196X
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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