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Fiestas in Laredo: Matachines, Quinceañeras, and the George Washington’s Birthday Celebration

Description: This book celebrates the many types of fiestas found in the border community of Laredo, Texas. Told from an insider’s perspective and blending memoir, ethnography, and a folkloristic analysis, the author explores the meaning of the celebrations for the community. Norma E. Cantú focuses on three fiestas—Los Matachines, a folk-Catholic traditional dance; Quinceañeras, the coming-of-age celebrations for young Latinas turning fifteen; and the city-wide celebration of George Washington’s birthday i… more
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Date: December 2024
Creator: Cantú, Norma E.
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Oral History Interview with Chunxiao Wang, December 9, 2009

Description: Interview with Chunxiao "Chelsea" Wang, a Chinese-born immigrant in Denton, Texas. Discusses her childhood in Sichuan Province; family life; marriage; decision to give up high-powered, well-paying job to immigrate to the U.S.; difficulties of immigration process; life in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois; relocation to Denton; husband's employment at UNT; perceptions of American culture; learning English; return to school to study accounting; family's acculturation.
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Date: December 9, 2009
Creator: Dunbar, Paul & Wang, Chunxiao
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Oral History Interview with Jim Pearston, December 5, 2007

Description: Interview with Jim Pearston, a Vietnam-era veteran of the U.S. Navy. The interview discusses his Childhood in Rotan, Texs; father's military service; 1967 enlistment in U.S. Navy; service as hospital corpsman at naval hospitals in San Diego, Jacksonvilee, and Okinawa, and as a reconnaissance corpsman with a Marine unit in South Vietnam; difficulties in return to civilian life; enlistment in Naval Reserves; return to active duty; service aboard the USS Richard E. Byrd, at Naval Hospital Subic Ba… more
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Date: December 5, 2007
Creator: Wisely, Karen & Pearston, Jim
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Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Victor Hancock, December 17, 2007

Description: Interview with Victor Hancock, a U.S. Army Air Corps and World War II veteran. The interview discusses his childhood in Coquilla, Oregon, Ketchikan, Alaska, and Hayward and San Francisco, California; family’s difficulties in the Great Depression; work as a shoeshine boy and newspaper delivery boy; father’s work with the WPA; expulsion from school; move to Los Angeles and graduation from high school; hitchhiking; memory of Pearl Harbor attack; enlistment in Army Air Corps; brother’s combat death… more
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Date: December 17, 2007
Creator: Hegi, Benjamin & Hancock, Victor
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Oral History Interview with Numchai Tamprateep, December 7, 2009

Description: Interview with Numchai Tamprateep, a Thai-borne immigrant to Denton, Texas and restaurateur. The interview discusses their childhood and education in rural Suphan Buri and urban Ranong and Bangkok, Thailand; decision to immigrate to U.S.; enrollment at North Texas Junior College in Gainesville, Texas; first impressions of U.S. and Texas; transfer to UNT to study biology; decision to open the restaurant/grocery store that evolved into Mr. Chopsticks; and efforts to keep in touch with family in T… more
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Date: December 7, 2009
Creator: Foreman, Nicholas & Tamprateep, Numchai
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Oral History Interview with Donald Shannon, 2009-2010

Description: Interview with Donald Shannon, a Northern Ireland-born immigrant to Dallas, Texas. The interview discusses his childhood and education in Moygashel, Northern Ireland; career with a local clothing manufacturer; service in British Army and experiences with violence between Protestants and Catholics; love of bagpipes; leadership of various pipe bands; travels with British Army pipe band, including trip to Washington, D.C., and introduction to the future Mrs. Shannon; long-distance relationship; de… more
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Date: December 7, 2009
Creator: Park, David & Shannon, Donald
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Oral History Interview with Walter H. Gilbreath, December 18, 2008

Description: Interview with Walter Gilbreath, a Navy veteran and longtime North Texas business owner. The interview discusses his childhood in Navarro County, Texas, Altus, Oklahoma, and Lewisville, Texas; parents' divorce and family break-up; struggles to survive in the Great Depression; experience working with heavy landscaping machinery in Civilian Conservation Corps at camps in Wyoming and Colorado; work as a ranch hand in West Texas; decision to enlist in U.S. Navy following Pearl Harbor; deployment as… more
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Date: December 18, 2008
Creator: Hegi, Benjamin & Gilbreath, Walter H.
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Oral History Interview with Jean Elizabeth Sheppard Hatcher, Decmeber 11, 2008

Description: Interview with Jean Elizabeth Sheppard Hatcher, a Coast Guard Women's Reserves veteran (or SPARS). The interview discusses her childhood and education in Edwardsville,Virden, and Girard, Ill.; father's experience in World War I; waitressing and clerical work following high school graduation; memories of Pearl Harbor attack; decision to enlist in Coast Guard SPAR program in June 1944; clerical training at Palm Beach, Fla.; meeting future husband, Bill Hatcher, at USO Club in West Palm Beach, Fla… more
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Date: December 11, 2008
Creator: Hegi, Benjamin & Hatcher, Jean Elizabeth Sheppard
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Oral History Interview with Anthony Maldonado, December 3, 2007

Description: Interview with Anthony Maldonado, an Army veteran of the Iraqi War. The interview discusses his childhood and education in Fort Worth; decision to drop out of high school; decision to enlist in U.S. Army; experiences in basic training at Ft. Sill, Okla.; deployment to Kuwait and Iraq, experience of being reunited with sister at Balad Air Base outside of Baghdad; duties guarding and transporting confiscated weapons caches, including stress of participation in truck convoys; experiences in mortar… more
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Date: December 3, 2007
Creator: Bonine, Becky & Maldonado, Anthony
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Oral History Interview with David Reid, December 10, 2007

Description: Interview with David Reid, an Navy veteran of the Iraqi War. The interview discusses his childhood in Savannah, Ga.; education at Valdosta State College; acceptance to U.S. Navy aviation officer candidate school; training at Pensacola, Fla.; missions in North Atlantic, Caribbean, and Mediterranean regions; assignment to Beeville Naval Air Station during Operation Desert Storm; monitoring missions during Bosnian conflict; deployments to Japan and to Turkey for Operation Northern Watch; decision … more
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Date: December 10, 2007
Creator: Donnelly, Jarred & Reid, David
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Oral History Interview with Brian Hall, December 1, 2007

Description: Interview with Brain Hall, a Navy veteran of the Persian Gulf War and an Army veteran of the Iraqi War. The interview discusses his childhood in Irving and Waxahachie, Tex.; decision to enlist in U.S. Navy; military service of father and twin brother; assignment to USS Tarawa; service in humanitarian missions in Western Pacific and Operation Desert Storm; education after leaving Navy; re-enlistment in U.S. Army; assignment to 328th Personal Services Battalion and 350th Postal Company; deploymen… more
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Date: December 1, 2007
Creator: Russell, Amy & Hall, Brian
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Oral History Interview with Tony Ramirez, December 8, 2007

Description: Interview with Tony Ramirez, an Army veteran and a Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War. The interview discusses his childhood in Chickasha, Ok. and Fort Worth, Tex.; enlistment in the U.S. Army at age fourteen; training at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo. and Ft. Benning, Ga.; deployment during Cuban Missile Crisis; discharge from Army and enlistment in U.S Marine Corps; training at Camp Pendleton, Cal.; deployment with 3rd Marines near border with North Vietnam; later experiences with 26th and 9th Ma… more
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Date: December 8, 2007
Creator: Stienecker, Dawm & Ramirez, Tony
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Chey (Lisu traditional Crossbow)

Description: Yobin (Lisu) speaker Ticheha Ngwazah explains in detail about 'chey', a traditional Lisu crossbow. He also explains how many types of woods are used for making the 'chey' and what they are called. The crossbow 'chey' was a very important part of traditional Yobin life because it was regarded as the most effective hunting tool.
Date: December 28, 2022
Duration: 10 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: Jothisey Yobin
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Partner: UNT College of Information

Chey (Lisu traditional Crossbow) (audio)

Description: Yobin (Lisu) speaker Ticheha Ngwazah explains in detail about 'chey', a traditional Lisu crossbow. He also explains how many types of woods are used for making the 'chey' and what they are called. The crossbow 'chey' was a very important part of traditional Yobin life because it was regarded as the most effective hunting tool.
Date: December 28, 2022
Duration: 10 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: Jothisey Yobin
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: UNT College of Information

Chey (Lisu traditional Crossbow) Translation

Description: Dataset of the files in which Yobin (Lisu) speaker Ticheha Ngwazah explains in detail about 'chey', a traditional Lisu crossbow. He also explains how many types of woods are used for making the 'chey' and what they are called. The crossbow 'chey' was a very important part of traditional Yobin life because it was regarded as the most effective hunting tool.
Date: December 28, 2022
Creator: Jothisey Yobin
Item Type: Refine your search to only Dataset
Partner: UNT College of Information

Chey (Lisu traditional Crossbow) (subtitled)

Description: Yobin (Lisu) speaker Ticheha Ngwazah explains in detail about 'chey', a traditional Lisu crossbow. He also explains how many types of woods are used for making the 'chey' and what they are called. The crossbow 'chey' was a very important part of traditional Yobin life because it was regarded as the most effective hunting tool.
Date: December 28, 2022
Duration: 10 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: Jothisey Yobin
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT College of Information

Pichwe (2)

Description: Gwazatsu Yobin demonstrates the process of making 'pichu', the rope for carrying the basket 'kathu'.
Date: December 22, 2022
Duration: 59 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: Jothisey Yobin
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT College of Information

Pichwe (2) (audio)

Description: Gwazatsu Yobin demonstrates the process of making 'pichu', the rope for carrying the basket 'kathu'.
Date: December 22, 2022
Duration: 59 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: Jothisey Yobin
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: UNT College of Information

Pichwe (2) (subtitled)

Description: Gwazatsu Yobin demonstrates the process of making 'pichu', the rope for carrying the basket 'kathu'.
Date: December 22, 2022
Duration: 59 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: Jothisey Yobin
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT College of Information

Pichwe

Description: Gwazatsu Yobin demonstrates the process of making 'pichu', which is the rope for carrying the basket 'kathu'.
Date: December 22, 2022
Duration: 59 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: Jothisey Yobin
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT College of Information
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