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[Oral history interview with Doug Jeffcoats]

Description: Oral history interview with Doug Jeffcoats. Topics covered include his Baptist upbringing, his career at Louisiana Tech University and as a teacher, his enjoyment of the gay social scene in Dallas, being closeted as a teacher in Arlington, his volunteering with the AIDS Services Dinner Club, and the AIDS epidemic.
Date: May 6, 2019
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 53 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Oral history interview with Carol A. West]

Description: Oral history interview with Carol A. West. Topics covered include her childhood in Irving, Texas and her career as a teacher and then as a pastor. The interview was conducted in a public place, possibly a coffee shop, and there is a lot of background noise.
Date: 2019?
Duration: 31 minutes 47 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Leon Breeden Orchestra, Lake Worth Casino, Ft. Worth, circa 1950, 2

Description: Recording of the Leon Breeden Orchestra in Lake Worth Casino, Ft. Worth, Texas. This recording is a live recording of the Leon Breeden Orchestra. Breeden can be heard speaking to announce tunes as the band plays. This is a second copy of this specific recording.
Date: 1950
Duration: 58 minutes 32 seconds
Creator: Breeden, Leon
Location: 26.614692 -80.037206
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Grand Prairie High School Band, made in Band Hall, 1957. Leon Breeden Orchestra at the Casino Ballroom on Lake Worth, circa 1950

Description: Recording of the Grand Prairie High School Band at the Gopher Band Hall on December 12, 1957 and the Leon Breeden Orchestra at the Lake Worth Casino, Fort Worth, Texas. The Grand Prairie High School Band plays marches and some popular jazz tunes with interludes of speaking from the students. The Leon Breeden Orchestras plays many jazz standards.
Date: {1950,1957}
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: Breeden, Leon
Location: 26.614692 -80.037206
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Quartet at [Ridglea Country Club], 1959 December 28. Excerpt - Louis Armstrong on Bell Telephone Hour, 1960 January [1]

Description: Recording of a jazz combo with Leon Breeden on clarinet performing at the Ridglea Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas on December 28, 1959 and an audio excerpt of Louis Armstrong on the Bell Telephone Hour on January 1, 1960. On the Country Club performance, the combo can be heard calling tunes and preparing for each tune quietly. For the Louis Armstrong performance, the date is noted incorrectly on the cassette as January 2, 1960; the actual date of performance in January 1, 1960.
Date: {1959-12-28,1960-01-01}
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 52 seconds
Creator: Breeden, Leon
Location: 32.723129 -97.418090
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Tape made by [AFM] Local 72 in Ft. Worth to be sent to our Armed Forces in Vietnam - events of the day, 1966 August 15

Description: Recording of a radio broadcast from August 15, 1966 of musicians of the AFM Local 72, known as the Dallas/Fort Worth Professional Musicians Association today, to be played for American troops fighting in the Vietnam War. Musical and news events from the Dallas/Fort Worth area are shared between musical numbers. Red Withers and his orchestra, the Texas Woman's University Lab Band, the Ron-Dels, the Mari-Leito Combo, Neco Borgeson, and the North Texas State College Lab Band are featured on this r… more
Date: August 15, 1966
Duration: 28 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Breeden, Leon
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Broadway Plaza Retirement Center, Fort Worth, 1992 September 12 - With Perry Sandifer, Bill Collins, Jimmy Petty

Description: Recording of Perry Sandifer and the River Note Gamblers performing at the Broadway Plaza Retirement Center in Fort Worth, Texas. Bill Collins, Jimmy Petty, Perry Sandifer, and Jerry [Atalia?]. The performers can be heard talking to each other between tunes. Tunes are also announced by Perry Sandifer.
Date: September 12, 1992
Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes 41 seconds
Creator: Breeden, Leon
Location: 32.670333 -97.419229
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Master: Dallas Jazz Orchestra Caravan of Dreams, Fort Worth, 1993 February 7. Master: Texas All-State Jazz Ensemble: last rehearsal before concert, 1993 February 13

Description: Recording of the Dallas Jazz Orchestra playing at the Caravan of Dreams performing arts center in Fort Worth, Texas and of the final rehearsal of the 1993 Texas All-State Jazz Rehearsal, directed by Leon Breeden.
Date: {1993-02-07,1993-02-13}
Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes 06 seconds
Creator: Breeden, Leon
Location: 32.754788 -97.332620
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Harvey Anderson - Fatso's, 1993 November 14

Description: Recording of the Harvey Anderson Orchestra performing at Fatso's Burgers & Blues in Arlington, Texas on November 14, 1993.
Date: November 14, 1993
Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: Breeden, Leon
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Tribute to Harvey Anderson - TCU jazz bands and small group, 1993 December 3

Description: Recording of a Texas Christian University jazz ensemble and small jazz groups concert on December 3, 1993 in tribute to Harvey Anderson. Several speakers talk about Harvey Anderson during this performance. The mayor of Fort Worth, Texas announces during this concert that December 3 is to be known as Harvey Anderson Day.
Date: October 3, 1993
Duration: 1 hour 48 minutes 51 seconds
Creator: Breeden, Leon
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Shady Oaks, 1994 December 31

Description: Recording of Leon Breeden and a jazz combo at Shady Oaks Country Club in Westworth Village, Texas on New Years' Eve 1994. The combo performs with a vocalist for a few numbers.
Date: December 31, 1994
Duration: 47 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: Breeden, Leon
Location: 32.754850 -97.419651
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Fort Worth Chamber Orchestra - John Giordano - Rule Beasley's new composition premiere, 1995 October 9

Description: Recording of a radio broadcast of the inaugural concert of the 1995 season for the Fort Worth Chamber Orchestra. This broadcast was taped by Breeden from an earlier date. Francis Poulenc's "Sinfonetta" was also a part of this broadcast, but it is not included in this recording.
Date: October 9, 1995
Duration: 47 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: Breeden, Leon
Location: 32.711136 -97.361379
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Cowtown, USA - 1998 October 12

Description: Recording of Leon Breeden's "Cowtown, USA." This recording begins with a radio broadcast of the Texas Christian University Wind Symphony performing "Cowtown, USA" when Breeden was bandmaster of the Texas Christian University Wind Symphony. This first performance is assumed to be recorded from an older broadcast (1948) and potentially the premiere performance of "Cowtown, USA." The second performance is from October 12, 1998 and is the Texas Christian University Wind Symphony performing "Cowtown… more
Date: {1948,1998-10-12}
Duration: 9 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: Breeden, Leon
Location: 32.707853 -97.362804
Partner: UNT Music Library
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[Oral history interview with Steven (Steve) Atkinson]

Description: Oral history interview with Steve Atkinson. Topics covered include: his childhood in Keller, Texas and his relationship with his family, his coming out as gay after a brief marriage to a woman, his views on religion and spirituality, and his volunteer work for Dallas LGBTQ organizations.
Date: February 17, 2019
Duration: 1 hour 51 minutes 40 seconds
Creator: Testa, Nino
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Christmas at Calvary Lutheran, 1978

Description: Recording of what appears to be Christmas mass on the first clip, followed by a big band performance (second clip) at the Calvary Lutheran Church in Richland Hills, TX. The identity of the band members remains unknown as there is no mention of them anywhere in either of the recordings.
Date: December 24, 1978
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 41 seconds
Creator: Breeden, Leon
Location: 32.809167 -97.231687
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Fort Worth - Curly Broyles' Dixie, 1986 April 18

Description: Recording of trumpet player Curly Broyles' performing Dixieland Jazz in Fort Worth on April 18, 1968. The other musicians performing alongside Curly Broyles remain unidentified. Occasionally, conversations between the audience can be heard while the band is playing.
Date: April 18, 1968
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 52 seconds
Creator: Breeden, Leon
Partner: UNT Music Library

Oral History Interview with Nan Alexander, July 22, 2020

Description: Interview with Nan (Barbara) Alexander, a former model and executive at Neiman Marcus. Alexander discusses her background, beginning work in the fashion industry as a store model, her education, working as a sample model and "Girl Friday" at Howard Wolf Inc. in Fair Park, being a sportswear model at Neiman Marcus, the layout of the store, the apparel market, and the history of fashion in the DFW area.
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Date: July 22, 2020
Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: Becker, Annette & Alexander, Barbara
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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[Author Gwendolyn Brooks speaking at TCJC South Campus]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters Records. The audio was recorded during an author's workshop with Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks, an American poet, author, and teacher. The audio quality is very low and it is hard to hear what Gwendolyn Brooks is saying in some parts of her presentation.
Date: December 1, 1977
Duration: 51 minutes 46 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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["Testament" AIDS Outreach Center Annual Benefit Live Performance Audio Recording]

Description: Audio recording from the Turtle Creek Chorale Collection (The Dallas Way) collection, an American men's chorus based in Dallas, Texas. The Turtle Creek Chorale performs their album Testament live for the AIDS Outreach Center annual benefit. The album performance consists of several songs and hymns written or composed by American musicians and writers; several of the pieces are composed by American composer, Randall Thompson. The Chorale performs some jazz pieces during intermission and to close… more
Date: May 26, 1992
Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: Turtle Creek Chorale
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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