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[Oral History Interview with Elmo Klingenberg]

Description: Interview with Elmo Klingenberg, the president and general manager for the Fort Worth Stockyards Company in Fort Worth, Texas. This interview discusses his family background, his childhood on a dairy farm in Illinois, his experiences early work experience teaching in a one-room school, his service in World War II, his employment with United Stockyards Corporation as a management trainee and later as yardmaster at the and stockyard activities and industry in the early 1900s.
Date: October 12, 1982
Duration: 3 hours 52 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd & Klingenberg, Elmo
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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[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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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

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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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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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
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