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[Interview with Kerry Stanhope]

Description: Audio interview conducted by Alexis Castillo with Kerry Stanhope, the Assistant Director of the Meadows Center for Health Resources at the University of North Texas. Stanhope discusses the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on his work and the resources provided to students through the Meadows Center as well as UNT's response to and student experiences of the pandemic.
Date: 2020
Duration: 30 minutes 37 seconds
Creator: Castillo, Alexis
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Special Episode: 2020 Census 101 with Jennifer Pope and Marq Youngblood

Description: Interview with Jennifer Pope and Marq Youngblood for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) podcast. In this episode, Susan speaks with two representatives of the U.S. Census Bureau about the importance of the 2020 Census. Jennifer Pope, Partnership Specialist for the Dallas Regional Census Center, talks with Susan about the history of the U.S. Census and the crucial information it generates for states and local communities. Marq Youngblood, Regional Recruiting Coordinator for the Denver/… more
Date: January 15, 2020
Duration: 18 minutes 58 seconds
Creator: Supak, Susan; Pope, Jennifer & Youngblood, Marq
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Oral history interview with Terry Carmody]

Description: Oral history interview with Terry Carmody. Topics covered include Carmody's romantic relationship with Duane Puryear, an AIDS activist who died from complications from AIDS.
Date: February 14, 2020
Duration: 48 minutes 56 seconds
Creator: Testa, Nino
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Episode 30: Remembering the St. John's Freedmen's Community with Emily Bowles and Hannah Stewart

Description: Interview with Emily Bowles and Hannah Stewart for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) podcast. In this episode, Susan interviews Emily Bowles and Hannah Stewart about their participation in a group research project as students in UNT’s History department. The project focused on a freedmen's community that formed around St. John’s church in Pilot Point, TX. Starting with names etched into the headstones of a neglected cemetery, these students were eventually able to sketch a portrait o… more
Date: February 19, 2020
Duration: 29 minutes 52 seconds
Creator: Supak, Susan; Bowles, Emily & Stewart, Hannah
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Oral History Interview with Naomie Rudelson, July 13, 2020

Description: Interview with Naomi Rudelson, a former department store executive from New Orleans, Louisiana. Rudelson discusses involvement with the fashion industry in Dallas, starting with work as an assistant to a personal shopper and eventually becoming vice president of several different department stores. Rudelson also describes designing a curriculum for students at the University of North Texas, and the work environment at Dalton's department store, Sanger-Harris, Winkleman's in Detroit, and May Com… more
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Date: July 13, 2020
Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Becker, Annette & Rudelson, Naomi
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Larry Leathers, July 15, 2020

Description: Interview with Larry Leathers, former Visual Manager at Neiman Marcus from Dallas, Texas. Leathers describes his background in theater and dance, fascination with the "frozen theater" of display mannequins, entry into the fashion industry, promotion from display creator to manager of a department to manager of a whole store, stories about working with clients, family, change over time, and the importance of remembering the heart of the fashion industry.
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Date: July 15, 2020
Duration: 2 hours 22 minutes 47 seconds
Creator: Becker, Annette & Leathers, Larry
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

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

Oral History Interview with Ruth Ann Johnston, July 29, 2020

Description: Interview with Ruth Ann Johnston, a former trimmer from El Paso, Texas. Johnston describes her background and journey to becoming involved in the Dallas fashion industry, education at Texas Tech and the University of North Texas, work as a trimmer in the display department in several stores, including Neiman Marcus, the "NM Way," the AIDS epidemic and its impact on the fashion industry, her shoe collection, and the importance of developing relationships in the industry.
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Date: July 29, 2020
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Becker, Annette & Johnston, Ruth Ann
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Tracy Hayes, October 29, 2020

Description: Interview with Tracy Hayes, former writer and editor for the Dallas Morning News from Dallas, Texas. Hayes discusses her background and family, change in the fashion industry over time, being hired at the Dallas Morning News, becoming the founding editor of FD Luxe, a monthly fashion magazine, covering fashion shows, and her current life and interest in fashion.
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Date: October 29, 2020
Duration: 1 hour 47 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: Becker, Annette & Hayes, Tracy
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Susan Huston, November 2, 2020

Description: Interview with Susan Huston, a career freelancer from Dallas, Texas. Huston discusses her background, initial involvement in the Dallas fashion industry, life as a freelancer, starting her own company, writing a book, teaching, preparations for fashion shows, modeling, and how the fashion industry has changed over the decades.
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Date: November 2, 2020
Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 34 seconds
Creator: Becker, Annette & Huston, Susan
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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[TBAAL: Deep Kho - Kho album audio recording]

Description: Audio from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters. The audio is an album recording of Deep Kho Kho, a Frisco based artist and poet. "Deep" is an acronym for "Direct Explicit Erotic Passionate." The album contains sixteen clips of songs and spoken word poetry related to artist's experiences in self-love, self-expression and romance as an African-American woman. Her words speak to staying motivated to push forward in life, regardless of circumstances.
Date: June 23, 2022
Duration: 45 minutes 46 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[TBAAL - Off the Hook by Rick Smiley]

Description: Audio from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters. The audio is the album recording of "Off the Hook" by Rick Smiley.
Date: June 23, 2022
Duration: 4 minutes 38 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[TBAAL -This is 4 U! - album recording]

Description: Audio from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters. The audio is a recording of the album "This is 4 U!" by various R&B artists including Donny Hathaway, B-Rezell, and Janet Jackson, among others. The album includes eighteen clips that feature songs about love, romance and sex.
Date: June 23, 2022
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 40 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[TBAAL - Author's luncheon: Dr. C. Eve Lincoln]

Description: Audio from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Author's Luncheon with Dr. C. Eve Lincoln. The first part of the audio is an extended introduction to the author while the later half is Dr. Lincoln's speech.
Date: June 24, 2022
Duration: 56 minutes 56 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[TBAAL - Convention Center to trolley to author's inspiration]

Description: Audio from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters. The first recording is a compilation of random clips of audio featuring: an interview on The Dallas Morning News with a health inspector over the food conditions within convention centers; a conversation between two radio hosts comparing the cost of public transportation around the world to those found in Dallas; Dallas City Council members arguing over the distribution of convention tickets to different local areas; a community member being int… more
Date: June 24, 2022
Duration: 39 minutes 15 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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