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[Oral History Interview with Esther Lucille Brown, August 15, 1983]

Description: Recording of Professor Kelly's interview with social anthropologist Esther Lucille Brown, discussing her work in medical anthropology with regards to addressing a lack of sufficient care for minority groups, particularly Spanish-speaking Americans, in the medical industry. Brown also shares some of the challenges she faced throughout her career and education as one of the only women in her field, as well as anecdotes regarding her connections to other relevant anthropologists, many of whom Prof… more
Date: August 15, 1983
Duration: 2 hours 46 minutes 51 seconds
Creator: Kelly, Lawrence C. & Brown, Esther Lucille
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Horses]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: August 15, 1962
Duration: 59 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Surveyor VI Mission Report: Part 3 - Television Data

Description: Report discussing the Surveyor VI mission, the sixth in a series of seven unmanned spacecraft designed to soft-land on the moon and return engineering and scientific data. This part presents 139 of the total number of television pictures transmitted to earth from the lunar surface between November 10 and November 24, 1967. 46 mosaics composed of individual frames are also included. Appropriate information for interpreting these pictures is given in the individual sections of the report.
Date: August 15, 1968
Creator: Bird, Thomas H.; Smokler, M. I. & Smyth, D. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Surveyor III and Surveyor IV Flight Paths and Their Determination From Tracking Data

Description: Report discussing the flight paths of Surveyor III and IV spacecrafts. Key flight path events are summarized and the basic orbit determination process, tracking stations, and inflight computation sequences are described. The inflight orbit solutions, postflight analyses, comparisons of the inflight and postflight results, and the analyses of the Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR) tracking data for each of these two Surveyor flights separately.
Date: August 15, 1968
Creator: O'Neil, W. J.; Labrum, R. G.; Wong, S. K. & Reynolds, G. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Who's Who in the Hobby Industry Association of America

Description: Document from The Wesley Pettinger Engine Model Collection. Membership directory booklet for the Hobby Industry Association of America, organized as the Model Industry Association, Inc., as of August 15, 1957. The booklet lists the organization's officers as well as members grouped by type or business; their names are listed alphabetically per type.
Date: August 15, 1957
Creator: Hobby Industry Association of America
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Invitation for Gilbert Cuellar Sr. Elementary School Ribbon Cutting Ceremony]

Description: Invitation for the Gilbert Cuellar Sr. Elementary School ribbon-cutting ceremony. The invitation expresses that the event will take place on Thursday, August 15th, 1996, from 4:00-5:30 PM and will be hosted by the Dallas Public Schools and the Cuellar Family. The Cuellars were among the early entrepreneurs who helped transform Tex-Mex food into the most popular and widespread form of Mexican American cuisine. This elementary school is in honor of Gilbert Cuellar Sr., the son of Adelaida Cuellar… more
Date: August 15, 1996, 1:00 p.m.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Folktale of Kongliang

Description: "A long time ago, there lived a family with two daughters. One day, the parents went to the fields, leaving the two girls at home. (The time of year is understood to be around end July to early August.) ""Tenü (younger sister), mother and father have gone to the fields, so today I will clean the rice and prepare the pigs’ food. You go to fetch the water and firewood”, the older sister told her younger sister. The younger sister readily agreed and went to collect firewood. She came laden with th… more
Date: August 15, 2024
Duration: 5 minutes 55 seconds
Creator: Martha Longkumer
Partner: UNT College of Information

Creation of Sumi Ighanumi Village

Description: In the ancient times, our ancestors did not have written stories; instead, they preserved and shared their tales through oral tradition. This is the story of how the village of present-day ""Ighanumi"" was created. From the beginning, our forefathers has passed on the story till today that Ashu Igha's father, HOLO, and his mother, HILI, were also from the Burma lineage. There were six brothers, where Ashu Igha was the third eldest when he heard about his brothers leaving home in order to make a… more
Date: August 15, 2024
Duration: 4 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Nitoholi Jimo
Partner: UNT College of Information

The story of three brothers

Description: Once upon a time, there were three brothers named Chakhesang, Angami, and Sumi. While their parents were still alive, the elder brothers got married and recieved the share of their family property. However, the youngest brother, who was not married yet, did not recieve his portion. So, to ensure he was provided for, their father gave him a piece of land with huge flat rocks where the rice were grown. On that particular rock, if two buckets of rice were kept to dry, when they collected them, the… more
Date: August 15, 2024
Duration: 2 minutes 55 seconds
Creator: Likali Khujumi
Partner: UNT College of Information

Hand Weaving

Description: The traditional weaving techniques of Nagaland (one of the northeastern states of India) include using a back strap loom, also known as a loin loom or pit loom, to weave textiles from handspun cotton, eri silk, nettle, and bark fibers. The loin loom is a portable bamboo loom with a backstrap and six bamboo poles that act as a warp beam. It's fastened to a wall with rope loops that are spaced out based on the width of the cloth being woven. The backstrap loom is a favorite among weavers because … more
Date: August 15, 2024
Duration: 40 seconds
Creator: Alvika A. Zhimomi
Partner: UNT College of Information

The Little Girl Who Turned into a Bird

Description: This is a story about a mother and her little daughter who go to a paddy field to work. While the mother toils away, the little girl waits patiently. As time passes, she gets hungry. She approaches her mother and asks her to come and eat. However, the mother gently refuses her, saying, 'Wait, let me work a little more'. The girl goes to her mother for the second time, saying she's hungry, the mother denies it again for the second time. The third time, the little girl asks her mother for her sha… more
Date: August 15, 2024
Duration: 1 minute 22 seconds
Creator: Nikule Kapfo
Partner: UNT College of Information

Ayir ka sungdong den meimteba

Description: The story "Ayir ka sungdong den meimteba" is an Ao Folk tale about a girl who falls deeply in love with a boy who is actually a tree. He transforms into a human (male) only at night and visits the girl every night in the tsüke (a place where unmarried women sleep). In the story, the boy was handsome and had an appearance which could make him stand out in the crowd; he was tall and muscular. Eventually, the girl got attracted to his charms and fell deeply in love with him. The boy only appeared … more
Date: August 15, 2024
Duration: 2 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: Tiajungla
Partner: UNT College of Information

The art of pottery making

Description: The Changki womenfolk were the first in the Ao region to engage in earthen pottery making. In an age of headhunting, their skill was a boon, as they could be on good terms with their enemies. Legend says that all the clans of the Ao community used the earthen pots made by the Changkians to cook, so they all had to maintain a friendly relationship with our ancestors, which allowed them to thrive in peace. Our forefathers had to face untold challenges in those days, especially in fire crises. Fi… more
Date: August 15, 2024
Duration: 3 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Lendiben Ningdangri
Partner: UNT College of Information

Do·po debaa

Description: "Once upon a time, a mother bird named Apinga and her young ones were perched on a tree branch, preening their feathers and grooming themselves. Suddenly, an owl landed on the same tree and gazed admiringly at Apinga's beautiful and adorable children. The owl asked Apinga how she was able to give birth to such lovely babies, as her offspring were born with big, bulging eyes and large foreheads. Apinga responded by asking who forbade the owl from giving birth properly. Then the owl promised Apin… more
Date: August 15, 2024
Duration: 2 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: Pangkame D Sangma
Partner: UNT College of Information

Garo Folktale-Peru Am·pak Kika: A Tale of Procrastination

Description: "On a cold winter night, a fox, unable to withstand the freezing temperatures, lamented his situation. In a moment of resolve, he decided that at dawn, he would craft a blanket from tree bark to keep himself warm. Comforted by this plan, he passed the night. However, when the sun rose, the warmth of the day caused him to forget his intentions, and he spent the day in carefree idleness. As evening fell and the cold returned, the fox remembered his earlier resolve and regretted not having prepare… more
Date: August 15, 2024
Duration: 1 minute 39 seconds
Creator: Pangkame D Sangma
Partner: UNT College of Information
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