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Dreams and Ideas: The Artistry of Costume Designer Winn Morton

Description: Dreams and Ideas celebrates the legacy of American theatrical designer John Winniford “Winn” Morton (1928–2022), a Texan who made his way to New York to begin a stellar career that lasted from when he was 20 until he finally retired at 90. More than 150 photographs and original color illustrations demonstrate how Morton paid careful attention to the look of every single performer, consciously conveying character through clothing. Morton started in the early years of live television and then … more
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Date: April 2026
Creator: Walker, Myra, 1954-
Partner: UNT Press

Other Edens

Description: Other Edens captures the heartache that arises from hope’s repeated failures. While the book’s poems have occasional formal leanings, they serve as attempts to bring structure to the chaos of the world, but even those attempts prove to be ragged and imperfect, as if nothing—not even poetry—can escape the contemporary world’s ruinous touch. The poems explore how grief (re)shapes belief and how death (re)shapes memory. Readers of Frank Stanford’s poetry might find a kinship between his and Bowen’… more
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Date: April 2026
Creator: Bowen, Ash
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I’m Alive: A Young Fighter Pilot’s Diary of the US Navy Air War in Vietnam, 1964–1965

Description: I’m Alive is the compelling diary of Lieutenant Junior Grade (LTJG) Errol F. Reilly, a 26-year-old Navy fighter pilot, written aboard the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea during his first Vietnam combat cruise. In writing that is colorful, perceptive, and, at times, both humorous and heartbreaking, Reilly chronicles his daily experiences “living, playing, and fighting” within the context of the Navy’s fledgling air war. Covering the period from December 1964 to October 1965, I’m Alive details an … more
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Date: April 2026
Creator: Reilly, Errol F., 1938-2006
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Bastion by the Bay: The Presidio of San Francisco, from Outpost of Empire to Magnificent Park

Description: The Presidio of San Francisco, founded in 1776, stood guard over a major port that evolved into the storied city by the Golden Gate. The Spanish first erected a less-than-imposing fort and a pair of tiny artillery emplacements armed with antiquated cannons. In the early 1820s, the Mexican government inherited the presidio but lost it to the manifest destiny of the United States. By the 1840s the US Army constructed major defense bulwarks on both sides of the “harbor of harbors.” Early earthen a… more
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Date: April 2026
Creator: Langellier, John P. (John Phillip)
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[News Clip: Tennis]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: April 30, 1965
Duration: 1 minute 18 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Clip: Margaret Court]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: April 29, 1965
Duration: 1 minute 50 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Dallas commissioners]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: April 29, 1965
Duration: 1 minute 09 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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