[Oral history interview with Doug Jeffcoats]

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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.

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1 sound recording (1 hr., 3 min., 53 sec.): digital

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Creator: Unknown. May 6, 2019.

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This audio recording is part of the collection entitled: The Dallas Way Oral History Collection and was provided by the UNT Libraries Special Collections to the UNT Digital Library, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 79 times. More information about this recording can be viewed below.

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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.

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1 sound recording (1 hr., 3 min., 53 sec.): digital

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  • Preferred Citation: Nino Testa Oral History Collection (The Dallas Way), UNT Special Collections

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The Dallas Way Oral History Collection

Audio recordings of oral histories with figures related to the Dallas LGBTQ community. Eight interviews relate to the Cathedral of Hope's history.

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Publications pertaining to issues relevant to the LGBT community. The collection includes The Dallas Voice, a weekly newspaper for the gay community in North Texas that has been published since 1984.

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  • May 6, 2019

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  • June 7, 2020, 8:45 p.m.

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  • July 2, 2020, 12:07 p.m.

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[Oral history interview with Doug Jeffcoats], audio recording, May 6, 2019; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1639724/: accessed May 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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