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Oral History Interview with Suzie Humphreys, March 15, 2012

Description: Interview with Suzie Humphreys,a former journalist in Dallas, Texas. The interview includes biographical information about her life growing up, her educational background, her work reporting for Channel 8 and KVIL radio station, and her career as a motivational speaker.
Date: March 15, 2012
Creator: Randle, Garret; Wood, Annie & Humphreys, Suzie
Partner: UNT Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism
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Rena Pederson

Description: This article is a short biography of journalist and director of communications Rena Pederson, based on an oral history discussing her childhood, education, and career.
Date: 2012
Creator: Dann, Lori
Partner: UNT Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism
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Oral History Interview with Rena Pederson, April 5, 2012

Description: Interview with Rena Pederson, a former journalist in Dallas, Texas. The interview includes biographical information about her life growing up, her educational background, her career with The Dallas Morning News and other newspapers, the books she has written, and her work in communications and public affairs.
Date: April 5, 2012
Creator: Harding, Anne; Dann, Lori & Pederson, Rena
Partner: UNT Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism
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[Minutes of the TXSSAR Board of Managers Meeting: March 23-25, 2012]

Description: Minutes of the Texas Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (TXSSAR) Board of Managers meeting covering the opening and general sessions, held March 23-25, 2015 at the Airport Hilton, in San Antonio, Texas. It includes information about the committees and business covered by the attending members.
Date: 2012-03-23/2012-03-25
Creator: Stevens, Larry
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Oral History Interview with Lisa Jane Lachance-Skier, March 14, 2013

Description: Interview with Lisa Jane Lachance-Skier, a Air Force veteran from Phoenix, Arizona. Lachance-Skier discusses growing up, participating in Junior ROTC, enlisting in the Air Force in 1976, experiences as a woman in a newly integrated Air Force, sexual harassment and assault in the military, service in England, attending ROTC and becoming an officer, her marriage, service in Germany, her work during the Gulf War, being forced out as part of a personnel drawdown, transitioning to the civilian world… more
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Date: March 14, 2013
Creator: Hedrick, Amy & Lachance-Skier, Lisa Jane
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Cheryl Hall, December 4, 2018

Description: Interview with Cheryl Hall discussing her career writing for the Dallas Morning News and her perspectives on the field of journalism. Hall also talks about her childhood and family, as well as her educational background.
Date: December 4, 2018
Creator: Poteet, Maddison; Sarder, Sarah & Hall, Cheryl
Partner: UNT Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism
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Oral History -- Cheryl Hall

Description: This article is a short biography of journalist Cheryl Hall describing her childhood -- including a period of time soon after World War II when her family lived in Japan -- as well as her education and hightlights from her career. Hall also talks about her perspectives and advice regarding the journalism field, and her plans for the future.
Date: December 4, 2018
Creator: Poteet, Maddison; Sarder, Sarah; Booth, Megan & Matthew, Sarah
Partner: UNT Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism
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Coyote Wisdom

Description: This volume contains popular folklore of Mexico and Texas, including animal folk stories, Navajo creation myths, discussions about folk characters, discussions about the philosophy of folklore, and other miscellaneous folk stories. The index begins on page 293.
Date: 2017
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Partner: UNT Press
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From Hell to Breakfast

Description: Volume of popular folklore of Texas and Mexico, including religious anecdotes, stories about Native American dances, stories about petroleum and oil fields, folk songs, legends, customs and other miscellaneous folklore. The index begins on page 205.
Date: 2017
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Partner: UNT Press
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Legendary Ladies of Texas

Description: Collection of historical anecdotes providing "a study of Texas women and the conflicting images and myths that have grown up about them" (back cover). The index begins on page 225.
Date: 2017
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Partner: UNT Press
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Juneteenth Texas: Essays in African-American Folklore

Description: Volume of essays about African-American folklore, including reminiscences of African-American folk culture in Texas, studies of specific genres of folklore, information about Texas-African food-ways, studies of specific performers, information about songs and other folklore. The index begins on page 353.
Date: 2017
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Partner: UNT Press
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Paisanos: A Folklore Miscellany

Description: Collection of Texas and Mexican folklore, including "folk tales, folklore in journalism, reflections on the lore of the past, and some analyses of folklore generally" (inside of the front cover).
Date: 2017
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Partner: UNT Press
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Tire Shrinker to Dragster

Description: Collection of Texas, Jamaican and Irish folklore, including stories about drag racing, treasure hunting, frontier preachers, Irish storytellers, mock bidding in Jamaica, and more. The index begins on page 247.
Date: 2017
Creator: Hudson, Wilson M.
Partner: UNT Press
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The Sky is My Tipi

Description: Collection stories about the Kiowa and Apache Indians, coyotes and other animals, cooking, and other miscellaneous folklore. The index begins on page 237.
Date: 2017
Creator: Boatright, Mody Coggin
Partner: UNT Press
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Sonovagun Stew: A Folklore Miscellany

Description: Collection of popular Texas folklore, including cowboy and gaucho songs, information about boat-making and other folk crafts, religious anecdotes, and other miscellaneous stories of early cowboy life in Texas. The index begins on page 165.
Date: 2017
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Partner: UNT Press
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Mustangs and Cow Horses

Description: Collection of popular folklore of Texas and Mexico, including folktales, folk songs, ballads and other information about mustangs and horses. The index begins on page 425.
Date: 2017
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964; Boatright, Mody C. & Ransom, Harry H.
Partner: UNT Press
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