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Corners of Texas

Description: This volume contains popular folklore of Texas, including information about folk music, folk arts and crafts, history of Texas, prominent Texas writers, and other miscellaneous folklore. The index begins on page 285.
Date: 1993
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Partner: UNT Press
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[Minutes for the TXSSAR Board of Managers Meeting: March 8, 1991]

Description: Minutes from a meeting of the TXSSAR Board of Managers, held on March 8, 1991 in Abilene, Texas, including a summary of activities and business discussed. The meeting was called to order by President Peterson, with twenty-four members and thirteen guests in attendance.
Date: March 1991
Creator: Sons of the American Revolution. Texas Society.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Annual Meeting of the Texas Society, Sons of the American Revolution, 1991

Description: Program for the 96th annual meeting of the Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, held from March 8 through the 10, 1991, at the Embassy Suites, in Abilene, Texas, including a list of sessions for the meeting and related information about the organization and conference. The meeting was called to order by President David H. Peterson, in the Ballroom of the Embassy Suites.
Date: March 1991
Creator: Sons of the American Revolution. Texas Society.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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John Christopher Stevens: a Study of his Presidential Administration at Abilene Christian University Abilene, Texas, 1969-1981

Description: The purpose of this study is to examine historically the presidential administration of John Christopher Stevens at Abilene Christian University from 1969 to 1981. During this time the institution grew in enrollment, faculty, facilities, endowment, and quality of educational opportunity. Limited to selected experiences and accomplishments, this dissertation examines Stevens' personal and administrative characteristics through interviews with him and those who worked with him. Materials were als… more
Date: December 1994
Creator: Roach, James Kenneth, 1935-
Partner: UNT Libraries
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[News Clip: Lottery]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: June 18, 1992, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 40 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Lottery]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: June 18, 1992, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 37 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Funding on Preservation of Documents]

Description: Sound recording of a meeting held in Abilene, TX, discussing the Local Government Records Act (LGRA) passed September 1, 1989. First speaker: Christopher Laplante, Director of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission; Second speaker: Associate Director of Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library at Texas Tech; Third speaker: Kent Keeth, Director of the Texas Collection at Baylor University. Topics of the meeting include the history of the National Historical Publications and Reco… more
Date: April 1990
Duration: 57 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Hays, Margaret Parx
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Oral History Interview with G. Marguerite Anderson, February 16, 1992

Description: Interview with G. Marguerite Anderson, a librarian, concerning her experiences as a student in the Library School at the Texas State College for Women in Denton, Texas and as a librarian. Anderson discusses her early exposure to books and libraries; her enrollment at the Texas State College for Women, 1940; comments about her college teachers and library science courses; her employment as a student at the college library; her college social life; her employment as librarian at Abilene Christian… more
Access: Restricted to UNT Community Members. Login required if off-campus.
Date: February 16, 1992
Creator: Dickey, Richard & Anderson, G. Marguerite
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Jay Titus, November 9, 1996

Description: Interview with Jay Titus, an Army Air Forces veteran (457th Squadron, 330th Bomb Group, 20th Air Force), concerning his experiences as a B-29 bombardier in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Bombing missions from Guam to Japan in 1945; Japanese fighter and flak opposition; fire bombing raids. Appendix includes a photocopy of the "350th Bomb Group Digest: a summary of combat activities from April 12 to Sept. 2 1945" [21 leaves]
Access: Restricted to UNT Community Members. Login required if off-campus.
Date: November 9, 1996
Creator: Byrd, Richard W. & Titus, Jay
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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