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Federal Disaster Assistance after Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Wilma, Gustav, and Ike

Description: Report that provides information on federal financial assistance provided to the Gulf States after major disasters were declared in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas in response to the widespread destruction that resulted from Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma in 2005 and Hurricanes Gustav and Ike in 2008. This includes a brief summary of each hurricane and a discussion concerning federal to state cost-shares.
Date: July 5, 2013
Creator: Lindsay, Bruce R. & Nagel, Jared Conrad
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Deepwater Horizon Response: Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Response

Description: This website served as the focal point for the Deepwater Horizon Unified Command, a group of organizations that had involvement with the British Petroleum (BP) explosion and oil spill that occurred in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010. The website includes news feeds and information about health concerns, volunteer opportunities, contact information, and ongoing plans for the area. Various maps of the event and other resources are also available, chronicling the problem and the steps taken by … more
Date: September 10, 2010
Creator: Deepwater Horizon Unified Command
Item Type: Refine your search to only Website
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Oral History Interview with Ruth (Rob) Shivers, April 29, 2016

Description: Interview with Rob Shivers, a Dallas-area LGBT activist from Birmingham, Alabama. Shivers discusses discovering her sexuality, her relationships, nursing school, church involvement, closeting and her marriage, jobs worked, moving to Dallas, the LGBT community, joining the Metropolitan Community Church and establishing a parish in Dallas, organizing the first Pride parades in the area, political activism and police interference, death threats, and the Kennedy Assassination.
Access: Restricted to UNT Community Members. Login required if off-campus.
Date: April 29, 2016
Creator: Wisely, Karen & Shivers, Ruth (Rob)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with James F. Brede, 2011

Description: Interview with James F. Brede, dentist and U.S. Army Air Forces veteran. The interview includes his personal experiences in World War II as a B-17 co-pilot with the 8th Air Force in the European Theater, his childhood in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, enlistment in the U.S. Army Air Forces in 1943, preliminary training in Tennessee, Alabama, Missouri, Arkansas, and Texas, his active service with the 379th Bomb Group in Kimbolton, England, combat experience in 35 missions, return to the U.S. an… more
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Date: March 30, 2011
Creator: Fox, Lisa A. & Brede, James F.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

[Deepwater Horizon Response and Trial Websites]

Description: Websites related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, recovery efforts, and trial. It includes sites established to document corporate and governmental actions to clean up the Gulf of Mexico after the oil spill in 2010, and ongoing efforts to restore ecosystems in the region as well as documentation related to the civil action filed against BP and the subsequent trial.
Date: 2010/2017
Creator: Deepwater Horizon Unified Command
Item Type: Refine your search to only Website
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Four ASB students on rooftop]

Description: A photograph of students on the rooftop of a building in Montgomery, Alabama for part of their work with the Alternative Service Breaks program through UNT. They are wearing hardhats and have protective masks on. Most are wearing green UNT t-shirts and others are wearing graphic tees and comfortable pants.
Date: March 26, 2014
Creator: University of North Texas. Multicultural Center.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[ASB students holding poster]

Description: A photograph of students in Montgomery, Alabama while on their trip with the Alternative Service Breaks program through UNT. They are holding a large paper sign that reads "Chage Gonna Come" in multicolored letters.
Date: March 26, 2014
Creator: University of North Texas. Multicultural Center.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[ASB students pulling down ceiling]

Description: A photograph of students working in Montgomery, Alabama while on their trip with the Alternative Service Breaks program through UNT. They are on a raised platform and are wearing masks, gloves, and hardhats while pulling down the old ceiling in the building. One is also using a crowbar.
Date: March 26, 2014
Creator: University of North Texas. Multicultural Center.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Happy Hunting Ground

Description: Collection of popular folklore from Central and South America, including Mexican ballads, primitive art, cowboy dances, reptile myths, superstitions, Indian pictographs, and other folktales. The index begins on page 127.
Date: 2017
Creator: Texas Folklore Society & Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Press
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Straight Texas

Description: Volume of popular folklore of Texas, including tales about the origins of various cities and towns, personal anecdotes, songs, superstitions and other miscellaneous legends. The index begins on page 341.
Date: 2017
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Press

[MLK quote on memorial in Montgomery]

Description: A photograph of a quote on a wall outside of the Civil Rights Memorial Center in Montgomery, Alabama. It reads "...until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream; Martin Luther King Jr."
Date: March 14, 2013
Creator: University of North Texas. Multicultural Center.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Michael Donald sign]

Description: A photograph of a sign at the Civil Rights Memorial Center in Montgomery, Alabama. At the top is a melted clock face and beneath it reads "A landmark lawsuit prompted the Southern Poverty Law Center to build a memorial to commemorate those who died during the Civil Rights Movement. Michael Donald was walking to a store in Mobile, Alabama, in 1981 when two Klansmen abducted him. They beat him, cut his throat and hung his body from a tree. He was only 19. In a groundbreaking lawsuit, the Center p… more
Date: March 14, 2013
Creator: University of North Texas. Multicultural Center.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Water fountain memorial 1]

Description: A photograph of a water fountain memorial outside of the Civil Rights Memorial Center in Montgomery, Alabama. The section of the fountain that is visible shows the dates of MLK's assassination and the deaths of students Samuel Hammond Jr., Delano Middleton and Henry Smith.
Date: March 14, 2013
Creator: University of North Texas. Multicultural Center.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Water fountain memorial 3]

Description: A photograph of a water fountain memorial outside of the Civil Rights Memorial Center in Montgomery, Alabama. The section of the fountain that is visible shows the dates of Jonathan Daniels death, Willie Wallace Brewster's death, the passage of the Voting Rights Act, Oneal Moore's death, Viola Gregg Liuzzo's death, the march from Selma to Montgomery, Rev. James Reeb's death, the Bloody Sunday date, and Jimmie Lee Jackson's death.
Date: March 14, 2013
Creator: University of North Texas. Multicultural Center.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Chancel in Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church]

Description: A photograph of the chancel of the interior of the Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church in Selma, Alabama. There are four red velvet chairs and several with white padding on the seat. The altar table is also covered with a purple cloth.
Date: March 14, 2013
Creator: University of North Texas. Multicultural Center.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Pews and windows in Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church]

Description: A photograph of the pews and stained glass windows from the interior of the Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church in Selma, Alabama. There are people sitting in the pews and several are standing in the upper balcony. There are three windows on the ground floor and one large circular one above the balcony.
Date: March 14, 2013
Creator: University of North Texas. Multicultural Center.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Plaque outside of Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church]

Description: A photograph of a plaque at the Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church in Selma, Alabama. It reads "Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church has been designated a National Historic Landmark; This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America; 1997 National Park Service United States Department of the Interior".
Date: March 14, 2013
Creator: University of North Texas. Multicultural Center.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Student at Civil Rights memorial]

Description: A photograph of a student standing in front of the Civil Rights Memorial at the Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church. He is wearing a UNT t-shirt and has his arms crossed. The monument has two parts, the left side reads "I Had A Dream" and lists the names of Civil Rights activists lost to violence. The right side has a bust of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on top and has a summary of the movement written out underneath his name.
Date: March 14, 2013
Creator: University of North Texas. Multicultural Center.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[ASB students on rooftop]

Description: A photograph of students on the rooftop of a building in Montgomery, Alabama for part of their work with the Alternative Service Breaks program through UNT. They are wearing hardhats and have protective masks on. Most are wearing green UNT t-shirts and others are wearing graphic tees and comfortable pants.
Date: March 26, 2014
Creator: University of North Texas. Multicultural Center.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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