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Diamond Bessie & The Shepherds

Description: This volume contains popular folklore of Texas, including folk dramas, myths, folk music, stories about farming and agriculture, religious folk stories, and information about folk customs, dances and folk art. The index begins on page 157.
Date: 1972
Creator: Hudson, Wilson M.
Partner: UNT Press
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Texas Folk Medicine: 1,333 Cures, Remedies, Preventives, & Health Practices

Description: This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains a compilation of 1,333 folk cures, remedies and prevention techniques. It includes information about various diagnoses, such as acne, poison ivy, whooping cough, nosebleeds, and others.
Date: 1970
Creator: Anderson, John Q.
Partner: UNT Press
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Oral History Interview with Jim Earthman, December 8th, 1972

Description: Interview with Representative Jim Earthman, a Texas State legislator from Houston, Texas. Earthman discusses his experiences in the second, third, and fourth special sessions of the 62nd Legislature, specifically his feelings on state funding of primaries, the "Dirty Thirty," the selection of candidates for House Speaker, opposition to the election of Rayford Price, the legislature's budgeting hearings, his opinion of Bill Heatly, his opinion of Preston Smith, insurance rate making, insurance c… more
Date: December 8, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Earthman, Jim
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with H. F. Elliot, January 4, 1972

Description: Interview with H. F. Elliot, a doctor in Aransas County from Ames, Iowa. Elliot discusses his education, the most common illnesses he treats, common diseases in the county, the patients he sees, the capabilities of different hospitals he refers them to, quarantine, hurricanes, the school system, local sports, and his involvement in the Boy Scouts.
Date: January 4, 1972
Creator: Stephens, A. Ray & Elliot, H. F.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Jim Earthman, August 17, 1971

Description: Interview with Representative Jim Earthman regarding his experiences while a member of the 62nd Texas State Legislature.
Date: August 17, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Earthman, Jim
Partner: University of North Texas
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Oral History Interview with Craig A. Washington, July 18, 1976

Description: Interview with Representative Craig A. Washington, a Democratic Texas state legislator from Houston, Texas. Washington discusses his time in the 64th Legislature, including: his upbringing and education; his decision to enter politics; his thoughts on his political orientation; fighting discriminatory insurance policies; his opinion of House Speaker Price Daniel; the Black Caucus; the Dirty Thirty; his thoughts on Representative Bill Clayton; drug law; education bills; and his assessment of Gov… more
Date: July 18, 1976
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Washington, Craig A.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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The Folklore of Texan Cultures

Description: This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains popular folklore of various ethnic and religious groups residing in Texas, including songs, myths, legends, and other essays. The index begins on page 363.
Date: 1974
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Partner: UNT Press
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