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Folk Travelers: Ballads, Tales and Talk

Description: This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains popular folklore of Texas and Mexico, including traveling anecdotes, folk ballads, folklore in natural history, as well as information about black and white magic, Western animals, and cattle brands. The index begins on page 259.
Date: 1953
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Partner: UNT Press
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Madstones and Twisters

Description: Collection information about weather, plant and animal lore in Texas and Mexico. It also discusses folk remedies, folktales about tornadoes, information about prairie dogs, and ghost stories.
Date: 1958
Creator: Boatright, Mody Coggin
Partner: UNT Press
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Mesquite and Willow

Description: Collection of Texas, Spanish and Mexican folklore, including legends, child ballads, folk tales, folk songs, tall tales, information about home remedies, and other folklore.
Date: 1957
Creator: Boatright, Mody Coggin
Partner: UNT Press
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[News Script: Mexican models fly to New York show]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Mexican fashion designer Ramon Valdiosera and four models stopping over in Dallas en route to New York for a fashion show.
Date: August 11, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Doctors arrive for heart clinic]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about two Mexican cardiologists visiting Texas to participate in a symposium on heart disease at the Fort Worth Academy of Medicine.
Date: February 1, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Builders welcomed]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about 20 nationally-recognized home builders winning a fishing trip to Mexico, sponsored by the Minneapolis-Honeywell Company.
Date: November 29, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Zookeeper finds new type lizard]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a San Antonio zookeeper, John Werler, discovering a new species of lizard in Mexico and putting it on display at the San Antonio Zoo.
Date: March 1, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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