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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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Birth and Development of Parícutin Volcano, Mexico

Description: From introduction: In this report the authors have attempted to present a strictly factual account of the birth and development of Paricutin volcano and avoid any interpretive opinions that might break the true narrative of events.
Date: 1956
Creator: Foshag, William F. & González Reyna, Jenaro
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Photograph of a street in Mexico]

Description: Photograph of an empty street in Mexico. A sign with the face of a man is posted on a wooden electrical pole. Two vehicles are parked on the left side of the street. At the end of the street, an individual stands outside a blue and white building with the words "El Frente" painted on front. Electrical wires stretch across the street.
Date: 1950
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of a street in Mexico, 2]

Description: Photograph of a street corner in Mexico. At the end of the street is a blue and white multi-story building with wooden doors and wrought-iron details. There are three doorways on the ground floor and three open doors with balconies on the floor above them. The right-most bottom doorway appears to the storefront to a general store. "El Frente" is painted above its doors. There are Pepsi soda advertisements on either side of the doorway. Two girls in dresses and a child stand in the open doorway … more
Date: 1950
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of an alley in Mexico]

Description: Photograph of an alley in Mexico. A multi-story building with wrought-iron balconies stands on the right. A woman in a white patterned dress stands in one of its open doorways with her back to the camera. Further down in the alley three other individuals are walking. There are some trees and two parked automobiles at the far end of the alley. Hazy mountains are visible in the distance.
Date: 1950
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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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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A Survey of Musical Background and an Analysis of Mexican Piano Music 1928 to 1956

Description: The Revolution of 1910 in Mexico marked a great political and social upheaval. At the same time a recasting of Mexico's music occurred. Modern Mexican music is a unique combination of the influence inherited from Europe and the indigenous music of the country. This work attempts to trace the development of that combination. Chapter I gives a background of music in Mexico through Pre-Cortesian times, the colonial period and the operatic nineteenth century. Chapter II deals with the men who shape… more
Date: June 1957
Creator: Slight, Charlotte Frances
Partner: UNT Libraries
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