[An annotated bibliography from Negro Heritage] (open access)

[An annotated bibliography from Negro Heritage]

Photograph of an annotated bibliography for the Negro Heritage. The bibliography was compiled by the Committee for the Chicago Council for the Social Studies. The document is divided into sections for literature novels for elementary schoolers, high schoolers, and adults.
Date: January 24, 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Pamphlet from the Lincoln Memorial] (open access)

[Pamphlet from the Lincoln Memorial]

Pamphlet from the Lincoln Memorial from the United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service in Washington, D. C.
Date: 1964
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Voice of Missions (Atlanta, Ga.), Vol. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 1, 1900 (open access)

Voice of Missions (Atlanta, Ga.), Vol. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 1, 1900

Monthly African-American newspaper from Atlanta, Georgia published by the Missionary Department of the African Methodist Episcopal Church that includes news of interest to church members along with advertising.
Date: February 1, 1900
Creator: Turner, H. M. & Parks, H. B.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corners of Texas (open access)

Corners of Texas

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
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Estelle Adams, July 5, 2014

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Estelle Adams discussing her life growing up in Wheelock, Texas as well as her grandparents who left Georgia and other extended family members. She also talks about her experiences teaching in various Texas towns, including a segregated school in Bryan, Texas and being transferred to a school in Dallas, Texas during integration.
Date: July 5, 2014
Creator: Smith, Tiffany & Adams, Estelle Mitchell
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 62, July 1958 - April, 1959 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 62, July 1958 - April, 1959

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 571.
Date: 1959
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Living in the Woods in a Tree: Remembering Blaze Foley

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Living in the Woods in a Tree is an intimate glimpse into the turbulent life of Texas music legend Blaze Foley (1949--1989), seen through the eyes of Sybil Rosen, the woman for whom he wrote his most widely known song, “If I Could Only Fly." It captures the exuberance of their fleeting idyll in a tree house in the Georgia woods during the countercultural 1970s. Rosen offers a firsthand witnessing of Foley’s transformation from a reticent hippie musician to the enigmatic singer/songwriter who would live and die outside society's rules. While Foley's own performances are only recently being released, his songs have been covered by Merle Haggard, Lyle Lovett, and John Prine. When he first encountered “If I Could Only Fly," Merle Haggard called it “the best country song I've heard in fifteen years." In a work that is part-memoir, part-biography, Rosen struggles to finally come to terms with Foley's myth and her role in its creation. Her tracing of his impact on her life navigates a lovers' roadmap along the permeable boundary between life and death. A must-read for all Blaze Foley and Texas music fans, as well as romantics of all ages, Living in the Woods in a …
Date: October 15, 2008
Creator: Rosen, Sybil
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Floyd Rose, October 26, 1998 transcript

Oral History Interview with Floyd Rose, October 26, 1998

Interview with Floyd Rose, a preacher and civil rights leader from Valdosta, Georgia. The interview includes Rose's personal experiences as a preacher outside of the church, former president of the NAACP, and civil rights leader. The interview also includes Rose discussing his views on discrimination, police brutality, and the internal politics of the church. He also discusses his relationship to his immediate family and the deaths of his wife and father.
Date: October 26, 1998
Creator: Boyd, R. Vernon & Rose, Floyd
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History