A Yankee Doodle Christmas captions transcript

A Yankee Doodle Christmas

Video of presentations by Dr. James J. Johnson and Thomas Jackson at the Dallas TXSSAR chapter's December 2018 monthly meeting. Dr. James J. Johnson discusses the origins of Christmas, traditions associated with the holiday from Colonial times to present-day, and important events that took place in December from 1773-1783. Thomas Jackson discusses plans for increasing membership within the TXSSAR, and highlights the organization's accomplishments. Jackson receives a certificate of appreciation and a NSAR 250th anniversary challenge coin. The induction of Gray Harrison is shown. Bill Watts conducts regular meeting discussions.
Date: December 8, 2018
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, Dallas Chapter 2
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Christmas performance with children angles] captions transcript

[Christmas performance with children angles]

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during three separate events including a dance practice, the "Race, Voting Rights, Census and the 15th Amendment" dialogue, and primarily a Christmas performance with participants dressed in red. The footage has heavily distorted dialogue and audio.
Date: [2000..2011]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[18th Annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert] captions transcript

[18th Annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their 18th Annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert event in 2010. This video features various holiday performances by youth and adults to celebrate Christmas and Kwanzaa live on the Naomi Bruton Main Stage. The video cuts at 1:17:29 to a news segment.
Date: December 11, 2010
Creator: Evans, Tracy
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[16th Annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert] captions transcript

[16th Annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their 16th Annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert event in 2008. This video features features students from 12 schools such as South Oak Cliff, Lincoln, Carter, Kimball, and Booker T. Washington high schools performing live on the Naomi Bruton Main Stage.
Date: 2008-12-12/2008-12-13
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Program: A Christmas Carol: A Soulful Tale] (open access)

[Program: A Christmas Carol: A Soulful Tale]

Program for the play "A Christmas Carol: A Soulful Tale," which was directed by Jiles R. King, Jr. and produced by the Black Academy of Arts and Letters on December 19-20, 2008 at the Clarence Muse Cafe Theatre.
Date: December 2008
Creator: Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Inner Visions: Slavery] captions transcript

[Inner Visions: Slavery]

Video footage was provided by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters. The video footage opens with the history of Texas as a slave-holding state and its role as a Confederacy state. The video transitions into a performance by Freddie King, who is singing the blues and the celebration of June 19th, or Juneteenth. At the 16:58 minute mark the first segments of the video cuts to black. At the 17:00 minute mark introduces an Inner Visions television segment with actress Beah Richards. At the 30:00 minute mark, Beah Richards performs "A Black Woman Speaks."
Date: May 2, 1974
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Transcript of Letter from Maud C. Fentress to David Fentress, December 25, 1860] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from Maud C. Fentress to David Fentress, December 25, 1860]

Transcript of a letter from M.(Maud)C. Fentress to her son David regarding the separation of the southern states from the union; the sale of slaves (Barb and her two children); breeding and care of a female slave named Eliza; hiring out of a slave; the capture and hanging of an abolitionist; and the health of those around her.
Date: December 25, 1860
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Elizabeth Simpson Cooper Memoir] (open access)

[Elizabeth Simpson Cooper Memoir]

Photocopy of Elizabeth Simpson Cooper's memoir about her childhood in Virginia and later her time in Kansas after moving westward with her family. In the text of her memoir, she describes her school days in Virginia, church, Cooper family history, "Bleeding Kansas" (the period of conflict over deciding if Kansas would be a free or a slave state), and the Civil War in Kansas as well as her personal encounters with Native Americans in Kansas.
Date: 1931-02-24/1932
Creator: Cooper, Elizabeth Simpson, 1840-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Young Artist's Meeting] captions transcript

[Young Artist's Meeting]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Young Artist's Meeting event in 2001. This video features a circle discussion with Curtis King heading the conversation with TBAAL members and artists ahead of the 9th Annual Dallas Public Schools Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert.
Date: December 15, 2001
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Scrapbook for The Experience, 1984-1987] (open access)

[Scrapbook for The Experience, 1984-1987]

Scrapbook containing color photographs, name tags, stickers, invitations, menus, articles, and tickets in relation to "The Experience", John Briggs life, and his trip to California between 1984 and 1987. John Logan Briggs Jr. is the creator of "The Experience," a self-discovery workshop for the LGBT community. The scrapbook also documents social gatherings Briggs held at his household.
Date: [1984..1987]
Creator: Briggs, John Logan, Jr.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Program: This Joint is Jumpin'. . . and It's Off the Hook!] (open access)

[Program: This Joint is Jumpin'. . . and It's Off the Hook!]

Program for the 2001-2002 season of events at the Black Academy of Arts and Letters.
Date: September 2001
Creator: Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Flyer: Agape Youth Ministry - I Know Where I've Been] (open access)

[Flyer: Agape Youth Ministry - I Know Where I've Been]

Flyer advertising the theatrical performance "I Know Where I've Been," which was produced by the Black Academy of Arts and Letters on February 19, 2012 at the Academy.
Date: 2012
Creator: Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, December 1, 2017 (open access)

Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, December 1, 2017

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state, and national news and advertising of interest to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community.
Date: December 1, 2017
Creator: Nash, Tammye
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journey through Texas, or, A saddle-trip on the southwestern frontier : with a statistical appendix (open access)

Journey through Texas, or, A saddle-trip on the southwestern frontier : with a statistical appendix

The observations of Frederick Law Olmsted as he journeyed through Texas in the 1850s.
Date: January 1, 1857
Creator: Olmsted, Frederick Law
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Program: This Joint is Jumpin'] (open access)

[Program: This Joint is Jumpin']

Program brochure for the 25th season of events at the Black Academy of Arts and Letters in 2001-2002.
Date: 2001/2002
Creator: Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Avesta, Volume 13, Number 1, Fall, 1933 (open access)

The Avesta, Volume 13, Number 1, Fall, 1933

Quarterly literary journal of the North Texas State Teachers College including original short stories, essays, poetry, and other creative works submitted by students.
Date: Autumn 1933
Creator: North Texas State Teachers College
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
The North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 109, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 26, 1972 (open access)

The North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 109, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 26, 1972

Daily student newspaper from North Texas State University in Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and campus news along with advertising. Formerly The Campus Chat.
Date: April 26, 1972
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[1975 Green jackets Scrapbook] (open access)

[1975 Green jackets Scrapbook]

Scrapbook of the North Texas State University's Green Jackets class of 1975. The scrapbook begins with notable events during the year, a note dedicating all of the members of the Green Jackets, and a list of the officers and their sponsor. The later pages consist of records and photos of their service and gathering events as well as letters from others that have created pride and recognition for individual members along with the organization as a whole as well.
Date: 1975
Creator: Green Jackets
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Expressions: Who are you? Who are we? (open access)

Expressions: Who are you? Who are we?

Special supplement to the North Texas Daily, a student newspaper from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas. Expressions focuses on diversity at the University of North Texas and beyond.
Date: November 16, 1998
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Campus Chat (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 14, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 12, 1952 (open access)

The Campus Chat (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 14, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 12, 1952

Weekly student newspaper from the North Texas State College in Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: November 12, 1952
Creator: Smart, Kenneth
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Mournful memories of Nov. 22, 1963] (open access)

[Clipping: Mournful memories of Nov. 22, 1963]

Newspaper clipping discussing the 50th anniversary of the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy.
Date: November 17, 2013
Creator: Johnson, Luci Baines
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, December 25, 1992 (open access)

Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, December 25, 1992

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state, and national news and advertising of interest to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community.
Date: December 25, 1992
Creator: Vercher, Dennis
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Texas Compatriot, Summer 2000 (open access)

The Texas Compatriot, Summer 2000

Newsletter of the Texas Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, published in the summer of 2000, containing organizational news and updates, as well as other information of interest to members.
Date: Summer 2000
Creator: Sons of the American Revolution. Texas Society.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Query letter from Randy Mallory to Jill Lawless, June 10, 1998, with attachments] (open access)

[Query letter from Randy Mallory to Jill Lawless, June 10, 1998, with attachments]

Query letter from Randy Mallory to Jill Lawless dated June 10, 1998 with attached article drafts and resources for a piece on historic homes in Texas that was written for Texas Highways magazine.
Date: June 10, 1998
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library