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Oral History Interview with Debbie Denmon, December 4, 2006

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Interview with Debbie Denmon, local news media personality and third-generation descendant of residents of Quakertown, as part of the Quakertown Oral History Project. The interview includes Denmon's personal experiences about childhood and education in Denton, having a career in broadcast journalism, and reporting on local efforts to capture Quakertown history. Denmon also speaks about memories of her great-grandmother Othella Hill, great-grandfather "Dollar Bill" Hill, and grandmother Norvell Williams Reed.
Date: December 4, 2006
Creator: Yancey, Sherelyn & Denmon, Debbie
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Murphy Daniels, April 4, 2006

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Interview with Murphy Daniels, African-American alumnus of North Texas State University. The interview includes Daniels' personal experiences about childhood and education, enrolling in North Texas rather than Texas Southern University, majoring in pre-med, serving in the United States Air Force, studying at Southwestern Medical School, and pursuing medical research. Additionally, Daniels speaks about his difficulties with white professors and graduate assistants, race relations on campus, social life among black students on campus, and off-campus life in "Shack Town" and the support from black citizens of Denton.
Date: April 4, 2006
Creator: Hegi, Benjamin P. & Daniels, Murphy
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Frank and Betty Ann Barrow, August 4, 2005

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Interview with longtime Denton residents Frank and Betty Ann Barrow for the Denton County Historical Commission. The interview includes Frank's personal experiences about his childhood and moving to Denton, having a career as a radio announcer, serving in the Special Services division of the Army Air Forces, having a career as an automobile dealer, insurance agent, and haberdasher in Denton, working with a Methodist church, being involved in the Denton Community Theatre, serving on the Denton City Council, and his political career as mayor of Denton. It also includes Betty Ann's family history and how they coped with the Great Depression, information on her education at North Texas State College, and her personal experiences about marriage, the death of her husband in a flying accident, widowhood, her marriage to Frank Barrow, her clothing business, and working to liberalize Denton race relations. The interview includes an appendix with photographs, a photograph legend, a letter sent out to family members, a pamphlet for The Barrow Society, and an editorial piece about Frank Barrow.
Date: August 4, 2005
Creator: Nelson, Martha Len; Barrow, Frank & Barrow, Betty Ann
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Water line on Sherman Drive]

Photograph of the water line on Sherman Drive. The trench was approximately 2 to 3 feet deep after the maintainers was able to get out of the ditch. The City of Denton took the photograph on May 4, 1978.
Date: May 4, 1978
Creator: City of Denton
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Water line on Sherman Drive]

Photograph of the water line on Sherman Drive. The Loader wheel track is approximately 1 foot deep over the poorly filled ditch. The City of Denton took the photograph on May 4, 1978.
Date: May 4, 1978
Creator: City of Denton
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memorandum Regarding organizational changes for libraries in Denton ISD] (open access)

[Memorandum Regarding organizational changes for libraries in Denton ISD]

Memorandum from Bob Hardaway concerning organizational changes. Library/Media Services is moved under Dr. Anita Stipnieks, with a primary contact of Sandy Parker, the director of Grants and Auxiliary Programs.
Date: August 4, 1994
Creator: Hardaway, Bob
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Walt Parker, February 4, 1970 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Walt Parker, February 4, 1970

Interview with Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives Walt Parker, who is also a builder and farmer-rancher from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Parker describes details from his childhood and early years. He recounts his personal views and experiences as a member of the Sixty-first Legislature, and includes comments on Governor Preston Smith. Parker also discusses his personal views on issues including revenue legislation, the influence of lobbyists, state minimum wage law, the creation of new four-year colleges, committee appointments, and changes in state sales tax exemptions.
Date: February 4, 1970
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Parker, Walt
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Documenting Kashmir's Conflict History: Kashmir Oral History project

Presentation that focuses on a collaborative project that aims to document, archive, and preserve narratives of personal experiences and living memories of events related to the armed conflict of Kashmir circa 1989-90 and to help preserve the factual integrity of Kashmir's contested past in the last few decades against attempts to distort, revise, or falsify history. This presentation is from the Conference on Language Endangerment and Political Instability held at the University of North Texas in Denton, Tx on October 4-6, 2018.
Date: October 4, 2018
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf & Raina, Ajay
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Abbie McMillen, August 4, 2015

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Transcript of an interview with Abbie McMillan, homesteader and simple life advocate, concerning her childhood; early experiences with gardening and self-sufficiency; discovering the Nearings and the Simple Life; decision to homestead in Maine; memories of the Nearings and the Good Life Center.
Date: August 4, 2015
Creator: Pomerleau, Clark A. & McMillen, Abbie
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Memorandum Regarding Instructional Materials/equipment for libraries] (open access)

[Memorandum Regarding Instructional Materials/equipment for libraries]

Memorandum from Sandra Parker, Denton ISD Office of Grants/Auxilliary Programs concerning funding requests for completion of the DHS-West library and other library related technology needs, including library management systems.
Date: October 4, 1994
Creator: Parker, Sandra
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Sam Hayes, March 4, 1993

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Interview with Sam Hayes, a veteran of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Groveton, Texas. Hayes talks about his childhood, experiences during the Great Depression, and experiences joining and serving the Civilian Conservation Corps.
Date: March 4, 1993
Creator: Hodges, Ann & Hayes, Sam
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with George W. McDaniel, December 4, 1973 (open access)

Oral History Interview with George W. McDaniel, December 4, 1973

Interview with George McDaniel, a draftsman and a Marine Corps veteran, concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. McDaniel worked at camps in Duncan, Arizona (Company 2850).
Date: December 4, 1973
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & McDaniel, George W., 1915-
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with J. W. Buck, March 4, 1976 (open access)

Oral History Interview with J. W. Buck, March 4, 1976

Interview with J. W. Buck, a highway construction worker, concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Buck worked in camps in Globe Arizona; Miami, Arizona; and Veteran, Wyoming.
Date: March 4, 1976
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Buck, J. W., 1920-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Satellite Image of Denton, Texas

Satellite photograph of Denton, Dallas, and Fort Worth, Texas, taken during the Apollo 6 mission.
Date: April 4, 1968
Creator: United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
First National Bank Pay to Denton County News (open access)

First National Bank Pay to Denton County News

Check from First National Bank of Denton, Texas to the Denton County News in the amount of four dollars. The check is dated May 4, 1895. A note below the amount says, "fine account (stationary)." The check is signed by Jagoe & Ponder.
Date: May 4, 1895
Creator: First National Bank
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
This Week in Denton (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, March 4, 1955 (open access)

This Week in Denton (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, March 4, 1955

Newsletter from Denton, Texas that includes news and information about former and current residents and community happenings.
Date: March 4, 1955
Creator: Headlee, E. J.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
This Week in Denton (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, February 4, 1955 (open access)

This Week in Denton (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, February 4, 1955

Newsletter from Denton, Texas that includes news and information about former and current residents and community happenings.
Date: February 4, 1955
Creator: Headlee, E. J.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with George Ferguson, October 4, 1985 (open access)

Oral History Interview with George Ferguson, October 4, 1985

Interview with George Ferguson, executive at Caltex Petroleum Corporation. The interview includes Ferguson's personal experiences about education, employment by Texaco, and transferring to Caltex. Ferguson also talks about the origins of Caltex, his Australian experience, activities during World War II, expatriates in Caltex, the Kurnell refinery, navy fuel oil contracts, nationalization, Texaco's and Socal's reentry into Europe, and Caltex's move from New York to Dallas.
Date: October 4, 1986
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Ferguson, George
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Liz Magallanes, November 4, 2015

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Transcript of an interview with Liz Magallanes, DREAM Team activist, concerning her family's decision to leave Mexico; immigration to Dallas, Texas, at seven years old; life as undocumented; discovering the North Texas DREAM Team; DACA; activism; current immigration policy.
Date: November 4, 2015
Creator: Nichols, Cynthia & Magallanes, Liz, 1994-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Ghent Sanderford, 1967 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Ghent Sanderford, 1967

Interview with Ghent Sanderford, attorney. The interview includes Sanderford's experiences as private secretary to Governor Miriam A. Ferguson, 1925-27 and 1933-35, his relationship with James E. Ferguson, as well as comments about Governors Pat Neff, Dan Moody, James Allred, W. Lee O'Daniel, and Coke Stevenson. The interview also includes his opinions on the Johnson-Stevenson senatorial race of 1948 and the impeachment of James Ferguson.
Date: May 4, 1968
Creator: Odom, E. Dale & Sanderford, Ghent
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Denton Ariel Club's "Art Day" Program (open access)

Denton Ariel Club's "Art Day" Program

The program lists the scheduled performances by members of the Denton Ariel Club's, Art Department during Art Day on March 4, 1912. The "Art Day" was held at the home of Mrs. L. H. Schweer and performances include "The Merry Wives of Windsor," "Forget Me Not," "Oh Nightingale," and others. The programs for the afternoon were hand-painted bluebonnets on the cover done in watercolor with gold leaf accents. The program inside was done in gold lettering.
Date: March 4, 1912
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Pam Livingston, April 4, 2013

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Interview with Pam Livingston, a Denton, Texas public servant from Kansas. Livingston discusses growing up, her family, attending North Texas State College (UNT), her impression of Denton, her jobs with the city, being a certified business development specialist, church activity, changes in Denton over time, and thoughts on community. In appendix is a picture of the Denton County Courthouse, and one of the Denton County Confederate Memorial.
Date: April 4, 2013
Creator: Stallings, Chelsea & Livingston, Pam
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Frtiz E. Schwalm

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Interview with Dritz Schwalm, a professor at the University of North Texas from Arolsen, Hesse. Schwalm discusses his family background, the county of Waldeck, his education, moving to the United States and working in academia, his parents' laundry business, the University of Marburg, working at Texas Women's University and the University of North Texas, German culture in the United States, shopping, the Goethe Institute, American politics, thoughts on citizenship, and radical leftists in Germany. In appendix are two pictures of Marburg discussed in the interview.
Date: December 4, 2012
Creator: Cox, Robert & Schwalm, Fritz E.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Evelyn Myers McCune, August 4, 1996

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Transcript of an interview with Evelyn Myers McCune, nurse, concerning her experiences as a civilian secretary with the State Department in Washington, D.C., before the and during World War II. McCune discusses her educational background; decision to take a position with the State Department in early 1941; adjustments in moving from a town of 2,500 people to the nation's capitol; personal observations of the activities at the Japanese embassy on December 7, 1941; wartime living conditions, rationing, and transportation adjustments; social life; comments and observations of Secretary of State Cordell Hull, Japanese ambassadors Saburo Kurusu and Kichisabura Nomura, Ambassador Joseph Grew, and Eleanor Roosevelt; working with diplomatic codes; incident involving President Roosevelt's stamp collection; and her decision to join the Cadet Nurse Corps, 1944.
Date: August 4, 1996
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & McCune, Evelyn Myers, 1918-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library