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Oral History Interview with Giancarlo Quijano, October 11, 2012

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Interview with Giancarlo Quijano, West German-born Colombian immigrant to Denton, Texas, for the DFW Metroplex Immigration Oral History Project. The interview includes Quijano's personal experiences from his childhood in West Germany, life in Colombia during the 1990s violence, his family's immigration to Texas, his expectations of the U.S., and the subsequent culture shock. Quijano talks about the transition to American life, attending college as an international student, his experiences with the citizenship process, and his thoughts on the immigration debate.
Date: October 11, 2012
Creator: Duque, Samantha & Quijano, Giancarlo
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Looking Back at Sanger's History] (open access)

[Looking Back at Sanger's History]

Page from a scrapbook with two photos that appeared in the Sanger Courier's "Looking Back" issue. The first photo is of the owners of Collins-Andrews Dry Good Store which was reported to be the first dry goods store in Sanger. The second photo is of one of the early Post Masters of Sanger, H. D. Green, along with his family and other postal workers in front of a post office in early Sanger, Texas. Mr. Green was appointed Post Master in 1899 and reappointed at different times until 1925. At the bottom right middle is a photograph of Jesse P. Smith on his horse Snooper. The photograph in the right-hand corner is of Dottie Mae McBride, Otis McBride, Alene Duncan, and Reba Duncan on a horse.
Date: July 11, 1963
Creator: Cherry, Ruby
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Lillie Abbey, December 11, 1974 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Lillie Abbey, December 11, 1974

Interview with Lillie Abbey, long-time resident of Denton, Texas. The interview includes Abbey's personal experiences of the Oklahoma land rush, farm life, and life in Denton during the 1920s and 1930s.
Date: December 11, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Abbey, Lillie
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Adam Briggle, November 11, 2019 transcript

Oral History Interview with Adam Briggle, November 11, 2019

Audio interview with Dr. Adam Briggle, a philosophy professor and environmental activist from Colorado, regarding his involvement in the Denton Drilling Awareness Group and Frack Free Denton campaign in Denton, Texas.
Date: November 11, 2019
Creator: Wolridge, Alexandria & Briggle, Adam
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Eugene Fowler, Jr., Joel D. Fowler, Joe W. Specht, and Melody S. Kelly, October 11, 2008

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Interview with Eugene Fowler, Jr., Joel D. Fowler, Joe W. Specht, and Melody Specht Kelly. The interview includes their personal experiences about the Duke and Ayres Store and the University of North Texas Lab School. The Fowlers and the Spechts talk about childhood and education, enlisting, family histories, the Denton square, various jobs, and race issues in Denton. The interview includes an appendix with photographs and articles.
Date: October 11, 2008
Creator: Mears, Michelle M.; Fowler, Eugene, Jr.; Fowler, Joel D.; Specht, Joe W. & Kelly, Melody Specht
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Doyle Griffin, December 11, 1982 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Doyle Griffin, December 11, 1982

Transcript of an interview with Doyle Griffin, owner and operator of R & R Motor Supply, Inc. in Denton, Texas. Griffin discusses his family background, his employment history, his purchase of R & R Motor Supply in 1944 and his experiences as a business owner, as well as his personal hobbies such as raising quarter horses and boat racing.
Date: December 11, 1982
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd & Griffin, Doyle
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Pat Gulley, May 11, 1988 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Pat Gulley, May 11, 1988

Interview with Pat Gulley, a community activist and a member of the Denton Christian Women's Interracial Fellowship. Gulley explains her involvement with the group, the history of race relations in Denton, the desegregation of public facilities and schools, early group meetings, opposition to the Fellowship, and its contributions.
Date: May 11, 1988
Creator: Lohr, Mary & Gulley, Pat
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

[City of Denton Municipal Generating Station]

Several men work on the city of Denton Municipal Generating Station. A large crane is visible in the foreground, and a power plant is visible in the background.
Date: July 11, 1961
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Denton School (open access)

The Denton School

Announcement about the schedule, tuition, and courses of Denton School in Denton, Texas in the year 1884. The announcement also contains a list of faculty and information about the city of Denton. Denton's first public school began on March 17 and ended on July 4. The first session had 425 students. [A History of the Denton Independent School District: a centennial project / by the centennial committee, 1985] The name Lee Preston is written in pen on the back of the announcement. Lee Preston was a teacher and later, mayor of Denton.
Date: 1884-03-11~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with A. Tennyson Miller, January 11, 1992

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Interview with schoolteacher A. Tennyson Miller from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Miller reflects on his experiences as a teacher and coach at the Fredrick Douglass School during the late 1930's and early 1940's, which was before the school was integrated. He comments on Principal Fred Moore and segregated education in Denton. Tennyson also discusses his admission to the doctoral program at North Texas State College, which broke racial barriers in 1954.
Date: January 11, 1992
Creator: Glaze, Michele & Miller, A. Tennyson
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Denton Voter Newsletter, Volume 03, Number 03, September 11, 1963 (open access)

The Denton Voter Newsletter, Volume 03, Number 03, September 11, 1963

League of Women Voters of Denton Newsletter discusses issues about voting and upcoming ballot legislation.
Date: September 11, 1963
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Denton Voter Newsletter, Volume 03, Number 05, November 11, 1963 (open access)

The Denton Voter Newsletter, Volume 03, Number 05, November 11, 1963

League of Women Voters of Denton Newsletter discusses issues about voting and upcoming ballot legislation.
Date: November 11, 1963
Creator: League of Women Voters of Denton
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Willa Mae Bateman, January 11, 1994

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Interview with Willa Mae Bateman concerning her recollections of the Crater of Diamonds and diamond mining growing up in Murfreesboro, Arkansas.
Date: January 11, 1994
Creator: Henderson, John C. & Bateman, Willa Mae
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with John I. Bateman, January 11, 1994

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Interview with John Bateman concerning his recollections of the Crater of Diamonds and diamond mining near Murfreesboro, Arkansas from 1930 to 1950. Appendix includes 2 maps: a "Geologic Map of the Prairie Creek Area of Peridotite in T. 8 S., R. 25 W., 2 1/2 Miles South-Southeast of Murfreesboro, Pike County, Ark." and a map showing the locations of various landmarks in the Crater of Diamonds State Park area.
Date: January 11, 1994
Creator: Henderson, John C. & Bateman, John I.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Herbert Hughes, October 11, 1990

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Interview with Herbert Hughes concerning his experiences before, during, and after his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Hughes worked at camps in Tucson, Arizona (Company 2852); Dublin, Texas (Company 3810); and Monument, Colorado (Company 3810).
Date: October 11, 1990
Creator: Chrisman, David & Hughes, Herbert
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with O. H. "Ike" Harris, August 11, 1975 (open access)

Oral History Interview with O. H. "Ike" Harris, August 11, 1975

Interview with O. H. "Ike" Harris, an attorney and a Republican member of the Texas Senate from Dallas, concerning his experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fourth Legislature. Harris discusses public school financing, public utilities legislation, constitutional revision, and personal legislation.
Date: August 11, 1975
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Harris, Ike, 1932-
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Two unidentified men in Denton]

Photograph of two unidentified men during a Sister Cities Signing Day at Denton City Hall with red and white balloons and trees in the background.
Date: May 11, 2001
Creator: Cabrales, John
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
This Week in Denton (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, November 11, 1955 (open access)

This Week in Denton (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, November 11, 1955

Newsletter from Denton, Texas that includes news and information about former and current residents and community happenings.
Date: November 11, 1955
Creator: Headlee, E. J.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Erik Burgos, November 11, 2015

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Transcript of an interview with Erik Burgos, DREAM (Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors) Team activist. Burgos shares concerning his immigration to Colorado at two years old; life as undocumented immigrants; family's decision to leave Mexico; involvement in the North Texas DREAM Team; activism; DACA.
Date: November 11, 2015
Creator: Herman, Thomas & Burgos, Erik, 1988-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2018-11-02 – Brad Leali Quintet, Morse Street Baptist Church Gospel Choir and The Village Church Denton Choir

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Gospel Meet Jazz concert performed at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall
Date: February 11, 2018
Creator: Brad Leali Quintet
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with William J. Stewart, June 11, 1981 (open access)

Oral History Interview with William J. Stewart, June 11, 1981

Interview with William J. Stewart, a United States Navy veteran from Cherryvale, Kansas. Stewart discusses his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II after his cruiser, the USS Houston, was sunk off the coast of Java in 1942.
Date: July 11, 1981
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Stewart, William J.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Current Agenda - Resource Material: Unit Meeting - January 10-11, 1962 (open access)

National Current Agenda - Resource Material: Unit Meeting - January 10-11, 1962

Resource Material on the National Current Agenda from the League of Women Voters of Denton's Unit Meeting on January 10 - 11, 1962.
Date: December 11, 1961
Creator: Provisional League of Women Voters of Denton
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Donald C. Brain, March 11, 1981 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Donald C. Brain, March 11, 1981

Interview with Donald C. Brain, a United States Navy veteran from Long Beach, California. Brain discusses his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II after his cruiser, the USS Houston, was sunk off the coast of Java in 1942.
Date: March 11, 1981
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Brain, Donald C.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Arthur and Louise Caillet Dieterich, August 11, 1985 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Arthur and Louise Caillet Dieterich, August 11, 1985

Interview with Arthur and Louise Caillet Dieterich, owners and operators of Hermosa Farms, Dallas, Texas. The interview includes the Dieterich's personal experiences about farming in Dallas, education, and establishing Hermosa Farms. The Dieterich's talk about their family backgrounds, Arthur's employment as operator of dairy cooperative with his brother in El Paso, Texas, the effect of the Great Depression on Dallas dairy businesses, milk processing and delivery operations, a typical day on a dairy farm, their change from retail to wholesale business, developing dairy herd, their cooperation with agricultural experiment stations, personnel practices, and civic and trade association activities. The interview includes an appendix with a family history written by Louise Caillet Dieterich.
Date: August 11, 1985
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd & Dieterich, Arthur
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library