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1986 Calendar of Early Denton History
Calendar for 1986 containing photographs and historical facts about Denton, Texas, Denton County, Texas, and the surrounding areas. There are notes throughout the dates on the calendar as well as a timeline titled "More Denton County Trivia" at the end.
Date:
1985
Creator:
Friends of the Denton Public Library
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
1987 Calendar of Early Denton History
Calendar for 1987 containing photographs and historical facts about Denton, Texas, Denton County, Texas, and the surrounding areas. There are notes throughout the dates on the calendar as well as a timeline titled "Denton County Trivia III" at the end.
Date:
1986
Creator:
Friends of the Denton Public Library
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Gloria Denmon, May 12, 1988
Interview with Gloria Denmon, a community activist, about her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women's Interracial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. Denmon discusses life in a segregated society, her decision to join the Fellowship, early meetings, voter registration drives, street paving in the African American section of Denton, social activities of the Fellowship, the desegregation of public schools, the tutoring program, and the activities of African American churches.
Date:
May 12, 1988
Creator:
Lohr, Mary & Denmon, Gloria, 1941-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A brief oral history of the Denton High School Bands
A transcription of the oral history given by Carroll McMath at the Denton High School band reunion on July 17th, 1988.
Date:
July 17, 1988
Creator:
McMath, Carroll
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Collection
Text regarding the Oral History Collection at North Texas State University. It describes the committee behind the collection and the oral history subcollections. An index of the collection begins on page 11.
Date:
April 1980
Creator:
North Texas State University
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Catherine Bell, December 12, 1987
Interview with Catherine Bell, a public employee and community activist, about her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women's Interracial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. Bell discusses the early organization and social activities, her experiences in a segregated environment, the street paving of the African American section of Denton, urban renewal, desegregation of public places in Denton, her political activities, desegregation of schools, and the jobs program.
Date:
December 12, 1987
Creator:
Byrd, R. W. (Richard W.) & Bell, Catherine, approximately 1920-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Linnie McAdams, December 10, 1987
Interview with community activist Linnie McAdams from Denton, Texas. In the interview, McAdams discusses her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women's Inter-Racial Fellowship in the 1960s and 1970s. She also discusses what it was like growing up in a racist community, and includes memories concerning her personal educational experiences in segregated schools, the living conditions in the African-American section of Denton, and her personal employment experiences. McAdams recalls the desegregation of public schools, housing, and facilities as well as the integration of churches.
Date:
December 10, 1987
Creator:
Lohr, Mary & McAdams, Linnie
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Carol Riddlesperger, February 5, 1988
Interview with schoolteacher and community activist Carol Riddlesperger from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Riddlesperger discusses her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women's Inter-Racial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. She also comments on segregation in Denton, the desegregation of public schools and public facilities, street paving in the African-American section of Denton, her decision to run for the Denton school Board, tutoring program, and the jobs program.
Date:
February 5, 1988
Creator:
Byrd, Richard & Riddlesperger, Carol
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Innerviewer, Spring 1987
Quarterly publication by Denton Independent School District with articles covering district news, information, and events, along with human interest stories about individual campus activities.
Date:
Spring 1987
Creator:
McGuire, Susan E.
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Hazen Armstrong, March 29, 1986
Interview with farmer-rancher Hazen Armstrong. The interview includes Armstrong's personal experiences about life in Denton, Texas, from 1910 to 1930. Armstrong talks about business activities around the city square and county courthouse, city streetcar service, Oak Street residences, the Cascade Plunge swimming pool, forced removal of African Americans from the "Quakertown" section of Denton to the east side of the railroad tracks in the 1920s, early automobiles in Denton, Denton during World War I, medical practices, childhood leisure time activities, Prohibition in Denton, the Great Depression, farming practices in the 1920s and 1930s, contrasts between banking practices of the 1920s and 1930s with those of the 1980s, and the oil history.
Date:
March 29, 1986
Creator:
Martin, Adelene & Armstrong, Hazen
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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 Otis Cason, August 22, 1987
Interview with farmer Otis Cason. The interview includes Cason's personal experiences about rural life in Denton County, Texas from 1900 to 1987. Cason talks about breaking mules, rural school, sheep and goat raising, hog killing, and charcoal making.
Date:
August 22, 1987
Creator:
Renner, Steve & Cason, Otis
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Eunice Gray, October 16, 1987
Interview with Eunice Gray, schoolteacher and local historian. The interview includes Gray's personal experiences about Denton County, Texas from 1900 to 1987. Gray talks about the early history of her descendants, cattle raising and marketing, and the oil industry.
Date:
October 16, 1987
Creator:
Renner, Jim & Gray, Eunice
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Billy Barker, September 3, 1977
Interview with homemaker Billie Simpson Barker. The interview includes Barker's personal experiences about rural life in Denton County, Texas from 1925-1985. Barker talks about her father's sawmill operation, creek flooding, threshing operations, changes in land ownership, her husband's death, effects of the Great Depression, social life, the county's longtime residents, recreational activities, epidemics, wildlife problems, the tornado of June 8, 1937, her childhood, and homemade clothing.
Date:
September 3, 1987
Creator:
Renner, Steve & Barker, Billy
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
Oral History Interview with Jane Armstrong, August 20, 1987
Interview with homemaker Jane Armstrong. The interview includes Armstrong's personal experiences about life on the Scott Jacobs Farm in Denton County. Armstrong talks about the purchase of the land by her grandfather, implements and outbuildings found on the farm, oil income and farm improvements during the 1920s and 1930s, rural entertainment and leisure activities, crops and planting, food preservation, in-town shopping, making homebrew and bootlegging activities, schools and churches, cemeteries, epidemics, and folk medicines and remedies.
Date:
August 20, 1987
Creator:
Renner, Steve & Armstrong, Jane
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Evelyn J. Black, May 10, 1988
Interview with Evelyn Black, a schoolteacher and community activist from Denton, Texas. Black discusses her upbringing in rural Georgia, the establishment of the Denton Christian Women's Interracial Fellowship, and its activities.
Date:
May 10, 1988
Creator:
Byrd, Richard & Black, Evelyn J., 1933-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with C. Shephard, July 14, 1988
Interview with May Shephard, a teacher and a member of the Denton Christian Women's Interracial Fellowship from Tyler, Texas. Shephard explains her background and family, integration in schools, the history of race relations in Denton, her involvement with the group, their voting registration projects, demographics in the group, and how they performed outreach.
Date:
July 14, 1988
Creator:
Byrd, Richard W. & Shephard, MaeDell
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Billie Mohair, February 25, 1988
Interview with librarian Billie Mohair from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Mohair discusses her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women's Inter-Racial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. She also comments on coping with segregation in Denton, street paving in the African-American section of Denton, the desegregation of North Texas State College, her college experiences, her decision to join the Fellowship, and the demise of the Fellowship.
Date:
February 25, 1988
Creator:
Byrd, Richard & Mohair, Billie
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Betty Kimble, December 8, 1987
Interview with community activist Betty Kimble from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Kimble discusses her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women's Inter-Racial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. She recalls memories from her days as a student both in East Texas and at North Texas State College. Kimble recollects the many events that concerned the desegregation of the North Texas State College and the City of Denton alike, which included student and citizen protesting that mostly supported Denton's strong white power presence. She recalls the desegregation of public restaurants, the street-paving of the African-American section of Denton, and voter registration changes. Kimble also comments on influential civil rights activists including Tennyson Miller and Abner Haynes.
Date:
December 8, 1987
Creator:
Harris, Jane & Kimble, Betty Jewel
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Euline Brock, October 27, 1987
Interview with Professor Euline Brock, community activist from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Brock discusses her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women's Inter-Racial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. She also comments on the early days of the organization, her personal experiences with discrimination, Denton's white power structure, the desegregation of public schools and facilities, the group's first meeting, political activities, urban renewal, and street paving in the African-American section of Denton.
Date:
October 27, 1987
Creator:
Byrd, Richard; Harris, Jane; Lohr, Mary & Brock, Euline
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Ann Barnett, November 13, 1987
Interview with schoolteacher and community activist Ann Barnett from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Barnett discusses her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women's Inter-Racial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. She also comments on her childhood in Nacogdoches, Texas, the desegregation of North Texas State College in 1950s, the student stand-in at Campus Theatre in Denton, the desegregation of restaurants and housing, social affairs, urban renewal, voter registration, the literacy program, the Denton Christian Preschool, meeting programs, and establishing dialogue between races.
Date:
November 13, 1987
Creator:
Harris, Jane & Barnett, Ann
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Seth Massey, April 8, 1986
Transcript of an interview with Seth Massey concerning his reminiscences about the history of Denton, Texas, 1920-1976. Massey discusses community swimming pools, the Hollywood actress Ann Sheridan, Massey and Hoffer Service Station, the Great Depression, Interurban streetcars, and Quakertown [African-American section of Denton].
Date:
April 8, 1986
Creator:
Martin, Adelene L. & Massey, Seth
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Euline Brock, December 1, 1988
Interview with college professor and community activist Euline Brock, from Denton, Texas. In the interview, which is a follow-up to her earlier recollections, Brock continues to discuss the activities of the Denton Christian Women's Inter-Racial Fellowship during the 1960's and 1970's.
Date:
December 1, 1988
Creator:
Byrd, Richard & Brock, Euline
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library