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Oral History Interview with Isabel Cano, October 10, 2009

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Interview with Isabel Cano, Argentina-born immigrant to Denton and daughter of Spanish diplomats, as part of the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. The interview includes Cano's personal experiences of immigration, struggling to learn English and acculturate, and provides family history, her first impressions of Texas, and opinions about Denton.
Date: October 10, 2009
Creator: Merrill, Linda & Cano, Isabel
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Mary George Billingsley Sullivan, November 26, 2009

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Transcript of an interview with Mary George Billingsley Sullivan, a longtime Denton County resident, concerning her family history; farming life, religious practice, and education in the public schools of Argyle, Texas; marriage to Carson Sullivan and 1929 move to city of Denton; work for Denton Building and Loan Association; 1951 move to Dallas and 1973 return to Argyle; recollections of Influenza epidemic, Great Depression, World War II, and Kennedy assassination; admiration for Barack Obama. Appendix consists of four photocopies of photographs.
Date: November 26, 2009
Creator: Taylor, D. J. & Sullivan, Mary George Billingsley, 1908-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retrospect, Spring 2009 (open access)

Retrospect, Spring 2009

Quarterly newsletter of the Denton County Historical Commission discussing the organization's news and activities as well as information about historic locations and events in Denton County, Texas.
Date: Spring 2009
Creator: Denton County Historical Commission (Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Retrospect, Summer 2009 (open access)

Retrospect, Summer 2009

Quarterly newsletter of the Denton County Historical Commission discussing the organization's news and activities as well as information about historic locations and events in Denton County, Texas.
Date: Summer 2009
Creator: Denton County Historical Commission (Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Retrospect, Winter 2009 (open access)

Retrospect, Winter 2009

Quarterly newsletter of the Denton County Historical Commission discussing the organization's news and activities as well as information about historic locations and events in Denton County, Texas.
Date: Winter 2009
Creator: Denton County Historical Commission (Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Retrospect, Fall 2009 (open access)

Retrospect, Fall 2009

Quarterly newsletter of the Denton County Historical Commission discussing the organization's news and activities as well as information about historic locations and events in Denton County, Texas.
Date: Autumn 2009
Creator: Denton County Historical Commission (Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Gudrun Raschen, November 1, 2009

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Transcript of an interview with Gudrun Raschen, a German-born immigrant to Denton, Texas, and adjunct professor of Music at Texas Woman's University. Raschen shares concerning her childhood, and education in Kiel and Hamburg, Germany; family history; parents' move to South Africa; own move to South Africa; discovery of the cello and decision to study it seriously; involvement in anti-apartheid movement; decision to move to the U.S. for graduate school; attraction of UNT Doctorate of Musical Arts program; first impressions of the U.S. and of Denton; comparison and contrast of life in Germany, South Africa, and the U.S.; plans for the future.
Date: November 1, 2009
Creator: Schnur, Abra & Raschen, Gudrun
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Michael Flight, 2009-2010

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Interview with Michael Flight, Argentinian-born immigrant to Roanoke, Texas, as part of the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. The interview includes Flight's personal experiences of childhood and education in Buenos Aires and Sao Paulo, Brazil, being a university student, and the September 11, 2001 attacks and aftermath. Additionally, Flight discusses his parents' backgrounds, life under military dictatorship, perspectives on the Cold War, the Argentinian government's inability to manage the economy, the Falkland Islands War, Argentinian politics, effects of hyperinflation, his work in import-export and manufacturing fields, his wife's work in the information technology field, the 2001 economic collapse and ensuing constitutional crisis, the "cacerolazo" and "choripan and a coka" protests, his decision to emigrate, acculturation struggles, the difficulty finding work in the midst of recession, his perspectives on various aspects of American culture and politics, and his participation in the North Texas Caledonian Pipes and Drums Band.
Date: November 2, 2009
Creator: Park, David & Flight, Michael
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Pair at Black History Month event]

A photograph of a pair of women at a UNT Multicultural Center event during Black History Month. They are standing in the hallway of a building on campus. Both are wearing colorful dresses.
Date: February 24, 2009
Creator: University of North Texas. Multicultural Center.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Dancers at Black History Month event]

A photograph of dancers at a UNT Multicultural Center event during Black History Month. They are all standing with their arms raised with one knee bent to make a triangle with their legs.
Date: February 24, 2009
Creator: University of North Texas. Multicultural Center.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Speaker at UNT Black History Month event]

A photograph of a speaker at a UNT Multicultural Center event during Black History Month. She is standing behind a podium with a microphone on it and a green UNT backdrop.
Date: February 24, 2009
Creator: University of North Texas. Multicultural Center.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Pair attending Black History Month event]

A photograph of a pair of women at a UNT Multicultural Center event during Black History Month. They are standing in the hallway of a building on campus by the entrance. The one on the right is wearing a colorful dress.
Date: February 24, 2009
Creator: University of North Texas. Multicultural Center.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Group gathered for Black History Month event]

A photograph of a group of women at a UNT Multicultural Center event during Black History Month. They are standing in the hallway of a building on campus.
Date: February 24, 2009
Creator: University of North Texas. Multicultural Center.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Woman speaking at Black History Month event]

A photograph of a woman speaking at a UNT Multicultural Center event during Black History Month. She is standing behind a podium with a microphone on it and a green UNT backdrop behind her.
Date: February 24, 2009
Creator: University of North Texas. Multicultural Center.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Man speaking at Black History Month event]

A photograph of a man speaking at a UNT Multicultural Center event during Black History Month. He is standing behind a podium on a raised platform with a microphone on it and a green UNT backdrop behind him.
Date: February 24, 2009
Creator: University of North Texas. Multicultural Center.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Financial History of the War of 1812 (open access)

The Financial History of the War of 1812

The War of 1812 brought daunting financial challenges to the national government of the United States. At the onset of war, policymakers were still in the process of sifting through a developing body of American economic thought while contemplating the practicalities of banking and public finance. The young nation's wartime experience encompassed the travails of incompetent and cautious leadership, the incautious optimism that stemmed from several previous years of economic growth, the inadequacies of the banking system, and, ultimately, the temporary deterioration of the financial position of the United States. While not equivalent to great tragedy, the war did force Americans to attend to the financial infrastructure of the country and reevaluate what kinds of institutions were truly necessary. This study of the financing of the War of 1812 provides a greater understanding of how the early American economy functioned and the sources of its economic progress during that era. Financial studies have typically not been a primary focus of historians, and certainly with regard to the War of 1812, it is easy to understand a preoccupation with political and military affairs. To a large degree, however, economic realities and financial infrastructure determine a nation's capacity for growth and change …
Date: May 2009
Creator: Morales, Lisa R.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Undergraduate Scholar Articles in Art History: An Introduction (open access)

Undergraduate Scholar Articles in Art History: An Introduction

Introduction to the special section on art history in the 2009 edition of The Eagle Feather.
Date: 2009
Creator: Way, Jennifer; Owen, Lisa N. & Hirsch, Lauren
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Student seated at 2009 UNT Black History Month event]

A photograph of a student sitting at one of the banquet tables at a UNT Multicultural Center event during Black History Month. She is holding up her hand with one finger up.
Date: February 24, 2009
Creator: University of North Texas. Multicultural Center.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Cheylon Brown speaking at 2009 UNT Black History Month event]

A photograph of Cheylon Brown speaking at a UNT Multicultural Center event during Black History Month. She is standing behind a podium with a microphone on it and a green UNT backdrop.
Date: February 24, 2009
Creator: University of North Texas. Multicultural Center.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Kirthica Chandrasekar, November 20, 2009

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Interview with Kirthica Chandrasekar, Indian-born immigrant to Carrollton, Texas, as part of the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. The interview includes Chandrasekar's personal experiences of childhood and education in India, her arranged marriage to a family friend living in New Jersey, and working in the insurance industry. Chandrasekar talks about her first impressions of the U.S., struggling to keep close ties with her family in India, and the contrast of life in India, New Jersey, and Texas.
Date: November 17, 2009
Creator: Teel, Katherine & Chandrasekar, Kirthica
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Eleonore Greenfield, November 2, 2009

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Interview with Eleonore Greenfield, Germany-born immigrant to Weatherford, Texas, as part of the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. The interview includes Greenfield's personal experiences of childhood and education in Germany, escaping to Berlin from the Soviet army, and again to Bavaria, and marriage to an America GI. Greenfield also discusses her family's experiences with occupying U.S. Army forces, the decision to settle in Weatherford, the struggle to pass on German language and culture to her children and grandchildren, and her family history. The interview includes an appendix with photographs.
Date: November 2, 2009
Creator: Liles, Debbie & Greenfield, Eleonore
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Ivan Arteaga, October 27, 2009

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Interview with Ivan Arteaga, Mexican national and immigrant to Princeton, Texas, as part of the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. The interview includes Arteaga's personal experiences of childhood and education in Mexico City. Arteaga also talks about his family's decision to immigrate to Provo, Utah, his first impressions of the U.S., marriage, deciding to relocate to Texas, opinions regarding anti-immigrant feelings prevalent in American culture and regarding the U.S. immigration bureaucracy, as well as his feelings about his two children's U.S. citizenship.
Date: October 27, 2009
Creator: Dunbar, Paul & Arteaga, Ivan
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Kathy Jack, October 26, 2009

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Transcript of an interview with Kathy Jack concerning her childhood and education in Shreveport, Louisiana, and Dallas; "coming-out" narrative; social life in Dallas's gay and lesbian bars; effects of AIDS epidemic on Dallas gay community; career as employee, manager, and eventually owner of various bars; involvement in and support of various Gay Pride events; thoughts about future of gay rights movement.
Date: October 26, 2009
Creator: Wisely, Karen & Jack, Kathy, 1957-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Jonathan Forbes, December 1, 2009

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Interview with Jonathan Forbes, Canadian-born immigrant to Plano, Texas, as part of the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. The interview includes Forbes' personal experiences of childhood and education in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and dealing with the U.S. immigration and customs bureaucracy. Forbes also talks about his parent's decision to immigrate to the U.S., the similarities and differences of life in Canada and the U.S., his perception of changes due to 9/11 attacks, his intention to remain in the U.S. and gain citizenship, and views on contemporary political issues.
Date: December 1, 2009
Creator: Truxal, Luke & Forbes, Jonathan
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library