Music-Indicator. (open access)

Music-Indicator.

Patent for a music indicator, which shows sheet music notations and the name of the note and major and minor chords on a device, which is placed over the keyboard of a piano to show where the different notes are for use in teaching music.
Date: January 21, 1908
Creator: Thrash, William E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Piano-Hammer. (open access)

Piano-Hammer.

Patent for a piano hammer, which has a strip of striking material that can be moved over to a new section when one section wears out, to increase the life of the hammer.
Date: May 24, 1910
Creator: Young, Henry E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Infantry Replacement Band]

Postcard of the Infantry Replacement Band, a large group of soldiers holding instruments, at Camp MacArthur in Waco, Texas. A handwritten note in Italian on the back of the postcard is addressed to "Al caro amico E. Marino" in Kansas City, Missouri and says, "Questa è la band dove appartengo. Sí puo trovarmi? C'ha un punto. Su una spalla." In this note the author identifies himself as the band member with a mark on his shoulder. Fifth sitting man from the left.
Date: October 24, 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Kansas City concert] captions transcript

[News Clip: Kansas City concert]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: July 7, 1984
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph 2012.201.B0907.0079]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Robert W. Milton, director of music instruction in Kansas City school, will be conductor of the event, and he had the young singers in rehearsal most of Wednesday."
Date: February 4, 1959
Creator: Cobb, Richard
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oral History Interview with Elston Brooks, March 21, 1984 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Elston Brooks, March 21, 1984

Audio interview with Elston Brooks, a journalist who worked at the Fort Worth Press and then the Star-Telegram, discussing his memories and experiences of being a newspaperman during the Kennedy assassination on November 22, 1963. Brooks also discusses his love of music and performance.
Date: March 21, 1984
Creator: Bowen, Alice Anita & Brooks, Elston
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Dana Lodge, March 19, 2013

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Dana Lodge, an employee of the Denton Conventions and Visitors Bureau from Dallas, Texas. Lodge discusses growing up, her education, her work in the restaurant industry, entering the hospitality industry and her work with the Bureau, festivals and events in Denton, local history, and plans for the future of Denton. In appendix are pictures of the Denton County Courthouse and the Confederate Soldiers memorial. Includes an appendix.
Date: March 19, 2013
Creator: Stallings, Chelsea & Lodge, Dana
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[The New World, 1992] (open access)

[The New World, 1992]

Scrapbook documenting the life of John Logan Briggs Jr. and his friends, including photographs, menus, business cards, clippings, and tickets. The scrapbook also contains photographs of his travels, social gatherings and "The Experience."John Logan Briggs Jr. is the creator of "The Experience," a self-discovery workshop for the LGBT community.
Date: 1992
Creator: Briggs, John Logan, Jr.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Funeral Program Bernice King (open access)

Funeral Program Bernice King

Funeral program for Bernice King.
Date: June 22, 1984
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[News Script: Sports] (open access)

[News Script: Sports]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the Texas rangers who took a beating again in Cleveland.
Date: June 5, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Funeral Program for Bertha Mae Wilson (open access)

Funeral Program for Bertha Mae Wilson

Funeral Program for Bertha Mae Wilson.
Date: November 8, 1980
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Funeral Program Mattie King (open access)

Funeral Program Mattie King

Funeral program for Mattie King.
Date: October 2, 1985
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Funeral Program for Thomas J. Dukes (open access)

Funeral Program for Thomas J. Dukes

Funeral Program for Thomas J. Dukes
Date: October 12, 1981
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
International Forest of Friendship, 25th Celebration, 2001 (open access)

International Forest of Friendship, 25th Celebration, 2001

Supplementary publication outlining events and information for the 25th International Forest of Friendship celebration, which memorializes contributors to aviation and aerospace with engraved plaques in the forest. It includes portraits and biographical sketches for the 40 people to be honored in 2001.
Date: June 14, 2001
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Funeral Program for Lula Mae Miller (open access)

Funeral Program for Lula Mae Miller

Funeral Program for Lula Mae Miller
Date: October 15, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[World War II Memories: Mercedes McCaleb] (open access)

[World War II Memories: Mercedes McCaleb]

Autobiographical text describing Mercedes Laverne McCaleb's time in the U.S. Navy during World War II, including her enlistment, training, and assignment to Kansas City, Missouri.
Date: unknown
Creator: McCaleb, Mercedes Laverne
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Kansas City Observer. (Kansas City, Mo.), Vol. 4, No. 36, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 27, 1900 (open access)

Kansas City Observer. (Kansas City, Mo.), Vol. 4, No. 36, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 27, 1900

Weekly African-American newspaper from Kansas City, Missouri that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 27, 1900
Creator: Williams, L. C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Kansas City Observer. (Kansas City, Mo.), Vol. 4, No. 36, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 27, 1900 (open access)

Kansas City Observer. (Kansas City, Mo.), Vol. 4, No. 36, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 27, 1900

Weekly African-American newspaper from Kansas City, Missouri that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 27, 1900
Creator: Williams, L. C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Jerry F. Price, May 31, 2022

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Interview with Jerry F. Price, a celebrated coach from Grandview, Missouri. Price discusses growing up in Denton, his sports background, teaching at Lincoln High School in Kansas City, becoming a football, basketball, track, and golf head coach, integration of schools, his football accomplishments, family, and his health. Documents are included in the Appendix to this interview.
Date: May 31, 2022
Creator: Wilson, Sara D. & Price, Jerry F.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Investigation of the Kansas City Hyatt Regency Walkways Collapse (open access)

Investigation of the Kansas City Hyatt Regency Walkways Collapse

Report issued by the National Bureau of Standards documenting investigations conducted on construction failures of two suspended walkways in a Kansas City hotel. It includes tables, illustrations, photographs, and other details of the investigation.
Date: May 1982
Creator: Marshall, Richard D.; Pfrang, E. O.; Leyendecker, Edgar V.; Woodward, K. A.; Reed, R. P.; Kasen, M. B. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library