[Music Hall, Exterior]

Photograph of Music Hall, a three-story brick building that was erected in 1940. Several automobiles can be seen parked outside the building. It sat on the south side of Chestnut Street and faced Bruce Hall, which was on the north side of Chestnut Street. The building served as the headquarters of the Music Department. Several cars can be seen parked outside in this image. Distortion occurs throughout in the form of wispy white lines.
Date: 1952
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Members of the Festival of 20th Century Music]

Photograph of five administrators of the Festival of 20th Century Music dressed in formal wear.
Date: April 8, 1952
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Administrators of the Festival of 20th Century Music]

Photograph of six administrators of the Festival of 20th Century Music dressed in formal wear.
Date: April 8, 1952
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Individuals of the Festival of 20th Century Music]

Photograph of three administrators of the Festival of 20th Century Music around a desk.
Date: April 8, 1952
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Attendees of the Festival of 20th Century Music]

Photograph of six administrators of the Festival of 20th Century Music dressed in formal wear.
Date: April 8, 1952
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Formal Dinner, Festival of 20th Century Music]

Photograph of a formal dinner of several people at a table during the Festival of 20th Century Music.
Date: April 8, 1952
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Festival of 20th Century Music Dinner, 1952]

Photograph of a formal dinner during the Festival of 20th Century Music taken on the eight of April, 1952. There are numerous male and female attendees dressed in formal wear conversing with one another.
Date: 1952
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Musicians on Stage, Festival of 20th Century Music]

Photograph of four musicians dressed in formal wear standing in front of an orchestra on stage during the Festival of 20th Century Music.
Date: April 8, 1952
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Use of Music Activities with Retarded Latin-American Children (open access)

The Use of Music Activities with Retarded Latin-American Children

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the use of certain music activities in meeting some of the needs peculiar to a group of older, retarded Latin-American children. It is an effort to determine whether certain music activities may or may not help to give Latin-American children a more satisfying school experience and better equip them to live in the Anglo-American society of which they have become a part.
Date: August 1952
Creator: Nelson, Gwendolyn
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Formal Dinner Table, Festival of 20th Century Music]

Photograph of a formal dinner of several people at a table during the Festival of 20th Century Music.
Date: April 8, 1952
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Two Elderly Women, Festival of 20th Century Music]

Photograph of a two elderly women sitting in chairs during the Festival of 20th Century Music. They are present in a room with a lamp on an end tabletop.
Date: April 8, 1952
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
School of Music Program Book 1951-1952 (open access)

School of Music Program Book 1951-1952

Fall/Spring performances program book from the 1951-1952 school year at the North Texas State College School of Music.
Date: 1952
Creator: North Texas State College. School of Music.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Elderly Females during the Festival of 20th Century Music, 1952]

Photograph of two elderly females sitting in a room during the Festival of 20th Century Music taken on the eight of April, 1952.
Date: 1952
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Singing Elderly Females during Festival of 20th Century Music, 1952]

Photograph of two elderly females singing next to piano during the Festival of 20th Century Music taken on the eight of April, 1952. One of the individuals is sitting and holding a piece of music paper while the other individual stands and sings.
Date: 1952
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Card from Liberty Music Shops, Inc. to D. W. Kempner, January 29, 1952]

Postal card from Liberty Music Shops, Inc. to D. W. Kempner thanking him for his order and letting him know that it has shipped.
Date: January 29, 1952, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: Liberty Music Shops, Incorporated
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Liberty Music Shops, Inc. to D. W. Kempner, February 15, 1952] (open access)

[Letter from Liberty Music Shops, Inc. to D. W. Kempner, February 15, 1952]

Letter from Liberty Music Shops, Inc. to D. W. Kempner acknowledging his previous letter about the faulty "The King and I" recording and stating that they have sent him a replacement from a new shipment.
Date: February 15, 1952
Creator: Liberty Music Shops, Incorporated
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John J. Herrera to Jesse Gonzalez - 1952-11-06] (open access)

[Letter from John J. Herrera to Jesse Gonzalez - 1952-11-06]

Onionskin paper carbon copy of letter from John J. Herrera, LULAC National President, to Jesse Gonzalez of San Antonio, Texas dated November 6, 1952. Inquiry regarding hiring Gonzalez's band to play for a LULAC benefit dance in Houston during December 1952.
Date: November 6, 1952
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Performers] captions transcript

[News Clip: Performers]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: March 19, 1952
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph of Bobby Peters and guests]

Photograph of Bobby Peters with a band on the set of "The Bobby Peters Show." There are seven members in the band with various instruments. Peters can be seen holding a sheet of paper. He is standing to the far right of the image. He is wearing a jacket, a shirt, and pants. There are curtains hanging in the background and a boom pole with a microphone to the right. There is a table covered in a table cloth with sheets of paper and books, and two chairs can be seen in the foreground.
Date: April 7, 1952
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Old Fiddlers Vie For Title] captions transcript

[News Clip: Old Fiddlers Vie For Title]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: June 20, 1952
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to the Galveston Public School Board, April 23, 1952] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to the Galveston Public School Board, April 23, 1952]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to the Galveston Public School Board expressing surprise and disappointment at their decision to no longer allow integration at the Art and Music Festival. Kempner cautions that such actions could lead to legal actions that would result in racial integration in schools.
Date: April 23, 1952
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bobby Peters and band]

Photograph of Bobby Peters with a band of seven members. Bobby Peters holds a trumpet. A woman sits at a piano. The remaining band members are in two rows: seated in the front row are (Left to Right) a saxophone player, a clarinet player, and a trumpet player; standing in the back are a drummer and two trombone players.
Date: April 7, 1952
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Dale Hart, Johnny Hay and TV Trio]

Photograph of Dale Hart and Johnny Hay with the TV Trio. The trio stands in the front wearing dark suits and holding their instruments. On the left one person is holding an accordion, the middle person is holding a guitar and sitting on a stool. The right person is holding up a bass. Hart (left) and Hay (right) stand behind them with their hands on a couple of the guys' shoulders. A television camera is visible on the right of the image.
Date: June 5, 1952
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Participants of the Barn Dance]

Photograph of couples dancing at the Barn Dance. About four couples stand in the middle all putting their hands in a circle and smiling at the camera. The women are wearing long, frilly dresses. In the left background a band stands on the stage, wearing cowboy hats. They have a fiddle, accordion, and bass. More people are playing instruments in the background in the right.
Date: September 9, 1952
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library