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Oral History Interviews with Vivian T. Starks, 1991

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Interview with Vivian Starks, a schoolteacher, concerning her experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas from 1954 to 1991. Starks discusses her segregated education in Bryan, Texas, Wiley College, her teaching career in segregated Dallas schools, her decision to buy a home in Hamilton Park, transportation problems, home improvements, church activities, Civic League, the "Buy Out," zoning problems, Interorganizational Council and political activities, employment at Hamilton Park School, the desegregation of Hamilton Park School and her transfer to Richardson Independent School District, and Pacesetter.
Date: {1991-04-23,1991-05-08}
Creator: Wilson, William H. & Starks, Vivian T.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Verle Oringderff, January 10, 1991

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Interview with Verle Oringderff concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Oringderff worked at a camp in Littlefield, Texas (Company 3802). Interview includes information about Oringderff's schooling and childhood as well as the effects of the Great Depression on his household.
Date: January 10, 1991
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Oringderff, Verle
System: The UNT Digital Library
Philosophical Society of Texas, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting: 1985 (open access)

Philosophical Society of Texas, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting: 1985

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Philosophical Society of Texas held December 6 & 7, including a list of attendees, text of addresses, changes to membership, and biographical information about members who have passed. The theme of the conference was "The Texas Experience: Continuity and Change: Who are the Texans of 1985?"
Date: 1986
Creator: Philosophical Society of Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Charles V. Griffin, Jr., July 12, 1984 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Charles V. Griffin, Jr., July 12, 1984

Transcript of an interview with Charles V. Griffin, Jr., the founder of the Uvalde Producers Feed and Elevator Inc., from Uvalde, Texas. Griffin discusses his family background, education, and his views on the grain business.
Date: July 12, 1984
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd & Griffin, Charles V., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with William E. Moore, Jr., March 4, 1998

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Interview with William E. Moore Jr., a Army WWII veteran from Temple, Texas, who was present at the attack on Pearl Harbor. Moore discusses his time in the Corps of Cadets at Texas A&M, assignment to 24th Division Artillery at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, training and alerts, the attack at Wheeler Field and taking defensive positions around Oahu, and service afterwards.
Date: March 4, 1998
Creator: Meisch, Lisa & Moore Jr., William E.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interviews with Vivian T. Starks, 1991

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Interview with Vivian Starks, a teacher and longtime resident of Hamilton Park from Bryan, Texas. Starks discusses her education, teaching, her service with the USO, moving to Dallas and Hamilton Park, black schools in Dallas, developing the neighborhood, churches, issues with "buying out," the Civic League, Old North Dallas, desegregation, and contemporary issues.
Date: 1991-04/1991-05
Creator: Wilson, William H. & Starks, Vivian T.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Karen Dickson, April1, 2013

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Interview with Karen Dickson, vice-president of the Denton Chamber of Commerce Economic Development Division from Bryan, Texas. Dickson discusses her childhood and education, her career, economic development and the work she does for the Chamber of Commerce, thoughts on "community" and being a community leader, and the economic history of Denton. In appendix is a photo of the Denton County Courthouse and one of the Denton County Confederate Memorial.
Date: April 1, 2013
Creator: Stallings, Chelsea & Dickson, Karen
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with George Wood, November 7, 1973 (open access)

Oral History Interview with George Wood, November 7, 1973

Interview with George Wood, a former officer of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Bryan, Texas. Wood discusses his time in the CCC in the 1930s, including: his origins and education; the effects of the Depression; his entry into the CCC; the varying projects he worked; relations with other government agencies; the character of CCC workers; organization of camps; crime in the CCC; racial segregation; and relations with the Army.
Date: November 7, 1973
Creator: Galyon, Charlene O. & Wood, George
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with George and Wanda Holcombe, January 2, 2017

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Interview with George Holcombe, a Methodist pastor and civil rights activist from Houston, Texas, and his wife and associate Wanda, from Sims, Texas. The Holcombes discuss their family origins, initial exposure to racial problems and civil rights, their respective educations, pastoral work in Baton Rouge and Chicago, the Ku Klux Klan and dangers encountered, work with the Ecumenical Institute of Chicago and empowering black communities, the 1968 Chicago riots, Fifth City, and similar work in Australia and the Philippines.
Date: January 2, 2017
Creator: Czap, Joseph; Holcombe, George & Holcombe, Wanda
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Woman of Texas: Mrs Percy V. Pennybacker (open access)

A Woman of Texas: Mrs Percy V. Pennybacker

Book discussing the role of Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker, originally born in Petersburg, Virginia, who worked to expand the woman's place in American society. Index begins on page 359.
Date: 2018
Creator: Richmond, Rebecca
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Woman of Texas: Mrs Percy V. Pennybacker (open access)

A Woman of Texas: Mrs Percy V. Pennybacker

Book discussing the role of Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker, originally born in Petersburg, Virginia, who worked to expand the woman's place in American society. Index begins on page 359.
Date: 1941
Creator: Richmond, Rebecca
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas A&M University Requests for Legislative Appropriations: 2018 and 2019 (open access)

Texas A&M University Requests for Legislative Appropriations: 2018 and 2019

Report submitted by Texas A&M University to the Texas 85th regular legislature requesting appropriations to fund programming and activities. It includes an overview of the institution's goals, summaries of appropriations requests for fiscal years 2018 and 2019, and supporting documentation.
Date: August 2016
Creator: Texas A & M University
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coffee in the Gourd (open access)

Coffee in the Gourd

Collection of miscellaneous folklore of Texas and Mexico, including folk songs, information about Indian pictographs, legends, superstitions, and weather lore. The index begins on page 105.
Date: 2017
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
System: The UNT Digital Library
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Central Texas, December 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Central Texas, December 2011

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the Central Texas area.
Date: December 2011
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Central Texas, June 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Central Texas, June 2011

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the Central Texas area.
Date: June 2011
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
System: The Portal to Texas History
Synchronizing estrus in cattle (open access)

Synchronizing estrus in cattle

This document provides information on synchronizing estrus in cattle.
Date: August 2002
Creator: Sprott, L. R. & Carpenter, B. B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Catalog of Blinn College, 2012-2013 (open access)

Catalog of Blinn College, 2012-2013

Catalog of courses offered by Blinn College campuses, as well as general information about the junior college, programs, and policies.
Date: 2012
Creator: Blinn College
System: The Portal to Texas History
Economics of Irrigation Systems (open access)

Economics of Irrigation Systems

This document provides information on irrigation systems for the AgriLife extension Texas A & M System.
Date: October 2011
Creator: Amosson, Stephen Harold
System: The Portal to Texas History
Managing Insect and Mite Pests of Texas Corn (open access)

Managing Insect and Mite Pests of Texas Corn

This guide discusses insect and mite pests in the approximate seasonal order that they damage corn- pre-emergence, seedling to tassel and tassel to hard dough.
Date: February 2002
Creator: Porter, Patrick; Cronholm, Gregory B.; Troxclair, Noel; Patrick, Carl D.; Morrison, Pat & Archer, Thomas L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Managing Texas Groundwater Resources : Through Groundwater Conservation Districts (open access)

Managing Texas Groundwater Resources : Through Groundwater Conservation Districts

"This publication provides an overview of Texas water law, a summary of the powers and responsibilities of groundwater conservation districts, a review of the processes involved in creating district, and an overview of issues related to groundwater conservation districts" (p. 1).
Date: February 2002
Creator: Texas Cooperative Extension
System: The Portal to Texas History
Eagle Mountain Watershed Management (open access)

Eagle Mountain Watershed Management

This document provides information on watershed management for Eagle Mountain Lake.
Date: February 2012
Creator: Clayton, Brent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drivers of Vegetation Change on Texas Rangelands (open access)

Drivers of Vegetation Change on Texas Rangelands

This document provides information on vegetation changes on the Texas Rangelands.
Date: February 2012
Creator: Ansley, Jim & Hart, Charles R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Managing External Parasites of Texas Livestock and Poultry. (open access)

Managing External Parasites of Texas Livestock and Poultry.

This document provides information on managing external parasites in livestock and poultry.
Date: April 2000
Creator: Hoelscher, Clifford E.; Patrick, Carl D. & Robinson, James V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corral Traps for Feral Hogs (open access)

Corral Traps for Feral Hogs

This document provides information on corral traps for feral hogs.
Date: February 2011
Creator: Lewis, Chancey; Berg, Matt; Dictson, Nikki; Gallagher, Jim; McFarland, Mark & Cathey, James C.
System: The Portal to Texas History