[Letter from Bob Brandon's parents, Lynda and Bob, to Janie Bush, January, 2003] (open access)

[Letter from Bob Brandon's parents, Lynda and Bob, to Janie Bush, January, 2003]

Letter from Lynda and Bob Brandon to LSR event manager Janie Bush discussing their appreciation for Janie and their sons' friendship and thanking her for the gifts and pictures. The note is handwritten in blue ink on a Hallmark thank you card with pastel pansies on the cover and was sent in a lavender envelope.
Date: January 27, 2003
Creator: Brandon, Lynda & Brandon, Bob
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[List of advice for riders printed on green paper] (open access)

[List of advice for riders printed on green paper]

List of advice from the Lone Star Ride organization for riders printed on green paper.
Date: 2003
Creator: Brantley, Mikie; Leach, Mona & Werner, Kirsten
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[E-Mail from Janie R. Bush to Vic Garza, Aki Shiratori, etc., January 6, 2003] (open access)

[E-Mail from Janie R. Bush to Vic Garza, Aki Shiratori, etc., January 6, 2003]

E-Mail from Janie R. Bush to Vic Garza, Aki Shiratori, etc., January 6, 2003. The email pertains to the death of Bob Brandon, a loved security/traffic manager.
Date: January 6, 2003
Creator: Bush, Janie R.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[E-Mail from Pam Donnelly to Janie R. Bush, January 7th, 2003] (open access)

[E-Mail from Pam Donnelly to Janie R. Bush, January 7th, 2003]

E-Mail from Pam Donnelly to Janie R. Bush, January 7th, 2003. The letter pertains to a memorial service and that Pam would like to pay for the floral arrangement for Bob Brandon.
Date: January 7, 2003
Creator: Donnelly, Pam
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lone Star Ride 2003 Closing Ceremonies Poem (open access)

Lone Star Ride 2003 Closing Ceremonies Poem

A closing ceremonies stanzaed poem for the 2003 Lone Star Ride by Valerie Holloway and performed at the closing ceremonies on September 28th. The poem expresses gratitude for the volunteers and other riders, funny details of the ride experience, and emphasizes the universal importance of the fight against AIDS and the idea of while the ride is for the year, the fight for a cure is long from over.
Date: 2003
Creator: Holloway, Valerie
Object Type: Poem
System: The UNT Digital Library
Spectrum, Volume 1, Number 2, Fall 2003 (open access)

Spectrum, Volume 1, Number 2, Fall 2003

Quarterly newsletter issued in the fall of 2003 by the Resource Center of Dallas with an article in support of the success of the 2003 Lone Star Ride. The article is featured on the front page and includes one and a half columns of text with a photo on the top right showing representatives posing with the final check for just under $300,000. On page four the article concludes with a photo collage and a final thank you to supporters and participants.
Date: Autumn 2003
Creator: Resource Center of Dallas
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Funeral Program for Bob Brandon, January 8th, 2003] (open access)

[Funeral Program for Bob Brandon, January 8th, 2003]

Funeral program for Robert H. "Bobby" Brandon III, born January 21, 1970, and died January 5th, 2003. The funeral was held on January 8th, 2003 at New World United Methodist, and was officiated by Reverend David J. Turner. Funeral arrangements were made through Williams Funeral Directors of Garland and Robert was buried in Tool Cemetery in Tool Texas.
Date: January 8, 2003
Creator: Williams Funeral Directors
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library

[7 people sitting under a stripped tent by a wooden deck: Lone Star Ride 2003 event photo]

Photograph of seven people sitting around a picnic table under a striped tent. The people are gathered around a picnic table with various drinks. A table in the sun outside the tent has stacks of papers and brochures laid out to be taken. In the vicinity, a wooden deck with people gathered on the stairs can be seen hung with a large white LSR banner.
Date: 2003
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[The Anvil building pit-stop: Lone Star Ride 2003 event photo]

Photograph of a muscular shirtless man wearing a yellow cap, rainbow lei, and knee-length cargo shorts standing with his weight on his left hip in the entrance to the Anvil. The man stands in a bright patch of sun that extends inside the building illuminating rows of white plastic chairs and the silhouette of another crew member inside.
Date: September 2003
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Assistant crew director and two others at a restaurant: Lone Star Ride 2003 event photo]

Photograph of three older individuals sitting together at a restaurant table enjoying chips with dishes of salsa and queso. A stack of LSR registration pamphlets is set up in the middle of the table next to a bottle of Shiner beer and a basket of chips. The two women both have name stickers stuck to their chests that read "Faye" and "Mona L.". Mona L. is labeled as the assistant crew director.
Date: July 23, 2003
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Bikes lined up behind orange netting: Lone Star Ride 2003 event photo]

Photograph of triangular metal bars set up in rows in a parking lot area surrounded by trees. The bars support large numbers of bicycles and are wrapped around the outside with orange construction netting.
Date: [2003-09-27..2003-09-28]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Bikes parked and lined up for the night: Lone Star Ride 2003 event photo]

Photograph of a large number of bikes all lined up together for the night in a parking lot in the vicinity of a forested grassy area. In the distance blurred crew members wearing yellow and green crew t-shirts mill about the parking lot with some in a golf cart parked by a white van.
Date: September 27, 2003
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Bingo night group, 2: Lone Star Ride 2003 event photo]

Photograph of event manager Janie Bush and other LSR members posing in front of a Grease banner at the John Thomas Gay and Lesbian Community Center. The group is posed on a small stage with a bingo board to the left.
Date: 2003
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Bingo night group: Lone Star Ride 2003 event photo]

Photograph of event manager Janie Bush and other LSR members posing in front of a Grease banner at the John Thomas Gay and Lesbian Community Center. The group is posed on a small stage with a bingo board to the left.
Date: 2003
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Bobby Brandon smiling from a security cart]

Photograph of Robert "Bobby" Brandon smiling from the driver's seat of a recreational vehicle labeled along the side with a banner that reads "Security". Bobby smiles over his left shoulder wearing a green LSR t-shirt and blue jeans. The shot captures a background of brightly lit trees and tall grass.
Date: 2003
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Cherri Catto and other person: Lone Star Ride 2003 event photo]

Photograph of Cherri Catto and a man in a plaid shirt and glasses sitting on a porch swing bench and smiling. Cherri wears an official LSR name tag clipped to her shirt.
Date: March 30, 2003
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

["Come Pee at Pit #4 or Else!": Lone Star Ride 2003 event photo]

Photograph of 4 crew members including event manager Janie Bush posing around a sign for pit stop #4. The sign reads "Come PEE at Pit 4 or ELSE" with drawings of all three Powerpuff girls fighting a villain monkey. Each pair stands smiling with hands resting on arms and shoulders. Bikes lay in the grass behind the pair on the left.
Date: September 2003
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Crew and cyclists eating at a table taped with a sign]

A photograph taken from the head of a folding table of a group of cyclists and crew members sitting together eating in the shade of two trees near a tall chain-link fence. From the head of the table hangs a red poster paper sign that read "Go Riders!" and "Drink with Us! Ride with Us! For All!
Date: [2003-09-27..2003-09-28]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Crew meeting group, 2: Lone Star Ride 2003 event photo]

Photograph of a large group of LSR members posing with an LSR banner hung from the ceiling. The group consists of crew members who attended a meeting prior to the annual race later in September.
Date: September 6, 2003
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Crew meeting group: Lone Star Ride 2003 event photo]

Photograph of a large group of LSR members posing with an LSR banner hung from the ceiling. The group consists of crew members who attended a meeting prior to the annual race later in September.
Date: September 6, 2003
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Crew member giving a shoulder adjustment: Lone Star Ride 2003 event photo]

Photograph of a crew member wearing event manager Janie Bush's tiara and a yellow LSR t-shirt concentrates on moving a cyclist's arm up to press on their shoulder and chest. This photo was taken on the covered porch of the Decatur courthouse which was the location of the lunch pit stop for day one of the race.
Date: September 27, 2003
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Crew member holding a phone to her ear: Lone Star Ride 2003 event photo]

Photograph of a woman wearing a bright green LSR t-shirt standing in side profile holding a megaphone tucked under her left shoulder. The woman stands with her weight on her right leg as she talks on a cellphone pressed to her face. She stands in the vicinity of a temporary pavilion tent set up in the center of a town square with a water tower breaking the view of the sky behind older brick buildings.
Date: September 27, 2003
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Crew member holding tickets: Lone Star Ride 2003 event photo]

Photograph of a man in a bright orange LSR shirt holding a strand of red tickets meant for a volunteer bingo night. The man is seen standing with his face turned to the left before he walks to his seat in what appears to be a theatre space with turquoise walls and a row of red fold-down seats.
Date: 2003
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Crew member in a coconut bra and other costume accessories: Lone Star Ride 2003 event photo

Photograph of a crew member wearing an elaborate and colorful costume including a black fur gorilla torso, rainbow boa hat, and coconut bra. He stands in front of a red truck holding out a water bottle in his right hand.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library