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Oral History Interview with Jaspyr Sanford, July 13, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Jaspyr Sanford, July 13, 2015

Interview with Jaspyr Sanford of Huntsville, Texas. In her interview, she describes her early life and education, experiences with desegregation, racial issues in East Texas, civil rights activism, her work as a librarian at Sam Houston State University. Much of her interview focuses on integration at Texas state universities.
Date: July 13, 2015
Creator: Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés; Bynum, Katherine & Sanford, Jaspyr
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Preserving the History of Wheelock Colored School, Wheelock, Robertson County, Texas (open access)

Preserving the History of Wheelock Colored School, Wheelock, Robertson County, Texas

Personal recollections of Estelle Adams about the history of the Wheelock Colored School in Wheelock, Texas, during the thirty years before the school was integrated in 1957.
Date: July 2015
Creator: Adams, Estelle Mitchell
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ex-Im Bank's General Statutory Authority Expires (open access)

Ex-Im Bank's General Statutory Authority Expires

This report discusses the Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank), a wholly owned federal government corporation which seeks to provide direct loans, loan guarantees, and export credit insurance to: (1) support exports that the private sector is unwilling or unable to finance alone at commercially viable terms; and/or (2) counter government-backed financing offered by foreign countries through their export credit agency (ECA).
Date: July 1, 2015
Creator: Akhtar, Shayerah Ilias
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Narciso Aleman, July 2, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Narciso Aleman, July 2, 2015

Interview with Narciso Aleman, civil rights activist from Pharr, Texas. He discusses his activism and the ideologies behind the Chicano movement in South Texas.
Date: July 2, 2015
Creator: Aleman, Narciso; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History

ETD Lifecycle Management Workshop

Presentation for Jimma University discussing electronic theses and dissertation (ETD) lifecycle management.
Date: July 7, 2015
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Impact of Open Access on the Current Landscape of Scholarly Communication

Presentation for Jimma University in summer 2015 discussing the impact of open access on the current landscape of scholarly communication.
Date: July 7, 2015
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jerry Alonzo, July 11, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Jerry Alonzo, July 11, 2015

Interview with Jerry Alonzo from Laredo, Texas. He discusses his childhood and education, military service in Vietnam, his work at Southwestern Bell, the Communication Workers of America labor union, and his involvement in election campaigns.
Date: July 11, 2015
Creator: Alonzo, Gerardo; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nuestra Voz De North Texas (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 20, Ed. 1, July 2015 (open access)

Nuestra Voz De North Texas (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 20, Ed. 1, July 2015

Monthly newspaper providing news and information to the Tarrant, Dallas, and Denton County Latino communities along with advertising.
Date: July 2015
Creator: Alvarado, Felix
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Lorena Andrade, July 17, 2015 transcript

Oral History Interview with Lorena Andrade, July 17, 2015

Interview with Lorena Andrade, civil rights and labor activist from El Paso, Texas. Ms. Andrade was born in Los Angeles, California and attended the University of Minnesota, where she became involved with Chicano activism. In El Paso, she has been an advocate for labor and founded the organization La Mujer Obrera, The Working Woman, to support women affected by NAFTA.
Date: July 17, 2015
Creator: Andrade, Lorena; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
The European Union: Questions and Answers (open access)

The European Union: Questions and Answers

This report serves as a primer on the European Union (EU) and provides a brief description of U.S.-EU relations that may be of interest in the 114th Congress. The EU is a political and economic partnership that represents a unique form of cooperation among sovereign countries, comprising 28 member states, including most of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe; the group has helped to promote peace, stability, and economic prosperity throughout the European continent.
Date: July 24, 2015
Creator: Archick, Kristin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Europe’s Migration Crisis (open access)

Europe’s Migration Crisis

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Date: July 17, 2015
Creator: Archick, Kristin & Margesson, Rhoda
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Democratic Republic of Congo: Background and U.S. Relations (open access)

Democratic Republic of Congo: Background and U.S. Relations

This report gives an overview of the background and current developments of the Democratic Republic of Congo
Date: July 24, 2015
Creator: Arieff, Alexis
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Primer on WIC: The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (open access)

A Primer on WIC: The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children

The report reviews the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and the services and products they provide to women and their infants or children. The report discusses what requirements must be met for WIC and who is eligible to sign up for aid.
Date: July 21, 2015
Creator: Aussenberg, Randy Alison & Kortrey, Julia E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Puerto Rico's Current Fiscal Challenges: In Brief (open access)

Puerto Rico's Current Fiscal Challenges: In Brief

This report discusses the current state of Puerto Rico's public finances. Puerto Rico faces several fiscal hurdles in 2015. Concerns regarding the sustainability of Puerto Rico's public finances have intensified over the past year, despite several measures taken by the island's government to reduce spending, increase revenues, and restructure its obligations.
Date: July 7, 2015
Creator: Austin, D. A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Salvador Avila, July 24, 2015 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Salvador Avila, July 24, 2015

Interview with Salvador Avila, a civil rights activist from Canutillo, Texas. Mr. Avila discusses his early life, education, career, race relations and his involvement with civil rights and community organizations in the El Paso area.
Date: July 24, 2015
Creator: Avila, Salvador; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Robert Axworthy, July 28, 2015 transcript

Oral History Interview with Robert Axworthy, July 28, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert Axworthy. Axworthy was drafted into the Army in April, 1944. He broke his foot in basic training. Once healed, he went overseas and landed on Leyte during the invasion. Because of a high score on an aptitude test, Axworthy was transferred from the infantry to the signal section in MacArthur’s General Headquarters on Leyte. When the war ended, he travelled to Tokyo with GHQ. He recalls an anecdote where he ran into General MacArthur and knocked him over. Axworthy returned to the US and was discharged in May 1946.
Date: July 28, 2015
Creator: Axworthy, Robert T
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Robert Axworthy, July 28, 2015 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Robert Axworthy, July 28, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert Axworthy. Axworthy was drafted into the Army in April, 1944. He broke his foot in basic training. Once healed, he went overseas and landed on Leyte during the invasion. Because of a high score on an aptitude test, Axworthy was transferred from the infantry to the signal section in MacArthur’s General Headquarters on Leyte. When the war ended, he travelled to Tokyo with GHQ. He recalls an anecdote where he ran into General MacArthur and knocked him over. Axworthy returned to the US and was discharged in May 1946.
Date: July 28, 2015
Creator: Axworthy, Robert T
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Salvador Balcorta, July 7, 2015 (Part 1) captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Salvador Balcorta, July 7, 2015 (Part 1)

Interview with Salvador Balcorta, the CEO of Centro de Salud Familiar La Fe clinic in El Paso. Mr. Balcorta discusses his family background and education, and the founding of the La Fe clinic. This is the first of two interviews Mr. Balcorta participated in.
Date: July 23, 2015
Creator: Balcorta, Salvador; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Salvador Balcorta, July 24, 2015 (Part 2) captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Salvador Balcorta, July 24, 2015 (Part 2)

Interview with Salvador Balcorta, the CEO of Centro de Salud Familiar La Fe clinic in El Paso. Mr. Balcorta discusses his work in providing healthcare in El Paso and surrounding communities, his Chicano activism,working against gang violence, the Chicano AIDS Coalition, substandard housing and education in El Paso. This is the second of two interviews Mr. Balcorta participated in.
Date: July 24, 2015
Creator: Balcorta, Salvador; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
OTR: On The Record (Denton, Tex.) (open access)

OTR: On The Record (Denton, Tex.)

Monthly summer entertainment magazine published by the NT Daily, a semi-weekly student newspaper from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: July 2015
Creator: Balusek, Edward
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Andrew Bardagjy, July 25, 2015 transcript

Oral History Interview with Andrew Bardagjy, July 25, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Andrew Bardagjy. Bardagjy joined the Army in 1943. He served as a mortarman with the 103rd Infantry Division, 411th Infantry Regiment. He deployed to France in September of 1944. They battled through France, capturing St. Dié, and into Germany by December. Bardagjy was captured by the Germans and placed into a prisoner of war camp near Fallingbostel, where he remained through April of 1945. He shares details of his experiences in the camp. He returned to the US and received his discharge in December of 1945.
Date: July 25, 2015
Creator: Bardagjy, Andrew
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Andrew Bardagjy, July 25, 2015 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Andrew Bardagjy, July 25, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Andrew Bardagjy. Bardagjy joined the Army in 1943. He served as a mortarman with the 103rd Infantry Division, 411th Infantry Regiment. He deployed to France in September of 1944. They battled through France, capturing St. Dié, and into Germany by December. Bardagjy was captured by the Germans and placed into a prisoner of war camp near Fallingbostel, where he remained through April of 1945. He shares details of his experiences in the camp. He returned to the US and received his discharge in December of 1945.
Date: July 25, 2015
Creator: Bardagjy, Andrew
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mexico: Organized Crime and Drug Trafficking Organizations (open access)

Mexico: Organized Crime and Drug Trafficking Organizations

This report provides background on drug trafficking and organized crime inside Mexico: it identifies the major DTOs, and it examines how the organized crime "landscape" has been significantly altered by fragmentation.
Date: July 22, 2015
Creator: Beittel, June S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S.-Mexico Security Cooperation Following "El Chapo" Guzmán's Escape (open access)

U.S.-Mexico Security Cooperation Following "El Chapo" Guzmán's Escape

This report discusses the escape of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán on July 11, 2015, from a maximum security federal prison near Mexico City.
Date: July 21, 2015
Creator: Beittel, June S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library