Degree Department

[6th Annual Miss Dragonfly]

Photograph of the winner of the sixth annual Miss Dragonfly Pageant. They are standing on stage and are wearing a and gold-detailed dress. They are holding a large bouquet of roses and have a blue sash and tiara on. The audience is visible in front of them.
Date: April 5, 2003
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[6th Annual Miss Dragonfly court]

Photograph of the winner of the sixth annual Miss Dragonfly Pageant and other contestants. They are gathered on stage and are wearing outfits and evening gowns. The winner is sitting on their throne and have a tiara and sash on. Other contestants are standing behind them in a line and the host is to the side.
Date: April 5, 2003
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[6th Annual Miss Dragonfly winner and court]

Photograph of the winner of the sixth annual Miss Dragonfly Pageant and other contestants. They are gathered on stage and are wearing outfits and evening gowns. The winner is sitting on their throne and have a tiara and sash on. Other contestants are standing behind them.
Date: April 5, 2003
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[6th Miss Dragonfly Pageant contestant]

Photograph of the back of a contestant from the sixth annual Miss Dragonfly pageant. They are standing on the edge of the stage and are wearing a gown decorated with rhinestones and matching gloves. Members of the audience are visible past them.
Date: April 5, 2003
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[6th Miss Dragonfly Pageant contestant performing]

Photograph of a contestant from the sixth annual Miss Dragonfly pageant. They are standing on the stage and are wearing a gown decorated with rhinestones and matching gloves. They are singing into the microphone and behind them is a rainbow cloth draped over a box.
Date: April 5, 2003
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Aerial View of Arden Terrace Park and Surrounding Area]

Photograph of Arden Terrace Park and its surrounding area located in Dallas, Texas. The park is shown near the center of the photograph, and it sits between Fivemile Creek at the bottom and a residential area at the top of the picture.
Date: April 5, 1997
Creator: Loftin, Reginald G.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of Dallas Nature Center and Surrounding Area]

Photograph of Dallas Nature Center and its surrounding area in Dallas, Texas. The nature center, which appears as a large area of land covered in dense trees, occupies the center of the photograph, directly above a road. Subdivisions are visible in the distance.
Date: April 5, 1997
Creator: Loftin, Reginald G.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of Deep Green and Surrounding Area]

Photograph of Deep Green and its surrounding area in Dallas, Texas. The park, which is covered in dense trees, sits directly beneath Mountain Creek Parkway and to the right of Deep Green Drive. Autumncrest Court and a residential suburb are also visible on the left edge of the picture.
Date: April 5, 1997
Creator: Loftin, Reginald G.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of Deep Green and Surrounding Area]

Photograph of Deep Green and its surrounding area in Dallas, Texas. The park, which is covered in dense trees, sits to the right of Foxhaven Drive, Knoll Ridge Drive, Creekbluff Drive, and a residential suburb.
Date: April 5, 1997
Creator: Loftin, Reginald G.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[AIDS ARMS Network board meeting notes] (open access)

[AIDS ARMS Network board meeting notes]

Meeting notes from an AIDS ARMS Network Board meeting; involves the AIDS ARMS Network repaying its creditors.
Date: January 5, 1992
Creator: Board of the AIDS ARMS Network, Inc.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[AIDS ARMS Network board meeting notes] (open access)

[AIDS ARMS Network board meeting notes]

A text containing the notes for a board meeting the for AIDS ARMS Network, Inc. after the Network promised to pay debts back to local AIDS agencies.
Date: January 5, 1992
Creator: AIDS ARMS Network, Inc.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[All the Queen's Men, starring Annie Adair] captions transcript

[All the Queen's Men, starring Annie Adair]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their All the Queen's Men, starring Annie Adair event in 2010. This video features a theatrical performance of "All the Queen's Men," which was written and performed by Annie Adair, directed by Akin Babatunde live on stage at Clarence Muse Café Theatre. The video cuts at 1:20:14 to a news segment.
Date: 2010-11-05/2010-11-06
Creator: Evans, Tracy
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

[De'An Roper, Morgan Gieringer, Lory Masters and others at LGBTQ exhibit]

Photograph of a group of five people at the combined reception for the "Women in the Dallas LGBTQ Community" exhibit and the Spirit of Equality Awards, held in the Dallas City Hall lobby. They are standing side by side, looking at the camera and smiling. (left to center) De'An Roper, Morgan Gieringer, and Lory Masters can be identified among the group. On the wall behind them is a large poster titled, "Helping Women."
Date: June 5, 2019
Creator: Gellner, Megan
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Annotated letter to potential beneficiaries of the 1999 Black Tie Dinner] (open access)

[Annotated letter to potential beneficiaries of the 1999 Black Tie Dinner]

Letter to potential beneficiaries of the 1999 Black Tie Dinner, with handwritten notes, about applying.
Date: February 5, 1999
Creator: Cox, Garry; Cox, Steven
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Antileak Composition. (open access)

Antileak Composition.

Patent for improvements in antileak composition in order to prevent leaks in liquid holding containers like radiators, boilers, etc.
Date: July 5, 1921
Creator: Shrum, Will N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Boring Artesian Wells. (open access)

Apparatus for Boring Artesian Wells.

Patent for a new and improved artesian-well borer. This design "has for its object to furnish a combination tool which will wear or cut the harder grades or rock frequently met with in boring wells of this class, and also to furnish a tool which will be harder than the common steel too or auger, thereby dispensing with the necessity of taking out and sharpening" (lines 13-20). It consists in "[a] fluted hemispherical mass of corundum for boring Artesian wells, said mass being provided with cutting-edges which extend from the apex to the base, [and] a metallic core embedded within the mass" (lines 16-20).
Date: April 5, 1892
Creator: Brown, Frank O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Archaeological Survey Along Portions of the Proposed Grand Prairie Thirty-Inch Water Pipeline Route, Dallas and Tarrant Counties, Texas (open access)

Archaeological Survey Along Portions of the Proposed Grand Prairie Thirty-Inch Water Pipeline Route, Dallas and Tarrant Counties, Texas

An archaeological survey report of the proposed Grand Prairie water pipeline route in Dallas and Tarrant Counties, Texas, performed to determine whether any historic resources were located on the proposed construction sites.
Date: March 5, 2007
Creator: Todd, Jesse
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History

[B. J. Smith Speaking to Crowd]

Photograph of Mayor B. J. Smith speaking at the opening of the McWhorter-Greenhaw Store in Mesquite, Texas. From left to right are B. J. Smith, Reverend Buist Wildon, Patricia Greenhaw, Raymond Holley, Joe Gogans, Hack Wagoner, Curt Austin, and Len Gibbons.
Date: December 5, 1977
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Back Cover to Notebook]

Back cover to bound notebook which once held documents pertaining to the Lee Harvey Oswald case. The file was opened on December 5th, 1963.
Date: December 5, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for "baling-presses of that class wherein motion is communicated to the plunger from a sweep operated by horse or similar power, and the object in view is to improve the construction of the baling-chamber and attachments, and, furthermore, to provide a simple and efficient construction of plunger-operating mechanism" (lines 8-15)
Date: January 5, 1897
Creator: Pearce, William J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Battlecry, Volume 1, Number 5, October 5, 1979 (open access)

Battlecry, Volume 1, Number 5, October 5, 1979

An issue of the Battlecry newsletter from October 5, 1979 about the march on Washington.
Date: October 5, 1979
Creator: Lesbian/Gay Political Coalition of Dallas
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Bill of Sale to Julia R. Simons from Adam Hill for slave, Julia and her 2 year old daughter] (open access)

[Bill of Sale to Julia R. Simons from Adam Hill for slave, Julia and her 2 year old daughter]

Papers of Alexander Simon. Bill of Sale to Julia R. Simons (wife) from Adam Hill for $1200 for female slave, Julia and her 2 year old daughter.
Date: December 5, 1862
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
["Black Dance: Rhythm and Soul of a People," A Weekend Festival of Black Dance] captions transcript

["Black Dance: Rhythm and Soul of a People," A Weekend Festival of Black Dance]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Black Dance: Rhythm and Soul of a People event in 2005. This video features dance performances celebrating Black Dance in the annual weekend festival live on the Naomi Bruton Main Stage.
Date: March 5, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Black Tie Dinner - Photo and Video Shoots, and Tours captions transcript

Black Tie Dinner - Photo and Video Shoots, and Tours

Video recording from the Black Tie Dinner Collection recorded during a photo and video shoot for Black Tie Dinner, including housing services, food and pantry, counseling, etc. for the people in North Texas.
Date: May 5, 2007
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library