Jazz Lecture Series presentation by Leonard Feather on March 23, 1982, 9:30AM at the UNT College of Music. This includes lecture by Leonard Feather, interspersed with questions from the audience.

Jazz Lecture Series presentation by Diane Reeves on April 23, 1985 at 9:30AM at the UNT College of Music. Includes lecture, master class, and performance by Diane Reeves, vocals, interspersed with questions from the audience.

Jazz Lecture Series presentation by Diane Reeves on April 23, 1985 at 2:00PM at the UNT College of Music. Includes lecture, master class, and performance by Diane Reeves, vocals, interspersed with questions from the audience.

Guest recital performed at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.

Faculty performance in memory of Philip Montalbo M.D. given at the UNT School of Music Concert Hall.

Jazz Lecture Series presentation by Joe Morello on February 23, 1988 at 9:30AM at the UNT College of Music. Includes lecture and performance by Joe Morello, drums, interspersed with questions from the audience.

Jazz Lecture Series presentation by Joe Morello on February 23, 1988 at 2:00PM at the UNT College of Music. Includes lecture and performance by Joe Morello, drums, interspersed with questions from the audience.

A jazz faculty recital performed at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.

Faculty recital performed at the UNT College of Music Concert Hall.

Guest artist recital performed at the UNT College of Music Concert Hall.

Faculty recital performed at the UNT College of Music Organ Recital Hall.

Interview with A. W. Dupree Jr., resident of Hamilton Park neighborhood in Dallas, Texas, 1966-90. Dupree discusses his youth in Dallas; service in U.S. military in World War II; musical career; decision to buy home in Hamilton Park and experiences as a resident; home improvements; church activities; desegregation of Hamilton Park School; Pacesetter; commercial encroachment; the “Buy Out.”

Faculty recital performed at the UNT College of Music Concert Hall.

Interview with Rudolph Garza, a former member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Donna, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of participating in the CCC during the Great Depression and living in camps.

Jazz faculty recital performed at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.

Interview with Oscar Houser, Jr., an army veteran from Tennessee. This interview delves into his experiences as an Army nurse and anesthetist in Vietnam, 1972-73. Topics include: his decision to enter nurse training and the military; attending anesthesia school at William Beaumont Medical Center, 1972; his attitudes toward Vietnam War; being assigned to 95th Evacuation Hospital, China Beach, Vietnam; camp living conditions; work at Da Nang and Pleiku; the treatment of battle casualties; work with Montagnards and Vietnamese medical personnel; social life and recreational activities; morale and drug problems; personal relationships among camp personnel; communications with home; decision to stay in the military; and the effect on Vietnam experience on his later life.

Guest Artist Recital performed at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.

Interview with George Payne, a member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Pilot Point, Texas. Payne discusses his family background, growing up and grade school, joining the CCC in Denton, going to Arizona and building a trail in Bontia National Park, leaving the CCC and joining a second time, assignment to Baggs, Wyoming, operating a bulldozer, recreation, camp facilities and organization, food, leave, pay, classes, new guys and hazing, and some reflections on the impact of the Corps.

Interview with Lloyd Shipman, a member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Dallas, Texas. Shipman discusses his family and education, the impact of the Great Depression, joining the CCC and assignment to Bartlett, Texas, work as a typist, discipline and regimentation in the camp, daily routine, education services, recreation, and his thoughts on the impact of the CCC. In appendix are a chapter from an autobiography by Shipman, and two poems that he wrote.

Interview with Elbert Davis concerning his recollections of the Crater of Diamonds and diamond mining in Southwest Arkansas from 1924 to about 1940.

Guest artist recital performed at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.

An ensemble recital performed at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.

Jazz concert performed at the UNT College of Music Kenton Hall.

Interview with Marguerite Holcomb, a former employee of the Nocona Boot Company from 1952 to 1976, concerning her employment at the Nocona Boot Company in Nocona, Texas, and her recollections of its founder, Ms. Enid Justin. Holcomb discusses employer-employee relations, boot-making, fashion changes, union activities, expansion and factory outlets, and Ms. Enid's civic activities.