Interview with Larry Leathers, former Visual Manager at Neiman Marcus from Dallas, Texas. Leathers describes his background in theater and dance, fascination with the "frozen theater" of display mannequins, entry into the fashion industry, promotion from display creator to manager of a department to manager of a whole store, stories about working with clients, family, change over time, and the importance of remembering the heart of the fashion industry.

Interview with Tracy Hayes, former writer and editor for the Dallas Morning News from Dallas, Texas. Hayes discusses her background and family, change in the fashion industry over time, being hired at the Dallas Morning News, becoming the founding editor of FD Luxe, a monthly fashion magazine, covering fashion shows, and her current life and interest in fashion.

Interview with Margaret Spinelli, an author and psychiatrist at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City. Spinelli discusses her background in nursing, founding the women's mental heath program at Columbia, her research on antepartum and postpartum depression and psychotherapy, her experience with neonaticide cases, and her book.

Interview with Susan Huston, a career freelancer from Dallas, Texas. Huston discusses her background, initial involvement in the Dallas fashion industry, life as a freelancer, starting her own company, writing a book, teaching, preparations for fashion shows, modeling, and how the fashion industry has changed over the decades.

Interview with Ruth Ann Johnston, a former trimmer from El Paso, Texas. Johnston describes her background and journey to becoming involved in the Dallas fashion industry, education at Texas Tech and the University of North Texas, work as a trimmer in the display department in several stores, including Neiman Marcus, the "NM Way," the AIDS epidemic and its impact on the fashion industry, her shoe collection, and the importance of developing relationships in the industry.

Interview with Naomi Rudelson, a former department store executive from New Orleans, Louisiana. Rudelson discusses involvement with the fashion industry in Dallas, starting with work as an assistant to a personal shopper and eventually becoming vice president of several different department stores. Rudelson also describes designing a curriculum for students at the University of North Texas, and the work environment at Dalton's department store, Sanger-Harris, Winkleman's in Detroit, and May Company Los Angeles.

Interview with Ignaz Gorischek, a fashion consultant from the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Gorischek discusses his forty years of work in the department store industry, specifically in luxury retail, opening stores and putting on exhibits with Neiman Marcus, leaving Neiman's to work at a design firm in Dallas, and working with students at the University of North Texas.

Interview with Nan (Barbara) Alexander, a former model and executive at Neiman Marcus. Alexander discusses her background, beginning work in the fashion industry as a store model, her education, working as a sample model and "Girl Friday" at Howard Wolf Inc. in Fair Park, being a sportswear model at Neiman Marcus, the layout of the store, the apparel market, and the history of fashion in the DFW area.

Interview with Paula Doress-Worters, founding member of the Boston Women’s Health Collective (1969) and author of the postpartum chapters in the booklet, Women and their Bodies (1969), and the book Our Bodies, Ourselves (1970). She discusses her own postpartum illness and hospitalization in 1966, and her experience with the Boston Women’s Collective and Our Bodies, Ourselves.

Interview with Dr. Shoshana Bennett, survivor of postpartum depression and anxiety, as well as a clinical psychologist focused on maternal mental health and maternal-infant attachment. She discusses her career as a clinical psychologist, personal experience with postpartum depression and anxiety, founding the support/advocacy group Postpartum Assistance for Mothers in 1987, and becoming a leader in the development of postpartum depression-specific therapy.

Interview with Wanda Franz, developmental psychologist and anti-abortion activist. She was president of the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) for twenty years, between 1991-2001. In this interview she speaks especially on her research and activism around “post-abortion syndrome,” the idea abortion can lead to psychological illness, including a 1988 congressional hearing. Interviewee discusses developmental psychology, C. Everett Koop, Ronald Reagan, and Vincent Rue.

Interview with Dr. Anne Speckhard, Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry in the School of Medicine at Georgetown University, and director of the International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism where she is currently studying counter-terrorism initiatives. This interview focuses on Dr. Speckhards research and work related to post-abortion stress responses. She discusses post-abortion trauma syndrome, perinatal psychology, informed consent, her position as a public figure on abortion issues, and her eventual decision to study other areas of psychology related to post-traumatic stress.

Interview with Dr. Katherine L. Wisner, professor of psychiatry and director of the Asher Center for Study and Treatment of Depressive Disorders at Northwestern University, about her research and work related to perinatal mental health.

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Notes accompanying a presentation on the interviews present in the John Gilliland Collection, and how they can inform rock music historiography. It was presented at the joint Texas Chapter of the Music Library Association and the Southwest Chapter of the American Musicology Society meeting held on September 24-26, 2020.

Presentation on the interviews present in the John Gilliland Collection, and how they can inform rock music historiography. It was presented at the joint Texas Chapter of the Music Library Association and the Southwest Chapter of the American Musicology Society meeting held on September 24-26, 2020.

Presentation for a workshop on OpenRefine for the Music OCLC Users Group meeting in Norfolk, VA held on February 25-26, 2020.

Presentation on the life and career of Willis Conover for the Willis Conover Centennial Symposium held virtually on December 11, 2020.

Presentation on the friendship and collaboration between Willis Conover and Duke Ellington for the 26th International Duke Ellington Study Group Conference. Due to the Covid pandemic, this conference was cancelled early in the morning before it was set to begin.

Notes to accompany a presentation on the life and career of Willis Conover for the Willis Conover Centennial Symposium held virtually on December 11, 2020.

Notes to accompany a presentation on the friendship and collaboration between Willis Conover and Duke Ellington for the 26th International Duke Ellington Study Group Conference. Due to the Covid pandemic, this conference was cancelled early in the morning before it was set to begin.

Jazz concert performed at the UNT College of Music Lab West.

Chamber Music Recital performed at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall

Chamber Winds concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.