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Oral History Interview with George and Wanda Holcombe, January 2, 2017
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Interview with George Holcombe, a Methodist pastor and civil rights activist from Houston, Texas, and his wife and associate Wanda, from Sims, Texas. The Holcombes discuss their family origins, initial exposure to racial problems and civil rights, their respective educations, pastoral work in Baton Rouge and Chicago, the Ku Klux Klan and dangers encountered, work with the Ecumenical Institute of Chicago and empowering black communities, the 1968 Chicago riots, Fifth City, and similar work in Australia and the Philippines.
Date:
January 2, 2017
Creator:
Czap, Joseph; Holcombe, George & Holcombe, Wanda
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Aunt Puss & Others: Old Days in the Piney Woods
Collection of memorable and comical stories about Emma Wilson Emery's family members, including her Aunt Puss, Uncle Lum, Uncle Noah, Aunt Chlo and others.
Date:
2017
Creator:
Emery, Emma Wilson
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Backwoods to Border
Book about folklore in Texas, including folk songs, ghost stories, Mexican animal tales, anecdotes about lawyers, folklore about Texas plants, riddles and miscellaneous legends. The index begins on page 225.
Date:
2017
Creator:
Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Follow de Drinkin' Gou'd
This volume includes information about the play-party in Oklahoma, folklore of Texas birds, tall tales, folk anecdotes, Texas folk songs and ballads, and other folklore (back cover). The index begins on page 185.
Date:
2017
Creator:
Texas Folklore Society
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Gib Morgan, Minstrel of the Oil Fields
This volume includes stories about the life of a West Texas oil driller named Gib Morgan and other folk stories about the oil industry.
Date:
2017
Creator:
Boatright, Mody Coggin
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Golden Log
Volume of popular Texas folklore, including information about unusual Texas place names, folktales about spiders, folktales about witchcraft, ghosts and superstitions, and information about early petroleum geologists. The index begins on page 167.
Date:
2017
Creator:
Texas Folklore Society
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Happy Hunting Ground
Collection of popular folklore from Central and South America, including Mexican ballads, primitive art, cowboy dances, reptile myths, superstitions, Indian pictographs, and other folktales. The index begins on page 127.
Date:
2017
Creator:
Texas Folklore Society & Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Hoein' the Short Rows
Volume of Texas folklore, including folk arts and crafts, lime production, oil and petroleum, information about cockfighting, folk poetry, mysticism and other stories. The index begins on page 231.
Date:
2017
Creator:
Texas Folklore Society
System:
The UNT Digital Library
In the Shadow of History
Collection of Texan and Mexican folklore, including stories about the Navajo Indians, the Alamo, Jim Bowie, various folk characters, tortilla making, and other humorous anecdotes. The index begins on page 181.
Date:
2017
Creator:
Texas Folklore Society
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Juneteenth Texas: Essays in African-American Folklore
Volume of essays about African-American folklore, including reminiscences of African-American folk culture in Texas, studies of specific genres of folklore, information about Texas-African food-ways, studies of specific performers, information about songs and other folklore. The index begins on page 353.
Date:
2017
Creator:
Abernethy, Francis Edward
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Paisanos: A Folklore Miscellany
Collection of Texas and Mexican folklore, including "folk tales, folklore in journalism, reflections on the lore of the past, and some analyses of folklore generally" (inside of the front cover).
Date:
2017
Creator:
Abernethy, Francis Edward
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Southwestern Lore
Collection of a miscellany of Texas and Mexican folklore, including folk stories about treasure hunters, cowboys, Native Americans, and razorback hogs, as well as myths, customs and other superstitions. The index of song material begins on page 192 and the general index begins on page 193.
Date:
2017
Creator:
Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Texian Stomping Grounds
Collection containing sketches of post-war life in East Texas, including descriptions of early recreations and games, stories about Southern food and cooking, religious anecdotes, Negro folk tales, a first-hand account of a Negro folk play about the life of Christ, and other miscellaneous folklore. The index begins on page 159.
Date:
2017
Creator:
Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
System:
The UNT Digital Library
What's Going On? (In Modern Texas Folklore)
Volume of "a collection of essays by contemporary folklorists who are writing about the customs and traditions and the songs and the stories that are going on now" (inside the front cover). It includes information about the folklore of cowboys, rodeos, chain letters and marijuana, as well as information about country, swing and gospel music. Index begins on page 301.
Date:
2017
Creator:
Abernethy, Francis Edward
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Growing up in Texas
Memoir written by Annie Margaret Rankin Warner and Virginia "Jenny" Louise Rankin Marshall of stories on growing up in West Texas from 1866-1995.
Date:
2016
Creator:
Rankin Warner, Annie Margaret & Marshall, Virginia R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Always for the Underdog: Leather Britches Smith and the Grabow War
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Louisiana’s Neutral Strip, an area of pine forests, squats between the Calcasieu and Sabine Rivers on the border of East Texas. Originally a lawless buffer zone between Spain and the United States, its hardy residents formed tight-knit communities for protection and developed a reliance on self, kin, and neighbor. In the early 1900s, the timber boom sliced through the forests and disrupted these dense communities. Mill towns sprang up, and the promise of money lured land speculators, timber workers, unionists, and a host of other characters, such as the outlaw Leather Britches Smith. That moment continues to shape the place’s cultural consciousness, and people today fashion a lore connected to this time. In a fascinating exploration of the region, Keagan LeJeune unveils the legend of Leather Britches, paralleling the stages of the outlaw’s life to the Neutral Strip’s formation. LeJeune retells each stage of Smith’s life: his notorious past, his audacious deeds of robbery and even generosity, his rumored connection to a local union strike—the Grabow War—significant in the annals of labor history, and his eventual death. As the outlaw’s life vividly unfolds, Always for the Underdog also reveals the area’s history and cultural landscape. Often using the particulars of …
Date:
December 15, 2010
Creator:
LeJeune, Keagan
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Ernst Hermann Altgelt: Founder of Comfort, Texas
Book about Ernst Hermann Altgelt, the founder of Comfort, Texas. It includes information about Altgelt and his family, and information about the establishment of the city.
Date:
2010
Creator:
Stewart, Anne & Stewart, Mike
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Kathy Jack, October 26, 2009
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Transcript of an interview with Kathy Jack concerning her childhood and education in Shreveport, Louisiana, and Dallas; "coming-out" narrative; social life in Dallas's gay and lesbian bars; effects of AIDS epidemic on Dallas gay community; career as employee, manager, and eventually owner of various bars; involvement in and support of various Gay Pride events; thoughts about future of gay rights movement.
Date:
October 26, 2009
Creator:
Wisely, Karen & Jack, Kathy, 1957-
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Base Visit Book - Naval Support Activity New Orleans
Commissioner's Base Visit Book for Naval Support Activity New Orleans, LA Closure Recommendations
Date:
July 25, 2005
Creator:
United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Base Visit Report - Naval Air Station/Joint Reserve Base New Orleans
Naval Air Station, Joint Reserve Base, New Orleans, Louisiana is located 20 minutes south of downtown New Orleans, and is home to VP-94, VFA-204, VR-54, Louisiana Air National Guard, U.S. Air Force Reserve, U.S. Coast Guard, and the U.S. Customs Service. When the base was redesignated in May 1994 to add "Joint Reseke Base," it broke the paradigm of Naval Air Station.
Date:
July 19, 2005
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
BRAC 2005 Report to the Base Closure and Realignment Commission: Army Justification Book
Disregard Restriction Header and Footer - RC Transformation in Louisiana- Impacted Sites: AFRC Baton Rouge; AFRC Shreveport
Date:
June 10, 2005
Creator:
United States. Department of Defense.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
BRAC 2005 Report to the Base Closure and Realignment Commission: Navy Justification Book
Disregard Restriction Header and Footer – Naval Support Activity New Orleans, LA – Impacted Sites: NAVSUPPACT_NEW_ORLEANS_LA, LA; NAS_JRB_FT_WORTH_TX, TX; NAVSUPPACT_NORFOLK_VA, VA; NAS_JRB_NEW_ORLEANS_LA, LA; NAVSUPPACT_MID_SOUTH_MILLINGTON_TN, TN
Date:
June 10, 2005
Creator:
United States. Department of Defense.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
BRAC 2005 Report to the Base Closure and Realignment Commission: Navy Justification Book
Disregard Restriction Header and Footer – Navy and Marine Corps Reserve Centers - Baton Rouge, LA – Impacted Sites: NAVMARCORESCEN_BATON_ROUGE_LA, LA
Date:
June 10, 2005
Creator:
United States. Department of Defense.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
2005 Report to the Base Closure and Realignment Commission: Industrial JCSG Justification Book
INSTALLATION ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILE NAVAL AIR STATION JOINT RESERVE BASE NEW ORLEANS, LA, Air Quality (DoD Question #210-225), Cultural/Archeological/Tribal Resources (DoD Question #229-237), Dredging (DoD Question # 226-228), Land Use Constraints/Sensitive Resource Areas (DoD Question #198-201, 238, 240-247, 254-256, 273), Marine Mammal/Marine Resources/Marine Sanctuaries (DoD Question #248-250, 252-253), Noise (DoD Question # 202-209, 239), Threatened and Endangered Species/Critical Habitat (DoD Question #259-264), Waste Management (DoD Question # 265-272), Water Resources (DoD Question # 258, 274-299), Wetlands (DoD Question # 251, 257),
Date:
June 4, 2005
Creator:
United States. Department of Defense.
System:
The UNT Digital Library