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Oral History Interview with Emilio Abeyta, June 24, 2016
Emelio E. Abeyta was born in the Santa Rosa, New Mexico area. His family moved to Littlefield for his father’s work. Abeyta began attending Catholic seminary in Santa Fe, New Mexico and then Ohio as a teenager. He served as a priest in various West Texas towns. While serving in Slaton, Texas, Abeyta ran for school board, becoming the first ethnic Mexican school board member and aiding in the integration of the town’s schools. He left the priesthood to work for the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice. Afterwards, he attended law school in the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. He returned to West Texas, Lubbock, to practice law. In Lubbock Abeyta also ran for a judgeship.
Date:
June 24, 2016
Creator:
Abeyta, Emilio; Wisely, Karen & Zapata, Joel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ofelia Vasquez-Philo, June 24, 2016
Ofelia Vasquez-Philo was born December 28, 1932 in Seguin, Texas, and was the oldest of nine children. She grew up on Freeman Ranch, in Wimberley, Tx., where her father was the ranch foreman. She married Joe Vasquez, Jr. in 1950 and they raised 7 children in San Marcos. After Joe's death in 1986, she married Harry Philo. Ofelia worked part-time in 1966 at the Office of Community Action. In 1970, she became executive director, a position she would hold until her retirement in 1993. During this period, she obtained her GED certificate, and her bachelor's degree from Antioch University, Austin campus in 1978. She was the first Latina to serve on the San Marcos Independent School Board from 1969-1971. She was a charter member of the San Marcos Heritage Foundation, and a member of the Hays County Historical Commission, the San Marcos League of Women Voters, the Hijas de Maria, the Archicofradia of St. John's Catholic Church, the St. Vincent de Paul Society, the Finance Council and the Bereavement Ministry of St John's Catholic Church. She also worked for the preservation of Hispanic cemeteries and served on numerous other city and county boards and commissions. She is coauthor of Suenos …
Date:
June 24, 2016
Creator:
Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés & Vasquez-Philo, Ofelia
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Olga Aguerro, June 24, 2016
Olga Aguero was born in Wilson, Texas, where she graduated from Wilson High School. After high school, she worked with the Southwest Voter Registration Education Project and federal project. Olga Aguero moved to Lubbock where she began working as a writer and add seller for El Editor newspaper. She married the owner and founder of El Editor, Chicano actavist and Raza Unida Party state representative candidate Bidal Aguero. Olga Aguero also worked for the Texas Tech University Press, became the first female president of Lubbock’s LULAC chapter, and now leads El Editor.
Date:
June 24, 2016
Creator:
Aguerro, Olga; Wisely, Karen & Zapata, Joel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with David Van, June 24, 2016
Mr. Van Os grew up in segregated Kilgore, in East Texas; the first part of the interview is spent in his recollections of the era, including the eventual integration of the schools in the mid-to-late 1960s. He attended UT Austin, where he became involved in SDS and joined several activities that involved African American and Mexican American activists. While studying law, he did an internship with the law firm of David Richards, who had been working on voting rights litigation earlier that decade. After graduating, he worked as a union-side labor lawyer and represented the Austin chapter of the NAACP in a lawsuit to do away with at-large place system for city council elections. In addition to his early activism and work in civil rights litigation, Mr. Van Os talks about the relationship of racial and economic justice and the role of labor unions in ensuring both.
Date:
June 24, 2016
Creator:
Arionus, Steve; Sinta, Vinicio & Van Os, David
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Senior Recital: 2021-03-24 – Nathan Bjoin, drumset and Jeongmin Ha, piano
Senior recital presented at the UNT College of Music Lab West in partial fulfillment of the Bachelor of Music (BM) in Performance degree.
Date:
March 24, 2021
Creator:
Bjoin, Nathan & Ha, Jeongmin
System:
The UNT Digital Library
["Hallelujah! Rites of Rhythm", tape 1 of 2]
Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their 1982 gala production of "Hallelujah! Rites of Rhythm" featuring the Dallas Black Dance Theatre Company on August 8th, 1982. The U-Matic footage shows large groups of interpretive dancers performing dressed in flowing white costumes on a large stage.
Date:
July 24, 1982
Creator:
Black Dance Theatre Company
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[6th Annual Book Club, Part 1 of 2]
Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their 6th Annual Book Club event in 2005, This video features an interview conversation with author Sonia Sanchez talking about her writings and experiences. This video is Part 1 of 2 of the event.
Date:
September 24, 2005
Creator:
Boyd, Kenneth
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[6th Annual Book Club, Part 2 of 2]
Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their 6th Annual Book Club event in 2005, This video features a luncheon conversation with author Sonia Sanchez talking about her writings and experiences. This video is Part 2 of 2 of the event.
Date:
September 24, 2005
Creator:
Boyd, Kenneth
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Bradley Family Videos, No. 17 - Hand Bell Recital]
This home movie excerpt documents a youth hand bell recital at an unidentified church.
Date:
November 24, 1996
Creator:
Bradley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Bradley Family Videos, No. 22 - The Bradley Family in California]
This home movie excerpt documents the Bradley family's trip to Northern California. The movie begins with a trip to San Francisco which includes footage of the Fisherman's Wharf, Ghiradelli Square, the Trans America Pyramid, Chinatown, scenic views of the San Francisco Bay and Alcatraz from Coit Tower, and a drive through the Hait-Ashbury neighborhood. The family next travels to Monterey, California where footage includes a residential neighborhood, a home, Cannery Row, tourists posing with a man dressed as Forrest Gump in front of Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. restaurant, and a drive along the coast with views of the Pacific Ocean. The movie ends with the family at Beringer Vineyards in St. Helena.
Date:
1997-05-24/1997-05-26
Creator:
Bradley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Bradley Family Videos, No. 25 - A Piano Recital]
This home movie excerpt documents the Bradley family at a youth piano recital followed by swimming at the Chisolm Aquatic Center of Hurst.
Date:
May 24, 1997
Creator:
Bradley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Bradley Family Videos, No. 26 - The Bradley Family in California]
This home movie excerpt documents the Bradley family driving through Northern California and entering San Francisco near Pier 39.
Date:
May 24, 1997
Creator:
Bradley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Bradley Family Videos, No. 30 - Hail Damage]
This home movie excerpt documents hail damage at the Bradley family home in Colleyville.
Date:
March 24, 1996
Creator:
Bradley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Mabel Briggs, June 24, 2016
Oral history interview with Mabel Briggs, who discusses growing up in a segregated community, her parents' insistence on her "passing" as white, and her struggles as a black woman in white-male-dominated environments.
Date:
June 24, 2016
Creator:
Briggs, Mabel; Grevious, Danielle & Bobadilla, Eladio
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Faculty and Student Recital: 2014-10-24 – Kirsten Broberg, composer
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A faculty and student recital performed at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.
Date:
October 24, 2014
Creator:
Broberg, Kirsten
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Carlos Calbillo, June 24, 2016
Carlos Calbillo was born in Magnolia in 1949 and grew up in Pasadena. He began his activism at San Jacinto Community College when he was kicked out for not shaving his beard. In his early college years, he is a part of SDS and the Worker's World Union. Mr. Calbillo became involved with PASSO after meeting Leonel Castillo at an MLK Solidarity March in the Third Ward in 1968. Soon, he is leading voter registration drives in Pasadena, working at the Chicano Training Center, and for VISTA. In the 70s, Mr. Calbillo gravitates to the more millitant Chicano Movement where he becomes involved in writing Papel Chicano and protesting HISD integration policies. He also joins the movement in other areas of the country including California and Colorado. In the latter half of the 70s, Mr. Calbillo began working at a TV station, prompting him to begin a show called "Reflejos del Barrio" and create local documentaries including one about Joe Campos Torres.
Date:
June 24, 2016
Creator:
Calbillo, Carlos; Enriquez, Sandra & Rodriguez, Samantha
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Interview with Dr. Janice Caldwell, April 24, 1987
Interview with Dr. Janice Caldwell, Deputy Commissioner of the Services for the Aging and Disabled from the Texas Department of Human Services. In the interview, Dr. Caldwell discusses her responsibilities as Deputy Commissioner, issues and concerns related to caring for the elderly, and the logistics of services offered by her division of the Department of Human Services.
Date:
April 24, 1987
Creator:
Caldwell, Janice & McCaleb, Gary
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Anita Carmona-Harrison, June 24, 2016
Maria Anita Carmona Harrison was born and raised in Lubbock, Texas. She grew up in the city’s Guadalupe neighborhood, and she attended an all “Mexican” school before entering integrated schools in Lubbock. After graduating from Lubbock High School, Carmona Harrison earned a degree in elementary education from Texas Tech University —becoming the first Chicana educated entirely in Lubbock public schools to graduate from the university. She taught in several Lubbock schools.
Date:
June 24, 2016
Creator:
Carmona-Harrison, Anita; Wisely, Karen & Zapata, Joel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
To Tell the Truth
Video of a sermon entitled "To Tell the Truth" by Michael S. Piazza given on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1993, at the Cathedral of Hope in Dallas, Texas.
Date:
December 24, 1993
Creator:
Cathedral of Hope
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Master's Recital: 2020-10-24 – Szuchen Chen, piano
Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Master of Music (MM) degree.
Date:
October 24, 2020
Creator:
Chen, Szuchen
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Student Recital: 2013-03-24 – Wei-Lun Chien, alto saxophone
A student recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.
Date:
March 24, 2013
Creator:
Chien, Wei-Lun
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Recital: 2014-10-24 – Fang-Yi Chu, piano
Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date:
October 24, 2014
Creator:
Chu, Fang-Yi
System:
The UNT Digital Library