Straight Texas (open access)

Straight Texas

Volume of popular folklore of Texas, including tales about the origins of various cities and towns, personal anecdotes, songs, superstitions and other miscellaneous legends. The index begins on page 341.
Date: 1966
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fruit-Cooker. (open access)

Fruit-Cooker.

Patent for a fruit cooker for home use that can be heated with wood or coal and has a damper inside to change where the heat is concentrated.
Date: April 30, 1907
Creator: Holbrook, Milo Franklin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: White oak band] (open access)

[News Script: White oak band]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about rehearsals for the Cotton Bowl performance of the White Oak High School marching band.
Date: October 5, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Texas news review] (open access)

[News Script: Texas news review]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about recent news from across Texas including a B-29 plane crashing while coming in for a landing at Carswell Air Force Base, a convention of prison wardens in Dallas, an excavation ditch caving in and trapping two workers in Dallas, a 16 year old girl being arrested for robbing a dry goods store, Robert B. Anderson speaking at TCU, the annual "wedding" of old and new students at Texas Wesleyan University, the only black mayor in Texas, H. E. Allen, going to speak at the Delux Social and Civic club at the Zion Hill Baptist church, Howard Hill visiting Dallas, the North American stock car championship in Arlington, and a convention of model railroad enthusiasts in Fort Worth.
Date: September 30, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Two charged in liquor robbery] (open access)

[News Script: Two charged in liquor robbery]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about two men being charged in a $15,000 liquor store robbery in Longview.
Date: May 23, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Wood mosaics] (open access)

[News Script: Wood mosaics]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a display of three wooden mosaics by a Longview artist in the lobby of the First National Bank in Dallas.
Date: August 30, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Straight Texas (open access)

Straight Texas

Volume of popular folklore of Texas, including tales about the origins of various cities and towns, personal anecdotes, songs, superstitions and other miscellaneous legends. The index begins on page 341.
Date: 2017
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Union talks show little progress] (open access)

[News Script: Union talks show little progress]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: January 9, 1969, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Special Orders Number 104, Extracts 18-24] (open access)

[Special Orders Number 104, Extracts 18-24]

Extracts of several special orders and regulations for both Women Airforce Service Pilots and male pilots ordered by Lieutenant Colonel Munson.
Date: July 25, 1944
Creator: 555th Army Air Force Base
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Wade on closing laws] (open access)

[News Script: Wade on closing laws]

Photocopy of a script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: December 17, 1969, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: School board election/ Yarbrough] (open access)

[News Script: School board election/ Yarbrough]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: April 6, 1970, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Murder, teenagers, taxes, and garbage] (open access)

[News Script: Murder, teenagers, taxes, and garbage]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: August 12, 1970, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: New church] (open access)

[News Script: New church]

Photocopy of a script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: March 16, 1970, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interviews with Curtis J. Smith, 1990

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Interview with Curtis J. Smith, a airline industry worker and community organizer from Longview, Texas. Smith discusses his family history, his education, working for his father, moving to Dallas, service in the Navy during WWII, getting married, working for Braniff International and American Airlines, living in Hamilton Park, his children, church activities, work with the Interorganizational Council and the Civic League, and development of the neighborhood.
Date: 1990-02/1990-03
Creator: Wilson, William H. & Smith, Curtis J.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Vegetable-Curing Plant (open access)

Vegetable-Curing Plant

Patent for curing vegetables by a unit system. The design is a curing house of multiple bins with air circulation in each, allowing for a faster and more uniform curing process.
Date: November 12, 1918
Creator: Ewton, Thomas F. & Waldrop, Frances E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Kirk Teske, April 30, 2019

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Transcript of an interview with architect Kirk Teske discussing his experience designing buildings, the shift toward sustainable building and LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification, and the connection between design and health.
Date: April 30, 2019
Creator: Stark, Johnnie & Teske, Kirk
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Amtrak] (open access)

[News Script: Amtrak]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story indicating delays in the start of Amtrak service from Dallas to Mexican border.
Date: December 14, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: From Kerr] (open access)

[News Script: From Kerr]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Amtrak-the federal rail passenger services who are getting off on wrong foot.
Date: December 13, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Kidnap] (open access)

[News Script: Kidnap]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of an 18-year-old Southern Methodist University student from Longview has been released unharmed after the payment of a ransom to kidnappers by his father.
Date: December 31, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Channel 5 & Maid] (open access)

[News Script: Channel 5 & Maid]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of the preparations which were full in swing in Dallas for 17th annual Cotton Bowl Parade.
Date: December 31, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Truck Truckers] (open access)

[News Script: Truck Truckers]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of two husband and wife trucking teams met with governor Dolph Briscoe's top aides to complain that high diesel fuel prices and slower highway speeds were ruining them financially.
Date: February 3, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Truckers Protest] (open access)

[News Script: Truckers Protest]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of the protest of independent truckers in Texas which continues with 300 or more big rigs halted at Lone Star and Longview alone.
Date: February 4, 1974, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Truckers Strike] (open access)

[News Script: Truckers Strike]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story saying that there is concern over deliveries of fresh food as the independent truckers strike continues.
Date: February 4, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Amtrak] (open access)

[News Script: Amtrak]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Amtrak directors who have given approval to begin Amtrak passenger train service to Dallas.
Date: February 4, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library