Oral History Interview with Benjamin B. Luong, March 15, 2021

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Interview with Benjamin Bình-Thiên Phạm Lương, a chef from Dallas, Texas who studied at the Culinary Institute of America. Benjamin discusses the background of his Vietnamese parents, the Vietnam War, politics, his father's education in the United States, and his own personal journey to becoming a chef.
Date: March 15, 2021
Creator: Bridges-Jacobsen, Lauren & Luong, Benjamin Bình-Thiên Phạm
System: The UNT Digital Library

John B. Denton: the Bigger-than Life Story of the Fighting Parson and Texas Ranger

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Denton County and the City of Denton are named for pioneer preacher, lawyer, and Indian fighter John B. Denton, but little has been known about him. He was an orphan in frontier Arkansas who became a circuit-riding Methodist preacher and an important member of a movement of early settlers bringing civilization to North Texas. After becoming a ranger on the frontier, he ultimately was killed in the Tarrant Expedition, a Texas Ranger raid on a series of villages inhabited by various Caddoan and other tribes near Village Creek on May 24, 1841. Denton’s true story has been lost or obscured by the persistent mythologizing by publicists for Texas, especially by pulp western writer Alfred W. Arrington. Cochran separates the truth from the myth in this meticulous biography, which also contains a detailed discussion of the controversy surrounding the burial of John B. Denton and offers some alternative scenarios for what happened to his body after his death on the frontier.
Date: October 2021
Creator: Cochran, Mike
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with David K. Carlson, March 23, 2021

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Interview with David Carlson, a rancher and retired psychologist from Denton, Texas. The focus of the interview is the "Texas blackout," a weeklong power outage from February 14th to February 21st, 2021. Carlson discusses working at nursing homes during the COVID-19 Pandemic, his ranch, how they took care of the animals and themselves during the freeze, and the animal births that occurred during this time.
Date: March 23, 2021
Creator: Crittenden, Micah Carlson & Carlson, David K.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Mari Collins, February 28, 2021

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Interview with Mari Collins, a resident of Fort Worth, Texas, to discuss experiences during the "Texas Blackout," the power and water outage that happened between February 14th and 18th of 2021 due to the winter storm. Collins describes how hey took their care of their pets during that time, how they interacted with their neighbors, and how they handled lack of water and electricity.
Date: February 28, 2021
Creator: Crittenden, Micah Carlson & Collins, Mari
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Ranger Ideal Volume 3: Texas Rangers in the Hall of Fame, 1898–1987

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Established in Waco in 1968, the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum honors the iconic Texas Rangers, a service that has existed, in one form or another, since 1823. Thirty-one individuals—whose lives span more than two centuries—have been enshrined in the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame. They have become legendary symbols of Texas and the American West. In The Ranger Ideal Volume 3, Darren L. Ivey presents capsule biographies of the twelve inductees who served Texas in the twentieth century. In the first portion of the book, Ivey describes the careers of the “Big Four” Ranger captains—Will L. Wright, Frank Hamer, Tom R. Hickman, and Manuel “Lone Wolf” Gonzaullas—as well as those of Charles E. Miller and Marvin “Red” Burton. Ivey then moves into the mid-century and discusses Robert A. Crowder, John J. Klevenhagen, Clinton T. Peoples, and James E. Riddles. Ivey concludes with Bobby Paul Doherty and Stanley K. Guffey, both of whom gave their lives in the line of duty. Using primary records and reliable secondary sources, and rejecting apocryphal tales, The Ranger Ideal presents the true stories of these intrepid men who enforced the law with gallantry, grit, and guns. This Volume 3 is the finale …
Date: July 2021
Creator: Ivey, Darren L.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Elisabeth Brolin, March 7, 2021

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Interview with Elisabeth Brolin discussing her early life in Switzerland, immigration to the DFW area, journey to becoming a United States citizen, her discovery of her faith and of God, her life as an immigrant in the United States, her social connections, and the concept of the American Dream.
Date: March 7, 2021
Creator: Kvapilova, Katerina & Brolin, Elisabeth
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 1996 (open access)

Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 1996

Proceedings of the 32nd regional archeological symposium including the text of papers presented during the conference. It also includes the SWFAS by-laws, and the meeting minutes for the March 30, 1996 SWFAS business meeting. Revised in 2021.
Date: 2021, Revised
Creator: McIntosh, Dennis
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Nancy Berchtold, March 2, 2021

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Interview with Nancy Berchtold, a women's support group leader from Pennsylvania. Berchtold discusses her pregnancy, postpartum psychosis, postpartum depression, the Pacific postpartum Support Society in Vancouver, starting the Depression After Delivery support group for women, television appearances, conferences, and change over time.
Date: March 2, 2021
Creator: Moran, Rachel Louise & Berchtold, Nancy
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Carol Dix, March 29, 2021

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Interview with Carol Dix, an author from London, England. Dix describes her pregnancy and giving birth experiences, Postpartum Depression, the writing she produced, her surgeries, crime, life in London, and her children.
Date: March 29, 2021
Creator: Moran, Rachel Louise & Dix, Carol
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Ann Dunnewold, April 21, 2021

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Interview with Ann Dunnewold, a psychologist from Oberlin, Ohio. Dunnewold discusses her education, struggling with postpartum depression, Postpartum Support International, psychotherapy, self-care, writing the Postpartum Survival Guide, and her practice in Dallas.
Date: April 21, 2021
Creator: Moran, Rachel Louise & Dunnewold, Ann
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Susan Feingold, April 14, 2021

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Interview with Dr. Susan Benjamin Feingold, a clinical psychologist from Chicago, Illinois. Feingold discusses her education, the early gender gap in her area of study, her own pregnancy, postpartum depression, starting a practice related to perinatal psychology, and the experiences she had speaking on behalf of women with postpartum psychosis.
Date: April 14, 2021
Creator: Moran, Rachel Louise & Feingold, Susan
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Barry M. Lewis, April 13, 2021

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Interview with Barry M. Lewis, an attorney from Chicago, Illinois. Lewis discusses his background in law, education, the COVID-19 Pandemic, his involvement with postpartum cases, postpartum psychoses, the DSM, and literature and treatment related to postpartum mental illnesses.
Date: April 13, 2021
Creator: Moran, Rachel Louise & Lewis, Barry M.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Dick J. Reavis 2019

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Interview with Dick J. Reavis, political activist, journalist and author. Reavis is a former staff writer for Texas Monthly, professor in English department at North Carolina State University, contributing publications for Soldier of Fortune and The Wall Street Journal, and author of The Ashes of Waco: an Investigation. He discusses childhood memories and early experiences of his father's newspaper publishing career in Oklahoma, Texas, and South Carolina; Experiences in Texas public schools during segregation era; Father's political views and development of his own political views; Experiences as college student at Texas Tech, Panhandle A&M, and University of Texas; Involvement in the civil rights and antiwar movements with Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and Students for a Democratic Society, and in various other left causes and organizations; Career in journalism; Personal life, political views and travels.
Date: {2021-05-11,2021-06-22}
Creator: Phillips, Michael; Wilkison, Kyle; Friauf, Betsy & Reavis, Dick J.
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Bell Ringer

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This is the story of Victor Rodriguez, star track athlete and San Antonio educator. From his earliest days in South Texas in the 1940s he broke many barriers. As a football player and track star he set records and won trophies at Edna High School, at Victoria College, and at North Texas State College. At each stage of his education, he often found himself the only Mexican American in his group. He developed his sports prowess from nine years of early morning running to the church in Edna, to ring the bell before Mass. He earned the first Hispanic scholarships as an athlete at both Victoria Junior College and North Texas State College. After graduating in 1955, he began a career in the San Antonio School District, ultimately retiring in 1994 after twelve years as Superintendent of the District. As a pioneer Mexican American educator in San Antonio, he brought dignity and respect to the people of the Westside, where he remains a role model today.
Date: November 2021
Creator: Rodriguez, Victor
System: The UNT Digital Library
Essentials of E-Discovery (open access)

Essentials of E-Discovery

Book "compiled to serve as a desktop reference for attorneys practicing in Texas state courts and federal district courts located in Texas" on the legal issues surrounding e-discovery (p. xxiii).
Date: 2021
Creator: Rodriguez, Xavier, 1961-
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sam Houston State University Operating Budget: 2022 (open access)

Sam Houston State University Operating Budget: 2022

Proposed budget for Sam Houston State University outlining projected income and expenditures, with supporting documentation.
Date: 2021~
Creator: Sam Houston State University
System: The Portal to Texas History

Changing Perspectives: Black-Jewish Relations in Houston during the Civil Rights Era

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Changing Perspectives charts the pivotal period in Houston’s history when Jewish and Black leadership eventually came together to work for positive change. This is a story of two communities, both of which struggled to claim the rights and privileges they desired. Previous scholars of Southern Jewish history have argued that Black-Jewish relations did not exist in the South. However, during the 1930s to the 1980s, Jews and Blacks in Houston interacted in diverse and oftentimes surprising ways. The distance between Houston’s Jews and Blacks diminished after changing demographics, the end of segregation, city redistricting, and the emergence of Black political power. Allison Schottenstein shows that Black-Jewish relations did exist during the Long Civil Rights Movement in Houston.
Date: March 2021
Creator: Schottenstein, Allison E.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Fort Worth Stories

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Fort Worth Stories is a collection of thirty-two bite-sized chapters of the city’s history. Did you know that the same day Fort Worth was mourning the death of beloved African American “Gooseneck Bill” McDonald, Dallas was experiencing a series of bombings in black neighborhoods? Or that Fort Worth almost got the largest statue to Robert E. Lee ever put up anywhere, sculpted by the same massive talent that created Mount Rushmore? Or that Fort Worth was once the candy-making capital of the Southwest and gave Hershey, Pennsylvania, a good run for its money as the sweet spot of the nation? A remarkable number of national figures have made a splash in Fort Worth, including Theodore Roosevelt while he was President; Vernon Castle, the Dance King; Dr. H.H. Holmes, America’s first serial killer; Harry Houdini, the escape artist; and Texas Guinan, star of the vaudeville stage and the big screen. Fort Worth Stories is illustrated with 50 photographs and drawings, many of them never before published. This collection of stories will appeal to all who appreciate the Cowtown city.
Date: February 2021
Creator: Selcer, Richard F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Real Estate Forms Manual: 2021, Volume 1 (open access)

Texas Real Estate Forms Manual: 2021, Volume 1

Manual compiled by professional lawyers in the state of Texas regarding the processes and forms needed for typical real estate transactions: "This supplement updates the practice notes and forms and incorporates relevant statutory case law handed down since 2017" (p. 1).
Date: 2021
Creator: State Bar of Texas. Real Estate Forms Committee.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Real Estate Forms Manual: 2021, Volume 2 (open access)

Texas Real Estate Forms Manual: 2021, Volume 2

Manual compiled by professional lawyers in the state of Texas regarding the processes and forms needed for typical real estate transactions.
Date: 2021
Creator: State Bar of Texas. Real Estate Forms Committee.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stephen F. Austin State University Operating Budget: 2021 (open access)

Stephen F. Austin State University Operating Budget: 2021

Proposed budget for Stephen F. Austin State University outlining projected income and expenditures, with supporting documentation, for fiscal year 2021.
Date: 2021
Creator: Stephen F. Austin State University
System: The Portal to Texas History
Monitoring, Analyzing, and Reporting of Free Chlorine and Chloramines (open access)

Monitoring, Analyzing, and Reporting of Free Chlorine and Chloramines

Guide describing Texas regulations for "monitoring, maintaining, and reporting disinfection (free chlorine and chloramine) levels" (p. 4).
Date: April 2021
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
System: The Portal to Texas History
Surface Water Treatment Plant Requirements for Monthly Reporting and Public Notification (open access)

Surface Water Treatment Plant Requirements for Monthly Reporting and Public Notification

Guide describing regulations for monthly reports for surface water treatment plants depending on the type of technology employed.
Date: January 2021
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas State Board of Dental Examiners Agency Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2021-2025 (open access)

Texas State Board of Dental Examiners Agency Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2021-2025

Agency strategic plan for the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners describing the organization's planned services, activities, and other goals during fiscal years 2021 through 2022.
Date: Autumn 2021
Creator: Texas State Board of Dental Examiners
System: The Portal to Texas History