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[Interview With Delaney Isley]
Narrative history of Delaney Isley regarding her adoption Chongqing, China, discussing her school and life in Texas. She speaks about the annoying questions she receives about her family and adoption, and how she deals with the comments about her ethnicity or family. She also shares her thoughts on visiting China and her birth parents.
Date:
2015~
Creator:
Isley, Delaney
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Interview With Emi and Diane Pennington]
Interview with Emi and Diane Pennington regarding the adoption of Emi Pennington from Shaoyang, Hunan Province, China. Diane shares how she arrived at her decision to adopt from China and speaks about their family dynamic. Both Emi and Diane share their feelings about the public reactions to them together. Emi also speaks about her feelings on visiting China or searching for her birth parents.
Date:
2015~
Creator:
Pennington, Emi & Pennington, Diane
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Interview with Greta Wohlfeld]
Interview with Greta Wohlfeld regarding her adoption from Jiangxi Province, China. She speaks about her involvement in Chinese cultural activities and shares what she knows about her adoption.
Date:
2015~
Creator:
Wohlfeld, Greta
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Interview With Hannah Weaver and Her Parents]
Narrative history of Hannah Weaver and her parents regarding her adoption from Foshan City in Guandong Province, China. She shares her involvement in the Families with Children from China's culture camp in Austin, Texas and her decision to start a birth parent search. Hannah's mother speaks about the curiosity Hannah has always had about her birth parents and both her parents share their thoughts on Hannah's birth parent search. Her mother also discusses her decision to adopt from China and their current family dynamic.
Date:
2015~
Creator:
Weaver, Hannah
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Interview with Juliann and Jencie Tomasek]
Interview with Jencie and Juliann Tomasek regarding their adoptions from Hubei Province (Jencie) and Guangdong Province (Juliann), China. Both Jencie and Juliann share their interest in Chinese culture and language, and speak about the questions they get asked about being adopted or Chinese.
Date:
2015~
Creator:
Tomasek, Juliann & Tomasek, Jencie
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Interview with Mary Ann and Anthony Tomasek]
Interview with Mary Ann and Anthony Tomasek regarding the adoptions of Jencie and Juliann Tomasek from Hubei Province (Jencie) and Guangdong Province (Juliann), China. They speak about how they decided to adopt from China, what the adoption process entailed, and their trips of China to get their children. They also share their efforts to teach the girls about Chinese culture and their daughters' interest in their birth families.
Date:
2015~
Creator:
Tomasek, Mary Ann & Tomasek, Anthony
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Interview with Tina Fletcher]
Interview with Tina Fletcher regarding the adoption of Lily Selvaggi from the Guigang City SWI, Guangxi Province, China, speaking about her motivations for adopting from China and how she and her family made the decision to adopt. She also speaks about the experiences of raising an Asian child in a predominantly white area and her experiences regarding her own adoption.
Date:
2015~
Creator:
Fletcher, Tina
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Interview with Zoe, Grace, and Kai Purtell]
Interview with Grace, Zoe, and Kai Purtell regarding their adoptions from Guangdong Province (Grace and Zoe) and Yunnan Province (Kai), China. At the time of the interview, Grace and Zoe (twins) were nine years old and Kai was five years old. Kai shares his adoption story and the surgeries he's had to correct his cleft palate. Zoe speaks about her desire to visit China when she's older and Grace speaks about her skill with drawing.
Date:
2015~
Creator:
Purtell, Zoe; Purtell, Grace & Purtell, Kai
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Oral History with Darrell and Betsey Isley]
Oral history with Darrell and Betsey Isley regarding the adoption of Delaney Isley from Chongqing Province, discussing their decision to adopt from China and the adoption process. They also speak about their efforts to connect their daughter to other Chinese adoptees and Chinese culture.
Date:
2015~
Creator:
Isley, Darrell
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Oral History with Marilyn Brock]
Oral history with Marilyn Brock regarding the adoption of Nora Brock from the QiChun Social Welfare Institute in Hubei Province, China, describing the experience of adopting Nora and Nora's friend group of other adopted Chinese girls, "The Ladybugs." She also speaks about the family's trip to China for Nora's eighth birthday.
Date:
2015~
Creator:
Brock, Marilyn
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Oral History with Michael Wohlfeld and Kalen Hoyle]
Oral history interview with Michael Wohlfeld and Kalen Hoyle regarding the adoption of Greta Wohlfeld from Jiangxi Province, China. They speak about how they made the decision to adopt from China and the trip to get their daughter, Greta. They discuss the information they know about Greta's birth family and their thoughts on the lack of information regarding Greta's early life. They also speak about the challenges of raising a Chinese daughter in the United States and the issues of identity regarding race.
Date:
2015~
Creator:
Wohlfeld, Michael & Hoyle, Kalen
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Oral History with Nora Brock]
Oral history with Nora Brock discussing her visit to China on her eighth birthday and describing the experience of "blending in" in China. She also speaks about her life in Texas, describing her school classes and interests.
Date:
2015~
Creator:
Brock, Nora
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Oral History With Vonna Purtell]
Oral History with Vonna Purtell regarding the adoptions of Grace, Zoe, and Kai from Guangdong Province (Grace and Zoe) and Yunnan Province (Kai), China. She speaks about her and her husband's decision to adopt from China, the decision to adopt twice, and the adoption process for all their children. She also discusses Kai's cleft palate surgeries and the cultural differences between the United States and China regarding physical differences.
Date:
2015~
Creator:
Purtell, Vonna
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
DGS Newsletter, Volume 40, Number 3, July-September 2014
Newsletter of the Dallas Genealogical Society discussing membership, Society meetings, genealogical workshops and events, and other news of interest to members.
Date:
September 2014
Creator:
Dallas Genealogical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Funeral Program for Tom Flower, June 28, 2014]
Funeral program for Tom Flower, born August 20, 1931 and died June 28, 2014. The pamphlet consists of two photos of Flower and a detailed biography. The funeral details are not included.
Date:
June 28, 2014
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
DGS Newsletter, Volume 40, Number 2, April-June 2014
Newsletter of the Dallas Genealogical Society discussing membership, Society meetings, genealogical workshops and events, and other news of interest to members.
Date:
June 2014
Creator:
Dallas Genealogical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mario Marcel Salas to Loretta Parham, March 23, 2014]
Letter from Mario Marcel Salas to Loretta Parham discussing several enclosed documents related to efforts to get Texas to pass a King Bill.
Date:
March 23, 2014
Creator:
Salas, Mario Marcel
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
DGS Newsletter, Volume 40, Number 1, January-March 2014
Newsletter of the Dallas Genealogical Society discussing membership, Society meetings, genealogical workshops and events, and other news of interest to members.
Date:
March 2014
Creator:
Dallas Genealogical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Catalog for David Dike Fine Art Texas Art Auction: 2014
Catalog of items to be auctioned by the David Dike Fine Art gallery with a listing of information about each artwork including an image, the artist and medium, and estimate of value. Index of artists begins on page 112.
Date:
2014
Creator:
David Dike Fine Art
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
DGS Newsletter, Volume 39, Number 4, October-December 2013
Newsletter of the Dallas Genealogical Society discussing membership, Society meetings, genealogical workshops and events, and other news of interest to members.
Date:
October 2013
Creator:
Dallas Genealogical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
DGS Newsletter, Volume 39, Number 3, July-September 2013
Newsletter of the Dallas Genealogical Society discussing membership, Society meetings, genealogical workshops and events, and other news of interest to members.
Date:
September 2013
Creator:
Dallas Genealogical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
DGS Newsletter, Volume 39, Number 2, April-June 2013
Newsletter of the Dallas Genealogical Society discussing membership, Society meetings, genealogical workshops and events, and other news of interest to members.
Date:
June 2013
Creator:
Dallas Genealogical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
DGS Newsletter, Volume 39, Number 1, January-March 2013
Newsletter of the Dallas Genealogical Society discussing membership, Society meetings, genealogical workshops and events, and other news of interest to members.
Date:
March 2013
Creator:
Dallas Genealogical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Catalog for David Dike Fine Art Texas Art Auction: 2013
Catalog of items to be auctioned by the David Dike Fine Art gallery with a listing of information about each artwork including an image, the artist and medium, and estimate of value. Index of artists begins on page 112.
Date:
2013
Creator:
David Dike Fine Art
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History