Oral History Interview with Itasco Sampson Wilson, January 16, 2001 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Itasco Sampson Wilson, January 16, 2001

Interview with Itasco Sampson Wilson, teacher and pianist from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Wilson talks about coming to Kerrville to teach at the "Kerrville Colored School," life for African-Americans in the area, the African-American community, and her personal life.
Date: January 16, 2001
Creator: Bacon, Dan; Bethel, Ann & Wilson, Itasco Sampson
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Adult students and instructor]

Fotografía de un instructor no identificado de pie en la parte delantera de un aula, gesticulando con las manos mientras habla con varios estudiantes adultos que están sentados a lo largo de un lado de una mesa (derecha). Hay un proyector, en el que se ve la palabra 'Negocio', y una pizarra de presentación con un cuaderno de papel detrás del instructor. Hay carpetas abiertas y un cuaderno en la mesa frente a los alumnos.
Date: December 16, 2005
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Aracelis Acevedo is one of the reporters on The Latino Reporter]

Una fotografía de Aracelis Acevedo trabajando en una oficina. Lleva una blusa marrón y blanca y un cordón azul y mira la pantalla de la computadora frente a ella. Un ejemplar del periódico El Reportero Latino está sobre el escritorio frente a ella. Detrás de ella se ven otras personas en puestos de trabajo similares. La puertorriqueña Aracelis Acevedo, graduada del Departamento de Periodismo de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, fue una de las estudiantes que participó en la publicación de un periódico que circuló todos los días para la Vigésima Tercera Convención Anual de la Asociación Nacional de Periodistas Hispanos (NAHJ) celebrada en Fort Worth, Texas.
Date: December 16, 2005
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Aracelis Acevedo works on a computer as she writes for El Reportero Latino]

A photograph of Aracelis Acevedo working in an office. She is wearing a brown and white blouse and looking at the computer screen in front of her. A copy of the newspaper El Reportero Latino lies on the desk in front of her. Aracelis Acevedo of Puerto Rico, a graduate of the Department of Journalism at the University of Puerto Rico, was one of the students involved in the publication of a newspaper that circulated every day for the Twenty-Third Annual Convention of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) held in Fort Worth, Texas.
Date: December 16, 2005
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Boy looks at pigs]

A boy observes several pigs in their pens.
Date: December 16, 2005
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Casket and flowers with mourners in background]

Photograph of two caskets at a cemetery surrounded by a variety of flowers and mourners.
Date: December 16, 2005
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Close-up of Edgar Vera's casket lowered into the ground]

Photograph of Edgar Vera's casket lowered into the ground.
Date: December 16, 2005
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Close-up of man and crying woman embracing]

Close-up photograph of a woman in tears hugging an unidentified individual.
Date: December 16, 2005
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Close-up of name and date on Edgar Vera's casket]

Photograph of Edgar Vera's casket.
Date: December 16, 2005
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cutting a ribbon]

A child and a woman use a large pair of wooden scissors to cut the ribbon being held up by man to open a new playground. The scissors have the words, "Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce."
Date: December 16, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Dirty SUV descending rocky slope]

A Nissan SUV that is covered in dirt is seen descending a rocky slope.
Date: April 16, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Display of Products About Argentina]

The government of Argentina, through its Secretary of Tourism, promotes its tourist attractions at a business exhibition organized by the Fort Worth International Center, a municipal body that helps and guides international commerce and has a program that helps small businesses owned by Hispanics.
Date: December 16, 2005
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Entrance to the Fort Worth Mercado building]

A pick-up truck passes in front of the entrance to the Fort Worth Mercado building.
Date: December 16, 2005
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Felix Alvarado]

Felix Alvarado is an educator in Fort Worth, Texas, who has unsuccessfully run for U.S. Congress and Texas Governor.
Date: December 16, 2005
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Felix Alvarado close-up]

Felix Alvarado is an educator in Fort Worth, Texas, who has unsuccessfully run for U.S. Congress and Texas Governor.
Date: December 16, 2005
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Felix Alvarado poses with unidentfied woman]

Felix Alvarado poses with an unidentified woman in front of a Fort Worth mural. Alvarado is an educator in Fort Worth, Texas, who has unsuccessfully run for U.S. Congress and Texas Governor.
Date: December 16, 2005
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Felix Alvarado posing in front of mural]

Felix Alvarado poses in front of a Fort Worth mural. Alvarado is an educator in Fort Worth, Texas, who has unsuccessfully run for U.S. Congress and Texas Governor.
Date: December 16, 2005
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce] (open access)

[Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce]

The Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce offers free classes in business training and scholarships. Both the original Spanish article and the English translation are included.
Date: January 16, 2006
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Girl displaying necklace]

Caridad Pastor offers Ecuadorian products to visitors at the business exhibition organized by the Fort Worth International Center, a municipal body that helps and guides international commerce and has a program that helps small businesses owned by Hispanics.
Date: December 16, 2005
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Jorge Suarez Conducting Training Course]

Photograph of Jorge Suarez, an attorney and consultant, as he directs his attention to various persons during a business training course given by the FWHCC.
Date: December 16, 2005
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Latino Reporter] (open access)

[Latino Reporter]

This article deals with a student program that gives young Hispanics the opportunity to write, edit, and publish a daily newspaper in Spanish. Both the original Spanish article and the English translation are included.
Date: June 16, 2005
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Man and display of power tools]

None
Date: December 16, 2005
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Man and woman placing flowers on casket lowered into ground]

Photograph of a group of individuals wearing funeral attire and gathered around a casket being lowered into the ground. Some of the people in the photo are holding red roses.
Date: December 16, 2005
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Man and woman talking to man with display of medical supplies]

None
Date: December 16, 2005
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History