Resource Type

[Trains Magazine Back Cover] (open access)

[Trains Magazine Back Cover]

Clipping of the back cover of Trains Magazine. There is a photo of T&P train #610 on the tracks. The Caption reads "En route to the site of The Great Dynamometer Test, Southern's ex-Texas & Pacific 2-10-4 is eased down 2.1 per cent toward Old Fort, N. C., by Engineer Frank Clodfelter. The Texas type, only survivor of original Lima Super-Power design, was working an Asheville-Salisbury excursion on July 29, 1977, when photographed near Andrews Geyser." Written underneath the clipping is "-Trains Feb. 1978 rear cover."
Date: July 29, 1977
Creator: Abernathy, Robert E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Brownwood Bulletin: Speaking of Freedom] (open access)

[Brownwood Bulletin: Speaking of Freedom]

Clipping from the Brownwood Bulletin with an article on Anita Bryant's visit and freedom and individual rights for gays and lesbians, sponsored by the Dallas Gay Political Caucus. Steve Wilkins has his name at the bottom. July 3rd, 1977
Date: July 3, 1977
Creator: Gay Political Caucus
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Keep Those Letters Comin'] (open access)

[Clipping: Keep Those Letters Comin']

Newspaper clipping of a column encouraging readers to contact their Congressional representatives about supporting legislation that provides veterans' benefits to the WASP. The reverse side of the clipping contains the continuation of an article from page 12.
Date: July 1, 1977
Creator: Hughes, Patricia Collins
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Response From Nation Swamps S&S Office] (open access)

[Clipping: Response From Nation Swamps S&S Office]

Newspaper clipping of a column discussing readers' responses to the Stars and Stripes' support of legislation to provide veterans' benefits to the WASP. The page also includes an article about the WOSL convention, the continuation of an article about the VA hospital system, and questions and answers to the VA. The reverse side of the page includes letters to the editor, an editorial about the VA using surgical residents to provide medical care, and a drawing of a nurse at a patient's bedside.
Date: July 14, 1977
Creator: Hughes, Patricia Collins
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Response From Nation Swamps S&S Office] (open access)

[Clipping: Response From Nation Swamps S&S Office]

Newspaper clipping of a column discussing readers' responses to the Stars and Stripes' support of legislation to provide veterans' benefits to the WASP.
Date: July 14, 1977
Creator: Hughes, Patricia Collins
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: WASP Efforts Taking Off] (open access)

[Clipping: WASP Efforts Taking Off]

Full page from the Stars and Stripes featuring a column about the WASPs efforts to obtain veterans' status. It also includes a profile of WASP Dora Dougherty Strother. The remainder of the page contains an article about Girls Nation and the continuation of two articles from the front page. The reverse of the page includes the newspaper's masthead, several letters to the editor, and an editorial about the VA Hospital System.
Date: July 21, 1977
Creator: Hughes, Patricia Collins
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: WASPs Appeal to Convention Delegates] (open access)

[Clipping: WASPs Appeal to Convention Delegates]

Full page from the Stars and Stripes featuring a column by WASP Patricia Collins Hughes. Hughes discusses the WASPs efforts to obtain veterans status and includes examples of press releases from around the country supporting militarization of the WASP. Below Hughes' column is a cartoon of a female pilot in an airplane headed to Washington. The rest of the page contains a column from the chairman of the NAVPA and the continuation of a letter from the front page. The reverse of the page contains the newspaper's masthead, several letters to the editor, and an editorial about the VA Hospital system.
Date: July 28, 1977
Creator: Hughes, Patricia Collins
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Women at war] (open access)

[Clipping: Women at war]

Newspaper clipping with an article giving a brief history of the WASP, their accomplishments, and current efforts to acquire veteran status.
Date: July 31, 1977
Creator: Kelsy, Roy & North, Don
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: A sad commentary] (open access)

[Clipping: A sad commentary]

A newspaper clipping of an writing entitled, "A sad commentary," from July 18, 1977.
Date: July 18, 1977
Creator: Mosley, Joe
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Gay rights advocates meet in Denver] (open access)

[Clipping: Gay rights advocates meet in Denver]

A scan of a Rocky Mountain News article on the National Gay Leadership Conference, dated July 30, 1977.
Date: July 30, 1977
Creator: Roll, Sue Lindsay
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: The ten best and the ten worst legislators] (open access)

[Clipping: The ten best and the ten worst legislators]

A cover of a July 1977 Texas Monthly magazine on the top ten best and worst Texas legislators; includes a review of the 1977 film, Star Wars.
Date: July 1977
Creator: Texas Monthly
System: The UNT Digital Library
LULAC Chief Blasts President (open access)

LULAC Chief Blasts President

Copy of an article titled "LULAC Chief Blasts President" by Karen Tumulty published in The San Antonio Light on Sunday, July 31, 1977. The article discusses League of United Latin American Citizens National President Ruben Bonilla's comments and discontentment with President Jimmy Carter.
Date: July 31, 1977
Creator: Tumulty, Karen
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: 'One of the boys'] (open access)

[Clipping: 'One of the boys']

An article from The Ledger in Lakeland, FL about Elaine Noble, keynote speaker and Massachusetts legislator.
Date: July 27, 1977
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Political cartoon dated July 3, 1977] (open access)

[Clipping: Political cartoon dated July 3, 1977]

Clipping from Dallas Morning News for July 3, 1977. Political cartoon picturing protestors for gay rights and police. One protestor is swinging a purse at a policeman who remarks about how riot control has changed since the 1960's.
Date: July 3, 1977
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: The band gets bigger] (open access)

[Clipping: The band gets bigger]

A copy of a TIME news article from July 11, 1977 about LGBTQIA+ protestors associating Anita Bryant with other notable tyrannical figures, such as Joseph Stalin and Adolph Hitler.
Date: July 11, 1977
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Copy of Dallas Morning News clipping: Gays coming out of political closet] (open access)

[Copy of Dallas Morning News clipping: Gays coming out of political closet]

Photocopy of Dallas Morning News clipping about Don Baker and the Dallas Gay Political Caucus.
Date: July 10, 1977
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library