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Oral History Interview with Alejandro Perez, July 14, 2016
Perez talked about his life as a migrant worker and working in a cannery. Supporting the walkouts in Uvalde was his first political march. He also participated in voter registration drives at Texas A&I. Mr. Perez also discusses his time working with the La Raza Unida Party in Crystal City.
Date:
July 14, 2016
Creator:
Sinta, Vinicio; Arionus, Steve & Perez, Alejandro
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Arturo Gonzales, July 12, 2016
Arturo spoke about growing up in Crystal City. Him working the fields during his earlier years. He speaks a lot about local Crystal City politics. The initial push for representation envisaged by Los Cinco. Some about local Crystal City folks who were drafted for Vietnam. During this period--late 1960s, Arturo went to Wisconsin to work and live. He talked about the Crystal City walkouts--hearing about them in Wisconsin then moving back--and the demands that the students made. Finally, he talks a lot about Raza Unida internal politics, especially his side of the split. He was with the Barrio club/anti-Gutierrez faction and running Gutierrez out of Crystal City.
Date:
July 12, 2016
Creator:
Arionus, Steve & Gonzales, Arturo
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Pablo Avila, July 9, 2016
Pablo Avila, former Zavala County Judge, is one of the elected public officials that came to power through the Raza Unida Party. Avila was born and raised in Crystal City in a middle class family. He described his family's interest in politics and his account of public life and the relationships between Anglos and Mexican Americans. His family --his mother especially-- were very invested in national and local politics. After going to college and becoming an attorney, Avila returned to Crystal City and became involved in the local government. Eventually, he ran unopposed for Zavala County Judge and stayed in the post until his retirement in the 1990s.
Date:
July 9, 2016
Creator:
Avila, Pablo; Sinta, Vinicio & Arionus, Steve
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Carlos Moore, July 29, 2015
Interview with Carlos Moore, from Fort Worth, Texas. In his interview, he discusses his early life and family history, time in the military, race relations in Fort Worth, labor unions and Democratic party activities.
Date:
July 29, 2015
Creator:
Enriquez, Sandra; Krochmal, Max & Moore, Carlos
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Diana Palacios, July 9, 2015
Interview with Diana Palacios, a civil servant from Crystal City, Texas. In the interview, Palacios discusses her family background, segregation, experiencing discrimination at school, and a student walkout that took place at Crystal City High School in 1969.
Date:
July 2, 2015
Creator:
Enriquez, Sandra & Palacios, Diana
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Las Colonias Drowning]
B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
July 29, 1993, 12:00 p.m.
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Charles V. Griffin, Jr., July 12, 1984
Transcript of an interview with Charles V. Griffin, Jr., the founder of the Uvalde Producers Feed and Elevator Inc., from Uvalde, Texas. Griffin discusses his family background, education, and his views on the grain business.
Date:
July 12, 1984
Creator:
Jenkins, Floyd & Griffin, Charles V., Jr.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Braniff workers]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
July 26, 1982, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Las Colinas]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about an 8 foot levee on the Trinity river which is being constructed to protect the multi- million dollar Las Colinas real estate development in Irving continues to draw fire from local environmentalists on the grounds that the levee may in fact endanger other area of Dallas county.
Date:
July 16, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Zavala County Sentinel (Crystal City, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, July 30, 1954
Weekly newspaper from Crystal City, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 30, 1954
Creator:
Dry, Roy, Jr.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Zavala County Sentinel (Crystal City, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, July 23, 1954
Weekly newspaper from Crystal City, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 23, 1954
Creator:
Dry, Roy, Jr.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Zavala County Sentinel (Crystal City, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, July 16, 1954
Weekly newspaper from Crystal City, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 16, 1954
Creator:
Dry, Roy, Jr.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Zavala County Sentinel (Crystal City, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, July 9, 1954
Weekly newspaper from Crystal City, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 9, 1954
Creator:
Dry, Roy, Jr.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Zavala County Sentinel (Crystal City, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, July 2, 1954
Weekly newspaper from Crystal City, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 2, 1954
Creator:
Dry, Roy, Jr.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Zavala County Sentinel (Crystal City, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, July 27, 1951
Weekly newspaper from Crystal City, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 27, 1951
Creator:
Hardy, J. H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Zavala County Sentinel (Crystal City, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, July 20, 1951
Weekly newspaper from Crystal City, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 20, 1951
Creator:
Hardy, J. H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Zavala County Sentinel (Crystal City, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, July 13, 1951
Weekly newspaper from Crystal City, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 13, 1951
Creator:
Hardy, J. H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Zavala County Sentinel (Crystal City, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, July 6, 1951
Weekly newspaper from Crystal City, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 6, 1951
Creator:
Hardy, J. H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Zavala County Sentinel (Crystal City, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, July 14, 1950
Weekly newspaper from Crystal City, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 14, 1950
Creator:
Hardy, J. H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Zavala County Sentinel (Crystal City, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, July 7, 1950
Weekly newspaper from Crystal City, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 7, 1950
Creator:
Hardy, J. H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Zavala County Sentinel (Crystal City, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, July 30, 1948
Weekly newspaper from Crystal City, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 30, 1948
Creator:
Hardy, J. H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Zavala County Sentinel (Crystal City, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, July 23, 1948
Weekly newspaper from Crystal City, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 23, 1948
Creator:
Hardy, J. H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Zavala County Sentinel (Crystal City, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, July 16, 1948
Weekly newspaper from Crystal City, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 16, 1948
Creator:
Hardy, J. H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-297
Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: The "wet" or "dry" status of Zavala County; validity of local option election held in 1910 in said county.
Date:
July 7, 1947
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History