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Folklore in Motion: Texas Travel Lore
Collection of folklore stories and personal anecdotes that relate to travel in Texas, grouped into broad topics that include historic and modern modes of transportation. Index starts on page 281.
Date:
December 15, 2007
Creator:
Untiedt, Kenneth L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Seth Bailey, December 12, 2007
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Interview with Seth Bailey, veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, as part of the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. The interview includes Bailey's personal experiences of childhood and education in Athens, Texas, enlisting in the U.S. Army, basic training at Ft. Benning, Georgia, including experiences in Ranger Indoctrination Program and injuries sustained in "jump school," as well as his combat experiences in Karbala, Ramadi, and Al Asad. Bailey also talks about his family's tradition of military service, his assignment to a unit in Darmstadt, Germany, his deployment to Iraq and performance of long-range surveillance missions, continuing struggles with injury from basic training, with the Army health care system, and with substance abuse. Additionally, Bailey discusses his treatment at the Walter Reed Army Hospital, being discharged from the Army, returning to Arlington, Texas, and gives his opinions regarding the benefits of military service and regarding women in the military.
Date:
December 12, 2007
Creator:
Russell, Amy & Bailey, Seth
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Michael Crone, December 9, 2007
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Interview with Michael Crone, veteran of Operation of Iraqi Freedom, as part of the Tarrant County Veterans Oral History Project. The interview includes Crone's personal experiences of childhood in Texas, enlisting in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves, boot camp at Camp Pendleton, California, training as a diesel mechanic, and being deployed to Kuwait and Al Asad, Iraq. Crone also talks about his family's tradition of military service, realizing that he would be activated and shift in reservist training following September 11 attacks, the birth of his first child while in Iraq, aspects of daily life for American soldiers stationed in Iraq, his work as a repair mechanic, and returning to the U.S. and his family.
Date:
December 9, 2007
Creator:
Elizondo, Kristina & Crone, Michael
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Texas State Office of Risk Management Operating Budget: 2008
Proposed budget for the Texas State Office of Risk Management outlining projected income and expenditures, with supporting documentation.
Date:
December 6, 2007
Creator:
Texas. State Office of Risk Management.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Department of Insurance Operating Budget: 2008 [Summaries]
Operating budget submitted by the Texas Department of Insurance for fiscal year 2008, containing summarized schedules of budgeted funds with comparisons to previous fiscal years.
Date:
December 3, 2007
Creator:
Texas. Department of Insurance.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
FCC Record, Volume 22, No. 27, Pages 20510 to 21413, November 26 - December 7, 2007
Biweekly, comprehensive compilation of decisions, reports, public notices, and other documents of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
Date:
December 2007
Creator:
United States. Federal Communications Commission.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
FCC Record, Volume 22, No. 28, Pages 21414 to 22381, December 10 - December 31, 2007
Biweekly, comprehensive compilation of decisions, reports, public notices, and other documents of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
Date:
December 2007
Creator:
United States. Federal Communications Commission.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
New, Renamed, and Abolished State Governmental Entities: 80th Legislature
Overview of Texas "statutory state agencies, interagency panels, advisory committees, and other state governmental entities that were created, restructured, or eliminated by the legislature" (p. 1) including summary information about each entity's name, legislative backing, functions, composition, and expiration/sunset date as applicable.
Date:
December 2007
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. Legislative Council. Research Division.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Anna Robinson, November 27, 2007
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Interview with Anna Robinson, a Women's Army Corps veteran from Fort Worth, Texas. Robinson discusses her family and childhood, joining the WAC, transfer to Germany as a supply clerk in 1946, life and work in that assignment, being in a car wreck, her sexuality and gays in the service, the Iraq War and George W. Bush, leaving the Army and work for the city of Forth Worth as an artist, her church involvement, and returning to Germany,
Date:
November 27, 2007
Creator:
Quick, Janice L. & Robinson, Anna
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Rick Dale, November 26, 2007
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Interview with U.S. Marine Corps Pilot Richard Dale as part of the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. The interview includes Dale's personal experiences of childhood, education at Baylor University and Texas A&M, attending training at Camp Pendleton, California, Quantico, Virginia, and officer candidate school. Additionally, Dale talks about his decision to enter the Marines aviation program, his assignments to various naval air stations, the particulars of "tailhook" aviation, and his civilian career with Northwest Airlines. The interview also includes an appendix with a photograph and an active duty summary.
Date:
November 26, 2007
Creator:
Bristow, Lauren & Dale, Richard C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Angela Bynum, November 16, 2007
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Interview with Angela Bynum, veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, as part of the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. The interview includes Bynum's personal experiences of childhood and education in California and Texas, enlisting in the U.S. Army, basic and advanced training as a motor transport operator, training in avoidance of improvised explosive devices, and transport missions between Iraq and Kuwait. Bynum also discusses her inability to withstand Airborne training, the decision to leave active duty in 2002, her use of the GI Bill benefits to attend Tarrant Community College, the 2004 call-up from reserve duty and deployment to Iraq, her family's concerns regarding deployment, and aspects of daily life for American soldiers stationed in Iraq.
Date:
November 16, 2007
Creator:
Castillo, Vogel & Bynum, Angela
System:
The UNT Digital Library
FCC Record, Volume 22, No. 25, Pages 18805 to 19760, October 22 - November 9, 2007
Biweekly, comprehensive compilation of decisions, reports, public notices, and other documents of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
Date:
November 2007
Creator:
United States. Federal Communications Commission.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
FCC Record, Volume 22, No. 26, Pages 19761 to 20509, November 13 - November 23, 2007
Biweekly, comprehensive compilation of decisions, reports, public notices, and other documents of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
Date:
November 2007
Creator:
United States. Federal Communications Commission.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Municipal court financial management handbook for Texas cities
Handbook for court administrators including judges and clerks, providing an explanation of internal controls and practical information ragarding financial management operations to improve accounting and audit results.
Date:
November 2007
Creator:
Texas. Office of Court Administration.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Lottery Commission Comprehensive Business Plan: Fiscal Years 2008-2011
Business plan developed by the Texas Lottery Commission including organizational information about the Commission as well as the projected business plan with objects, strategies, and action plans.
Date:
2007-11?
Creator:
Texas Lottery Commission
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Arthur Hofstein, October 30, 2007
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Interview with Arthur Hofstein, a Army WWII veteran from Cambridge, Massachusetts. Hofstein discusses the lead up to war, being drafted, training to be a radio operator, departure for the European Theater, landing in France and first action at Mars-la-Tour, the Battle of the Bulge, German prisoners and civilians, advancing into Germany, the liberation of Dachau, letters, and life after the war. In appendix are various materials and photographs related to Hofstein and his service.
Date:
October 30, 2007
Creator:
Decoster, Charlotte & Hofstein, Arthur I.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Evelyn Brown, October 30, 2007
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Interview with Evelyn Brown, Vietnam War-era veteran of the US Navy, as part of the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. The interview includes Brown's personal experiences of childhood and education in Pennsylvania, attending nursing school, enlisting in the Navy Nurse Corps, and being involved with veterans organizations. Additionally, Brown discusses her coming out experience, her assignment to facilities in Florida, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Camp Lejeune, N.C., and Quantico, Virginia, her decision to leave service upon assignment to USS Sanctuary, a hospital ship stationed off the coast of Vietnam, and her opinions regarding the "don't ask, don't tell" policy.
Date:
October 30, 2007
Creator:
Mims, Dennis Michael & Brown, Evelyn
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Anna K. Schelper, October 24, 2007
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Interview with Major Anna K. Schelper, a Army WWII veteran from San Antonio, Texas. Schelper discusses her parents, growing up, her education and becoming a nurse, joining the Army Nurse Corps, experiences serving throughout the Pacific Theater, service in hospitals after the war, continued education and promoting, and reflections on her career and being a servicewoman. In appendix are Schelper's Army service record, a letter from two former patients to the 23rd Field Hospital, a scan of some of her letters which were printed in a book, and a scan of some sections from The Army Nurse Corps: Yesterday and Today by Mary M. Roberts.
Date:
October 24, 2007
Creator:
Quick, Janice & Schelper, Anna K.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Ealy Boyd, October 17, 2007
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Interview with Ealy Boyd, Korean War veteran, as part of the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. The interview includes Boyd's personal experiences about childhood and education, enlisting in the U.S. Air Force, basic training in San Antonio and his assignment to Laredo Air Base, Texas, and encounters with North Korean POWs. Additionally, Boyd discusses his deployment to Korea as a vehicle operator with the Fifth Motor Transport Squadron, assignments at various bases, his shift into vehicle maintenance MOS, then into maintenance and storage of nuclear warheads, and finally into aircraft maintenance, his civilian career with Lockheed Martin, political work for Reps. Martin Frost, Preston Geren, and Jim Wright, as well as with State Senator Mike Moncrief. The interview includes an appendix with a photograph.
Date:
October 17, 2007
Creator:
De Santiago Ramos, Simone C. & Ealy, Boyd
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Tyrel James Billingsley, October 18, 2007
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Interview with Tyrel James Billingsley, an Airman in the US Air Force Reserves from Dallas, Texas. Billingsley discusses his childhood and education, enlisting in the Air Force, basic training and technical school, his duties as a Aircraft Armament Systems specialist, memorable experiences, and plans for the future.
Date:
October 17, 2007
Creator:
Bonine, Rebecca & Billingsley, Tyrel James
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Laura Gonzalez, October 13, 2007
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Interview with Laura Gonzalez, Mexican-born immigrant to the U.S., immigrant rights activist, and professor of anthropology with expertise in immigrant communities from Guanajuato, Mexico. She discusses her childhood and education in Mexico city; the decision to pursue a career in the field of political anthropology; decision to open the Oak Cliff Center for Community Studies; work with Camposanto del Cemento Grande and other community organizations in Dallas; work to increase Hispanics’ access to college; and involvement in immigrant rights movements and local Mexican American political groups. This interview has Spanish and English translations.
Date:
October 13, 2007
Creator:
Calderon, Roberto & Laura, Gonzalez
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jacobo Kupersztoch, October 12, 2007
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Interview with Jacobo Kupersztoch, Mexican-born immigrant to the U.S. of German heritage, and immigrant rights activist. Interview transcript contains Spanish and English translations.
Date:
October 12, 2007
Creator:
Calderon, Roberto & Kupersztoch, Jacobo
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Marvin Dunn, October 11, 2007
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Interview with Korean War veteran Marvin Dunn as part of the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. The interview includes Dunn's personal experiences about boot camp and training, combat in Korea, combat at Hill 749 and Hill 884, and of being a teacher, principal, and administrator in Dallas ISD. Additionally, Dunn discusses his decision to drop out of college to join the U.S. Marine Corps, his assignment to combat unit, the battlefield injury at "the Punchbowl," that resulted in his leg amputation, the following recuperation, his opinions regarding enemy soldiers and what the U.S. accomplished in the war, civilian opinions of the war, struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder, returning to college and graduate school, and his involvement with Korean War Veterans Organization. The interview also includes an appendix with photographs.
Date:
October 11, 2007
Creator:
Montandon, Josh & Dunn, Marvin
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Sharon Acierno, October 9, 2007
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Interview with Sharon "Tommie" Acierno, Vietnam War veteran, as part of the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. The interview includes Acierno's personal experiences about childhood, dropping out of high school and enlisting in the U.S. Army, basic and clerical training, working as drill sergeant at Ft. McClellan, struggling with alcoholism and post-traumatic stress disorder, and working with the Vietnam Veterans of America group. Acierno also discusses her coming out experience, volunteering for assignment to Vietnam, her clerical duties with a logistics unit at Long Binh, the camaraderie among gay and straight troops, her experiences with apathetic citizens and antiwar protesters upon return to the U.S., deciding to leave the Army and relocate to Dallas, her experience in the Veterans Administration psychiatric ward, and her opinions regarding the "Don't ask, don't tell" policy and the treatment of women in the military generally. The interview includes an appendix with photographs.
Date:
October 9, 2007
Creator:
Mims, Michael & Acierno, Sharon
System:
The UNT Digital Library