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Oral History Interview with Betty Kimble, March 3, 2017

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Audio log for a recording of an interview with community activist Betty Kimble from Denton, Texas, for the Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship Oral History Project. In the interview Kimble discusses her involvement with the Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship, desegregation in Denton, experiences with discrimination and segregation, contemporary prejudice, lifelong friendships of Fellowship members, and her continued community involvement.
Date: March 3, 2017
Creator: Beattie, Kathleen & Kimble, Betty
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Foy Taylor, November 18, 2013

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Interview with Foy Taylor, a longtime resident of Denton, Texas, and donor of a antique log cabin to the Denton County Historical Commission. Taylor discusses his family background, education and career, his service in the Navy and witnessing atomic bomb tests, his family's farm in Denton, growing up in the area, prohibition and the Depression, and changes in the town over time.
Date: December 3, 2014
Creator: Carr, Barry & Taylor, Foy
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Dorothy Adkins, March 3, 2017

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Audio log of an interview with Dorothy Adkins, schoolteacher and community activist for the Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship Oral History Project. The audio log includes timestamps for Adkins' discussions of her childhood; Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship; activism; teaching career; contemporary times; white privilege and power.
Date: March 3, 2017
Creator: Ceballos, Nathan & Adkins, Dorothy, 1925-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cisco College Requests for Legislative Appropriations: 2018 and 2019 (open access)

Cisco College Requests for Legislative Appropriations: 2018 and 2019

Report submitted by Cisco College to the Texas 85th regular legislature requesting appropriations to fund programming and activities. It includes an overview of the institution's goals, summaries of appropriations requests for fiscal years 2018 and 2019, and supporting documentation.
Date: August 3, 2016
Creator: Cisco College
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Thomas Jenny, April 3, 2013

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Interview with Thomas Jenny, a Marine Corps and Air America pilot from Miami, Florida, who served in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. Jenny discusses his interest in aviation, entering the Naval Flight Training Program, flight training, joining the Marine Corps, assignment to Korea, working for Pan-Am, joining Air America, and flying a variety of aircraft and missions from Thailand and Laos.
Date: April 3, 2013
Creator: Ferguson, J. Michael & Jenny, Thomas
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Charlie Joe Cole, Jr., October 3, 2019

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Transcript of an interview with Charlie Joe Cole Jr., conducted in Denton, Texas, for the Geezle Fraternity Oral History Project that expands on a previous interview in 1985. Cole discusses his background as an athlete at North Texas State College (UNT) playing football, his distinguished Air Force service, his membership in the Geezle Fraternity, and his career in education followed by his career as Denton County's Probation Officer.
Date: October 3, 2019
Creator: Pettit, John D., Jr. & Cole, Charlie Joe, Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Sam Coats, January 3, 2015

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Audio log for a recording of an interview with Sam Coats, lawyer and former Vice President of Domestic and International Affairs at Braniff International Airways, conducted for the Flying Voices oral history project. Content includes personal reflections of Braniff’s impact on the DFW area and the airline industry as a whole, working with Harding Lawrence, being a part of the Braniff family, Braniff’s rise to the top of preferred airlines, and its bankruptcy on May 12, 1982.
Date: January 3, 2015
Creator: Schnur, Abra & Coats, Sam
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Brenda Fields, April 3, 2014

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Interview with Brenda Fields, former president of the Dallas chapter of the NAACP from Dallas, Texas. Fields discusses her childhood, school and church, becoming aware of race, segregation and discrimination, joining the NAACP youth organization, NAACP National Conventions, picketing the State Fair and other notable places in north Texas, the movement's impact, the role of black churches, voting, the Civil Rights Acts and changes after its passing, the influence of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcom X, the Black Panthers, King's assassination, work in Dallas ISD, and continued work with the NAACP, including tenure as president of the Dallas chapter. In appendix is Fields' "colored" ticket to the Texas State Fair from 1954.
Date: April 3, 2014
Creator: Smith, Tiffany & Fields, Brenda Alyce
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board Requests for Legislative Appropriations: 2020 and 2021 (open access)

Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board Requests for Legislative Appropriations: 2020 and 2021

Report submitted by Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board to the Texas 86th regular legislature requesting appropriations to fund programming and activities. It includes an overview of the institution's goals, summaries of appropriations requests for fiscal years 2020 and 2021, and supporting documentation.
Date: August 3, 2018
Creator: Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Operating Budget: 2012, Revised (open access)

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Operating Budget: 2012, Revised

Revised operating budget for the Texas Parks and Wildlife for fiscal year 2012, including summaries of budgeted funds by various criteria, budget schedules, and funding information.
Date: April 3, 2012
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Candy Marcum, June 3, 2013

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Interview with Candy Marcum. The interview includes Marcum's personal experiences from her childhood, growing up as a lesbian, the gay community, and being involved in the Human Rights Campaign. She particularly talks about counseling gay people, the AIDS crisis, and the coming out process.
Date: June 3, 2013
Creator: Wisely, Karen & Marcum, Candy
System: The UNT Digital Library