Blinn College Requests for Legislative Appropriations: Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015 (open access)

Blinn College Requests for Legislative Appropriations: Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015

Report submitted by Blinn College containing background information on the commission, and summaries of requests for appropriations and expenditures for the fiscal years 2014 and 2015 with supporting documentation.
Date: August 16, 2012
Creator: Blinn College
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Josephine Bermejo, February 16, 2013

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Interview with Josephine Bermejo, first generation of Bermejo women, for the Mexican American Women's Educational Experience Oral History Project. The interview includes Bermejo's recollections of schooling in Minnesota and Iowa, learning in English schools, leaving school for family obligations, and getting a GED in Fort Worth, Texas. Bermejo also talks about children's education and her thoughts on the future of Mexican American education. It includes an appendix with the Bermejo family tree.
Date: February 16, 2013
Creator: Bravo, Francis & Bermejo, Josephine
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Ceclia Bermejo Hernandez, February 16, 2013

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Interview with Cecelia Hernandez, a Mexican-American resident of Fort Worth, Texas. Hernandez discusses her schooling, her family, thoughts on college and first generation students, becoming and being a parent, working at Fort Worth ISD, and encountering struggles as a Hispanic person and parent. In appendix is her family tree.
Date: February 16, 2013
Creator: Bravo, Francis & Bermejo-Hernandez, Cecelia
System: The UNT Digital Library
Collin County Community College District Requests for Legislative Appropriations: Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015 (open access)

Collin County Community College District Requests for Legislative Appropriations: Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015

Report submitted by the Collin County Community College District containing summaries of requests for appropriations and expenditures for the fiscal years 2014 and 2015 with supporting documentation.
Date: August 16, 2012
Creator: Collin County Community College District
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Frances Tarlton Farenthold, June 16, 2012

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Interview with Frances "Sissy" Tarlton Farenthold, attorney, activist, former Texas state representative, and candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Texas (1972, 1974). She discusses her childhood in a liberal, politically active family in Corpus Christi, Texas; experiences with racial segregation and discrimination; experiences in Corpus Christi public schools, the Hockaday School for Girls, Vassar College, and University of Texas Law School. Her father (Benjamin Tarlton Jr.)’s law practice and her decision to join it for a short period; work as director of Nueces County Legal Aid; decision to run for a seat in the Texas House of Representatives in 1968; experiences in the Texas Legislature, including the Sharpstown scandal and “the Dirty Thirty”; decision to run for governor in 1972 and 1974 and experiences on the campaign trail; career as a law professor, president of Wells College; experiences in various feminist, international women’s, and human rights organizations.
Date: June 16, 2012
Creator: Fields-Hawkins, Stephanie & Farenthold, Frances (Frances Tarlton), 1926-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Roadside Parks Study: Historic Context & National Register Requirements (open access)

Texas Roadside Parks Study: Historic Context & National Register Requirements

A historic overview of evolution and development of roadside parks and rest areas in Texas constructed by the Texas Department of Transportation from 1930 to 2015
Date: December 16, 2014
Creator: Gredler, Sara; Rulz, Megan; Goodson, Heather & Mitchell, Rick
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Roy J. Grogan, March 16, 2010

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Interview with Roy J. Grogan, longtime Weatherford resident and elected official, as part of the Weatherford Oral History Project. The interview includes Grogan's personal experiences of childhood and education in Weatherford, Depression-era struggles, enlisting in the U.S. Navy, and World War II. Additionally, Grogan talks about his studies at Weatherford College, Duke University, and Duke Law, his legal career with the FBI and as a land developer, his political career on the Weatherford City Council and Weatherford College Board of Regents, the integration of Weatherford schools, and his involvement in state party politics. The interview includes an appendix with Grogan's resume.
Date: March 16, 2010
Creator: Liles, Debbie & Grogan, Roy J.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Sue Schrader, March 16, 2015

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Transcript of an interview with Sue Schrader, Sources of Hope manager and LGBT community activist. Schrader shares concerning her childhood in Indiana; education; move to Texas; family history; homophobia in East Texas; move to Dallas; involvement in the Dallas Metropolitan Community Church (MCC); Dallas gay community in 1980s; MCC history; effects of AIDS crisis on the church and community; MCC's transition into the Cathedral of Hope; changes in the Dallas LGBT community.
Date: March 16, 2015
Creator: Mims, Michael & Schrader, Sue, 1941-
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Rudy Bowling, February 16, 2014

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Audio log for a recording of an interview with Rudy Bowling, former customer service agent for Braniff International Airways, concerning his experiences in the airline industry and working for Braniff. This interview is part of the Flying Voices oral history project.
Date: February 16, 2014
Creator: Schnur, Abra & Bowling, Rudy
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with David Jordan, November 16, 2013

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Audio log for a recording of an interview with David Jordan, former Head of Dispatch for Braniff International Airways, conducted for the Flying Voices oral history project. In the interview Jordan discusses working as a flight dispatcher, being a part of the Braniff family, the transition to Harding Lawrence as chairman, Braniff's bankruptcy on May 12, 1982, and personal reflections on his time with Braniff. Appendix includes copy of a paper written by Jordan in 1958 concerning Braniff International Airways.
Date: November 16, 2013
Creator: Schnur, Abra & Jordan, David
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with L. D. LaQuey, November 16, 2013

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Audio log for a recording of an interview with L. D. LaQuey, former employee of Braniff International Airways, conducted for the Flying Voices oral history project. In the interview, LaQuey discusses working in various roles from the ticket counter to flight dispatch, the transition when Harding Lawrence took over, other personal experiences and anecdotes, and the bankruptcy of Braniff in 1982.
Date: November 16, 2013
Creator: Schnur, Abra & LaQuey, L. D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Animal Health Commission Requests for Legislative Appropriations: Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015 (open access)

Texas Animal Health Commission Requests for Legislative Appropriations: Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015

The legislative appropriations request from the Texas Animal Health Commission for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 including budget outlines and specific requests.
Date: August 16, 2012
Creator: Texas Animal Health Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Commission on the Arts Requests for Legislative Appropriations: Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015 (open access)

Texas Commission on the Arts Requests for Legislative Appropriations: Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015

Report submitted by the Texas Commission on the Arts containing background information on the commission, and summaries of requests for appropriations and expenditures for the fiscal years 2014 and 2015 with supporting documentation.
Date: August 16, 2012
Creator: Texas Commission on the Arts
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Department of Criminal Justice Budget and Requests for Appropriations: 2011-2013 (open access)

Texas Department of Criminal Justice Budget and Requests for Appropriations: 2011-2013

Financial reports compiled by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice documenting the agency's operating budget during fiscal year 2011 and funding requests for the 2012-2013 biennium, submitted to the Texas Board of Criminal Justice for consideration.
Date: August 16, 2010
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services Requests for Legislative Appropriations: Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015, Volume 1 (open access)

Texas Department of Family and Protective Services Requests for Legislative Appropriations: Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015, Volume 1

First volume of a report submitted by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services to the 83rd regular legislature requesting appropriations to fund programming and activities. It includes summaries of appropriations requests for fiscal years 2013 and 2015 with supporting documentation.
Date: August 16, 2012
Creator: Texas. Department of Family and Protective Services.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services Requests for Legislative Appropriations: Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015, Volume 2 (open access)

Texas Department of Family and Protective Services Requests for Legislative Appropriations: Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015, Volume 2

Second volume of a report submitted by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services to the 83rd regular legislature requesting appropriations to fund programming and activities. It includes summaries of appropriations requests for fiscal years 2013 and 2015 with supporting documentation.
Date: August 16, 2012
Creator: Texas. Department of Family and Protective Services.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Department of Motor Vehicles Requests for  Legislative Appropriations: Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015 (open access)

Texas Department of Motor Vehicles Requests for Legislative Appropriations: Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015

Report submitted by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles containing background information on the department, and summaries of requests for appropriations and expenditures for the fiscal years 2014 and 2015 with supporting documentation.
Date: August 16, 2012
Creator: Texas. Department of Motor Vehicles.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners Requests for Legislative Appropriations: Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015 (open access)

Texas State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners Requests for Legislative Appropriations: Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015

Report submitted by the Texas State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners containing summaries of requests for appropriations and expenditures for the fiscal years 2014 and 2015 with supporting documentation.
Date: August 16, 2012
Creator: Texas. State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners.
System: The Portal to Texas History