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[News Clip: Beyond the Dream]
This news special, hosted by Jane Jayroe and Dave Layman, looks at how life in the Dallas - Fort Worth Metroplex will change for present and future residents with a particular focus on growth and economic development. The first segment focuses on local historical events and figures. The rest of the program covers issues affecting present and future residents of the Metroplex, including population growth, employment, family structure, real estate and home ownership, women in the workforce and corporate daycare, bilingual education, energy sources, labor unions, transportation, the impact of the changing area demographics on Mexican American and African American communities, the impact of home video on the entertainment industry, the rise of home computers and the growth of the computer industry, changing student demographics and rising costs of education, the impact of cable television on sports, crime rates, inflation, and politics. This broadcast includes both national and regional commercial advertisements.
Date:
1981
Creator:
NBC 5 (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from the Trans-State Oil Company to R. B. McMillen, January 23, 1935]
Letter from Claude Kavanaugh, of the Trans-State Oil Company, to R. B. McMillen concerning the value of Big Indian properties being highly valuable and "are going to be mad more valuable." This letter is in response to the huge amount of mail received by the unite holders from his original general letter. Also included is a flash announcement which, at the end, asks the unit holders to "sign and send in the enclosed proxy so that we may represent you...to defeat the present sale of the property."
Date:
January 23, 1935
Creator:
Kavanaugh, Claude
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard Addressed to Mrs. M. M. Matlock, April 25, 1917]
Postcard addressed to Mrs. M. M. Matlock with a photograph of an oil rig with its workers hanging out at the bottom. The note on the back of the card asks Mrs. Matlock how "the war [is] up their [sic]," and says that down there it "looks like real war some times."
Date:
April 25, 1917
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Policemen deaths]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date:
January 31, 1970, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Stevens investigations/ Rice fire]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date:
April 6, 1970, 12:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letters from Adelitia McGee to the Moore family and Alice McGee, October 16-17, 1889]
This is a letter from the Charles B. Moore Collection. It is written by Adelitia "Dinkie" McGee to the Moore family and Alice McGee. In this letter, Dinkie details the goings-on in Gallatin, Tennessee and the news includes: weather updates, a discussion concerning Alice's Grandma McGee who has passed, a dialogue about making molasses from cane, news about the crops that survived and the crops that were ruined from frost, updates on family and friends, and the daily happenings since the Moore family and Alice have left. She closes the letter by Birdie want to see Alice and Linnet very badly but since Bessie has come to visit, she has not been as lonely. Dinkie notes that she would like for the Moore's and Alice to write soon. On the first page, Dinkie writes another letter dated October 17 to the Moore family and Alice. She details her daily schedule and mentions that Birdie will write next time. She writes a note for Alice to write Bettie Wilson and that Mother (Matilda Dodd) will write the Moore family on Sunday. The envelope is included with the letter.
Date:
October 16, 1889
Creator:
Dodd, Adelitia
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1139, Chapter 1182
Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the operation and administration of and practice in courts in the judicial branch of state government, the composition of certain juvenile boards, and the increase of certain filing fees.
Date:
June 19, 2015
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 96, July 1992 - April, 1993
The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 651.
Date:
1993
Creator:
Texas State Historical Association
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest
This text gives an overview of the places and resources in Texas with an emphasis on the locations where the railroads run through the state. Indexes start on page 220.
Date:
1896
Creator:
Texas & Pacific Railway
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Music Festivals research]
Research about music festivals in 2005 compiled for an article that was published in the December 2004 issue of Texas Highways magazine.
Date:
2004-12~
Creator:
Mallory, Randy
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Remembering railroads
Text about railroad museums across Texas that was published in the "When..." section of a February 2001 Texas Highways magazine article.
Date:
2001-02~
Creator:
Mallory, Randy
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Non-Commercial House Concerts/Listening Rooms in Texas (listed alphabetically by city)
List of non-commercial house concerts and listening rooms across Texas used as research for an article that was published in the February 1998 issue of Texas Highways magazine.
Date:
1998-02~
Creator:
Mallory, Randy
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Back To School]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story saying that school bells are ringing for students in Dallas, Irving, Mesquite, Plano and Wilmer-Hutchins school districts.
Date:
August 20, 1973, 8:25 a.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library