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Oral History Interview with Thurman H. Hooper, February 24, 1993
Access:
Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Thurman Hooper from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Hooper worked at camps in Peaceful Valley, Colorado (Company 894); Bonham, Texas (Company 894); Durango, Colorado; Alamosa, Colorado; Jasper, Texas (Company 1820); and Bowie, Arizona. Includes Appendix.
Date:
February 24, 1993
Creator:
Wilson, David & Hooper, Thurman H.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Congregants in Choir Section]
Photograph of congregants seated in the choir section at the Rockwall First Baptist Church. Two women in the back row have American flags, one with a pair of flags resting above her earlobes. Other people, seated in the rows below, are mostly stationary and unoccupied.
Date:
June 30, 1993
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Fourth of July Celebration: Choir Performance]
Photograph of a choir performance during a Fourth of July celebration in the Rockwall First Baptist Church. The choir stands at the back end of the worship center, dressed in red and white, singing from their choir books. A man conducts them from behind the pulpit. The sanctuary is decorated with flowers and American flags, with one large prominent flag hanging on the wall above the choir singers.
Date:
July 4, 1993
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Fourth of July Celebration: Costumed Couple #1]
Photograph of a costumed couple at a celebration for Independence Day in the Rockwall First Baptist Church. They stand in the front end of the church's worship center, in front of the choir section, the pulpit, and the clergy chairs. At left, a woman wears a white satin dress with red and blue stripes, and at right, a man wears a hat with a puffy white feathers and a dark coat with a black stele, round buttons, and long sleeves. A large American flag is draped over the back wall of the worship center.
Date:
July 4, 1993
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Fourth of July Celebration: Costumed Couple #2]
Photograph of a costumed couple at a celebration for Independence Day in the Rockwall First Baptist Church. They stand in the front end of the church's worship center, in front of the choir section, the pulpit, and the clergy chairs. At left, a woman wears a white satin dress with red and blue stripes, and at right, a man wears a hat with a puffy white feathers and a dark coat with a black stele, round buttons, and long sleeves.
Date:
July 4, 1993
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Fourth of July Celebration: Couple and Choir]
Photograph of a celebration for Independence Day in the First Baptist Church of Rockwall. A woman stands next to the worship center's pulpit, churchgoers in front of them. A man in a suit faces the choir section with his back turned towards the seated singers. A large American flag is draped on the wall over the top of the choir section.
Date:
July 4, 1993
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Rockwall]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story.
Date:
November 17, 1993, 6:00 p.m.
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Poison Center]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
January 19, 1994, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Rockwall Sheriff's Department]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
1996
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Bam Morris]
B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
July 11, 1996, 5:00 p.m.
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Foundation Work, Rockwall First Baptist]
Photograph of foundation work outside the First Baptist Church of Rockwall for a parking lot. A concrete retaining wall has been built along the corner of the church property, with a large and uneven field of dirt spanning within the wall. Suburban neighborhoods are visible in the background.
Date:
February 1, 1998
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[New Worship Center Groundbreaking: Breaking Ground #1]
Photograph of a groundbreaking ceremony for a new worship center at the First Baptist Church of Rockwall. Two men, holding shovels, dig out clumps of soil from a field of dirt on the church grounds while a handful of people watch from nearby, looking onward.
Date:
February 1, 1998
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[New Worship Center Groundbreaking: Breaking Ground #2]
Photograph of a groundbreaking ceremony for a new worship center at the First Baptist Church of Rockwall. Two men, holding shovels, dig out clumps of soil from a field of dirt on the church grounds while a handful of people watch from nearby, looking onward.
Date:
February 1, 1998
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[New Worship Center Groundbreaking: Ceremony Participants]
Photograph of ceremony participants for a new worship center's groundbreaking ceremony at the Rockwall First Baptist Church. The participants stand side by side in front of a paved parking lot, with an amplifier on a tripod stand and a microphone placed before them. Two men at right stand near a small pile of upturned dirt.
Date:
February 1, 1998
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[New Worship Center Groundbreaking: Crowd from Parking Lot]
Photograph of a crowd at a groundbreaking ceremony for a new worship center at the Rockwall First Baptist Church, gathered on a parking lot adjacent to the church building. In front of the crowd are prominent leaders of the church, some wearing hard hats, standing near four shovels wrapped with bows and lodged in the dirt. Inside the church, people watch the ceremony from a window (center right). The church's steeple and the city's water tower are both visible behind the church building.
Date:
February 1, 1998
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[New Worship Center Groundbreaking: Men with Shovels]
Photograph of a groundbreaking ceremony for a new worship center at the First Baptist Church of Rockwall. Two men hold shovels on a pile of of upturned dirt, looking to the left and smiling. A microphone on a stand is placed in front of them.
Date:
February 1, 1998
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[New Worship Center Groundbreaking: Panorama #1]
Panoramic photograph of a groundbreaking ceremony for a new worship center at the First Baptist Church of Rockwall. Facing the east, the Rockwall water tower, the old worship center, and its white steeple is visible behind the large crowd of people standing together on the location of the worship center. In front of the people are parked cars in front of a row of parking cones.
Date:
February 1, 1998
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[New Worship Center Groundbreaking: Panorama #2]
Panoramic photograph of a groundbreaking ceremony for a new worship center at the First Baptist Church of Rockwall. Facing the east, the Rockwall water tower, the old worship center, and its white steeple is visible behind the large crowd of people standing together on the location of the worship center. In front of the people are parked cars in front of a row of parking cones. The crowd watches a group of people stand near a pile of upturned soil at right.
Date:
February 1, 1998
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[New Worship Center Groundbreaking: Panorama #3]
Panoramic photograph of a groundbreaking ceremony for a new worship center at the First Baptist Church of Rockwall. Facing the east, the Rockwall water tower, the old worship center, and its white steeple is visible behind the large crowd of people standing together on the location of the worship center. In front of the people are parked cars in front of a row of parking cones.
Date:
February 1, 1998
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[New Worship Center Groundbreaking: Prayer #1]
Photograph of a prayer being held at the groundbreaking ceremony for a new worship center at the Rockwall First Baptist Church. Two individuals, standing behind a microphone and a loudspeaker, bow their heads. Members of the church staff standing behind also bow in prayer.
Date:
February 1, 1998
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[New Worship Center Groundbreaking: Prayer #2]
Photograph of a prayer being held at the groundbreaking ceremony for a new worship center at the Rockwall First Baptist Church. Two individuals, standing behind a microphone and a loudspeaker, bow their heads. Members of the church staff standing behind also bow in prayer.
Date:
February 1, 1998
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[New Worship Center Groundbreaking: Speech #1]
Photograph of a speech being delivered at the groundbreaking ceremony for a new worship center at the Rockwall First Baptist Church. The speaker holds a book in his right hand and stands behind a microphone on a stand. Members of the church staff stand behind the speakers, including two men holding shovels driven into the dirt.
Date:
February 1, 1998
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[New Worship Center Groundbreaking: Speech #2]
Photograph of a speech being delivered at the groundbreaking ceremony for a new worship center at the Rockwall First Baptist Church. The speaker holds a book in his right hand and stands behind a microphone on a stand and a loudspeaker set on a large tripod. Members of the church staff stand behind the speakers, including two men holding shovels driven into the dirt.
Date:
February 1, 1998
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[New Worship Center Groundbreaking: Speech #3]
Photograph of a speech being delivered at the groundbreaking ceremony for a new worship center at the Rockwall First Baptist Church. The speaker holds a book in his right hand and stands behind a microphone on a stand. Members of the church staff stand behind the speakers, including two men holding shovels driven into the dirt.
Date:
February 1, 1998
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History