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[Photograph 2012.201.B0237.0570]
Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date:
October 6, 1969
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0125.0666]
Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper.
Date:
October 6, 1953
Creator:
Cobb, Richard
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Living in the Woods in a Tree: Remembering Blaze Foley
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Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Living in the Woods in a Tree is an intimate glimpse into the turbulent life of Texas music legend Blaze Foley (1949--1989), seen through the eyes of Sybil Rosen, the woman for whom he wrote his most widely known song, “If I Could Only Fly." It captures the exuberance of their fleeting idyll in a tree house in the Georgia woods during the countercultural 1970s. Rosen offers a firsthand witnessing of Foley’s transformation from a reticent hippie musician to the enigmatic singer/songwriter who would live and die outside society's rules. While Foley's own performances are only recently being released, his songs have been covered by Merle Haggard, Lyle Lovett, and John Prine. When he first encountered “If I Could Only Fly," Merle Haggard called it “the best country song I've heard in fifteen years." In a work that is part-memoir, part-biography, Rosen struggles to finally come to terms with Foley's myth and her role in its creation. Her tracing of his impact on her life navigates a lovers' roadmap along the permeable boundary between life and death. A must-read for all Blaze Foley and Texas music fans, as well as romantics of all ages, Living in the Woods in a …
Date:
October 15, 2008
Creator:
Rosen, Sybil
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Photograph 2012.201.B0342.0086]
Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Louise Suggs, left, offers congratulations to Dorothy Kirby shortly after she captured medal honors Sept. 23 in the opening qualifying round of the National Women's Amateur Golf Tournament at Tulsa, Okl."
Date:
October 8, 1946
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0223.0491]
Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Approximately 75 nationally prominent business and professional leaders attended the Army phase of the 27th Joint Civilian Orientation Conference at Fort Benning."
Date:
October 31, 1958
Creator:
United States. Army.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0223.0492]
Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Approximately 75 nationally prominent business and professional leaders attended the Army phase of the 27th Joint Civilian Orientation Conference at Fort Benning Oct. 9 to 12."
Date:
October 31, 1958
Creator:
United States. Army.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0223.0523]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "S. N. Goldman, 617 Wilshire, right, was among 70 national business and professional leaders, who have been getting a close look at the nation's defense."
Date:
October 10, 1958
Creator:
United States. Army.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0262.0201]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Dr. Alan R. Hinman"
Date:
October 27, 1986
Creator:
Southerland, Paul
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0223.0490]
Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Approximately 75 nationally prominent business and civic leaders attended the 27th Joint Civilian Orientation Conference at Fort Benning Oct. 9 - 12."
Date:
October 31, 1958
Creator:
United States. Army.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0223.0495]
Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Approximately 75 nationally prominent business and professional leaders attended the Army phase of the 27th Joint Civilian Orientation Conference at Fort Benning Oct. 9 to 12."
Date:
October 31, 1958
Creator:
United States. Army.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0223.0494]
Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Approximately 75 nationally prominent business and professional leaders attended the Army phase of the 27th Joint Civilian Orientation Conference at Fort Benning Oct. 9 to 12."
Date:
October 31, 1958
Creator:
United States. Army.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0223.0493]
Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Approximately 75 nationally prominent business and civic leaders attended the 27th Joint Civilian Orientation Conference at Fort Benning Oct. 9 to 12."
Date:
October 31, 1958
Creator:
United States. Army.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0102.0593]
Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date:
October 24, 1947
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[News Script: Builders suit]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Georgia filing a suit against the builders of a jail.
Date:
October 20, 1972, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Sports]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering news stories about baseball, hockey, and football.
Date:
October 3, 1972
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Flying fillies once occupied Liberty Field]
Newspaper clipping of an article about members of WASP who were stationed at Liberty Field in Fort Stewart, Georgia during WWII. The article includes more details about Fort Stewart, and a photograph of Helen Snapp, Margery Moore, Bertha Mary Clifford, and Viola Thompson in flight jumpsuits, walking away from a small plane. The clipping includes other articles about the Fort Stewart and Hinesville, Georgia area, as well as local advertisements.
Date:
October 23, 1987
Creator:
Owens, Dianne
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Atlanta mayor runoff]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date:
October 21, 1969, 6:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Edward S. Jones to Helen Snapp, October 31, 2010]
Letter from Edward S. Jones from the Department of the Air Force to Helen Snapp inviting Snapp to attend the HRDC workshop in Atlanta, Georgia.
Date:
October 13, 2010
Creator:
Jones, Edward S.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jeff C. Reed to Helen Snapp, October 12, 2000]
Letter from Jeff C. Reed, a technician at Fort Stewart Museum, to Helen Snapp discusses the museum's interest in conducting an oral history interview with Snapp.
Date:
October 12, 2000
Creator:
Reed, Jeff C.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to T. V. Munson, October 18, 1912]
Photocopy of a letter from "G. Pomologist in Charge of Fruit District Investigations" to T. V. Munson & Son discussing the Mrs. Bryan apple and asking for authentic specimens of the apple.
Date:
October 18, 1912
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Elna Peagler Davis to T. N. Carswell - October 28, 1969]
A letter written to "Mr. Norwood" from Elna Peagler Davis (Mrs. Bob), Waycross, Georgia, dated October 28, 1969. Davis expresses her appreciation for Carswell's very kind letter to her and her family after the death of her mother apologizing for her late response and assuring him of the pleasure her mother derived from his visits and their reminiscing of "old times".
Date:
October 28, 1969
Creator:
Davis, Elna Peagler
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. N. Carswell to Zeke - October 5, 1972]
A letter written to Zeke Smith from Norwood [T. N. Carswell], dated October 5, 1972. Carswell expresses his appreciation to Zeke on a sketch depicting burial plots where he also marks and makes note that he will reserve the spaces for himself and his wife next to his mother's grave. The reverse side includes notepad paper advertising Abilene Printing & Stationery Co., Abilene, Texas.
Date:
October 5, 1972
Creator:
Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Letter from Alfred M. Hilliard to William J. Hutchison - October 15, 1854]
Letter written to William J. Hutchison in Bainbridge, Georgia from Alfred M. Hilliard in Tyler County, Texas. The letter gives an update on Hilliard's settlement in Texas and his impressions of the country, as well as the health of his friends and family.
Date:
October 15, 1854
Creator:
Hilliard, Alfred M.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph 2012.201.B1008.0478]
Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Newly elected American Legion national Commander J. Milton Patrick, (left), Skiatook, Oklahoma, and Mrs. Patrick share their moment of victory with out-going national Commander William C. Doyle as The American Legion's 51st national conventional ended with the unanimous election of the Oklahoma Legionnaire."
Date:
October 5, 1969
Creator:
ALNS Photo
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History