Oral History Interview with James Gayle, July 15, 2006

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Interview with African American North Texas State University alumnus James Gayle. The interview included Gayle's personal experiences of childhood, playing basketball at Fort Worth's all-black Terrell High School, attending North Texas and enrolling in the ROTC program, and his experience as a boarder in "Shack Town" neighborhood of Denton. Gayle talks about the comparison of race relations in Artesia, New Mexico, and Waco and Forth Worth, Texas, the "neutral" stance of NT administration toward black students and the "self-support" system among students, as well as his relationships with professors and white students, and his perception of what he gained from his NT experience.
Date: July 15, 2006
Creator: Cervantez, Brian & Gayle, James
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. W. W. Overton, Jr., December 8, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. W. W. Overton, Jr., December 8, 1955]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. W. W. Overton, Jr., discussing their recent trip to Santa Fe, where they stopped in a couple cities before then. He expresses his thankfulness to him and Evelyn for making their trip memorable.
Date: December 8, 1955
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Appendix IV, NTIEVA Newsletters (open access)

Appendix IV, NTIEVA Newsletters

Photocopy of the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts (NTIEVA) newsletter, volume 3, number 1 from Spring 1992 and volume 3, number 2, from Fall 1992 . Some of the topics in the newsletter include the 1992 Summer Institute, an article from Martha Deller, new research assistants, Kay Wilson and Pam Stephens, upcoming retreats and seminars, and general news from surrounding schools and museums.
Date: Spring 1992
Creator: North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library