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Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 2011 (open access)

Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 2011

Proceedings of the 47th regional archeological symposium including the text of papers presented during the conference. It also includes the minutes for the SWFAS 47th annual meeting.
Date: 2012
Creator: Robertson, Pinky
System: The Portal to Texas History
Philosophical Society of Texas, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting: 2012 (open access)

Philosophical Society of Texas, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting: 2012

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Philosophical Society of Texas held on February 3-5, 2012, including a list of attendees, text of addresses, changes to membership, and biographical information about members who have passed.
Date: 2012
Creator: Philosophical Society of Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Philosophical Society of Texas, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting: 2008 (open access)

Philosophical Society of Texas, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting: 2008

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Philosophical Society of Texas held December 5-7, including a list of attendees, text of addresses, changes to membership, and biographical information about members who have passed. The conference theme was "Texas and Architecture."
Date: 2012
Creator: Philosophical Society of Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Philosophical Society of Texas, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting: 2007 (open access)

Philosophical Society of Texas, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting: 2007

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Philosophical Society of Texas held December 7-9, including a list of attendees, text of addresses, changes to membership, and biographical information about members who have passed. The theme of this conference was "United States Energy in a Global Context."
Date: 2012
Creator: Philosophical Society of Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Philosophical Society of Texas, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting: 2006 (open access)

Philosophical Society of Texas, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting: 2006

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Philosophical Society of Texas held December 1-3, including a list of attendees, text of addresses, changes to membership, and biographical information about members who have passed. The theme of the conference was "Texas Tomorrow: The Impact of Immigration."
Date: 2012
Creator: Philosophical Society of Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Philosophical Society of Texas, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting: 2005 (open access)

Philosophical Society of Texas, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting: 2005

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Philosophical Society of Texas held December 2-4, including a list of attendees, text of addresses, changes to membership, and biographical information about members who have passed. The theme of the conference was "Medicine and Medical Policy in the 21st Century."
Date: 2012
Creator: Philosophical Society of Texas
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

Oral History Interview with Ginger Heiman, July 26, 2012

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Interview with Ginger Heiman, certified public accountant, conducted for the UNT Foundation Oral History Project. She discusses her childhood and education in Denison, Texas, and at Grayson College, Southern Oklahoma University, and UNT; career as a Certified Public Accountant; work with the UNT comptroller’s office and the UNT Foundation.
Date: July 26, 2012
Creator: Kilgore, Deborah K. & Heiman, Ginger
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Carlos Puente and Maria Esther Puente, March 15, 2012

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Transcript of an interview with Carlos Puente and Maria Esther Puente, Fort Worth-based Chicano political activists. They discuss the Raza Unida Party in Tarrant County and throughout Texas; efforts to improve the economic, social and political aspects of the Chicano community; Carlos Puente's service on Fort Worth City Council; Roadblocks Mexican-Americans faced in campaigning and running for political office, city council and school board, particularly in the 1970s and 1980s; Challenges of helping Hispanics become registered voters, educated about candidates, and to consistently come out and vote; Dealing with the apathy toward voting by Hispanics in the Fort Worth area; Discussions of various political candidates; Newspaper El Reporter's impact within voting community; Challenges facing Fort Worth.
Date: March 15, 2012
Creator: Martinez, Peter C.; Puente, Carlos (Activist) & Puente, Maria Esther (Activist)
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Kamran Khadivar, December 9, 2012

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Transcript of an interview with Kamran Khadivar, a civil/structural engineer, businessman, and Iranian-born immigrant to Plano, Texas. Khadivar discusses his childhood in Shiraz, Iran; coming to America at fourteen by himself; living with extended family in Texas; adjusting to America and learning English; parents’ escape from Iran during the Iranian Revolution; education in America; work experience; continuing Iranian traditions in own family; opportunities provided in America.
Date: December 9, 2012
Creator: Ferguson, J. Michael & Khadivar, Kamran, 1960-
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Hardy Haberman, April 15, 2012

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Transcript of an interview with Hardy Haberman, film producer, web designer, and longtime Dallas LGBT activist, for the Dallas LGBT Oral History Project. Haberman discusses his childhood in Dallas, Texas; coming out; LGBT Dallas history; LGBT activism; AIDS crisis in Dallas; current work in web design and marketing; current activism; Cathedral of Hope.
Date: April 15, 2012
Creator: Wisely, Karen & Haberman, Hardy, 1950-
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Claudio Durand, October 30, 2012

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Transcript of an interview with Claudio Durand, an Argentinian-born immigrant to Dallas, Texas, entrepreneur, and businessman. Durand shares concerning his childhood in Buenos Aires; educational and work history; living in Puerto Rico; visits to New York; immigration process; differences between Argentina and the United States; becoming American; and his thoughts on current immigration laws.
Date: October 30, 2012
Creator: Stallings, Chelsea & Durand, Claudio, 1938-
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview With Thanh Kim Huynh, December 8, 2012

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Transcript of an interview with Thanh Kim Huynh, Vietnamese-born immigrant to Carrollton, Texas for the DFW Metroplex Immigration Oral History Project. Huynh discusses concerning his childhood in Vietnam; memories of the Vietnam War; experiences as a helicopter pilot for the South Vietnamese Army; evacuation to Guam; transfer to the U.S.; life in America; culture shock; settlement in Dallas-Fort Worth area; immigration process as a refugee; considering America “home;” Dallas Vietnamese community. Appendix includes photos of Thanh Kim Huynh [3 pages].
Date: December 8, 2012
Creator: Stallings, Chelsea & Huynh, Thanh Kim, 1953-
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Oswald's Confession] (open access)

[Oswald's Confession]

Graphic novel titled, "Oswald's Confession" written by Jim Marrs and serves as a companion publication to his book "Crossfire." The graphic novel covers the assassination of John F. Kennedy and the accused killer, Lee Harvey Oswald.
Date: 2012
Creator: Marrs, Jim
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Marzena Ksiazkiewicz

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Interview with Marzena Kasiazkiewicz, a immigrant to the Dallas area from KrakĂłw, Poland. Kasiazkiewicz discusses first coming to the United States, caring for her mother, her parents, growing up in communist Poland, deciding to stay in the US, adjusting to the American workplace, moving to Texas, her partner and children, the effect of 9/11 on immigrants, learning English, working in eye-care, and John Paul II.
Date: December 6, 2012
Creator: McKee, David & Kasiazkiewicz, Marzena
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Julio Cesar Jo Gallent, December 1, 2012

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Interview with Julio Cesar Jo Gallent, an immigrant from MartĂ­, Cuba. Jo discusses his family fleeing Cuba, being rescued by the Coast Guard, staying in a camp at Guanatamo Bay, arriving in Miami, education and daily life in Castro's Cuba, American education, moving to Garland, Texas, visiting Cuba, and Cuba-US relations.
Date: December 2, 2012
Creator: Malone, Timothy A. & Jo Gallent, Julio Cesar
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Ramon M. Ruiz, September 29, 2012

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Interview with Ramon Ruiz, a civil servant of the Department of Education and advocate for Hispanic education from La Copita, Texas. Ruiz discusses his family history, growing up, school in Kingsville, local relations between Mexicans and white people, high school football, playing for North Texas State, becoming a coach for elementary school, joining the Job Corps, teaching inmates, working with school districts on desegregation in Texas, and work on various federal education programs in Washington with an emphasis on Hispanic communities and cooperation with Mexico. In appendix is a biography of Ruiz and his resumé.
Date: September 29, 2012
Creator: Juárez, Miguel & Ruiz, Ramon M.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Hui Sun, November 18, 2012

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Interview with Hui Sun, a Chinese-American immigrant from Ankang, Shaanxi, China. Hui Sun discusses her childhood, her marriage, coming to the United States, American and Chinese culture, her children, parenting, her local Chinese community, Chinese holidays, reflections on love and personal growth, and her service in the People's Liberation Army.
Date: November 18, 2012
Creator: Bravo, Francis & Sun, Hui
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Frtiz E. Schwalm

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Interview with Dritz Schwalm, a professor at the University of North Texas from Arolsen, Hesse. Schwalm discusses his family background, the county of Waldeck, his education, moving to the United States and working in academia, his parents' laundry business, the University of Marburg, working at Texas Women's University and the University of North Texas, German culture in the United States, shopping, the Goethe Institute, American politics, thoughts on citizenship, and radical leftists in Germany. In appendix are two pictures of Marburg discussed in the interview.
Date: December 4, 2012
Creator: Cox, Robert & Schwalm, Fritz E.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with John R. Masch, November 17, 2012

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Interview with Johnny Masch, a longtime resident of the Denton area from Blue Mound, Texas. Masch discusses his family history, his upbringing and education, farming, where he was for major historical events, his politics, his hobbies, and his family. In appendix are a photo of his grandparents and pictures of their passport.
Date: November 17, 2012
Creator: Taylor, D. J. & Masch, John R.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Warren Whitson, Jr., October 23, 2012

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Interview with Warren Whitson Jr., a WWII veteran, businessman and former mayor of Denton, Texas, from Denton. Whitson discusses his family background, his first jobs and education, his family's canning business, joining the Army Air Force and becoming a bomber pilot, flying B-17s in the European theater, his marriage, building a house, his businesses, becoming involved in the city, and the development of Denton over time.
Date: October 23, 2012
Creator: Nelson, Martha Len & Whitson, Warren, Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Francisco A. Gonzalez, October 30, 2012

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Interview with Francisco Gonzalez, a journalist from San Miguel, El Salvador. Gonzalez discusses his education, growing up during the civil war, having his appendix removed, his brother's involvement in the war, attending medical school, transition to law school and working as a journalist, moving to the US and attending UNT, work with the Dallas Magazine, his marriage, and revisiting El Salvador.
Date: October 30, 2012
Creator: Malone, Timothy A. & Gonzalez, Francisco A.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Douglas Chadwick, July 19, 2012

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Interview with Douglas Chadwick, former executive director of the UNT Foundation from Dallas, Texas. Chadwick discusses his family background and education at Southern Methodist University, his career in administration, work as Director of Planned Giving at UNT, involvement with the UNT Foundation and work as executive director, building connections and financial support, changes in the Foundation through the years, thoughts on the future of the Foundation and University, and his retirement.
Date: July 19, 2012
Creator: Kilgore, Deborah K. & Chadwick, Douglas
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Shazia Ali, October 15, 2012

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Interview with Dr. Shazia Ali, a professor from Dallas, Texas. Ali discusses her life and career as a Pakistani-American, including her family origins, growing up in Karachi and Dubai, her education, her work for a newspaper, the slums of Karachi, meeting her husband, being married over the phone, emigrating to Dallas, employment at UT-Dallas, having children, attending Richland College, cultural effects of September 11th, getting a PhD, parenting, and navigating cultures.
Date: October 15, 2012
Creator: Cloer, Katherine & Ali, Shazia
System: The UNT Digital Library