Transcripts for the video footage from the Jo Streit Film Footage Collection on Jo Streit's documentary "Flirting with Power."

Audio interview from the Wes Phelps Podcast Interviews Collection recorded during on October 5th, 2022 in Washington, D.C. Phelps interviews attorney Paul Smith on his experiences clerking for Justice Lewis Powell during the trial Lawrence v. Texas. Smith discusses the roll he played in the supreme court trial which would eventually rule sodomy laws which policed "homosexual conduct" to be unconstitutional.

Audio interview from the Wes Phelps Podcast Interviews Collection recorded on October 6th, 2022 in Denton, Texas. Phelps interviews Kevin Bailey on his experiences with the federal court case Gay Student Services v. Texas A&M, a lawsuit filed against Texas A&M University by the school's Gay Student Services group. The lawsuit, filed in August of 1984, led to Texas A&M recognizing Gay Student Services as an official student organization. Bailey, former vice-president of the organization, speaks on his experiences within the group alongside president Marco Roberts and Sherri Skinner.

Photograph of Faith Renegar's computer screen, showing the submission of their review for the master's portfolio.

Audio interview from the Wes Phelps Podcast Interviews Collection recorded on October 14th, 2022 in Washington, D.C. Phelps interviews Lori Montgomery over her involvement with the murder case of Tommy Lee Tremble and John Griffin as a police reporter in 1988. She speaks on an interview conducted with Judge Jack Hampton, the Dallas criminal district court judge criticized for his lenient sentencing of Richard Bednarski, murderer of Tremble and Griffin. Montgomery discusses homophobic comments made by Judge Hampton which would lead her to write a newspaper article covering discrimination in the case of Tremble and Griffin.

Photograph of Onstead graduate fellow Katherine Santos sharing a Patricia Lester gown in an acid-free box, presenting it to a group of UNT Osher Lifelong Learning Institute program attendees sitting at tables in the Texas Fashion Collection's workspace in Welch Street Complex 1.

Photograph of all the breakfast goodies and coffee for UNT Willis Library faculty and staff to enjoy. The celebration is for UNT Libraries which has recently joined the Association of Research Libraries (ARL).

Photograph of UNT Willis Library faculty and staff enjoying an early breakfast party as Dean Diane Bruxvoort has announced that UNT Libraries have joined the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Everyone is enjoying the breakfast, coffee and talking amongst one another joyously.

Photograph of UNT Willis Library faculty and staff enjoying an early breakfast party as Dean Diane Bruxvoort has announced that UNT Libraries have joined the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Everyone is enjoying the breakfast, coffee and talking amongst one another joyously.

Photograph of UNT Willis Library faculty and staff enjoying an early breakfast party as Dean Diane Bruxvoort has announced that UNT Libraries have joined the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Everyone is enjoying the breakfast, coffee and talking amongst one another joyously.

Photograph of UNT Willis Library faculty and staff enjoying an early breakfast party as Dean Diane Bruxvoort has announced that UNT Libraries have joined the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Everyone is enjoying the breakfast, coffee and talking amongst one another joyously.

Audio interview from the Wes Phelps Podcast Interviews Collection recorded on October 21st, 2022 in Houston, Texas. In this interview, Chris Haight discusses the lives and deaths of John Griffin and Tommy Lee Tremble, two gay men who were close friends and roommates in Dallas in the 1980s. Haight discusses their negative treatment through newspaper coverage following their murders and the significance of applying humanity to their cases. Haight continues on to describe the trial and arrest of Richard Bednarski for the murders of the two men, critiquing his sentence and the roll Judge Jack Hampton played in his case.

Photograph of UNT Learning Technologies PhD student, Aubrey Rieder engaging with guests at UNT's Department of Learning Technologies table at AECT's 2022 annual conference at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, Nevada on Oct. 24-28, 2022.

Photograph of Dr. Deborah Cockerham, Dr. Aleshia Hayes, and UNT Learning Technologies Ph.D. students Jason Bickle and Aubrey Rieder (left to right) standing behind UNT's Department of Learning Technologies table at AECT's 2022 annual conference at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, Nevada on Oct. 24-28, 2022.

Photograph of guests visiting UNT's Department of Learning Technologies table at UNT's Department of Learning Technologies table at AECT's 2022 annual conference at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, Nevada on Oct. 24-28, 2022.

Photograph of UNT Learning Technologies prospective graduate students in attendance at AECT's 2022 annual conference at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, Nevada on Oct. 24-28, 2022.

Photograph of Jason Bickle, Frances M. (seated), Aubrey Rieder, Lauren Eutsler, Dean Kinshuk (seated), Dr. Karen Johnson, Dr. Deborah Cockerham (seated), Dr. Regina Kaplan-Rakowski, Dr. Aleshia Hayes (left to right) at AECT's 2022 annual conference at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, Nevada on Oct. 24-28, 2022.

Audio interview from the Wes Phelps Podcast Interviews Collection recorded on October 27th, 2022 in Denton, Texas. Phelps interviews Maggie Watt over her childhood and adulthood experiences growing up with her brother Don Baker, plaintiff in the federal suit Baker v. Wade. Watts discusses Baker's life with the Christian church, the Navy, and the Dallas gay community. Watts and Phelps cover the impact Baker v. Wade would have on Don Baker's life as well as it's impact on Texas sodomy laws.

Photograph of Access Services seated around their pumpkin. "Scariest Pumpkin: Deviled Egg" by Access Services: Emily Akers, Jayden Reider, Axel Acosta, and Carter Smith.

Photograph of Access Services seated around their pumpkin. "Scariest Pumpkin: Deviled Egg" by Access Services: Emily Akers, Jayden Reider, Axel Acosta, and Carter Smith.

Photograph of a circular carving on a spare pumpkin by Special Collection student assistants.

Photograph of Digital Projects and the progress they've made on their pumpkin decorating.

Photograph of the Digital Projects pumpkin decorating team standing around their table of supplies.

Photograph of the Digital Projects pumpkin decorating team standing around their table of supplies.