Orchestra concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

Photograph of Sarah T. Hughes' personal chair, held by UNT Special Collections. The chair is velvet red with a brown wooden base. Judge Sarah T. Hughes (1896-1985) is best known for swearing in Lyndon B. Johnson, to the U.S. presidency after John F. Kennedy’s assassination in 1963. She began her career as a lawyer in Dallas, when she joined her first firm in 1923. During that time she served three terms in the Texas House of Representatives, as one of the first females elected after women’s suffrage. In 1935, Hughes was appointed the first female district judge in Texas, and was elected seven times after her initial appointment. In 1961, after being denied nomination to a federal judgeship because of her age, sixty-five, Hughes called on the Texas Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Club to take on a letter-writing campaign in support of her candidacy, which led to President John F. Kennedy appointing her later that year. Among her most notable decisions as a federal judge were Roe v. Wade, 1970 (the legalization of abortion in the United States), Shultz v. Brookhaven General Hospital, 1969 (equal pay for equal work for women), and Taylor v. Sterrett, 1972 (upgrading prisoner …

Photograph of a portrait of Judge Sarah T. Hughes done by Dorothy Barta, held by UNT Special Collections. The portrait is a painting of a woman with short cropped hair wearing a black judges robe and two pearl necklaces, while sitting on a red chair, her arm propped on the chairs arm and her hands propped on a book. Judge Sarah T. Hughes (1896-1985) is best known for swearing in Lyndon B. Johnson, to the U.S. presidency after John F. Kennedy’s assassination in 1963. She began her career as a lawyer in Dallas, when she joined her first firm in 1923. During that time she served three terms in the Texas House of Representatives, as one of the first females elected after women’s suffrage. In 1935, Hughes was appointed the first female district judge in Texas, and was elected seven times after her initial appointment. In 1961, after being denied nomination to a federal judgeship because of her age, sixty-five, Hughes called on the Texas Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Club to take on a letter-writing campaign in support of her candidacy, which led to President John F. Kennedy appointing her later that year. Among her most notable decisions …

Band concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

Band concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

Photograph of Donald Lee Thomas holding up a green book, part of Thomas' dropping of new donations for the War Poetry Collection.

Photograph of Donald Thomas & Edward Hoyenski (yellow) posing together for their picture with English Poetry of the First World War. This was part of Thomas' dropping of new donations for the War Poetry Collection.

Photograph of Donald Lee Thomas holding up a green book, part of Thomas' dropping of new donations for the War Poetry Collection.

Photograph of Donald Lee Thomas holding up The Road to Run by Siegfried Sassoon, part of Thomas' dropping of new donations for the War Poetry Collection.

Photograph of Donald Thomas & Justin Lemons (black t-shirt) in the library annex's preservation room. This was taken during Thomas' dropping of new donations for the War Poetry Collection.

Photograph of Donald Thomas & Justin Lemons (black t-shirt) in the library annex's preservation room. This was taken during Thomas' dropping of new donations for the War Poetry Collection.

Photograph of Donald Thomas & Justin Lemons (black t-shirt) in the library annex's preservation room. This was taken during Thomas' dropping of new donations for the War Poetry Collection.

Photograph of Hugo FD Fire 1.

Photograph of Morgan Gieringer holding Years of Peace Poems by Godfrey Elton. This book was part of Thomas' dropping of new donations for the War Poetry Collection.

Photograph of Years of Peace Poems by Godfrey Elton, no. 50, signed by Elton. This book was donated as part of Donald Thomas' dropping of new donations for the War Poetry Collection.

Photograph of Gigi Gartner standing next to an ensemble by Page Boy Maternity, which was founded by Gigi's mother Louis Gartner, who also served as the company's designer for many decades. Gartner is seen in the Texas Fashion Collection's space in Welch Street Complex 1.

Band concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

Photograph of World War I gas demonstration.

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Photograph of Adriance Rhoades (foreground) and Rachael Zipperer seated at the UNT Special Collections table, at the 2019 Archives Bazaar held at the Patterson-Appleton Center in Denton, TX, on Saturday, November 2, 2019.

Photograph of Adriance Rhoades (foreground) and Rachael Zipperer seated at the UNT Special Collections table, at the 2019 Archives Bazaar held at the Patterson-Appleton Center in Denton, TX, on Saturday, November 2, 2019.

Photograph of Adriance Rhoades, digitization assistant for UNT, seen standing next to an opened scanner giving instructions on scanning materials, at the 2019 Archives Bazaar held at the Patterson-Appleton Center in Denton, TX, on Saturday, November 2, 2019.