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 …

Photographs of the Bell Helicopter 429 model, held by UNT Special Collections as part of the Bell Helicopter Records. The model is dark red in color with a white slash and the number 429 in white on its side. Aviation pioneer Lawrence Dale Bell founded the Bell Aircraft Corporation in Buffalo, NY in 1935. When the helicopter division began to thrive, in 1951, the division established a new headquarters in Hurst, TX. The corporation was purchased by Textron in 1960 and established Bell Helicopter as a separate corporation.

Photographs of "Experiments and Observations on Electricity," held by UNT Special Collections. The first is of the cover, which is a brown/orange color, the title on the spine and lines of gold spaced out on it. The second is of a diagram in "Experiments and Observations on Electricity." The page on the left is titled "Letters and Papers," numbered 232 and filled with text. The page on the right is a diagram that is extended out beyond the page. The diagram has a circle made of arrows in the bottom right corner, and a long drawing extended on the left side, cloud-like at the top. In the middle of the diagram is a table of numbers. During the mid 1700s, scientists were conducting a great number of experiments related to electricity, with Benjamin Franklin famously discovering that lightning is an electrical phenomenon by tying a key to a kite string. Franklin’s Experiments and Observations on Electricity is the first publication to prove lighting is an electrical phenomenon.

Photographs of an illustration in "Paper Pools" held by UNT Special Collections. The illustration of a mermaid with a white tail in a swimming pool expands over two pages. There is a tan diving board on the left with its shadow in the water, and the mermaid on the right. Image 2, the cover of "Paper Pools." It is light grey with an illustration of a mermaid in a swimming pool covering most of the front, the title at the top. The name of the author is in black and the title in white. This is the same on the thin spine. Paper Pools shows a series of work created by Hockney using a technique of creating an image in colored paper pulps. This series is the only time he used this technique, which allowed him to explore the refraction of light through the gently moving water. This book is signed by the artist.

Photograph of the cover of "The Blue Guitar" held by UNT Special Collections. The cover is blue/grey in color, a white rectangle in the middle containing a drawing of a blue guitar, with the title under it, followed by the contributors which are: Etchings by David Hockney, who was inspired by Wallace Stevens, who was inspired by Pablo Picasso. Inspired by Wallace Stevens’ poem. All the wording alternates between blue and pink letters, and along the margins of the white box are thick blue slashes and thin pink slashes. “The Man with the Blue Guitar,” which was inspired by Picasso’s The Old Guitarist, David Hockney created a set of 20 color etchings, for The Blue Guitar, to interpret the themes of the poem. This book is signed by the artist.

Photographs of the cover and pages from George W. Sheldon's "Selections in Modern Art," held by UNT Special Collections. These volumes contain 125 plates of steel engravings and etchings representing works of recent and contemporary artists of the late 19th century. The etching Cedars by Moonlight by James Smillies, 1878, is one of the earliest instances of an American etcher beginning to differentiate between daylight and moonlight, a distinction easier made in theory than in practice. The cover is a severely worn brown leather, the front of it containing the title over an illustration of a woman etched in gold and black. The spine contains the title. Image 2, a page containing an illustration called Cedars by Moonlight by James Smillie. The illustration is black and white and is of cedar trees standing tall atop a hill on a cloudy night, the moon partially hidden behind the cloudy sky. Image 3, a page containing an illustration called "Homeless" by Gustave Doré. The black and white illustration is of a woman in a long raggedy dress. She is holding a child covered in raggedy robes a hood partially covering his/her face. They are both barefoot and have a forlorn look on …

Photographs of a Radio Shack guide titled "Guide to 10-codes and CB slang," held by UNT Special Collections as part of the Radio Shack and Tandy Corporation Collection. The guide is a white slip with the words CB Slang on the side followed by a list of words or phrases. On the right are a couple of pictures of people with phones/technology, the words "Radio Shack" at the bottom left in red. The second image is of a remote-like item that has the title at the bottom in red. Above that is a black knob with numbers around it, and above that are three switches. The top of the remote has three knobs. Founded in 1921, Radio Shack began as a small supplier of ham radio equipment, eventually moving into the realm of high fidelity stereo equipment. In 1962, the Fort Worth, Texas based Tandy Corporation purchased Radio Shack and transformed the business model to include an abundance of small storefronts, a refocus on selling only electronics, and eventually adding a repair shop service. In 2015 and 2017, after years of changes in the electronics market and declining sales, Radio Shack filed for bankruptcy, though it still sells through a …

Photographs of Henri Matisse's "Jazz", held by UNT Special Collections. Jazz is a series of works by artist Henri Matisse, which shows circus scenes cut out of colored paper. This is the first example of Matisse working in this way, which would eventually be his main method of creating art. The cover contains the title in pink lettering, and one of his works on the right with different blocks of color. Image 2, the page shown is titled “Nightmare of the White Elephant” and shows a circus elephant performing a trick. Matisse described the elephant as dreaming of his long-lost childhood in the jungle, with the red flames symbolizing his anguish.

Photographs of Amy Lund's "Hygge," held by UNT Special Collections. The first is of writing on top of the box, which has white writing in a square in the middle of the box. The second image is "Hygge" from the top. The paper structure is propped up to look like the structure of a house, the left side red and the right side is grey. The third image is of the front of "Hygge." This shows the front of the house structure showing the left red and right grey side. The inside of the house is lit up a bright yellow. This small paper house captures the inviting feeling of comfort and simple domestic pleasures. With its soft paper made from worn clothes and a small tea candle that flickers a warm yellow light within, Amy Lund’s "Hygge" truly reflects the meaning of this Scandinavian word. Text around the base of the house reads: “We are the product of our past and producer of our future. We maintain our sanity and human-ness – we cope. We give ourselves permission to reinterpret tradition. We start small we start at Home. Welcome.” Text on floor of house reads: “Home is the emotional …

Photographs of the covers of "Paradise Lost" by John Milton, held by UNT Special Collections. The covers are deep red, with an intricate gold design on the front and the spine, the spine containing the title. The book on the left is Vol 1 and the right Vol 2. Image 2, illustration inside "Paradise Lost." The black and white illustration is of a woman in the middle of a dark forest. She stands by a thick, tall tree, a snake wrapped around one of the branches. Image 3, frontispiece of "Paradise Lost." The illustration is on the inside left of the book where part of the red-gold cover is seen. It is titled "Arthur Stannard Vernay," depicting an empty room with a chair and a desk, knight's armor standing in the corner, and the walls filled with different objects. This copy of John Milton’s "Paradise Lost" contains 24 illustrations created especially for this publication, by famed British artist John Martin. Influences from this epic poem, detailing the biblical creation and fall of man, are evident throughout Frankenstein. Shelley included a line from the poem on the title page of the 1818 edition of Frankenstein, “Did I request thee, Maker, from …

Photographs of the structure of Julie Chen's "Chrysalis," held by UNT Special Collections. The exterior structure of Julie Chen's Chrysalis folds together with magnets to hold a shape similar to that of a chrysalis, the structure in which caterpillars encase themselves to transform into butterflies. The lid of the box has information about the chrysalis on the inside. The pages of the book inside are designed to look like MRI scans of a brain, and the text describes the “involuntary metamorphosis” that a person must undergo when working their way through the process of grief. Image 2, slightly open chrysalis. The inside is red with circular designs on it. Tucked inside are black half circle pages, containing small white lines of words. Image 3, open chrysalis. The book is extended out with the red inside with circular design opened up like wings on each side. The black half circle pages are in the middle, showing some of the words inside white lines.

Photographs of "Liber Bestiarum," held by UNT Special Collections. The first is of two pages in the open book, the one on the left contains a colorful illustration of birds on a tree with flowers. Under it is medieval script with the first letter of the paragraph a giant blue P. The page on the right contains the same medieval script. Towards the bottom is a paragraph with the first letter being a big red A. The second photo is of the cover of "Liber Bestiarum." The cover is bright red, the spine containing four different boxes of illustrations along the spine of animals. The front of the cover contains the book title in gold script Above and bellow it blue and red illustrations of animals. This is a facsimile of the manuscript from the Bodleian Library in Oxford, England and has 135 illustrated depictions of animals, including birds, reptiles, and fish. Bestiaries are manuscripts about animals, including real and imaginary illustrated depictions revealing a moral lesson. Bestiaries originated in the Ancient world but reached their height of popularity during the Medieval Period.

Photograph of illustrations inside Mary Shelley’s "Frankenstein", held by UNT Special Collections. The cover is orange with the title on the spine, by it a red book seen by its closed pages. Image 2, frontispiece of "Frankenstein." The black and white illustration on the left page is of a naked man on the floor on top of bones covered by cloth, a man stands with a frightened expression behind him holding a long pole in his hand. The page on the right contains an illustration of a young man walking away from a woman in a doorway. The title and author are above the illustration, and below it is the quote "The day of my departure at length arrived" in cursive script. The illustration on the left of this copy of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, depicts the moment the creature awoke and his creator fled from the room. The illustration on the right depicts Victor Frankenstein at a young age leaving his family to study abroad. This is the first illustrated edition, and third publication of the book. It is bound with the unfinished novel The Ghost-Seer by Friedrich Schiller, which contains many similar elements to Frankenstein, including necromancy.

Photographs of "Experimental Researches in Electricity" by Michael Faraday, held by UNT Special Collections. The first shows the covers of the three books that are side by side each other, the two on the left are worn black in color and the one on the right a deep blue. The title is on the spines of the books, numbering Vol I, Vol II and Vol II fro left to right. Image 2, diagram inside "Experimental Researches in Electricity." The diagram extends out of the page, a circular figure in the middle, and boxes and pipe-like drawings around it. Michael Faraday worked on the topic of electromagnetism, which would become the basis for electric motors. Faraday’s Experimental Researches in Electricity brought together ideas about supposedly different types of electricity, and provided the basis for research by future scientists.

Photographs of pages from Russell Maret's "Linear A to Linear Z," held by UNT Special Collections. The first picture is of a white page with only two small lines of writing on it that say "A letterform is a spatial disturbance; an act of interference with an otherwise passive grid." Image 2, the letter F. This is a white page with a black rectangle in the middle of it filled with many tiny white dots inside of it. Image 3, the letter X. This is a white page with a black rectangle in the middle of it. On the right and left side of the black box are diagonal white lines that meet in the middle to look like and abstract X. Linear A to Linear Z offers Russell Maret's take on letterforms, revealing the interesting diversity of the letters of the alphabet. Because of the difficulty he faced with the rounded letterforms, Maret eventually settled on utilizing not only straight lines, but also dots and wedge shapes to show the varying beauty that can be found in simple design and common forms.

Photograph of books by Thomas Boreman, "Curiosities in the Tower of London" and "The Gigantick History," held by UNT Special Collections. Two books are propped up by each other, "Curiosities..." on the left and "Gigantick" on the right. They are both dark blue in color, the spine of the one on the left red, the one on the right black. In front of them are two propped up books of their same titles. They are both open to the title pages, and on the left pages are illustrations. Thomas Boreman authored about a dozen children’s books in his lifetime, each with the intent of sparking their curiosities in the world around them. Many of his books focus on landmarks in London, such as this first edition copy of The Gigantick History volume 2, published in 1740, which tells the history of Guildhall, a historic building in London. Curiosities in the Tower of London, published in 1741, is another of Boreman’s attempts to pique the interest of young readers. In it, he describes many exotic animals housed in the Tower of London. This illustration of a porcupine is a wonderful example of the somewhat odd yet charming, depictions of these exotic …

Photograph of the cover of "The Winchester Psalter Miniature Cycle," held by UNT Special Collections. The cover is bright red and has an intricate gold design on the front, the frame of it filled in with black. This facsimile includes a cycle of miniatures depicting scenes from the Old Testament, the lives of Christ and the Virgin Mary, and the Second Coming and Last Judgment. The original psalter was created in the 12th century under the patronage of Henry of Blois in Winchester, England. A psalter is a book of psalms. Psalms are a collection of religious verses that were recited or sung in Jewish and Christian worship and are included in Bibles. A psalter also contains other devotional material such as the liturgical calendar and the litany of the Saints.

Photograph of the screening of the Turtle Creek Chorale documentary "After Goodbye: An AIDS Story," held by UNT Special Collections. The photo shows a projector screen showing the title of the documentary with the caption "and public television stations" at the top. The room has the lights turned off, and people can be seen seated in rows of chairs watching the screen. An organization that was notably affected by the AIDS crisis, is the Turtle Creek Chorale, a Dallas based men’s chorus. The group was formed in 1980 with 30 members and Harry E. Scher in the role of artistic director and conductor. The group sang together at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, taking on the name Turtle Creek Chorale as an allusion to the small tributary that passes through Oak Lawn. Today, the Chorale has over 200 dues paying members, consisting mostly of gay men, and is the most recorded men’s chorus in the world, with thirty-eight recordings and two feature-length documentaries. The Chorale is an important part of the Dallas arts community and works to support the arts and the LGBT community by performing at charitable events alongside their regular programming. 1985 marked the first HIV/AIDS infection in the …

Photograph of the screening of the Turtle Creek Chorale documentary "After Goodbye: An AIDS Story," held by UNT Special Collections. The photo shows a dark room with rows of people sitting in chairs watching a projector screen showing a scene of a room full of men holding binders containing sheet music while singing, with the title "The Turtle Creek Chorale" in the bottom right corner. An organization that was notably affected by the AIDS crisis, is the Turtle Creek Chorale, a Dallas based men’s chorus. The group was formed in 1980 with 30 members and Harry E. Scher in the role of artistic director and conductor. The group sang together at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, taking on the name Turtle Creek Chorale as an allusion to the small tributary that passes through Oak Lawn. Today, the Chorale has over 200 dues paying members, consisting mostly of gay men, and is the most recorded men’s chorus in the world, with thirty-eight recordings and two feature-length documentaries. The Chorale is an important part of the Dallas arts community and works to support the arts and the LGBT community by performing at charitable events alongside their regular programming. 1985 marked the first HIV/AIDS …

Photograph of Morgan Gieringer speaking at the screening of the Turtle Creek Chorale documentary "After Goodbye: An AIDS Story," held by UNT Special Collections. Morgan Gieringer has short brown hair, is wearing dressy pants, blouse and a black blazer stands in front of a microphone, speaking to an audience in a carpeted room. Behind her on the left is a long table with a black tablecloth with microphones disperse along it. Behind her on the right is a screen projector showing a photo of a choir of men, and titled Turtle Creek Chorale Documentary & Program. An organization that was notably affected by the AIDS crisis, is the Turtle Creek Chorale, a Dallas based men’s chorus. The group was formed in 1980 with 30 members and Harry E. Scher in the role of artistic director and conductor. The group sang together at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, taking on the name Turtle Creek Chorale as an allusion to the small tributary that passes through Oak Lawn. Today, the Chorale has over 200 dues paying members, consisting mostly of gay men, and is the most recorded men’s chorus in the world, with thirty-eight recordings and two feature-length documentaries. The Chorale is an …

Photograph of a panel at the screening of the Turtle Creek Chorale documentary "After Goodbye: An AIDS Story, held by UNT Special Collections. The panel is made up of five people sitting behind a table covered in a black cloth. The people on the panel each have a name tag propped in front of them, from left to right the names are: Kathleen Hobson-Bond, Daryl Curry, Michael Sullivan, Bruce Jaster, and Kevin Hodges. An organization that was notably affected by the AIDS crisis, is the Turtle Creek Chorale, a Dallas based men’s chorus. The group was formed in 1980 with 30 members and Harry E. Scher in the role of artistic director and conductor. The group sang together at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, taking on the name Turtle Creek Chorale as an allusion to the small tributary that passes through Oak Lawn. Today, the Chorale has over 200 dues paying members, consisting mostly of gay men, and is the most recorded men’s chorus in the world, with thirty-eight recordings and two feature-length documentaries. The Chorale is an important part of the Dallas arts community and works to support the arts and the LGBT community by performing at charitable events alongside …

Photograph of a panel at the screening of the Turtle Creek Chorale documentary "After Goodbye: An AIDS Story, held by UNT Special Collections. The photo is an angled view of a panel that is made up of five people sitting behind a table covered in a black cloth. The people on the panel each have a name tag propped in front of them, from left to right the names are: Kathleen Hobson-Bond, Daryl Curry, Michael Sullivan, Bruce Jaster, and Kevin Hodges. Behind them on the left is a partially seen projector screen. An organization that was notably affected by the AIDS crisis, is the Turtle Creek Chorale, a Dallas based men’s chorus. The group was formed in 1980 with 30 members and Harry E. Scher in the role of artistic director and conductor. The group sang together at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, taking on the name Turtle Creek Chorale as an allusion to the small tributary that passes through Oak Lawn. Today, the Chorale has over 200 dues paying members, consisting mostly of gay men, and is the most recorded men’s chorus in the world, with thirty-eight recordings and two feature-length documentaries. The Chorale is an important part of the …

Photograph of a panel at the screening of the Turtle Creek Chorale documentary "After Goodbye: An AIDS Story, held by UNT Special Collections. The photo is a closeup of an angled view of a panel that is made up of five people sitting behind a table covered in a black cloth. The people on the panel each have a name tag propped in front of them, from left to right the names are: Kathleen Hobson-Bond, Daryl Curry, Michael Sullivan, Bruce Jaster, and Kevin Hodges. Behind them on the left is a partially seen projector screen. An organization that was notably affected by the AIDS crisis, is the Turtle Creek Chorale, a Dallas based men’s chorus. The group was formed in 1980 with 30 members and Harry E. Scher in the role of artistic director and conductor. The group sang together at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, taking on the name Turtle Creek Chorale as an allusion to the small tributary that passes through Oak Lawn. Today, the Chorale has over 200 dues paying members, consisting mostly of gay men, and is the most recorded men’s chorus in the world, with thirty-eight recordings and two feature-length documentaries. The Chorale is an important …