Monthly electronic newsletter published for members of the Texas Daily Newspaper Association. Includes news items of interest to association members.

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.

Tracking the Texas Rangers is an anthology of sixteen previously published articles, arranged in chronological history, covering key topics of the intrepid and sometimes controversial law officers named the Texas Rangers. Determining the role of the Rangers as the state evolved and what they actually accomplished for the benefit of the state is a difficult challenge—the actions of the Rangers fit no easy description. There is a dark side to the story of the Rangers; during the war with Mexico, for example, some murdered, pillaged, and raped. Yet these same Rangers eased the resultant United States victory. Even their beginning and the first use of the term “Texas Ranger” have mixed and complex origins. Tracking the Texas Rangers covers topics such as their early years, the great Comanche Raid of 1840, and the effective use of Colt revolvers. Article authors discuss Los Diablos Tejanos, Rip Ford, the Cortina War, the use of Hispanic Rangers and Rangers in labor disputes, and the recapture of Cynthia Ann Parker and the capture of John Wesley Hardin. The selections cover critical aspects of those experiences—organization, leadership, cultural implications, rural and urban life, and violence. In their introduction, editors Bruce A. Glasrud and Harold J. …

While there is wide scholarship on the Texas Revolution, there is no comparable volume on the role of women during that conflict. Most of the many works on the Texas Revolution include women briefly in the narrative, such as Emily Austin, Suzanna Dickinson, and Emily Morgan West (the Yellow Rose), but not as principal participants. Women and the Texas Revolution explores these women in much more depth, in addition to covering the women and children who fled Santa Anna’s troops in the Runaway Scrape, and examining the roles and issues facing Native American, Black, and Hispanic women of the time. Like the American Revolution, women’s experiences in the Texas Revolution varied tremendously by class, religion, race, and region. While the majority of immigrants into Texas in the 1820s and 1830s were men, many were women who accompanied their husbands and families or, in some instances, braved the dangers and the hardships of the frontier alone. Black, Hispanic, and Native American women were also present in Mexican Texas. Whether Mexican loyalist or Texas patriot, elite planter or subsistence farm wife, slaveholder or slave, Anglo or black, women helped settle the Texas frontier and experienced the uncertainty, hardships, successes, and sorrows of …

Semi-weekly newspaper from Gilmer, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Semi-weekly newspaper from Wharton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Funeral program for Rosine (Big Mama) Ector Edwards, born June 24, 1923 and died September 8, 2012. The funeral was held September 15, 2012 at Calvary Baptist Church, officiated by Rev. Kevin L. Nelson. Funeral arrangements were made through Lewis Funeral Home.

Weekly newspaper from Brownwood, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Lecture given Saturday, September 15, 2012, 7:00 PM at Abilene Christian University

Photograph of a group of people spread out at the 2nd Annual BSE event in 2012. The image shows a group of African American men and women standing spread out in a room with a red carpet. A few people can be seen standing on a stage.

Photograph of a group game from the Black Student Excellence event, held by UNT Special Collections. The image shows a few African American men and women in a red carpeted room with some of them lined up and watching two of them standing with their legs spread out and white sheets of paper under each of their feet.

Photograph of two friends at the 2nd Annual BSE event in 2012, held by UNT Special Collections. The image shows two women in a room with red carpet. Under them are two papers under them with them stepping on it with their shoes on and them leaning forward. Black Student Experience (BSE), was created to foster pride and promote academic success among the Black student population at UNT. Created in 2011, BSE is a weekend retreat that introduces incoming freshman and transfer students to leaders of the Black student population. This retreat is an opportunity for students to discover their campus involvement interests, become introduced to black faculty, staff, and alumni, and ideally begin or cultivate a path to become a leader themselves. BSE participants leave the retreat with a better knowledge of the UNT resources available to them, a foundation that will prepare them to be successful at UNT and a community of support and family.

Photograph of people around the room at the 2nd Annual BSE event in 2012, held by UNT Special Collections. The image shows a group of African American men and women in a red carpeted room. All of them are lined up along the walls of the room and facing each other, standing up. Black Student Experience (BSE), was created to foster pride and promote academic success among the Black student population at UNT. Created in 2011, BSE is a weekend retreat that introduces incoming freshman and transfer students to leaders of the Black student population. This retreat is an opportunity for students to discover their campus involvement interests, become introduced to black faculty, staff, and alumni, and ideally begin or cultivate a path to become a leader themselves. BSE participants leave the retreat with a better knowledge of the UNT resources available to them, a foundation that will prepare them to be successful at UNT and a community of support and family.

Photograph of a man sitting on stage at the 2nd Annual BSE event in 2012, held by UNT Special Collections. The image shows an African American man in a long sleeve dress shirt and black pants sitting on a chair that is on a slightly raised stage. Black Student Experience (BSE), was created to foster pride and promote academic success among the Black student population at UNT. Created in 2011, BSE is a weekend retreat that introduces incoming freshman and transfer students to leaders of the Black student population. This retreat is an opportunity for students to discover their campus involvement interests, become introduced to black faculty, staff, and alumni, and ideally begin or cultivate a path to become a leader themselves. BSE participants leave the retreat with a better knowledge of the UNT resources available to them, a foundation that will prepare them to be successful at UNT and a community of support and family.

Photograph of two women at the 2nd Annual BSE event in 2012, held by UNT Special Collections. The image shows two African American women standing next to each other as they smile and wear the same white t shirt. Black Student Experience (BSE), was created to foster pride and promote academic success among the Black student population at UNT. Created in 2011, BSE is a weekend retreat that introduces incoming freshman and transfer students to leaders of the Black student population. This retreat is an opportunity for students to discover their campus involvement interests, become introduced to black faculty, staff, and alumni, and ideally begin or cultivate a path to become a leader themselves. BSE participants leave the retreat with a better knowledge of the UNT resources available to them, a foundation that will prepare them to be successful at UNT and a community of support and family.

Photograph of a group of people on the floor at the 2nd Annual BSE event in 2012.

Semiweekly newspaper from Port Lavaca, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Daily newspaper from Chickasha, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the 36th season-opening concert of "Red Beans and Rice" Blues concert featuring Sir Charles Jones, Tutu Jones, Big Charles Young, and Floyd Taylor. The concert was held on September 15th, 2012 on the Naomi Bruton main stage. The footage shows a solo singer singing blues and interacting with the audience. At the 17:15 mark, the tape cuts to unrelated events and a Spanish news channel.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the 36th season-opening concert of "Red Beans and Rice" Blues concert featuring Sir Charles Jones, Tutu Jones, Big Charles Young, and Floyd Taylor. The concert was held on September 15th, 2012 on the Naomi Bruton main stage. The footage shows the featuring performers singing individually accompanied by the band and jazz musicians. The tape ends abruptly before the end of the concert.