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Abilene Philharmonic Playbill: January 26-February 23, 2013 (open access)

Abilene Philharmonic Playbill: January 26-February 23, 2013

Program for an Abilene Philharmonic concert that ran from January 26th to February 23rd during the 62nd season. It includes information about the pieces performed, artists and musicians, and advertising from local companies.
Date: Winter 2013
Creator: Abilene Philharmonic
System: The Portal to Texas History
Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) Benefits Handbook, December 2013 (open access)

Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) Benefits Handbook, December 2013

A guide to benefits of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
Date: December 2013
Creator: Teacher Retirement System of Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Board of Criminal Justice Operating Budget: 2014 (open access)

Texas Board of Criminal Justice Operating Budget: 2014

Operating budget of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) for fiscal year 2014, with a breakdown of funding organized by specific programs and methods of finance, with information from the previous year for comparison.
Date: December 1, 2013
Creator: Texas. Board of Criminal Justice.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Operating Budget, Fiscal Year 2014 (open access)

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Operating Budget, Fiscal Year 2014

Operating budget for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for fiscal year 2014.
Date: December 1, 2013
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas State Law Library Operating Budget: 2014 (open access)

Texas State Law Library Operating Budget: 2014

Proposed budget for the State Law Library outlining projected income and expenditures, with supporting documentation.
Date: December 1, 2013
Creator: Texas. State Law Library.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Workforce Investment Council Briefing Materials: December 5, 2013 (open access)

Texas Workforce Investment Council Briefing Materials: December 5, 2013

Briefing materials compiled for a meeting of the Texas Workforce Investment Council held December 5, 2013 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, in San Antonio, Texas. The materials include agendas, minutes, and memoranda for members to consider related to the Texas Workforce Council annual report and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation.
Date: December 2013
Creator: Texas Workforce Investment Council
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Steven Atikinson, November 23, 2013

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Interview with Steven Atikinson, a LGBT rights activist from Keller, Texas. Atkinson discusses his childhood in Keller, growing up in a small conservative town, coming to terms with his sexuality, education at Baylor, his brief marriage, coming out, the HIV-AIDS epidemic, the Dallas Gay and Lesbian Alliance, the queer social scene in Dallas in the 1990s, discrimination, grassroots activism, direct action, lobbying, the growth of the Dallas LGBT community and resources, gay rights legislation, and thoughts on his life overall.
Date: November 23, 2013
Creator: Graham, Celeste & Atkinson, Steven
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Robert M. Bane, January 11, 2013

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Interview with Robert Bane, a Army WWII veteran from Garland, Texas. Bane discusses his family background, basic training, deployment to the Battle of the Bulge, General George S. Patton, experiences in combat with the 63rd Infantry Division during the drive into Germany, his comrades, crossing the Rhine, liberating Dachau, returning to the states, and his work with the Freemasons. In appendix is a photograph of Bane with his medals.
Date: November 13, 2013
Creator: Malone, Timothy & Bane, Robert M.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with David Taffet, November 12, 2013

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Interview with David Taffet, a Dallas-area LGBT activist from Yonkers, New York. Taffet discusses his education, coming out, anti-war activism at State University of New York at Albany, the SUNY Gay Alliance, moving to Dallas, the AIDS epidemic, police harassment and entrapment, working for the Custom Shop and the Dallas Voice, the "AIDS cocktail" and advancements in treatment of the illness, and grassroots politics.
Date: November 12, 2013
Creator: Graham, Celeste & Taffet, David
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Bruce Monroe, November 9, 2013

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Interview with Bruce Monroe from San Antonio, Texas. Monroe discusses attending Texas A&M, coming out, the gay scene in Houston and Florida, the start of the AIDS epidemic, living in Dallas and work with the Dallas Gay Alliance, becoming president of the DGA, changing its name, the Dallas Buyers Club, work in Washington DC, living with HIV, Dallas Way, and art.
Date: November 9, 2013
Creator: Bravo, Francis & Monroe, Bruce
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Howard Okon, November 7, 2013

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Interview with Howard Okon, a businessman and LGBT community activist from Dallas, Texas. Okon discusses founding the Dallas Tavern Guild, running gay bars in the 1970s, coming out, drug use, political allies, vandalism and raids, changes in patronage, the current state of Texas gay bars, the AIDS epidemic, the impact of social media on the scene, the Dallas dance hall ordinance, activism, and generational differences.
Date: November 7, 2013
Creator: Castillo, Vogel & Okon, Howard
System: The UNT Digital Library
Determining Representative Concentrations of Chemicals of Concern for Ecological Receptors (open access)

Determining Representative Concentrations of Chemicals of Concern for Ecological Receptors

This document is intended to familiarize readers with the approach for determining representative concentrations, defining exposure levels, and evaluating potential hot spots for ecological exposure pathways.
Date: November 2013
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Remediation Division.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Fernando Sanchez, November 1, 2013

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Transcript of an interview with Fernando "Fernie" Sanchez, Dallas Latino community AIDS activist and services coordinator. Sanchez shares concerning his childhood in El Paso, Texas; move to Dallas, Texas after graduating from UT-El Paso; various Dallas County jobs; AIDS activism; development of AIDS services in the Latino community; AIDS Arms and other organizations; HIV/AIDS stigma within the community; needs among and difficulties encountered by minority HIV/AIDS patients.
Date: November 1, 2013
Creator: Bundschuh, Molly Ellen & Sanchez, Fernando, 1960-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Schools of Hunt, Texas : A Pictorial History 1880s-1980s (open access)

Schools of Hunt, Texas : A Pictorial History 1880s-1980s

A book on the history of schools in Hunt, Texas, featuring photographs of students, faculty, and teachers, ephemeral items, and the schools themselves through the decades..
Date: November 2013
Creator: Sutton, Jeanne Schumacher
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Robert Moore, October 26, 2013

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Interview with Robert Moore, a LGBT-focus journalist from Hurst, Texas. Moore discusses attending Texas Tech University, his career, working for Dallas Gay News and starting Dallas Voice, changes in attitudes toward LGBT people in Texas, HIV-AIDS, LGBT guilds and associations, and keeping up with changing media.
Date: October 26, 2013
Creator: Bravo, Francis & Moore, Robert Wade
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Valerie Martínez-Ebers, October 22, 2013

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Transcript of an interview with Dr. Valerie Martínez-Ebers, professor of Political Science at the University of North Texas and former UNT student. Dr. Martínez-Ebers discusses her childhood as an Army brat; education; family background; discrimination against Mexican Americans; attending UNT with a Mexican American ancestry; growing awareness of ethnicity and ethnic identity; student activism; differences in treatment and attitudes towards Latinos/Latinas in various parts of the United States; teaching politics of race and ethnicity at UNT; continued activism; UNT organizations for Latinos/Latinas.
Date: October 22, 2013
Creator: Bynum, Katherine E. & Martínez-Ebers, Valerie
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Mary Franklin, October 18, 2013

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Interview with Mary Franklin, an activist in the Dallas LGBT community from Riverhead, New York. Franklin discusses her family background, the neighborhood she grew up in in, dyslexia and struggles in school, her sexuality and coming out, the LGBT scene on Long Island, "gay" as a term, her first girlfriend, Anita Bryant, applying for a marriage license on National Coming Out Day, feminism and activism, moving to Dallas, the decriminalization of homosexuality in Texas, the HIV-AIDS epidemic, threats, involvement with the Unitarian Church, working at the Food Pantry, and changes in societal attitudes towards LGBT.
Date: October 18, 2013
Creator: Castillo, Vogel Vladimir & Franklin, Mary
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Antonio T. Chavez, October 11, 2013

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Interview with Antonio Chavez, a former UNT student from Sonora, Texas. Chavez discusses the desegregation of schools in Sonora, experiences in grade school and the disparity in quality between segregated schools, his father's grocery business, discrimination, majoring in elementary education, working in geophysics, attending North Texas State College, life in Denton and on campus, and raising his family.
Date: October 11, 2013
Creator: Bynum, Katherine E. & Chavez, Antonio T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Skill Standards Board Briefing Materials: October 15, 2013 (open access)

Texas Skill Standards Board Briefing Materials: October 15, 2013

Briefing materials compiled for a meeting of the Texas Skill Standards Board held October 15,2013 at the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, 5th Floor Board Room, 1000 Red River, Austin, Texas 78701. The materials include agendas, minutes, and memorandums to consider related to new college certificate programs and the Texas Skill Standards Board annual report and work plan.
Date: October 2013
Creator: Texas Skill Standards Board
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bayport Water System Project Annual Budget: 2014 (open access)

Bayport Water System Project Annual Budget: 2014

Annual budget for the Coastal Water Authority Bayport Water System Project including schedules of revenues and expenditures, with supporting documentation for fiscal year 2014. It includes the text of resolutions adopting the budget.
Date: Autumn 2013
Creator: Coastal Water Authority (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lake Houston Facilities Project Annual Budget: 2014 (open access)

Lake Houston Facilities Project Annual Budget: 2014

Proposed budget for the Coastal Water Authority Lake Houston Facilities Project outlining projected income and expenditures, with supporting documentation.
Date: Autumn 2013
Creator: Coastal Water Authority (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Operating Budget: 2014 (open access)

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Operating Budget: 2014

Operating budget for the Texas Parks and Wildlife for fiscal year 2012, including summaries of budgeted funds by various criteria, budget schedules, and funding information.
Date: Autumn 2013
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trinity River Water Conveyance Project Annual Budget: 2014 (open access)

Trinity River Water Conveyance Project Annual Budget: 2014

Proposed budget for the Trinity River Water Conveyance Project outlining projected income and expenditures, with supporting documentation, during fiscal year 2014.
Date: Autumn 2013
Creator: Coastal Water Authority
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tracking the Texas Rangers: The Twentieth Century

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Tracking the Texas Rangers: The Twentieth Century is an anthology of fifteen previously published articles and chapter excerpts covering key topics of the Texas Rangers during the twentieth century. The task of 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 Mexican Revolution, for example, some murdered with impunity. Others sought to restore order in the border communities as well as in the remainder of Texas. It is not lack of interest that complicates the unveiling of the mythical force. With the possible exception of the Alamo, probably more has been written about the Texas Rangers than any other aspect of Texas history. Tracking the Texas Rangers covers leaders such as Captains Bill McDonald, “Lone Wolf” Gonzaullas, and Barry Caver, accomplished Rangers like Joaquin Jackson and Arthur Hill, and the use of Rangers in the Mexican Revolution. Chapters discuss their role in the oil fields, in riots, and in capturing outlaws. Most important, the Rangers of the twentieth century experienced changes in …
Date: September 15, 2013
Creator: Glasrud, Bruce A. & Weiss, Harold J. Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library