[News Clip: Texas Roundup] captions transcript

[News Clip: Texas Roundup]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: July 22, 1993, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Urban Trails of Texas (open access)

Urban Trails of Texas

Text about city parks, nature centers, and preserves across Texas that was published in the "When..." section of an October 1998 Texas Highways magazine article.
Date: 1998-10~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Randy Mallory to Jack Lowry, August 29, 1996] (open access)

[Letter from Randy Mallory to Jack Lowry, August 29, 1996]

Letter from Randy Mallory to Jack Lowry dated August 29, 1996 regarding a Texas Highways magazine article about city parks, nature centers, and preserves across Texas.
Date: August 29, 1996
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wild in the City, or Walk on the Wild Side, or Life in the Slow Lane (open access)

Wild in the City, or Walk on the Wild Side, or Life in the Slow Lane

Draft of an article about city parks, nature centers, and preserves across Texas that was published in the October 1998 issue of Texas Highways magazine.
Date: 1998-10~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[WWH: Songwriter's Paradise] (open access)

[WWH: Songwriter's Paradise]

Text about house concerts and listening rooms across Texas that was published in the "When..." section of a February 1998 Texas Highways magazine article.
Date: 1998-02~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Non-Commercial House Concerts/Listening Rooms in Texas (listed alphabetically by city) (open access)

Non-Commercial House Concerts/Listening Rooms in Texas (listed alphabetically by city)

List of non-commercial house concerts and listening rooms across Texas used as research for an article that was published in the February 1998 issue of Texas Highways magazine.
Date: 1998-02~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[WWH: Pig Stand] (open access)

[WWH: Pig Stand]

Text about the Pig Stand, a drive-in restaurant chain established in 1921, that was published in the "When..." section of a September 1997 Texas Highways magazine article.
Date: 1997-09~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Pig Stand: America's first drive-in restaurant (open access)

The Pig Stand: America's first drive-in restaurant

Draft of an article about the Pig Stand, a drive-in restaurant chain established in 1921, that was published in the September 1997 issue of Texas Highways magazine.
Date: September 1997
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[The New World, 1992] (open access)

[The New World, 1992]

Scrapbook documenting the life of John Logan Briggs Jr. and his friends, including photographs, menus, business cards, clippings, and tickets. The scrapbook also contains photographs of his travels, social gatherings and "The Experience."John Logan Briggs Jr. is the creator of "The Experience," a self-discovery workshop for the LGBT community.
Date: 1992
Creator: Briggs, John Logan, Jr.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Boycott urged to force state King holiday #2] (open access)

[Clipping: Boycott urged to force state King holiday #2]

Newspaper clippings of the second page of the article, "Boycott urged to force state King holiday," discussing a boycott to encourage Texas to make Martin Luther King Day a full holiday. Civil rights leaders in Texas urged the National Football League to boycott Texas when Houston was being considered as the location of the Super Bowl for 1995. The article quotes Mario Marcel Salas, state senator Frank Tejada, and Rev. R. A. Callies regarding their efforts in organizing the push for the holiday.
Date: March 27, 1991
Creator: Garcia, James E.
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Activist seeks holiday, or no Super Bowl] (open access)

[Clipping: Activist seeks holiday, or no Super Bowl]

Newspaper clipping of the article "Activist seeks holiday, or no Super Bowl" in the San Antonio Light. The article discusses the plans of Mario Salas to request the National Football League boycott Texas as a potential Super Bowl location if the state does not make Martin Luther King, Jr. Day an official holiday.
Date: March 28, 1991
Creator: Chapin, David
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Bob Dean to Mario Marcel Salas, April 23, 1991] (open access)

[Letter from Bob Dean to Mario Marcel Salas, April 23, 1991]

Letter from Bob Dean to Mario Marcel Salas thanking Salas from his letter Mayor Kathryn J. Witmire urging support of a state holiday honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. and stating that Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a paid holiday for the City of Houston.
Date: April 23, 1991
Creator: Dean, Bob
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Boycott urged to force state King holiday #1] (open access)

[Clipping: Boycott urged to force state King holiday #1]

Newspaper clipping of the first page of the article, "Boycott urged to force state King holiday," discussing a boycott by the National Football League to encourage Texas to make Martin Luther King Day a full holiday. The article quotes Mario Marcel Salas and Rev. R. A. Callies regarding their efforts in organizing the push for the holiday, and there is a photo of Mario Marcel Salas in front of a statue of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Date: March 27, 1991
Creator: Garcia, James E. & Kennedy, David
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jim Greenwood to Mario Marcel Salas, May 3, 1991] (open access)

[Letter from Jim Greenwood to Mario Marcel Salas, May 3, 1991]

Letter from Jim Greenwood to Mario Marcel Salas thanking Salas for sending Greenwood a copy of his letter to Mayor Whitmire urging the Houston City Council to make Martin Luther King, Jr. Day a paid, non-optional state holiday.
Date: May 3, 1991
Creator: Greenwood, Jim
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Gale E. Nevill, March 23, 1999

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Gale E. Nevill, a Army WWII veteran from Houston, Texas. Nevill discusses his family background and upbringing, jobs in the oil business, joining the National Guard, attending Rice University, getting commissioned, overseeing a Civilian Conservation Corps camp, working through the Depression, activation and assignment to 6th Army HQ, deployment to Brisbane, 6th Army operations in the South Pacific and Philippines, the end of the war and life afterwards.
Date: March 23, 1999
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Nevill, Gale Erwin
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: News roundup] captions transcript

[News Clip: News roundup]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story.
Date: 1993
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: TX Roundup] captions transcript

[News Clip: TX Roundup]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story. This story aired at 10pm.
Date: July 8, 1993, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: News roundup] captions transcript

[News Clip: News roundup]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story.
Date: 1993
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Martha R. Johnson, June 6, 1998 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Martha R. Johnson, June 6, 1998

Interview with Martha R. Johnson, owner of the popular Raleigh House Restaurant, from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Johnson discusses the origins and establishment of her restaurant, which was named after her husband, Raleigh White Johnson. She described the success of the restaurant and her experiences running it for 34 summers.
Date: June 6, 1998
Creator: O'Hara, Kathy & Johnson, Martha Robinson
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Reverend Matias Garcia Rodriguez, January 16, 1998 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Reverend Matias Garcia Rodriguez, January 16, 1998

Interview with Matias Garcia Rodriguez, the reverend for Calvary Baptist Church, from Kerrville, Texas. Rev. Rodriguez discusses the history of Mexico as it relates to Texan history, including stories about his great-grandfather, Jose Policarpo "Polly" Rodriguez, an early pioneer of the Texas Hill Country. He goes through his own family history, family stories, his service in WWII, his education, and the people and places in Kerrville.
Date: 1998
Creator: Rector, William & Rodriguez, Matias Garcia
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Levi and Evelyn Taylor, September 19, 1998 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Levi and Evelyn Taylor, September 19, 1998

Interview with Levi and Evelyn Taylor, former owners of Kerrville's well-loved restaurant, "The Grove," from Ingram, Texas. The couple talks about the history of their restaurant, the day-to-day operation of the establishment, local people and places, and moving back to the area after a short stint in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Date: September 19, 1998
Creator: Rector, William; Grayson, Dorothy; Taylor, Levi & Taylor, Evelyn
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

State departmental map.

Map shows major highways, cities, towns, counties, lakes, rivers, and national parks. Insets: "Beaumont Area," "Dallas - Fort Worth Area," "Greenville - Paris Area," "Houston Area," "Lower Rio Grande Valley Area," "San Antonio Area," and "Tyler - Mount Pleasant Area." Scale: [ca. 1:704,000 and 1:1,408,000].
Date: January 1, 1991
Creator: Texas. Transportation Planning Division.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Juneteenth Texas: Essays in African-American Folklore (open access)

Juneteenth Texas: Essays in African-American Folklore

Volume of essays about African-American folklore, including reminiscences of African-American folk culture in Texas, studies of specific genres of folklore, information about Texas-African food-ways, studies of specific performers, information about songs and other folklore. The index begins on page 353.
Date: 1996
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Between the Cracks of History: Essays on Teaching and Illustrating Folklore (open access)

Between the Cracks of History: Essays on Teaching and Illustrating Folklore

Volume of twenty-one essays about folklore in Texas, including essays about police burials, railroads, graffiti, folk music, dance halls, and other folklore. The index begins on page 279.
Date: 1997
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library