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Oral History Interview with Kirthica Chandrasekar, November 20, 2009

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Interview with Kirthica Chandrasekar, Indian-born immigrant to Carrollton, Texas, as part of the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. The interview includes Chandrasekar's personal experiences of childhood and education in India, her arranged marriage to a family friend living in New Jersey, and working in the insurance industry. Chandrasekar talks about her first impressions of the U.S., struggling to keep close ties with her family in India, and the contrast of life in India, New Jersey, and Texas.
Date: November 17, 2009
Creator: Teel, Katherine & Chandrasekar, Kirthica
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Cece Cox, November 6, 2009

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Interview with executive director of resource Center Dallas Cece Cox. The interview includes Cox's personal experiences about childhood in Ohio and Bartlesville, Oklahoma, education at Northwestern University, moving to Dallas, and having a career as a photojournalist and studio photographer. Additionally, Cox discusses her coming out narrative, involvement with groups such as Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation and Dallas Gay Alliance/Dallas Gay and Lesbian Alliance, as well as her decision to enter SMU Law School, and her relationship with her partner, adopted son, and family members. The interview includes an appendix with newspaper articles from the Dallas Morning News and flyers.
Date: November 6, 2009
Creator: Wisely, Karen & Cox, Cece
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Kathy Jack, October 26, 2009

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Transcript of an interview with Kathy Jack concerning her childhood and education in Shreveport, Louisiana, and Dallas; "coming-out" narrative; social life in Dallas's gay and lesbian bars; effects of AIDS epidemic on Dallas gay community; career as employee, manager, and eventually owner of various bars; involvement in and support of various Gay Pride events; thoughts about future of gay rights movement.
Date: October 26, 2009
Creator: Wisely, Karen & Jack, Kathy, 1957-
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Ana R. Alonso-Minutti, October 21, 2009

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Interview with assistant professor of music history at UNT Ana R. Alonso-Minutti, Mexican-born immigrant to Dallas, as part of the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. The interview includes Alonso-Minutti's personal experiences of childhood and education in Mexico, attending college at Universidad de las Americas, discovering music history as a discipline of study, a one-year course of study in theology in Dallas, choir direction at a church in England, attending graduate school, and accepting a job offer from UNT. Additionally, Alonso-Minutti discusses family history, her grandparents' migration from Spain and Italy, her first impressions of the U.S., the decision to study musicology in the U.S. or Great Britain, the citizenship process, and the contrast of life in Mexico, England, California, and Texas.
Date: October 21, 2009
Creator: Onspaugh, Patrick & Alonso-Minutti, Ana R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Catalog for David Dike Fine Art Texas Art Auction: 2009 (open access)

Catalog for David Dike Fine Art Texas Art Auction: 2009

Catalog of items to be auctioned by the David Dike Fine Art gallery with an listing of information about each artwork including an image, the artist and medium, and estimate of value. Index of artists begins on page 88. In the back are new forms for absentee and phone bidding.
Date: 2009
Creator: David Dike Fine Art
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with William McElvaney, August 20, 2008

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Transcript of an interview with Reverend William McElvaney, Dallas clergyman and social activist. McElvaney discusses concerning his childhood and education in Dallas; membership in Methodist Church; pursuit of undergraduate and MBA degrees from SMU; career in banking and oil businesses; decision to enter Perkins School of Theology at SMU and Union Theology Seminary in New York; influence of Reinhold Niebuhr; family life; pastorship of Methodist church in Justin, Tex., St. Stephen's United Methodist Church of Mesquite, Tex., and Northhaven United Methodist Church of Dallas; involvement in Dallas civil rights movement, particularly around issue of fair housing, and efforts to integrate Mesquite schools; involvement in antiwar movement; career as teacher and administrator at Saint Paul School of Theology of Kansas City and Perkins School of Theology; efforts to make Northhaven a "reconciling congregation", opinions on "Religious Right" and its role in American politics.
Date: August 20, 2008
Creator: Mims, Michael & McElvaney, William K., 1928-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Catalog for David Dike Fine Art Texas Art Auction: 2008 (open access)

Catalog for David Dike Fine Art Texas Art Auction: 2008

Catalog of items to be auctioned by the David Dike Fine Art gallery with an listing of information about each artwork including an image, the artist and medium, and estimate of value. Index of artists begins on page 106.
Date: 2008
Creator: David Dike Fine Art
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stories Untold: Let Your Life Speak - The 2008 Black Tie Dinner (open access)

Stories Untold: Let Your Life Speak - The 2008 Black Tie Dinner

Booklet commemorating the 2008 Black Tie Dinner, an event celebrating strides made in LGBT rights and issues each year.
Date: 2008
Creator: Black Tie Dinner, Inc.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Tyrel James Billingsley, October 18, 2007

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Interview with Tyrel James Billingsley, an Airman in the US Air Force Reserves from Dallas, Texas. Billingsley discusses his childhood and education, enlisting in the Air Force, basic training and technical school, his duties as a Aircraft Armament Systems specialist, memorable experiences, and plans for the future.
Date: October 17, 2007
Creator: Bonine, Rebecca & Billingsley, Tyrel James
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Sharon Acierno, October 9, 2007

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Interview with Sharon "Tommie" Acierno, Vietnam War veteran, as part of the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. The interview includes Acierno's personal experiences about childhood, dropping out of high school and enlisting in the U.S. Army, basic and clerical training, working as drill sergeant at Ft. McClellan, struggling with alcoholism and post-traumatic stress disorder, and working with the Vietnam Veterans of America group. Acierno also discusses her coming out experience, volunteering for assignment to Vietnam, her clerical duties with a logistics unit at Long Binh, the camaraderie among gay and straight troops, her experiences with apathetic citizens and antiwar protesters upon return to the U.S., deciding to leave the Army and relocate to Dallas, her experience in the Veterans Administration psychiatric ward, and her opinions regarding the "Don't ask, don't tell" policy and the treatment of women in the military generally. The interview includes an appendix with photographs.
Date: October 9, 2007
Creator: Mims, Michael & Acierno, Sharon
System: The UNT Digital Library
local/e Photography and Video (open access)

local/e Photography and Video

A booklet called "local/e Photography and Video" featuring an exhibition "local/e" of several visual artists, including Byrd Williams IV.
Date: October 2007
Creator: University of North Texas at Dallas
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Reverend Michael Piazza, March 22, 2007

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Transcript of an interview with Reverend Michael Piazza, pastor of the Dallas Cathedral of Hope. Reverend Piazza discusses conversion from Catholicism to the Methodist Church, decision to enter ministry, the process of coming out, volunteer work, and development of outreach and social justice ministries, and decision to leave and affiliate with United Church of Christ denomination.
Date: March 22, 2007
Creator: Mims, Michael & Piazza, Michael, 1954-
System: The UNT Digital Library
All You Need is Love: The 2007 Black Tie Dinner (open access)

All You Need is Love: The 2007 Black Tie Dinner

Booklet commemorating the annual Black Tie Dinner, an event celebrating strides made in LGBT rights and issues each year.
Date: 2007
Creator: Black Tie Dinner, Inc.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Catalog for David Dike Fine Art Texas Art Auction: 2007 (open access)

Catalog for David Dike Fine Art Texas Art Auction: 2007

Catalog of items to be auctioned by the David Dike Fine Art gallery with a listing of information about each artwork including an image, the artist and medium, and estimate of value. Index of artists begins on page 106.
Date: 2007
Creator: David Dike Fine Art
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Murphy Daniels, April 4, 2006

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Interview with Murphy Daniels, African-American alumnus of North Texas State University. The interview includes Daniels' personal experiences about childhood and education, enrolling in North Texas rather than Texas Southern University, majoring in pre-med, serving in the United States Air Force, studying at Southwestern Medical School, and pursuing medical research. Additionally, Daniels speaks about his difficulties with white professors and graduate assistants, race relations on campus, social life among black students on campus, and off-campus life in "Shack Town" and the support from black citizens of Denton.
Date: April 4, 2006
Creator: Hegi, Benjamin P. & Daniels, Murphy
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Abe C. Cooper, April 3, 2006

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Interview with Abe C. Cooper, African-American alumnus of North Texas State University. The interview includes Cooper's personal experiences about childhood and early adulthood in Dallas, Texas, attending all-black schools, and enrolling at North Texas State College in 1958. Cooper speaks about the adjustments required for attending school in an integrated setting, boarding with African-American families in the "Shack Town" neighborhood of Denton, and the comparative experiences with students and faculty in the Schools of Engineering and Education.
Date: April 3, 2006
Creator: Hegi, Benjamin P. & Cooper, Abe C.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Richard Vincent, March 14, 2006

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Interview with Richard Vincent, a member and former pastor of the Metropolitan Community Church from Kirksville, Missouri. Vincent discusses his education and religious background, the Circle of Friends in Dallas and discovering the Metropolitan Community Church, establishing MCC Dallas, ministering to prisoners, becoming the first pastor of MCC Dallas, cooperation with bars and other LGBT community establishments, the congregation, moving the church, his theology, succeeding pastors, and reflections on his ministry.
Date: March 14, 2006
Creator: Mims, Michael & Vincent, Richard
System: The UNT Digital Library
Black Tie Dinner 2006 Sponsorship Opportunities (open access)

Black Tie Dinner 2006 Sponsorship Opportunities

Booklet outlining what being a sponsor of the annual Black Tie Dinner entails and how it's beneficial for the individual and the community.
Date: 2006
Creator: Black Tie Dinner, Inc.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Black Tie Dinner: Twenty-Fifth Annversary (open access)

Black Tie Dinner: Twenty-Fifth Annversary

Booklet commemorating the annual Black Tie Dinner, an event celebrating strides made in LGBT issues and rights each year.
Date: 2006
Creator: Black Tie Dinner, Inc.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Catalog for David Dike Fine Art Texas Art Auction: 2006 (open access)

Catalog for David Dike Fine Art Texas Art Auction: 2006

Catalog of items to be auctioned by the David Dike Fine Art gallery with a listing of information about each artwork including an image, the artist and medium, and estimate of value. Index of artists begins on page 106.
Date: 2006
Creator: David Dike Fine Art
System: The Portal to Texas History
Catalog for David Dike Fine Art Texas Art Auction: 2005 (open access)

Catalog for David Dike Fine Art Texas Art Auction: 2005

Catalog of items to be auctioned by the David Dike Fine Art gallery with a listing of information about each artwork including an image, the artist and medium, and estimate of value. Index of artists begins on page 106.
Date: 2005
Creator: David Dike Fine Art
System: The Portal to Texas History
Imagine Tomorrow (open access)

Imagine Tomorrow

Booklet commemorating the annual Black Tie Dinner which is an event meant to remember and celebrate strides made in LGBT issues and rights each year.
Date: 2005
Creator: Black Tie Dinner, Inc.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Inside Black Tie (open access)

Inside Black Tie

Booklet commemorating the 2005 Black Tie Dinner. The booklet contains a table of contents, recognition for volunteers and other individuals and organizations involved in the event, as well as advertisements.
Date: 2005
Creator: Black Tie Dinner, Inc.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Invitation: Imagine Tomorrow] (open access)

[Invitation: Imagine Tomorrow]

An invitation to/booklet for the 2005 annual Black Tie Dinner, an event set to commemorate strides made in LGBT rights.
Date: 2005
Creator: Black Tie Dinner, Inc.
System: The UNT Digital Library