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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-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[JaRon Eames Show with guest George Carlin] captions transcript

[JaRon Eames Show with guest George Carlin]

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the JaRon Eames show hosted in New York City. The live show featured comedian guest George Carlin. The footage shows an interview led by Eames broken up by clips of recorded stand-up routines done by Carlin.
Date: 2003/2004
Creator: Quint, Amy
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Dallas Presser] captions transcript

[News Clip: Dallas Presser]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: September 11, 2001, 5:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Ethel Reisberg Schectman, March 24, 2001 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Ethel Reisberg Schectman, March 24, 2001

Interview with Ethel Reisburg Schectman of Fort Worth, Texas, who was born in New York City during the Great Depression to Jewish Polish immigrant parents. The interview includes Hill's personal experiences of World War II on the home front, including memories of D-Day, iron metal scrap drives, victory gardens, rationing, V-E and V-J Days, and what it was like being Jewish in Dallas during that time.
Date: March 24, 2001
Creator: Cox, Floyd & Schectman, Ethel Reisberg
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[TBAAL interviews with Curtis King for Western New York Magazine] captions transcript

[TBAAL interviews with Curtis King for Western New York Magazine]

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during interviews with Curtis King for Western New York Magazine and a Buffalo New York morning news show in 2001. The VHS footage shows footage of King and the interior of the academy. The interviews switch around the 7:40 time mark.
Date: 2001
Creator: Western New York Magazine
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Ruth Simons (Kerr) Ray, December 6, 1996 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Ruth Simons (Kerr) Ray, December 6, 1996

Interview with Ruth Simons (Kerr) Ray, the great-great granddaughter of James Kerr, from Canyon Lake, Texas. Mrs. Ray discusses her ancestor's life and his history in the Hill Country, as well as the Historical Marker Dedication Ceremony at the Kerr County Courthouse.
Date: October 6, 2000
Creator: Bethel, Ann; Snodgrass, Clarabelle & Ray, Ruth Simons
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History