Ensemble: 2003-11-23 – Center for Chamber Music Studies

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Ensemble concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.
Date: November 23, 2003
Creator: University of North Texas. Center for Chamber Music Studies.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2000-04-13 – Afro-Cuban and Brazilian Ensembles

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Ensemble concert performed at UNT College of Music Recital Hall.
Date: April 13, 2000
Creator: University of North Texas. Afro-Cuban and Brazilian Ensembles.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2001-02-02 – Concert Choir and Plano Senior High School A Capella Choir

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Ensemble concert presented at the UNT Murchison Performing Arts Center Winspear Hall.
Date: February 2, 2001
Creator: University of North Texas. Concert Choir.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
["Fatbacks and Collard Green: An Exaggerated Black Family Drama" matinee performance video] captions transcript

["Fatbacks and Collard Green: An Exaggerated Black Family Drama" matinee performance video]

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the 3 pm matinee show of Flatback and Collared Greens at the Clarence Muse Cafe Theatre on October 21st, 2000. The footage shows the stage set with a dining room and the play begins with the introduction of all the members of the family. After the introductions, the drama ensues in heated conversations around the table about morals, religion, generational differences and comedy.
Date: October 21, 2000
Creator: Griot Productions
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Senior Recital: 2007-02-15 — Eun-Hyung (Susie) Chung, Piano

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Senior recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Bachelor of Music (BM) in Performance degree.
Date: February 15, 2007
Creator: Chung, Eun-Hyung
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2006-11-08 – Jazz Repertory Ensemble

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Jazz Repertory Ensemble concert performed at the UNT College of Music Stan Kenton Hall.
Date: November 8, 2006
Creator: University of North Texas. Jazz Repertory Ensemble.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ensemble: 2005-03-22 – Lab Band Madness

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Jazz Lab Bands concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.
Date: March 22, 2005
Creator: Three O'Clock Lab Band
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Faculty Recital: 2005-02-28 – William Scharnberg, Horn

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Faculty recital performed at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall.
Date: February 28, 2005
Creator: Scharnberg, William
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Kathy Jack, October 26, 2009

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
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-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Wiliam Wayne Kitts, May 13, 2009

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Transcript of an interview with William Wayne Kitts, U.S. Navy anti-submarine warfare veteran of World War II. Kitts shares concerning his childhood and family history in Sulphur Springs, Texas; college at the University of Texas during the Depression; musical background; enlistment in the U.S. Navy shortly after the attack at Pearl Harbor; midshipman school in New York City and selection for sonar school in Key West, Florida; assignment to USS Mason, the first ship in the navy with an integrated crew; post-war duty as commanding officer of USS Hollis and USS Tollberg; role in establishing Naval Reserve Training Center in Lubbock, Texas; reactivation to active duty during Korean War; and his post-military career at Vought Aeronautics.
Date: May 13, 2009
Creator: Hegi, Benjamin & Kitts, William Wayne, 1921-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Gudrun Raschen, November 1, 2009

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Transcript of an interview with Gudrun Raschen, a German-born immigrant to Denton, Texas, and adjunct professor of Music at Texas Woman's University. Raschen shares concerning her childhood, and education in Kiel and Hamburg, Germany; family history; parents' move to South Africa; own move to South Africa; discovery of the cello and decision to study it seriously; involvement in anti-apartheid movement; decision to move to the U.S. for graduate school; attraction of UNT Doctorate of Musical Arts program; first impressions of the U.S. and of Denton; comparison and contrast of life in Germany, South Africa, and the U.S.; plans for the future.
Date: November 1, 2009
Creator: Schnur, Abra & Raschen, Gudrun
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Mary George Billingsley Sullivan, November 26, 2009

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Transcript of an interview with Mary George Billingsley Sullivan, a longtime Denton County resident, concerning her family history; farming life, religious practice, and education in the public schools of Argyle, Texas; marriage to Carson Sullivan and 1929 move to city of Denton; work for Denton Building and Loan Association; 1951 move to Dallas and 1973 return to Argyle; recollections of Influenza epidemic, Great Depression, World War II, and Kennedy assassination; admiration for Barack Obama. Appendix consists of four photocopies of photographs.
Date: November 26, 2009
Creator: Taylor, D. J. & Sullivan, Mary George Billingsley, 1908-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with William Alexander Hatcher, December 4, 2008

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Transcript of an interview with William Hatcher, a World War II Army veteran (29th Bomb Group, 20th Air Force). Hatcher discusses concerning his his childhood and education; family's experiences in the Great Depression; decision to attend University of Tennessee-Knoxville and major in mechanical engineering; memories of Pearl Harbor attack; decision to join U.S. Army Enlisted Reserve Corps in 1942; 1943 call-up; basic training at Ft. Belvoir, Va.; instruction in engineering, communications, and radar repair at City College of New York and Chanute Field, Ill.; assignments to Truax Field, Wis., and Boca Raton, Fla.; meeting future wife, Jean E. Sheppard, at USO Club in West Palm Beach, Fla.; transfer to B-29 unit and bases in Neb. And Kan.; deployment to Guam with 29th Bomb Group, 20th Air Force, March 1945; details of high-altitude radar repair work; aspects of daily life for American soldiers stationed in Guam; descriptions of devastation of Japan, including Hiroshima; transfer to base on Tinian; return to U.S. in February 1946; wedding; return to UT-Knoxville using GI Bill benefits; work at Oak Ridge; decision to transfer to University of New Mexico for Mrs. Hatcher's health; career with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Convair Corp. of Fort Worth; …
Date: December 4, 2008
Creator: Hegi, Benjamin & Hatcher, William Alexander, 1923-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with William McElvaney, August 20, 2008

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
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

Oral History Interview with Carol West, May 29, 2008

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Transcript of an interview with Reverend Carol West, pastor of Celebration Community Church in Fort Worth. Reverend West discusses concerning her childhood in Greenville and Irving, Tex.; early years in a Unitarian Church congregation; education at North Texas State College and Texas Christian University; career as a public school English teacher; experience of "coming out" to self, friends, and family; experience as a member of MCC Fort Worth; decision to enter ministry; training in suicide prevention, trauma debriefing, and hostage negotiation; ordination at MCC Dallas; political activism during AIDS crisis, particularly at Parkland Hospital; work as an associate pastor and AIDS chaplain at MCC Dallas; work with AIDS Outreach Center of Fort Worth and AIDS Interfaith Network of Dallas; receiving "call" to pastor Celebration Community Church; demographics of congregation.
Date: May 29, 2008
Creator: Mims, Michael & West, Carol, 1949-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

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

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
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-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Norvell Hill Williams Reed, September 14, 2006

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Transcript of an interview with Norvell Hill Williams Reed, a longtime Denton resident and former resident of Denton's historic all-black Quakertown neighborhood. Reed shares concerning her childhood in Quakertown; family history; family's forced move out of Quakertown to Solomon Hill neighborhood of Denton; race relations in Denton; participation in Denton Christian Women's Fellowship; family's historical memories of Quakertown. Appendix includes photographs (13 pages), one map (1 page), and a list of sources (1 page).
Date: September 14, 2006
Creator: Yancey, Sherelyn & Reed, Norvell Hill Williams, 1921-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Rev. Reginald Logan, Sr., November 28, 2006

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Transcript of an interview with Rev. Reginald Logan, Sr., a descendant of Quakertown homeowners, concerning the experiences of his father, John Logan, and other family members who were forced to move from the all-black Quakertown neighborhood of Denton, Texas. Logan also discusses his experiences while attending segregated schools in Denton; career in U.S. Air Force and communications industry and as a clergyman; and Quakertown in family's historical memory.
Date: November 28, 2006
Creator: Yancey, Sherelyn & Logan, Reginald, 1948-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Charles Williams, October 23, 2006

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Transcript of an interview with Charles Williams, a son of resident's of Denton's historic all-black Quakertown neighborhood and long-time Denton resident, concerning his early childhood and education in Denton, including experiences with racial segregation and experiences with integrating Denton public schools; interest in radical black politics; influence of uncle, Fred Hill; career in U.S. Navy; family's historical memories of Quakertown. Includes photographs (two pages), a map of Quakertown (one page), and a list of sources (one page).
Date: October 23, 2006
Creator: Yancey, Sherelyn & Williams, Charles, 1955-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Fred Hill, November 6, 2006

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Transcript of an interview with Fred Hill, a son of residents of Denton's historic all-black Quakertown neighborhood. Hill discusses concerning his experiences of his parents, Othella and T.C. Hill, and other family members who were forced to move from the all-black Quakertown neighborhood of Denton, his career in the U.S. Army and as an undertaker in Denton, and Quakertown in family's historical memory. Appendix includes photographs (five pages), a map of Quakertown (one page), and a list of sources (one page).
Date: November 6, 2006
Creator: Yancey, Sherelyn & Hill, Fred L., 1934-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Jo Cyel Rodgers, March 16, 2006

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Transcript of an interview with Jo Cyel Rodgers, a member of the first generation of African-American students at North Texas State College, concerning her remembrances about her childhood and education in Fort Worth, Texas. Rodgers discusses her experiences at I.M. Terrell High School; decision to enroll at North Texas as a sixteen-year-old high school graduate in 1957; off-campus life in "Shack Town" and support from black citizens of Denton; social life among African-American students and relations with white students and faculty; experiences with President J.C. Matthews; graduation with major in physical education in 1962; teaching career in Fort Worth ISD during era of desegregation and later experiences with "Trailblazers" organization.
Date: March 16, 2006
Creator: Yancey, Sherelyn & Rodgers, Jo Cyel
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Janell Myers, August 16, 2003

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Transcript of an interview with with Dr. Janell Myers, counselor, concerning her recollections of the Texas International Pop Festival, in Lewisville, Texas, Labor Day Weekend, 1969. Myers discusses her conservative family background in Dallas, Texas; her attraction to the hippie counterculture as a teenager; hanging out with hippies in Lee Park in Dallas; her college experience at North Texas State University in Denton; her participation in anti-Vietnam War demonstrations and sit-ins; her admiration of singer Janis Joplin; her decision to attend the Texas International Pop Festival; activities of the Hog Farm at the festival; use of drugs and alcohol at the festival; comments about the various rock groups at the festival; activities of "Wavy Gravy"; lasting memories of the festival.
Date: August 16, 2003
Creator: Tittle, Dennis & Myers, Janell
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Robert E. Yerger, April 12, 2003

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Transcript of an interview with Robert E. Yerger, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences as a flying boat pilot in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Yerger discusses his decision to enlist in the Navy, May, 1942; basic flight training, Naval Air Station, Grand Prairie, Texas, 1942; advanced flight training, Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942; PBY flying boat training at Corpus Christi, 1942-43; his tenure as a flight instructor, Chase Field, Beeville, Texas, 1943; assignment as a base personnel officer at Chase Field, 1943-45; flying PB2Y flying boats with cargo and personnel in the Pacific, 1945; activities on Majuro Island; his experience flying the Martin Mars flying boat; mustering out of the service, August, 1946.
Date: April 12, 2003
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Yerger, Robert E.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Susan Khammash, March 2, 2003

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Transcript of an interview with with Susan Khammash concerning her recollections while attending the Texas International Pop Festival, August 30-September 1, 1969, in Lewisville, Texas. Khammash discusses her early interest in popular music, particularly The Beatles; her rejection of middle-class cultural values; influence of the Vietnam War on young people; her decision to attend the Texas International Pop Festival; her involvement with the Back-To-Earth movement; cowboys, bikers, and townfolk; security; alcohol and drug use; activities of the Hog Farm; medical and camping facilities; "Wavy Gravy" (Hugh Romney); Grand Funk Railroad, Led Zeppelin, Santana, Ten Years After, Chicago, and Janis Joplin; her thoughts about environmentalism; the women's movement; the role of music as a reflection of the hippie movement of the Sixties.
Date: March 2, 2003
Creator: Tittle, Dennis & Khammash, Susan
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library