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Oral History Interview with Louise Young and Vivienne Armstrong, February 24, 2010

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Interview with Louise Young and Vivienne Armstrong, longtime activists in the Dallas lesbian community. The interview includes Armstrong's personal experiences of childhood in Knoxville, Tennessee, New Jersey, and California, as well as her decision to study nursing and settle in Denver, Colorado, and her coming out narrative. The interview also includes Young's personal experiences of childhood in Ada, Oklahoma, her education at East Central State University and the University of Colorado, and her coming out narrative. They talk about their meeting and early relationship, give descriptions of Denver's gay and lesbian communities, their involvement with various groups such as the Daughters of Bilitis and Gay Liberation Front, their decision to move to Dallas, their involvement with groups such as the National Organization for Women and Dallas Gay Political Caucus/Dallas Gay and Lesbian Alliance in various political campaigns, and Young's career at Texas Instruments and Raytheon and efforts to create more equitable human resources policies from within the corporations. Additionally, Armstrong and Young talk about the effects of the HIV-AIDS crisis on Dallas's gay and lesbian communities, their 2008 marriage, relationships with family members, and secrets to a long relationship.
Date: February 24, 2010
Creator: Wisely, Karen; Young, Louise & Armstrong, Vivienne
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Exie Jean Alaman Morne'y, February 26, 2014

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Interview with Exie Jean Alaman Morne'y, a teacher from Fort Worth, Texas, who lived during the end of the Jim Crow era. Morne'y discusses her family background, attending grade school in Fort Worth, experiences with segregation and discrimination in the 1950s and 60s, attending North Texas State College, working at Parkland Hospital, her marriages and children, moving to California and back to Texas, her career with Fort Worth ISD, church activities and faith, thoughts on child education, and various related stories. In appendix are photos of her high school yearbook and her family, a petition from the Como neighborhood for utilities services in 1924, and her typed family history.
Date: February 26, 2014
Creator: Travis, Sarah & Alaman Morne'y, Exie Jean
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

[One O'Clock Lab Band at the UNT VIP Brunch, 2]

Photograph of the One O’Clock Lab Band posing with University of North Texas VIP members at the UNT VIP Brunch. The brunch was held at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California. Steve Wiest, President Gretchen Bataille, Craig Marshall, Neil Slater, James Scott, and Phil Bula are pictured.
Date: February 2, 2010
Creator: Chen, Willy
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[One O'Clock Lab Band at the UNT VIP Brunch]

Photograph of the One O’Clock Lab Band posing with University of North Texas VIP members at the UNT VIP Brunch. The brunch was held at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California. Steve Wiest, President Gretchen Bataille, Craig Marshall, Neil Slater, James Scott, and Phil Bula are pictured.
Date: February 2, 2010
Creator: Chen, Willy
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library