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A newspaper clipping and two printed invitations concerning films directed by North Texas State University student Henry Kaplan. The newspaper clipping from "The North Texas Daily" concerns low enrollment at North Texas State University and the Dean of Admissions office producing a promotional film, "North Texas Now," directed by Kaplan. The first invitation invites the recipient to attend a screening of the film "Texas Bound: The County Records Inventory Project" produced by the Center for Community Services in cooperation with the Department of Radio/TV/Film and the Department of Art on February 10, 1975 at NTSU. The second invitation from the School of Community Service invites the recipient to attend a reception honoring the participants of the County Records Inventory Project on Friday April 9, 1976 at the Statler-Hilton in Dallas.
Date: November 16, 1973
Creator: Moore, Steve
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[McNeill Family Films, No. 2 - Holidays and Vacations] captions transcript

[McNeill Family Films, No. 2 - Holidays and Vacations]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the McNeill Family including birthdays, holidays, and vacations. Footage includes Pam helping her brother Steve McNeill celebrating Steve’s first birthday (00:00-01:06). The McNeill family then celebrates Christmas 1959 (01:06-07:45). James H. Cothran, who was hired to visit the McNeill home as Santa Claus, entertains Virginia and Steve (02:09) and the family opens presents at Virginia’s aunt Essie Ball’s home at 1813 West Hickory Street in Denton. Children, including Pam, ride an electric train in the backyard of the McNeill home on Fulton Street in Denton (07:52-09:54). Pam and Steve pose in their homemade Easter outfits (10:06-11:04). They pose for the camera in their clown and ghost costumes for Halloween (10:06-11:04). The family celebrates Steve’s second birthday in November 1960 (11:30-12:08). At a Christmas celebration, Dennis, Steve McNeill, and Ted McNeill pose as cowboys with candy cigarettes and the family eats Christmas dinner (12:08-14:59). Children including Steve and Pam play with puppies and ride bicycles in front of their home on Fulton Street (14:59-16:31) and Steve celebrates his third birthday in November 1961 with a Halloween-themed birthday party (16:31-18:30). The McNeills travel to San Antonio to visit Virginia’s brother Jack Ball. …
Date: 1959-11/1961
Creator: McNeill, Virginia & McNeill, Charlie Wayne
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History