Episode 30: Remembering the St. John's Freedmen's Community with Emily Bowles and Hannah Stewart transcript

Episode 30: Remembering the St. John's Freedmen's Community with Emily Bowles and Hannah Stewart

Interview with Emily Bowles and Hannah Stewart for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) podcast. In this episode, Susan interviews Emily Bowles and Hannah Stewart about their participation in a group research project as students in UNT’s History department. The project focused on a freedmen's community that formed around St. John’s church in Pilot Point, TX. Starting with names etched into the headstones of a neglected cemetery, these students were eventually able to sketch a portrait of a vibrant community of African Americans who lived in North Texas in the early 20th century. Their group then made headlines when they uncovered evidence of racial violence that played a significant role in the community's decline. Emily and Hannah ultimately presented the results of their group's research as an OLLI at UNT class in the Fall 2019 semester.
Date: February 19, 2020
Creator: Supak, Susan; Bowles, Emily & Stewart, Hannah
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Students outside the UNT Union during UnionFest]

Photograph of a crowd of students outside the University Union during UnionFest. Booths for carnival activities and food are visible in the background.
Date: March 5, 2020
Creator: Esparza, Anna
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Students on Library Mall during snowfall]

Photograph of students outside Willis Library while heavy snow falls. The Hurley Administration Building and Eagle Student Services Center are visible in the background.
Date: February 5, 2020
Creator: Esparza, Anna
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[UNT Special Collections employees on Library Mall during snowfall]

Photograph of UNT Special Collections employees Kendall Martin, Rachael Zipperer, and Adriance Rhoades outside Willis Library while heavy snow falls. The Eagle Student Services Center is visible in the background.
Date: February 5, 2020
Creator: Esparza, Anna
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Keliy Anderson-Staley lecture]

Photograph of photographer Keliy Anderson-Staley giving a lecture on her work in the auditorium of the Eagle Student Services Center. An example of Anderson-Staley's abstract tintype photography work is projected on the screens behind her.
Date: January 30, 2020
Creator: Esparza, Anna
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Baseball cap decorating table outside the UNT Union during UnionFest]

Photograph of a table for a baseball cap decorating activity outside the UNT Union during UnionFest. Facilitators of the activity are sitting behind the table while students are gathering around.
Date: March 5, 2020
Creator: Esparza, Anna
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Scrappy the Eagle in UnionFest t-shirt]

Photograph of Scrappy the Eagle wearing a UnionFest t-shirt in the University Union building. UNT cheerleader, Bailey North, stands next to Scrappy and smiles. Students and others are visible in the background.
Date: March 5, 2020
Creator: Esparza, Anna
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[UNT Special Collections employees on Library Mall during snowfall]

Photograph of UNT Special Collections employees Amy San Antonio and Morgan Franklin outside Willis Library while heavy snow falls.
Date: February 5, 2020
Creator: Esparza, Anna
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Students outside the UNT Union during UnionFest]

Photograph of a crowd of students outside the University Union during UnionFest. Booths for carnival activities and food are visible in the background.
Date: March 5, 2020
Creator: Esparza, Anna
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Cupcakes in the UNT Union]

Photograph of cupcakes with UNT eagle logo available in the UNT Union building during UnionFest. An employee wearing a UnionFest t-shirt is serving the cupcakes and students are visible in the background.
Date: March 5, 2020
Creator: Esparza, Anna
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[UNT Special Collections employees on Library Mall during snowfall]

Photograph of UNT Special Collections employees Amy San Antonio and Meagan May outside Willis Library while heavy snow falls. Groups of other people are visible watching the snow in the background.
Date: February 5, 2020
Creator: Esparza, Anna
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Keliy Anderson-Staley lecture]

Photograph of photographer Keliy Anderson-Staley giving a lecture on her work in the auditorium of the Eagle Student Services Center. An example of Anderson-Staley's abstract tintype photography work is projected on the three screens behind her.
Date: January 30, 2020
Creator: Esparza, Anna
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[UNT faculty and Keliy Anderson-Staley viewing photography books]

Photograph of University of North Texas faculty members Paho Mann, Morgan Gieringer, and Mark Phillips with visiting photographer Keliy Anderson-Staley viewing books of photography from UNT Special Collections Library's Photography Study Collection. Anderson-Staley is putting on gloves for handling the materials. From left to right, pictured are Mann, Anderson-Staley, Gieringer, and Phillips.
Date: January 30, 2020
Creator: Esparza, Anna
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Adriance Rhoades petting a dog on the Library Mall]

Photograph of UNT Special Collections employee Adriance Rhoades petting a dog on the Library Mall. The dog is the mascot for Sprockets Bicycle Shop who had a bicycle repair station on the Mall for UnionFest. Another bicycle repair station and a temporary stage in front of the Hurley Administration Building are visible in the background.
Date: March 5, 2020
Creator: Esparza, Anna
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Students waiting in line in the UNT Union building]

Photograph of students waiting in line inside the University Union to receive free cupcakes during UnionFest. Scrappy the Eagle is visible to the left of the line posing with a student for a photograph and wearing a UnionFest t-shirt.
Date: March 5, 2020
Creator: Esparza, Anna
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Students outside the UNT Union during UnionFest]

Photograph of a crowd of students outside the University Union during UnionFest. Willis Library is visible in the background
Date: March 5, 2020
Creator: Esparza, Anna
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Courtney Tutt with news headlines on a laptop]

Photograph of Courtney Tutt with a laptop open to news headlines regarding the coronavirus pandemic.
Date: April 6, 2020
Creator: Tutt, Courtney
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Student looking at COVID-19 information online]

Photograph of a student using a computer and a tablet to look at COVID-19 information online. The student is using a UNT folder as a mousepad.
Date: 2020-04~
Creator: Fotinos, Diane
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Collage of Zachary Herrman's pandemic experience]

Digital collage depicting Zachary Herrmann's experience of the COVID-19 pandemic as it relates to his graduate coursework and internships in archives.
Date: 2020
Creator: Herrmann, Zachary
Object Type: Image
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Robert Beaton wearing a cloth face mask]

Selfie of Robert Beaton wearing a handmade cloth face mask and giving a thumbs up in his apartment.
Date: 2020-04~
Creator: Beaton, Robert
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Empty produce shelf at Kroger]

Photograph a mostly empty produce shelf in a grocery store. Other produce shelves, a Starbucks coffee shop, and a shopper wearing a hat are visible in the background.
Date: March 14, 2020
Creator: Beaton, Robert
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Robert Beaton's work from home station with microfiche scanner]

Photograph of Robert Beaton's work from home station. A desktop computer and microfiche scanner are set up on a folding card table in a dining room.
Date: 2020-04~
Creator: Beaton, Robert
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[UNT folder in a hammock]

Photograph of a UNT folder in a multicolored hammock.
Date: 2020-04~
Creator: Fotinos, Diane
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Student wearing a face mask at their desk]

Photograph of a student sitting at a desk. The student is wearing a protective face mask and looking at information on a computer and tablet regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.
Date: 2020-04~
Creator: Fotinos, Diane
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library