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Diamond Bessie & The Shepherds

Description: This volume contains popular folklore of Texas, including folk dramas, myths, folk music, stories about farming and agriculture, religious folk stories, and information about folk customs, dances and folk art. The index begins on page 157.
Date: 1972
Creator: Hudson, Wilson M.
Partner: UNT Press

Overall Program Design for the Alamo Area Council of GOvernments

Description: This document presents the Alamo Area Council of Governments (AACOG) approach and Overall Program Design (OPD) for the establishment of an AACOG Planning and Management (APM) program.
Date: 1972
Creator: Alamo Area Council of Governments
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Proceedings: State Employment of the Handicapped Workshop, 1972

Description: Publication detailing the information from the State Employment of the Handicapped proceedings including the workshop agenda, discussion topics, an address delivered by the governor of Texas, and more.
Date: July 1972
Creator: Texas Rehabilitation Commission
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Directory of Regional Councils in Texas: 1972

Description: Directory of state planning regions, regional council memberships, and other relevant information.
Date: September 1972
Creator: Texas. Office of the Governor. Division of Planning Coordination.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Criminal Justice Plan for Texas: 1972

Description: Plan describing existing resources and infrastructure as well as future goals for the criminal justice system in Texas.
Date: 1972
Creator: Texas. Criminal Justice Council.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Observations & Reflections on Texas Folklore

Description: Collection of popular folklore of Texas, including stories about hunting, warfare, religion, Texas traditions, and other miscellaneous folk tales. The index begins on page 149.
Date: 1972
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Partner: UNT Press

Oral History Interview with Sidney Freeborn, July 2, 1972

Description: Interview with Sidney Freeborn, a resident of Fulton, Texas. Freeborn recounts his time growing up in Fulton in the late-19th century, building and owning homes in the area, working as an armed ranch hand near Carrizo Springs, developing a ranch in Orange Grove, the hurricane of 1942, policing Corpus Christi in the aftermath of the 1919 storm as a member of the Texas Cavalry, the Klan's presence in the area, the Texas Rangers, and Hurricane Celia. Mrs. Freeborn talks about her first husband, he… more
Date: July 2, 1972
Creator: Stephens, A. Ray & Freeborn, Sidney
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with H. F. Elliot, January 4, 1972

Description: Interview with H. F. Elliot, a doctor in Aransas County from Ames, Iowa. Elliot discusses his education, the most common illnesses he treats, common diseases in the county, the patients he sees, the capabilities of different hospitals he refers them to, quarantine, hurricanes, the school system, local sports, and his involvement in the Boy Scouts.
Date: January 4, 1972
Creator: Stephens, A. Ray & Elliot, H. F.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Volnie S. Burk, January 10, 1972

Description: Interview with Volnie S. Burk, an Army veteran and survivor of the siege at Fort Hughes near Corregidor, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Burk discusses the fall of Fort Hughes and his capture, Bilibid Prison in Manila (1942), Cabanatuan (1942-1943), the Manila port area (1943), his return to Bilibid Prison (1943-1944), the fall of Manila (1945), and his liberation.
Date: January 10, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Burk, Volnie S.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with John Miller, January 5, 1972

Description: Interview with Judge John Miller of the 36th Judicial District from Beeville, Texas. Miller discusses his family origins and education, the kinds of criminals he encounters, district organization, fellow justices, grand jury selection, his thoughts on past Texas governors, state elections, and prominent members of the Aransas area.
Date: January 5, 1972
Creator: Stephens, A. Ray & Miller, John
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Catalog of Abilene Christian College, 1972-1973

Description: Catalog describes the governance, history, course offerings, and campus life of the Dallas center of Abilene Christian College in the Dallas metropolitan area in Mesquite, Texas.
Date: 1972~
Creator: Abilene Christian College
Partner: Abilene Christian University Library

[Barbara Jordan Governor for a Day Scrapbook]

Description: Scrapbook album documenting Barbara Jordan's day as Governor of Texas. Scrapbook primarily consists of newspaper clippings on the topic.
Date: 1972~
Partner: Texas Southern University

Oral History Interview with Jim Earthman, December 8th, 1972

Description: Interview with Representative Jim Earthman, a Texas State legislator from Houston, Texas. Earthman discusses his experiences in the second, third, and fourth special sessions of the 62nd Legislature, specifically his feelings on state funding of primaries, the "Dirty Thirty," the selection of candidates for House Speaker, opposition to the election of Rayford Price, the legislature's budgeting hearings, his opinion of Bill Heatly, his opinion of Preston Smith, insurance rate making, insurance c… more
Date: December 8, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Earthman, Jim
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Simon Michael, January 10, 1972

Description: Interview with Simon Michael, an artist, who shares his experiences as an artist and art teacher in the Coastal Bend area of South Texas from 1948 to 1972. He also discusses his early art training, Fulton School of Fine Arts, his move from Fulton to Rockport, Texas, the Simon Michael School of Fine Arts, art exhibitions, art and local architectural styles, art students, techniques for teaching art, the philosophy of art, and the contribution of art to the community of Rockport.
Date: January 10, 1972
Creator: Stephens, A. Ray & Michael, Simon, 1905-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Our Town Windom, Texas

Description: Book describing the history of Windom, Texas, with compiled information about families who lived in the area, biographical sketches of individuals who made an impact on the town, narratives about events, and histories of churches and community institutions. It includes copies of photographs, newspaper clippings, historic maps, and other supporting documents.
Date: 1972
Partner: Fannin County Historical Commission

Oral History Interview with James R. Heldenfels, January 5, 1972

Description: Interview with James R. Heldenfels, a businessman from Beeville, Texas. Heldenfels discusses the origins of the Heldenfels Brothers dredging company, his education, the company's operations and organization, conservationists, federal regulation of shell dredging, his customers, barges, shell dredging practice, the local economy, finances, and property developments.
Date: January 5, 1972
Creator: Stephens, A. Ray & Heldenfels, James R.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Cemeteries of Wood County, Texas: Volume 4

Description: Index for the cemeteries in Wood County, Texas, including listing the cemeteries and all the marked headstones. The information is organized by location and also provides descriptions of unmarked graves in the county.
Date: 1972
Creator: Turner, Ida Marie & Vickery, Adele W.
Partner: Mineola Landmark Commission

Oral History Interview with Simon Michael, January 10, 1972

Description: Interview with Simon Michael, an artist from Rockport, Texas. Michael discusses his initial interest in fine art and painting, travels, service in World War Two, work as a portrait artist in Austin, his establishment of the Fulton School of Arts, the school's reception, its growth, local artists, local architecture, the subjects he teaches, and his students.
Date: January 10, 1972
Creator: Stephens, A. Ray & Michael, Simon
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Soil Survey of Starr County, Texas

Description: Text describes the area, climate, agricultural history and statistics, soil-survey methods and definitions, soils and crops, land uses and agricultural methods, irrigation, and morphology and genesis of soils of Starr County, Texas.
Date: August 1972
Creator: Thompson, Charles M.; Sanders, Russell R. & Williams, DeWayne
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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