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The Dowes of Pinto Canyon

Description: Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about Orin Curtis Dowe and Millie Wilson Dowe of Pinto Canyon, who met while O. C. Dowe was a Texas Ranger attempting to capture smugglers crossing the Mexico-Texas border.
Date: November 21, 1966
Creator: Shurley, Mike
Partner: Marfa Public Library

The Dutchovers

Description: Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about Diedrick Dutchover, his wife, Refugia "Cara" Salcido, and their ten children. The author discusses the origin of the name "Dutchover," Diedrick Dutchover's job riding as guard to mail coaches, and the establishment of the Dutchover ranch.
Date: 1964
Creator: Arriola, Emma D.
Partner: Marfa Public Library

The Life of Juan Dominguez

Description: Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about Juan Dominguez - joining the Border Patrol, marriages, duties as a Border Patrol officer, and retirement.
Date: 1970
Creator: Dominguez, Lora Mae
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Restore rural communities and family farms

Description: A series of resolution agreements listing restoring rural communities and family farms, free quality education from pre-k through college, a moratorium on executions in Texas, against the marriage amendment to the U.S. Constitution, repeal to the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act and many more.
Date: 2004
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Press Release: Amtrak "Spouse Pass']

Description: A press release from the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force addressing the LGBT employees of Amtrak accusing the company of discrimination after the business refused to provide passes to domestic partners.
Date: December 12, 1991
Creator: National Gay & Lesbian Task Force
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Press Release: Leaked Documents from Pentagon Lawyers]

Description: A press release from the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force that addresses a document recently leaked from the Pentagon that refutes Richard B. Cheney's claim that homosexuals are a security risk.
Date: September 3, 1991
Creator: National Gay & Lesbian Task Force
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Research notes: Evan Wolfson]

Description: Research notes from a phone interview with Evan Wolfson over the discrimination against same sex couples.
Date: December 13, 1999
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Copy of Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation - Media Release, November 4, 1998]

Description: Copy of Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) - Media Release: GLAAD CONTINUES TO WORK FOR EQUAL MARRIAGE RIGHTS IN THE FACE OF VOTES IN HAWAII AND ALASKA, November 4, 1988. The media release includes information about same-sex marriage and voters.
Date: November 4, 1998
Creator: Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Straight Spouse Support Network]

Description: A group of documents about a support group for heterosexual women and their personal reactions towards their spouses admitting their homosexuality.
Date: 199X
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Communication between Antonio Larralde and Nicolás Gutierres]

Description: Communication between Antonio Larralde and Sr. Lic. Dn. Nicolás Gutierres concerning a marriage license for Joseph Antonio Lozano. Lozano says a wedding cannot be performed due to the absence of a priest; Larralde requests that says that Gutierres should perform the ceremony and record the license.
Date: February 1762
Partner: St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library

[Correspondence Concerning a Marriage License]

Description: Communications concerning a marriage license for Joseph Antonio Losano and Maria Guadalupe Gimenes; Losano is a Mestizo, and Gimenes is a mulatta. In the following text Antonio Larralde mentions that Losano says that there are no obstacles with obtaining the license but there is no priest around to perform a wedding.
Date: January 16, 1762
Partner: St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library

[Sample Jewish Marriage Certificate]

Description: Sample marriage certificate (called a Ketubah) presented to couples married at the Congregation Ahavath Sholom in Fort Worth, Texas as of 1990. The certificate includes three panels. On the far left, text primarily in English describes the vows of marriage. In the center, the main text of the certificate is in Hebrew with blanks for specific information; the text is surrounded by illustrations of plants and crops. On the far right there are lines for names and signatures of participants and … more
Date: 1990
Creator: Rabbinical Assembly
Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives

[Freeman-Fram Marriage Certificate]

Description: Printed marriage certificate (called a "Ketubah" in Hebrew) for Nathan Freeman of Waco, Texas, and Etta Rebecca Fram of Dallas, Texas. The couple were married on January 19, 1913, by Rev. Abraham Fram, Etta's father and the cantor at Dallas' Sheareth Israel Congregation. The Hebrew quotation at the top of the document translates as: "The voice of joy; the voice of happiness; the voice of the groom and the voice of the bride." There is an illustration of a marriage ceremony at the top of the cer… more
Date: 1913
Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives

[Marriage Certificate for John Patterson and Junia Roberts Osterhout]

Description: Marriage certificate for John Patterson and Junia Roberts Osterhout officiated by William Frear of the Baptist church. The wedding was held at the house of Henry Roberts in Pennsylvania and witnessed by P. M. Osterhout, James Frear, and Henry Roberts.
Date: February 23, 1859
Creator: Frear, William
Partner: Austin College

Oral History Interview with John C. Hencke, April 25, 2003

Description: Interview with John C. Hencke, a veteran of the United States Army during World War II, from New York City, New York. Hencke responds to questions regarding his time in the service and overseas, as well as what was going on back home. He notes his relationships that he kept up while he was away and the duties he maintained in the Army.
Date: June 9, 2003
Creator: Coffey, Stephen & Hencke, John C.
Partner: Lee College

[Lecture on travels in Italy]

Description: Lecture by Carl Compton about the marriage of the Prince of Piedmont and the Princess of Saxe-Coburg in Rome.
Date: 19XX
Creator: Compton, Carl Benton
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News release: UFMCC Vows to keep fighting to legalize same-sex marriage]

Description: A news release from the United Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches about the Hawaiian Supreme Court ruling that same sex marriage would not be legally recognized.
Date: December 13, 1999
Creator: United Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Dallas Gay and Lesbian Alliance

Description: Pages describing the marriage project of the Dallas Gay and Lesbian Alliance which worked to validate the marriage contracts of LGBT individuals.
Date: unknown
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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