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COUPLING PATENT

Description: This patent is for a new coupling system to connect hollow pipes. It is specifically designed to address issues of vibration, which cause the coupling pin to become damaged.
Date: July 10, 1919
Creator: Hiegel, Joseph L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Writing-Machine.

Description: Patent for writing-machine mechanism which prolongs the life of the ribbon and provides "means to rotate the platen step by step at each actuation of one or more of the keys" (line 20).
Date: April 24, 1917
Creator: Edwards, Alrah B. & Russell, Frank K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Keyboard for Writing Machines.

Description: Patent for improved keyboards for writing machines "having its keys so arranged that the fingers of the operator may rest upon the keyboard in an easy and natural manner, the keys being so disposed with relation to each other that the fingers of the operator may reach all of them with the least possible strain or exertion" (lines 16-22). This improvement allows the operator to work at maximum speed and efficiency.
Date: April 17, 1917
Creator: Edwards, Alrah B. & Russell, Frank K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Syringe

Description: Patent for a syringe. Illustrations included.
Date: December 15, 1908
Creator: Hill, Hiram McClung & Farrington, Charles Oliphint
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Cotton-Press.

Description: Patent for a cotton-press that compresses "cotton as it is delivered from the gin into convenient shape and size of bundle, for facilitating the transportation thereof" (lines 12-15).
Date: June 25, 1895
Creator: Taylor, George
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[Oral History Interview with Robert L. Price]

Description: Interview with Robert L. Price, desegregationist and civil rights activist. Price discusses his early life in Chicago, role in the desegregation of schools in the Dallas Independent School District, and his affiliations with civil rights activist groups.
Date: June 21, 2021
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Liberace Jewels]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the entertainer Liberace who returned to his Dallas hotel room following a concert appearance at SMU and discovered that someone had broken into the room and stolen 75-thousand dollars worth of jewelry.
Date: April 18, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Dallas Schools]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the Dallas School Board which has hired a renowned educator to review the school district's curriculum.
Date: May 9, 1974, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Alger]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Democratic National Convention and a county Republican convention in Dallas, Texas.
Date: August 14, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: SMU]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Southern Methodist University basketball team traveling to Chicago to play the San Francisco Dons team in a semifinals game.
Date: March 21, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Nixon]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: October 29, 1970, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Oral History Interview with Mark Herbner]

Description: Interview with Bishop Mark Herbner, who was a preacher in Richardson and later Dallas at Mt. Olive Lutheran Church. Herbner discusses growing up in Chicago, attending seminary, leading his congregation in Dallas, other pastors at the time, and his activism.
Date: September 29, 2011
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Sound coming]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about vice president Gerald Ford who said in Dallas that critics of president Nixon and secretary of state Kissinger should consider the high purpose the two men are pursuing as emissaries of peace.
Date: June 14, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Ford]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about vice president Gerald Ford who is back in Washington after speaking engagements in Dallas and Chicago.
Date: June 14, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Promo video for "Dance Africa Chicago"]

Description: Video footage promoting the Dance Africa Chicago yearly dance performance event. The video shows footage of cultural dancing, clothing, and individuals speaking about the event and its role in the community. The tape shows footage from past years' themes and educational materials provided by the organization. The tape was provided by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters.
Date: January 24, 2001
Duration: 8 minutes 32 seconds
Creator: Columbia College Chicago
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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