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[Delta Sigma Theta Awards Gala at the 42nd national convention]

Video footage provided by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters shown during the Delta Sigma Theta Awards Gala. The footage shows an animated slideshow with photo slides of famous members of the sorority along with their names and city. A narrator speaks over the slideshow giving a brief description of the women's accomplishments. The women commonly serve their community in positions of education, politics, civil rights, and public service.

Date: October 6, 1994

Duration: 23 minutes 47 seconds

Item Type: Video

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 31, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing receiving a pack of cigarettes, flying a fighter from Jackson, MS, to Raleigh and Newark, seeing a show and getting dinner, flying on an airliner at night, picking up a plane from Long Beach, news about her friend Marion, flying in a B-24, and happening to meet an Air Corps private who knew of her through a mutual acquaintance.

Date: October 31, 1944

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Mr. C. Lincoln Williston to Mr. E. H. Sparks, September 8, 1969]

Letter from Mr. C. Lincoln Willister to Mr. E. H. Sparks nominating Dr. May Owen and Dr. Milford O. Rouse for a Community Leaders of America award, and briefly listing their qualifications.

Date: September 8, 1969

Creator: Williston, C. Lincoln

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Texas Medical Association

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[Oral history interview with David Hearn]

Oral history interview with David Hearn. Topics covered include Hearn's upbringing in Chattanooga, Tennessee, his coming out story, his career at J. C. Penney's, and his founding of the Greg Dollgener Memorial AIDS Fund.

Date: August 20, 2019

Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 37 seconds

Creator: Testa, Nino

Item Type: Sound