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Shackelford County Sketches

Description: This book describes the people and events throughout Shackelford County's history from the mid- to late 1800s. Sketches include excerpts from diaries and daybooks as well as short biographies of important persons in the area. Annotations start on page 73; index starts on page 111.
Date: 1974
Creator: Biggers, Don Hampton, 1869-1957 & Farmer, Joan
Partner: UNT Libraries

Singers and Storytellers

Description: Collection of popular folklore of Texas, including personal anecdotes about storytellers and singers, as well as folk songs, myths, and ghost stories. The index begins on page 295.
Date: 2017
Creator: Boatright, Mody C.
Partner: UNT Press

Singers and Storytellers

Description: Collection of popular folklore of Texas, including personal anecdotes about storytellers and singers, as well as folk songs, myths, and ghost stories. The index begins on page 295.
Date: 1961
Creator: Boatright, Mody C.
Partner: UNT Press

[Letter from Meyer Bodansky to Frank J. Heck - October 18, 1939]

Description: Letter from Dr. Meyer Bodansky to Dr. Frank J. Heck, who is from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. The letter, which is dated October 18, 1939, discloses the account of a mother and her young boy who was diagnosed with leukemia. Dr. Bodansky explains that he is trying to help the mother, who insists on going to a known "charlatan" physician, who falsely claims that the boy has malaria. Dr. Bodansky describes some of the boy's blood tests and informs Dr. Heck that he has enclosed two smea… more
Date: October 18, 1939
Creator: Bodansky, Meyer, 1896-1941
Partner: Moody Medical Library, UT
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[The Curtis King Story]

Description: Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded for The Curtis King Story in 2011. This video details the life story of TBAAL founder and president Curtis King. This clip briefly highlights his upbringing and how he founded TBAAL.
Date: 2011
Duration: 5 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Brothers, Latte
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Comanche Texts

Description: This book contains Comanche folktales, along with the English translations. They are broken into several sections which are listed (along with brief summaries of the stories) in the table of contents: coyote stories; fairy tales and fables; manners and morals; adventure; and obtaining and preparing food. Both the English and Comanche texts have numbered footnotes to line up the translation, explained in the Editor's Note (p. iii); there is also an Explanatory Note describing the Comanche tran… more
Date: 1958
Creator: Canonge, Elliott D.
Partner: UNT Libraries

[Drew Gaines at Heart of Mexico event]

Description: Photograph of Drew Gaines standing on stage at the Heart of Mexico event in Dallas, Texas. Gaines worked on the 'Life by Life' and 'Catching the Wind' stories from the project. The attendees are visible looking towards him and the projector screen next to him. On the screen is a photograph taken while in Valle de Bravo, Mexico.
Date: 2014
Creator: Clark, Junebug
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[NT Daily new issue plan on whiteboard]

Description: Photograph of the whiteboard used to plan out the new issue of the NT Daily. On the left side is the layout of the pages and where they will go and on the right are lists of the articles and stories that are being used. The pages that have been finished have a line through them and only one is left. The staffers were working during a late night in the Editorial Office at the Mayborn School of Journalism.
Date: unknown
Creator: Clark, Junebug
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Yvonne Leow speaking on panel about web-based storytelling]

Description: Photograph of Yvonne Leow, the senior Snapchat editor at Vox.com, speaking at a panel about the future of storytelling on the web. Leow focused on the topic of Snapchat coverage of news stories like the Dallas Police shooting in July of that same year. The panel was held during the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center, Grapevine, TX.
Date: July 23, 2016
Creator: Clark, Junebug
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Crash at Crush

Description: Essay describing the Crash at Crush, a publicity stunt organized by MKT, [Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad], in which two train engines were crashed, as seen by Joseph Foit. The story was told by Joseph to his granddaughter, Patricia Stover Cloud.
Date: September 6, 2011
Creator: Cloud, Patricia Stover
Partner: History of West Museum

Consolidated Community School Building Monahans, Texas: Floor Plan

Description: Floor plan for a consolidated community school building for Ward County district 2 in Monahans, Texas. It includes a detailed floor plan with mechanical details showing plumbing, heating, and electrical work, a guide for electrical, plumbing, and heating codes, and a diagram of story heights.
Date: 1936
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Partner: Tittle-Luther/Parkhill, Smith and Cooper, Inc.

[Inspiring Stories of Miss America State Winners]

Description: A captivating compilation from the Denton Chamber of Commerce Collection highlighting the remarkable journeys and inspiring stories of Miss America winners from various states. This collection of articles celebrates the achievements, talents, and empowering narratives of these accomplished individuals who have earned the coveted title.
Date: 1995
Creator: Denton Chamber of Commerce
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Story time with Martha Edmundson and staff of the Denton Public Library at the City of Denton Employee's Picnic ]

Description: Photograph of three women and a man with puppets on their hands and standing in front of a puppet theater at the Civic Center Park (now called Quakertown Park) in Denton, Texas. Martha Edmundson is the woman in purple with the microphone. The staff were performing a puppet show entitled, "The Fisherman and his Wife" during the annual City of Denton Employee's Picnic.
Date: unknown
Creator: Denton Public Library
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Household Words, Hard Times at angle]

Description: Photograph of the first page of Hard Times in Household Words Volume IX. The end of another story, and the introduction to Hard Times, is on the opposite page. At the top is a quote from Shakespeare that reads "Familiar in their Mouths as Household Words." The book is propped open on a black foam block and has a white background.
Date: July 9, 2014
Creator: Dickens, Charles
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Household Words, Hard Times first page]

Description: Photograph of the first page of Hard Times in Household Words Volume IX. The end of another story, and the introduction to Hard Times, is on the opposite page. At the top is a quote from Shakespeare that reads "Familiar in their Mouths as Household Words." The book is propped open and has a white background.
Date: July 9, 2014
Creator: Dickens, Charles
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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