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Coffee in the Gourd

Description: Collection of miscellaneous folklore of Texas and Mexico, including folk songs, information about Indian pictographs, legends, superstitions, and weather lore. The index begins on page 105.
Date: 1923
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Partner: UNT Press

[Letter from Russell V. De Long to T. N. Carswell - December 29, 1941]

Description: A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Parramore Post No. 57, American Legion, Abilene, Texas, from Russell V. De Long, President, Northwest Nazarene College, Nampa, Idaho, dated December 29, 1941. De Long replies to Carswell's request for a definition of Americanism by enclosing excerpts from an address by De Long titled "I Am An American Because I Believe." Typewritten on Northwest Nazarene College letterhead bearing HOWARD BOND watermark.
Date: December 29, 1941
Creator: De Long, Russell V.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Brown Blanche Perry Scrapbook]

Description: Scrapbook containing photographs, church bulletins, newspaper and magazine clippings, baptistry painting interpretations, etc. related to the various churches and individuals with whom Perry was associated.
Date: 1940/1966
Creator: Perry, Myrta Blanche
Partner: Abilene Christian University Library

Coffee in the Gourd

Description: Collection of miscellaneous folklore of Texas and Mexico, including folk songs, information about Indian pictographs, legends, superstitions, and weather lore. The index begins on page 105.
Date: 2017
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Partner: UNT Press
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[The Peter Pauls Stewart Family Films, No. 27 - Holidays, Vacations, and Community Events ]

Description: This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Peter Pauls Stewart family including Mrs. Stewart playing with their pet dog in the snow, a member of the Stewart family in an equestrian competition, a youth soccer match, a ski vacation in Idaho, a Christmas celebration, a religious event, likely a First Communion or Confirmation, and a youth baseball game. One of the teams playing baseball represents the Park Cities North Dallas YMCA.
Date: 1966/1967
Duration: 20 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: Stewart, Peter Pauls
Partner: UNT Media Library

[News Script: Trucks & Floods]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of 75 independent truckers who spent the night at two truck stops to drive into Washington to protest fuel prices. Most of the pacific northwest returned to normal after a week of flooding.
Date: January 21, 1974, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Basketball]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Houston Kashmere who captured the Class 4A basketball title 91-87 over South Oak Cliff.
Date: March 9, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Scouting, Volume 1, Number 9, August 15, 1913

Description: Semi-monthly publication of the Boy Scouts of America, written for Boy Scout leaders, officials, and others interested in the work of the Scouts. It includes articles about events and activities, updates from the national headquarters, topical columns and essays, and news from various chapters nationwide.
Date: August 15, 1913
Creator: Boy Scouts of America
Partner: Boy Scouts of America National Scouting Museum

[News Script: Cycles]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about motorcycle daredevil, Evel Knievel who will attempt to ride his super sky cycle across Snake river Canyon in Idaho.
Date: August 15, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Postcard of Soldiers Washing Dishes]

Description: Postcard of soldiers standing around a wash bucket holding dishes, with a long building in the background, and a note that says "Camp Life at Camp MacArthur, Waco, Texas." A handwritten note on the back of the postcard is addressed to F. P. Hansen in Thornton, Idaho and says "Dear Mother, Here is a picture of some of us boys washing our dishes. Where you see the x, that is me. It isn't very plain but that is me anyway. Show this to the folks so they can see how we hafto wash our own dishes in c… more
Date: [1917-10-11,1918-04-14]
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from D. Bailey Calvin to I. H. Kempner, October 9, 1944]

Description: Letter from D. Bailey Calvin to I. H. Kempner providing a list of state-supported medical schools in different U.S. cities from their main universities and notes that half of these are not on the same campus as the main university. He suggests that Dr. Leake will address alumni matters upon his return to Galveston and offers further assistance if needed.
Date: October 9, 1944
Creator: Calvin, D. Bailey
Partner: Rosenberg Library
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