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Description: Book about folklore in Texas, including folk songs, ghost stories, Mexican animal tales, anecdotes about lawyers, folklore about Texas plants, riddles and miscellaneous legends. The index begins on page 225.
Date: 1943
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
Partner: UNT Press

[News Script: Sports]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about opening card of the 38th state Golden Gloves tournament which will feature 23 bouts.
Date: March 7, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Brown obit]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Dr. H. C. Brown Junior, a professor of preaching at southern Baptist Theological seminary in Fort Worth who died at a local hospital.
Date: June 11, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Bill Ennis Obit]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Bill Ennis who died in Houston due to heart attack.
Date: December 14, 1973, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Drill.

Description: Patent for an improved type of drill that is specifically adapted to drill through rock and other hard materials. Improvements include having rotatable pilot cutters that work in tandem with rotatable reamers, as well as "a novel means for retaining the lubricant within the bearings of the cutters and reamers" (lines 26-28).
Date: October 29, 1918
Creator: Humason, Granville A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[News Script: EPA control pan]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the 5th U. S circuit of appeals in New Orleans which has ordered a stay of the environmental protection agency' Texas transportation control plan until the court reviews it in April.
Date: March 1, 1974, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: New Orleans]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the environmental protection agency which has been ordered by the fifth U. S circuit court of appeals in New Orleans not to enforce its Texas transportation control plan until the court reviews it.
Date: March 1, 1974, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Harvey Travel Bureau to I. H. Kempner, April 5, 1963]

Description: Typed letter from the Harvey Travel Bureau to Isaac H. Kempner, detailing two itinerary options. The first being several small flights from different cities from morning into the evening, the second being two long flights from the afternoon to evening. There are additional notes on specific airplanes, flight time circumstances, amenities, stops, and connections.
Date: April 5, 1963
Creator: Harvey Travel Bureau
Partner: Rosenberg Library

Juneteenth Texas: Essays in African-American Folklore

Description: Volume of essays about African-American folklore, including reminiscences of African-American folk culture in Texas, studies of specific genres of folklore, information about Texas-African food-ways, studies of specific performers, information about songs and other folklore. The index begins on page 353.
Date: 1996
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Partner: UNT Press

[Letter from Salviati & Co. to D. W. Kempner, January 24, 1953]

Description: Letter from Salviati & Co. to D. W. Kempner expressing regret that a champagne glass for Miss Gladys Kempner was broken. Salviati & Co. guarantees the safe arrival of their items and will manufacture a replacement glass, shipping it directly to Miss Kempner with prepaid charges. The letter also mentions that another part of the order, which was delayed due to a cracked plate, will be shipped on the S/S Louise Lykes on January 30th, to be discharged in New Orleans and then forwarded to Houston.
Date: January 24, 1953
Creator: Salviati & Co.
Partner: Rosenberg Library
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