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[News Clip: Fossil Fish]

Description: B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 6pm.
Date: September 9, 1988
Duration: 55 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Metal Tool Touching Spinal Column]

Description: Slide of a partial spinal column within a lightly excavated mound of dirt. An upturned hand on the top left holds a slender metal utensil, as if about to touch the specimen. In the back right corner, slightly out of focus, an array of both fractured and whole bones can be seen. Some of these appear to have a head, similar to that of a femur or other bones found in limbs.
Date: unknown
Partner: Burnet County Historical Commission

[Bones and fossils in Big Bend]

Description: Close-up photograph of woolly mammoth bones and fossils embedded in the soil, near Marfa, Texas. A red trowel is visible near the top of the image. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "The land turned against the 'thundering lizards,' and the Age of mammals came upon the earth" (p. 1).
Date: 1969
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Collection of fossils in Big Bend]

Description: Photograph of bones and fossils that have been partially excavated from soil, with a trowel in front of them on the ground. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "This beast watered at a lake which was once in the Big Bend. His feet were caught in the sticky mud, and the mammoth, unable to move, was preserved" (pp. 1-2).
Date: 1969
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Big Bend fossils and stones]

Description: Photograph of seven stone items -- fossils of prehistoric shells and bones, and Indian manos (grinding stones) -- displayed on the bottom of a metal tub sitting on a grassy plain. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "Water-dwelling dinosaurs, such as those related to the modern crocodile, and bird-like reptiles have been excavated from their rock prisons" (p. 1).
Date: 1969
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Collection of fossils and bones in Big Bend]

Description: Photograph of rocks and mammoth fossils embedded in the soil next to tree roots. A pickaxe and large hole are visible near the top of the image. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "This beast watered at a lake which was once in the Big Bend. His feet were caught in the sticky mud, and the mammoth, unable to move, was preserved" (p. 2).
Date: 1969
Creator: Edwards, Nancy
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[News Script: Museum]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Dallas Museum of Natural History, the fossils it houses, and the creatures they represent that once swam and walked where now Dallas stands.
Date: April 2, 1964
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Dinosaur in Decatur]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the near-complete skeleton of a Camptosaurus being discovered in Decatur.
Date: April 14, 1964
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Dinosaur Footprints 7]

Description: Photograph of dinosaur footprints along Blanco River. There is sitting water gathered in the footprints and there is a ruler placed on the ground beside them. A round object made of wood is located in the top left corner of the photo.
Date: 1982
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
Partner: Texas Lutheran University

[Dinosaur Footprints 4]

Description: Photograph of dinosaur footprints along Blanco River. A person is standing barefoot in one of the footprints and a ruler is placed on the ground to indicate the size of one of the other prints in the area.
Date: 1982
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
Partner: Texas Lutheran University

[Dinosaur Footprints 3]

Description: Photograph of dinosaur footprints along Blanco River. There are five individuals standing in the background and there is sitting water located in most of the footprints. A ruler is placed across one of the footprints to indicate the width of the cavity.
Date: 1994
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
Partner: Texas Lutheran University

[Mastodon Dig Site Pit]

Description: Photograph of the pit of a mastodon dig site near Seguin, Texas. An individual is squatting in the pit and various plant life is growing throughout the surrounding area.
Date: May 21, 1981
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
Partner: Texas Lutheran University
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