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Oral History Interview with Nora Lopez, March 8, 2019

Description: Interview with Nora Lopez, metro editor at the San Antonio Express News newspaper. She discusses her childhood and visiting family regularly in Mexico, as well as becoming an American citizen in 2008. She also talks about her education and her career in newspaper journalism.
Date: March 8, 2019
Creator: Aguilar, Rebecca & Lopez, Nora
Partner: UNT Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism
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World's Longest History Lesson: Unit 5. Collapse of Spain in Texas, Part 2

Description: Video of Dr. Torget's lecture on the end of Spanish colonization and rule in Texas (continued from part 1), covering: (2) Major Problems for Spain in Texas: [c] Increased Indian Raids 1814-1820, [d] Invading Americans, 1819-1820; (3) Mexico's Dilemma of Independence.
Date: 2018-08-24T13:04:56/2018-08-24T13:59:17
Duration: 54 minutes 28 seconds
Creator: Torget, Andrew J.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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World's Longest History Lesson: Unit 5. Collapse of Spain in Texas, Part 2 (ASL Interpretation)

Description: American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on the end of Spanish colonization and rule in Texas (continued from part 1), covering: (2) Major Problems for Spain in Texas: [c] Increased Indian Raids 1814-1820, [d] Invading Americans, 1819-1820; (3) Mexico's Dilemma of Independence. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.
Date: 2018-08-24T13:04:56/2018-08-24T13:59:17
Duration: 54 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: Torget, Andrew J.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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World's Longest History Lesson: Unit 6. Establishing Mexican Texas (ASL Interpretation)

Description: American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on Mexican independence from Spain, covering: (1) The U.S. Land Crisis, (2) Moses Austin's Zany Scheme, (3) Do We Let in the Americans?, (4) Founding the Austin Colony. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.
Date: 2018-08-24T13:59:23/2018-08-24T14:42:25
Duration: 43 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: Torget, Andrew J.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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World's Longest History Lesson: Unit 7. Mexican Texas

Description: Video of Dr. Torget's lecture on Mexican governance of Texas, covering: (1) Establishing the Austin Colony (2) Mexico City, Centralism Vs. Federalism, (3) The Problem of Slavery, (4) The Constitution of 1824, (5) A Rebellion in East Texas.
Date: 2018-08-24T14:42:30/2018-08-24T16:03:43
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: Torget, Andrew J.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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World's Longest History Lesson: Unit 7. Mexican Texas (ASL Interpretation)

Description: American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on Mexican governance of Texas, covering: (1) Establishing the Austin Colony (2) Mexico City, Centralism Vs. Federalism, (3) The Problem of Slavery, (4) The Constitution of 1824, (5) A Rebellion in East Texas. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.
Date: 2018-08-24T14:42:30/2018-08-24T16:03:43
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 27 seconds
Creator: Torget, Andrew J.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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World's Longest History Lesson: Unit 8. Road to Revolution

Description: Video of Dr. Torget's lecture on the factors leading to revolution in Texas, covering: (1) A Ridiculous Rebellion in East Texas, (2) Constitution of 1827, (2) Decree 56, Thwarting Mexican Law, (4) Law of April 6, 1830.
Date: 2018-08-24T16:03:53/2018-08-24T16:56:53
Duration: 53 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Torget, Andrew J.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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World's Longest History Lesson: Unit 8. Road to Revolution (ASL Interpretation)

Description: American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on the factors leading to revolution in Texas, covering: (1) A Ridiculous Rebellion in East Texas, (2) Constitution of 1827, (2) Decree 56, Thwarting Mexican Law, (4) Law of April 6, 1830. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.
Date: 2018-08-24T16:03:53/2018-08-24T16:56:53
Duration: 53 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: Torget, Andrew J.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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World's Longest History Lesson: Unit 10. Revolution, Part 2 (ASL Interpretation)

Description: American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on the Texas Revolution (continued from part 1), covering: (3) Siege of the Alamo. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.
Date: 2018-08-24T19:18:10/2018-08-24T19:58:45
Duration: 40 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: Torget, Andrew J.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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World's Longest History Lesson: Unit 13. Annexation and the Road to the U.S.-Mexico War (ASL Interpretation)

Description: American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on the annexation of Texas, covering: (1) Republic of Texas on the Brink, (2) Playing the Annexation Game. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.
Date: 2018-08-24T22:45:53/2018-08-24T23:45:20
Duration: 59 minutes 38 seconds
Creator: Torget, Andrew J.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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World's Longest History Lesson: Unit 14. The U.S.-Mexico War (ASL Interpretation)

Description: American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on the U.S.-Mexico War, covering: (1) James K. Polk Gazes West, (2) Polk Provokes a Fight, (3) War in Northern and Central Mexico, (4) Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, (5) Mexican Cession. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.
Date: 2018-08-24T23:45:17/2018-08-25T00:40:17
Duration: 44 minutes 58 seconds
Creator: Torget, Andrew J.
Partner: UNT Libraries

The Best of Texas Folk and Folklore: 1916-1954

Description: This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains information about folklore in Texas and Mexico, including folk songs and ballads, ghost stories, Mexican animal tales, sermons, stories about games and celebrations, folklore of Texas plants, and information about folk remedies. The index begins on page 349.
Date: 2017
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Partner: UNT Press

The Bounty of Texas

Description: This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains a miscellany of Texas, Mexican and Spanish folklore, including information about hunting, canning, cooking, and other folklore. The index begins on page 225.
Date: 2017
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Partner: UNT Press

Built in Texas

Description: Book describing folk building in Texas, including information about the construction of churches, cabins, sheds, barns, fences, and other folk building techniques. The index begins on page 277.
Date: 2017
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Partner: UNT Press

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

Corners of Texas

Description: This volume contains popular folklore of Texas, including information about folk music, folk arts and crafts, history of Texas, prominent Texas writers, and other miscellaneous folklore. The index begins on page 285.
Date: 2017
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Partner: UNT Press
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