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Oral History Interview with Emilio Abeyta, June 24, 2016

Description: Emelio E. Abeyta was born in the Santa Rosa, New Mexico area. His family moved to Littlefield for his father’s work. Abeyta began attending Catholic seminary in Santa Fe, New Mexico and then Ohio as a teenager. He served as a priest in various West Texas towns. While serving in Slaton, Texas, Abeyta ran for school board, becoming the first ethnic Mexican school board member and aiding in the integration of the town’s schools. He left the priesthood to work for the Civil Rights Division of the D… more
Date: June 24, 2016
Duration: 54 minutes 14 seconds
Creator: Abeyta, Emilio; Wisely, Karen & Zapata, Joel
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Ofelia Vasquez-Philo, June 24, 2016

Description: Ofelia Vasquez-Philo was born December 28, 1932 in Seguin, Texas, and was the oldest of nine children. She grew up on Freeman Ranch, in Wimberley, Tx., where her father was the ranch foreman. She married Joe Vasquez, Jr. in 1950 and they raised 7 children in San Marcos. After Joe's death in 1986, she married Harry Philo. Ofelia worked part-time in 1966 at the Office of Community Action. In 1970, she became executive director, a position she would hold until her retirement in 1993. During this … more
Date: June 24, 2016
Duration: 58 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: Acuña-Gurrola, Moisés & Vasquez-Philo, Ofelia
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library

A Special Report to the State Board of Education, From the Advisory Counsil For technical-vocational Education in Texas

Description: Report outlining recommendations from the Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas, based on public input, regarding potential legislation or appropriations to improve vocational education and other services.
Date: June 24, 1980
Creator: Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Oral History Interview with Olga Aguerro, June 24, 2016

Description: Olga Aguero was born in Wilson, Texas, where she graduated from Wilson High School. After high school, she worked with the Southwest Voter Registration Education Project and federal project. Olga Aguero moved to Lubbock where she began working as a writer and add seller for El Editor newspaper. She married the owner and founder of El Editor, Chicano actavist and Raza Unida Party state representative candidate Bidal Aguero. Olga Aguero also worked for the Texas Tech University Press, became the … more
Date: June 24, 2016
Duration: 49 minutes
Creator: Aguerro, Olga; Wisely, Karen & Zapata, Joel
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Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library

Amon Carter Museum Educator Receives National Award

Description: A news release from the Amon Carter Museum awarding Allison Perkins, Education Director at the Amon Carter, National Art Education Association Western Region Museum Educator of the Year for 1994. The award was presented to Perkin at the 1994 National Art Education Association convention in Baltimore in April, 1994.
Date: June 24, 1994
Creator: Amon Carter Museum
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Amon Carter Museum News Release, June 24, 1994]

Description: A news release from the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth. The release announces that Allison Perkins, Education Director at the Amon Carter, was named the 1994 National Art Education Association Western Region Museum Educator of the Year. The piece also gives a short history of her education and work prior to the Amon Carter and her current collaboration with NTIEVA.
Date: June 24, 1994
Creator: Amon Carter Museum
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Amon Carter Museum News Release, June 24, 1994

Description: Photocopy of an immediate news release from the Amon Carter Museum on the topic of a national award won by one of the educators. The release gives a summary of who the winner, Allison Perkins, is and her history in art museum education. There is also a quote from the Director of the Amon Carter Museum, Jan K. Muhlert. In the top right-hand corner of the paper are the hand-written letters "McC" which possibly stands for McCarter.
Date: June 24, 1994
Creator: Amon Carter Museum
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Sam Myres' Hella Temple Membership Card]

Description: Membership card issued to Sam D. Myres by the Hella Temple in Dallas, Texas. The center of the card has a stamp with the Hella Temple seal, which has an image of a pyramid inside a circle.
Date: June 24, 1918
Creator: Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America. Hella Temple (Dallas, Tex.)
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Partner: Pioneer City County Museum
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