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[Booklet: Annie Webb Blanton of Denton for the thirteenth congressional district]

Description: Annie Webb Blanton (1870-1945) was an American suffragist, educator, and author of a series of grammar textbooks. Blanton was elected Superintendent of Texas Public Instruction in 1918, making her the first woman in Texas elected to statewide office. She was born in Houston and at 18 moved to Austin to attend classes at the University of Texas where she graduated in 1899 with a Bachelors of Literature. In 1901, Dr. Blanton began teaching English at North Texas Normal School in Denton, Texas whe… more
Date: 1922
Creator: Von Boeckman-Jones Co.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Funeral Service for James Patrick Wiseman]

Description: Recording of the funeral service for James Patrick Wiseman, an attorney who worked several civil rights cases in the United States as the assistant Texas attorney general and lawyer for the ACLU. It opens with an image of Wiseman and the dates, December 22, 1948-January 31, 1998. The service includes prayers, performances, and speakers remembering Wiseman. The video ends with the same image and dates.
Date: February 2, 1998
Duration: 41 minutes 34 seconds
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