Photograph of a 101st Airborne challenge coin from the United States Army Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti Papers, held by UNT Special Collections. The first image shows the back of the brown, rusted coin with a symbol of expanded angel wings engraved at the top, with the bottom of it containing the words "Rendezvous with Destiny." Image 2, front of coin. "101st" and "Airborne" are negraved at the top with an eagle head engraved under it. Under that, in two small engraved banners are the words "Normandy Bastogne Holland" and "Berchtesgaden."
Photograph of an 101st Airborne lighter from the United States Army Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti Papers, held by UNT Special Collections. The first image shows the front of the silver lighter, with the cap sightly rusted. On the front of its is a black crest with the word "Airborne" above it and a white eagle head on it with its yellow beak. Image 2, back of silver lighter. The words "101st ABN. Div" are engraved on the cap and the word "Vietnam" on the bottom followed by the years 1967-1968.
Photograph of an 101st Airborne patch from the United States Army Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti Papers, held by UNT Special Collections. The patch is black with the word "Airborne" stitched at the top in yellow with a space in between. On the bigger part of the black patch is the head of an eagle stitched on.
Photograph of Adam Medrano at the combined reception for the "Women in the Dallas LGBTQ Community" exhibit and the Spirit of Equality Awards, held in the Dallas City Hall lobby. Medrano is standing in the center of the photograph, facing to the right of the camera and appears to be speaking. Part of a camera lens can be seen in the top right corner of the photograph, facing Medrano. A pride flag is hanging behind him.
Photograph of a group of five people at the combined reception for the "Women in the Dallas LGBTQ Community" exhibit and the Spirit of Equality Awards, held in the Dallas City Hall lobby. They are standing side by side, looking at the camera and smiling. (left to center) De'An Roper, Morgan Gieringer, and Lory Masters can be identified among the group. On the wall behind them is a large poster titled, "Helping Women."
Photograph of Barsanti's Air medal from the United States Army Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti Papers, held by UNT Special Collections. The first image is a far away view of a bronze sun medal with an eagle in the middle. It is held by a blue ribbon with golden stripes on the side. The medal lays in a a black leather box with a yellow inside. Image 2, closeup of the sun medal in a box.
Photograph of Barsanti's Distinguished Service Cross from the United States Army Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti Papers, held by UNT Special Collections. The first image shows the bronze cross with the image of an eagle with expanded wings over the middle of it. It hangs from a blue ribbon with white and red stripes on the sides. The cross lays inside a black leather box that is yellow on the inside. Image 2, closeup of cross laying inside the box with a yellow inside.
Photograph of Barsanti's Distinguished Service Medal from the United States Army Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti Papers, held by UNT Special Collections. The first image shows a circular medal that is navy blue around the rim with the words "For Distinguished Service MCMXVII" in gold. In the middle is a golden eagle with its wings exapnded and a flag like crest in the middle of it. The medal is attached a red, white and blue ribbon. The medal lies in a black box with a white inside. Image 2, closeup of Distinguished Service Medal.
Photograph of two silver dog tags that belonged to Major General Olinto Barsanti, connected by a chain, slightly rusted and scratched on the surface. The first dog tag at the top of the photo shows the letters engraved onto it backwards, as does the dog tag on the bottom with the word "Barsanti barely made out.
Photograph of Barsanti's insignia pin from the United States Army Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti Papers, held by UNT Special Collections. The pin is in the shape of a 7 pointed leaf, detailed in the lines of its design and has a dark golden sheen to it.
Photograph of Barsanti's Legion of Merit Legionnaire Medal with two oak leaf clusters from the United States Army Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti Papers, held by UNT Special Collections. The first image shows the circular wheel-like medal laying in black leather box with a yellow inside, attached to a red ribbon with two clusters on it. Image 2, closeup of the medal. The medal is a fan-like wheel with the fan part white with red edges. The circle in the middle attaching them is golden with a blue middle, containing several gold stars inside of it. Under the fan part is a golden circled framed by green. The medal is attached to a red ribbon with white edges, and two leaf clusters laying on the ribbon.
Photograph of Barsanti’s Major General hat from the United States Army Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti Papers, held by UNT Special Collections. The hat is a normal cap that is olive green in color. On the front are two black stitched stars with another symbol in black stitched above it.
Photograph of two military shoulder boards that belonged to Major General Olinto Barsanti. They are black-colored rectangles with a gold border and two silver stars embroidered in the center of each one.
Photograph of Barsanti's oval medallion from the United States Army Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti Papers, held by UNT Special Collections. The dark golden medallion is in the shape of an oval with the symbol for what appears to be a spear on the left side. Image 2, back side of the medallion with some words imprinted on the back. The medallion itself hangs from a small loop at the top.
Photograph of Barsanti's Purple Heart medal from the United States Army Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti Papers, held by UNT Special Collections. The first image shows the purple heart-shaped medal laying inside a black leather box with the lid open, the inside yellow. The ribbon is held by a purple ribbon. Image 2, closeup of heart medal. The heart medal is a purple heart inside of a golden one. In the purple part is a gold figure of a head, and it is held by a purple ribbon with white on the side.
Photograph of Barsanti's ribbon rack from the United States Army Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti Papers, held by UNT Special Collections. The ribbon rack consists of eight rows of ribbons with one at the top and fr at the bottom. Most of the ribbons have stripes of color, and some of them contain little emblems such as leaves or stars.
Photograph of Barsanti's Silver Star medal with three oak leaf clusters that was first awarded 1944 from the United States Army Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti Papers, held by UNT Special Collections. The medal is a shiny golden star with a tiny silver star in the middle. The medal hangs from a red, white and blue ribbon, laid with three tiny leaves.
Photograph of Barsanti's star pins from the United States Army Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti Papers, held by UNT Special Collections. At the top are two big silver star pins., shiny and protruding to a point. Under those two pins are two identical star pins, half the size of the bigger ones. At the bottom is a rusted pin two rectangles with bars in between.
Photographs of the "swaggers stick" that was part of the uniform for Major General Olinto Barsanti. It is dark brown, smooth and shiny stick with a small silver plaque that has the engraved words "MG O. M. Barsanti C G 101st Airborne Division 1 Jul 67 - 19 Jul 68." The handle part of the stick is a rusted golden color with the symbol of expanded wings on it in a rusted dark brown color. The tip of the stick is also a rusted golden color.
Photograph of Barsanti’s Vietnam ring from the United States Army Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti Papers, held by UNT Special Collections. The ring is a shiny bronze, and is seen from the side. On the side of the ring the word "Vietnam" is engraved with the word "Airborne" under it and the head of an eagle. At the bottom of the ring are the engraved words "Screaming Eagles." The top of the ring is circular with a clear stone in the middle. around the top the words "General" can be seen as well as the numbers 89.
Photograph of a blue ribbon with two leaf clusters from the United States Army Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti Papers, held by UNT Special Collections. The small ribbon is a bright dark blue color, with two tiny bronze leaves laying on it. The ribbon is inside a thin golden frame.
Photograph of Boycott Grapes and Viva La Mujer buttons, held by UNT Special Collections. The Boycott Grapes button is black with an orange circle in the middle and a black bird graphic. The Viva La Mujer button has a white symbol for women on it, a black bird graphic inside it. Another Boycott Grapes Button is red with a black bird graphic in the middle. Dr. Gloria Contreras (1947-) was recruited to work at the University of North Texas in 1987 because of her strong background in multicultural and social studies education. Her passion was teaching social studies with a global perspective, and furthering the place of women and minorities in education, teaching and scholarship. In 1989, she was appointed the first Director of the Office of Minority Affairs (now the Office of Multicultural Affairs), where she was tasked to create a plan to recruit and retain minority students and faculty. Contreras co-authored some of the leading K-6 social studies textbooks published by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill, served as the Executive Editor of The Social Science, a national journal for educators, and was elected Director of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. In 2002, Contreras was honored as a Latina Living Legend by the Hispanic 50 (now Hispanic 100).
A photograph of the cover of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl. There is an illustrated chocolate bar at he top and a drawing of Willy Wonka and a child's face behind him.
A photograph of Roald Dahl's signature in the book "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". It is written on a sticker that was placed on the "For Theo" page. The page beside it lists Dahl's other books and a copyright message.
A photograph of the inner flap and flyleaf in the book "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl. There is a short description of the book on the flap and a photograph of Gene Wilder with his signature and Denise Nickerson's underneath it.
A photograph of the title page in the book "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl. There is a picture of the movie poster beneath the title and a message that reads "To Dania from 'Charlie'" and signed by Peter Ostrum.
Photograph of an article in Triangle News titled, "City Council Elections are Coming," in a display at the combined reception for the "Women in the Dallas LGBTQ Community" exhibit and the Spirit of Equality Awards, held in the Dallas City Hall lobby. To the left of the paper is a photograph of five people propped up on a stand.
Photographs of Combat Infantryman badges from the United States Army Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti Papers, held by UNT Special Collections. The first image shows three badges laying flat, the first one at the top a long silver revival surrounded by a light blue rectangle, under this is a silver wreath joined by a star at the top. Under this badge is a smaller version of it but brighter in its color. Below this is a bronze badge of two rifles crossing each other. Image 2, closeup of badge of two bronze rifles crossing each other. Image 3, closeup of smaller version of blue rifle badge. Image 4, closeup of big blue rifled badge.
Photograph of Crystal Ross (2nd right) and three other women at the combined reception for the "Women in the Dallas LGBTQ Community" exhibit and the Spirit of Equality Awards, held in the Dallas City Hall lobby. The women are standing side by side, looking to the left of the camera and smiling. Ross is holding a certificate that reads, "6th Annual Spirit of Equality Ally Award." A woman's arms can be seen holding a cellphone on the left side of the photograph, taking a picture. Other event attendees can be seen in the background on the left.
Photograph of Crystal Ross with Ally Award at the combined reception for the "Women in the Dallas LGBTQ Community" exhibit and the Spirit of Equality Awards, held in the Dallas City Hall lobby. The image shows Ross smiling as she holds a framed certificate titled, "6th Annual Spirit of Equality Ally Award." A United States flag and a Texas flag can be seen behind her, and a statue of a man can be seen in the background on the left side of the photograph.
Photograph of a Dallas Bluebonnets display at the combined reception for the "Women in the Dallas LGBTQ Community" exhibit and the Spirit of Equality Awards, held in the Dallas City Hall lobby. Various papers have been propped up on stands in the display case, including: (l-r) a biographical statement for Lory Masters; a framed collage containing a clipping from the Conqiustador titled, "'Bluebonnets' prove football for chicks too," and photographs of members of the Bluebonnets in 1973; and a newspaper clipping titled, "Gay church's cathedral begins to take shape."
Photograph of an event program being held at the combined reception for the "Women in the Dallas LGBTQ Community" exhibit and the Spirit of Equality Awards, held in the Dallas City Hall lobby. The document is titled, "Dallas Pride Month Pride Declaration," and includes an itinerary for the event.
Photograph of a display case filled with oral history interview transcripts, photographs, stories from the archived North Texas Daily newspapers, a street survey of southeast Denton book, and other texts from the Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship held by the Special Collections. The Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship, was a group of white and black Denton women who came together in 1964 to ask questions about how to work together across different races and to take on projects related to infrastructure and housing. The survey of this student project was conducted by Liane Malinowski's English class, where students examined these materials.
A photograph of the cover of "Heidi". The book is propped up on a stand and it has gold lettering and illustrations in black ink on the red material. At the top is a view of mountains with trees in front and beneath the title are two flowers.
Photograph of Don Maison at the combined reception for the "Women in the Dallas LGBTQ Community" exhibit and the Spirit of Equality Awards, held in the Dallas City Hall lobby. Maison is standing behind a podium in the center of the photograph, and appears to be speaking. Adam Medrano is standing next to him on the right side of the photograph, and another man is standing on the left, holding a framed certificate. They are both looking at Maison. Members of the audience can be seen sitting on either side of the photograph with their backs turned to the camera.
Photograph of Don Maison at the combined reception for the "Women in the Dallas LGBTQ Community" exhibit and the Spirit of Equality Awards, held in the Dallas City Hall lobby. Maison is standing behind a podium in the center of the photograph, and appears to be speaking. Adam Medrano is standing next to him on the right side of the photograph, and another man is standing on the left, holding a framed certificate. They are both looking at Maison. Members of the audience can be seen sitting on either side of the photograph with their backs turned to the camera.
Photograph of the Fifth Army Unit Crest pin from the United States Army Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti Papers, held by UNT Special Collections. The crest is crown shaped, the middle blue in color and the rest silver. In the blue part are two silver stars, and two blue stars in the silver part at the top and one on the silver part on the bottom.
Photograph of a framed poster with photograph of Denton homes and a display case filled with oral history interview transcripts, photographs, stories from the archived North Texas Daily newspapers, a street survey of southeast Denton book, and other texts from the Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship held by the Special Collections. The Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship, was a group of white and black Denton women who came together in 1964 to ask questions about how to work together across different races and to take on projects related to infrastructure and housing. The survey of this student project was conducted by Liane Malinowski's English class, where students examined these materials.
A photograph of a piece of paper with "To Gustine Courson Weaver" written on it. It is also signed by Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse. The frame is larger than the paper and has a metal finish.
Photograph of a display case filled with oral history interview transcripts, photographs, stories from the archived North Texas Daily newspapers, a street survey of southeast Denton book, and other texts from the Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship held by the Special Collections. On this shelf, are graphs created by DWIF about the percentage of homeowners, stating that the majority needs to be in favor of the road paving. The Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship, was a group of white and black Denton women who came together in 1964 to ask questions about how to work together across different races and to take on projects related to infrastructure and housing. The survey of this student project was conducted by Liane Malinowski's English class, where students examined these materials.
Photograph of a group of people in front of a Pride flag at the combined reception for the "Women in the Dallas LGBTQ Community" exhibit and the Spirit of Equality Awards, held in the Dallas City Hall lobby. The image shows a group of seven men and women standing side by side and smiling for a picture, as a Pride flag hangs from the wall behind them.
Photograph of a cake served at the combined reception for the "Women in the Dallas LGBTQ Community" exhibit and the Spirit of Equality Awards, held in the Dallas City Hall lobby. The image shows a white frosted cake with rainbow piping that spells "Happy Pride" at the top, and "2019" at the bottom. A rainbow heart can be seen in the center of the cake. The edges of the cake are layered colors of the rainbow.
Photograph of a Heidi doll dressed in white shoes, a red skirt and blue bodice, with white undershirt and apron. It also has on a small straw hat with flowers on it.
Photograph of a Halloween display at the combined reception for the "Women in the Dallas LGBTQ Community" exhibit and the Spirit of Equality Awards, held in the Dallas City Hall lobby. The image shows a display case containing a black t-shirt and several pieces of paper on stands. The shirt reads, "The Women's Chorus of Dallas [--] Highrollers Halloween." The outline of a cat and a moon can also be seen on the shirt. A woman is standing behind the case, looking at items on display. Other event attendees can be seen looking at posters in the background, on the right side of the photograph.
Photographs of the 2019-2020 artist's book competition honorable mention "In A Day, In My Room, With My Cat" created by Nhi B. Nguyen. Media: watercolor, gouache, ink, acrylic. In A Day, In My Room, With My Cat takes on a person's day spent in their room. The artist inspects certain parts of a day where a woman interacts with her cat, in the form of a pop-up book that can be displayed in the round. Image 2 the book is opened up on all sides, showing popups of a young girl and her cat. Image 2, closeup of a popup inside a black page of a young girl standing by her cat on her bed. Image 3, a book with red covers is opened up to show its black panels in an accordion-like manner
Photograph of a display case filled with oral history interview transcripts, photographs, stories from the archived North Texas Daily newspapers, a street survey of southeast Denton book, and other texts from the Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship held by the Special Collections. On this shelf, is an oral history transcript with DWIF member Trudy Foster, interviewed by Mary Lohr. The Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship, was a group of white and black Denton women who came together in 1964 to ask questions about how to work together across different races and to take on projects related to infrastructure and housing. The survey of this student project was conducted by Liane Malinowski's English class, where students examined these materials.
Photograph of a display case filled with oral history interview transcripts, photographs, stories from the archived North Texas Daily newspapers, a street survey of southeast Denton book, and other texts from the Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship held by the Special Collections. On this shelf, are oral history transcripts with DWIF members Catherine Bell and Euline Brock interviewed by Richard Byrd. The Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship, was a group of white and black Denton women who came together in 1964 to ask questions about how to work together across different races and to take on projects related to infrastructure and housing. The survey of this student project was conducted by Liane Malinowski's English class, where students examined these materials.
Photograph of (l-r) Jaimi Parker, Morgan Gieringer, and De'An Roper at the combined reception for the "Women in the Dallas LGBTQ Community" exhibit and the Spirit of Equality Awards, held in the Dallas City Hall lobby. They are sitting in the front row of the audience. Parker and Gieringer are looking at the camera and smiling. Roper is looking down at an event program in her hands. Several other people can be seen sitting in the audience in the background of the photograph.
Photograph of a Lieutenant Colonel Insignia pin from the United States Army Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti Papers, held by UNT Special Collections. The pin is in the shape of a 7 pointed leaf, detailed in the lines of its design.
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