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[News Clip: Produce]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Date: January 3, 1979, 6:00 p.m.

Duration: 1 minute 43 seconds

Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Video

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

81st Texas Legislature, House Concurrent Resolution, House Bill 120

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to memorializing the United States Congress to make eradication of the fever tick in South Texas a priority and provide appropriate funding and resources.

Date: June 19, 2009

Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.

Item Type: Legislative Document

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Resting Meadow in South Texas]

Postcard, Resting Meadow-South TX. Nine people (with chin in hands) lying in the grass in front of a large moss covered tree. More trees in background..

Date: 1909

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[News Script: Drug raid]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Date: December 18, 1971, 6:00 p.m.

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Script

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Tronera (Gunport)]

Photograph of an inside view of a tronera (gunport). Troneras were common in casas mayores in South Texas until the 1860s.

Date: unknown

Creator: Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Texas A&M University Kingsville

The Spanish and Mexican Origins of Ranching in South Texas

Paper discussing the Spanish and Mexican origins of south Texas ranching, which was later modified by Anglo culture into its modern form.

Date: unknown

Creator: Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999

Item Type: Article

Partner: Texas A&M University Kingsville

The Hispanic Heritage of Ranching in South Texas

Paper discussing the evolution of south Texas ranching culture through the influence of Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo culture over different time periods.

Date: May 30, 1992

Creator: Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999

Item Type: Article

Partner: Texas A&M University Kingsville

From Ranch to Agribusiness: 1930-Present

Paper discussing the evolution of South Texas ranching culture from 1930 to the time of publication.

Date: unknown

Creator: Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999

Item Type: Article

Partner: Texas A&M University Kingsville

Texas-Mexican Material Culture in South Texas: Continuity and Change

Paper discussing the evolution of Texas-Mexican material culture in south Texas by exploring "the built environment associated with the ranch, the folk arts and crafts associated with early ranching culture in the area, and traditional medicinal herbs still used in the area."

Date: unknown

Creator: Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999

Item Type: Article

Partner: Texas A&M University Kingsville

Vaquero Traditions in South Texas

Paper discussing vaquero folk traditions in south Texas and providing a brief overview of the history of ranching in the area.

Date: unknown

Creator: Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999

Item Type: Article

Partner: Texas A&M University Kingsville

Changes in Ranching Culture in South Texas, 1750 to the Present

Paper discussing the history of ranching culture in South Texas from 1750 to the time of publication. A bibliography is included.

Date: unknown

Creator: Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999

Item Type: Article

Partner: Texas A&M University Kingsville

Folk Concepts of Human Physiology Underlying Empacho, La Mollera, and Mal de Ojo

Paper discussing "how the folk concepts of human physiology influence the belief in and treatment of three culture-bound syndromes found among Mexican Americans in south Texas:" empacho, caída de la mollera, and mal de ojo.

Date: unknown

Creator: Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999

Item Type: Article

Partner: Texas A&M University Kingsville

Vaquero Folk Arts and Crafts in South Texas

Paper attempting to answer the question of why some traditions disappear while others survive by analyzing the folk arts and crafts of the South Texas vaquero.

Date: unknown

Creator: Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999

Item Type: Article

Partner: Texas A&M University Kingsville

Miscellaneous Religious Folk Art Forms

Paper discussing religious folk art forms in south Texas communities such as ranch chapels and public shrines, car altars and vehicle decorations, palma tejida (woven palm) and crocheted sacramentals, murals, jail art, tattoos, business altars, and Christmas decorations.

Date: unknown

Creator: Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999

Item Type: Article

Partner: Texas A&M University Kingsville

Texas Mexican Vernacular Architecture

Paper discussing Texas-Mexican vernacular architecture. A majority of the paper focuses on folk housing in south Texas and west Texas.

Date: unknown

Creator: Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999

Item Type: Article

Partner: Texas A&M University Kingsville

Conjunto Music

Paper discussing a brief history of conjunto folk music in south Texas and its role in the folk culture of the area.

Date: unknown

Creator: Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999

Item Type: Article

Partner: Texas A&M University Kingsville

The Role of Women in the Mexican-American Folk Medical System of South Texas

Paper discussing the role of women in the folk medical system of South Texas. In this paper, folk medicine is defined as "beliefs and practices related to healing which are transmitted in face-to-face interaction in informal situations."

Date: unknown

Creator: Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999

Item Type: Article

Partner: Texas A&M University Kingsville

Herbal Remedies: Do They Really Work? A Research Project in South Texas

Paper discussing which herbal remedies used in folk medicine "are biomedicines, which are placebos, and which are toxins by evaluating a large collection of herbal remedies used by Hispanics in South Texas and northern Tamaulipas, Mexico."

Date: unknown

Creator: Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999

Item Type: Article

Partner: Texas A&M University Kingsville

Mexican-American Folk Medicine in South Texas: An Historical Perspective

Paper discussing a historical perspective of the folk medical beliefs of Mexican-Americans in South Texas that were studied by Dr. Joe Graham and his students.

Date: unknown

Creator: Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999

Item Type: Article

Partner: Texas A&M University Kingsville

[Cattle Roundup by Helicopter]

Photograph of an aerial view of a cattle roundup by helicopter on a South Texas ranch.

Date: unknown

Creator: Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Texas A&M University Kingsville

Gender Roles in the Mexican-American Folk Medical System of South Texas

Paper discussing the gender roles in the folk medical system of Mexican Americans in South Texas, as well as a historical perspective of the folk medical beliefs of Mexican Americans in this region.

Date: unknown

Creator: Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999

Item Type: Article

Partner: Texas A&M University Kingsville

Testing the Efficacy of Mexican-American Herbal Remedies in South Texas

Paper discussing a method to evaluate the efficacy of herbal medicines and examining the results of two herbal remedies using said method.

Date: unknown

Creator: Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999

Item Type: Article

Partner: Texas A&M University Kingsville

The Built Environment in South Texas: The Hispanic Legacy

Paper describing important components of the built environment of south Texas that still remained at the time of publication, providing a historical background for said components, and exploring their social context.

Date: unknown

Creator: Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999

Item Type: Article

Partner: Texas A&M University Kingsville

A Guide to Bird-watching and South Texas Wintering Birds

Pamphlet describing the basics of birdwatching and providing a guide to birds that spend the winter in southern Texas, with a birding checklist.

Date: 2011

Creator: Langschied, Thomas M.

Item Type: Pamphlet

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department