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The spirit of '76

Description: Miniature artists' book. Front cover of "book" opens to reveal a hollow space containing a miniature alcohol bottle labled "Napoleon 1876."
Date: [1980..2000]
Creator: Massmann, Robert E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Necklace - Rabari Festival Attire

Description: Necklace. Long necklace basket-weave links on which are strung tubular silver beads and mounted Indian coins. Center section composed of three larger coins, each with three pendant coins, from which hang small fringes of chain and spheres. No clasp, long flat strip at back. 16 single coins are 25 Paise from India, various dates from 1976 to 1988; 2 pendants are 50 Paise from India, dates obscured by mounts; 1 pendant is a 1979 1 Rupee from India; The 9 smaller pendant coins below main pe… more
Date: 1987/2000
Creator: Rabari Peoples
Item Type: Refine your search to only Physical Object
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Necklace - Banjara Festival Attire

Description: Necklace. Torc-style necklace of silver, twisted and with wire wrapping at ends. Rigid hook at front to connect ends, and with a single Indian 25 Paise coin mounted near each side of clasp, with pendant silver beads. Suspended from the ends, near the clasp, are two large triangular ornaments of silver openwork, from which are suspended short lengths of silver chain terminating in silver spheres. Coins date from 1982 and 1988.
Date: 1988/2000
Creator: Banjara Peoples
Item Type: Refine your search to only Physical Object
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

[Drawing of circular swirls]

Description: Drawing of circular swirls filling an entire page of a paper. The swirls vary in styles and sizes. This drawing was in the belongings of Dr. Jack Davis, Professor of Art, Dean of the School of Visual Arts, and Co-Director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts.
Date: [1988,2000]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Artwork
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Women by Tower]

Description: Photograph of six older women walking up some steps to a crenellated tower. Chinese guarding dragons stand on either side of the steps. A tree stands to the right of the tower.
Date: [1980..2000]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

St. Patrick's Day necktie

Description: Man's necktie of silk jacquard in St. Patrick's Day theme grid of black, gold and green rectangles overlaid with green shamrocks and leprechauns. Four-in-hand style. Tipped in black; interlined.
Date: 1985/2000
Creator: Hallmark
Item Type: Refine your search to only Physical Object
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

San Antonio Library Parade

Description: Photograph of a group of people marching on a city street wearing various costumes. Some are in period-style colonial outfits while others are more casually dressed. A Danish flag is being carried by a woman on the rightmost part of the image. A hand-written note on the back of the photograph states that they are at a "parade for dedication of San Antonio library, representing 'The Emperor's New Clothes'." Al Jensen has been named, but his position in the photograph has not been supplied.
Date: 1980/2000
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Lutheran Church Women Organization

Description: Photograph of a group of elderly women belonging to the Lutheran Church Women Organization inside Danevang Community Hall. They are all wearing glasses and wear conservative attire. The back row stands and the front row is seated. Names have been provided, but it seems that one name was left out from each row, so their identities cannot be stated with certainty. A hand-written notation on the back of the photograph gives the years 1986-1989 as the tenure of Pastor Voges, who is seated somewhere… more
Date: 1980/2000
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society
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[City of Dallas TBAAL info voice-over for documentary]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded as the voice-over for a TBAAL documentary to be aired on a news station. The footage shows rainbow bars while the audio focuses on the story of the Black Academy and the history of Dallas.
Date: [1987..2000]
Duration: 22 minutes 25 seconds
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Hy-Prayz community choir featuring Rosetta Finley]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a performance from Hy-Prayz community choir featuring gospel singer Rosetta Finley. The tape includes two tracks of recorded audio from the performance. The tape is labeled "I Found A Friend. I Really Love The Lord".
Date: [1980..2000]
Duration: 20 minutes 16 seconds
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Dr. George Hills movie poster exhibit broadcast interview]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a television broadcast of an interview with film historian Dr. George Hill on his movie poster collection and upcoming exhibition. The VHS footage features multiple close ups of notable posters with Hill speaking in the background of their significance and history with figures such as Duke Ellington. The second half of the footage features interviews with African American film directors on their thoughts about the exhibit.
Date: [1980..1995]
Duration: 3 minutes 38 seconds
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Symphony in Black closing reception and awards gala]

Description: Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded the Symphony in Black black tie closing reception and awards gala held at a hotel in downtown Dallas. The footage shows guests arriving at the hotel and congregating in the lobby.
Date: [1980..2000]
Duration: 22 minutes 25 seconds
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Dallas Museum of Art Installation: Contemporary Art [Photographs]

Description: Photographs of the installation of Contemporary Art at the Dallas Museum of Art in 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999 and 2000. Photographs documenting this installation include one hundred twelve (112) views of artworks installed in galleries on the museum’s first floor.
Date: {1989..1992,1994..1997,1999,2000}
Creator: Dallas Museum of Art
Item Type: Refine your search to only Collection
Location: 32.787635 -96.801334
Partner: Dallas Museum of Art
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[Rod Rogers dance company compellation video featuring "Rhythm Ritual" and "Echoes of Ellington"]

Description: Video footage provided by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters of a sampler of the Rod Rodgers Dance Company performances including "Rhythm Rituals" and "Echoes of Ellington. The tape is undated. The footage shows clips of physically fit African American dancers performing contemporary styles of dance on different occasions.
Date: [1980..2000]
Duration: 49 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: Rod Rogers Dance Co. Inc.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Location: 32.774281 -96.797546
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Video of jazz band playing at gala awards banquet]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a gala banquet including a jazz band and speaker Dr. Eva Jessye and William Marshall. The video opens with a small jazz group featuring a trumpet soloist and then static cuts to a man seated at a banquet table rising to speak at a microphone podium who then introduces the guests to his side. The man at the podium precedes to hand out multiple awards followed by those individuals giving short speeches. The audience applauds… more
Date: [1980..2000]
Duration: 9 minutes 13 seconds
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Location: 32.774281 -96.797546
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[JBAAL church service at FBCHP with celebrities]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded a church service including multiple speakers including Curtis King, a sermon, and choir performances. The footage shows an angle from the second story looking down on a congregation worshiping in front of a podium with a male choir standing behind the podium. The church is believed to be the First Baptist Church of Hamilton Park.
Date: [1980..2000]
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 49 seconds
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Location: 32.945472 -96.730948
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Japanese Garden Entrance Gate, Facing Northeast]

Description: Photograph of the entrance gate to the Japanese Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Taken from above, the gate resembles traditional Japanese entry gates and has tall wooden doors, a upper level with a fenced balcony and shoji screens, and a tiled pagoda-like roof. The gate, sitting before a concrete parking lot, is surrounded by dense tree cover. Beyond the horizon, the skyline of downtown Fort Worth is visible.
Date: [1984..2000]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.735333 -97.366727
Partner: Botanical Research Institute of Texas
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