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[Gravestone at Nike Missile Site]

Description: Photograph of a gravestone at a Nike Missile Site, possibly at the Dallas-Fort Worth Air Defense Area. The stone reads "Don't Let This Be You!" and is planted behind a mound of dirt. The makeshift grave stands in front of a barbed wire fence.
Date: March 1961
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Diamond Bessie & The Shepherds

Description: This volume contains popular folklore of Texas, including folk dramas, myths, folk music, stories about farming and agriculture, religious folk stories, and information about folk customs, dances and folk art. The index begins on page 157.
Date: 1972
Creator: Hudson, Wilson M.
Partner: UNT Press
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[News Clip: Exhumation]

Description: B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 5pm.
Date: September 12, 1989
Duration: 55 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Body Snatch]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a body being stolen from a coffin at Rose Hill cemetery. This story aired at 12:00 P.M.
Date: May 15, 1985
Duration: 36 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Throwing Bodies into Common Grave

Description: Copy negative of four men throwing bodies into a mass grave. Several men in suits and sombreros stand on the sides observing. Written in the bottom left-hand side of the image is, "Throwing Bodies into a Grave in Mexico." Beneath that is, "805, W.M. Horne, El Paso, Tex."
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Throwing Bodies into Common Grave

Description: Copy negative of four men throwing bodies into a mass grave. Several men in suits and sombreros stand on the sides observing. Written in the bottom left-hand side of the image is, "Throwing Bodies into a Grave in Mexico." Beneath that is, "805, W.M. Horne, El Paso, Tex."
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Grave Marker

Description: Copy negative of a Loda E Teague's grave marker. It is in the shape of a tree and has leaves at the bottom. There is an emblem for forest woodmen circle on the grave marker. There is an inscription on the tombstone.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Woman By Grave #1

Description: Copy photograph of a woman standing next to a grave with a short, rectangular headstone. The grave is in an empty prairie. The woman is wearing a dark-colored dress and shawl, and appears elderly. There is a shadow of an additional person in the lower right corner.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Woman By Grave #2

Description: Copy photograph of a woman standing next to a grave with a short, rectangular headstone. The grave is in an empty prairie. The woman is wearing a dark-colored dress and shawl, and appears elderly. There is a shadow of an additional person in the lower right corner.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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[News Clip: Bad man's body in forgotten grave]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the forgotten grave of Clyde Barrow in a small cemetery in Dallas.
Date: May 26, 1954
Duration: 4 minutes 27 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Grave in Marshall]

Description: The grave of Jessie E. Copeland is located in the old Powder Mill Cemetery on FM 1997 in Marshall. The cemetery has gravesites associated with the early African-American history of Harrison County. A more recent grave, Jessie E. Copeland's stone relates his service during World War II as a private in 1999 QM Truck Co. His vital dates are March 18, 1900 to April 14, 1961.
Date: unknown
Partner: Marshall Public Library

[Cemetery in Harrison County]

Description: An unidentified cemetery in Harrison County. It is known to be a traditionally African-American site. A cyclone fence is in the foreground. Rows of slabs are decorated with flowers and plants. Headstones can be seen in the distance. The cemetery appears to be neatly trimmed and has mature trees to create a park-like setting.
Date: unknown
Partner: Marshall Public Library
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