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Happy Hunting Ground

Description: Collection of popular folklore from Central and South America, including Mexican ballads, primitive art, cowboy dances, reptile myths, superstitions, Indian pictographs, and other folktales. The index begins on page 127.
Date: 1925
Creator: Texas Folklore Society & Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
Partner: UNT Press

[Clipping: Challenge to McCarthy]

Description: Article by Corliss Lamont published in The Nation describing a House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) subpoena and hearing directed towards Lamont. Also included is an article by Kermit Erby describing his appearance in front of Senator Jenner's subcommittee on International Security, Senate Internal Security Subcommittee (SISS).
Date: December 12, 1953
Creator: Lamont, Corliss & Erby, Kermit
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from T. N. Carswell to Governor Shivers - December 5, 1953]

Description: A letter written to Governor Shivers, from T. N. Carswell, dated December 5, 1953. Carswell advises that he has enclosed a news story of a Democratic (so-called) meeting held in Abilene. He advises Shivers that to carry on they must have him and another good man as candidates for Governor and U. S. Senator emphasizing that "Texas and the Nation are in need of you!"
Date: December 5, 1953
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Cause Number E. 4010-J. Examination of Prospective Jurors: Volume 9, February 1964

Description: Ninth volume of court transcription documenting voir dire proceedings in the case of Texas v. Jack Ruby to choose a jury. The hearing includes examination of several potential jurors and statements by the attorneys February 28-29, 1964. Index to prospective jurors and exhibits is at the start of the document.
Date: February 1964
Creator: Muleady, James J. & Stinebaugh, Shirley M.
Partner: The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Arlington World War II Memories

Description: Compilation of biographical and autobiographical information about persons from Arlington, Texas who served during World War II. It includes narratives, copies of letters, forms, newspaper clippings, photographs, and other items detailing their lives and service.
Date: unknown
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum
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Situation in Light of the Text

Description: Lecture given Saturday, June 26, 2004 at Abilene Christian University: "Where does preaching fit into the conversation about the missional church? The church that strives to carry out the mission of christ will recover the call to be "in the world, but not of the world." Preaching missionally will help us find our way."
Date: June 26, 2004
Duration: 59 minutes 16 seconds
Creator: Christian, Jeff
Partner: Abilene Christian University Library

At the Crossroads: Museum plans big changes while keeping its commitment to art

Description: A newspaper clipping featuring an article on struggles the Amon Carter Museum faces by dealing with the declining resources. The Amon Carter Museum is also looking to replace, former museum director Jan Muhlert, who abruptly resigned. Museum officials have discussed for several months what to do to carry the museum to a new stage.
Date: April 24, 1995
Creator: Tyson, Janet
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Pledging Allegiance - The Church and the Nations

Description: Lecture given Wednesday, September 20, 2006, 9:45 AM at Abilene Christian University: "In many ways, the events of 9-11 have challenged our perceptions of the world, including our notions of faith and nation. The relationship between church and nation has long been a topic of discussion among those of the Stone-Campbell tradition. Our panelists will help us think about the issue in light of the world we live in today."
Date: September 20, 2006
Duration: 58 minutes 17 seconds
Creator: Anderson, Lynn; Camp, Lee; Cox, Ronald; Harris, Randy; Spivey, Tim & Young, David
Partner: Abilene Christian University Library

[News Script: Senator Morton]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Senator Morton, who tells newsmen that he thinks the GOP can carry Texas next year with Dixon or Rockfeller.
Date: November 9, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-6395

Description: Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Constitutionality of an appropriation to carry out the provisions of Section 9, Chapter 569, p. 1109, of the General and Special Laws of the 47th Legisalture.
Date: 1945
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Newsletter of Texas State Representative James Frank: April 20, 2015

Description: Newsletter of James Frank for his constituents in district 69 discussing news, activities, and various updates related to work in the Texas legislature. It focuses on updates on HB 3413 Bed and Banks General Permit, HB 40, and HB (Open Carry) Passes.
Date: April 20, 2015
Creator: Frank, James Boisfeuillet
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

TELEMASP Bulletin, Volume 3, Number 3, June 1996

Description: Monthly bulletin issued to address topics related to law enforcement. This issue discusses "Police Administrator Attitudes Toward the Concealed Handgun Law" including topics such as the 1995 concealed carry law, a survey conducted from police personnel about the law, and the results of said survey
Date: June 1996
Creator: Thompson, R. Alan
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-997

Description: Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether members of an auxiliary police department, set up by city ordinance, and appointed by the Chief of Police with the approval of the City Commission, are authorized by law to carry pistols while on duty as an auxiliary police, and while off duty… more
Date: February 23, 1961
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[News Script: Boat show]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the boating Trades Association of Texas holding a boat show in the exhibits building on Carter Square. The boat show features a trailer house boat that sleeps four but will carry thirty persons. Also a transistor radio made by a firm owned by John Campbell of Mineral Wells. The radio weighs only a pound. The Fleetform corporation shows off the Amanda, a scooter type boat made in England.
Date: September 16, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Machine For Forming Cotton-Seed Meal Into Cakes.

Description: Patent for "an organized machine adapted to compress charges of cotton-seed meal into cakes of sufficient solidity to bear handling and removing to the press which expresses the oil from the meal, and to carry said cakes from the point where they are compressed to a point or points in convenient proximity to the press or presses which express the meal" (lines 8-16).
Date: June 3, 1890
Creator: Price, James S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Inventory of the county archives of Texas : Sabine County, no. 202

Description: Inventory of the records of Sabine County housed in the Sabine County Courthouse as of 1937. Begins with a historical sketch of the county along with a governmental organization chart, outline of the records system, and information on the housing, care, and accessibility of the records. Describes the records of the Commissioners Court, County Clerk as Recorder and Clerk of the County, District Court, County Court, Justice of the Peace Courts, Grand Jury, County Attorney, Sheriff, Constable, T… more
Date: June 1939
Creator: Historical Records Survey.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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