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Turtle Creek Chorale Playbill: 1996-1997 Season

Description: Program for the Turtle Creek Chorale performance of the Wizard of Oz that ran from March 13-16 during the #th season. It includes information about the pieces performed, artists and musicians, and advertising from local companies.
Date: 1996
Creator: Turtle Creek Chorale
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Driver charged in fatal crash]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany two news stories. The first story is about a Burleson farmer charged with murder in a car accident caused by his driving while intoxicated that killed a Cleburne man. The second story is about a construction worker in Dallas killed after the bridge he was driving across in a tractor suddenly collapsed.
Date: July 15, 1953
Duration: 1 minute 56 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Hunters Found]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of two duck hunters who were reported missing on Lake Texoma were found safe.
Date: December 20, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Straight Texas

Description: Volume of popular folklore of Texas, including tales about the origins of various cities and towns, personal anecdotes, songs, superstitions and other miscellaneous legends. The index begins on page 341.
Date: 1966
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank
Partner: UNT Press

Folk Travelers: Ballads, Tales and Talk

Description: This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains popular folklore of Texas and Mexico, including traveling anecdotes, folk ballads, folklore in natural history, as well as information about black and white magic, Western animals, and cattle brands. The index begins on page 259.
Date: 1953
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Partner: UNT Press

The Texas Folklore Society: Volume 2, 1943-1971

Description: Book describing the Texas Folklore Society "includes the publishing history of the TFS books, anecdotes about the gatherings of the Society [...] and the emphasis on singing beginning at Society gatherings" (inside the front cover). The index begins on page 311.
Date: 1994
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Partner: UNT Press

Texas Surgeon: an Autobiography

Description: This autobiographical account of Dr. Donald Taylor Atkinson tells "the story of the life of a world-renowned doctor who overcame tremendous financial obstacles in order to gain an education" (vii). The author chronicles his family's history, his upbringing in Canada, as well as his journey towards becoming a surgeon in Texas.
Date: 1958
Creator: Atkinson, Donald Taylor
Partner: University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries

A Stake in the Prairie: Mesquite, Texas

Description: Book providing a narrative overview of Mesquite, Texas and the immediate area, including significant people and events as well as general history with images and references. Index starts on page 256.
Date: 1984
Creator: Mesquite Historical Committee
Partner: Mesquite Public Library
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