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[News Clip: Czech TX]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Czech resident of West, Texas named Jan Vaculik, and his family's hopes for governmental changes in their home country of Czechoslovakia. This story aired at 6pm.
Date: November 24, 1989
Duration: 1 minute 33 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: TX Czech]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story by reporter Shelley Kofler about Czech families in the U.S. discussing the governmental changes in their home country. This story features Jan Vaculik, the editor of a Czech newspaper based out of West, Texas called Hospodar. This story aired at 10pm.
Date: November 24, 1989
Duration: 1 minute 50 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Family Portrait

Description: Copy negative of a Czech family, including Filomena Kvapil John seated on the far left. The group includes eight women dressed in long, black dresses and one man dressed in a suit and bow tie. Some of the women are wearing necklaces, and one elderly woman is wearing a head scarf. Illegible handwriting is written below the photograph, naming the people in the image.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Group portrait of St. Theresa (Czech) Lodge]

Description: Group portrait of St. Theresa (Czech) Lodge with Catholic priest in front of Rosenberg Lodge Hall, ca. 1935. Members of group who are identified on the back in pencil are: Mrs. Amelia Hrncir, Julia Perietz, Clara Maresh, Mrs. Matina, Annie Perietz, Lillie Maresh, Marie Matina, Celia Perietz. The priest is standing next to the third row on far right of photograph. White wooden building in background. Top of a flag in back row, left. Two girls are holding a banner on right, front row. Writing in… more
Date: 1935
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

Historic plaque, Birthplace of the SPJST

Description: Photograph of a historic plaque detailing the birth of the SPJST. It reads: "On December 28, 1896, twenty-five Czech-Texans gathered in the district courtroom of this courthouse to establish a new fraternal benefit insurance society, the Slovanska Podporujici Jednota Statu Texas, more commonly known as the SPJST. The SPJST held its first convention in the same room on June 20, 1897. I. J. Gallia served as the society's first president and J. R. Kubena was the first secretary. The SPJST official… more
Date: October 7, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Partner: UNT Libraries

[Mary Ann Kleffner and Irene Mazoch with Kolaches]

Description: Photograph of Mary Ann Kleffner and Irene Mazoch with kolaches at the Bexar Co. Czech Heritage Society booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A sign with a painted woman and "Kolach[es]", appliances, and foliage are visible in the background.
Date: [1999-08-05..1999-08-08]
Creator: Howard, Laura
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Joseph Kaspar the Czech Accordianist]

Description: Photograph of Joseph Kaspar, the Czech accordionist, performing on stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is holding a large red accordion and standing in front of a red and white structure. A stone building is visible in the background.
Date: [1997-07-31..1997-08-03]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Heritage, 2010, Volume 4

Description: Quarterly publication containing articles related to the preservation of historic artifacts and sites in Texas. Feature articles discuss various aspects of Texas history and heritage, often highlighting museums and collections within the state. Also included are book reviews, current preservation news, and a listing of historical museums in Texas.
Date: 2010
Creator: Texas Historical Foundation
Partner: Texas Historical Foundation
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