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Students Standing Under Flag

Description: Copy negative of six McMurry Band members and local students in Mexico. Some of the children are eating popsicles. Most of the children are raising one of their arms in the air. The band members are in uniforms and are standing around a flag pole that is flying the Mexican flag.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

People Standing Around Statue

Description: Copy negative of a few members of the McMurry Band looking at a portrait painting on the wall. The painting is of la princesa Carlota. The doorways are ornately decorated and in the background the outside is visible.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Band with Dancers

Description: Copy negative of the McMurry Band trip to Mexico. Approximately nineteen band members watch two local children folkdance. This scene takes place in Ciudad Valles, a home of the Huastecan indigenous people.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Band in Uniform

Description: Copy negative of the McMurry Band trip to Mexico. The band is preparing to perform. They are surrounded by locals, mostly children, waiting for the performance to begin. The McMurry College truck is in the background.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Banquet

Description: Copy negative of the McMurry Band trip to Mexico. Many people sit at a table. One person is eating and the others are engaged in conversation. There are three waiters standing in the background.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Band in Uniform

Description: Copy negative of the McMurry Band in Mexico sitting in a building and drinking a beverage out of bottles. Most sit at tables but some are standing. They are in band uniforms.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Band Students at Bull Ring

Description: Copy negative of students in the McMurry Band at a bullfighting ring in Villa Acuña, Mexico. Villa Acuña was Del Rio's twin city across the Rio Grande River in Mexico and is now known as Ciudad Acuña. Most of the group members are in uniform and they are standing at the barrera, the fence encircling the bull ring, looking into the bullfighting ring, or anillo. A few band members stand behind the callejon, a narrow passageway between the barrera and the spectators' stands.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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[News Clip: Mexican school]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: October 19, 1985
Duration: 2 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[John Arthur and Byron Lee Tarver in School Uniforms]

Description: Photograph of John Arthur (left) and Byron Lee Tarver (right) posing together wearing their school uniforms. They are standing on a grass lawn in front of a stucco wall and have their hands clasped behind their backs. The uniform includes a white shirt and slacks, navy jacket, and a white cap with a dark brim. Each boy has a medal pinned over the left breast of his jacket. Handwritten text on the back of the photo says: "John Arthur Tarver, Byron Lee Tarver, with their medals received for t… more
Date: 1965
Partner: Private Collection of the Tarver Family

[Tarver Boys in School Uniforms]

Description: Photograph of Byron Lee Tarver (left) and John Arthur (right) posing together wearing their school uniforms. They are standing on a grass lawn in front of a bush near a stucco wall and have their hands clasped behind their backs. The uniform includes a white shirt and slacks, navy jacket, and a white cap with a dark brim. Handwritten text on the back of the photo says: "Arthur & Byron Tarver, September 1964, In Instituto Fraco Mexicano uniforms -- Taken in front yard, 303 Rio Brazo sur Colon… more
Date: September 1964
Partner: Private Collection of the Tarver Family

[TLU Rafting Group at Campsite]

Description: Photograph of a Texas Lutheran University rafting group at their campsite along the Mexican side of the Rio Grande River. There is miscellaneous camping equipment in use at the campsite and there is plant life growing throughout the surrounding area.
Date: March 27, 1978
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
Partner: Texas Lutheran University
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[News Clip: Mexican Relief]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: September 25, 1985, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 40 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Douglas M. Herrera to John J. Herrera - 1969-10-15]

Description: Letter from Douglas Herrera to his father, John J. Herrera, dated October 15, 1969. The letter, mailed from University of the Americas in Mexico to Houston, Texas, details the new house Douglas has found near campus. Douglas also wishes his father luck on an upcoming speech and discusses the ways he believes the Latino minority can elevate itself in society through peaceful means and expresses concern over the tactics of the Brown Power Movement.
Date: October 15, 1969
Creator: Herrera, Douglas M.
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Letter from Douglas M. Herrera to John J. Herrera - 1969-05-16]

Description: Letter to John J. Herrera from his son, Douglas M. Herrera, dated May 16, 1969. Douglas details his plans to leave university for summer work in Alaska. The letter is handwritten on loose leaf paper and mailed from the University of the Americas in Mexico to Houston, Texas.
Date: May 16, 1969
Creator: Herrera, Douglas M.
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Letter from Douglas M. Herrera to Mr. and Mrs. John J. Herrera - 1970-02-17]

Description: Letter to Mr. and Mrs. John J. Herrera from their son, Douglas M. Herrera, dated February 17, 1970. Douglas details his recent school schedule as well as a possible job with the university. The letter is handwritten on yellow, legal paper and mailed from the University of the Americas in Mexico to Houston, Texas.
Date: February 17, 1970
Creator: Herrera, Douglas M.
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library
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[News Clip: Tourism]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: May 23, 1989, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 2 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Uvalde Desegregation]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of a U. S. district judge in San Antonio ruled that the Uvalde School District will not have to implement a massive bussing plan, when school doors reopen.
Date: August 18, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Field Day]

Description: Photograph of Tonie Marie Jones with field day ribbons after the relay race. Tonie Marie Jones is wearing a white blouse, white shorts, and white tennis shoes. She has a red ribbon on the front of her blouse and is holding a baton. She is standing outside on a yard marked with athletic chalk in front of a line of adults and children.
Date: 1994-04?
Creator: Jones, Christine
Partner: El Paso Community College

[First Grade Class Picture]

Description: Photograph of the Escuela Manuel first grade class taken outside in front of two large trees. The children are arranged in three rows, with those in the front row seated on folding chairs and the others standing behind. At the ends of the back rows, are teachers Frances Memmott (left) and two unidentified teachers (right). In the first row, Cynthia Holguin is holding a sign that says "1A."
Date: [1993,1994]
Partner: El Paso Community College

[Fourth Grade Class Picture]

Description: Photograph of the Escuala Manuel fourth grade class during the 1996-1997 school year. There are fifteen students posing in three rows, with the front row kneeling on the grass, the middle row seated on chairs, and the back row standing; two teachers are standing on either end of the back row. In the front row, Johnny Gonzalez (second from left) is holding a sign that says "4A." Trees are visible in the background with orange and yellow leaves.
Date: [1996,1997]
Partner: El Paso Community College
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