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Oral History Interview with Hagi Hagigholam, November 20, 2018

Description: Transcript of an interview with Hossein "Hagi" Hagigholam a entreprenuer and resturanter. The interview discuss his upbringing in Tehran, life in the US, and career. Hagi came to the United States from Iran at age eighteen. He and three friends moved from Houston to Kerrville to attend Shreiner College to become more proficient in English. He stayed in Kerrville and worked as a waiter, before going into partnership with some businessmen in Kerrville to open a Mexican restaurant. He is the owner… more
Date: November 20, 2018
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Hagigholam, Hussein
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

[News Script: Energy]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of a man who is coordinating energy conservation measures in the country.
Date: December 24, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Ambassador]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Iran's ambassador to United States passed through Dallas, enroute to a speaking engagement at East Texas State University in Commerce.
Date: August 17, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Sweden]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the Uppsala, Sweden seismological institute which says that the soviet union apparently has set off one of the largest underground blasts in its history.
Date: July 23, 1973, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Gold]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of 4 Arab oil-producing nations who reportedly contributed to the soaring prices for gold.
Date: February 28, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Simon]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of the sources saying that the Federal Energy Chief William Simon may have hurt his chances to become Secretary of the Treasury.
Date: February 27, 1974, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Simon]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of federal energy chief who has denied a statement by the Shah of Iran that the United States is importing as much oil as it did before the Arab oil boycott.
Date: February 26, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Oil, Gas, Etc.]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of the Arab oil squeeze which is being blamed for the current energy crisis in the United States.
Date: February 24, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Food for Fuel]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Texas Agriculture Commission who was in Washington meeting the Ambassadors of Iran and Saudi Arabia.
Date: April 12, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Oil Profits]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the Shah of Iran who quoted saying big western oil companies are still making too much profits.
Date: April 24, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Iranians in Texas: Migration, Politics, and Ethnic Identity

Description: This book examines the migration of Iranians after the 1979 Iranian Revolution to the United States and their experiences living in a country politically hostile to Iran and trying to find their place culturally in American society.
This item is restricted from view until January 1, 2113.
Date: 2013
Creator: Mobasher, Mohsen M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Yazd Atash Behram]

Description: Photograph of the Fire Temple of Yazd also known as Yazd Atash Behram. The Fire Temple of Yazd is a Zoroastrian fire temple in Yazd, Yazd province, Iran. It enshrines the Atash Bahram, meaning "Victorious Fire", dated to 470 AD. It is one of the nine Atash Bahrams, the only one of the highest-grade fires in Iran, where Zoroastrians have practiced their religion since 400 BC; the other eight Atash Bahram are in India.
Date: 2001
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
Partner: Texas Lutheran University

[Yazd Tower of Silence]

Description: Photograph of the Yazd Tower of Silence is a Zoroastrian tower of silence. Zoroastrians believe that earth, fire, and water are all holy elements, and thus do not pollute them by burying, burning, or giving their dead to the water. Instead, they place their dead bodies in a tower of silence, letting vultures to consume the corpses.
Date: 2001
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
Partner: Texas Lutheran University
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