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[Press Release: In dramatic first, Vermont High Court orders State to treat gay and non-gay couples equally]

Description: A press release from the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. announcing the Vermont Supreme Court ruling same-sex couples to have benefits and protections as opposite-sex couples living in Vermont. The document summarizes the court case and its significance towards the LGBT movement.
Date: December 20, 1999
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Email: Vermont decision could pave way for equality]

Description: Two documents containing an email with a press release from the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. The documents announced the Vermont Supreme Court's decision to grant the same benefits of opposite-sex couples to same-sex couples and it also includes a summary on how the LGBT movement will benefit from this ruling.
Date: December 21, 1999
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Press Release: Vermont Supreme rules same-sex couples entitled to same benefits afforded to married couples]

Description: A document from the Lesbian Gay Rights Lobby of Texas announcing the Vermont Supreme Court ruling on gay and lesbian couples to have equal benefits as heterosexual couples living in Vermont. However, same-sex couples still do not have right to marry and may still face discrimination.
Date: December 19, 1999
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Covered Bridge]

Description: Photograph of a dirt road leading towards a covered bridge. The side of the dirt road is a field with piles of dead grass and trees around it.
Date: 1967
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
Partner: Texas Lutheran University

Values in Common

Description: Text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan to the graduating class of Middlebury College. She discusses virtues necessary for a democracy: truth, tolerance, respect, and community.
Date: May 24, 1987
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Partner: Texas Southern University
transcript

[Oral History with Deborah Amazon]

Description: Oral history with Deborah Amazon regarding the adoption of Leah Amazon from China, describing how she arrived at the decision to adopt her daughter and her experiences raising her in Vermont. She speaks about Leah's challenges with being adopted and growing up in a majority white community.
Date: unknown
Duration: 18 minutes 58 seconds
Creator: Amazon, Deborah
Partner: St. Edward’s University

[News Script: Aiken Won't Run]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of the dean of the United Senate with 33 years of service, republican George Aiken of Vermont, announced that he would not seek re-election.
Date: February 14, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Pearl buck dies]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the death of Pearl Buck. Buck died at age 80 at her home in Danby, Vermont. Buck was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize for Literature. Her novel, The Good Earth, won a Pulitzer Prize in 1932.
Date: March 6, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Pearl buck]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the novelist Pearl Buck. Buck died at her home in Danby, Vermont at age 80.
Date: 1973-03-06T24:00:00
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Singing in the shower competition]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a singing-in-the-shower competition. The competition was sponsored by the Society for the Preservation of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America.
Date: April 25, 1973, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
captions transcript

[News Clip: Skiing (NPS)]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: January 17, 1978, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 38 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Adoption Statement of Deborah Amazon]

Description: Personal statement of Deborah Amazon regarding the adoption of Leah Amazon from Guangdong Province, China, describing the decision and process of adopting Leah. There is a photo of Deborah Amazon on the back of the page.
Date: unknown
Creator: Amazon, Deborah
Partner: St. Edward’s University
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