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[News Script: Evaporation]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about research being done on the effects of hexadecanol on evaporation at Kiddie Lake in Oklahoma City. North Texas State College students work with the U.S. Department of the Interior on the study.
Date: July 5, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Snakes]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the 17th annual Rattlesnake Roundup in Oklahoma.
Date: April 16, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Fire]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Ellis county jail at Wax Hatchie which was evacuated because of a major fire that destroyed a styro-foam plant adjacent to the jail building.
Date: June 21, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Food]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the nations farmer who were making news on several fronts.
Date: June 20, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Atomic cannon]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the firing of the world's first atomic cannon at Fort Sill in Oklahoma.
Date: March 26, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Hagler case goes to jury tonight]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the conclusion of arguments in the Sulphur, Oklahoma, murder trial of David Fred Hagler, a Fort Worth man accused of killing another man in an insurance scheme.
Date: April 19, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from D.W. Kempner to William Sealy, September 14, 1949]

Description: Letter from D.W. Kempner to William Sealy expressing happiness at receiving correspondence from Sealy after a long time and discusses personal updates and the plans of mutual acquaintances. Notably, the letter mentions a bequest of $5,000 to an orphan home from George Law’s will, though the money has not been received yet.
Date: September 14, 1949
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[News Script: 10 pm sports]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a potential hockey team in Houston, finals men's singles of the Wimbledon Tennis tournament, Gibby Gilbert leads the Canadian Open, and the Continental Grand Prix.
Date: July 2, 1970, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: News briefs]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering three news stories. The first story is about Fort Worth tax evader Newton Samuel Locke having his prison sentence suspended. The second story is about Roger Wolf Kahn, chief test pilot for Grumann Aircraft, landing in Dallas. The third story is about improvements to an enclosure at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Oklahoma City a year after a leopard housed there managed to escape.
Date: February 23, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Oral History Interview with George Wood, November 7, 1973

Description: Interview with George Wood, a former officer of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Bryan, Texas. Wood discusses his time in the CCC in the 1930s, including: his origins and education; the effects of the Depression; his entry into the CCC; the varying projects he worked; relations with other government agencies; the character of CCC workers; organization of camps; crime in the CCC; racial segregation; and relations with the Army.
Date: November 7, 1973
Creator: Galyon, Charlene O. & Wood, George
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Mica Stands Up - and Pays the Price

Description: Newspaper article about Mica England who filed a lawsuit against the Dallas Police Department after they refused to hire her because she was a lesbian and admitted to having broken Texas Penal Code §21.06, which made sexual acts between same sex couples a misdemeanor.
Date: May 4, 1992
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

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

Oral History Interview with Al D'Agostino, April 19, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Al D’Agostino. D’Agostino joined the Merchant Marine in 1945 and received training in Brooklyn. Upon completion, he was assigned to the SS Monterey where he worked as a butcher. His first trip to the Pacific was transporting European troops, who were unhappy about the looming invasion of Japan. The war ended while the Monterey was in transit, and the soldiers returning home were a much happier bunch. Even more joyful was the… more
Date: April 19, 2012
Creator: D'Agostino, Al
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Pat Gulley, May 11, 1988

Description: Interview with Pat Gulley, a community activist and a member of the Denton Christian Women's Interracial Fellowship. Gulley explains her involvement with the group, the history of race relations in Denton, the desegregation of public facilities and schools, early group meetings, opposition to the Fellowship, and its contributions.
Date: May 11, 1988
Creator: Lohr, Mary & Gulley, Pat
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Don Eugene Lock, September 14, 2000

Description: Interview with Don Eugene "Gene" Lock, descendant of Kerr County pioneers and rancher from Kerrville, Texas. Mr. Lock talks about how his family ended up in the area, his experience as a rancher, and his memories of horse breeding and racing. He also discusses his work for Kerrville's newspaper, the Mountain Sun, and his Bible education. Mr. Lock mentions briefly that he boxed as a young man.
Date: September 14, 2000
Creator: Bethel, Ann; Snodgrass, Clarabelle & Lock, Don Eugene
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission
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