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Title: Adela Mancias oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-004040
Creator: Walje, Ethan
Contributor: Mancias, Adela, 1953-
Topic: Zoning law, Hispanic American women, Social justice
Dates: 1974
1990-12-31
2021-02-27
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral history of Adela Mancias conducted by Ethan Walje on February 27, 2021. Adela Mancias recounts her experiences growing up in Texas as a Mexican-American and how it led to her interest in activism. She discusses her work with the Raza Unida Party and Brown Berets in Austin, Texas, including her participation in protests against the Austin Boat Club races and the Ku Klux Klan march in Austin on February 19, 1983. She also discusses her work in organizing resistance to unfair zoning laws in East Austin and talks about her later documentary and radio work.

Title: Cheryl Jean Jefferson oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-004041
Creator: Vu, Tong
Contributor: Jefferson, Cheryl Jean, 1951-
Topic: Civil rights, African Americans, Peace movements, Energy conservation
Dates: 2021-02-26
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral history of Cheryl Jean Jefferson conducted by Tong Vu on February, 26th 2021. Cheryl Jefferson was born to a military family in Anchorage, Alaska. Her family eventually settled in Brenham, Texas, and she elected to attend Southwest Texas State University in the late 1960s. While in school, she began her detailed career that includes Civil Rights Activism, antiwar activism, television production, and politics. With the Civil Rights movement in its latter stages, and the ongoing Vietnam War, Cheryl found involvement in just about every social movement. She was part of the student Senate at Southwest Texas State, and even met with former president Lyndon B. Johnson a handful of times. Most notably, Cheryl worked with the television network, KLRU, formerly known as KLRN. While Cheryl enjoyed working in all of the previously mentioned fields, she found the most happiness in her later career, where she worked in energy conservation.

Title: Irma Orozco oral history
Identifier: camh-dob-004034
Creator: Wright, Matthew
Contributor: Orozco, Irma, 1956-
Topic: College television stations, College student newspapers and periodicals, College television stations, Public-access television
Dates: 1974
1977-06-01
2021-02-27
Resource: Austin women activists oral history project records
Description: Oral history of Irma Orozco conducted by Matthew Wright on February 27, 2021. In the interview, Orozco talked about her time as a student attending the University of Texas at Austin from 1974 to 1977. She explained her experience in writing for the MAYO newspaper, El Desperator, and her time working as an editor in La Raza Unida newspaper, Para La Gente. Orozco also worked with various newscast television stations, working as a producer and newscaster for the KTBC and KVUE. Moreover, she produced her television program that focuses on Chicanos art and interviewed famous local Chicanos in Austin. Also, founded a student organization on campus called Chicanos Intersados Comunicaciones, which focuses on promoting Chicano's participation in media.

Title: Letter from Joanie Whitebird to Scottie Whitebird, Letter from Joanie Whitebird to Scottie Whitebird
Identifier: di_11031
Box: 2.325/K160
Folder: Loose in Box Wings Press Correspondence, Invoices 1979
Resource: Joanie Green Whitebird papers
Description: The second page of the letter from Joanie Whitebird to Scottie Whitebird.

Title: Letter from Joanie Whitebird to Scottie Whitebird, Letter from Joanie Whitebird to Scottie Whitebird
Identifier: di_11030
Box: 2.325/K160
Folder: Loose in Box Wings Press Correspondence, Invoices 1979
Resource: Joanie Green Whitebird papers
Description: A two page letter, where this is the first page. It’s a letter from Joanie Whitebird to Scottie Whitebird.

Title: The Mineola Courier, Mineola, Texas, Thursday, October 11; 1894
Identifier: camh-dob-016917
Dates: 1894-10-11
Box: Box M, #3
Folder: Mineola, Tex. Mineola Courier, Oct. 11, 1894. Box #3. 1320204477 TXC
Resource: Texas newspaper collection
Description: Copy of the Mineola Courier, the "Official Journal of the Wood County Farmers' Alliance and Van Zandt County Federation of Labor," from Thursday October 11, 1984.

Title: "Please Ring the Bell for Us", "Please Ring the Bell for Us"
Identifier: di_10824
Creator: Knott, John Francis
Dates: 1939-07-07
Box: 3L137
Folder: 2. Knott Scrapbok (Cartoon)
Resource: John F. Knott cartoon scrapbook
Description: A political cartoon by Knott where a man with the label of, "Congress," is looking at children who are held up by a door labeled, "U.S." They are pointing at the door asking the man represented by Congress to ring the door bell for them. This political cartoon was found in the Dallas News in July 7, 1939.

Title: Receipt from Texas News Trailers - Luling, Texas, Receipt from Texas News Trailers - Luling, Texas
Identifier: di_10748
Creator: Graham, Shad E., 1896-1969
Dates: August 11, 1948
Box: 3U107
Folder: Records of Filming: November 1947 - April 1949
Resource: Shad Graham papers
Description: This is a receipt for a contract of $35.00 to film about Luling, TX on August 11, 1948.