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[News Clip: Demos ; NAACP Attorney Protests Violence]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany two news stories. The first is about the state Democratic party's resolution to urge the upcoming state convention to put anti-integration proposals into effect. Second is a story about U. Simpson Tate's telegrams, from Dallas, Texas, to Governor Shivers and President Eisenhower, calling for help in getting African American students safely into Texarkana Junior College.
Date: September 10, 1956
Duration: 5 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Texas Ranger Captain Joe Shely and wife, Mary Shely

Description: Photograph of Captain Joe and Mrs. Mary Shely, posed for a cabinet portrait, studio in Corpus Christi, Texas. The photo shows the couple from mid-chest up. Their heads are tilted together. Captain Shely has a bushy mustache and well-trimmed, dark hair. Mrs. Shely has tightly curled, dark hair. She is wearing a dark pleated dress or blouse with a broach at the neck. Captain Shely is wearing a dark suit with something other than a tie at the neck, possibly an ascot, with a white shirt collar. His… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Wilson County Historical Society

[Woman Placing Flowers at Marker]

Description: Photograph of a woman in a patterned dress placing flowers on the ground in front of a Texas historical marker about Texas Ranger Captain Will Wright in Wilson County, Texas. A crowd of women and children stand in the background.
Date: unknown
Partner: Wilson County Historical Society

[Texas Ranger Captains]

Description: Four men standing behind a seated man on a porch. Back reads: "Texas Ranger Captains. Seated: Captain Dan Roberts. Standing L to R: Captain J. A. Brooks, Adjutant General W. W. Sterling, former Ranger Captain Frank A Hamer and Captain John R. Hughes."
Date: August 30, 1932
Creator: Ellison Photo Co.
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Texas Rangers]

Description: Group portrait of six men. Back reads: "Adjutant General W. W. Sterling with group of Rangers on steps of Capitol."
Date: unknown
Creator: Jordan-Ellison
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Texas Rangers]

Description: Group portrait of seven men on the steps of the Capitol. Back reads: "Adjutant General Sterling, Roxie and group of Rangers."
Date: unknown
Creator: Jordan-Ellison
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Steven Fromholz socializes at Poet Laureate ceremony]

Description: Photograph of Steven Fromholz (2nd right) at the Poet Laureate of Texas ceremony in Austin, Texas on May 9, 2007. Three other people are present in the photograph with him. Fromholz is looking at the man to the right of him, who is wearing a Texas Ranger uniform. Another man is standing to the left of Fromholz, looking at a woman across from him. The woman has her back turned to the camera. All three men appear to be laughing.
Date: May 9, 2007
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

A.J. "Jack" Dragoo

Description: Photograph of A.J. "Jack" Dragoo of Brady, Texas in April 1968. He was a trail driver, Special Texas Ranger, deputy sheriff, and Indian fighter. He was born on October 3, 1869 at Round Rock, Texas.
Date: unknown
Partner: Cattle Raisers Museum
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