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[News Script: Irving schools fuss]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a controversy in Irving over poor conditions in the city's public schools, with 200 district employees refusing to report for work unless improvements are made.
Date: March 2, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Irving]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about citizens of Irving preparing to vote over the contentious issue of dissolving the city's school district after a large group of teachers and school employees resign in protest of the firing of the district's superintendent, Dr. John L. Beard.
Date: March 25, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Irving]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about voters in Irving electing to dissolve the city's school board and elect a new one after a controversy over the firing of Superintendent Dr. John L. Beard.
Date: March 27, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Bomb death trial on live television]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the trial of Harry Washburn, who was accused of killing his former mother-in-law by planting a bomb in her car, being televised. The trial was the first murder trial to appear on television.
Date: December 6, 1955
Duration: 3 minutes 54 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Arson suspected in Dallas school fire]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a four-alarm fire at the William B. Travis Elementary School in Dallas, nearly destroying the building. Firemen say the blaze was the work of arsonists.
Date: April 21, 1955
Duration: 2 minutes 47 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Reunion]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a reunion of 500 Bryan High School graduates in Dallas.
Date: May 22, 1955
Duration: 2 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Margo wins court decision on play]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Margo Jones, manager of Dallas Theater 55, winning a court case against New York producer Herman Shumlin. Shumlin sought to prevent Jones from staging Inherit the Wind, a play he was currently producing on Broadway but had opened in Dallas earlier in the year.
Date: May 31, 1955
Duration: 1 minute 29 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Japanese orphans enter US school]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Francis and Albert Sharpe, two Japanese orphans who were recently adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Sharpe, beginning their education at the St. James Catholic school.
Date: January 20, 1955
Duration: 1 minute 47 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Irving schools fuss]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a controversy in Irving over poor conditions in the city's public schools, with 200 district employees refusing to report for work unless improvements are made.
Date: March 2, 1955
Duration: 2 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
captions transcript

[News Clip: Rummage sale will aid deaf children]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a rummage sale to benefit the Fort Worth Optimist Club's school for deaf children.
Date: March 30, 1955
Duration: 56 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Irving]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about citizens of Irving preparing to vote over the contentious issue of dissolving the city's school district after a large group of teachers and school employees resign in protest of the firing of the district's superintendent, Dr. John L. Beard.
Date: March 25, 1955
Duration: 1 minute 25 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[1955 vacation bible school class]

Description: Photograph of the 34th Annual Vacation Bible School Class of June 13 to 24, 1955, held by the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Beaumont, Texas. Appearing in the photograph are children and adults. The class provided religious instruction through bible stories and songs as well as youth entertainment through games, movies and handicraft activities. The image was taken on the grounds of the church.
Date: 1955-06-13/1955-06-24
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Tyrrell Historical Library

[Anderson High School Student in Class]

Description: Photograph of Anderson High School students in a classroom. Three boys are writing on the board, three other boys are sitting at a table, one boy is sitting by the teacher, and seven students are sitting in desks in the background.
Date: October 31, 1955
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Portrait of the Anderson High School Band]

Description: Photograph of the Anderson High School Band, posing for a portrait. They are arranged in four rows, wearing dark-colored uniforms, and holding instruments. In the middle of the second row is the director in a dark-colored suit, and the conductor in a light-colored uniform.
Date: October 31, 1955
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[An Anderson High School Science Class]

Description: Photograph of students in chemistry class at Anderson High School. There are two students and a teacher standing a table in the middle of the classroom, while other students sit at desks in the background.
Date: October 31, 1955
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Students Operating Office Machines]

Description: Photograph of students operating office machines. There are two students standing at a large black machine, one person sitting at a typewriter, and another student standing at a black machine on a table.
Date: October 31, 1955
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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