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Lone Star Ride 2004 Closing Ceremonies Poem

Description: A closing ceremonies stanzaed poem for the 2004 Lone Star Ride by Valerie Holloway and performed at the closing ceremonies on September 26th. The poem expresses gratitude for the volunteers and other riders, funny details of the ride experience, and emphasizes the universal importance of the fight against AIDS and the idea of while the ride is for the year, the fight for a cure is long from over.
Date: 2004
Creator: Holloway, Valerie
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Eulogy for Robert H Brandon III 2003 LSR

Description: The eulogy for Robert "Bob" Brandon the III written by event manager Janie Bush. Janie goes on to talk about their friendship and his contribution to Lone Star Ride. She shares testaments from other crew members and finishes with an account about what she placed in his casket and a quote by Maya Angelou about people choosing to make a difference.
Date: January 2003
Location: None
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Lone Star Ride 2003 Closing Ceremonies Poem

Description: A closing ceremonies stanzaed poem for the 2003 Lone Star Ride by Valerie Holloway and performed at the closing ceremonies on September 28th. The poem expresses gratitude for the volunteers and other riders, funny details of the ride experience, and emphasizes the universal importance of the fight against AIDS and the idea of while the ride is for the year, the fight for a cure is long from over.
Date: 2003
Creator: Holloway, Valerie
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

The Proposal

Description: Transcription of a poem written by Olga Pazdral about her relationship with a man named Davy, and the rejection of his proposal.
Date: July 2, 2000
Creator: Pazdral, Olga
Partner: Private Collection of Thadious Polasek

Haiku Poetry: Responses to Debussy's "Footprints in the Snow"

Description: A collection of haiku poetry from the participants of the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts 2000 Summer Institute. The poems were in response to Claude Debussy's "Footprints in the Snow".
Date: Summer 2000
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Oh Galveston! Oh Galveston!

Description: A poem by Dr. Chauncey D. Leake for the December 9-10, 1977 meeting of the Philosophical Society of Texas in Galveston.
Date: December 9, 1977
Creator: Leake, Chauncey Depew, 1896-1978
Partner: Moody Medical Library, UT

[44-W-8 Poem]

Description: Poem titled, "44-W-8" that is about prefering to be a WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) rather than a WAC (Women's Army Corps) or WAVE (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service).
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Avenger Field

Description: Poem from the perspective of a WASP speaking to Avenger Field, written by Effie Pratt, class 43-W-8.
Date: unknown
Creator: Pratt, Effie
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Be Careful What You Say.]

Description: Clipping with a poem advising against speaking ill of others written by Sergeant Major Joseph A Hess. Fragment of a drawing and article on the reverse side.
Date: unknown
Creator: Sergeant Major Joseph A Hess
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Cat Limerick]

Description: Poem written on a scrap of paper about a cat catching a rat.
Date: unknown
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Cattle Drive Poems]

Description: Two poems about cattle driving titled, "The Cattle String Out", and "The Drags" with small sketches seen on the page. The sketch at the top appears to be a cow with a brand on its side. Handwriting on back reads, "[illegible] Moore never shook a duty or a danger in his life".
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Childhoods Lovely Bowers, Poem]

Description: Poem with unknown author, entitled "Childhood's Lovely Bowers," handwritten on paper.
Date: unknown
Partner: Pearce Museum at Navarro College

Daddy's Holiday Lament...

Description: Poem entitled "Daddy's Holiday Lament" by David A. Stallman about the pain of children growing up and moving away from their parents.
Date: unknown
Creator: Stallman, David A.
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

The Gate Way

Description: Poem titled "The Gate Way" by Flora Clark, which discusses Tarleton College.
Date: ~1926
Creator: Clarke, Flora M.
Partner: Tarleton State University

[Handwritten Poem: Man of Many Moods]

Description: A handwritten poem, possibly written by Bill Nelson, addressing a man and warning him about the negative complications of ambiguity and fear.
Date: 19XX
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Happy Holidays

Description: Poem called "Happy Holidays" written on notebook paper, about North Texas State Teachers College playing in the Salad Bowl, 1947.
Date: 19XX
Creator: Dendy, Peg
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

O. Henry

Description: Poem in honor of O Henry's death, first published by Mr. Christopher Morley in the "New York Evening Post", June 5, 1915.
Date: unknown
Creator: Morley, Christopher
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

High Flight

Description: Copy of a poem by John G. Magee with a correspondence note between two unknown people typed below that briefly describes his life.
Date: unknown
Creator: Magee, John G.
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

The History of Wonder

Description: A poem about a dog named Wonder who had an insatiable appetite and was killed for stealing food. The poem has twelve stanzas, each consisting of six lines.
Date: unknown
Creator: Sampson, Neal; Hornsby, Nat & George, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Kit Carson's Wife

Description: A poem about a "Kit Carson's Wife" who takes her horse and goes for a wild ride after her husband is killed.
Date: unknown
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Der liefe Drud von Deiner hand]

Description: Poem by an unknown author regarding the joys of love and marriage. Poem is printed on a torn piece of paper.
Date: unknown
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Lyndon Baines Johnson The Right Man

Description: Poem by Steven Feore of Houston, Texas, in support of Lyndon B. Johnson for President over Barry Goldwater.
Date: unknown
Creator: Feore, Steven
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Lyrics to WASP songs]

Description: The lyrics for four WASP training songs, "Gee Mom! I Want To Go Home", an unnamed song, "Wash Out Dirge", and "Just a Flying wreck".
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Our Fighting Men

Description: Five stanza rhyming poem in rhyming couplets on the subject of multiple members of branches of the army arriving on the island of Guadalcanal. A shorter poem at the bottom of the page addresses soldiers of planes flying over Guadalcanal.
Date: unknown
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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