Connecting Communities with Libraries, Archives, and Historians through Oral Histories

Grant narrative for the grant, "Connecting Communities with Libraries, Archives, and Historians Through Oral Histories." The University of North Texas (UNT) Department of Information Science, partnering with the UNT Oral History Program, will host a series of forums to identify best practices and strategies to respond to challenges around building, implementing, preserving, and accessing community oral history projects. The project team will convene librarians, archivists, oral history practitioners, public historians, community-based memory workers, and others working in oral history to identify good practices, share challenges and lessons learned, and prepare an actionable roadmap for building, implementing, preserving, and sustaining community oral history projects

DNA G-quadruplexes in the human genome: detection, functions and therapeutic potential.

Single-stranded guanine-rich DNA sequences can fold into four-stranded DNA structures called G-quadruplexes (G4s) that arise from the self-stacking of two or more guanine quartets. There has been considerable recent progress in the detection and mapping of G4 structures in the human genome and in biologically relevant contexts. These advancements, many of which align with predictions made previously in computational studies, provide important new insights into the functions of G4 structures in, for example, the regulation of transcription and genome stability, and uncover their potential relevance for cancer therapy.The Balasubramanian laboratory is core-funded by Cancer Research UK (C14303/A17197) and further supported by a Cancer Research UK programme grant (C9681/A18618). S.B. is a Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator (099232/Z/12/Z)

Oral History Interview with Morton H. Meyerson, March 2-April 26, 2021

Video recording of a series of interviews with Morton H. Meyerson, Dallas-based business leader and philanthropist. Meyerson shares concerning his grandparents’ experiences in present-day Belarus and Prussia and as immigrants to the U.S. and eventually to Fort Worth; parents’ experiences growing up in Fort Worth; Education in Fort Worth public schools culminating at Paschal High School and at UT-Austin; experiences in U.S. Army; Career as a systems engineer at Bell Helicopter, Electronic Data Systems, General Motors, Perot Systems, and other;. Experiences as a philanthropist, including chair of the committee responsible for constructing what became the Meyerson Symphony Center, and as a civic leader, including chair of the committee that brought the superconducting supercollider to Texas

Oral History Interview with Morton H. Meyerson, March 2-April 26, 2021

Video recording of a series of interviews with Morton H. Meyerson, Dallas-based business leader and philanthropist. Meyerson shares concerning his grandparents’ experiences in present-day Belarus and Prussia and as immigrants to the U.S. and eventually to Fort Worth; parents’ experiences growing up in Fort Worth; Education in Fort Worth public schools culminating at Paschal High School and at UT-Austin; experiences in U.S. Army; Career as a systems engineer at Bell Helicopter, Electronic Data Systems, General Motors, Perot Systems, and other;. Experiences as a philanthropist, including chair of the committee responsible for constructing what became the Meyerson Symphony Center, and as a civic leader, including chair of the committee that brought the superconducting supercollider to Texas

Connecting Communities with Libraries, Archives, and Historians Through Oral Histories

Data management plan for the grant, "Connecting Communities with Libraries, Archives, and Historians Through Oral Histories." The University of North Texas (UNT) Department of Information Science, partnering with the UNT Oral History Program, will host a series of forums to identify best practices and strategies to respond to challenges around building, implementing, preserving, and accessing community oral history projects. The project team will convene librarians, archivists, oral history practitioners, public historians, community-based memory workers, and others working in oral history to identify good practices, share challenges and lessons learned, and prepare an actionable roadmap for building, implementing, preserving, and sustaining community oral history projects

2010 WI Oral History Day - Milwaukee, WI

Selections from the 2010 WI Oral History Day Conference held March 28-28, 2010 in Milwaukee, WI. Topics include Hmong Diaspora Studies, overcoming stereotypes, cross-cultural and cross-generational interviewing, Tuskeegee Airmen narratives, and using humor to deal with racism