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Inventory of the county archives of Texas : Orange County, no. 181 (open access)

Inventory of the county archives of Texas : Orange County, no. 181

Inventory of records of Orange County housed in the Orange County Courthouse as of 1936-1937. Begins with a historical sketch of the county along with a governmental organization chart and information on the housing, care, and accessibility of the records. Describes the records of the County Commissioners Court, County Clerk as Recorder, District Court, County Court, Justices of the Peace, District Attorney, County Attorney, Sheriff, Constables, Tax Assessor-Collector, Board of Equalization, County Treasurer, County Auditor, County Board of School Trustees, County School Superintendent, County Health Officer, County Surveyor, Board of Land Commissioners (Defunct), and Coroner (Defunct). Includes a bibliography as well as chronological and subject indexes.
Date: December 1941
Creator: Historical Records Survey. Texas.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Inventory of the county archives of Texas : Jackson County, no. 120 (open access)

Inventory of the county archives of Texas : Jackson County, no. 120

Inventory of records of Jackson County housed in the Jackson County Courthouse as of 1936. Begins with a historical sketch of the county along with a governmental organization chart and information on the housing, care, and accessibility of the records. Describes the records of the County Commissioners Court, County Clerk as Recorder, District Court, County Court, Justices of the Peace, District Attorney, County Attorney, Sheriff, Constables, Tax Assessor-Collector, Board of Equalization, County Treasurer, County Board of School Trustees, County School Superintendent, County Surveyor, Board of Land Commissioners (Defunct), Inspector of Hides and Animals (Defunct), and Coroner (Defunct). Includes a bibliography as well as chronological and subject and entry indexes.
Date: December 1940
Creator: Historical Records Survey. Texas.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Abilene Board of Commissioners Minutes: 1914-1921] (open access)

[Abilene Board of Commissioners Minutes: 1914-1921]

Ledger containing minutes of the Board of Commissioners in Abilene, Texas documenting the group's discussions and activities from December 3, 1914 to December 9, 1921.
Date: 1914-12-03/1921-12-09
Creator: Abilene (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Abilene Board of Commissioners Minutes: 1921-1924] (open access)

[Abilene Board of Commissioners Minutes: 1921-1924]

Ledger containing minutes of the city Board of Commissioners in Abilene, Texas documenting the group's discussions and activities December 9, 1921 to June 27, 1924.
Date: 1921-12-09/1924-06-27
Creator: Abilene (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Commencement Program for the University of Nebraska, December 16, 1995] (open access)

[Commencement Program for the University of Nebraska, December 16, 1995]

Program for Commencement Exercises at the University of Nebraska on December 16, 1995. This program contains an order of exercises and a layout of the procession as well as the list of students obtaining degrees during the ceremony. According to the program Barbara Jordan is receiving an honorary Doctor of Laws degree and is listed to give the Commencement Address.
Date: December 16, 1995
Creator: University of Nebraska--Lincoln
System: The Portal to Texas History
Guide to The Dallas Quarterly, Volumes 1-39, 1955-1993 (open access)

Guide to The Dallas Quarterly, Volumes 1-39, 1955-1993

Index to the first 39 volumes of Dallas Genealogical Society publications including listings for Bible and family records; book reviews; burials and cemeteries; censuses; church records; court and probate records; Society information; deeds and land records; diaries, journals & ledgers; directories & lists; excerpts & abstracts; families; history of places; volume indexes; letters; marriage records; memorials and obituaries; military & war records; naturalization records; photographs and illustrations; queries; research & methodology; surname indexes; tax and voters; wills; and miscellaneous articles.
Date: December 1993
Creator: Dallas Genealogical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History
Army-Navy manual of military government and civil affairs. (open access)

Army-Navy manual of military government and civil affairs.

A general guide for U.S. armed forces instituting military government in occupied areas.
Date: December 22, 1943
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Roadside Parks Study: Historic Context & National Register Requirements (open access)

Texas Roadside Parks Study: Historic Context & National Register Requirements

A historic overview of evolution and development of roadside parks and rest areas in Texas constructed by the Texas Department of Transportation from 1930 to 2015
Date: December 16, 2014
Creator: Gredler, Sara; Rulz, Megan; Goodson, Heather & Mitchell, Rick
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folklore: in All of Us, in All We Do (open access)

Folklore: in All of Us, in All We Do

Compilation of articles about various topics related to folklore organized into five chapters by subject: "The first tackles this issue of folklore and its relationship to history, with some of the articles trying to provide some of that folkloric filler to historical facts. Another chapter focuses on women; one features various types of occupational lore; and another is a tongue-in-cheek look at 'shady characters' such as police officers, politicians, and horsetraders. A final chapter has no theme; it is a catch-all, containing a few interesting articles you may remember from some of our [Texas Folklore Society's] most recent meetings" (p. viii).
Date: December 15, 2006
Creator: Untiedt, Kenneth L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effects of Oil and Gas Development: A Current Awareness Bibliography (open access)

Effects of Oil and Gas Development: A Current Awareness Bibliography

Cumulative bibliography of documents published between 1995 and 1997 regarding oil and gas research in five major topic areas: biology, chemistry/geochemistry/geology, engineering/physics, environment/ecosystem management/spills, and socioeconomic/regulation/general.
Date: December 1997
Creator: Hooper-Lane, Chris; Bonvillain, Shanna; Rice, Donna & Carter, Glenda Conklin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bicycle Transportation (open access)

Bicycle Transportation

This report presents the results of a study regarding bicycle use as a practical transportation alternative in the United States and elsewhere. It includes an overview of bicycle use in America; the cycling environment; related federal, state, and local activities; experiences in Europe, Japan, and China; and recommendations based on the study's conclusions.
Date: December 1974
Creator: Dougherty, Nina & Lawrence, William
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with L. DeWitt Hale, December 20, 1974 (open access)

Oral History Interview with L. DeWitt Hale, December 20, 1974

Interview with Democratic representative and attorney L. DeWitt Hale, from Corpus Christi, Texas. In the interview, Hale reminisces and describes his experiences during his time serving as a member of the 1974 Texas Constitutional Convention. Hale also discusses his personal views concerning constitutional revisions, the Constitutional Revision Commission, the Joint Constitutional Convention Planning Committee, the Judiciary Committee, Price Daniel Jr., night-to-work provisions, and the failure of the Constitutional Convention.
Date: December 20, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Hale, L. DeWitt
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Field Guide to Gas Stations in Texas (open access)

A Field Guide to Gas Stations in Texas

Revised field guide, organized as an easy reference book to gas stations in Texas, addressing the history and development of gas stations and oil companies operating in Texas and discussing registration requirements for gas stations. This version includes a company branding guide, a matrix of gas station evolution over time, and expansions of various other sections.
Date: December 2016
Creator: Jones, W. Dwayne; Moore, David W., Jr. & Mace, Shonda
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Weldon Hart, 1966-1967 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Weldon Hart, 1966-1967

Interviews with Weldon Hart, a public relations executive and executive director of the Texas Good Roads Association. The interviews includes Hart's experiences as press secretary and appointments secretary to former Governors Beauford Jester, 1947-50, and Allan Shivers, 1950-57; head of the Texas Employment Commission; organization of a Texas political machine; lobbying for the highway construction industries of Texas. The interviews took place on three separate dates: August 8, 1966, February 6, 1967, and July 3, 1967.
Date: December 18, 1967
Creator: Brewer, Thomas B.; Odom, E. Dale & Hart, Weldon
System: The UNT Digital Library
Camões' Feast (open access)

Camões' Feast

Book discussing the art installation, "Camões Feast,"originally exhibited at the Mexic-Arte Museum in YEAR. The book also includes biographical information on Luís Vas de Camões, Sérgio de Castro Pinto, Caetano Veloso, Olga Savary, Affonso Romano de Sant'Anna, Frederico Barbosa, Haroldo de Campos, Manoel de Barros, Antonio Cícero, and Regina Vater.
Date: December 2001
Creator: Vater, Regina; McMillan, Megan; Stampleman, Suzel; Glasgow, Thays & Mieli, Mario
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Almanac for 1868 (open access)

The Texas Almanac for 1868

The almanac covers general topics about the state of Texas including statistics for individual counties, history, agriculture, expenditures, and weather, as well as discussions of legal and social issues of the time.
Date: December 1867
Creator: The Galveston News
System: The Portal to Texas History
Atoms for peace and war, 1953-1961: Eisenhower and the Atomic Energy Commission (open access)

Atoms for peace and war, 1953-1961: Eisenhower and the Atomic Energy Commission

This third volume in the official history of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission covers the years of the Eisenhower Administration.
Date: December 1989
Creator: Hewlett, Richard G. & Holl, Jack M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with O. H. "Ike" Harris, December 23, 1974 (open access)

Oral History Interview with O. H. "Ike" Harris, December 23, 1974

Interview with O. H. "Ike" Harris, an attorney and a Republican member of the Texas Senate from Dallas, concerning his experiences and personal views as a member of the Texas Constitutional Convention in 1974. Harris discusses the need for constitutional revision, Price Daniel, Jr. as chairman of the Constitutional Convention, the Finance Committee, the right-to-work provision, and the failure of the Constitutional Convention.
Date: December 23, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Harris, Ike, 1932-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Abrupt Climate Change: Final Report (open access)

Abrupt Climate Change: Final Report

This document is part of the Synthesis and Assessment Products (SAP) described in the U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) Strategic Plan. This report is meant to reduce uncertainty in projections of how the Earth's climate and related systems may change in the future. It provides scientific information for supporting the decision-making audience and the expert scientific and stakeholder community.
Date: December 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.). Subcommittee on Global Change Research.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geologic and Historic Guide to the State Parks of Texas (open access)

Geologic and Historic Guide to the State Parks of Texas

The expansion of cities, industries, houses, super highways are fast absorbing the open spaces that once were so abundant in Texas.Personnel of state parks have provided various reports.
Date: December 1970
Creator: Maxwell, Ross A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Base Visit Book (open access)

Base Visit Book

Contains Base Visit Book (NMC9)Navy/MC- Naval Station Joint Reserve Base, Willow Grove, Pennsylvania.
Date: December 14, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Celebrating 100 Years of the Texas Folklore Society, 1909-2009 (open access)

Celebrating 100 Years of the Texas Folklore Society, 1909-2009

The Texas Folklore Society is one of the oldest and most prestigious organizations in the state. Its secret for longevity lies in those things that make it unique, such as its annual meeting that seems more like a social event or family reunion than a formal academic gathering. This book examines the Society’s members and their substantial contributions to the field of folklore over the last century. Some articles focus on the research that was done in the past, while others offer studies that continue today. For example, L. Patrick Hughes explores historical folk music, while Meredith Abarca focuses on Mexican American folk healers and the potential direction of research on them today. Other articles are more personal reflections about why our members have been drawn to the TFS for fellowship and fun. This book does more than present a history of the Texas Folklore Society: it explains why the TFS has lasted so long, and why it will continue.
Date: December 15, 2009
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Doyle Griffin, December 11, 1982 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Doyle Griffin, December 11, 1982

Transcript of an interview with Doyle Griffin, owner and operator of R & R Motor Supply, Inc. in Denton, Texas. Griffin discusses his family background, his employment history, his purchase of R & R Motor Supply in 1944 and his experiences as a business owner, as well as his personal hobbies such as raising quarter horses and boat racing.
Date: December 11, 1982
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd & Griffin, Doyle
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with W. Erle White, December 14, 1978 and February 1, 1979 (open access)

Oral History Interview with W. Erle White, December 14, 1978 and February 1, 1979

Transcript of an interview with W. Erle White, founder of White's Auto Stores from Wichita Falls, Texas. White discusses his family background, early work experiences and education, as well as his work in auto supply stores and garages, and starting his own business.
Date: 1978-12-14/1979-02-01
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd & White, W. Erle
System: The UNT Digital Library