Still the Arena of Civil War: Violence and Turmoil in Reconstruction Texas, 1865/1874

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Following the Civil War, the United States was fully engaged in a bloody conflict with ex-Confederates, conservative Democrats, and members of organized terrorist groups, such as the Ku Klux Klan, for control of the southern states. Texas became one of the earliest battleground states in the War of Reconstruction. Throughout this era, white Texans claimed that Radical Republicans in Congress were attempting to dominate their state through “Negro-Carpetbag-Scalawag rule.” In response to these perceived threats, whites initiated a violent guerilla war that was designed to limit support for the Republican Party. They targeted loyal Unionists throughout the South, especially African Americans who represented the largest block of Republican voters in the region. Was the Reconstruction era in the Lone Star State simply a continuation of the Civil War? Evidence presented by sixteen contributors in this new anthology, edited by Kenneth W. Howell, argues that this indeed was the case. Topics include the role of the Freedmen’s Bureau and the occupying army, focusing on both sides of the violence. Several contributors analyze the origins of the Ku Klux Klan and its operations in Texas, how the Texas State Police attempted to quell the violence, and Tejano adjustment to Reconstruction. Other chapters …
Date: March 15, 2012
Creator: Howell, Kenneth W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
General Index to Experiment Station Record, Volumes 41 to 50, 1919-1924 (open access)

General Index to Experiment Station Record, Volumes 41 to 50, 1919-1924

A topical, alphabetically arranged index to volumes 41-50 including experiment station records, publications reviewed, and foreign publications. In has a list of all editorial notes from the referenced volumes.
Date: March 1931
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiment Station Record, Volume 50, January-June, 1924 (open access)

Experiment Station Record, Volume 50, January-June, 1924

Volume provides abstracts of agricultural experiments conducted during the year. Also includes statistics, convention reports, bulletins, bibliographies and listings for Spanish edition publications from the Porto Rico Station. Name and subject indexes start on page 901.
Date: 1924
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Centennial Scrapbook (open access)

Texas Centennial Scrapbook

Scrapbook documenting Texas history compiled for a contest in honor of the Texas centennial, including portraits of famous Texans; clippings from newspapers and magazines; and pamphlets for the centennial events in Dallas, Galveston, San Antonio, Del Rio and other regions in Texas.
Date: 1936
Creator: Levy, Doris Rae
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wastebook 2012 (open access)

Wastebook 2012

Senator Tom Coburn released his Wastebook 2012, a report outlining wasteful federal policies that cost taxpayers more than $19 billion dollars a year.
Date: October 2012
Creator: Coburn, Tom
System: The UNT Digital Library
BRAC Commission Briefing Book (open access)

BRAC Commission Briefing Book

Contains BRAC Commission briefing materials from May 2-4, 2005
Date: November 29, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Philosophical Society of Texas, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting: 2007 (open access)

Philosophical Society of Texas, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting: 2007

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Philosophical Society of Texas held December 7-9, including a list of attendees, text of addresses, changes to membership, and biographical information about members who have passed. The theme of this conference was "United States Energy in a Global Context."
Date: 2012
Creator: Philosophical Society of Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History

Iranians in Texas: Migration, Politics, and Ethnic Identity

This book examines the migration of Iranians after the 1979 Iranian Revolution to the United States and their experiences living in a country politically hostile to Iran and trying to find their place culturally in American society.
Date: 2013
Creator: Mobasher, Mohsen M.
System: The Portal to Texas History

D-day in History and Memory: the Normandy Landings in International Remembrance and Commemoration

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Over the past sixty-five years, the Allied invasion of Northwestern France in June 1944, known as D-Day, has come to stand as something more than a major battle. The assault itself formed a vital component of Allied victory in the Second World War. D-Day developed into a sign and symbol; as a word it carries with it a series of ideas and associations that have come to symbolize different things to different people and nations. As such, the commemorative activities linked to the battle offer a window for viewing the various belligerents in their postwar years. This book examines the commonalities and differences in national collective memories of D-Day. Chapters cover the main forces on the day of battle, including the United States, Great Britain, Canada, France and Germany. In addition, a chapter on Russian memory of the invasion explores other views of the battle. The overall thrust of the book shows that memories of the past vary over time, link to present-day needs, and also still have a clear national and cultural specificity. These memories arise in a multitude of locations such as film, books, monuments, anniversary celebrations, and news media representations.
Date: April 2014
Creator: Dolski, Michael R.; Edwards, Sam & Buckley, John
System: The UNT Digital Library
Base Visit Book - Naval Post Graduate School/ DLI-CA (open access)

Base Visit Book - Naval Post Graduate School/ DLI-CA

Base Visit Book - Naval Post Graduate School/ DLI-CA
Date: September 14, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Base Visit Book – NPS/DLI (open access)

Base Visit Book – NPS/DLI

Base Visit Book – NPS/DLI for Syd Carroll
Date: September 22, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Law of War Manual (open access)

Law of War Manual

From section 1.1.2 Scope: "This manual is not a definitive explanation of all law of war issues. This manual focuses on jus in bello -- law relating to the conduct of hostilities and the protection of war victims. This manual seeks to address the law of war that is applicable to the United States, including treaties to which the United States is a Party, and applicable customary international law. It provides legal rules, principles, and discussion, particularly with respect to DoD practice. Although the views of other States may be referenced in this manual, it is not a purpose of this manual to describe the views of other States, which may differ from views expressed in this manual" (p. 1).
Date: June 2015
Creator: United States. Department of Defense. Office of General Counsel.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oxford Pamphlets on Indian Affairs, Number 14, The Aboriginals (open access)

Oxford Pamphlets on Indian Affairs, Number 14, The Aboriginals

Book about the historical, economic, and social development of tribes in India from a Western anthropologist's perspective focusing the impact of Christian missionaries on religion and cultural practices.
Date: November 1944
Creator: Elwin, Verrier
System: The UNT Digital Library
Base Visit Book - Walter Reed Army Medical Center (open access)

Base Visit Book - Walter Reed Army Medical Center

Base Visit Book - Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Date: July 30, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oxford Pamphlets on Indian Affairs, Number 37, Assam (open access)

Oxford Pamphlets on Indian Affairs, Number 37, Assam

Book describing Assam's history, demographics, politics, and ethnic groups.
Date: July 1946
Creator: Ali, Alban & Lambert, Eric
System: The UNT Digital Library
Using Web Archives in Research: An Introduction (open access)

Using Web Archives in Research: An Introduction

The purpose of this book is to gather and make available knowledge about the use of web archives for research. It is written in a Danish context and adapted to the needs of Danish researchers but can also be useful for other researchers. The book serves as the course material for NetLab’s workshops. The structure of the book is therefore inspired by the modules of the NetLab workshops, but it can easily be read independently of the workshops. The book will be continuously updated with relevant new research in web archiving, for which reason it will be made available in several different versions in the longer term.
Date: 2016
Creator: Nielsen, Janne
System: The UNT Digital Library
Commissioner's Base Briefing Book - Ft Eustis Realignment Recommendations (open access)

Commissioner's Base Briefing Book - Ft Eustis Realignment Recommendations

Base Visit Book - Fort Eustis, Virginia Commissioner Anthony J. Principi and Commissioner General Lloyd W. Newton (UASF, Ret)
Date: June 13, 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Course 2, Volume 1A. American Foreign Policy in Growth and Action (open access)

Course 2, Volume 1A. American Foreign Policy in Growth and Action

This booklet is the first volume of an extension training course developed for Air Force personnel. This book discusses the military history of the United States of America from the country's inception through the post-World War 1950's.
Date: April 1959
Creator: Air University (U.S.). Extension Course Institute.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Military History of the West: Volume 41 (open access)

Military History of the West: Volume 41

Annual publication of the University of North Texas detailing military history in the western United States.
Date: 2011
Creator: University of North Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Base Visit Book - A10 (open access)

Base Visit Book - A10

Contains the Base Visit Book (2nd Visit) for Walter Reed Army Medical Center/National Naval Medical Center, DC/MD
Date: November 30, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Base Visit Book - Army - Fort McPherson, Georgia (open access)

Base Visit Book - Army - Fort McPherson, Georgia

Commissioner's Base Visit Book - Fort McPherson, GA dated 8 June 2005
Date: July 11, 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Innovation with Purpose: Lockheed Martin's First 100 Years (open access)

Innovation with Purpose: Lockheed Martin's First 100 Years

Book outlining the history of the Lockheed Martin aerospace company, including its initial start near the end of the 19th century through 2017, with speculation about the future. Chapters are organized chronologically, describing the various business decisions, design innovations, and other work that occurred during particular decades, with relation to wider aviation and technological history. Index starts on page 263.
Date: 2013
Creator: The History Factory
System: The Portal to Texas History
Faculty Papers of Midwestern State University, Series 2, Volume 3, 1976-1977 (open access)

Faculty Papers of Midwestern State University, Series 2, Volume 3, 1976-1977

Compilation of papers presented at the annual Faculty Forum representing the research and scholarship of Midwestern State University faculty members.
Date: 1978~
Creator: Monahan, Forrest D., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 106th Congress, First Session, Volume 145, Part 3 (open access)

Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 106th Congress, First Session, Volume 145, Part 3

The Congressional Record contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, and speeches for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Date: 1999
Creator: United States. Congress.
System: The UNT Digital Library