"The Best Stuff Which the State Affords": a Portrait of the Fourteenth Texas Infantry in the Civil War (open access)

"The Best Stuff Which the State Affords": a Portrait of the Fourteenth Texas Infantry in the Civil War

This study examines the social and economic characteristics of the men who joined the Confederate Fourteenth Texas Infantry Regiment during the Civil War and provides a narrative history of the regiment's wartime service. The men of the Fourteenth Infantry enlisted in 1862 and helped to turn back the Federal Red River Campaign in April 1864. In creating a portrait of these men, the author used traditional historical sources (letters, diaries, medical records, secondary narratives) as well as statistical data from the 1860 United States census, military service records, and state tax rolls. The thesis places the heretofore unknown story of the Fourteenth Texas Infantry within the overall body of Civil War historiography.
Date: December 1998
Creator: Parker, Scott Dennis
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Making a Good Soldier: a Historical and Quantitative Study of the 15th Texas Infantry, C. S. A. (open access)

Making a Good Soldier: a Historical and Quantitative Study of the 15th Texas Infantry, C. S. A.

In late 1861, the Confederate Texas government commissioned Joseph W. Speight to raise an infantry battalion. Speight's Battalion became the Fifteenth Texas Infantry in April 1862, and saw almost no action for the next year as it marched throughout Texas, Arkansas, and the Indian Territory. In May 1863 the regiment was ordered to Louisiana and for the next seven months took an active role against Federal troops in the bayou country. From March to May 1864 the unit helped turn away the Union Red River Campaign. The regiment remained in the trans-Mississippi region until it disbanded in May 1865. The final chapter quantifies age, family status, wealthholdings, and casualties among the regiment's members.
Date: December 1998
Creator: Hamaker, Blake Richard
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Persistence of Antebellum Planter Families in Postbellum East Texas (open access)

The Persistence of Antebellum Planter Families in Postbellum East Texas

The effect of the Civil War and Reconstruction on the southern planter elite remains a topic of interest to historians. Did the war ruin the planter class? Or, did they maintain economic, geographic, or social persistence? This study focuses on the persistence from 1850 to 1880 of five East Texas large planter families who owned one hundred or more slaves in 1860. An analysis of data primarily from county, state, and federal records formthe basis of this study. Four families persisted as wealthy influential members of their postbellum communities. One family remained geographically persistent but not wealthy. The experiences of these families suggest that large East Texas planter families found it possible to persist in spite of the Civil War and Reconstruction.
Date: May 1998
Creator: Newland, Linda Sue
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Art Lies, Volume 18, Spring 1998 (open access)

Art Lies, Volume 18, Spring 1998

Journal containing essays, commentaries, and exhibition information regarding Texas artwork and other contemporary art issues.
Date: 1998
Creator: Birringer, Johannes
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 16, 1998 (open access)

Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 16, 1998

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 16, 1998
Creator: Wisch, J. A. & Wisch, Rene
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drug Usage Among Community College Students: Their Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices (open access)

Drug Usage Among Community College Students: Their Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices

The problem of this study concerned illicit psychoactive drug use among community college students. A non-experimental design methodology, a survey, was used in this study. The population consisted of 149 students at 14 randomly selected public community college institutions throughout the United States. Three waves of mailings took place to increase response rate. Community college students appear to be knowledgeable regarding the deleterious physical and mental impact upon those who use drugs. Community college students appear to have a negative attitude toward drug use and toward those who use them. Community college students have an aversion to actual drug use. The illicit psychoactive drug of choice among community college students is marijuana.
Date: August 1998
Creator: Reid, Sandra S. (Sandra Sue)
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Musical Borrowing: Referential Treatment in American Popular Music (open access)

Musical Borrowing: Referential Treatment in American Popular Music

This thesis examines the relationships between popular contemporary musical styles and classic-era art music. Analysis of pop-rock songs, and their referential treatment in art rock, classical music, and society will be examined. Pop-rock musicians borrow from the masters of the past and from each other. Rock guitarists such as Eddie Van Halen employ a virtuosic technique suggestive of Liszt and Paganini. The group Rush borrowed freely from opera seria. Frank Zappa referenced contemporary musicians as well as classical techniques. Referential treatment in popular music and the recent advancements in technology, have challenged copyright law. How these treatments and technologies affect copyright legislators and musicians will be discussed.
Date: December 1998
Creator: DiGiallonardo, Richard L. (Richard Lee)
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Role and Functions of Diversity Affairs Centers' Chief Personnel Officers at Public Universities in Texas (open access)

The Role and Functions of Diversity Affairs Centers' Chief Personnel Officers at Public Universities in Texas

The problem of this study concerns the role and functions of diversity affairs centers' chief personnel officers at public universities in Texas. Because of the political and evolving nature of diversity affairs offices, it is important to understand the functions and types of services these centers provide with respect to institutional goals, missions, and student retention at public universities in Texas.
Date: May 1998
Creator: David, John Seh
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 27, 1998 (open access)

Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 27, 1998

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 27, 1998
Creator: Wisch, J. A. & Wisch, Rene
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Penny Record (Bridge City, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 11, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 15, 1998 (open access)

The Penny Record (Bridge City, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 11, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 15, 1998

Weekly newspaper from Bridge City, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 15, 1998
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 26, 1998 (open access)

Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 26, 1998

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: February 26, 1998
Creator: Wisch, J. A. & Wisch, Rene
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 17, 1998 (open access)

Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 17, 1998

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: December 17, 1998
Creator: Wisch, J. A. & Wisch, Rene
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Creating a Mythistory: Texas Historians in the Nineteenth Century (open access)

Creating a Mythistory: Texas Historians in the Nineteenth Century

Many historians have acknowledged the temptation to portray people as they see themselves and wish to be seen, blending history and ideology. The result is "mythistory." Twentieth century Texas writers and historians, remarking upon the exceptional durability of the Texas mythistory that emerged from the nineteenth century, have questioned its resistance to revision throughout the twentieth century. By placing the writing of Texas history within the context of American and European intellectual climates and history writing generally, from the close of the eighteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth, it is possible to identify a pattern that provides some insight into the popularity and persistence of Texas mythistory.
Date: August 1998
Creator: McLemore, Laura Lyons, 1950-
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 3, 1998 (open access)

Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 3, 1998

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 3, 1998
Creator: Wisch, J. A. & Wisch, Rene
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 18, 1998 (open access)

Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 18, 1998

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: June 18, 1998
Creator: Wisch, J. A. & Wisch, Rene
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 9, 1998 (open access)

Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 9, 1998

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: April 9, 1998
Creator: Wisch, J. A. & Wisch, Rene
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 30, 1998 (open access)

Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 30, 1998

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 30, 1998
Creator: Wisch, J. A. & Wisch, Rene
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 2, 1998 (open access)

Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 2, 1998

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 2, 1998
Creator: Wisch, J. A. & Wisch, Rene
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 22, 1998 (open access)

Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 22, 1998

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 22, 1998
Creator: Wisch, J. A. & Wisch, Rene
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 17, 1998 (open access)

Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 17, 1998

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 17, 1998
Creator: Wisch, J. A. & Wisch, Rene
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Presidencies : Presidential Leadership in the Republic of Texas, 1836-1845 (open access)

The Texas Presidencies : Presidential Leadership in the Republic of Texas, 1836-1845

This thesis examines the letters, proclamations, and addresses of the four presidents of the Republic of Texas, David G. Burnet, Sam Houston, Mirabeau B. Lamar, and Anson Jones, to determine how these men faced the major crises of Texas and shaped policy regarding land, relations with Native Americans, finances, internal improvements, annexation by the United States, and foreign relations. Research materials include manuscript and published speeches and letters, diaries, and secondary materials.
Date: May 1998
Creator: Bridges, Kenneth William
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
South Texas Catholic Monthly (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 1, 1998 (open access)

South Texas Catholic Monthly (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 1, 1998

Monthly newspaper from Corpus Christi, Texas published by the Diocese of Corpus Christi that includes news of interest to Diocese members along with advertising.
Date: January 1, 1998
Creator: Espitia, Paula
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weekend Picture (San Diego, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 51, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 24, 1998 (open access)

Weekend Picture (San Diego, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 51, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 24, 1998

Semiweekly newspaper from San Diego, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 24, 1998
Creator: Cardenas, Alfredo E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
South Texas Catholic Monthly (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 9, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 1, 1998 (open access)

South Texas Catholic Monthly (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 9, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 1, 1998

Monthly newspaper from Corpus Christi, Texas published by the Diocese of Corpus Christi that includes news of interest to Diocese members along with advertising.
Date: September 1, 1998
Creator: Espitia, Paula
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History