Scouting, Volume 3, Number 15, December 1, 1915 (open access)

Scouting, Volume 3, Number 15, December 1, 1915

Semi-monthly publication of the Boy Scouts of America, written for Boy Scout leaders, officials, and others interested in the work of the Scouts. It includes articles about events and activities, updates from the national headquarters, topical columns and essays, and news from various chapters nationwide.
Date: December 1, 1915
Creator: Boy Scouts of America
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Guest Editorial: The Near-Death Experience: An Ancient Truth, a Modern Mystery (open access)

Guest Editorial: The Near-Death Experience: An Ancient Truth, a Modern Mystery

Article discussing the near-death experience (NDE) as an experience of wholeness, an adventure in consciousness, and a metaphoric encounter with light. It links theoretical physics with the occult, the Primordial Tradition, and various religious belief systems. Where science sees mystery, religion sees metaphoric truth; the NDE as spiritual quest and physical encounter beckons to both disciplines for explanation.
Date: Spring 1990
Creator: Fenske, Elizabeth W.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
City Smoke Ordinances and Smoke Abatement (open access)

City Smoke Ordinances and Smoke Abatement

From Introduction: "In connection with the fuel investigations conducted by the Bureau of Mines much information has been accumulated as to the smoke abatement activities in various cities. The essential features of the information are presented in this report, which, it is believed, will be of public interest and benefit, especially to those communities that are just beginning organized effort to abate unnecessary smoke."
Date: 1912
Creator: Flagg, Samuel B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Scouting, Volume 1, Number 3, May 15, 1913 (open access)

Scouting, Volume 1, Number 3, May 15, 1913

Semi-monthly publication of the Boy Scouts of America, written for Boy Scout leaders, officials, and others interested in the work of the Scouts. It includes articles about events and activities, updates from the national headquarters, topical columns and essays, and news from various chapters nationwide.
Date: May 15, 1913
Creator: Boy Scouts of America
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Minutes and Proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth National Assembly of The Links, Inc., July 1984 (open access)

Minutes and Proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth National Assembly of The Links, Inc., July 1984

This conference is a biennial meeting of chapters of The Links, Inc. located in the United States. Conference proceedings include a program of events, reports, financial statements, committee membership lists, and other information relevant to the national meeting of The Links, Inc. The theme for this year's conference is "Making History -- Providing Hope."
Date: July 1984
Creator: Links, Inc. National Assembly.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History