[The 1988 time capsule]

Photograph of the 1988 time capsule that was buried in front of the Hurley Administration Building. It had been assembled to commemorate the occasion of the seventh name change for the university. The name was changed to the University of North Texas from North Texas State University. It was buried alongside the 1962 time capsule, which documented the first year the school was a university.
Date: November 23, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

A History of Fort Worth in Black & White 165 Years of African-American Life

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A History of Fort Worth in Black & White fills a long-empty niche on the Fort Worth bookshelf: a scholarly history of the city's black community that starts at the beginning with Ripley Arnold and the early settlers, and comes down to today with our current battles over education, housing, and representation in city affairs. The book's sidebars on some noted and some not-so-noted African Americans make it appealing as a school text as well as a book for the general reader. Using a wealth of primary sources, Richard Selcer dispels several enduring myths, for instance the mistaken belief that Camp Bowie trained only white soldiers, and the spurious claim that Fort Worth managed to avoid the racial violence that plagued other American cities in the twentieth century. Selcer arrives at some surprisingly frank conclusions that will challenge current politically correct notions. "Selcer does a great job of exploring little-known history about the military, education, sports and even some social life and organizations."--Bob Ray Sanders, author of Calvin Littlejohn: Portrait of a Community in Black and White.
Date: November 2015
Creator: Selcer, Richard F.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Representation of Recorded Knowledge and Extended Date/Time Format: A Case Study of the Digital Public Library of America (open access)

Representation of Recorded Knowledge and Extended Date/Time Format: A Case Study of the Digital Public Library of America

This paper presents results of a study that analyzed representation of dates and time in one of the largest aggregators of digital content in the world -- the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). The findings demonstrate both similarities and differences in date and time representation across DPLA content hub and service hub provider groups.
Date: 2015-11-04/2015-11-06
Creator: Zavalina, Oksana; Phillips, Mark Edward; Kizhakkethil, Priya; Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Tarver, Hannah
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Temporarily Filling Presidentially Appointed, Senate-Confirmed Positions (open access)

Temporarily Filling Presidentially Appointed, Senate-Confirmed Positions

This report examines several authorities by which a vacant presidentially appointed, Senate-confirmed position can be filled temporarily without going through the Senate confirmation process..
Date: November 10, 2015
Creator: Hogue, Henry B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Office of Scholarly Communication: Scope, Organizational Placement, and Planning in Ten Research Libraries (open access)

Office of Scholarly Communication: Scope, Organizational Placement, and Planning in Ten Research Libraries

The phrase “scholarly communication” appears often in the description of library roles and responsibilities, but the function is still new enough that it takes different forms in different institutions. There is no common understanding of where it fits into the library’s organizational structure. This landscape review of offices of scholarly communication grows out of research originally conducted by Ithaka S+R for the Harvard Library. The project was designed to undertake a review of how academic institutions support the scholarly communication function in their libraries and to gather basic information about the issues at some of the largest research intensive university libraries. It finds categorical differences in the vision for the scholarly communications unit and its organizational placement, as well as associated differences in staffing and budget.
Date: November 18, 2015
Creator: Ithaka S+R
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

So We Have a Brand, Now What?: Modernizing and Marketing an Ask Us Service at an Academic Library

This presentation provides an overview of the redesign of reference services at UNT Libraries using brand research and marketing strategies.
Date: November 2015
Creator: Keshmiripour, Setareh & Venner, Mary Ann
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Representation of Recorded Knowledge and Extended Date/Time Format: A Case Study of the Digital Public Library of America

This presentation presents results of a study that analyzed representation of dates and time in one of the largest aggregators of digital content in the world -- the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). The findings demonstrate both similarities and differences in date and time representation across DPLA content hub and service hub provider groups.
Date: 2015-11-04/2015-11-06
Creator: Zavalina, Oksana; Phillips, Mark Edward; Kizhakkethil, Priya; Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw & Tarver, Hannah
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Researching Current Federal Legislation and Regulations: A Guide to Resources for Congressional Staff (open access)

Researching Current Federal Legislation and Regulations: A Guide to Resources for Congressional Staff

This report is designed to introduce congressional staff to selected governmental and nongovernmental sources that are useful in tracking and obtaining information on federal legislation and regulations. It includes governmental, nongovernmental, or commercial sources, and highlights classes offered by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) and the Law Library of Congress.
Date: November 9, 2015
Creator: Mansfield, Jerry W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Texas Gulf Historical and Biographical Record, Volume 51, 2015 (open access)

The Texas Gulf Historical and Biographical Record, Volume 51, 2015

Annual journal of the Texas Gulf Historical Society publishing papers about the history of people, events, and development in the Texas Gulf region.
Date: November 2015
Creator: Texas Gulf Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Highways, Volume 62, Number 11, November 2015 (open access)

Texas Highways, Volume 62, Number 11, November 2015

Monthly travel magazine discussing locations and events in Texas to encourage travel within the state.
Date: November 2015
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Extended Date/Time Format (EDTF) in the Digital Public Library of America's Metadata: Exploratory Analysis (open access)

Extended Date/Time Format (EDTF) in the Digital Public Library of America's Metadata: Exploratory Analysis

This paper presents results of an exploratory analysis of representation of dates in over 8 million metadata records from the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), and compares it to Extended Date/Time Format (EDTF) specifications.
Date: November 6, 2015
Creator: Zavalina, Oksana; Phillips, Mark Edward; Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Tarver, Hannah & Kizhakkethil, Priya
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mathis News (Mathis, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 5, 2015 (open access)

Mathis News (Mathis, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 5, 2015

Weekly newspaper from Mathis, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 5, 2015
Creator: Gonzales, Paul
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The University News (Irving, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 12, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 18, 2015 (open access)

The University News (Irving, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 12, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Weekly student newspaper from the University of Dallas in Irving, Texas that includes campus news and commentaries along with advertising.
Date: November 18, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Federalism Issues in Surface Transportation Policy: A Historical Perspective (open access)

Federalism Issues in Surface Transportation Policy: A Historical Perspective

This report provides a historical perspective on contemporary federalism issues in surface transportation policy, from the beginning of the nation through the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21). It also discusses legislative activity during the 114th Congress to reauthorize highway and mass transit programs.
Date: November 6, 2015
Creator: Dilger, Robert J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Carlos Sanchez, November 5, 2015 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Carlos Sanchez, November 5, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Carlos Anserra Sanchez. Sanchez was born 10 September 1927, graduated high school in 1943 and joined the Navy in late 1944. He completed training at Camp Pendleton and served aboard USS Sumner (AGS-5), with the black gang tending to the boilers. From September through February 1945, they conducted survey operations around Ulithi. In June, they continued surveys in Leyte Gulf, Philippines. After the war, they participated in the nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll. They returned to the US in mid-1946, and Sanchez received his discharge.
Date: November 5, 2015
Creator: Sanchez, Carlos
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 101, No. 41, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 4, 2015 (open access)

The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 101, No. 41, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Student newspaper of the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma that includes national, local, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: November 4, 2015
Creator: Mussatto, Joe
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Texas Register, Volume 40, Number 46, Pages 7937-8064, November 13, 2015 (open access)

Texas Register, Volume 40, Number 46, Pages 7937-8064, November 13, 2015

A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date: November 13, 2015
Creator: Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

A Different Face of War: Memories of a Medical Service Corps Officer in Vietnam

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Assigned as the senior medical advisor to the Army of the Republic of Vietnam in I Corps, an area close to the DMZ, James G. Van Straten traveled extensively and interacted with military officers and non-commissioned officers, peasant-class farmers, Buddhist bonzes, shopkeepers, scribes, physicians, nurses, the mentally ill, and even political operatives. He sent his wife daily letters from July 1966 through June 1967, describing in impressive detail his experiences, and those letters became the primary source for his memoir. The author is grateful that his wife retained all the letters he wrote to her and their children during the year they were apart. The author describes with great clarity and poignancy the anguish among the survivors when an American cargo plane in bad weather lands short of the Da Nang Air Base runway on Christmas Eve and crashes into a Vietnamese coastal village, killing more than 100 people and destroying their village; the heart-wrenching pleadings of a teenage girl that her shrapnel-ravaged leg not be amputated; and the anger of an American helicopter pilot who made repeated trips into a hot landing zone to evacuate the wounded, only to have the Vietnamese insist that the dead be given a …
Date: November 2015
Creator: Van Straten, Jim
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 140, No. 45, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 11, 2015 (open access)

Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 140, No. 45, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Weekly newspaper from Mineola, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 11, 2015
Creator: Newman, Doris
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[TXSSAR Committee Reports: October 9 - 11, 2015] (open access)

[TXSSAR Committee Reports: October 9 - 11, 2015]

Committee Reports for the Texas Society, Sons of the American Revolution, compiled from the October 9 - 11, 2015 Board of Managers meeting.
Date: 2015-11/2016-03
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with William Gregory, November 20, 2015 (open access)

Oral History Interview with William Gregory, November 20, 2015

The National Museum of the pacific War presents an oral interview with William Gregory. Gregory finished high school in 1938 and qualified for the Army Air Corps aviation cadet program. Gregory earned his wings in mid-1942 and was assigned to England, arriving in late 1942 where he joined the 49th Pursuit Squadron. He then traveled to North Africa. He also escorted bombers during the invasion of Sicily. He flew a P-38. He completed 50 missions by October 1943 and returned to the US, where he remained until the war ended. He stayed in the Air Force, working as an operations officer within a U-2 reconnaissance squadron in Japan.
Date: November 20, 2015
Creator: Gregory, William
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Edith Scott, November 28, 2015 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Edith Scott, November 28, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Edith Scott. Scott graduated from high school in 1942. She began nursing school in October of 1943 at John Sealey College of Nursing (now the University of Texas Nursing School) in Austin. She joined the US Cadet Nurse Corps and graduated in 1946, after the war ended. She describes in detail her experiences through nursing school and corps training. Scott also notes that there were several Japanese ladies going through training with her. She goes on to share her life pursuits after graduation.
Date: November 28, 2015
Creator: Scott, Edith
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Iran Hostages: Efforts to Obtain Compensation (open access)

The Iran Hostages: Efforts to Obtain Compensation

This report outlines the history of various efforts relating to benefits for victims of the 1979-1981 Iran Hostage Crisis, and describes several bills currently before Congress: the Justice for Former American Hostages in Iran Act of 2015, S. 868, a companion bill, H.R. 3338, and Section 122 of the Department of State Operations Authorization and Embassy Security Act, Fiscal Year 2016, S. 1635.
Date: November 2, 2015
Creator: Elsea, Jennifer K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Archie Scott, November 23, 2015 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Archie Scott, November 23, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Archie W. Scott. Scott joined the Marine Corps in 1942. He entered the V-12 Program, and was sent to Georgia Tech to train further as an engineer. He transferred to California, and attended Field Telephone School. He was then assigned to USS Rochambeau (AP-63), and served in communications, and on the 8-inch gun. They traveled to Pearl Harbor, where he joined the Third Battalion, Seventh Marine Regiment. They participated in the Guadalcanal, Eastern New Guinea, New Britain, Peleliu and Okinawa campaigns. He shares details of his combat experiences, injuries and receiving two Purple Hearts during the battles on Peleliu and Okinawa. Beginning in April 1946, they participated in the occupation of North China. Scott returned to the US and received his discharge in 1946.
Date: November 23, 2015
Creator: Scott, Archie
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History