American Artillery in the Mexican War 1846-1847 (open access)

American Artillery in the Mexican War 1846-1847

This thesis presents a history of the United States' war with Mexico with a focus on the maturing of the United States artillery on the battlefields of Mexico.
Date: May 1969
Creator: Dillon, Lester R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A History of Valved Brass Instruments in the Nineteenth Century (open access)

A History of Valved Brass Instruments in the Nineteenth Century

The significance of the application of valves to brass instruments will be better understood by a brief discussion of conditions immediately preceding this innovation.
Date: May 1964
Creator: Vandemeer, David Martin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Garrison Life of the Mounted Soldier on the Great Plains, Texas, and New Mexico Frontiers, 1833-1861 (open access)

Garrison Life of the Mounted Soldier on the Great Plains, Texas, and New Mexico Frontiers, 1833-1861

Maps -- Chapter I. The regiments and the posts -- Chapter II. Recruitment -- Chapter III. Routine at the Western posts -- Chapter IV. Rations, clothing, promotions, pay, and care of the disabled -- Chapter V. Discipline and related problems -- Chapter VI. Entertainment, moral guidance, and burial of the frontier -- Chapter VII. Conclusion -- Bibliography.
Date: August 1969
Creator: Graham, Stanley S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Confederate Command Problem in the Trans-Mississippi West, 1861-1862 (open access)

The Confederate Command Problem in the Trans-Mississippi West, 1861-1862

This thesis is a study of the Confederate command problem in the Trans-Mississippi West, 1861-1862.
Date: May 1960
Creator: Dickey, Raymond D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mexican Military Movements in the Texas Revolution (open access)

Mexican Military Movements in the Texas Revolution

"This thesis describes the art of logistics practiced by Santa-Anna and his staff in the marches from Northern Mexico to San Jacinto and Goliad, and the subsequent withdrawal. The method, or methods, employed to keep such an army in fighting condition are analyzed as it moved slowly and uncertainly across the desert and semi-desert areas, over burnt-out prairies and flooding rivers. To obtain the most complete picture of the Mexican army's movements and needs, the letters and diaries of the outstanding Mexican participants were used. Whenever possible American sources were studied to substantiate any seemingly questionable information in the Mexican accounts...As this thesis is primarily concerned with logistics, battles are not covered in detail. In cases where a conflict between American and Mexican sources exists concerning any phase of the Mexican military movements during the Texan revolution, both sides are presented, and an attempt made to evaluate them objectively." -- leaf x.
Date: January 1966
Creator: Flannery, 'Tina
System: The UNT Digital Library
Confederate Texas: A Political Study, 1861-1865 (open access)

Confederate Texas: A Political Study, 1861-1865

"No adequate history of the activities of the Texas state government during the Civil War has been written. Instead this phase of state history has been treated only in a limited manner in general state and Civil War histories. A history of the state government's functions and role during this period is essential to understanding Texas' development as a state and its place in the Confederacy. This work is an attempt to provide such a history. A study of the internal political affairs of Texas during the war years, this work begins with the movement toward secession and ends with the collapse of the state government and the establishment of military rule in Texas. Emphasis has been placed on revealing how the state government attempted to cope with the numerous problems which the war engendered and the futility of these attempts." -- p.iii
Date: August 1969
Creator: Ledbetter, Billy D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Limitations of Hungarian National Power in World War Two (open access)

Limitations of Hungarian National Power in World War Two

This study covers a period of a quarter of a century of Hungarian history, focusing on questions that affected the country's World War Two participation. It invokes the aid of value forming principles in order to reach conclusions. Its guiding principles relate to political theory affecting international relations.
Date: August 1969
Creator: Novak, Emilian E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Béla Bartók's Use of Percussion Instruments (open access)

Béla Bartók's Use of Percussion Instruments

The first chapter outlines the history of percussion instruments used by Béla Bartók, The second chapter deals with the use of percussion by various composers from Bach's time up to the period of Bartók. Chapter three outlines how Bartók uses percussion instruments.
Date: August 1961
Creator: Stephenson, Duke Hopkins
System: The UNT Digital Library
Alexander Kerensky and the Kornilov Affair (open access)

Alexander Kerensky and the Kornilov Affair

This thesis describes the Kornilov Affair and the people involved, especially Alexander Kerensky.
Date: August 1965
Creator: Tompkins, Rosemary Colborn
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Pennsylvania Rifle: the Evolution of its Tactical Employment in the American Revolution (open access)

The Pennsylvania Rifle: the Evolution of its Tactical Employment in the American Revolution

There are two opinions as to the effectiveness of the Pennsylvania Rifle during the Revolutionary War. On one hand it is alleged that the rifle was, at best, not particularly useful, and that its disadvantages outweighed its advantages. In contradiction to this we find that the British military appealed to London for rifles, and that the British government specified that there be a definite number of riflemen among the mercenaries they hired. Furthermore, according to Fortescue, the British military were forced to change their tactics, at least in part, because of the rifle. It is the purpose of this thesis to resolve this conflict by determining which of the two positions, if either ,is correct, or to determine the extent to which they may both be correct.
Date: August 1964
Creator: Johanns, Walter Alfred
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Use of Light Imagery in the Fiction of Ernest Hemingway (open access)

The Use of Light Imagery in the Fiction of Ernest Hemingway

The purpose of this study is to identify and examine the light imagery in Ernest Hemingway's major fiction and to evaluate its importance. In this study, imagery is defined as descriptive words or figures of speech that create pictures in the mind. In general, this definition will be applied to Hemingway's use of light and dark.
Date: August 1967
Creator: DePasqual, Joseph Albert
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Making of a General :  William Tecumseh Sherman and the Art of War (open access)

The Making of a General : William Tecumseh Sherman and the Art of War

This thesis is an attempt to trace this evolution which led Sherman to be designated as the first modern general.
Date: January 1965
Creator: Vetter, Charles E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Programmed Learning for Primary Choirs in Southern Baptist Churches (open access)

Programmed Learning for Primary Choirs in Southern Baptist Churches

The purpose of this research is to program cycles or units of study which may be used with the Cyclo-Teacher Learning Aid, a commercial teaching machine produced by the Field Enterprises Educational Corporation of Chicago. The program will consist of the mechanics of music and will be designed for use with the seven- and eight-year-old child in primary choirs of the graded choir program of Southern Baptist churches.
Date: August 1968
Creator: Bridges, Fred M. (Fred Marvin)
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Decay of the Yoknapatawpha Aristocracy in the Works of William Faulkner (open access)

The Decay of the Yoknapatawpha Aristocracy in the Works of William Faulkner

This study consists of an examination in detail of those facets of character, and conduct arising from character, which specifically account for the decay of the aristocracy of Yoknapatawpha; and by way of emphasis, of the specifically regenerative attitudes and actions which have sufficed to preserve various individuals of this class who have endured as fully adequate human beings.
Date: June 1962
Creator: Pyland, Joel L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Concept of Leadership in Modern American War Novels (open access)

The Concept of Leadership in Modern American War Novels

This thesis explores the topic of leadership through the war novels of: Styron and Uris, Jones, Mailer and Shaw, Cozzens, Hersey and Heller and finally, Wouk and Michener.
Date: August 1968
Creator: Wiggins, Stanley C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Cherokee Indians in the American Revolution (open access)

The Cherokee Indians in the American Revolution

It has been the purpose of this study to look closely at the history of Cherokee relations with the European powers and ascertain the reasons for the Indians' rarely severed loyalty to the British crown. The writer has attempted to determine the causes for ineffective Cherokee resistance to the westward movement of American settlers and absence of offensive action during the Revolution.
Date: January 1961
Creator: Starling, Susanne
System: The UNT Digital Library
The British-Loyalist Strategy to Recover the Southern Provinces During the American Revolution (open access)

The British-Loyalist Strategy to Recover the Southern Provinces During the American Revolution

This thesis examines the efforts of the British loyalists in Georgia and the Carolinas to assist the British army bring the southern provinces back under royal control. These efforts and a judgment of the reasonableness of the trust in the zeal and strength of the southern loyalists are the subjects of this study.
Date: August 1966
Creator: Griffin, Roger Allen
System: The UNT Digital Library
Henry Clay Warmoth and the Politics of Coalition (open access)

Henry Clay Warmoth and the Politics of Coalition

One of the most far reaching failures of Radical reconstruction in the South was the inability of the southern Republican parties to evolve into stable political organizations in the accepted American tradition. The standard interpretation of this problem emphasizes the role of unyielding white opposition in undermining the southern Republican regimes. This thesis approaches the subject from a different angle. Focusing upon Louisiana during the administration of that state's first reconstruction Governor, Henry Clay Warmoth, party factionalism is examined as a source of Republican weakness.
Date: August 1966
Creator: Tunnell, Ted
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Texas Cotton Trade During the Civil War (open access)

The Texas Cotton Trade During the Civil War

"This study deals primarily with the technical aspects of the cotton trade, examining the extent and nature of the trade, the activities of the state and Confederate governments to control cotton, and the specific problems of transportation. The concluding chapter, however, is devoted to the cotton economy in perspective, giving special attention to the financial aspects of buying and selling cotton and to the contribution of the cotton trade to Texas and the Trans-Mississippi Confederacy."--leaves iv-v.
Date: January 1967
Creator: Dickeson, Sherrill L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Rise and Decline of Jefferson, Texas (open access)

The Rise and Decline of Jefferson, Texas

This thesis examines the history of Jefferson, Marion County, Texas, and its cycle of prosperity and decline.
Date: January 1965
Creator: Cooner, Ben C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
War-Time Politics: the Presidential Election of 1864 (open access)

War-Time Politics: the Presidential Election of 1864

This thesis describes the circumstances surrounding the presidential election of 1864, including the Civil war and the divided Republican party.
Date: January 1968
Creator: Lindley, Melba S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Development of Dramatic Exposition in the Plays of George Farquhar (open access)

The Development of Dramatic Exposition in the Plays of George Farquhar

The purpose of this thesis is to make further contribution in filling the gap in detailed analyses of George Farquhar's plays.
Date: August 1965
Creator: Adams, Dale Talmadge
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Classical Influences in Twentieth-Century Poetry: Ezra Pound (open access)

The Classical Influences in Twentieth-Century Poetry: Ezra Pound

This thesis examines the contributions of Ezra Pound to the modern readers' awareness of the classics.
Date: August 1966
Creator: Green, Patricia Diane
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Factors Related to Tuba Instruction and Performance (open access)

A Study of the Factors Related to Tuba Instruction and Performance

The two basic needs which motivated this study were instructional material and instruments. By investigating these problems the writer hopes to improve not only his own techniques of teaching, but to present a useful source of information concerning the tuba. Analysis of the problem statement led to subordinate questions, or sub-problems, which may be stated as follows: 1. What do the authorities consider to be the desirable physical and mental characteristics in the tuba player? 2. How do the authorities teach the specific techniques of tuba performance. 3. What are the authorities' opinions concerning tubas and tuba mouthpieces? 4. What are the authorities' recommendations concerning instructional materials for tuba students?
Date: January 1965
Creator: Segress, Terry
System: The UNT Digital Library