Fort Hood Sentinel (Fort Hood, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 8, 2016 (open access)

Fort Hood Sentinel (Fort Hood, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 8, 2016

Weekly newspaper published for the military and civilian personnel of Fort Hood, that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 8, 2016
Creator: Pruden, Todd
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Walling Family of Nineteenth-Century Texas: An Examination of Movement and Opportunity on the Texas Frontier (open access)

The Walling Family of Nineteenth-Century Texas: An Examination of Movement and Opportunity on the Texas Frontier

The Walling Family of Nineteenth-Century Texas recounts the actions of the first four generations of the John Walling family. Through a heavily quantitative study, the study focuses on the patterns of movement, service, and seizing opportunity demonstrated by the family as they took full advantage of the benefits of frontier expansion in the Old South and particularly Texas. In doing so, it chronicles the role of a relatively unknown family in many of the most defining events of the nineteenth-century Texas experience such as the Texas Revolution, Mexican War, Civil War, Reconstruction, and the Close of the Frontier. Based on extensive research in census, tax, election, land, military, family paper, newspaper, and existing genealogical records; the study documents the contributions of family members to the settlement of more than forty counties while, at the same time, noting its less positive behaviors such as its open hostility to American Indians, and significant slave ownership. This study seeks to extend the work of other quantitative studies that looked at movement and political influence in the Old South, Texas, and specific communities to the microcosm of a single extended family. As a result, it should be of use to those wanting a greater …
Date: December 2016
Creator: Cure, Stephen
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Dispatch, December 2016 (open access)

The Dispatch, December 2016

Monthly magazine of the Texas Military Department discussing news and activities of the organization as well as other information related to Texas defenses and military updates.
Date: December 2016
Creator: Texas Military Department
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Hood Sentinel (Fort Hood, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 15, 2016 (open access)

Fort Hood Sentinel (Fort Hood, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 15, 2016

Weekly newspaper published for the military and civilian personnel of Fort Hood, that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 15, 2016
Creator: Pruden, Todd
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Hood Sentinel (Fort Hood, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 1, 2016 (open access)

Fort Hood Sentinel (Fort Hood, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 1, 2016

Weekly newspaper published for the military and civilian personnel of Fort Hood, that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 1, 2016
Creator: Pruden, Todd
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
British-Style Brass Bands in U.S. Colleges and Universities (open access)

British-Style Brass Bands in U.S. Colleges and Universities

Since the 1980s, British-style brass bands - community ensembles modeled after the all-brass and percussion bands of Great Britain - have enjoyed a modest regeneration in the United States. During this same period, as many as 23 colleges and universities in the U.S. have founded their own curricular or extra-curricular brass band. The purpose of this research study was: to discover which schools sponsor a brass band currently; to discover which schools formerly sponsored a brass band but have since discontinued it; to describe the operational practices of collegiate brass bands in the U.S.; and to determine what collegiate brass band conductors perceive to be the challenges and benefits of brass band in the curriculum. Data for the study were collected between February, 2015 and February, 2016 using four custom survey instruments distributed to conductors of college and university brass bands. The results showed that 11 American collegiate institutions were sponsoring a brass band during the period of data collection. Additional findings included descriptions of the operations of collegiate brass bands, such as availability of credit, rehearsal time, and instrumentation. Results also included the conductors' reported perceptions that both challenges and benefits are inherent in student brass band participation, and …
Date: December 2016
Creator: Taylor, Mark A. (Mark Amdahl)
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Highways, Volume 63, Number 12, December 2016 (open access)

Texas Highways, Volume 63, Number 12, December 2016

Monthly travel magazine discussing locations and events in Texas to encourage travel within the state.
Date: December 2016
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 51, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 21, 2016 (open access)

The Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 51, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Weekly newspaper from Aransas Pass, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 21, 2016
Creator: Bowers, John & Parsley, Jesica
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 113, No. 144, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 24, 2016 (open access)

Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 113, No. 144, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 24, 2016

Daily newspaper from Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 24, 2016
Creator: Parks, Scott K.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 113, No. 125, Ed. 1 Monday, December 5, 2016 (open access)

Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 113, No. 125, Ed. 1 Monday, December 5, 2016

Daily newspaper from Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 5, 2016
Creator: Parks, Scott K.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 130, No. 28, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 20, 2016 (open access)

Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 130, No. 28, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Weekly newspaper from Emory, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 20, 2016
Creator: Hill, Trey
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Interim Report to the 85th Texas Legislature: House Committee on Defense and Veterans' Affairs (open access)

Interim Report to the 85th Texas Legislature: House Committee on Defense and Veterans' Affairs

Report from the Texas House Committee on Defense and Veterans' Affairs describing the group's goals, activities, accomplishments, and other information, for review by the 85th Texas Legislature.
Date: December 2016
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Committee on Defense and Veterans' Affairs.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Patterns of the Landscape of the Dan A. Hughes Unit, Devils River State Natural Area, Val Verde County, Texas (open access)

Patterns of the Landscape of the Dan A. Hughes Unit, Devils River State Natural Area, Val Verde County, Texas

Report on an archaeological survey in a portion of the Devils River State Natural area, which "includes a plan for management and protection of the significant archeological sites and features" (p. iv).
Date: December 2016
Creator: Howard, Margaret
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Light and Champion (Center, Tex.), Vol. 139, No. 103, Ed. 1 Friday, December 23, 2016 (open access)

The Light and Champion (Center, Tex.), Vol. 139, No. 103, Ed. 1 Friday, December 23, 2016

Semiweekly newspaper from Center, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 23, 2016
Creator: Snyder, Steve
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History