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Anti-Texass Legion: Protest of some free men, states and presses against the Texass rebellion, against the laws of nature and of nations (open access)

Anti-Texass Legion: Protest of some free men, states and presses against the Texass rebellion, against the laws of nature and of nations

Pamphlet from Texana Collection
Date: January 1, 1845
Creator: Anti-Texass Legion
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
U.S. Periods of War (open access)

U.S. Periods of War

This report lists the beginning and ending dates for "periods of war" found in Title 38 of the Code of Federal Regulations, dealing with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). It also lists and differentiates other beginning dates given in declarations of war, as well as termination of hostilities dates and armistice and ending dates given in proclamations, laws, or treaties.
Date: January 7, 2010
Creator: Salazar Torreon, Barbara
Object Type: Report
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.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
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.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
British Opponents of the Great War (open access)

British Opponents of the Great War

The intensely divided but vocal minority that denounced Great Britain's declaration of war in 1914 and decried Britain's continuance in the war illustrated both the strengths and weaknesses of their nation's politics and the impotence of dissent against a majority united in arms.
Date: January 1969
Creator: Odom, Sue Kirby
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
War Powers Resolution: Presidential Compliance (open access)

War Powers Resolution: Presidential Compliance

This report contains the presidential compliance on war powers resolution.
Date: January 16, 2007
Creator: Grimmett, Richard F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
War Powers Resolution: Presidential Compliance (open access)

War Powers Resolution: Presidential Compliance

This report gives a summary of the usage of the War Powers Resolution (WPR) and various issues related to proposals to modify or repeal the resolution. The report summarizes most recent developments and background, and gives an overview of United Nations actions, and WPR activities in former Yugoslavia/Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq (post-1991), Haiti, and Somalia. It also includes commentary on the instances formally reported under the WPR, consultation with Congress, and the current issues which Congress is considering.
Date: January 12, 2010
Creator: Grimmett, Richard F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Silas Wright and the Anti-Rent War, 1844-1846 (open access)

Silas Wright and the Anti-Rent War, 1844-1846

This thesis describes the history surrounding Silas Wright and the anti-rent agitation in New York during the 1840's.
Date: January 1968
Creator: Pendleton, Eldridge H.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Liberia's Post-War Recovery: Key Issues and Developments (open access)

Liberia's Post-War Recovery: Key Issues and Developments

This report covers recent developments in Liberia, a small, poor West African country which began a post-conflict transition process to achieve enduring peace, socio-economic reconstruction and democratic governance.
Date: January 30, 2006
Creator: Cook, Nicolas
Object Type: Report
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.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Afghanistan: Post-War Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy (open access)

Afghanistan: Post-War Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy

This report details the transition of Afghanistan to a democracy, yet still debates the problem of insurgency. Moreover, the report debates whether stabilization is possible at all due to rising issues of insurgency. The report also offers a summary of how the U.S. intended to deal with the problem, and where the problem was located.
Date: January 11, 2007
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Afghanistan: Post-War Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy (open access)

Afghanistan: Post-War Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy

This report considers the debate on the efficacy of U.S. efforts to stabilize Afghanistan. Moreover, the report discusses how the Bush Administration's review of the progress resulted as inadequate, and thus ways of changing progress are being considered. The report also discusses the NATO led troops in the region.
Date: January 28, 2008
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Afghanistan: Post-War Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy (open access)

Afghanistan: Post-War Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy

This report discusses Afghanistan's political transition, which was completed with the convening of a parliament in December 2005. Since then, insurgent threats to Afghanistan's government have escalated to the point that some experts are questioning the future of U.S. stabilization efforts.
Date: January 16, 2009
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with H. William Taylor, January 20, 1986 (open access)

Oral History Interview with H. William Taylor, January 20, 1986

Interview with William Taylor, an executive at Caltex Petroleum Corporation from New York, about his experiences working for the company in the Philippines and Thailand, the joint venture refinery in Thailand, expansion of the company, and the move of headquarters from New York to Dallas.
Date: January 20, 1986
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Taylor, H. William
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Presidential Proclamation (open access)

Presidential Proclamation

Proclamation issued by Lincoln concerning designation of areas in rebellion and emancipation in those areas.
Date: January 2, 1863
Creator: Lincoln, Abraham
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Role of Texas in the Confederacy (open access)

The Role of Texas in the Confederacy

From its early days as a slave state, to its secession from the Union, to finally admitting that the south had failed, Texas played a major role in the Confederacy and the Civil War.
Date: January 1951
Creator: Whitworth, Bonnye Ruth
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Edith Chamberlin, January 31, 2002 transcript

Oral History Interview with Edith Chamberlin, January 31, 2002

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Edith Chamberlin. Chamberlin’s mother was from Poland, her father was from England, and she was born in Shanghai, China. Her father was a cinematographer and was offered a job in the movie industry in the Philippines. She speaks of their life in the Philippines prior to the war. After the Japanese invaded the Philippines, she and her family were taken to Santo Tomas Internment Camp in Manila. They remained there from January of 1942 through their liberation in February of 1945. After the war, their family re-established their life in the Philippines.
Date: January 31, 2002
Creator: Chamberlin, Edith
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Robert Ho, January 28, 2008 transcript

Oral History Interview with Robert Ho, January 28, 2008

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert Ho. Ho was a boy living in Hong Kong when the Japanese attacked in December 1941. Ho’s father served as a major general in the Chinese Nationalist Army and the Japanese were after him and his family. They changed their identities and escaped to Luchow and joined his father. When the Japanese overran Luchow, Ho escaped to Kunming. He remained there for the rest of the war. When the war ended, Ho went to Macao before returning to Hong Kong.
Date: January 28, 2008
Creator: Ho, Robert
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Martin Harris, January 19, 1998 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Martin Harris, January 19, 1998

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Martin Harris. Harris was born in Japan in 1923. He moved to the US to attend college. The war broke out and he joined the Navy. He completed Navy Language School. In April of 1944 he was transferred to the Joint Intelligence Center of Pacific Ocean Area (JICPOA) under the direction of CINCPAC. He worked as a translator of documents. In May of 1944, he was selected for the Naval Civil Affairs Unit and deployed to Saipan. He shares his experience living and working on the island. He returned to Hawaii in May of 1945, and was assigned to the Interrogation Department at Pearl Harbor. After the war ended, and Harris was discharged, he remained in the reserves.
Date: January 19, 1998
Creator: Harris, Martin
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Atlanta Campaign (open access)

The Atlanta Campaign

This thesis describes the events leading up to the capture of Atlanta by the Union army during the Civil War.
Date: January 1961
Creator: Swanson, Donald Lee
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Ambassador] (open access)

[News Script: Ambassador]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: January 14, 1970, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Martin Harris, January 19, 1998 transcript

Oral History Interview with Martin Harris, January 19, 1998

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Martin Harris. Harris was born in Japan in 1923. He moved to the US to attend college. The war broke out and he joined the Navy. He completed Navy Language School. In April of 1944 he was transferred to the Joint Intelligence Center of Pacific Ocean Area (JICPOA) under the direction of CINCPAC. He worked as a translator of documents. In May of 1944, he was selected for the Naval Civil Affairs Unit and deployed to Saipan. He shares his experience living and working on the island. He returned to Hawaii in May of 1945, and was assigned to the Interrogation Department at Pearl Harbor. After the war ended, and Harris was discharged, he remained in the reserves.
Date: January 19, 1998
Creator: Harris, Martin
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Administration of the Atlantic Blockade 1861-1865 (open access)

Administration of the Atlantic Blockade 1861-1865

The purpose of this paper is to show in detail the role of only a portion of the Federal Navy, the Atlantic Blockading Squadrons, during the Civil War.
Date: January 1967
Creator: Delafield ,Charles Henry
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library