William Livingston: Revolutionary War Governor of New Jersey (open access)

William Livingston: Revolutionary War Governor of New Jersey

This investigation is concerned with the importance of the role that William Livingston played in the struggle for American independence. Two methods were used to present this role. First, a narrative account describes his work as governor of the state of New Jersey. Second, subjective opinions of his contemporaries and others evaluate the effectiveness of his work.
Date: December 1970
Creator: Lusher, Jerry Ronald
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Black-White Relations in Texas, 1874-1896 (open access)

Black-White Relations in Texas, 1874-1896

"This thesis proposes to investigate the theory posed by Comer Vann Howard in 'The Strange Career of Jim Crow.' Woodward claims that complete physical segregation of Negroes was not legally established in the Southern states until the turn of the century. He further contends the period from Reconstruction until the 1890s was an era when Negroes participated in many activities with whites. This work investigates Woodward's theory in its applicability to Texas between 1874 and 1898. The study begins with redemption, which came to Texas in 1874 with the election of the first Democratic governor since the Civil War. The concluding year of 1896 was chosen because the last Negro to serve in the Texas Legislature ended his term that year."-- leaf [i].
Date: December 1970
Creator: Irvin, Bobbye Hughes
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Guide to the Teaching of Negro Literature in High School (open access)

A Guide to the Teaching of Negro Literature in High School

This paper will be a survey of the major American Negro writers from pre-Civil War days to the present time. Background information concerning each major period will be given, along with information about each author and comments about the selections which are appropriate for classroom discussion. Teachers will also be given suggestions for presenting the material to class, as well as suggested questions and assignments. In conclusion, it will be shown how the literature presented can be fused into the eleventh grade course of study for the Fort Worth Public Schools.
Date: June 1970
Creator: Tucker, Rose Warren
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Quest Motif in American Literature, 1945-1970 (open access)

The Quest Motif in American Literature, 1945-1970

The last one hundred years of American literature have witnessed the development of three elemental movements: naturalism, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, represented by such authors as Stephen Crane and Theodore Dreiser; nihilism, predominant in the 1920's and 1930's, represented best by Ernest Hemmingway; and the post-World War II literature which will be called literature of the quest, represented by such authors as Saul Bellow, William Styron, Philip Roth, John Updike, and others. The first chapter will show briefly the historical development of these three movements in American literature, their distinctive features, and their relationship to American moral and social values. Chapters Two through Four will analyze in detail the three distinctive aspects of this emerging literary form--the literature of the quest. The last chapter will focus on one novel, Letting Go, by Philip Roth, as an example of this literature.
Date: January 1970
Creator: Jordan, Travis E.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Great Britain and the Russian Ukase of September 16, 1821 (open access)

Great Britain and the Russian Ukase of September 16, 1821

The affair of the Ukase of September, 1821, evokes such questions as these: What was its real purpose? Was Alexander guilty of aggression in North America or was he only attempting to solve a domestic problem, viz., smuggling in the Alaskan colony? Why did George Canning negotiate separately with Russia after he had expressed a desire to cooperate with the United States? Did he really believe that Russia would be more impressed by separate negotiations, as Harold Temperley has suggested? Did the tsar deliberately appease Britain in the hope of securing her aid in a Russo- Turkish war, as S. B. Okun and Hector Chevigny have contended, or did he follow a policy of expediency?
Date: January 1970
Creator: Ward, Richard Allen
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Occupation and Administration of Texas, 1865-1870 (open access)

Federal Occupation and Administration of Texas, 1865-1870

The scope of this study is limited to Federal military occupation during the five years from 1865 to 1870. Only the interior counties, where a dense Negro population required the exercise of political and social responsibilities, will be considered in detail. A line from Wise through Bosque, Travis, Wilson, Karnes, and Goliad Counties to the coastal town of Corpus Christi would roughly separate interior from frontier posts.
Date: August 1970
Creator: Shook, Robert W. (Robert Walter)
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Andrew Johnson and the South, 1865-1867 (open access)

Andrew Johnson and the South, 1865-1867

The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the relationship of Andrew Johnson to the South and the effect of that relationship on presidential reconstruction. It is not meant to be a complete retelling of the story of reconstruction, rather it is an attempt to determine how Johnson affected southern ideas of reconstruction and, equally important, how southerners influenced Johnson.
Date: July 1970
Creator: Pierce, Michael D. (Michael Dale), 1940-
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Death Theme in Albert Camus' Plays (open access)

The Death Theme in Albert Camus' Plays

The purpose of this thesis is to consider Camus's use of the death metaphor and its probable meaning for him.
Date: December 1970
Creator: Arnault, Glen C.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Problem of the Hero in Shakespeare's King John (open access)

The Problem of the Hero in Shakespeare's King John

This thesis is an attempt to evaluate the evidence for and against the presence of a hero in King John. As such, it is actually a search into the artistic abilities which Shakespeare exercised in this drama to determine whether he created a dramatic work of art which merits recognition for its own sake.
Date: June 1970
Creator: Ratledge, Wilbert Harold
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mythic Themes and Literary Analogues in Lowell's Prometheus Bound (open access)

Mythic Themes and Literary Analogues in Lowell's Prometheus Bound

The present study will be concerned primarily with an interpretation of Lowell's derivation of Prometheus Bound as he adapted that play from the Greek playwright Aeschylus' version, with a study of the development of his themes in that play, and with consideration of some of the sources upon which those themes are dependent.
Date: June 1970
Creator: Holford, Carolyn
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Evolution of the Civil Rights Movement: 1866-1883 (open access)

The Evolution of the Civil Rights Movement: 1866-1883

An understanding of the development of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 from its beginnings in the Senate to its culmination in April necessitates a few brief statements concerning the condition of the nation and the relations between the President and Congress.
Date: January 1970
Creator: Clark, Linda M.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
British Reactions to the Sepoy Mutiny, 1857-1858 (open access)

British Reactions to the Sepoy Mutiny, 1857-1858

English and Indian historians have devoted considerable research and analysis to the genesis of the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 but have ignored contemporary British reaction to it, a neglect which this study attempts to satisfy.
Date: August 1970
Creator: Shafeeq, Samuel
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Film Approach to English for the Slow Learner (open access)

A Film Approach to English for the Slow Learner

The subject of this thesis is concerned with the organization of a course of study for slow learners in the English class using both full-length and short films to stimulate their discussion and writing.
Date: December 1970
Creator: Mengwasser, Patricia R.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Myth in Alan Sillitoe's Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (open access)

Myth in Alan Sillitoe's Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

The purpose of this thesis is to point out the three levels of mythic structure contained in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, a novel published in 1958 by the British novelist Alan Sillitoe. The novel has been criticized almost solely in its role as a work dealing exclusively with the English proletariat; the critics have ignored mythic content in the novel, and in doing so have missed valuable meaning and structure which each myth adds to the novel.
Date: December 1970
Creator: Wright, Vicki Prather
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Changing Basis of the Republican Party, 1865-1877 (open access)

The Changing Basis of the Republican Party, 1865-1877

This study is an attempt to re-investigate the Republican party during the Reconstruction era in order to understand the degree and nature of the changes. The paper reviews the basis of the party at different points in its metamorphosis to demonstrate what happened to the organization.
Date: January 1970
Creator: Bain, Kenneth Ray
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hudspeth County Herald and Dell Valley Review (Dell City, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, July 10, 1970 (open access)

Hudspeth County Herald and Dell Valley Review (Dell City, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, July 10, 1970

Weekly newspaper from Dell City, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 10, 1970
Creator: Virdell, Judy; Brown, Julia & Gilmore, Joyce
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 12, 1970 (open access)

Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 12, 1970

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 12, 1970
Creator: Wisch, J. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Jewish Herald-Voice (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 16, 1970 (open access)

The Jewish Herald-Voice (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 16, 1970

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 16, 1970
Creator: White, D. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Jewish Herald-Voice (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 16, 1970 (open access)

The Jewish Herald-Voice (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 16, 1970

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 16, 1970
Creator: White, D. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Jewish Herald-Voice (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 3, 1970 (open access)

The Jewish Herald-Voice (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 3, 1970

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 3, 1970
Creator: White, D. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Gulf Coast Register (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. [7], Ed. 1 Friday, May 22, 1970 (open access)

Texas Gulf Coast Register (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. [7], Ed. 1 Friday, May 22, 1970

Weekly newspaper from Corpus Christi, Texas published by the Diocese of Corpus Christi that includes news of interest to Diocese members along with advertising.
Date: May 22, 1970
Creator: Pena, Raymond
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 2, 1970 (open access)

Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 2, 1970

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 2, 1970
Creator: Wisch, J. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clergymen in the Life of Samuel L. Clemens (open access)

Clergymen in the Life of Samuel L. Clemens

This thesis intends to point out the religious thoughts that Clemens encountered. It will present the various religious groups with which he dealt the most and the clergymen with whom he associated both casually and intimately. It will also attempt to indicate at least one reason why he never found in religion the peace which he sought.
Date: August 1970
Creator: Coffey, Sandra Jean Williams
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hudspeth County Herald and Dell Valley Review (Dell City, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, April 10, 1970 (open access)

Hudspeth County Herald and Dell Valley Review (Dell City, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, April 10, 1970

Weekly newspaper from Dell City, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 10, 1970
Creator: Daniels, Mrs. Rascoe; Brown, Julia & Gilmore, Joyce
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History