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A History of Round Rock, Texas, to 1879 (open access)

A History of Round Rock, Texas, to 1879

Paper documenting the history of Round Rock, Texas, for a university level histroy class, including coverage of geography, flora, Native American History, European exploration, businesses, educational and religious development, the Sam Bass shootout, and general settlement up until 1879. A bibliography begins on page 41. Notes can be seen from the writer's professor, Dr. Pool, throughout the paper, including at the top of the title page.
Date: July 1955
Creator: Jirasek, Clinton
System: The Portal to Texas History
History of Round Rock, Texas, 1839-1956 (open access)

History of Round Rock, Texas, 1839-1956

Paper documenting information on early settlers, relations with Native Americans, Schools, Churches, and local businesses that were built in Round Rock in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Date: 1956
Creator: Baker, Sabrina Simmons
System: The Portal to Texas History
Camp Holland (open access)

Camp Holland

Paper written by William Kim Thornsburg about Camp Holland built in Viejo Pass near Valentine, Texas. He accounts that the last Apache battle in Texas and how the camp was used later to supply troops along the Rio Grande.
Date: November 20, 1966
Creator: Thornsburg, William Kim
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lizzie Crosson vs. United States Mescalero Apache Indians (open access)

Lizzie Crosson vs. United States Mescalero Apache Indians

A 1967 paper written for a History class at Marfa High School by Marian Quick about Lizzie Crosson and her case against the U.S. Mescalero Apache Indians for the livestock they had stolen from the Goat Ranch. She was awarded a $2,590.00 claim.
Date: 1967
Creator: Quick, Marion
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Digital Lincoln: A Proposal Regarding the Future of the ALBC Web Site (open access)

The Digital Lincoln: A Proposal Regarding the Future of the ALBC Web Site

Paper envisions a role for the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission website, proposes new and expanded content, and calls for feedback from Lincoln stakeholders.
Date: unknown
Creator: Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Essay about Jackson Cemetery] (open access)

[Essay about Jackson Cemetery]

Photocopy of an essay titled "Jackson Cemetery, Travis County, Texas" and under that "Its Value as an Historical Landmark". The essay goes into the creation of the cemetery and how the lot was purchased as well as the fact that much of the information from the essay comes from interviews conducted by Melissa W.
Date: unknown
Creator: Eanes History Center
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grant Proposal: Challenge to Section 21.06 of the Texas Penal Code, 1990 (open access)

Grant Proposal: Challenge to Section 21.06 of the Texas Penal Code, 1990

Grant proposal submitted by the Texas Human Rights Foundation to the Live Oak Fund for Change requesting funding for a project to challenge Texas Penal Code Section 21.06 as it is discriminatory towards LGBT people.
Date: unknown
Creator: Texas Human Rights Foundation, Inc.
System: The UNT Digital Library
How to Get Started with Your Family History (open access)

How to Get Started with Your Family History

Document providing introductory information about how to begin researching genealogy and family history.
Date: unknown
Creator: Dallas Genealogical Society
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improving Access Points for Local History Preservation by Listening to Users (open access)

Improving Access Points for Local History Preservation by Listening to Users

This paper discusses the role user experience (UX) research can play in representing and preserving local history and cultural identity, and it concludes with pragmatic advice about how UX can inform metadata design in future projects.
Date: July 27, 2016
Creator: Krahmer, Ana
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sgt. Gary Schutza (open access)

Sgt. Gary Schutza

Autobiographical paper of Sgt. Gary Schutza's military service. He briefly describes his family and childhood, his decision to join the United States Marine Corps, and his experiences serving during the Korean War.
Date: ~2011
Creator: Schutza, Gary
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Round Rock (open access)

The Round Rock

Paper documenting the history of the "Round Rock", or "Old Rock", located in Brushy Creek and from which the town of Round Rock, Texas took its name in 1854. The report includes descriptions of the Texas landscape and unique geography of the area.
Date: 1971?
Creator: Ledbetter, Mrs. John W. & Gregg, Mrs. D. B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mexican American Folklore: A Bibliography (open access)

Mexican American Folklore: A Bibliography

Paper discussing a course outline for a course in Mexican American Folklore. The course outline is followed by a bibliography of Mexican American Folklore that is divided into sections corresponding to the course outline.
Date: December 17, 1977
Creator: Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Guide to the Literature Concerning the Management of Recent Mammal Collection (open access)

A Guide to the Literature Concerning the Management of Recent Mammal Collection

Bibliography of relevant sources for "A Guide to the Literature Concerning the Management of Recent Mammal Collections."
Date: April 27, 1979
Creator: Williams, Stephen L., 1948-; Laubach, René & Laubach, Christyna M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grant Proposal: Challenge to Section 21.06 of the Texas Penal Code, 1989 (open access)

Grant Proposal: Challenge to Section 21.06 of the Texas Penal Code, 1989

Grant proposal submitted by the Texas Human Rights Foundation to the Live Oak Fund for Change requesting funding for a project that would challenge Texas Penal Code Section 21.06 as it is discriminatory towards LGBT people.
Date: August 1989
Creator: Texas Human Rights Foundation, Inc.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Language and Dialects in Straits Salishan (open access)

Language and Dialects in Straits Salishan

This paper compares the Klallam and Northern Straits languages within the Straits Salishan group of languages and dialects.
Date: August 1996
Creator: Montler, Timothy
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Major Processes Affecting Klallam Vowels (open access)

The Major Processes Affecting Klallam Vowels

This paper provides a more detailed description of the major processes affecting the Klallam vowels.
Date: August 1998
Creator: Montler, Timothy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Are There Common Messages from the Annenberg Arts Projects? (open access)

Are There Common Messages from the Annenberg Arts Projects?

A rough draft paper titled "Are There Common Messages from the Annenberg Arts Project?", as part of the Annenberg Arts project discussion.
Date: November 15, 2000
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Myth of the Besieged Fortress: Soviet Mass Perception in the 1920s - 1930s (open access)

The Myth of the Besieged Fortress: Soviet Mass Perception in the 1920s - 1930s

This work discusses Soviet mass perception from the 1920s to the 1930s. This work was supported by the Research Support Scheme of the Open Society Support Foundation, grant No. 805/1998, and by the Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University of Toronto, Canada. The work has also greatly benefitted from the discussion at the workshops held by the Stalin-Era Research and Archives Project at CREES, University of Toronto.
Date: 2002
Creator: Velikanova, Olga V.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Needs Assessment Study of Texas Academic, Public, and School Libraries: Project Plan (open access)

Needs Assessment Study of Texas Academic, Public, and School Libraries: Project Plan

This document outlines the project plan for the Needs Assessment Study of Texas Academic, Public, and School Libraries.
Date: April 1, 2002
Creator: Moen, William E.; Simpson, Carol; Mason, Florence & Wetherbee, Louella
System: The UNT Digital Library
Collecting and Disseminating New Music: Originally Presented as "The Impact of Women in Music, New Composers Forum" (open access)

Collecting and Disseminating New Music: Originally Presented as "The Impact of Women in Music, New Composers Forum"

Paper contributed to the 2002 Bar Harbor Music Festival. This paper discusses collecting and disseminating new music and the impact of women in music.
Date: July 18, 2002
Creator: Hartsock, Ralph
System: The UNT Digital Library
Letter Level Learning for Language Independent Diacritics Restoration (open access)

Letter Level Learning for Language Independent Diacritics Restoration

This paper discusses letter level learning for language independent diacritics restoration.
Date: September 2002
Creator: Mihalcea, Rada, 1974- & Nastase, Vivi
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation Exercise for Word Alignment (open access)

An Evaluation Exercise for Word Alignment

This paper discusses an evaluation exercise for word alignment.
Date: May 2003
Creator: Mihalcea, Rada, 1974- & Pedersen, Ted
System: The UNT Digital Library
The University of North Texas Libraries' Portal to Texas History: Archival Challenges and Solutions (open access)

The University of North Texas Libraries' Portal to Texas History: Archival Challenges and Solutions

This paper discusses the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries' Portal to Texas History's archival challenges and solutions. The UNT Texas History Portal Project strives to balance the goals of accessibility of information and long-term preservation of digital objects. This poster details the system that automates the collection of metadata records to coordinate access to web-viewable files and preservation of archived master files.
Date: 2004
Creator: Nordstrom, Kurt; Hartman, Cathy Nelson & Phillips, Mark Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library
Developing an Alternative Approach for Interoperability Testing of Library Z39.50 Servers (open access)

Developing an Alternative Approach for Interoperability Testing of Library Z39.50 Servers

Paper describing a plan of work to develop and test an alternative approach for interoperability testing. This approach builds on the conceptual and technical infrastructure developed during the Z-Interop Project.
Date: March 30, 2004
Creator: Moen, William E.
System: The UNT Digital Library