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L-15908 Tree Roller J5G, Photo 6 1-1-1959, archival

Photograph of a L-15908 tree roller. It was a diesel-electric machine designed to quickly push down and crush trees. This model was used in Tournavista, Peru, a mission town founded by the LeTourneau Foundation, the charitable arm of the company.
Date: January 1, 1959
Creator: R.G. LeTourneau, Inc.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tournavista, Peru, The Robert G. ship, stranded P0U,P-10-34, L 5131

Photograph of the Robert G. LeTourneau ship, stuck in mud in the Amazon River, 1954-06-13. The R.G. LeTourneau Foundation built a city on the headwaters of the Amazon River by clearing 990,000 acres it had been granted by the Peruvian government in exchange for building 31 miles of road through the Amazon rainforest.
Date: June 13, 1954
Creator: R.G. LeTourneau, Inc
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tree Roller, Peru P0U,P-10-34, L 595

Photograph of a group of unidentified men standing in front of a LeTourneau tree roller in Tournavista, Peru. The R.G. LeTourneau Foundation built this city on the headwaters of the Amazon River by clearing 990,000 acres it had been granted by the Peruvian government in exchange for building 31 miles of road through the Amazon rainforest.
Date: September 13, 1954
Creator: R.G. LeTourneau, Inc
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Interview with Adelma Benavente Garcia] (open access)

[Interview with Adelma Benavente Garcia]

This transcript is the record of an interview with photographer Adelma Benavente Garcia about how technology affects her work as part of a lecture series, "Women Art Technology." During the interview, Garcia discusses the projects she has worked on to preserve photographs in the Andes mountains and other parts of Peru. The transcript includes a brief introduction with a biography of Garcia and general information about the lecture series and the specific interview. A list of 'Suggested reading' materials is also listed at the end of the transcript.
Date: March 25, 2008
Creator: Kidd, Allison & Westrup, Sarah
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Capability and cost assessment of the major forest nations to measure and monitor their forest carbon (open access)

Capability and cost assessment of the major forest nations to measure and monitor their forest carbon

According to the Executive Summary, the aims and objective of this report are to provide an assessment of national capacity and capability in 25 tropical countries for measuring and monitoring forest as a requirement for reporting on REDD under IPCC guidelines. This paper was commissioned by the United Kingdom Office of Climate Change as background work to its report 'Climate Change: Financing Global Forests' (the Eliasch Review).
Date: April 7, 2008
Creator: Harcastle, P. D.; Baird, David & Harden, Virginia
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dispute Settlement Under the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement: An Overview (open access)

Dispute Settlement Under the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement: An Overview

This report discusses the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) and the two types of formal dispute settlement it contains: 1) State-State and 2) investor-State. The report also discusses how the PTPA differs from earlier U.S. Free Trade Agreements (FTAs).
Date: November 23, 2010
Creator: Grimmett, Jeanne J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dispute Settlement Under the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement: An Overview (open access)

Dispute Settlement Under the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement: An Overview

This report discusses the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) and the two types of formal dispute settlement it contains: 1) State-State and 2) investor-State. The report also discusses how the PTPA differs from earlier U.S. Free Trade Agreements (FTAs).
Date: May 18, 2011
Creator: Grimmett, Jeanne J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dispute Settlement Under the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement: An Overview (open access)

Dispute Settlement Under the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement: An Overview

This report discusses the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) and the two types of formal dispute settlement it contains: 1) State-State and 2) investor-State. The report also discusses how the PTPA differs from earlier U.S. Free Trade Agreements (FTAs).
Date: January 28, 2011
Creator: Grimmett, Jeanne J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dispute Settlement Under the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement: An Overview (open access)

Dispute Settlement Under the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement: An Overview

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Date: August 12, 2011
Creator: Grimmett, Jeanne J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Exploration by Peru of the International Petroleum Company: A Background Study of the Legal Issues, Political Considerations, and Possible Consequences of the Controversy (open access)

Exploration by Peru of the International Petroleum Company: A Background Study of the Legal Issues, Political Considerations, and Possible Consequences of the Controversy

This report gives the history of The International Petroleum Company's, LTD (ITC) La Brea y PariƱas, a petroleum plant in Peru. The report details the relationship between ITC and the Peruvian government.
Date: April 15, 1969
Creator: Hannifin, Rieck B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Power, Institutions, and Leadership in War and Peace: Lessons from Peru and Ecuador 1995-1998

This book discusses the boundary dispute war between Ecuador and Peru in 1995 and the role of institutions, leadership, and power played in leading to the war and making peace.
Date: 2013
Creator: Mares, David R. & Palmer, David Scott
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History