Degree Department

CyberCemetery: Archiving Historically Significant Federal Websites

Presentation for the 2015 Society of Southwest Archivists Annual Meeting. This presentation discusses the CyberCemetery and archiving historically significant federal websites.
Date: May 22, 2015
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Legislative Research for Congressional Staff: How to Find Documents and Other Resources (open access)

Legislative Research for Congressional Staff: How to Find Documents and Other Resources

This report is one of a series of reports on legislative process and research; it is intended to serve as a finding aid to sources of information, such as documents, news articles, analysis, contacts and services, used in legislative research.
Date: June 22, 2015
Creator: Cornell, Ada S.; Greene, Michael & Hanson, Laura A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Country-of-Origin Labeling for Foods and the WTO Trade Dispute on Meat Labeling (open access)

Country-of-Origin Labeling for Foods and the WTO Trade Dispute on Meat Labeling

This report upheld the compliance panel findings that COOL treated imported livestock less favorably than domestic livestock, but could not determine if COOL was more trade restrictive than necessary.
Date: May 22, 2015
Creator: Greene, Joel L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Membership of the 114th Congress: A Profile (open access)

Membership of the 114th Congress: A Profile

This report presents a profile of the membership of the 114th Congress (2015-2016). Statistical information is included on selected characteristics of Members, including data on party affiliation, average age, occupation, education, length of congressional service, religious affiliation, gender, ethnicity, foreign births, and military service.
Date: January 22, 2015
Creator: Manning, Jennifer E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, May 22, 2015 (open access)

Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, May 22, 2015

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state, and national news and advertising of interest to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community.
Date: May 22, 2015
Creator: Nash, Tammye
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Housing Trust Fund: Background and Issues (open access)

The Housing Trust Fund: Background and Issues

This report briefly describes the structure and eligible uses of the Housing Trust Fund as authorized in P.L. 110-289.
Date: January 22, 2015
Creator: Jones, Katie
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Billy Wayne Sherrill, April 22, 2015 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Billy Wayne Sherrill, April 22, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Billy Sherrill. Sherrill was born in Houston, Texas in 1926 and joined the US Marine Corps on 26 December 1941. After undergoing boot training at San Diego, he was assigned to the 1st Marine Defense Battalion stationed on Palmyra Atoll for sixteen months. In 1943 he returned to the United States where he underwent six months of advanced training. Sherrill was then sent to Bougainville where he joined the 9th Marines, 3rd Marine Division. He describes landing on the beach on Guam in an LVT and recalls combat situations in which he was involved that resulted in large numbers of dead and wounded. After the campaign, the division remained on Guam training for the invasion of Iwo Jima. He tells of landing on Iwo Jima on the third day of the invasion and gives a vivid description of actions in which he was involved. Sherrill was wounded on Iwo Jima and was sent to Oakland Naval Hospital where he spent a year in recovery. In 1946 he received a medical discharge.
Date: April 22, 2015
Creator: Sherrill, Billy Wayne
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Schulenburg Sticker (Schulenburg, Tex.), Vol. 122, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 22, 2015 (open access)

The Schulenburg Sticker (Schulenburg, Tex.), Vol. 122, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 22, 2015

Weekly newspaper from Schulenburg, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 22, 2015
Creator: Prause, Diane & Vyvjala, Darrell
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Paul Medley, December 22, 2015 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Paul Medley, December 22, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Paul Scott Medley. Medley joined the Navy around the spring of 1943. In late summer, he deployed to Tulagi in the Solomon Islands. He then served as Seaman First Class aboard USS Crescent City (APA-21), and traveled across the equator, where he shares his pollywog hazing stories. His battle station aboard the ship was loading ammunition in the anti-aircraft and five-inch guns. He shares combat experiences in shuttling Marines aboard a Higgins boat at Guadalcanal and for the invasions of Peleliu and Leyte. Medley shares experiences of kamikaze planes trying to attack the Crescent City. He returned home in late 1945.
Date: December 22, 2015
Creator: Medley, Paul
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 129, No. 15, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 22, 2015 (open access)

Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 129, No. 15, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Weekly newspaper from Emory, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 22, 2015
Creator: Hill, Trey
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The HUD Homeless Assistance Grants: Programs Authorized by the HEARTH Act (open access)

The HUD Homeless Assistance Grants: Programs Authorized by the HEARTH Act

This report discusses the Homeless Assistance Grants, administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The composition of the Homeless Assistance Grants changed when Congress enacted the Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing (HEARTH) Act as part of the Helping Families Save Their Homes Act in the 111th Congress (P.L. 111-22).
Date: April 22, 2015
Creator: Perl, Libby
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sanger News (Sanger, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 22, 2015 (open access)

Sanger News (Sanger, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 22, 2015

Weekly newspaper from Sanger, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 22, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Jewish Post (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 22, 2015 (open access)

Texas Jewish Post (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 22, 2015

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: October 22, 2015
Creator: Wisch-Ray, Sharon
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Billy Wayne Sherrill, April 22, 2015 transcript

Oral History Interview with Billy Wayne Sherrill, April 22, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Billy Sherrill. Sherrill was born in Houston, Texas in 1926 and joined the US Marine Corps on 26 December 1941. After undergoing boot training at San Diego, he was assigned to the 1st Marine Defense Battalion stationed on Palmyra Atoll for sixteen months. In 1943 he returned to the United States where he underwent six months of advanced training. Sherrill was then sent to Bougainville where he joined the 9th Marines, 3rd Marine Division. He describes landing on the beach on Guam in an LVT and recalls combat situations in which he was involved that resulted in large numbers of dead and wounded. After the campaign, the division remained on Guam training for the invasion of Iwo Jima. He tells of landing on Iwo Jima on the third day of the invasion and gives a vivid description of actions in which he was involved. Sherrill was wounded on Iwo Jima and was sent to Oakland Naval Hospital where he spent a year in recovery. In 1946 he received a medical discharge.
Date: April 22, 2015
Creator: Sherrill, Billy Wayne
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 129, No. 28, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 22, 2015 (open access)

Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 129, No. 28, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Weekly newspaper from Emory, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 22, 2015
Creator: Hill, Trey
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Paul Medley, December 22, 2015 transcript

Oral History Interview with Paul Medley, December 22, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Paul Scott Medley. Medley joined the Navy around the spring of 1943. In late summer, he deployed to Tulagi in the Solomon Islands. He then served as Seaman First Class aboard USS Crescent City (APA-21), and traveled across the equator, where he shares his pollywog hazing stories. His battle station aboard the ship was loading ammunition in the anti-aircraft and five-inch guns. He shares combat experiences in shuttling Marines aboard a Higgins boat at Guadalcanal and for the invasions of Peleliu and Leyte. Medley shares experiences of kamikaze planes trying to attack the Crescent City. He returned home in late 1945.
Date: December 22, 2015
Creator: Medley, Paul
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Hood Sentinel (Fort Hood, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 22, 2015 (open access)

Fort Hood Sentinel (Fort Hood, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 22, 2015

Weekly newspaper published for the military and civilian personnel of Fort Hood, that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 22, 2015
Creator: Pruden, Todd
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Maritime Territorial and Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Disputes Involving China: Issues for Congress (open access)

Maritime Territorial and Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Disputes Involving China: Issues for Congress

This report considers potential implications for U.S.-China relations. China's actions for asserting and defending its maritime territorial and exclusive economic zone (EEZ) claims in the East China (ECS) and South China Sea (SCS), particularly since late 2013, have heightened concerns among observers that ongoing disputes over these waters and some of the islands within them could lead to a crisis or conflict between China and a neighboring country such as Japan, the Philippines, or Vietnam.
Date: April 22, 2015
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress

This report provides an overview of Arctic-related issues for Congress such as Arctic sovereignty claims, commercial shipping through the Arctic, Arctic oil, gas, and mineral exploration, endangered Arctic species, and increased military operations in the Arctic, and refers readers to more in-depth CRS reports on specific Arctic-related issues.
Date: October 22, 2015
Creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library