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Charles Sheeler: Paintings, Drawings, Photographs [Brochure] (open access)

Charles Sheeler: Paintings, Drawings, Photographs [Brochure]

Brochure for the exhibition "Charles Sheeler: Paintings, Drawings, Photographs," May 15-July 10, 1988 held at the Dallas Museum of Art. Brochure provides information on the life and work of Charles Sheeler and exhibition visitor information.
Date: 1988
Creator: Dallas Museum of Art
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Edward Larrabee Barnes's Dallas Museum of Art: An Architectural Development Study (open access)

Edward Larrabee Barnes's Dallas Museum of Art: An Architectural Development Study

This study examines the development of Edward Larrabee Barnes's design concepts for the Dallas Museum of Art, from preliminary concepts and program statements by Director Harry Parker and Dallas Museum trustees, through initial planning and architect selection, to site selection, the Program and Space Study, Barnes's early conceptual plans, and his Dallas Arts District master planning. Influences on Barnes's work and his career development leading to the Dallas commission, his most ambitious museum to date, are examined. Discussion and documentation of design development is based on schematic studies, presentation drawings, models, and trustees' minutes. Design changes during construction and all phases of expansion planning are also discussed. The conclusion summarizes historical influences on the design and Barnes's fulfillment of program concepts.
Date: August 1989
Creator: Koerble, Barbara Lee
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Edward Larrabee Barnes's Dallas Museum of Art: An Architectural Development Study (open access)

Edward Larrabee Barnes's Dallas Museum of Art: An Architectural Development Study

This study examines the development of Edward Larrabee Barnes's design concepts for the Dallas Museum of Art, from preliminary concepts and program statements by Director Harry Parker and Dallas Museum trustees, through initial planning and architect selection, to site selection, the Program and Space Study, Barnes's early conceptual plans, and his Dallas Arts District master planning. Influences on Barnes's work and his career development leading to the Dallas commission, his most ambitious museum to date, are examined. Discussion and documentation of design development is based on schematic studies, presentation drawings, models, and trustees' minutes. Design changes during construction and all phases of expansion planning are also discussed. The conclusion summarizes historical influences on the design and Barnes's fulfillment of program concepts.
Date: August 1989
Creator: Koerble, Barbara Lee
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Advanced system demonstration for utilization of biomass as an energy source. Volume IV. Design drawings (open access)

Advanced system demonstration for utilization of biomass as an energy source. Volume IV. Design drawings

This volume contains design drawings for the biomass cogeneration plant to be built in Maine. The drawings show a considerable degree of detail, however, they are not to be considered released for construction. There has been no actual procurement of equipment, therefore equipment drawings certified by suppliers have not been included. (DMC)
Date: October 1, 1980
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Solar Heating and Hot Water System Installed at the Senior Citizen Center, Huntsville, Alabama. [Includes Engineering Drawings] (open access)

Solar Heating and Hot Water System Installed at the Senior Citizen Center, Huntsville, Alabama. [Includes Engineering Drawings]

Information is provided on the solar energy system installed at the Huntsville Senior Citizen Center. The solar space heating and hot water facility and the project involved in its construction are described in considerable detail and detailed drawings of the complete system and discussions of the planning, the hardware, recommendations, and other pertinent information are included. The facility was designed to provide 85 percent of the hot water and 85 percent of the space heating requirements. Two important factors concerning this project for commercial demonstration are the successful use of silicon oil as a heat transfer fluid and the architecturally aesthetic impact of a large solar energy system as a visual centerpoint. There is no overheat or freeze protection due to the characteristics of the silicon oil and the design of the system. Construction proceeded on schedule with no cost overruns. It is designed to be relatively free of scheduled maintenance, and has experienced practically no problems.
Date: February 1, 1980
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Along Country Roads... in the Texas Hill Country, Volume 2 (open access)

Along Country Roads... in the Texas Hill Country, Volume 2

A book of ink illustrations by Colonel Bettie Edmonds, depicting different buildings in the Texas Hill Country. Each illustration is accompanied by a brief history of each building or scene.
Date: 1984/1993
Creator: Edmonds, Bettie
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Georgetown University Integrated Community Energy System (GU-ICES). Phase III, Stage II. Preliminary design. Final report (open access)

Georgetown University Integrated Community Energy System (GU-ICES). Phase III, Stage II. Preliminary design. Final report

Results are presented for two elements in the Georgetown University ICES program - the installation of a 2500-kW backpressure steam-turbine generator within a new extension to the heating and cooling plant (cogeneration) and the provision of four additional ash silos for the university's atmospheric fluidized-bed boiler plant (added storage scheme). The preliminary design and supporting documentation for the work items and architectural drawings are presented. Section 1 discusses the basis for the report, followed by sections on: feasibility analysis update; preliminary design documents; instrumentation and testing; revised work management plan; and appendices including outline constructions, turbine-generator prepurchase specification, design calculations, cost estimates, and Potomac Electric Company data. (MCW)
Date: November 1, 1980
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Reunion budget] captions transcript

[News Clip: Reunion budget]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: April 1, 1980, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Quality assurance manual: Volume 2, Appendices (open access)

Quality assurance manual: Volume 2, Appendices

This paper contains quality assurance information on departments of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. Particular quality assurance policies and standards discussed are on: Mechanical Systems; Klystron and Microwave Department; Electronics Department; Plant Engineering; Accelerator Department; Purchasing; and Experimental Facilities Department. (LSP)
Date: June 1, 1988
Creator: Oijala, J. E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Report on Hawaii geothermal power plant project (open access)

Report on Hawaii geothermal power plant project

The Hawaii Geothermal Generator Project is the first power plant in the State of Hawaii to be powered by geothermal energy. This plant, which is located in the Puna District on the Island of Hawaii, produces three (3) megawatts of electricity utilizing the steam phase from the geothermal well. This project represents the climax of the geophysical research efforts going on for two decades in the Hawaiian Islands which resulted in the discovery of a significant reservoir of geothermal energy which could be put to practical use. In 1978 the Department of Energy, in conjunction with the State of Hawaii, entered into negotiations to design and build a power plant. The purpose and objective of this plant was to demonstrate the feasibility of constructing and operating a geothermal power plant located in a remote volcanically active area. A contract was signed in mid 1978 between the Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii (RCUH) and the Department of Energy (DOE). To date, the DOE has provided 8.3 million dollars with the State of Hawaii and others contributing 2.1 million dollars. The cost of the project exceeded its original estimates by approximately 25%. These increases in cost were principally contributed to …
Date: June 1, 1983
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Womansight: News for North Texas Women, Volume 2, Number 1, June 1981 (open access)

Womansight: News for North Texas Women, Volume 2, Number 1, June 1981

Monthly newspaper published by Womansight, Inc. providing news of interest to women in North Texas including information about upcoming events, women's groups and organizations, resources, and various current topics, with advertising. 6 pages of Womansight: News for North Texas Women newspaper, Volume 2, Number 1, June 1981.
Date: June 1981
Creator: Womansight, Incorporated
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Design criteria for SW-205 capillary system (open access)

Design criteria for SW-205 capillary system

This design criteria covers the converting of the SW-250 Capillary System from fumehood manual operation to sealed glovebox automated operation. The design criteria contains general guidelines and includes drawings reflecting a similar installation at another site. Topics include purpose and physical description, architectural-engineering requirements, reference document, electrical, fire protection, occupational safety and health, quality assurance, and security.
Date: April 1, 1989
Creator: Lyons, W.J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Technical reference book for the Energy Economic Data Base Program (EEDB) (open access)

Technical reference book for the Energy Economic Data Base Program (EEDB)

This distribution is the latest in a series published since 1978. The overall program purpose is to provide periodically updated, detailed base construction cost estimates for large nuclear electric operating plants. These data, which are representative of current US powerplant construction cost experience, are a useful contribution to program planning by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy. The eighth update incorporates the results of a comprehensive update of the technical and cost information for the pressurized water reactor (PWR), large scale prototype breeder reactor nuclear powerplant (LSPB), and 488 MWe high sulfur, coal-fired powerplant (HS5) data models. During the Phase VIII update, the LSPB, which was first incorporated into the previous update, was brought into full conformance with EEDB ground rules, and the level of detail of the data models was extended to the EEDB fully detailed level. We remind the user that the LSPB must still be considered a second-of-a-kind, pre-commercial unit, and any comparisons of it with other EEDB data models should be carefully made recognizing dissimilarity achievement of design and cost maturity, particularly for the nuclear steam supply system and other equipment.
Date: December 1, 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Energy design for architects (open access)

Energy design for architects

This book contains techniques for energy efficiency in architectural design. Many aspects are covered including: cost; comfort and health; energy use; the design process; and analytical techniques. 202 figs. (JF)
Date: January 1, 1989
Creator: Shaw, A. (ed.)
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Texas] State Purchasing and General Services Commission Procedures Manual: Section 8 (open access)

[Texas] State Purchasing and General Services Commission Procedures Manual: Section 8

Manual describing procedures related to Texas State Purchasing and General Services Commission including architectural barriers
Date: June 1, 1983
Creator: Texas. State Purchasing and General Services Commission.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Level II Cultural Resource investigation for the Texoma Distribution Enhancements project, Cameron and Calcasieu Parishes, Louisiana: Final report (open access)

Level II Cultural Resource investigation for the Texoma Distribution Enhancements project, Cameron and Calcasieu Parishes, Louisiana: Final report

A Level II Cultural Resource Survey was completed for the Texoma Distribution Enhancements project, located in Cameron and Calcasieu Parishes, Louisiana. The 13-mile pipeline extends from Strategic Petroleum Reserve No. 3 to a terminus near Vincent Landing. Located in Louisiana's southwest coastal zone, the pipeline will traverse extensive marsh lands as well as upland prairie terrace areas. Present land use within the project area consists primarily of undeveloped marsh land and cattle range. The study methods included background research, intensive pedestrian survey with systematic shovel testing, a boat survey, and laboratory analysis of recovered artifact collections. One historic site, 16CU205, was identified during the field survey, and it was tested for National Register eligibility. The site is assignable to the Industrialization and Modernization (1890-1940) Cultural Unit. Archaeological testing indicates that it is a rural residence or farmstead, with a house and one outbuilding within the proposed right-of-way. The site lacks significant historical association and sufficient archaeological integrity to merit inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places. Four standing structures were also identified during the field survey. The structures are agricultural outbuildings, less than 40 years in age, that possess no architectural distinction or historical association. They have been documented …
Date: October 1, 1987
Creator: LeeDecker, C. H. & Holland, C. C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Chinese Tea Trade and Its Influence on the English Garden of the Eighteenth Century (open access)

The Chinese Tea Trade and Its Influence on the English Garden of the Eighteenth Century

The problem discusses the influence that tea trade between England and China may have had on eighteenth-century English garden architecture and aesthetics. Five chapters include an historical overview of non-Oriental influences on the garden, the relationship between Britain and China, the evolution of the tea trade, the motifs and decoration of tea wares, and a summary with conclusions. Conclusions reached were that tea was responsible for importation of porcelains in Britain, architectural structures in the garden were inspired by scenes on tea wares, predilection for Chinese motifs in the minds of the English may have resulted from their drinking tea, and it seems probable that affected garden aesthetics but there is no conclusive evidence.
Date: August 1983
Creator: Miller, Bobbie J.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Decline of the Country-House Poem in England: A Study in the History of Ideas (open access)

The Decline of the Country-House Poem in England: A Study in the History of Ideas

This study discusses the evolution of the English country-house poem from its inception by Ben Jonson in "To Penshurst" to the present. It shows that in addition to stylistic and thematic borrowings primarily from Horace and Martial, traditional English values associated with the great hall and comitatus ideal helped define features of the English country-house poem, to which Jonson added the metonymical use of architecture. In the Jonsonian country-house poem, the country estate, exemplified by Penshurst, is a microcosm of the ideal English social organization characterized by interdependence, simplicity, service, hospitality, and balance between the active and contemplative life. Those poems which depart from the Jonsonian ideal are characterized by disequilibrium between the active and contemplative life, resulting in the predominance of artifice, subordination of nature, and isolation of art from the community, as exemplified by Thomas Carew's "To Saxham" and Richard Lovelace's "Amyntor's Grove." Architectural features of the English country house are examined to explain the absence of the Jonsonian country-house poem in the eighteenth century. The building tradition praised by Jonson gradually gave way to aesthetic considerations fostered by the professional architect and Palladian architecture, architectural patronage by the middle class, and change in identity of the country …
Date: August 1988
Creator: Harris, Candice R. (Candice Rae)
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Design basis for the NRC Operations Center (open access)

Design basis for the NRC Operations Center

This report documents the development of a design for a new NRC Operations Center (NRCOC). The project was conducted in two phases: organizational analysis and facility design. In order to control the amount of traffic, congestion and noise within the facility, it is recommended that information flow in the new NRCOC be accomplished by means of an electronic Status Information Management System. Functional requirements and a conceptual design for this system are described. An idealized architectural design and a detailed design program are presented that provide the appropriate amount of space for operations, equipment and circulation within team areas. The overall layout provides controlled access to the facility and, through the use of a zoning concept, provides each team within the NRCOC the appropriate balance of ready access and privacy determined from the organizational analyses conducted during the initial phase of the project.
Date: May 1, 1983
Creator: Lindell, M.K.; Wise, J.A.; Griffin, B.N.; Desrosiers, A.E. & Meitzler, W.D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary designs: passive solar manufactured housing. Technical status report (open access)

Preliminary designs: passive solar manufactured housing. Technical status report

The criteria established to guide the development of the preliminary designs are listed. Three preliminary designs incorporating direct gain and/or sunspace are presented. Costs, drawings, and supporting calculations are included. (MHR)
Date: May 12, 1980
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Houston, Texas design/build house. Case study report (open access)

Houston, Texas design/build house. Case study report

The task activities relating to the Houston house, including problems, constructive comments, and successes, are described. Included in appendices are: cost data, methodology for ranking cities, house information sheet, thermal performance analysis, architectural information release, press releases and news clippings, and house pictures. One appendix was abstracted separately. (MHR)
Date: June 1, 1981
Creator: Borden, J. O. & Porter, C. B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Technical reference book for the Energy Economic Data Base (EEDB) Program (open access)

Technical reference book for the Energy Economic Data Base (EEDB) Program

The Energy Economic Data Base (EEDB) Program is sponsored by the US Department of Energy (DOE) for the purpose of developing current technical and cost information for nuclear and comparison electric power generating stations. The EEDB contains a variety of nuclear and coal-fired power plant technical data models. Each of these data models is a complete and detailed conceptual design for a single unit, commercial, steam electric, power generating station located on a standard hypothetical Middletown site. A major effort for the Sixth Update (1983) has been the updating of the system design descriptions and selected engineering drawings for the technical data models. This update took the form of revising and expanding the system design descriptions and engineering drawings contained in the Base Data Studies, to include the technical information developed and recorded in the first five EEDB updates. The results of the update effort are contained in this EEDB Program Technical Reference Book.
Date: September 1, 1984
Creator: Allen, R.E.; Benedict, R.G. & Hodson, J.S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Texas Historian, Volume 49, Number 3, January 1989 (open access)

The Texas Historian, Volume 49, Number 3, January 1989

Journal published by the Texas State Historical Association containing articles written by members of the Junior Historians about various aspects of Texas history.
Date: January 1989
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History