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1941: Texas Goes to War (open access)

1941: Texas Goes to War

This book is a collection of essays discussing the role of Texans in World War II. It examines both the Texas soldiers fighting in the European and Pacific theaters as well as the Texans on the Homefront. The essays describe both the military and social aspects of the war. Index starts on page 241.
Date: 1991
Creator: Lee, James Ward; Barnes, Carolyn N.; Bowman, Kent A. & Crow, Laura
System: The UNT Digital Library
Abilene Philharmonic Playbill: September 27-November 1, 1997 (open access)

Abilene Philharmonic Playbill: September 27-November 1, 1997

Program for Abilene Philharmonic concerts performed on September 27th (first concert, classical) and November 1st (second concert, pops) during the 48th season. It includes information about the pieces performed, artists and musicians, and advertising from local companies.
Date: September 1997
Creator: Abilene Philharmonic
System: The Portal to Texas History
Abilene XXI Club Scrapbook (open access)

Abilene XXI Club Scrapbook

A scrapbook assembled by the XXI Club (Twenty-One Club) in Abilene, Texas containing programs and photographs from the club's history.
Date: 1991/1996
Creator: XXI Club
System: The Portal to Texas History

Accidental Activists: Mark Phariss, Vic Holmes, and Their Fight for Marriage Equality in Texas

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In early 2013 same-sex marriage was legal in only ten states and the District of Columbia. That year the Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Windsor appeared to open the door to marriage equality. In Texas, Mark Phariss and Vic Holmes, together for sixteen years and deeply in love, wondered why no one had stepped across the threshold to challenge their state’s 2005 constitutional amendment prohibiting same-sex marriage. They agreed to join a lawsuit being put together by Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLD. Two years later—after tense battles in the Federal District Court for the Western District of Texas and in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, after sitting through oral arguments at the Supreme Court of the United States in Obergefell v. Hodges—they won the right to marry deep in the heart of Texas. But the road they traveled was never easy. Accidental Activists is the deeply moving story of two men who struggled to achieve the dignity of which Justice Anthony Kennedy spoke in a series of Supreme Court decisions that recognized the “personhood,” the essential humanity of gays and lesbians. Author David Collins tells Mark and Vic’s story in the context of legal and …
Date: August 2017
Creator: Collins, David
System: The UNT Digital Library
An account of Col. Crockett's tour to the North and down East, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four : his object being to examine the grand manufacturing establishments of the country : and also to find out the condition of its literature and morals, the extent of its commerce, and the practical operation of "The Experiment" (open access)

An account of Col. Crockett's tour to the North and down East, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four : his object being to examine the grand manufacturing establishments of the country : and also to find out the condition of its literature and morals, the extent of its commerce, and the practical operation of "The Experiment"

"Object being to examine the grand manufacturing establishments of the country; and also to find out the condition of its literature and morals, the extent of its commerce, and the practical operation of 'The Experiment'"
Date: 1835
Creator: Crockett, Davy, 1786-1836
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aircraft radio shop practice. (open access)

Aircraft radio shop practice.

Discusses maintenance and repair of the component parts of aircraft radio equipment, and the correct use of tools.
Date: May 1, 1942
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Alexander's Veterans and the Early Wars of the Successors

This book discusses the soldiers of Alexander the Great's armies and various groups of veterans of different campaigns involvement in the Hellenistic world during Alexander's reign and his early successors.
Date: 2013
Creator: Roisman, Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States, Fourth Congress, Second Session (open access)

The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States, Fourth Congress, Second Session

The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, and speeches for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Date: 1849
Creator: Gales, Joseph, 1761-1841
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States, Eighth Congress, Second Session (open access)

The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States, Eighth Congress, Second Session

The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, and speeches for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Date: 1852
Creator: Gales and Seaton
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States, Tenth Congress, Second Session (open access)

The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States, Tenth Congress, Second Session

The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, and speeches for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Date: 1853
Creator: Gales and Seaton
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States, Thirteenth Congress, First Session (open access)

The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States, Thirteenth Congress, First Session

The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, and speeches for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Date: 1854
Creator: Gales and Seaton
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States, Fifteenth Congress, First Session, [Volume 2] (open access)

The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States, Fifteenth Congress, First Session, [Volume 2]

The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, and speeches for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Date: 1854
Creator: Gales and Seaton
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States, Eighteenth Congress, First Session, [Volume 2] (open access)

The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States, Eighteenth Congress, First Session, [Volume 2]

The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, and speeches for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Date: 1856
Creator: Gales and Seaton
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annals of Travis County and of the City of Austin (From the Earliest Times to the Close of 1875): Volume 2 (open access)

Annals of Travis County and of the City of Austin (From the Earliest Times to the Close of 1875): Volume 2

Second volume of a book describing all aspects of the history of Travis County and Austin, Texas. These two chapters describe people, places, and events of significance from 1820 to 1838.
Date: unknown
Creator: Brown, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Art Forum Pressbook, 1957-1958] (open access)

[Art Forum Pressbook, 1957-1958]

Pressbook documenting art events in Abilene, Texas with emphasis on those of the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs Sixth District. Traveling exhibits shown in Abilene are described, as well as local artists and their work.
Date: 1957/1958
Creator: Carpenter, Allie Mae
System: The Portal to Texas History
Atoms for peace and war, 1953-1961: Eisenhower and the Atomic Energy Commission (open access)

Atoms for peace and war, 1953-1961: Eisenhower and the Atomic Energy Commission

This third volume in the official history of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission covers the years of the Eisenhower Administration.
Date: December 1989
Creator: Hewlett, Richard G. & Holl, Jack M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report of the American Historical Association for The Year 1919: In Two Volumes,  Volume 2, Part 1 (open access)

Annual Report of the American Historical Association for The Year 1919: In Two Volumes, Volume 2, Part 1

This text contains the first portion of the Austin Papers, published as part of the Annual Report of the American Historical Association. This volume includes a preface by the editor with a general history of the Austin Papers and states, "The Austin Papers are the collection of materials accumulated by Moses and Stephen F. Austin in the progress of their busy enterprises from Virginia through Missouri and Arkansas to Texas. They consist of business memoranda, physiographical observations, petitions and memorials to local and superior governments, political addresses and proclamations, and much personal and official correspondence" (p. v).
Date: 1924
Creator: American Historical Association
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bad Boy From Rosebud: the Murderous Life of Kenneth Allen Mcduff

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In October of 1989, the State of Texas set Kenneth Allen McDuff, the Broomstick Murderer, free on parole. By choosing to murder again, McDuff became the architect of an extraordinarily intolerant atmosphere in Texas. The spasm of prison construction and parole reforms—collectively called the “McDuff Rules”—resulted from an enormous display of anger vented towards a system that allowed McDuff to kill, and kill again. Bad Boy from Rosebud is a chilling account of the life of one of the most heartless and brutal serial killers in American history. Gary M. Lavergne goes beyond horror into an analysis of the unbelievable subculture in which McDuff lived. Equally compelling are the lives of remarkable law enforcement officers determined to bring McDuff to justice, and their seven-year search for his victims. “Texas still feels the pain inflicted by Kenneth Allen McDuff, despite the relentless efforts of law enforcement officials to solve his crimes and bind up its wounds. Bad Boy from Rosebud is an impeccably researched, compellingly detailed account of the crimes and the long search for justice. Gary Lavergne takes us directly to the scenes of the crimes, deep inside the mind of a killer, and in the process learns not only …
Date: July 15, 1999
Creator: Lavergne, Gary M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Barbara Jordan Scrapbook, January - May, 1978] (open access)

[Barbara Jordan Scrapbook, January - May, 1978]

Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings, texts, and photographs related to Senator Barbara Jordan.
Date: 1978
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Barbara Jordan Scrapbook, July 1973 - April 1975] (open access)

[Barbara Jordan Scrapbook, July 1973 - April 1975]

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Date: [1973..1975]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Base Visit Book - Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station prepared for General Lloyd W. Newton (USAF, Ret) on 21 June 2005 (open access)

Base Visit Book - Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station prepared for General Lloyd W. Newton (USAF, Ret) on 21 June 2005

Base Visit Book - Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station prepared for General Lloyd W. Newton (USAF, Ret) on 21 June 2005 DOD RECOMMENDATION is to close Pittsburgh International Airport (IAP) Air Reserve Station (ARS), PA, and relocate 911th Airlift Wing's (AFRC) eight C-130H aircraft to Pope / Fort Bragg to form a 16 aircraft Air Force Reserve/active duty associate unit. Relocate AFRC operations and maintenance manpower to Pope / Fort Bragg. Relocate flight related ECS (aeromedical squadron) to Youngstown-Warren Regional APT ARS. Relocate all remaining Pittsburgh ECS and headquarters manpower to Offutt Air Force Base, NE. Air National Guard units at Pittsburgh are unaffected. DOD JUSTIFICATION is that the major command's capacity briefing reported Pittsburgh ARS land constraints prevented the installation from hosting more than 10 C-130 aircraft . . . . Careful analysis of mission capability indicates that it is more appropriate to robust the proposed airlift mission
Date: June 21, 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Beautiful Lake Cliff, clean, cool, delightful: the Southwest's greatest playground; it's in Dallas (open access)

Beautiful Lake Cliff, clean, cool, delightful: the Southwest's greatest playground; it's in Dallas

Booklet detailing the attractions and rides at Lake Cliff, including a Ferris Wheel, 30 acre lake, and water rides such as "Shoot the chutes." Discusses construction of the park and the managing officers.
Date: 1906
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

The Best American Newspaper Narratives of 2012

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This anthology collects the ten winners of the 2012 Best American Newspaper Narrative Writing Contest at the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference, which is hosted by the Frank W. Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism at the University of North Texas. The contest honors exemplary narrative work and encourages narrative nonfiction storytelling at newspapers across the United States.
Date: May 2014
Creator: Getschow, George
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Best American Newspaper Narratives, Volume 2

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Anthology of writing by the ten winners of the 2016 Best American Newspaper Narrative Writing Contest at the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference. The pieces are published in order of places awarded: Saslow, "Into the Lonely Quiet" (1st place); Moskowitz, "Marathon Carjacking" (2nd place); Johnson, "The Course of Their Lives" (3rd place), and runners up, Goffard, "The Manhunt"; McCrummen, "Wait—You Described It as a Cloudy Feeling?"; Phillips, "The Lobotomy Files"; Applegate, "Taken Under"; Kissinger, "A Mother, at Her Wits' End"; Kruse, "The Last Voyage of the Bounty"; McKinnon, "Alone on the Hill" ; Newall, "Almost Justice"; and Schweitzer, "Together, Despite All."
Date: June 2015
Creator: Getschow, George
System: The UNT Digital Library