Oral History Interviews with Curtis J. Smith, 1990

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Interview with Curtis Smith, an airline employee and community leader, concerning his experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas from 1956 to 1990. Smith discusses his early life in East Texas, his employment in Dallas, his service in the U.S. Navy during World War II, job promotions with Braniff, African-American housing in Dallas, his decision to purchase a home in Hamilton Park in 1956, flooding problems, shopping in the community, traffic and access problems, social activities, church activities, Civic League, Hamiltonians, Interorganizational Council, political activities, zoning controversies, Willowdell Park, and the "Buy Out."
Date: {1990-02-02,1990-02-23,1990-03-30}
Creator: Wilson, William H. & Smith, Curtis J.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
A History of the Kilgore College (open access)

A History of the Kilgore College

"This is a history of the Kilgore College, Kilgore, Texas, a junior college for Kilgore and the oil belt. The data concerning the history of this very young publicly owned junior college has been secured through personal interviews with its originators, its administrators past and present, Kilgore newspapers, college catalogs, college annuals, and educational references, public laws and board minutes...The material dealing with the history of this college has been organized to cover the following topics: origin of the college, three periods of material development, internal growth of the college, and summary, conclusions and recommendations." -- leaves 2-3
Date: August 1948
Creator: Bradford, Q. L.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Kim Phillips, March 20, 2013

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Interview with Kim Phillips, vice-president of the Denton Conventions and Visitors Bureau from Longview, Texas. Phillips discusses her love of Denton, her childhood and education, the music scene, the sense of community,, the CVB's work, local history, Quakertown, the Chamber of Commerce, the black and Hispanic communities, and the Confederate memorial. In appendix is a picture of Denton County Courthouse and the County Confederate Memorial.
Date: March 20, 2013
Creator: Stallings, Chelsea & Phillips, Kim
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interviews with Curtis J. Smith, 1990

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Interview with Curtis J. Smith, a airline industry worker and community organizer from Longview, Texas. Smith discusses his family history, his education, working for his father, moving to Dallas, service in the Navy during WWII, getting married, working for Braniff International and American Airlines, living in Hamilton Park, his children, church activities, work with the Interorganizational Council and the Civic League, and development of the neighborhood.
Date: 1990-02/1990-03
Creator: Wilson, William H. & Smith, Curtis J.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Ben Moody, October 8, 2003

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Interview with Ben Moody, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran from Kilgore, Texas, who served with the 112th Cavalry in the Pacific. Moody discusses his family, surviving the Great Depression, his jobs and education, joining the 112th and mobilization, deployment to New Caledonia, Woodlark Island, staging at Goodenough Island, the Battle of Arawe, the Battle of Driniumor River, spending the remainder of the war in the hospital, and reflections on the 112th.
Date: October 8, 2003
Creator: Johnston, Glenn T. & Moody, Ben
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
A History of the First State Bank of Gladewater, Texas, and Its Economic Relationship with the Community (open access)

A History of the First State Bank of Gladewater, Texas, and Its Economic Relationship with the Community

The purpose of this thesis is to present a history of the founding, operations, services, and growth of the First State Bank of Gladewater,Texas, with special emphasis placed on the economic relationships between the bank and the community. The general problem in this thesis is to gather all the material and data pertaining to the organization, operation, and functions of the bank, with relation to the growth of the community and to present them in a readable coherent manner.
Date: June 1948
Creator: McLean, Billy B.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Kirk Teske, April 30, 2019

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Transcript of an interview with architect Kirk Teske discussing his experience designing buildings, the shift toward sustainable building and LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification, and the connection between design and health.
Date: April 30, 2019
Creator: Stark, Johnnie & Teske, Kirk
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Good Tale and a Bonnie Tune (open access)

A Good Tale and a Bonnie Tune

Volume of miscellaneous folklore about Texas and Mexico, including Mexican folktales, Texas folk songs, information about Texas streams and information about racial discrimination in the South. The index begins on page 273.
Date: 2017
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Inventory of the county archives of Texas : Gregg County, no. 92 (open access)

Inventory of the county archives of Texas : Gregg County, no. 92

Inventory of records of Gregg County housed in the Gregg County Courthouse as of 1937. Begins with a historical sketch of the county along with a governmental organization chart, and information on the housing, care, and accessibility of the records. Describes the records of the County Commissioners Court, County Clerk as Recorder, District Courts, County Court, Justice of the Peace Courts, Criminal District Attorney, Sheriff, Constables, Tax Assessor-Collector, Board of Equalization, County Treasurer, County Auditor, County Board of School Trustees, County School Superintendent, County Surveyor, County Health Officer, and Board of Managers of County Hospital. Includes a bibliography as well as chronological and subject and entry indexes.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Historical Records Survey. Texas.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Good Tale and a Bonnie Tune (open access)

A Good Tale and a Bonnie Tune

Volume of miscellaneous folklore about Texas and Mexico, including Mexican folktales, Texas folk songs, information about Texas streams and information about racial discrimination in the South. The index begins on page 273.
Date: 1964
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
East Texas Family Records, Volume 17, Number 4, Winter 1993 (open access)

East Texas Family Records, Volume 17, Number 4, Winter 1993

Quarterly publication containing genealogical information about families in East Texas including fifth generation charts, family histories, and lists of records (births, deaths, etc.). Name index begins on page 59.
Date: Winter 1993
Creator: East Texas Genealogical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Gregg County, Texas (open access)

Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Gregg County, Texas

Directory of the men and women from Gregg County, Texas who served in the United States Armed Forces during World War II. Each person's entry contains their photo, a short biography, and where they served.
Date: 1946~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Remedial Reading in a First-Grade Section of the Gladewater Elementary School (open access)

Remedial Reading in a First-Grade Section of the Gladewater Elementary School

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of a teaching technique which involves grouping of students on their ability in reading for the improvement of reading in the school.
Date: 1944
Creator: Milner, Abbie Ernestine
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Influence of Audio-Visual Aids in Eighth-Grade Social Studies (open access)

The Influence of Audio-Visual Aids in Eighth-Grade Social Studies

The problem of this study is to determine, if possible, whether any significant difference in achievement existed when the eighth-grade social studies were taught by two methods; namely, the textual method and the textual method supplemented by audio-visual aids.
Date: 1950
Creator: Moore, Mary Frances Ferguson
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Stressed Back Vowels in the Speech of Gregg County, Texas (open access)

A Study of the Stressed Back Vowels in the Speech of Gregg County, Texas

The purpose of this paper is to contribute some knowledge of the vowel sounds in the speech of one part of East Texas, Gregg County. Although these sounds do not vary greatly from those heard in other parts of the South, the variations which do occur are of interest to the student of speech sounds, and for that reason the sounds studied are carefully recorded in this paper.
Date: 1950
Creator: Bradford, Frances R.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Physical Education as an Element in the Personal and Social Readjustment of the Problem Child in Gladewater, Texas (open access)

Physical Education as an Element in the Personal and Social Readjustment of the Problem Child in Gladewater, Texas

This study of the readjustment of problem children was undertaken as an integral part of the physical education program of the city schools of Gladewater, Texas, to determine if physical education in itself is, or can become, a positive factor in reshaping the lives of such children.
Date: 1942
Creator: Wake, Dorothy M.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Art as a Tool in a Fifth-Grade Guidance Program (open access)

Art as a Tool in a Fifth-Grade Guidance Program

The purpose of this thesis was to determine a way by which the school could best serve all the children in the capacity of guidance. A program was needed which would enrich the lives of children of widely varying social and financial levels, chronological ages, mental ages, personalities, talents, and other inherent traits or tendencies.
Date: 1946
Creator: Collins, Winny
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Community Leadership and Economic Growth (open access)

Community Leadership and Economic Growth

This study is concerned with discovering relationships between community power structures and economic growth. The economic growth in selected Northeast Texas counties and their major cities is compared with the power structures in each of these communities during the 1944 through 1968 period.
Date: December 1970
Creator: Jones, Hubert Kelly
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
East Texas Family Records, Volume 22, Number 1, Spring 1998 (open access)

East Texas Family Records, Volume 22, Number 1, Spring 1998

Quarterly publication containing genealogical information about families in East Texas including fifth generation charts, family histories, and lists of records (births, deaths, etc.). Name index begins on page 48.
Date: Spring 1998
Creator: East Texas Genealogical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
East Texas Family Records, Volume 25, Number 1, Spring 2001 (open access)

East Texas Family Records, Volume 25, Number 1, Spring 2001

Quarterly publication containing genealogical information about families in East Texas including fifth generation charts, family histories, and lists of records (births, deaths, etc.). Name index begins on page 35.
Date: Spring 2001
Creator: East Texas Genealogical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
East Texas Family Records, Volume 25, Number 3, Fall 2001 (open access)

East Texas Family Records, Volume 25, Number 3, Fall 2001

Quarterly publication containing genealogical information about families in East Texas including fifth generation charts, family histories, and lists of records (births, deaths, etc.). Name index begins on page 34.
Date: Autumn 2001
Creator: East Texas Genealogical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
East Texas Family Records, Volume 24, Number 1, Spring 2000 (open access)

East Texas Family Records, Volume 24, Number 1, Spring 2000

Quarterly publication containing genealogical information about families in East Texas including fifth generation charts, family histories, and lists of records (births, deaths, etc.). Name index begins on page 53.
Date: Spring 2000
Creator: East Texas Genealogical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
East Texas Family Records, Volume 21, Number 1, Spring 1997 (open access)

East Texas Family Records, Volume 21, Number 1, Spring 1997

Quarterly publication containing genealogical information about families in East Texas including fifth generation charts, family histories, and lists of records (births, deaths, etc.). Name index begins on page 57.
Date: Spring 1997
Creator: East Texas Genealogical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
East Texas Family Records, Volume 25, Number 4, Winter 2001 (open access)

East Texas Family Records, Volume 25, Number 4, Winter 2001

Quarterly publication containing genealogical information about families in East Texas including fifth generation charts, family histories, and lists of records (births, deaths, etc.). Name index begins on page 36.
Date: Winter 2001
Creator: East Texas Genealogical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History