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Oral History Interviews with Ralph Hall, 1970-1971 (open access)

Oral History Interviews with Ralph Hall, 1970-1971

Interview with Ralph Hall, an attorney, a former county judge, a businessman, and a Democratic member of the Texas Senate from Rockwall. He discusses his experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-first and Sixty-second Legislatures. Hall talks about the one-year versus two-year budget, tax legislation, the University of Texas at Dallas, teacher pay raises, anti-riot legislation, the state sales tax, the "grocery tax," the destination tax, Lieutenant Governor Ben Barnes, deficit financing, the corporate profits tax, as well as the Sharpstown stock-fraud scandal, ethics legislation, redistricting, his campaign for the office of lieutenant governor, and Governor Preston Smith.
Date: {1970-01-17,1971-07-02}
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Hall, Ralph
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Thurman H. Hooper, February 24, 1993

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Interview with Thurman Hooper from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Hooper worked at camps in Peaceful Valley, Colorado (Company 894); Bonham, Texas (Company 894); Durango, Colorado; Alamosa, Colorado; Jasper, Texas (Company 1820); and Bowie, Arizona. Includes Appendix.
Date: February 24, 1993
Creator: Wilson, David & Hooper, Thurman H.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Inventory of the county archives of Texas : Rockwall County, no. 199 (open access)

Inventory of the county archives of Texas : Rockwall County, no. 199

Inventory of the records of Rockwall County housed in the Rockwall County Courthouse as of 1936. Begins with a historical sketch of the county along with information on the housing, care, and accessibility of the records. Describes the records of the Commissioners Court, County Clerk as Recorder, District Court, County Court, Justice of the Peace Courts, Sheriff, Tax Assessor-Collector, Board of Equalization, County Treasurer, County Board of School Trustees, County School Superintendent, and County Surveyor. References laws specifically applicable to Rockwall County. Includes a bibliography as well as chronological and subject and entry indexes.
Date: February 1940
Creator: Historical Records Survey. Texas.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 891, Chapter 606 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 891, Chapter 606

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the operation and administration of and practice in and grants provided by courts in the judicial branch of state government; increasing and imposing fees; creating a criminal offense.
Date: June 10, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Methods of County Financing in Relation to County Government in Texas (open access)

Methods of County Financing in Relation to County Government in Texas

This study aims to show the relation of the methods of county financing in Texas to the present form of county government. It argues that the present form of county government in Texas is antiquated and inadequate to meet the requirements of efficient administration of county financing.
Date: 1939
Creator: Yoakum, Gladys A.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Voter's Guide: General Election Tuesday, November 3, 1992 (open access)

Voter's Guide: General Election Tuesday, November 3, 1992

Newspaper insert providing non-partisan information about candidates and voting during the general election in Dallas, Texas and surrounding areas.
Date: October 11, 1992
Creator: League of Women Voters of Dallas
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Regional Outlook, 2002: The Metroplex Region (open access)

Texas Regional Outlook, 2002: The Metroplex Region

Report on economic forecast and outlook for the Metroplex Region describing expected economic change for various industries, employment growth, and county-level analyses.
Date: September 2002
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
How Healthy is the Upper Trinity River?: Biological and Water Quality Perspectives (open access)

How Healthy is the Upper Trinity River?: Biological and Water Quality Perspectives

This conference report contains discussions and papers from a symposium hosted at Texas Christian University, in Fort Worth, Texas, examining the ecological health of the Upper Trinity River, and the impacts of various human activity, such as agriculture, urbanization, and waste management. The papers cover the effect of water quality on urban rivers, long-term water quality trends in the Trinity River, solutions that may improve water quality in the river, as well as biological, agricultural and waste-water issues.
Date: 1990
Creator: Jensen, Ric
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Occurrence, Availability and Chemical Quality of Ground Water in the Cretaceous Aquifers of North-Central Texas: Volume 1 (open access)

Occurrence, Availability and Chemical Quality of Ground Water in the Cretaceous Aquifers of North-Central Texas: Volume 1

Report on the quality and availability of ground water in the cretaceous aquifers of north-central Texas. Includes maps, hydrographs, rainfall data, pumpage, and more.
Date: April 1982
Creator: Nordstrom, Phillip L.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Plan: Region C, 2016, Volume 3. Appendices Q-Z (open access)

Regional Water Plan: Region C, 2016, Volume 3. Appendices Q-Z

Appendices Q-Z for the Water plan for Region C including cost estimates, newsletters, comments on the plan and actions taken to answer them, and reports related to different aspects of the water plan.
Date: December 2015
Creator: Freese and Nichols, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Plan: Region C, 2016, Volume 1. Main Report (open access)

Regional Water Plan: Region C, 2016, Volume 1. Main Report

Water plan for Region C describing the areas water resources and suppliers, usage statistics and forecasts, threats and water needs, methodology for making the plan, water conservation methods and plans, and recommendations on water management for different water suppliers and counties.
Date: December 2015
Creator: Freese and Nichols, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil survey, Rockwall County, Texas (open access)

Soil survey, Rockwall County, Texas

Text describes the area, climate, agriculture and soils of Rockwall County, Texas.
Date: 1928
Creator: Geib, H. V. (Horace Valentine), b. 1890
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
System, Method and Apparatus for Energizing Vehicle Brake Lights (open access)

System, Method and Apparatus for Energizing Vehicle Brake Lights

Patent relating to the system, method and apparatus for energizing vehicle brake lights.
Date: August 20, 2010
Creator: Marlowe, Kenneth Adam; Cotanch, Bryan & Parker, James
Object Type: Patent
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Review of Reports]: East Fork of the Trinity River (open access)

[Review of Reports]: East Fork of the Trinity River

Report of the U.S. Army Engineers describing the geography of east fork of the trinity river including the likelihood of floods and benefits of flood control.
Date: 1962
Creator: United States. Department of the Army. Office, Chief of Engineers.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History