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Oral History Interviews with Eiland Collins, 1991

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Interview with Eiland Collins, a community leader, concerning his experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas from 1962 to 1991. Collins discusses his childhood in East Texas, his segregated education, Civic League and its activities, property violations, home improvements, his presidency of the Civic League, zoning problems, the "Buy Out," and current neighborhood problems.
Date: {1991-01-18,1991-03-12}
Creator: Wilson, William H. & Collins, Eiland
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Charles P. Foote, February 21, 1993

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Interview with Charles Foote concerning his experiences before and during his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Foote worked at a camp in Wolfe City, Texas (Company 2899).
Date: February 21, 1993
Creator: Cubberly, Monica & Foote, Charles P.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

[A group at the entrance of an administration building]

Photograph of a group posing at the entrance of an administration building in Commerce, Texas. The group consists of six women and two men. Four women sit on the edge of the building's steps while the other four individuals stand behind them.
Date: [1915,1965]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Six women in Commerce, Texas]

Photograph of six women posing together outdoors together in Commerce, Texas. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads, "a group of us girls at Commerce in school."
Date: [1915,1965]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interviews with Eiland Collins, 1991

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Interview with Eiland Collins, a Army veteran and civic leader of Hamilton Park from Greenville, Texas. Collins discusses his family background and growing up, service in the Army, work afterwards, his involvement in Hamilton Park United Methodist Church, his work for the Civic League and becoming its president, anti-drug projects, contemporary issues in the neighborhood, the "buy out," and some general reflections on his work for the community.
Date: 1991-01/1991-03
Creator: Wilson, William H. & Collins, Eiland
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Descriptive History of Wesley College (open access)

A Descriptive History of Wesley College

The American junior colleges of today are historical accidents, some having begun originally with elementary and secondary divisions or as adjuncts of local high schools. Wesley College in Greenville, Texas, began on a two acre campus as North Texas University Training School in Terrell, Texas, in 1905. Chartered by the North Texas Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, the school initially provided elementary and high school and two years of college. At this time the name was changed to Wesley College, but the school closed in the spring of 1911. It reopened on a twenty acre campus in the fall of 1912 in Greenville, Texas, and maintained a close relationship with that city until mounting financial problems forced closure in 1938. Many records of the school were transferred to Southern Methodist University at Dallas, and in 1939, Wesley College alumni were invited to become associate members of the S.M.U. Ex-Students Association. Many associated with Wesley College continue to meet annually in Greenville to keep alive their memories of the once prestigious college. This study employs primary and secondary documentary data, as well as interviews with fifty-six individuals, to provide a chronological descriptive history of the origin, growth, development, and …
Date: May 1987
Creator: McMullin, William C. (William Craig)
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Joba Ramirez, July 19, 2004

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Interview with Joba Ramirez, a nurse from Denton, Texas, regarding her Mexican-American heritage. Ramirez discusses her background, medical education, family traditions, discrimination she experienced, and the history of Denton's Mexican-American community.
Date: July 19, 2004
Creator: Ray, Dulce Ivette & Ramirez, Joba
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Tom Blaylock, March 22, 1971 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Tom Blaylock, March 22, 1971

Interview with Tom Blaylock, an Army Air Corps WWII veteran and POW from Dallas, Texas. Blaylock was stationed in the Philippines during the Japanese invasion of December 1941, was captured, forced to partake in the Bataan Death March, and was interned at several major POW camps in the Philippines before transferring to a coal mine camp at Omine-machi, Yamaguchi, Japan.
Date: March 22, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald & Blaylock, Thomas
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Charles P. Foote, February 21, 1993

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Interview with Charles P. Foote about his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. He discusses his childhood during the Great Depression in in Hunt County, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to a camp at Wolfe City, Texas (Company 2899); description of camp; life in camp.
Date: February 21, 1993
Creator: Cubberly, Monica & Foote, Charles P.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Inventory of county records, Hunt County courthouse, Greenville, Texas (open access)

Inventory of county records, Hunt County courthouse, Greenville, Texas

Inventory of records of Hunt County. Begins with an introduction and explanation of the roles of various county government offices. Describes the records of the Commissioners' Court, County Judge, County Clerk, County Court, County Attorney, District Clerk, District Attorney, Adult Probation, Juvenile Probation, Justice of the Peace, Sheriff, Constable, Tax Assessor-Collector, Treasurer, Auditor, County School Superintendent, and Veterans County Service Officer. Also provides a listing of Hunt County Records and an index.
Date: 1978
Creator: Texas County Records Inventory Project.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 88, July 1984 - April, 1985 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 88, July 1984 - April, 1985

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 445.
Date: 1984/1985
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 94, July 1990 - April, 1991 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 94, July 1990 - April, 1991

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 663.
Date: 1991
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Features and Fillers: Texas Journalists on Texas Folklore (open access)

Features and Fillers: Texas Journalists on Texas Folklore

Collection of popular folklore of Texas, including information about animals, folk music, weather lore, folk beliefs, legends, folk medicine, poetry and other folktales. The index begins on page 229.
Date: 2017
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Features and Fillers: Texas Journalists on Texas Folklore (open access)

Features and Fillers: Texas Journalists on Texas Folklore

Collection of popular folklore of Texas, including information about animals, folk music, weather lore, folk beliefs, legends, folk medicine, poetry and other folktales. The index begins on page 229.
Date: 1999
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Growing up in Texas (open access)

Growing up in Texas

Memoir written by Annie Margaret Rankin Warner and Virginia "Jenny" Louise Rankin Marshall of stories on growing up in West Texas from 1866-1995.
Date: 2016
Creator: Rankin Warner, Annie Margaret & Marshall, Virginia R.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plant Dermatitis: Hypersensitivity to the Oleoresins of Fifty Common Plants Indigenous to Hunt County, Texas (open access)

Plant Dermatitis: Hypersensitivity to the Oleoresins of Fifty Common Plants Indigenous to Hunt County, Texas

This investigation deals with the study of a possible hypersensitivity to the oleoresins of fifty common plants indigenous to Hunt County, Texas.
Date: 1940
Creator: Smith, Dean
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Caddo Mills News. (Caddo Mills, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, July 26, 1918 (open access)

Caddo Mills News. (Caddo Mills, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, July 26, 1918

Weekly newspaper from Caddo Mills, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: July 26, 1918
Creator: VanCleave, George L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Quinlan Review. (Quinlan, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, August 1, 1902 (open access)

The Quinlan Review. (Quinlan, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, August 1, 1902

Weekly newspaper from Quinlan, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 1, 1902
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
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
The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest (open access)

The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest

This text gives an overview of the places and resources in Texas with an emphasis on the locations where the railroads run through the state. Indexes start on page 220.
Date: 1896
Creator: Texas & Pacific Railway
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
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
East Texas. (open access)

East Texas.

This book was created to provide "authentic information concerning the natural and co-operative resources and opportunities offered by East Texas and her people" for the general public. It contains information about the "General Development in 1921-22, The Evolution of transportation and Fixing of Lower Rate Levels, The Marketing Problem Nearing Solution, Organization, Concentration and Standardization of Quality; Pack and Grade, Co-Operative Work of A. & M. College Department of Extension Service; State Agricultural Department; Markets and Warehouses Department; [and the] Chamber of Commerce in East Texas" (p. 1).
Date: 1923
Creator: East Texas Chamber of Commerce.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The East Texan (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 36, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 18, 1925 (open access)

The East Texan (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 36, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 18, 1925

Weekly student newspaper from East Texas State Teachers College in Commerce, Texas that includes school news and information along with advertising.
Date: April 18, 1925
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The East Texan (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 4, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 1, 1922 (open access)

The East Texan (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 4, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 1, 1922

Weekly student newspaper from East Texas State Normal College in Commerce, Texas that includes school news and information along with advertising.
Date: March 1, 1922
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History