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The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 65, July 1961 - April, 1962 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 65, July 1961 - April, 1962

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 619.
Date: 1962
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Golden Log (open access)

The Golden Log

This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains popular Texas folklore, including information about unusual Texas place names, folktales about spiders, folktales about witchcraft, ghosts and superstitions, and information about early petroleum geologists. The index begins on page 167.
Date: 1962
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Louisiana and Texas (open access)

Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Louisiana and Texas

Report of the U.S. Army Engineers describing the geography of gulf intracoastal waterway in Louisiana and Texas including the likelihood of floods and benefits of flood control, as well as specific issues related to the area and proposed solutions.
Date: 1962
Creator: United States. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief of Engineers.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Distribution of Soils Bordering the Mississippi River from Donaldsonville to Head of Passes (open access)

Distribution of Soils Bordering the Mississippi River from Donaldsonville to Head of Passes

Summary: "This report maps the distribution of soils which border the Mississippi between river mile 189 and Head of Passes in southeast Louisiana with special regard to their engineering significance. The subsurface disposition of depositional environments and their associated soil types are shown on 34 subsurface profiles. The text describes the physiographic and geologic development of the area studied, summarizes physical and engineering characteristics of the engineering soil types mapped, and discusses some of the effects of geologic factors on river migration" (p. vii).
Date: June 1962
Creator: Waterways Experiment Station (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library