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Lake Whitney State Park

Map of Lake Whitney State Park showing the park's access routes, camping sites, and the park's amenities. There is segment on the right side of the map containing information for park patrons.
Date: February 2015
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Dr. Dan Wallace Bacon, March 3, 1998 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Dr. Dan Wallace Bacon, March 3, 1998

Interview with Dr. Dan Wallace Bacon, a physician from Kerrville, Texas, who also served as the city and Kerr County health officer. Dr. Bacon discusses his family history, as well as his education, medical career, brief stint in the Air Force, and general town life in Kerrville. While working at Peterson Hospital in Kerrville, he treated trauma victims from car accidents on Highway 27. In the Air Force, he briefly practiced psychiatry, served as a prison doctor, and finally switched to obstetrics and gynecology. He relates stories from his time as an obstetrician, as well as a general practitioner and family physician. He also discusses the history of minority communities in Kerrville, especially during integration, and the founding of the Kerrville Veteran's Hospital. Dr. Bacon's further remembrances, as well as a historical profile of the Kerrville VA Hospital, are included at the end of the interview transcript.
Date: March 3, 1998
Creator: Bethel, Ann & Bacon, Dan Wallace
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 97, July 1993 - April, 1994 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 97, July 1993 - April, 1994

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 723.
Date: 1994
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Blum H.S. Band] captions transcript

[News Clip: Blum H.S. Band]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story by Jack Helsel about a country and western band from Blum High School who were to compete in the National Future Farmers of America talent show and convention in Kansas City in November. The story aired at 6:00 P.M.
Date: October 8, 1987
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Willie Nelson II series] captions transcript

[News Clip: Willie Nelson II series]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: December 25, 1979
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Elsesser tape #2] captions transcript

[News Clip: Elsesser tape #2]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas.
Date: October 16, 1979
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Willie Nelson Picnic Stories & Series] captions transcript

[News Clip: Willie Nelson Picnic Stories & Series]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Itasca] (open access)

[News Script: Itasca]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: April 18, 1967
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Chase and asstd violences] (open access)

[News Script: Chase and asstd violences]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a broadcast news story.
Date: March 13, 1965
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Early Settlers Life in Texas (open access)

The Early Settlers Life in Texas

This book describes the early history of Hill County, located in Texas, including the author's trip to Texas, information about the first settlers, prominent men, Native American massacres, government, and the general organization of the county.
Date: 1963
Creator: Kirkpatrick, A. Y.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lake Whitney Views (Whitney, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 1, 1960 (open access)

Lake Whitney Views (Whitney, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 1, 1960

Monthly newspaper from Whitney, Texas that includes news and information about Lake Whitney along with advertising.
Date: September 1, 1960
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lake Whitney Views (Whitney, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 10, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 1, 1960 (open access)

Lake Whitney Views (Whitney, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 10, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 1, 1960

Monthly newspaper from Whitney, Texas that includes news and information about Lake Whitney along with advertising.
Date: May 1, 1960
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lake Whitney Views (Whitney, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, April 1, 1960 (open access)

Lake Whitney Views (Whitney, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, April 1, 1960

Monthly newspaper from Whitney, Texas that includes news and information about Lake Whitney along with advertising.
Date: April 1, 1960
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lake Whitney Views (Whitney, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, May 1, 1959 (open access)

Lake Whitney Views (Whitney, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, May 1, 1959

Monthly newspaper from Whitney, Texas that includes news and information about Lake Whitney along with advertising.
Date: May 1, 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hornet's Nest (Gatesville, Tx.), Vol. 1, No. 4, Friday, November 1, 1957 (open access)

Hornet's Nest (Gatesville, Tx.), Vol. 1, No. 4, Friday, November 1, 1957

Gatesville High School's newspaper, from Gatesville, Texas, that includes school news written by students, anecdotes, articles by teachers, student birthdays, sports news, and advertisements.
Date: November 1, 1957
Creator: Barton, Virginia
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: O'Daniel opens race for governor] captions transcript

[News Clip: O'Daniel opens race for governor]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about campaign efforts across North Texas by former governor and U.S. Senator W. Lee O'Daniel, who is again running for governor of the state.
Date: May 13, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
A study of the possibilities of including industrial arts in the Whitney Elementary School, grades three through eight, based upon the needs and desires of the parents and students in the school area (open access)

A study of the possibilities of including industrial arts in the Whitney Elementary School, grades three through eight, based upon the needs and desires of the parents and students in the school area

This study was conducted in order to determine the community need and desire for an Industrial Arts program in the elementary school at Whitney, Texas.
Date: 1950
Creator: Kiger, Robert V.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bulletin of the Texas Archeological and Paleontological Society, Volumes 17 & 18, 1946-1947 (open access)

Bulletin of the Texas Archeological and Paleontological Society, Volumes 17 & 18, 1946-1947

Annual journal of the Texas Archeological and Paleontological Society documenting research and findings of members as well as activities of the organization.
Date: 1946
Creator: Texas Archeological and Paleontological Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Evaluation of the Uses Made of the Radio in the Seventh Grade of the Schools of Hill County (open access)

An Evaluation of the Uses Made of the Radio in the Seventh Grade of the Schools of Hill County

It is the purpose of this study to make an investigation of the uses made of the radio in the seventh grade in the schools in Hill County, in an endeavor to make available to administrators and teachers the possibilities of radio as an educational medium, and also to suggest additional techniques of utilization.
Date: 1942
Creator: Kirkbride, Martha Frances Cargile
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Survey of the Interests of Children in the Sixth Grade and a Suggested Program of Work Based upon These Interests (open access)

A Survey of the Interests of Children in the Sixth Grade and a Suggested Program of Work Based upon These Interests

The dual purpose of this study is to survey the interests of boys and girls who are in the sixth grade and to suggest a program of school work based upon these interests. The writer presents the study with the hope that it will contribute to a better understanding of what children's interests are and the part they should play in planning the curriculum and complete school program.
Date: 1942
Creator: Dalton, Mary Roberta Payne
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Junior Historian, Volume 1, Number 3, April 1941 (open access)

The Junior Historian, Volume 1, Number 3, April 1941

Journal published by the Texas State Historical Association containing articles written by members of the Junior Historians about various aspects of Texas history.
Date: April 1941
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
To Determine Whether Changes Are Needed in the Recreation Program of Secondary Schools of Hill County Texas (open access)

To Determine Whether Changes Are Needed in the Recreation Program of Secondary Schools of Hill County Texas

"It is the purpose of this study to attack one phase of the leisure-time problem: that phase which deals with the recreation program of secondary schools. As effort will be made to determine whether changes are needed in the recreation program of the secondary schools of Hill County Texas in order that they may meet the demands of the new leisure in the light of young people's activities and interests and accepted standards of the present day."--leaf 1.
Date: August 1937
Creator: Savage, Flora Strickland
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Orphans' Herald (Itasca, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 1, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 1, 1924 (open access)

The Orphans' Herald (Itasca, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 1, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 1, 1924

Newspaper from the Southwestern Presbyterian Home and School for Orphans in Itasca, Texas, including news and informative articles.
Date: April 1, 1924
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Itasca Item. (Itasca, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, August 9, 1918 (open access)

The Itasca Item. (Itasca, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, August 9, 1918

Weekly newspaper from Itasca, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: August 9, 1918
Creator: Bowman, George W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History