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Catalog of Sam Houston State University: 2006-2008 Undergraduate (open access)

Catalog of Sam Houston State University: 2006-2008 Undergraduate

Catalog of undergraduate courses offered by Sam Houston State University for the 2006-2008 school years, as well as general information about the university, programs, and policies, with announcements for the 2006-2008 sessions.
Date: 2006
Creator: Sam Houston State University
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Region View, Number 3.2, Summer 1996 (open access)

Region View, Number 3.2, Summer 1996

Quarterly newsletter of the Houston-Galveston Area Council discussing census data, demographics, land use, and other information about the gulf region of Texas.
Date: Summer 1996
Creator: Houston-Galveston Area Council. Data Services Department.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The ECHO, Volume 87, Number 7, September 2015 (open access)

The ECHO, Volume 87, Number 7, September 2015

Monthly newspaper produced for inmates in the Texas criminal justice system containing news stories, policy updates, opinion pieces, creative works, and other information.
Date: September 2015
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The ECHO, Volume 87, Number 8, October 2015 (open access)

The ECHO, Volume 87, Number 8, October 2015

Monthly newspaper produced for inmates in the Texas criminal justice system containing news stories, policy updates, opinion pieces, creative works, and other information.
Date: October 2015
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The ECHO, Volume 88, Number 2, March 2016 (open access)

The ECHO, Volume 88, Number 2, March 2016

Monthly newspaper produced for inmates in the Texas criminal justice system containing news stories, policy updates, opinion pieces, creative works, and other information.
Date: March 2016
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The ECHO, Volume 87, Number 10, December 2015/January 2016 (open access)

The ECHO, Volume 87, Number 10, December 2015/January 2016

Monthly newspaper produced for inmates in the Texas criminal justice system containing news stories, policy updates, opinion pieces, creative works, and other information.
Date: December 2015
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Landscape Ecological Characteristics of Habitat of the Red-cockaded Woodpecker (open access)

Landscape Ecological Characteristics of Habitat of the Red-cockaded Woodpecker

Geographic information systems (GIS) technology was used to analyze factors influencing habitat use by an endangered species, the red-cockaded woodpecker. The study area was the western part of the Raven Ranger District of the Sam Houston National Forest, Texas. The factors considered included both structural characteristics and spatial relationships among stands of trees in the habitat.
Date: December 1993
Creator: Thomlinson, John Richard
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 96, July 1992 - April, 1993 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 96, July 1992 - April, 1993

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 651.
Date: 1993
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folk Art in Texas (open access)

Folk Art in Texas

This book describes popular folk art of Texas, including basket weaving, hat-making, yard art, sculptures, murals, cemetery art, quilt-making, tattoo art, and other miscellaneous folk art. The index begins on page 198.
Date: 1985
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Regional Water Plan: Region H, 2016, Volume 1. Main Report (open access)

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

Water plan for Region H describing water resources and suppliers in the area, usage statistics and forecasts, water needs, water management strategies, water conservation methods, drought response plans, financing methods, and the process of creation of the plan.
Date: November 2015
Creator: Region H Water Planning Group
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History

Eleven Days in Hell: the 1974 Carrasco Prison Siege in Huntsville, Texas

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
From one o’clock on the afternoon of July 24, 1974, until shortly before ten o’clock the night of August 3, eleven days later, one of the longest hostage-taking sieges in the history of the United States took place in Texas’s Huntsville State Prison. The ringleader, Federico (Fred) Gomez Carrasco, the former boss of the largest drug-running operation in south Texas, was serving life for assault with intent to commit murder on a police officer. Using his connections to smuggle guns and ammunition into the prison, and employing the aid of two other inmates, he took eleven prison workers and four inmates hostage in the prison library. Demanding bulletproof helmets and vests, he planned to use the hostages as shields for his escape. Negotiations began immediately with prison warden H. H. Husbands and W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director of the Texas Department of Corrections. The Texas Rangers, the Department of Public Safety, and the FBI arrived to assist as the media descended on Huntsville. When one of the hostages suggested a moving structure of chalkboards padded with law books to absorb bullets, Carrasco agreed to the plan. The captors entered their escape pod with four hostages and secured eight others to …
Date: August 15, 2004
Creator: Harper, William T.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sam Houston State University Operating Budget: 2017 (open access)

Sam Houston State University Operating Budget: 2017

Proposed budget for Sam Houston State University outlining projected income and expenditures, with supporting documentation for the fiscal years 2016-2017.
Date: 2017
Creator: Sam Houston State University
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sam Houston State University Recommended Budget: 2018 (open access)

Sam Houston State University Recommended Budget: 2018

Proposed budget for Sam Houston State University outlining projected income and expenditures, with supporting documentation for the fiscal year 2017-2018.
Date: 2017
Creator: Sam Houston State University
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sam Houston State University Operating Budget: 2016 (open access)

Sam Houston State University Operating Budget: 2016

Proposed budget for Sam Houston State University outlining projected income and expenditures, with supporting documentation.
Date: 2015
Creator: Sam Houston State University
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sam Houston State University Operating Budget: 2012 (open access)

Sam Houston State University Operating Budget: 2012

Recommended annual budget for Sam Houston State University including summaries of estimated income, expenses, and other revenues.
Date: 2011
Creator: Sam Houston State University
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sam Houston State University Operating Budget: 2014 (open access)

Sam Houston State University Operating Budget: 2014

Proposed budget for Sam Houston State University outlining projected income and expenditures, with supporting documentation, for fiscal year 2014.
Date: 2013
Creator: Sam Houston State University
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sam Houston State University Operating Budget: 2015 (open access)

Sam Houston State University Operating Budget: 2015

Proposed budget for Sam Houston State University outlining projected income and expenditures, with supporting documentation.
Date: 2014
Creator: Sam Houston State University
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History