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Federal Disaster Assistance after Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Wilma, Gustav, and Ike (open access)

Federal Disaster Assistance after Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Wilma, Gustav, and Ike

Report that provides information on federal financial assistance provided to the Gulf States after major disasters were declared in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas in response to the widespread destruction that resulted from Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma in 2005 and Hurricanes Gustav and Ike in 2008. This includes a brief summary of each hurricane and a discussion concerning federal to state cost-shares.
Date: July 5, 2013
Creator: Lindsay, Bruce R. & Nagel, Jared Conrad
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Regional Highlights from Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States (open access)

Regional Highlights from Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States

This fact sheet describes climate change scenarios in the Southeast region of the United States.
Date: unknown
Creator: U.S. Global Change Research Program
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Deepwater Horizon Response: Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Response

This website served as the focal point for the Deepwater Horizon Unified Command, a group of organizations that had involvement with the British Petroleum (BP) explosion and oil spill that occurred in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010. The website includes news feeds and information about health concerns, volunteer opportunities, contact information, and ongoing plans for the area. Various maps of the event and other resources are also available, chronicling the problem and the steps taken by the member organizations to deal with the effects.
Date: September 10, 2010
Creator: Deepwater Horizon Unified Command
Object Type: Website
System: The UNT Digital Library
[McLernon Autobiographic Sketch] (open access)

[McLernon Autobiographic Sketch]

Short autobiographic essay written by Eleanor McLernon on her life, family, career, and experience with the WASP program. A note paired with the paper reads, "Brief autobiographic sketch for the ALL-WASP lino graphic book Betty Turner currently working on (1999)".
Date: 1999
Creator: McLernon, Eleanor Michel
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "Dorothea 'Didi' Moorman"] (open access)

[Clipping: "Dorothea 'Didi' Moorman"]

Newspaper clipping about women dispelling male fears about the B-29 Superfortress. A photo of Dorothea "Didi" Moorman standing with Brig. General Paul Tibbets in Fort Walton Beach Florida is shown.
Date: October 21, 1997
Creator: Associated Press
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "WW2 Flying Women"] (open access)

[Clipping: "WW2 Flying Women"]

Newspaper clipping of the "People" section of the June 1995 issue of Florida Today. Articles about the story of the WASPs, Michael Jackson's accusations of child molestation, neutering dogs, and more are included. "WW2 Flying Women" discusses two local women, Marjorie Sizemore and Carolyn Miller, and their service in the WASP.
Date: June 22, 1995
Creator: Morris, Betty
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

Vereinigte Staaten von Nord-Amerika.

Map shows roads, railroads, lakes, swamps, cities and towns for the southeastern United States. Insets: "Der sudliche treil von Florida im anschluss an blatt 88" and "Der südliche theil von Texas im auschluss an blatt 87." Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [1:3,700,000].
Date: 1885
Creator: Petermann, A. (August), 1822-1878
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

North America Sheet XIII: Parts of Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, & Florida.

Map shows early nineteenth century Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida counties, cities, towns, major roads, swamps, and areas of Native American occupancy. Scale [ca. 1:1,800,000].
Date: 1833
Creator: Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

North America, Sheet XIII : Parts of Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama & Florida.

Map shows geography, cities, towns and state borders in parts of mid-nineteenth century Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. Scale not given.
Date: 1853
Creator: J. & C. Walker (Firm)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

United States of North America (Eastern & Central) [Sheet 1]

Map shows mid-nineteenth century cities, towns, ports, transportation routes, mileage scales, and geography of south-central United States. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:3,980,000].
Date: 1859
Creator: Ettling, Theodor, b. 1823
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Vereinigte Staaten von Nord-Amerika [Sheet 2].

Map shows roads, railroads, lakes, swamps, cities and towns for the southeastern United States. Insets: "Der sudliche treil von Florida im anschluss an blatt 88" and "Der südliche theil von Texas im auschluss an blatt 87." Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:4,000,000].
Date: 1873
Creator: Petermann, A. (August), 1822-1878
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Canada, Louisiane et terres angloises [Sheet 3].

Map shows mid-eighteenth century geography and place names of the North American "Louisiane" territory [present-day Alabama] claimed by France as well as the "Carolina" [English] and Florida [Spanish] territories. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:2,800,000].
Date: 1755
Creator: Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Sketch of the Gulf of Mexico showing lines of deep sea soundings and profiles of bottom.

Map shows islands and bays along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico from just south of the Rio Grande to the tip of Florida, Key West, and the Dry Tortugas; temperature readings east and south of the Mississippi River delta on inset map. Insets: [fifteen profiles of sections of seabottom for the Gulf of Mexico along lines shown on the main map]. Depths shown by soundings and by profile. Scale [ca. 1:2,400,000].
Date: 1855
Creator: United States Coast Survey
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Florida.

Map shows late nineteenth century Florida counties, swamps, railroads, lakes, rivers, cities, and towns. Inset: [Continuation map of west Florida]. Scale [ca. 1:2,300,000] and [ca. 1:1,900,000].
Date: [1867..1887]
Creator: Cram, George Franklin, 1841-1928
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Maps of Alabama and Florida]

Map shows early twentieth century Alabama counties, railroads, cities and towns. Florida canals are also indicated. Includes index to principal cities and statistics. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:1,774,080].
Date: [1914..1919]
Creator: Rand McNally and Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map to illustrate the Civil War.

Map shows state boundaries, military posts, major cities, and notable physical features. Inset: "North Eastern Virginia." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:9,216,000].
Date: 1885
Creator: A. S. Barnes & Co.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Thinking critically about models used to predict emergency evacuation in Gulf Coast states (open access)

Thinking critically about models used to predict emergency evacuation in Gulf Coast states

Report examining evacuation procedures using existing forecasting models in the gulf coast states and discusses ways to improve the use of forecasting models by government officials.
Date: July 2010
Creator: Moseley, Brandon; Wynn, Garlin & Lewis, Carol Abel
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History

Green line territory, freight association territories, and rate adjustment territories of southern territory

Map shows railroad lines and territories of various freight associations for southern United States; state boundaries, cities, and towns. Includes key to association territories. Inset: [Atlanta Sub-territory - Florida]. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [1:5,132,160].
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Wymond, Charles E.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bouldin Family Scrapbook] (open access)

[Bouldin Family Scrapbook]

The first half of the scrapbook is composed of newspaper articles that have been pasted onto the pages and some that were inserted in between the book's pages. The articles are from Confederate states and contain news, poems, and stories centered around the Civil War and the time after. The second half of the book served as a ledger for the family to keep track of their expenses.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Gulf Coast of the United States : Key West to Rio Grande.

Map shows late nineteenth century Gulf of Mexico coastal detail. Includes notes and and tables: "Gulf Stream currents," "Abbreviations of Bottoms," "Light Houses," and "Weather Signal Stations." Depths shown by soundings. Scale [ca. 1:1,200,000].
Date: 1892
Creator: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the chief part of the southern states and part of the western : engraved to illustrate Mitchell's school and family geography.

Map shows state and county boundaries, cities, towns, railroads, canals, battlefields, swamps, and notable physical features. Includes explanation, text notes, dates, distances, and population statistics. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:3,700,000].
Date: 1839
Creator: Williams, W. (Wellington)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the chief part of the southern states and part of the western : engraved to illustrate Mitchell's school and family geography.

Map shows state and county boundaries, cities, towns, railroads, canals, battlefields, swamps, and notable physical features. Includes explanation, text notes, dates, distances, and population statistics. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:3,700,000].
Date: 1858
Creator: Williams, W. (Wellington)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

County map of Florida.

Map shows counties, railroads, swamps, military posts, cities, and towns. Inset shows street names, roads, numbered wards, railroads, docks, public institutions, and select buildings in Mobile, Alabama. Scale [ca. 1:3,600,000].
Date: 1872
Creator: Mitchell, S. Augustus, Jr. (Samuel Augustus)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

County map of Florida.

Map shows counties, railroads, swamps, military posts, cities, and towns. Inset shows street names, roads, numbered wards, railroads, docks, public institutions, and select buildings in Mobile, Alabama. Scale [ca. 1:3,600,000].
Date: 1872
Creator: Mitchell, S. Augustus, Jr. (Samuel Augustus)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History