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Wichita Falls Record News (Wichita Falls, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 2, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 15, 1945 (open access)

Wichita Falls Record News (Wichita Falls, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 2, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 15, 1945

Daily newspaper from Wichita Falls, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 15, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Parade-Downtown Wichita Falls]

Photograph of a Midwestern University parade in the late 1940's or early 1950's, with a huge crowd gathered on both sides of the street watching the parade as it passes.
Date: 1940/1950
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas Ranches Wichita Falls - Lubbock Section

Survey map of large ranches of the West Texas/Panhandle region, between Wichita Falls and Lubbock, including the name and/or the owner(s) of each ranch. Map also includes labeled counties, towns, rivers, creeks, and roads.
Date: 1949
Creator: Williams, J. W. & Neal, A. D., Sr.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Eastland, Wichita Falls & Gulf (EWF&G) 322

A photograph print showing Eastland, Wichita Falls & Gulf (EWF&G) 322, 4-4-0, with one passenger coach, Eastland, TX.
Date: January 27, 1940
Creator: George, Preston
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Eastland, Wichita Falls & Gulf (EWF&G) 322

A photograph print showing Eastland, Wichita Falls & Gulf (EWF&G) 322, 4-4-0, with one passenger coach, Eastland, TX.
Date: January 27, 1940
Creator: George, Preston
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
To Determine the Factors Influencing the Attendance of the Latin-American Children in Wichita Falls Public Schools (open access)

To Determine the Factors Influencing the Attendance of the Latin-American Children in Wichita Falls Public Schools

The purpose of this study is three-fold: (1) to make a study of the attendance records of Latin American children in the Wichita Falls Public Schools to determine the extent of non-attendance and withdrawals; (2) to study factors causing this non-attendance and withdrawals; and (3) to plan some remedial measures to improve the educational opportunities and improve the attendance of these children.
Date: 1948
Creator: Jolly, Charles A.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Descriptive Survey of the Reading-Readiness Program of the First Grades in Wichita Falls, Texas, During 1940-1941 (open access)

A Descriptive Survey of the Reading-Readiness Program of the First Grades in Wichita Falls, Texas, During 1940-1941

Progressive concept of education -- The education of young children today is being interpreted in terms of child growth and development. It is no longer thought of as mental training primarily, but as the well-rounded development of each individual, physically, mentally, socially, and emotionally to the extent of his potentialities.
Date: 1941
Creator: Rollins, Norma Edith
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relationship between Social Maturity and Personality of Primary Pupils in Eight Elementary Schools of Wichita Falls, Texas (open access)

The Relationship between Social Maturity and Personality of Primary Pupils in Eight Elementary Schools of Wichita Falls, Texas

This investigation concerned two major interests of many classroom teachers today: the pupils' social maturity and their personality. The problem was to determine the apparent relationship between these two factors in pupils of the first, second, and third grades of eight elementary schools in Wichita Falls, Texas.
Date: 1942
Creator: Berry, Esther M.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Influence of Economic, Social, and Physical Factors upon Normal Development of Pupils in Two Wichita Falls Elementary Schools (open access)

The Influence of Economic, Social, and Physical Factors upon Normal Development of Pupils in Two Wichita Falls Elementary Schools

Children who learn best are physically, mentally, and emotionally adequate. In conjunction with this fact, this study attempts to show the relation that exists between the children from uncomfortable, unsatisfactory environments and those with comfortable, satisfactory environments.
Date: 1948
Creator: Cowan, Charlie Weldon
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Extent to Which the Point of View of the School Patrons of Wichita Falls, Texas, Has a Background of Progressivism or of Essentialism (open access)

A Study of the Extent to Which the Point of View of the School Patrons of Wichita Falls, Texas, Has a Background of Progressivism or of Essentialism

The purpose of this study is to learn to what extent the point of view of patrons of Wichita Falls, Texas, has a background of progressivism or of essentialism and to what extent, if possible, the children are influenced in school by the point of view held by the parents; also which part of the school system -- general education, the curriculum, the child, or the administration -- has the most progressive approval of the parents.
Date: 1944
Creator: Denton, Edith
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Tractor Pulling Float at M.U. Parade]

Photograph of Midwestern parade in the late 1940's or early 1950's, with a huge crowd gathered on both sides of the street watching the parade as it passes.
Date: 1940/1950
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Study of the Bacterial Flora of Food Utensils in Hardin College Cafeteria and Twenty-Five Eating Establishments in Wichita Falls, Texas (open access)

A Study of the Bacterial Flora of Food Utensils in Hardin College Cafeteria and Twenty-Five Eating Establishments in Wichita Falls, Texas

The problem of this thesis consists primarily of a bacteriological survey of the eating utensils of Hardin College Cafeteria and twenty-five other eating establishments in the city of Wichita Falls, Texas. This investigation was made primarily with reference to a determination of the possible presence of typhoid and related organisms, and secondarily to an investigation of the actual presence of those bacterial organisms associated with the more common outbreaks of food poisoning.
Date: 1949
Creator: Adams, Isaac Newton
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Parade- WF

Photograph of the Midwestern University Homecoming parade in the street and a huge crowd gathered at downtown Wichita Falls.
Date: 1940
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Children's Reading Interests as Shown by the Books Checked from the Huey School Library in Wichita Falls, Texas, and the Relation of These Interests to Classroom Work (open access)

Children's Reading Interests as Shown by the Books Checked from the Huey School Library in Wichita Falls, Texas, and the Relation of These Interests to Classroom Work

This study has four main purposes: 1. To determine whether there is a preference for certain types of stories. 2. To find whether boys prefer one type story and girls another. 3. To determine whether the physical make-up or format of the book has any influence on the selection of books. 4. To find how these interests are related to classroom work.
Date: 1949
Creator: Latimer, Elizabeth
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Woman Holding Snake]

Photograph of a woman holding a large snake.
Date: 1940
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hardin Building-Midwestern Campus]

Photograph of a frontal view of Midwestern University's Hardin Administration Building.
Date: 1940/1950
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Air Show

Photograph of various planes on a grass field during an airshow.
Date: 1940
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0107.0076]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Joe Bridwell-Wichita Falls-Oilman."
Date: August 25, 1940
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0107.0078]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Joe S. Bridwell, Wichita Falls, has started with friends a competition on legume raising in the north Texas area similar to the Noble foundation plan."
Date: November 18, 1949
Creator: Owen, A. Y.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
To Develop and to Evaluate a Mathematics Curriculum for the Mentally Retarded on the Junior High School Level (open access)

To Develop and to Evaluate a Mathematics Curriculum for the Mentally Retarded on the Junior High School Level

This thesis presents the results of a study conducted to determine the math capabilities of mentally challenged students attending Reagan Junior High School in Wichita Falls, Texas. Survey results are used to determine needed curriculum changes.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Miller, Zola Catheryn
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Jefferson Earle Kuntz]

Photograph of Jefferson Earle Kuntz. Kuntz was a defense lawyer in Wichita County. The back of the image identifies the photograph to be from Royce Studios in Wichita Falls, Texas, and order number 67135.
Date: 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Domination and Persuasion as Means of Social Control in a Boy Scout Organization (open access)

Domination and Persuasion as Means of Social Control in a Boy Scout Organization

The problem of this study is to determine the extent to which domination and persuasion are employed as methods of social control in fifteen Boy Scout troops in Wichita Falls, Texas.
Date: 1947
Creator: Shaw, Euline
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Linda Garcia Castillo]

School photograph of Linda Garcia Castillo, age 12. Royce Studios' stamp is visible on the back of the photograph.
Date: 1948
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Garcia Brothers]

Photograph of Daniel A. Garcia (center) with brothers Jacob (right) and Tony (left). The brothers are playing with a large bicycle. The photograph was taken in front of their house on Flood Street in Wichita Falls, Texas.
Date: 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History