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[Scrapbook: The San Antonio Chapter of the Links, Inc.] (open access)

[Scrapbook: The San Antonio Chapter of the Links, Inc.]

Scrapbook of items compiled by the San Antonio, Texas chapter of Links, Inc. including newspaper clippings, booklets, event programs, postcards, and other items related to the activities of the organization.
Date: 1975~
Creator: Links, Inc. San Antonio Chapter.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Nineteenth National Assembly of The Links, Incorporated, July 1974 (open access)

The Nineteenth National Assembly of The Links, Incorporated, July 1974

This booklet contains information for delegates to the 19th National Assembly of the The Links, Inc., including a newsletter, announcements, pre-assembly information, a workbook, and business agenda items. This conference is a biennial meeting of chapters of The Links, Inc. located in the United States.
Date: 1974
Creator: Links, Inc. National Assembly.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Paisanos: A Folklore Miscellany (open access)

Paisanos: A Folklore Miscellany

Collection of Texas and Mexican folklore, including "folk tales, folklore in journalism, reflections on the lore of the past, and some analyses of folklore generally" (inside of the front cover).
Date: 1978
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Folk Medicine: 1,333 Cures, Remedies, Preventives, & Health Practices (open access)

Texas Folk Medicine: 1,333 Cures, Remedies, Preventives, & Health Practices

This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains a compilation of 1,333 folk cures, remedies and prevention techniques. It includes information about various diagnoses, such as acne, poison ivy, whooping cough, nosebleeds, and others.
Date: 1970
Creator: Anderson, John Q.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jim Earthman, December 8th, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Jim Earthman, December 8th, 1972

Interview with Representative Jim Earthman, a Texas State legislator from Houston, Texas. Earthman discusses his experiences in the second, third, and fourth special sessions of the 62nd Legislature, specifically his feelings on state funding of primaries, the "Dirty Thirty," the selection of candidates for House Speaker, opposition to the election of Rayford Price, the legislature's budgeting hearings, his opinion of Bill Heatly, his opinion of Preston Smith, insurance rate making, insurance companies, and his thoughts about his own career on leaving office.
Date: December 8, 1972
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Earthman, Jim
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Arthur Dodge Jr., January 8, 1971 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Arthur Dodge Jr., January 8, 1971

Interview with Arthur B. Dodge, Jr., a US Army WWII veteran from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Dodge recounts his service in M Company, 350th Infantry Regiment, 88th Infantry Division, which landed in Morocco and moved through Algeria in late-1943, before landing in Italy, where his unit took up position on the Cassino-Rapido-Garigliano front in March, 1944. Dodge describes prolonged skirmishing with German forces near Tremesuoli, Lazio, the breakout from Cassino, advancing into northern Italy, and finishing the war in the Po Valley.
Date: January 8, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Dodge Jr., Arthur B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Phillip L. Daffron, February 9, 1977 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Phillip L. Daffron, February 9, 1977

Interview with Phillip Daffron, a Army WWII veteran from Plano, Texas. Daffron discusses his experiences at Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 including his education and entry into service, assignment to Schofield Barracks, Hawaii in 1940, training in field artillery, events during the day of the attack at Schofield Barracks and Punchbowl Crater, subsequent events on Oahu, and some details about his service afterwards.
Date: February 9, 1977
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Daffron, Phillip L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Genealogical Study of the Arnold de Kruth Family Branch II des Arnold de Kurth (open access)

Genealogical Study of the Arnold de Kruth Family Branch II des Arnold de Kurth

History of the Arnold de Kruth family including narrative family tree listings based on compiled genealogical information, with some biographical anecdotes and supplementary documentation.
Date: October 1979
Creator: Arnold, William N., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Economic Opportunities Development Corp. of San-Antonio and Bexar County: Funding Request, Full Year Head Start (open access)

Economic Opportunities Development Corp. of San-Antonio and Bexar County: Funding Request, Full Year Head Start

Report outlining a funding request regarding economic opportunities and objectives in San Antonio and Bexar County.
Date: October 8, 1971
Creator: Economic Opportunities Development Corp. of San Antonio and Bexar County
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rainbow in the Morning (open access)

Rainbow in the Morning

Collection popular folklore of Texas, including work songs, reptile myths, ballads and other folk songs of the South. The index begins on page 185.
Date: 1975
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
System: The UNT Digital Library
San Antonio Annual Budget: 1974 (open access)

San Antonio Annual Budget: 1974

Annual budget for the city of San Antonio, Texas including projected expenditures and revenues summarized for various funds, appropriations, and other related documentation for fiscal year 1973-1974.
Date: July 26, 1973
Creator: San Antonio (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio Annual Budget: 1978 (open access)

San Antonio Annual Budget: 1978

Annual budget for the city of San Antonio, Texas including projected expenditures and revenues summarized for various funds, appropriations, and other related documentation for fiscal year 1977-1978.
Date: July 27, 1977
Creator: San Antonio (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio Annual Budget: 1979 (open access)

San Antonio Annual Budget: 1979

Annual budget for the city of San Antonio, Texas including projected expenditures and revenues summarized for various funds, appropriations, and other related documentation for fiscal year 1978-1979.
Date: July 27, 1978
Creator: San Antonio (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio Annual Budget: 1973 (open access)

San Antonio Annual Budget: 1973

Annual budget for the city of San Antonio, Texas including projected expenditures and revenues summarized for various funds, appropriations, and other related documentation for fiscal year 1972-1973.
Date: July 20, 1972
Creator: San Antonio (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bexar Metropolitan Criminal Justice Plan, 1978 (open access)

Bexar Metropolitan Criminal Justice Plan, 1978

Annual plan of the Bexar Metropolitan Criminal Justice Council for fiscal year 1978 outlining crime statistics from the past year, previous activities, and plans for the upcoming year
Date: April 1977
Creator: Bexar Metropolitan Criminal Justice Council
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio Annual Budget: 1972 (open access)

San Antonio Annual Budget: 1972

Annual budget for the city of San Antonio, Texas including projected expenditures and revenues summarized for various funds, appropriations, and other related documentation for fiscal year 1971-1972.
Date: July 22, 1971
Creator: San Antonio (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bexar Metropolitan Criminal Justice Plan, 1980 (open access)

Bexar Metropolitan Criminal Justice Plan, 1980

Annual plan of the Bexar Metropolitan Criminal Justice Council for fiscal year 1980 outlining crime statistics, previous activities, and plans for the upcoming year.
Date: February 19, 1979
Creator: Bexar Metropolitan Criminal Justice Council
System: The Portal to Texas History
Economic Fact Book (open access)

Economic Fact Book

Economic fact book for the city of San Antonio, Texas containing data from the 1960s-1970s related to labor, government, manufacturing, retail, wholesale, education, transportation, lifestyle, and housing.
Date: 1973-03~
Creator: Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce. Economic and Research and Analysis Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Business Outlook, 1972 (open access)

Business Outlook, 1972

A collection of speeches presented at the Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce Business Outlook Conference in 1972 related to different areas of business and economic growth in San Antonio.
Date: 1972
Creator: Roadman, Charles A.; Peace, John; Zachry, H. B.; Brown, Albert D., Jr.; Shephard, Allan & Reddell, W. H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bexar County Operating Budget: 1975 (open access)

Bexar County Operating Budget: 1975

Proposed budget for Bexar County, Texas outlining projected income and expenditures, with supporting documentation.
Date: January 30, 1975
Creator: Bexar County (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Folklore of Texan Cultures (open access)

The Folklore of Texan Cultures

This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains popular folklore of various ethnic and religious groups residing in Texas, including songs, myths, legends, and other essays. The index begins on page 363.
Date: 1974
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Sidney Freeborn, July 2, 1972 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Sidney Freeborn, July 2, 1972

Interview with Sidney Freeborn, a resident of Fulton, Texas. Freeborn recounts his time growing up in Fulton in the late-19th century, building and owning homes in the area, working as an armed ranch hand near Carrizo Springs, developing a ranch in Orange Grove, the hurricane of 1942, policing Corpus Christi in the aftermath of the 1919 storm as a member of the Texas Cavalry, the Klan's presence in the area, the Texas Rangers, and Hurricane Celia. Mrs. Freeborn talks about her first husband, her careers in the Army and Navy, and how she arrived in Fulton.
Date: July 2, 1972
Creator: Stephens, A. Ray & Freeborn, Sidney
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Phillip Willis, February 18, 1974 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Phillip Willis, February 18, 1974

Interview with Phillip Willis, an Army Air Corps WWII veteran from Peeltown, Texas. Willis discusses his experiences at Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, including: his upbringing; joining the Army Air Corps; pilot training; assignment to Bellows Field on Oahu with an O-47 squadron and their activities there; perceptions of the Japanese and expectations about a potential conflict; the Japanese air attack on Bellows; and following preparations for an invasion.
Date: February 18, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Willis, Phillip
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Earl I. Crow, March 13, 1970 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Earl I. Crow, March 13, 1970

Interview with Earl I. Crow, a farmer and mechanic from Taft, TX. Crow recounts his family's move to Sinton, TX, in 1909, and the establishment of Taft as a community through the 1910s.
Date: March 13, 1970
Creator: Stephens, A. Ray & Crow, Earl I.
System: The UNT Digital Library