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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
Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Survey, Final Report: Mobile Quadrangle, Louisiana/Mississippi/Alabama (open access)

Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Survey, Final Report: Mobile Quadrangle, Louisiana/Mississippi/Alabama

Final report analyzing aerial gamma ray and magnetic data in the Mobile quadrangle, including a detailed geologic summary, interpretation report, reduced scale copies of all maps and profiles, histograms, and statistical tables for the quadrangle.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

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

United States of North America (Eastern & Central) [Sheet 5]

Map shows mid-nineteenth century Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas, and parts of Texas, Florida, Georgia, and Kentucky. Cities, towns, railway lines, roads, and locations of Native American tribes are noted throughout. No scale is indicated.
Date: 1856
Creator: Ettling, Theodor, b. 1823
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 5]

Map shows proposed Pacific Railway routes and existing transportation routes across the mid-nineteenth century south-central United States. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:3,294,720].
Date: 1863
Creator: Ettling, Theodor, b. 1823
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

Map of Reconnaissance exhibiting the country between Washington and New Orleans with the routes examined in reference to a contemplated National Road between these two cities.

Map shows plotting of a national road without regard to terrain directly from Washington to New Orleans; major cities and towns, existing roads, and military posts. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:2,112,000].
Date: [1812..1832]
Creator: unknown
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

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

Appletons' railway map of the southern states.

Map shows existing and proposed railroad routes for the southeastern United States, including northern Florida, eastern Texas, and eastern "Indian Territory." Includes legend. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: [1856..1866]
Creator: D. Appleton and Company
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
Uranium in the Southern United States (open access)

Uranium in the Southern United States

From introduction: In this study on raw material sources of uranium the Southern Interstate Nuclear Board has catalogued all known occurrences of uranium and some references to thorium in a 17-state area (P1. 1). These occurrences have been evaluated as potential sources of uranium by the State Geological Surveys and the consultant group of SINB. Favorability guides have been applied to the known occurrences and recommendations have been made for future action by the states involved, federal agencies, or by industry. State recommendations are included in state-by-state summaries. The state reports were written either by personnel of the State Geological Surveys or were abstracted from State geological survey data by members of the consultant group...The purpose of this study was to compile information on and systematically assess uranium and other radioactive occurrences in the region. The SINB undertook the project because of its statutory, interstate capability as an extension of government in each of the 17 states, an arrangement that lends itself effectively to this cooperative undertaking.
Date: November 1970
Creator: Southern Interstate Nuclear Board
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Robert Lee Mosty, March 9, 1998 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Robert Lee Mosty, March 9, 1998

Interview with Robert Lee Mosty, World War II veteran and owner/operator of a plant nursery in Center Point, Texas. Mr. Mosty tells stories from his service in WWII, including how his unit was one of the first to meet liberated prisoners of war, as well as how he was wounded and taken prisoner. He also discusses studying at A&M, his work for the National Park Service, and running a plant nursery in the 1920s.
Date: March 9, 1998
Creator: Witt, Gerald & Mosty, Robert Lee
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Clarabelle Barton Snodgrass, August 25, 1999 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Clarabelle Barton Snodgrass, August 25, 1999

Interview with Clarabelle Barton Snodgrass, vice-chair of the Kerr County Historical Commission from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Snodgrass talks about growing up on a primitive ranch, struggling to survive during the Depression, meeting and marrying her husband, their family, their involvement with music, and her efforts to preserve the history of Kerr County. She also briefly discusses the honors and awards her volunteer work has earned her. Pages 2-13 include a written statement by Miles Abernathy Lowrence, Clarabelle's maternal great-uncle.
Date: September 25, 1999
Creator: Bethel, Ann & Snodgrass, Clarabelle
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Sports Segment, January 15, 1969] (open access)

[News Script: Sports Segment, January 15, 1969]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: January 15, 1969, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Deepwater Horizon Response and Trial Websites]

Websites related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, recovery efforts, and trial. It includes sites established to document corporate and governmental actions to clean up the Gulf of Mexico after the oil spill in 2010, and ongoing efforts to restore ecosystems in the region as well as documentation related to the civil action filed against BP and the subsequent trial.
Date: 2010/2017
Creator: Deepwater Horizon Unified Command
Object Type: Website
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to D. W. Kempner and R. L. Kempner, October 21, 1936] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to D. W. Kempner and R. L. Kempner, October 21, 1936]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to D. W. Kempner and R. L. Kempner discussing cotton operations.
Date: October 21, 1936
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. to Cecile Kempner, December 12, 1949] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. to Cecile Kempner, December 12, 1949]

Letter to Cecile form her father about a convention he attended, General Eisenhower coming for a luncheon, a dinner for the Board of Regents op the University of Texas, and Cecile's travel in the south.
Date: December 12, 1949
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History