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Oral History Interviews with Howard Yergin, January 1986 (open access)

Oral History Interviews with Howard Yergin, January 1986

Interview with Howard Yergin, an employee of Caltex Petroleum Corporation from New York City. Yergin discusses his career with the company, including his education and Army service, hiring by Caltex, move to Shanghai in 1948 and business conducted there, businessmen who helped reestablish Caltex's Chinese market after WWII, fleeing China in 1949, attempts at recouping capital from the Chinese government, operations in Hong Kong, changes in the oil market over the years, corporate financing, internal reorganization, OPEC, Persian Gulf economies, South African operations, the tanker fleet, and the company's move from New York to Dallas.
Date: {1986-01-23,1986-01-24}
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Yergin, Howard
System: The UNT Digital Library
112 Years in Little Elm Community (open access)

112 Years in Little Elm Community

Book describing the early history of Little Elm including schools, churches, and social organizations, as well as important families in the area. Name index starts on page 199.
Date: 1986
Creator: Harris, Mrs. J. M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
27th Annual Report (open access)

27th Annual Report

The ACIR Library is composed of publications that study the interactions between different levels of government. This document is an annual report.
Date: January 1986
Creator: United States. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Animal Antics: Program Guide for the Texas Reading Club, 1987 (open access)

Animal Antics: Program Guide for the Texas Reading Club, 1987

Book containing themed craft activities and lesson plans for encouraging children to read and to use libraries. Also contains a bibliography of appropriate films and reading material.
Date: 1986
Creator: Larson, Jeanette
System: The Portal to Texas History
Between Two Worlds: The Survival of Twentieth Century Indians (open access)

Between Two Worlds: The Survival of Twentieth Century Indians

Book containing historical information about Native American-U. S. Government relations during the 20th Century, including different pieces of legislation passed against and in support of the American Indians. Index begins on page 236.
Date: 1986
Creator: Gibson, Arrell Morgan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Catalog of Abilene Christian University, 1986-1987 (open access)

Catalog of Abilene Christian University, 1986-1987

Undergraduate catalog describes the governance, history, academic programs, course descriptions, and campus life of Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas.
Date: 1986~
Creator: Abilene Christian University
System: The Portal to Texas History
Catalog of Hardin-Simmons University, 1986-1987 Graduate Bulletin (open access)

Catalog of Hardin-Simmons University, 1986-1987 Graduate Bulletin

Catalog describes the governance, admission requirements, course offerings, and campus life in the Division of Graduate Studies at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas.
Date: 1986
Creator: Hardin-Simmons University
System: The Portal to Texas History
Changing public attitudes on governments and taxes, 1986 (open access)

Changing public attitudes on governments and taxes, 1986

The ACIR Library is composed of publications that study the interactions between different levels of government. This document addresses changing public attitudes on governments and taxes.
Date: 1986
Creator: United States. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Council Fire, Handbook of McMurry College, 1986-1987 (open access)

Council Fire, Handbook of McMurry College, 1986-1987

The Council Fire is the student handbook of McMurry College in Abilene, Texas and includes information about the rules and regulations of the school as well as general information about student governance and campus life. This issue includes a calendar for the school year.
Date: 1986
Creator: McMurry College
System: The Portal to Texas History
Eanes: Portrait of a Community (open access)

Eanes: Portrait of a Community

This book describes the history of the Eanes community area. It discusses the geology and Native American history, as well as an overview of the community's start in the mid-1800s and development through 1986.
Date: 1986
Creator: Vance, Linda
System: The Portal to Texas History
Faculty Papers of Midwestern State University, Series 2, Volume 10, 1984-1985 (open access)

Faculty Papers of Midwestern State University, Series 2, Volume 10, 1984-1985

Compilation of papers presented at the annual Faculty Forum representing the research and scholarship of Midwestern State University faculty members.
Date: 1986~
Creator: Hendrickson, Kenneth E., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Faculty Publications and Artistic Productions 1986 (open access)

Faculty Publications and Artistic Productions 1986

Bibliographic listing of all publications, artistic works, and exhibitions by faculty at Midwestern State University as of 1986, listed alphabetically by name.
Date: 1986
Creator: Midwestern State University (Wichita Falls, Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
Historic Matagorda County, Volume 1 (open access)

Historic Matagorda County, Volume 1

First volume describing the history of Matagorda County, Texas, written in two parts with supplementary reference information. Part 1 includes sixteen chapters that outline the general background of the county and information for each time period from European exploration through the Texas sesquicentennial (1986). Part 2 provides more detailed information about the communities, organizations and businesses, and religion and education. Index starts on page 711.
Date: 1986
Creator: Matagorda County Book Committee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Historic Matagorda County, Volume 2 (open access)

Historic Matagorda County, Volume 2

Second volume describing the history of Matagorda County, Texas, containing part 3 of the text. This volume contains a compilation of submitted biographies and family histories for people living in Matagorda County Name index starts on page 581.
Date: 1986
Creator: Matagorda County Book Committee
System: The Portal to Texas History
History of Baytown (open access)

History of Baytown

A history the Baytown area from its settlement through 1945. The book includes maps and photographs. Index starts on page 148.
Date: 1986
Creator: Henson, Margaret Swett
System: The Portal to Texas History
The History of Eastern Kerr County, Texas (open access)

The History of Eastern Kerr County, Texas

Book describing the history of communities in eastern Kerr County, Texas: "The book is a combination of a brief Texas history, a section from the Kerr County records, and a compilation of family histories and short stories that trace this portion of the county's ancestry" (back cover). Topics include a history of churches, schools and clubs of the area. The index starts on page 234.
Date: 1986
Creator: Witt, Prentice Gerald
System: The Portal to Texas History
Kerr County Album (open access)

Kerr County Album

Book discussing the history of people and places in Kerr County, Texas. It is organized into several sections: Kerrville and County Communities; Kerr County; What Binds Them Together; Churches of Kerr County; Schools; Medical Institutions; Clubs and Organizations; Life and Living on the Land; Riversides, Hillsides and Countrysides; Military Service Members; Summer Camps; Poems, Rhymes and Verses; Families; Tributes and Memorials; Businesses. Index starts on page 544.
Date: 1986~
Creator: Kerr County Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History
Official Reports to the Twenty-Fifth National Assembly of The Links, Incorporated, June-July 1986 (open access)

Official Reports to the Twenty-Fifth National Assembly of The Links, Incorporated, June-July 1986

This book contains reports from the national officers and program directors of The Links, Inc., about the activities of the national level of the organization from 1984-1986. It was presented to the 25th National Assembly. This conference is a biennial meeting of chapters of The Links, Inc. located in the United States.
Date: 1986
Creator: Links, Inc. National Assembly.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Program for the Twenty-Fifth National Assembly of the Links, Inc., June-July 1986 (open access)

Program for the Twenty-Fifth National Assembly of the Links, Inc., June-July 1986

This booklet contains a program of events, and committee membership lists for the 25th National Assembly of The Links, Inc. The conference is a biennial meeting of chapters of The Links, Inc. located in the United States. The theme for this year's conference is "Making History -- Providing Hope: Celebrating the Black Family."
Date: 1986
Creator: Links, Inc. National Assembly.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Links Scrapbook 1978-1986] (open access)

[Links Scrapbook 1978-1986]

Scrapbook compiled by the Links, Inc. San Antonio Chapter. The scrapbook includes photographs, programs, and newspaper clippings regarding the chapter. A large focus is made on the chapter's 25th anniversary in 1985. Dates range from 1978 to 1986.
Date: 1986~
Creator: Links, Inc. San Antonio Chapter.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Local Economic Development in Texas (open access)

Local Economic Development in Texas

Book that "attempts to report on current economic development activities in Texas cities, to describe the basic characteristics of local economic development programs in the state, and to offer some suggestions to local officials about how economic development may best be performed as a municipal function" (p. v).
Date: 1986
Creator: Weaver, Robert R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The National Assessment] (open access)

[The National Assessment]

A book, on the National Assessment, to give information to those interested in American education regarding educational achievements in children. To indicate the process educators are making and to asses the problems they've faced. Chapter 2 focues on the task of the developing art objectives, if students can show they respond to elements in art, recognize and accept art as a realm of experience, know the history of art and form reasoned, critical judgement on the quality of works.
Date: [1986..]
Creator: Wilson, Brent
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Story Log: January 1 to June 30, 1986] (open access)

[News Story Log: January 1 to June 30, 1986]

Logbook from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, documenting the names, locations, and run-times of video-taped news segments that aired each day from January through June in 1986.
Date: 1986-01/1986-06
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
NLRB, the first 50 years : the story of the National Labor Relations Board, 1935-1985. (open access)

NLRB, the first 50 years : the story of the National Labor Relations Board, 1935-1985.

Describes the history of U.S. labor policy and the activities of the U.S. National Labor Relations Board during its first 50 years, from 1935 to 1985.
Date: 1986
Creator: United States. National Labor Relations Board.
System: The UNT Digital Library