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Grenelle Environnement (open access)

Grenelle Environnement

The new 'Grenelle II' laws are presented in the French Parliament. The Grenelle II (2010) follows the Grenelle I (2007) and a second public consultation round with representatives of large companies. Detailed plans are presented for building, transport and energy sector. Local authorities are asked to play a more important and facilitating role. The new law package contains six pillars and contains the 'outlines' and 'logistics' of the application on regional and local level: - 1. Improving the Energetic Performance of Buildings. Among the measures are : insisting on 'Batiments a Basse Consommation' (BBC, < 50 KW/H/m2 per year) for new buildings and to reduce the consumption of existing buildings by 38% untill 2020. - 2. Creating a change in Transport Use. Among the measures presented are : speeding up the process of public transport infrastructure, insisting local public authorities on offering 'lease-bikes' and car-sharing programs, and subvention of electric and hybrid car development. - 3. Reducing significantly Energy Consumption and Carbon Emissions. Measurements foreseen are : Obligation of all enterprises with over 500 employees and municipalities with more than 500.000 inhabitants to calculate CO2 emissions on a yearly bases. -4. Preserving Biodiversity. Pharmaceutical and hospital products will be more …
Date: October 2010
Creator: France. Ministère de l'écologie, de l'énergie, du développement durable et de la mer
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Marianne and soldier collect for the Red Cross]

A female figure representing Marianne is accompanied by a wounded soldier. They collect for the Red Cross. Marianne is dressed in a style to suggest the French Revolution, wearing a blue, white, and red skirt, a uniform jacket worn as a cape, and a long blue and red cap. She holds a Red Cross collecting tin in one hand and a small blue, white, and red keg under her other arm. She guides a wounded soldier, his head bandaged. He has one arm on Marianne’s shoulder, and the other holds a cane. The soldier wears a medal pinned to his coat, a cap with an inscribed band, and is smoking.
Date: 1916
Creator: Willette, Adolphe Léon, 1857-1926.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

World War I Scenes

Copy negative of two pictures from World War I with notes printed on them in French. The top picture is of the ruins of Berzieux with a person standing in the middle of the rubble. The bottom picture is of English soldiers in trenches awaiting battle.
Date: 1914~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

World War I Scenes

Copy negative of two pictures from World War I with notes printed on them in French. The top picture is of the Port of Ferriere in Martigues with the canal and boats on the right, and a road and buildings on the left. The bottom picture is of the ruins of a structure in a field after the Battle of the Ourcq, part of the First Battle of the Marne.
Date: 1914~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

World War I Soldiers

Copy negative of two portraits of World War I soldiers in uniform. The picture on the left is of one soldier leaning on a desk. The picture on the right is of three soldiers standing together.
Date: 1914~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

World War I Scenes

Copy negative of two pictures from France in World War I. The first is of the obelisk in the Place de la Concorde in Paris. There is a fence around the monument, and there are buildings behind it. The picture on the right is of uniformed soldiers standing in line for Red Cross services in a building.
Date: 1914~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Soldiers in the Field; Soldiers with Cannon

Copy negative of two pictures. The top picture is of a group of soldiers in World War I in a building recuperating in 1914 or 1915. There is a caption and information in French under the photograph. The bottom picture is of two men working with a canon in 1918, also with a caption under it.
Date: [1914..1918]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Small Boats Under Bridge; Panorama of Countryside

Copy negative of two pictures from World War I with captions in French under them. The top picture is of the bridge at Chemin de Fer with a line of boats passing under it and larger boats on the right and in the background. The second picture is a view of Quincy Basse.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

World War I Scenes

Copy negative of two pictures from World War I with captions in French under them. The top picture is of the ruins of the town of Bapaume with destroyed buildings. The bottom picture is of a bridge over a river with mountains at a park.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

World War I Scenes

Copy negative of two pictures from World War I with notes printed on them in French. The top picture shows several soldiers in the woods with a cannon in 1914. The bottom picture is of the ruins of Neuve Chapelle, showing buildings reduced to rubble taken between 1914 and 1917.
Date: {1914,1914..1917}
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

World War I Scenes

Copy negative of two pictures from World War I with notes printed on them in French. The top picture is of a barbed wire fence around an area with a soldier, a building, and plants. The bottom picture is of the Highland Brigade who took Martinpuich marching down a road beside a field. The men in front are playing bagpipes.
Date: [1914..1917]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

World War I Scenes

Copy negative of two pictures from World War I with notes printed on them in French. The top picture is of Russian soldiers marching down a road with a crowd watching from the other side. There are three men in front, one of them holding a flag, and there are lines of men behind them carrying guns with bayonets. The bottom picture shows the old Palais du Trocadéro viewed under the Eiffel Tower.
Date: [1914..1917]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

World War I Scenes

Copy negative of two pictures from World War I with captions in French under them. The first is of a German Howitzer in 1914 with other equipment and a building in the background. The second picture is of a destroyed church and a vase still intact.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Buzcany

Topographic map showing a portion of northeastern France. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:20,000
Date: April 8, 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bob Kap Archive #4 captions transcript

Bob Kap Archive #4

Silent film of the Intercontinental Football League's (IFL's) 1976 European tour to promote American football as a leisure activity. It includes footage of players on buses and in cars, football games, spectators, cheerleaders, European scenery and promotional activities. Many stills of promotional brochures, newspaper articles, and photographs are included.
Date: 1976
Creator: Intercontinental Football League
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Courrier du Haut-Rhin. 4ne Année, No. 65, August 7, 1845 (open access)

Courrier du Haut-Rhin. 4ne Année, No. 65, August 7, 1845

Newsletter dated August 7, 1845 discussing the political implications of Texas joining the United States. Articles are presented in both French and German. Also included is a letter signed by Henri Castro regarding unsigned and blank contracts, dated July 31, 1845 in Neufreystaedt, and a time table for travel from the Grand Duchy of Baden.
Date: August 7, 1845
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Courrier D'Alsace. Cinquiéme année, No. 103, August 27, 1846 (open access)

Courrier D'Alsace. Cinquiéme année, No. 103, August 27, 1846

Newsletter dated August 27, 1846 with a letter from Vicar Pfanner. The newsletter has requested the truth about the settlement in Texas. He states that it is a beautiful country, but hot and dry and while some crops do well, people fare poorly because of fevers. He claims that the population of Texas is drawn from the dregs of humanity. He recommends that people not consider settling in Texas. The letter and other articles are translated into German.
Date: August 27, 1846
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Courrier D'Alsace. Cinquiéme année, No. 105, September 4, 1846 (open access)

Courrier D'Alsace. Cinquiéme année, No. 105, September 4, 1846

Newsletter dated September 1, 1846 with a letter from Vicar Pfanner published on September 1, 1846. The newspaper has requested the truth about the settlement in Texas. Pfanner discusses how he had to leave his own people for Mexico, which is where he is writing from since he claims letters sent from Texas get destroyed if they aren't positive. Pfanner's opinion is that Texas only offers opportunities for already well-to-do settlers. Note from the publisher at end describes their obligation to publish a note refuting the content of Pfanner's letter. The letter and other articles are translated into German.
Date: September 1, 1846
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping from Courrier D'Alsace, Cinquiéme année, No. 118] (open access)

[Clipping from Courrier D'Alsace, Cinquiéme année, No. 118]

Clipping from a newsletter dated October 1, 1846 that includes a letter from Huth & Co stating that Texas has good soil, the climate is healthy and all are thriving and states that Pfanner must have been motivated by something other than truth to say such bad things about Texas in his previously published letter. The writer goes on to explain the process of distributing land and refrains from explaining why Pfanner's last letter was written from Mexico and not Texas. Sign by Huth & Co. on September 24, 1846 in Neufreystaedt. Letters and articles are translated into German.
Date: October 1, 1846
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Document describing an agreement between Henri Castro, Ferdinand Louis Huth, and Huth & Co., October 5, 1843] (open access)

[Document describing an agreement between Henri Castro, Ferdinand Louis Huth, and Huth & Co., October 5, 1843]

Agreement between Henri Castro in Paris, Ferdinand Louis Huth and Huth & Co. in Neufreystaedt, in which they set forth the terms of their joint venture. Namely, that Ferdinand Louis Huth will travel to Texas and conduct trade business there for at least two years. Signed by Hy. Castro, Huth & Co. and Louis Huth, Jr. in Paris and Neufreystaedt on October 5, 1843.
Date: October 5, 1843
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Document describing an agreement between Henri Castro, Ferdinand Louis Huth, and Huth & Co., October 5, 1843, Copy 2] (open access)

[Document describing an agreement between Henri Castro, Ferdinand Louis Huth, and Huth & Co., October 5, 1843, Copy 2]

Agreement between Henri Castro in Paris, Ferdinand Louis Huth and Huth & Co. in Neufreystaedt, in which they set forth the terms of their joint venture. Namely, that Ferdinand Louis Huth will travel to Texas and conduct trade business there for at least two years. Signed by Hr. Castro, Huth & Co. and Louis Huth, Jr. in Paris and Neufreystaedt on October 5, 1843. Copy 2.
Date: October 5, 1843
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Document putting forth the agreement made between Henri Castro of Paris and Louis Huth, Sr. of Neufreystaedt, October 7, 1843] (open access)

[Document putting forth the agreement made between Henri Castro of Paris and Louis Huth, Sr. of Neufreystaedt, October 7, 1843]

Document putting forth the agreement made between Henri Castro of Paris and Louis Huth, Sr. of Neufreystaedt regarding the purchase and distribution of land in Texas. Signed by Louis Huth, Sr. and Hr. Castro. in Paris and Neufreystaedt on October 7, 1843.
Date: October 7, 1843
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Document giving power of attorney to Ferdinand Louis Huth, October 15, 1843] (open access)

[Document giving power of attorney to Ferdinand Louis Huth, October 15, 1843]

Document giving power of attorney to [Ferdinand] Louis Huth in case of the absence of Castro's agents in Galveston and San Antonio de Bexar upon their arrival in Texas. Signed Hr. Castro on October 15, 1843 in Paris.
Date: October 15, 1843
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

Carte politique de L'Europe

Map shows extent of Austrian Empire, "Rme." of Prussia, Turkey, Russia, and France political boundaries during the mid-nineteenth century. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: 1863
Creator: Legay.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History