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Soil survey of Brazos County, Texas (open access)

Soil survey of Brazos County, Texas

Text describes climate, agriculture, and soils of Brazos County, Texas.
Date: July 10, 1916
Creator: Veatch, J. O. (Jethro Otto) & Waldrop, C. S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coffee in the Gourd (open access)

Coffee in the Gourd

Collection of miscellaneous folklore of Texas and Mexico, including folk songs, information about Indian pictographs, legends, superstitions, and weather lore. The index begins on page 105.
Date: 1923
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
System: The UNT Digital Library
East Texas. (open access)

East Texas.

This book was created to provide "authentic information concerning the natural and co-operative resources and opportunities offered by East Texas and her people" for the general public. It contains information about the "General Development in 1921-22, The Evolution of transportation and Fixing of Lower Rate Levels, The Marketing Problem Nearing Solution, Organization, Concentration and Standardization of Quality; Pack and Grade, Co-Operative Work of A. & M. College Department of Extension Service; State Agricultural Department; Markets and Warehouses Department; [and the] Chamber of Commerce in East Texas" (p. 1).
Date: 1923
Creator: East Texas Chamber of Commerce.
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Woman of Texas: Mrs Percy V. Pennybacker (open access)

A Woman of Texas: Mrs Percy V. Pennybacker

Book discussing the role of Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker, originally born in Petersburg, Virginia, who worked to expand the woman's place in American society. Index begins on page 359.
Date: 1941
Creator: Richmond, Rebecca
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interviews with Vivian T. Starks, 1991

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Vivian Starks, a schoolteacher, concerning her experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas from 1954 to 1991. Starks discusses her segregated education in Bryan, Texas, Wiley College, her teaching career in segregated Dallas schools, her decision to buy a home in Hamilton Park, transportation problems, home improvements, church activities, Civic League, the "Buy Out," zoning problems, Interorganizational Council and political activities, employment at Hamilton Park School, the desegregation of Hamilton Park School and her transfer to Richardson Independent School District, and Pacesetter.
Date: {1991-04-23,1991-05-08}
Creator: Wilson, William H. & Starks, Vivian T.
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 George Wood, November 7, 1973 (open access)

Oral History Interview with George Wood, November 7, 1973

Interview with George Wood, a former officer of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Bryan, Texas. Wood discusses his time in the CCC in the 1930s, including: his origins and education; the effects of the Depression; his entry into the CCC; the varying projects he worked; relations with other government agencies; the character of CCC workers; organization of camps; crime in the CCC; racial segregation; and relations with the Army.
Date: November 7, 1973
Creator: Galyon, Charlene O. & Wood, George
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Charles V. Griffin, Jr., July 12, 1984 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Charles V. Griffin, Jr., July 12, 1984

Transcript of an interview with Charles V. Griffin, Jr., the founder of the Uvalde Producers Feed and Elevator Inc., from Uvalde, Texas. Griffin discusses his family background, education, and his views on the grain business.
Date: July 12, 1984
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd & Griffin, Charles V., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Philosophical Society of Texas, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting: 1985 (open access)

Philosophical Society of Texas, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting: 1985

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Philosophical Society of Texas held December 6 & 7, including a list of attendees, text of addresses, changes to membership, and biographical information about members who have passed. The theme of the conference was "The Texas Experience: Continuity and Change: Who are the Texans of 1985?"
Date: 1986
Creator: Philosophical Society of Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Verle Oringderff, January 10, 1991

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Verle Oringderff concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Oringderff worked at a camp in Littlefield, Texas (Company 3802). Interview includes information about Oringderff's schooling and childhood as well as the effects of the Great Depression on his household.
Date: January 10, 1991
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Oringderff, Verle
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interviews with Vivian T. Starks, 1991

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Vivian Starks, a teacher and longtime resident of Hamilton Park from Bryan, Texas. Starks discusses her education, teaching, her service with the USO, moving to Dallas and Hamilton Park, black schools in Dallas, developing the neighborhood, churches, issues with "buying out," the Civic League, Old North Dallas, desegregation, and contemporary issues.
Date: 1991-04/1991-05
Creator: Wilson, William H. & Starks, Vivian T.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with William E. Moore, Jr., March 4, 1998

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Interview with William E. Moore Jr., a Army WWII veteran from Temple, Texas, who was present at the attack on Pearl Harbor. Moore discusses his time in the Corps of Cadets at Texas A&M, assignment to 24th Division Artillery at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, training and alerts, the attack at Wheeler Field and taking defensive positions around Oahu, and service afterwards.
Date: March 4, 1998
Creator: Meisch, Lisa & Moore Jr., William E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Managing External Parasites of Texas Livestock and Poultry. (open access)

Managing External Parasites of Texas Livestock and Poultry.

This document provides information on managing external parasites in livestock and poultry.
Date: April 2000
Creator: Hoelscher, Clifford E.; Patrick, Carl D. & Robinson, James V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil Survey of Brazos County, Texas (open access)

Soil Survey of Brazos County, Texas

Text describes the area, climate, agricultural history and statistics, soil-survey methods and definitions, soils and crops, land uses and agricultural methods, irrigation, and morphology and genesis of soils of Brazos County, Texas.
Date: 2002
Creator: Chervenka, Glen
System: The Portal to Texas History
Managing Insect and Mite Pests of Texas Corn (open access)

Managing Insect and Mite Pests of Texas Corn

This guide discusses insect and mite pests in the approximate seasonal order that they damage corn- pre-emergence, seedling to tassel and tassel to hard dough.
Date: February 2002
Creator: Porter, Patrick; Cronholm, Gregory B.; Troxclair, Noel; Patrick, Carl D.; Morrison, Pat & Archer, Thomas L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Managing Texas Groundwater Resources : Through Groundwater Conservation Districts (open access)

Managing Texas Groundwater Resources : Through Groundwater Conservation Districts

"This publication provides an overview of Texas water law, a summary of the powers and responsibilities of groundwater conservation districts, a review of the processes involved in creating district, and an overview of issues related to groundwater conservation districts" (p. 1).
Date: February 2002
Creator: Texas Cooperative Extension
System: The Portal to Texas History
Synchronizing estrus in cattle (open access)

Synchronizing estrus in cattle

This document provides information on synchronizing estrus in cattle.
Date: August 2002
Creator: Sprott, L. R. & Carpenter, B. B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Restoring Native Grasslands (open access)

Restoring Native Grasslands

This document provides information about restoring Texas grassland, range management, and watershed management.
Date: August 2004
Creator: Hays, K. Brian
System: The Portal to Texas History
Proper Use of Sulfonamides in Market Show Animals (open access)

Proper Use of Sulfonamides in Market Show Animals

This document provides the proper use of sulfonamides for market show animals.
Date: February 2008
Creator: Faries, Floron C. & Fajt, Virginia
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water Issues in Texas : A Survey of Public Perceptions and Attitudes about Water (open access)

Water Issues in Texas : A Survey of Public Perceptions and Attitudes about Water

"The Texas AgriLife Extension Service facilitated a random sample survey of Texas residents to evaluate their awareness of, attitudes about and willingness to act on water issues. The results of this survey will be useful to citizens, local governments, state agencies and policy makers in planning for the future" (p. 6).
Date: September 2010
Creator: Boellstorff, Diane E.; Boleman, Chris T. & McFarland, Mark Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Box traps for feral hogs (open access)

Box traps for feral hogs

This document provides information on box traps for feral hogs.
Date: February 2011
Creator: Lewis, Chancey
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corral Traps for Feral Hogs (open access)

Corral Traps for Feral Hogs

This document provides information on corral traps for feral hogs.
Date: February 2011
Creator: Lewis, Chancey; Berg, Matt; Dictson, Nikki; Gallagher, Jim; McFarland, Mark & Cathey, James C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Placing and Baiting Feral Hog Traps (open access)

Placing and Baiting Feral Hog Traps

This document provides information on federal hog traps for AgriLife Extension Texas A & M System.
Date: February 2011
Creator: Lewis, Chancey
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Central Texas, June 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Central Texas, June 2011

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the Central Texas area.
Date: June 2011
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
System: The Portal to Texas History