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[Paper on the Desegregation of Texarkana College] (open access)

[Paper on the Desegregation of Texarkana College]

Paper exploring the desegregation of schools in Texarkana, Texas, including Texarkana College and the Texarkana Independent School District, and it explores how related events are represented in the media.
Date: April 12, 2023
Creator: Graham, Lia
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sherman Massacre of 1930 (open access)

Sherman Massacre of 1930

Paper exploring the lynching of George Hughes in Sherman, Texas in 1930, the ensuing race massacre, and how this event impacted the Black community in the city for decades to come.
Date: March 31, 2023
Creator: Elder, Aidan
System: The UNT Digital Library
Uncovering and Analyzing Patterns of Inequality (open access)

Uncovering and Analyzing Patterns of Inequality

Paper exploring persisting inequality in schools in Mansfield, Texas as a result segregation laws.
Date: March 15, 2023
Creator: Overton, Jayce
System: The UNT Digital Library
Broadening access to books on Texas and Oklahoma: Final report, best practices, and lessons learned (open access)

Broadening access to books on Texas and Oklahoma: Final report, best practices, and lessons learned

This white paper provides a summary of grant activities and provides some best practices and lessons learned for other efforts to make out-of-print humanities books available in ebook format.
Date: March 20, 2020
Creator: Hawkins, Kevin S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Identifying Gaps in Tools and Interfaces for Assessing Metadata Quality (open access)

Identifying Gaps in Tools and Interfaces for Assessing Metadata Quality

White paper discussing qualitative research conducted by the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries regarding perceptions of quality by metadata creators and their managers. These perceptions of metadata quality are intended to identify gaps in tools and interfaces used to create metadata.
Date: February 19, 2019
Creator: Fox, Nathaniel T.; Tarver, Hannah & Phillips, Mark Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bastrop State Park Golf Course Area Public Use Plan (open access)

Bastrop State Park Golf Course Area Public Use Plan

Document covering the direction of the expansion of public access and recreational use for the former Golf Course Area (GCA) at Bastrop State Park (Bastrop SP).
Date: December 2018
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Slave Cases (open access)

Texas Slave Cases

A document composed of brief descriptions of all cases in Texas where the enslaved served as plaintiffs, victims, property, or criminal defendants. The list was compiled by a criminal defense attorney who wanted to help historians with their research into legal cases involving enslaved people in Texas. The court cases are categorized in sections listed in the Table of Contents on page 2: Slaves under Spanish and Mexican Law, Freeing Slaves, Free Negroes of African Descent who Sold Themselves, Contracting with or Buying from Slaves, Testimony of Slaves, Losing Slaves, Stealing and Enticing Slaves, Loaning Slaves, Miscellaneous Prosecutions, Value of Slaves, Slaves as Gifts, Defective or Worthless Slaves, Title to Slaves, Other Property Disputes, When Civil War Began, Slavery Ended, and Confederate Money.
Date: 2018-08~
Creator: Hampton, Keith S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Predicting Northern Bobwhite Habitat in Semiarid Rangeland Using LANDSAT Imagery (open access)

Predicting Northern Bobwhite Habitat in Semiarid Rangeland Using LANDSAT Imagery

This paper discusses a classification on 4 LANDSAT scenes of Clay County, Texas, from July and December 2015 to identify bobwhite habitat in subhumid and semiarid rangeland.
Date: July 25, 2017
Creator: Whitt, Jeffrey G. & Reyna, Kelly S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retention and Efficacy of Citizen Scientist Volunteers of the Texas Quail Index (open access)

Retention and Efficacy of Citizen Scientist Volunteers of the Texas Quail Index

This paper discusses volunteer retention and efficacy for the Texas Quail Index.
Date: July 25, 2017
Creator: Reyna, Kelly S. & Rollins, Dale
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cibolo Creek Watershed Project in Kendall County, Texas (open access)

Cibolo Creek Watershed Project in Kendall County, Texas

Paper about the Cibolo Creek Watershed Project, including a history of Cibolo Creek's activity and its affects on surrounding areas, such as floods and droughts. A record of events surrounding the new Boerne Lake Reed Dam is also included.
Date: July 12, 2014
Creator: Edmonds, Bettie
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cibolo Creek Mill Dam (open access)

Cibolo Creek Mill Dam

Paper about a mill dam in Boerne, Texas, built by William Dietert. The paper discusses William Dietert's background and the history of the dam, including its transfer of ownership to the City of Boerne.
Date: July 2014
Creator: Edmonds, Bettie
System: The Portal to Texas History
Polo in the United States - The Boerne, Texas Influence (open access)

Polo in the United States - The Boerne, Texas Influence

A short history of polo, and the influence of Boerne, Texas on the game, especially the use of Texas-trained ponies.
Date: July 2014
Creator: Edmonds, Bettie
System: The Portal to Texas History
Implementing Name Authority Control into Institutional Repositories: A Staged Approach (open access)

Implementing Name Authority Control into Institutional Repositories: A Staged Approach

Paper written for the 2013 Open Repositories conference about the implementation of name authority in the UNT Digital Library.
Date: 2013
Creator: Tarver, Hannah; Waugh, Laura; Phillips, Mark Edward & Hicks, William
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Texas Quail Index: Evaluating Predictors of Northern Bobwhite Productivity and Abundance Using Citizen Science (open access)

The Texas Quail Index: Evaluating Predictors of Northern Bobwhite Productivity and Abundance Using Citizen Science

This paper discusses the Texas Quail Index, a 5-year citizen science project that evaluated several indices as predictors of bobwhite productivity and abundance during the subsequent fall.
Date: January 9, 2012
Creator: Reyna, Kelly S.; Rollins, Dale & Ransom Jr., Dean
System: The UNT Digital Library
What’s a Quail Worth? A Longitudinal Assessment of Quail Hunter Demographics, Attitudes, and Spending Habits in Texas (open access)

What’s a Quail Worth? A Longitudinal Assessment of Quail Hunter Demographics, Attitudes, and Spending Habits in Texas

This paper discusses a survey of quail hunters in Texas in 2000 and 2011 to assess hunter demographics and spending habits.
Date: January 9, 2012
Creator: Johnson, Jason L.; Rollins, Dale & Reyna, Kelly S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
White Paper:  State of ITS Industry and Assessment of Project Types (open access)

White Paper: State of ITS Industry and Assessment of Project Types

"This report describes the state of the intelligent transportation system (ITS) industry and provides a reference for use in soliciting ITS strategic plan inputs from stakeholders in Texas."
Date: November 2011
Creator: Seymour, Edward J. (Edward James), 1951-; Chaudhary, Nadeem; Middleton, Dan; Brydia, Robert & Miller, Kristine
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crash at Crush (open access)

Crash at Crush

Essay describing the Crash at Crush, a publicity stunt organized by MKT, [Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad], in which two train engines were crashed, as seen by Joseph Foit. The story was told by Joseph to his granddaughter, Patricia Stover Cloud.
Date: September 6, 2011
Creator: Cloud, Patricia Stover
System: The Portal to Texas History
Prisoners, Not Criminals: How Captured German Soldiers Survived World War II in Central Texas (open access)

Prisoners, Not Criminals: How Captured German Soldiers Survived World War II in Central Texas

Research report describing, through interviews with local persons in the Brownwood area, events and activities that occurred during the occupation of Camp Bowie.
Date: April 2011
Creator: Dunning, James N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Memoirs of Gary Schutza: "My Days at White Oak" 1931-1950 (open access)

The Memoirs of Gary Schutza: "My Days at White Oak" 1931-1950

Memoir of Gary A. Schutza, discussing his childhood, family, and experiences growing up working in his parent's store, the "White Oak." There are several photos and newspaper clippings included and the book is organized into sections, including "White Oak Dances," "The Hot Summers," and "West High."
Date: 2011?
Creator: Schutza, Gary A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pictures from Three Rivers' Past (open access)

Pictures from Three Rivers' Past

Essay discussing the history of Three Rivers, Texas and photographs of the early days of the town.
Date: 2009
Creator: Hudson, Richard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Lone Star Ride Fighting Aids 2006 paper strip] (open access)

[Lone Star Ride Fighting Aids 2006 paper strip]

Unevenly cut paper strip printed with the Lone Star Ride Fighting Aids logo and text for the year 2006. The paper has slight yellowing on both ends and rounded and curling edges on the left end of the strip.
Date: 2006
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Brief History of Hereford Independent School District (open access)

A Brief History of Hereford Independent School District

Document describing the history of Hereford Independent School District starting with the opening of county schools in 1893 and ending with the 2004-2005 school year.
Date: 2004
Creator: Waters, Carolyn
System: The Portal to Texas History
A White Paper on Outcomes Evaluation: Concepts, Strategies, and Practical Applications (open access)

A White Paper on Outcomes Evaluation: Concepts, Strategies, and Practical Applications

This white paper introduces evaluation concepts and describes outcome-based evaluation. The Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) logic model is described in the context of developing a program evaluation plan. Four case studies illustrate how outputs, outcomes and indicators can be used to produce programs results.
Date: December 10, 2002
Creator: Moen, William E.; Simpson, Carol; Mason, Florence & Wetherbee, Louella
System: The UNT Digital Library
Needs Assessment Study of Texas Academic, Public, and School Libraries: Project Plan (open access)

Needs Assessment Study of Texas Academic, Public, and School Libraries: Project Plan

This document outlines the project plan for the Needs Assessment Study of Texas Academic, Public, and School Libraries.
Date: April 1, 2002
Creator: Moen, William E.; Simpson, Carol; Mason, Florence & Wetherbee, Louella
System: The UNT Digital Library