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South Africa: Current Issues and U.S. Relations (open access)

South Africa: Current Issues and U.S. Relations

This report discusses political, social, and economic issues in South Africa, as well as the country's relationship to the United States.
Date: January 16, 2009
Creator: Ploch, Lauren
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
South Africa: Current Issues and U.S. Relations (open access)

South Africa: Current Issues and U.S. Relations

This report looks at the relationship between the United States and South Africa. Topics include: foreign policy issues; health (in particular HIV/AIDS) reform; economics and electricity shortages; and corruption in South African politics.
Date: October 7, 2008
Creator: Ploch, Lauren
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
South Africa: Current Issues and U.S. Relations (open access)

South Africa: Current Issues and U.S. Relations

This report looks at the relationship between the United States and South Africa. Topics include: foreign policy issues; health (in particular HIV/AIDS) reform; economics and electricity shortages; and corruption in South African politics.
Date: June 9, 2008
Creator: Ploch, Lauren
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Moscow conference decisions

Front: Text describes 5 Moscow conference decisions. Maps: Moscow conference decisions as reflected on the global map. Includes photograph of Ernest Bevin (Britain), V. M. Molotov (Russia) and James F. Byrnes (U.S.) Back: Reenlistment. List of reasons to reenlist. Charts of income and retirement income for enlisted classes.
Date: January 7, 1946
Creator: [United States.] Army Information Branch.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Asbestos (open access)

Asbestos

From Introduction: "This report covers the essential features of the asbestos industry, including occurrence, production, mining, milling, utilization, international trade, and marketing."
Date: 1937
Creator: Bowles, Oliver
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Index of Shale-Oil Patents (open access)

An Index of Shale-Oil Patents

From Introduction: "Work on this project was begun early in 1944; and the results with respect to shale oil are reported in this Bulletin. Since this bulletin is only an index to this large repository of ideas relating to the the treatment of shale oil, the material is presented in the form of short notices describing the subject material of each patent, which consist of an abridgment of the patent (if British or Australian) or a typical claim in the case of the United States or foreign patents."
Date: 1948
Creator: Klosky, Simon
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Kalahari Transect: Research on Global Change and Sustainable Development in Southern Africa (open access)

The Kalahari Transect: Research on Global Change and Sustainable Development in Southern Africa

The Kalahari Transect is proposed as one of IGBPs Transects (see Koch et al. 1995 [IGBP Report 36]). It is located so as to span the gradient between the arid subtropics and the moist tropics in southern Africa, a zone potentially susceptible to changes in the global precipitation pattern. Its focus is the relationships between the structure and function of ecosystems and their large-scale biophysical and human drivers (climate, atmosphere and land use). The Kalahari Transect spans a strong climatic gradient in southern Africa, from the arid south to the humid north, while remaining on a single broad soil type, the deep sands of the Kalahari basin. The vegetation ranges over the length of the transect from shrubland through savannas and woodlands to closed evergreen tropical forest, with land uses ranging from migratory wildlife systems, through pastoralism, subsistence cropping to forestry. The objectives of the Kalahari Transect activity are to: build an active network of regional and international researchers around the issue of ecosystem structure and function in savanna woodlands undergoing climatic and land use change; quantify the current and future role of southern African savanna woodlands in the global carbon, water and trace gas budgets and the degree of …
Date: 1997
Creator: Scholes, R.J. & Parsons, D.A.B.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Renewable Energy: Sustainable Development in Africa (open access)

Renewable Energy: Sustainable Development in Africa

Fact sheet on World Future Council's activities in Africa with the goal of promoting the use of renewable energy technologies that promote economic development and quality of life through basic needs and access to education and health care.
Date: unknown
Creator: World Future Council
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Convair Supervisory Newsletter, Number 232, January 18, 1956 (open access)

Convair Supervisory Newsletter, Number 232, January 18, 1956

Weekly newsletter written for supervisors working at the Convair Division in Fort Worth containing news about events and activities, workplace reminders, and other relevant information.
Date: January 18, 1956
Creator: Esenwein, August C.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Golf] (open access)

[News Script: Golf]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Gary player who is flattered, Arnold Palmer made a charge that advanced him all the way to the front of the U. S open after three rounds at Oakmont.
Date: June 16, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Open golf] (open access)

[News Script: Open golf]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Gary Player of south Africa who is playing at the U. S open at Oakmont while still on the mend from recent major surgery and is underweight.
Date: June 14, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Open golf] (open access)

[News Script: Open golf]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Johnny Miller who was upset because he felt he had blown himself out of contention for the 73rd U. S open title with a five over par 76 in the third round.
Date: June 17, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Open golf] (open access)

[News Script: Open golf]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Gary Player of South Africa who has come a long way since recent major surgery.
Date: June 14, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Foreign News] (open access)

[News Script: Foreign News]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of one policemen who was killed and another wounded in Londonderry when three youths ran out of a passageway and opened fire. American intelligence sources say that the Soviet Union is seeking a naval base on the west African coast. Negotiation which began for new contracts between 380-thousand workers and the then largest steel producers.
Date: January 30, 1974, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library

Newsmap. Monday, November 16, 1942 : week of November 6 to November 13

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: North Africa, Libya, Southern Europe, New Guinea, Solomons, Russia, Aleutians, Far East waters, Madagascar. Large world map is keyed to text and illustrates time zones around the world. Smaller map (3 insets): Invasion of Africa. Photographs: Practice led to invasion -- Tanks land for beach operation -- German planes caught by long-range fighters -- Captured Nazi officers perch on hood of British jeep. Back: Why we fight! Also includes photographs.
Date: November 16, 1942
Creator: [United States.] Army Orientation Course.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: AP World News] (open access)

[News Script: AP World News]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: March 31, 1972, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
South Africa: Current Issues and U.S. Relations (open access)

South Africa: Current Issues and U.S. Relations

This report discusses political, social, and economic issues in South Africa, as well as the country's relationship to the United States.
Date: April 15, 2009
Creator: Ploch, Lauren
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Press Freedom in South Africa (open access)

A Study of Press Freedom in South Africa

The problem of the study was to analyze conditions of the South African press, including effects of apartheid legislation on the free flow of information. The method of research was mail questionnaire to editors of twenty-two South African daily newspapers. The study showed that the South African press is restricted by legislation and additional laws are expected. Other information from the study includes the following: at least four main laws impede the free flow of information; the press has ready access to government officials; Die Burger and The Star are considered the most influential newspapers; and Prime Minister Vorster's recent advice that the press "put your house in order" seems aimed largely at key English-language newspapers.
Date: August 1974
Creator: Levy, Joyce Carol
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph 2012.201.B1327.0453]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Folk art from the Republic of South Africa is admired by Melvin Van Helsdingen, Mrs. Helsdingen, right, and their guest, Miss Adrienne Van Helsdingen."
Date: July 19, 1966
Creator: Miller, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1293.0777]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Second-round leader Lee Trevino follows through on a shot in Friday's Sun City Million Dollar Golf Challenge in South Africa."
Date: December 7, 1985
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Tunza: The UNEP Magazine for Youth, Volume 3, Number 1, 2005 (open access)

Tunza: The UNEP Magazine for Youth, Volume 3, Number 1, 2005

Tunza is a magazine published by the UN Environment Programme about environmental issues from a youth perspective. This issue is about transportation, urban planning, waste management, and ecology.
Date: 2005
Creator: Lean, Geoffrey
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tunza: The UNEP Magazine for Youth, Volume 8, Number 1, 2010 (open access)

Tunza: The UNEP Magazine for Youth, Volume 8, Number 1, 2010

Tunza is a UNEP magazine for and by young people. This issue is devoted to biodiversity and threatened habitats.
Date: 2010
Creator: Lean, Geoffrey
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Unite for Comprehensive, Mandatory Sanctions Against South Africa: General Declaration of the National Anti-Imperialist Movement in Solidarity with African Liberation (open access)

Unite for Comprehensive, Mandatory Sanctions Against South Africa: General Declaration of the National Anti-Imperialist Movement in Solidarity with African Liberation

Document discussing the need for economic sanctions against South Africa, listing the necessary sanctions against South Africa, and calling for the recognition of the African National Congress and the South West African People's Organisation.
Date: 1983
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Indivisible Struggle Against Racism, Apartheid, and Colonialism (open access)

The Indivisible Struggle Against Racism, Apartheid, and Colonialism

Position paper of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee presented at the International Seminar on Racial Discrimination and Colonialism in South Africa, organized by the United Nations and the government of Zambia, in 1967. The paper discusses the similarities between the African liberation movement and Afro-Americans' struggles in the United States and the appendixes include past statements by SNCC condemning the United State's involvement in Vietnam and Chase Manhattan Bank's racially discriminating practices.
Date: {1966-01-06,1967-06-13,1967-07-24}
Creator: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History