[Abilene Board of Commissioners Minutes: 1954-1957] (open access)

[Abilene Board of Commissioners Minutes: 1954-1957]

Ledger containing minutes of the city Board of Commissioners in Abilene, Texas documenting the group's discussions and activities from October 1, 1954 to June 27, 1957. An index with names is included at the front.
Date: 1954-10-01/1957-06-27
Creator: Abilene (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
Catalog of Abilene Christian College, 1932-1933 (open access)

Catalog of Abilene Christian College, 1932-1933

Publication describes the extension department of Abilene Christian College in Abilene, Texas.
Date: October 1932
Creator: Abilene Christian College
System: The Portal to Texas History
Catalog of Abilene Christian College, 1935-1936 (open access)

Catalog of Abilene Christian College, 1935-1936

Publication describes the extension department of Abilene Christian College in Abilene, Texas.
Date: October 1935
Creator: Abilene Christian College
System: The Portal to Texas History
Catalog of Abilene Christian College, 1972-1973 (open access)

Catalog of Abilene Christian College, 1972-1973

Catalog describes the governance, history, course offerings, and campus life of Abilene Christian College in Abilene, Texas.
Date: October 1971
Creator: Abilene Christian College
System: The Portal to Texas History
Catalog of Abilene Christian College, 1973-1974 (open access)

Catalog of Abilene Christian College, 1973-1974

Catalog describes the governance, history, course offerings, and campus life of Abilene Christian College in Abilene, Texas.
Date: October 1972
Creator: Abilene Christian College
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Abilene City Federation of Women's Clubs Minutes: October 3, 1949 - June 20, 1951] (open access)

[Abilene City Federation of Women's Clubs Minutes: October 3, 1949 - June 20, 1951]

Minutes of the Abilene City Federation of Women's Clubs in Abilene, Texas documenting the group's discussions and activities from October 3, 1949 through June 20, 1951. The minutes also include the federation's accounting and newspaper clippings of stories about the federation and its members
Date: 1949-10-03/1951-06-20
Creator: Abilene City Federation of Women's Clubs
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Abilene City Federation of Women's Clubs Minutes: October 18, 1941 - May 1, 1945] (open access)

[Abilene City Federation of Women's Clubs Minutes: October 18, 1941 - May 1, 1945]

Minutes of the Abilene City Federation of Women's Clubs in Abilene, Texas documenting the group's discussions and activities from October 18, 1941 through May 1, 1945
Date: 1941-10-18/1945-05-01
Creator: Abilene City Federation of Women's Clubs
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Brooks Holt, October 13, 1980 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Brooks Holt, October 13, 1980

Interview with Brooks Holt, a civil servant and United States Navy veteran from San Antonio, Texas, discussing his experiences and recollections of working as district director of the National Youth Administration during the Great Depression.
Date: October 13, 1980
Creator: Acrey, Autry & Holt, Brooks
System: The UNT Digital Library
Regional Assessment of Water Quality: Trinity River Basin (open access)

Regional Assessment of Water Quality: Trinity River Basin

The purpose of this study is "to identify significant issues affecting water quality" within the Trinity River watershed, located in the eastern half of Texas, "and to provide sufficient information for the Commission, river authorities, and other local government bodies to take appropriate corrective action necessary to maintain and improve the quality of [the] state's water resources" (p. [1]).
Date: October 1992
Creator: Alan Plummer and Associates, Inc.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Tall Walls and High Fences: Officers and Offenders, the Texas Prison Story

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Texas has one of the world’s largest prison systems, in operation for more than 170 years and currently employing more than 28,000 people. Hundreds of thousands of people have been involved in the prison business in Texas: inmates, correctional officers, public officials, private industry representatives, and volunteers have all entered the secure facilities and experienced a different world. Previous books on Texas prisons have focused either on records and data of the prisons, personal memoirs by both inmates and correctional officers, or accounts of prison breaks. Tall Walls and High Fences is the first comprehensive history of Texas prisons, written by a former law enforcement officer and an officer of the Texas prisons. Bob Alexander and Richard K. Alford chronicle the significant events and transformation of the Texas prison system from its earliest times to the present day, paying special attention to the human side of the story. Incarceration policy evolved from isolation to hard labor to rodeo and educational opportunities, with reform measures becoming an ever-evolving quest. The complex job of the correctional officer has evolved as well—they must ensure custody and control over the inmate population at all times, in order to provide a proper environment conducive to …
Date: October 15, 2020
Creator: Alexander, Bob & Alford, Richard K.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Tammy Brake-Regitz, October 17, 2015

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Transcript of an interview with Canadian immigrant Tammy Brake-Regitz. Brake-Regitz talks about growing up in Canada and the decision to visit the United States in her twenties leading to her love of America and living the American Dream; Differences in Canada life and life in the United States; Her pursuit in a medical career; and decision to seek an American citizenship.
Date: October 17, 2015
Creator: Alexander, Matthew & Brake-Regitz, Tammy, 1972-
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Jean Balch, October 12, 1996

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Interview with Navy veteran Jean Balch, including Balch's personal experiences about the Pacific theater, being a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II, boot camp, radio, radar, and gunnery school, operations during the Leyte invasion, missions over Luzon, and raids on Japanese installations on Formosa and Saigon, French Indo-China. Additionally, Balch talks about his plane being shot down on a raid to Hong Kong and his capture on January 16, 1945, interrogations and beatings by the Kempei-tai, imprisonment at Ofuna, Honshu, solitary confinement for six months and continued interrogation, beatings by Japanese prison guards, starvation diet, the end of the war and liberation, and his participation in the war crimes trials held by the International Military Tribunal.
Date: October 12, 1996
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Balch, Jean
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Lanson B. Ditto, October 11, 1996

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Interview with Lanson B. Ditto, clothier and Navy veteran regarding personal experiences about the Pacific, Atlantic, and Mediterranean Theaters during World War II. Ditto talks about his education, enlistment in the Navy V-7 Program, midshipman training, assignment to the USS Langley, pre-war duty in the Philippines, coming of war and combat around the Philippines and Netherlands East Indies, the sinking of the Langley and his transfer to the USS Pecos, the sinking of the Pecos and his rescue by the USS Whipple, various naval battles and assignments, antisubmarine patrols off the Solomons, various escort duties, and his promotion to captain of the O'Toole.
Date: October 11, 1996
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Ditto, Lanson B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Quaranzine 2020 by Ashley Allen (open access)

Quaranzine 2020 by Ashley Allen

A zine created by Ashley Allen. The zine includes drawings, writing, and collage illustrating the artist's experience during the COVID-19 pandemic and their feelings of fear and worry during the pandemic, the 2020 election, and civil unrest in the United States.
Date: October 2020
Creator: Allen, Ashley
System: The UNT Digital Library
[George Amery General Business Ledger: 1878-1902] (open access)

[George Amery General Business Ledger: 1878-1902]

Ledger containing general business notes and accounts for George Amery.
Date: 1878-10/1902-07
Creator: Amery, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Economics of Irrigation Systems (open access)

Economics of Irrigation Systems

This document provides information on irrigation systems for the AgriLife extension Texas A & M System.
Date: October 2011
Creator: Amosson, Stephen Harold
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Pola Bekker, October 12, 1996

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Interview with Pola Bekker, a Holocaust survivor from Warsaw. Bekker discusses her family, the Jewish District in Warsaw, life in the city before the war, antisemitism in Warsaw, the invasion of Poland and bombing of the city, fleeing to Russia, life in Orsk, moving to Voroshilovgrad, returning to Poland at the end of the war, and moving to Israel.
Date: October 12, 1996
Creator: Anson, Jennifer & Bekker, Pola
System: The UNT Digital Library
Genealogical Study of the Arnold de Kruth Family Branch II des Arnold de Kurth (open access)

Genealogical Study of the Arnold de Kruth Family Branch II des Arnold de Kurth

History of the Arnold de Kruth family including narrative family tree listings based on compiled genealogical information, with some biographical anecdotes and supplementary documentation.
Date: October 1979
Creator: Arnold, William N., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Along the Texas Forts Trail

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The task of providing military defense for the Texas Frontier was never an easy one because the territory was claimed by some of the greatest querrilla fighters of all times—the Comanches, Kiowas, Apaches, and Lipans. Protecting a line running from the Red River southwest to El Paso was an impossible task, but following the Mexican War the federal government attempted to do so by establishing a line of forts. During the Civil War the forts were virtually abandoned and the Indians once again ruled the area. Following the war when the military began to restore the old forts, they found that the Indians no longer fought with bows and arrows but shouldered the latest firearms. With their new weapons the Indians were able to inflict tremendous destruction, bringing demands from settlers for more protection. In the summer of 1866 a new line of forts appeared through central Texas under the leadership of General Philip H. Sheridan, commander of federal forces in Louisiana and Texas. Guardians of a raw young land and focal points of high adventure, the old forts were indispensable in their day of service and it is fitting that they be preserved. In and around the forts and …
Date: October 15, 1997
Creator: Aston, B. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Earl E. Ambrose, October 6, 2007

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Interview with Earl E. Ambrose, Korean War veteran, as part of the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. The interview includes Ambrose's personal experiences of childhood, basic training, volunteering for service in Korea, and attending Arlington State College using GI Bill benefits. Additionally, Ambrose discusses family experiences in military service, the decision to join the Marines, assignments to Quantico and Yorktown, Virginia, his brief combat experience and assignment to the Main Line of Resistance near the Imjin River, his discharge from the Marines, and his career with Bell Helicopter.
Date: October 6, 2007
Creator: Ball, Gregory & Ambrose, Earl E.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Odis Taylor, October 6, 1995

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Interview with Odis Taylor concerning his experiences before, during, and after his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Taylor worked at camps in Pierce, Idaho (Company 5702) and Emida, Idaho (Company 229).
Date: October 6, 1995
Creator: Ball, Paula & Taylor, Odis S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jack Mahan, October 17, 1980 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Jack Mahan, October 17, 1980

Audio interview with Jack Mahan, a teacher, musician, and former student of Colonel Earl D. Irons, regarding his memories of studying under the bandmaster at the University of Texas at Arlington. Mahan discusses his own recollections as well as Colonel's involvement with the American Bandmasters Association and other musical organizations.
Date: October 17, 1980
Creator: Barrow, Gary & Mahan, Jack
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Real Estate Resource Directory (open access)

Texas Real Estate Resource Directory

This directory lists city, state, and national resources for real estate issues as well as professional and trade associations and educators in real estate.
Date: October 1997
Creator: Baumann, Mark W. & Knapp, Charleen J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil survey of Ellis County, Texas (open access)

Soil survey of Ellis County, Texas

Text describes climate, agriculture, and soils of Ellis County, Texas.
Date: October 13, 1911
Creator: Bennett, Frank; Burke, R. T. (Richard Thomas Avon) & Lounsbury, Clarence
System: The Portal to Texas History