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Self-Directed Learning Projects of Older Adults
This study determined the number of self-directed learning projects undertaken by older adults and examined the motivational factors and anticipated benefits related to the learning activities. In addition, obstacles to conducting self-directed learning were identified by the respondents. A list of 20,032 names of adults, aged 50 or more years and residing in Tom Green County, Texas, was obtained from voter registration rolls and the residential rolls of four retirement complexes. Four hundred names were randomly selected to serve as the sample of the study. Of the 400 potential subjects, 120 persons agreed to be interviewed. Indepth interviews were conducted using the questions from Tough's Interview Schedule for Studying Some Basic Characteristics of Learning Projects and a probe sheet to identify obstacles to conducting self-directed learning projects. The interviews focused on the learning activities of older adults during the previous year. The 120 subjects of this study conducted a total of 239 learning projects in the previous year, an average of 1.99 self-directed learning projects per person. Ninety-five (95%) percent of the persons interviewed reported to have conducted at least one learning project in the past year. The majority of the learning projects were self-planned for the purpose of self-enjoyment …
Date:
August 1989
Creator:
Sears, Emma Jo Benson
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Photograph 2012.201.B0125.0188]
Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "The immediate past President of the Downtown Kiwanis Club, Doyle G. Carpenter, was elected lieutenant governor at the Kiwanis International Texas - Oklahoma district convention now being held in San Angelo, Texas."
Date:
November 26, 1981
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[News Script: Miss Wool]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date:
August 17, 1972, 6:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Miss Wool of America]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the end of the Miss Wool of America pageant.
Date:
August 17, 1972, 12:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Baling-Press
Patent for a baling press. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 13, 1910
Creator:
Hendrix, James D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bed-Robe For Invalids.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in bed robes for invalids, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 27, 1900
Creator:
Sims, Mary E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Counterbalancing Device for Pumps.
Patent for a counterbalancing device for windmill pumps, which reduces friction and lateral pull on the pump.
Date:
March 9, 1909
Creator:
Cotten, Charles Kavendor
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling
Patent for a new and useful improvements in Car couples. This invention "relates to automatic car couples, and more particularly to that class known as " swing-pin" couples" (line 11 - 13).
Date:
November 16, 1897
Creator:
Gillespie, Charles W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Axle-Setting Machine
Patent for a axle setting machine that can be used on any type of axle, has its own lever, and doesn't touch the inside of the axle collar.
Date:
May 7, 1907
Creator:
Roberts, John William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Molding Hollow Concrete Walls
Patent for an apparatus that is a mold for crafting hollow concrete walls. Illustration included.
Date:
December 21, 1909
Creator:
Nelson, William E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Exterior View of Hemphill Wells Department Store and Moutray Oil Service Station
Copy negative of street scene with cars and unidentified people standing outside of the Moutray Oil Service Station. To the left of the service station is a large brick building housing the Hemphill Wells Department Store.
Date:
1940~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Building Exterior with Bus in Drive
Copy negative of an unknown man standing by a bus. Texas Sanatorium is written on the side of the bus. In the background there are a couple buildings with trees and bushes around them.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
People by Buildings
Copy negative of two images of people standing by the Texas TB Sanitarium. The image on the left is of a woman wearing what seems to be a uniform standing on the road leading down to a couple buildings. The image on the right is of a man wearing an apron standing on a road and in the background there is a two story building.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hospital Exterior
Copy negative of the Texas TB Sanitarium and Dr. McKnight. There are two images, the one on the top is of a man wearing a suit, sitting down behind a very nice desk with what seems to be leather chairs around it. The image below it is of the exterior of a building, around it are streets and bushes all over the middle island between lanes. Also snow covers most of the ground around the building and trees.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hospital Exterior
Copy negative of the exterior of the Texas TB Sanitarium and a dorm building. The top image is of a building with several windows, trees and bushes are seen on a garden out front. The bottom image is of two buildings with streets leading t it and leafless trees with snow covering the ground.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hospital Exterior
Copy negative of two images of the Texas TB Sanitarium. The top image shows a view of trees and bushes on sidewalks and road islands. The bottom image shows a view of a building with a big chimney and trees and bushes around it.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Women Patients
Copy negative of a group of women patients at the Texas TB Sanitarium. There are two images, the top one is of seven women wearing jackets and robes standing and sitting by a window. The bottom picture is of six women standing next to each other wearing robes and jackets.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nurses
Copy negative of two images of nurses at the Texas TB Sanitarium. Included in these pictures are Clark, Flannagan, Miss Owens, McDonald and Stopple Peters. The top image shows three women wearing nurse uniforms sitting around a desk and they seem to be filling out paper work. The bottom image is of seven women wearing nurse uniforms standing on the steps outside a building.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hospital Exterior
Copy negative of the Texas TB Sanitarium. There are two images, the top one shows a view of what seems to be the front side of the hospital. There are a large number of windows on the two story building. The bottom image seems to be of the back of the hospital with some trees and bushes out on the yard.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Church Exterior
Copy photograph of two images of postcards. In the top image, three churches in San Angelo are pictured. A Methodist, a Catholic and a Baptist church are shown. The three churches are adjacent to each other on the same street. Labels identify the denominations of each church. Text at bottom reads, "Three of San Angelo's churches." The bottom image shows the First Baptist Church in Ballinger, Texas, identified in the image by a hand-written note.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Man Standing by Airplane]
Photograph of T. Noah Smith standing by his airplane, the first built in Texas, in a field in San Angelo. A car is visible to the right.
Date:
1909
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
HSU Cowboy Band in Uniform
Copy negative of the first Hardin-Simmons University Cowboy Band in uniform in 1923 with director Dr. D. O. Wylie. They are sitting and standing with their instruments on the San Angelo Courthouse lawn with trees and the courthouse behind them and the logo in front of them.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Central and West Texas (1)]
Map of the U.S. Postal Service mail stations and routes in parts of west Texas, showing a mail route that passes through Fort Concho, Fort Stockton, and Fort Davis as well as a mail line from Fort McKavett to Ben Ficklin, ending in Fort Concho. The map also includes railroads, bodies of water, major towns and forts, and county lines.
Date:
1880?
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Part of Tom Green County, Texas (No. 1)
Blueline format of survey map of Tom Green County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, townships, and blocks of land. Scale [ca. 1:133,333] (4000 varas to the inch).
Date:
187u
Creator:
Gast, August
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History