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Quadrennial -- Act 36: An Analysis of the Administrator-Director Form of Govenment in Fort Smith, Arkansas (open access)

Quadrennial -- Act 36: An Analysis of the Administrator-Director Form of Govenment in Fort Smith, Arkansas

The purpose of this investigation is to review the first four years of municipal government operation under the Administrator-Director form of government in Fort Smith, Arkansas. The basis of this investigation is the reconstruction and review of the political forces and circumstances operating in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and their impact on the Administrator-Director form of government. In addition to the above, an examination of the progress made by the current Administrator-Director form of government will be undertaken.
Date: December 1972
Creator: Chiabotta, William I.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of Selected Arkansas North Central Association Secondary Schools Using the Evaluative Criteria (open access)

A Comparison of Selected Arkansas North Central Association Secondary Schools Using the Evaluative Criteria

The purpose of this study was to report the evaluation ratings and describe the Arkansas NCA secondary schools, as indicated in the Summary Reports of the Evaluative Criteria, 1960 edition, and to compare ratings on all sections and divisions, section D-J, by size classifications.
Date: August 1972
Creator: Robbins, Homer Dale
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Survey of Public School Library Resources in Arkansas (open access)

A Survey of Public School Library Resources in Arkansas

The purpose of this study was an examination of elementary- and secondary-school libraries in Arkansas to determine the adequacy of their resources as compared with the 1960 and the 1969 national school library standards. The findings served as a base for establishing goals and recommendations for improved school library programs in Arkansas.
Date: August 1972
Creator: Guise, Benjamin R.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of the Staging of the Passion Plays of Oberammergau, Germany, and Mount Oberammergau, U.S.A. (open access)

A Comparison of the Staging of the Passion Plays of Oberammergau, Germany, and Mount Oberammergau, U.S.A.

The purpose of this study is to compare the staging of the Passion Play of Oberammergau, Germany, with the staging of The Great Passion Play on Mount Oberammergau, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Source material includes literary writings of the century concerning Passion plays, interview with the directors of both productions, and eyewitness accounts of the 1970 producation in Germany and the 1970, 1971 producations in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, U.S.A. Photographs of actors and scenes from both productions are used throughout the thesis.
Date: December 1971
Creator: Moster, Thomas R.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Confederate Arkansas: a Study in State Politics (open access)

Confederate Arkansas: a Study in State Politics

Arkansas state politics during the Civil War was influenced by the preceding thirty years and many of the state's problems for which political answers were sought were similar to problems experienced in this period of political development. The war simply magnified and multiplied the problems faced by the state. This thesis is concerned with identifying the political forces in the state and their development, with investigating problems to which political solutions were sought and attempts made to solve these. Finally, an effort is made to determine the effectiveness of the various political moves made during the terms of Governors Rector and Flanagin.
Date: August 1971
Creator: Cox, James L.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of the Leisure Reading Habits of Female Teachers and Non-Teachers (open access)

A Comparison of the Leisure Reading Habits of Female Teachers and Non-Teachers

The purpose of this study was to determine, whether there was a significant difference in the leisure reading habits of two groups of women who were college graduates; one group of elementary classroom teachers, grades one through six, and another group of women who were not teachers.
Date: May 1971
Creator: Watson, Thurman O.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the Education of the Children of Migrant Agricultural Workers in Arkansas Public Schools (open access)

An Analysis of the Education of the Children of Migrant Agricultural Workers in Arkansas Public Schools

The problem is the study of the education of children of migrant agricultural workers in forty-five school districts in Arkansas. The study presents data from a questionnaire, the Uniform Migrant Student Transfer Form, and the Science Research Associates Achievement Test.
Date: December 1970
Creator: Barnes, Jerome M. (Jerome Medwick), 1934-
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Photo Album] (open access)

[Photo Album]

Family photo album containing portraits and landscape photos of a ranch. Many of the portraits appear to have been taken by photographers in Vernon, Texas, and the surrounding region. The album pages have a printed floral design around the photo slots and decorative border along the edges.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional Highlights from Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States (open access)

Regional Highlights from Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States

This fact sheet describes climate change scenarios in the Southeast region of the United States.
Date: unknown
Creator: U.S. Global Change Research Program
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Role of College and University Athletic Trainers in Texas and Bordering States (open access)

The Role of College and University Athletic Trainers in Texas and Bordering States

The problem of this study was to compare the existing role of college and university athletic trainers in Texas and bordering states with the role of college and university athletic trainers, (1) as recommended by national athletic training specialists and (2) as recommended by college and university athletic directors in Texas and bordering states.
Date: January 1969
Creator: Patton, Robert Edward
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Training Received and Duties Performed by the Maintenance Employees in a Selected Group of Acme Brick Company Plants (open access)

A Study of the Training Received and Duties Performed by the Maintenance Employees in a Selected Group of Acme Brick Company Plants

The major purposes of this study were (1) to obtain information relating to the number and types of areas of work included in the routine duties performed by the maintenance employees employed in a selected group of Acme Brick Company production plants, (2) to determine the nature of any training that may have assisted in the development of their ability to perform the skills normally involved in each area of work, and (3) to recommend to Acme Brick Company areas of instruction to be included in a training program for its employees.
Date: January 1968
Creator: Hickman, Cleo F.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Southwest Retort, Volume 20, Number 4, December 1967 (open access)

Southwest Retort, Volume 20, Number 4, December 1967

This publication of the Dallas-Fort Worth Section of the American Chemical Society includes information about research, prominent scientist, organizational business, and various other stories of interest to the community. Published monthly during long academic semesters. This issue includes the technical program for the regional meeting in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Date: December 1967
Creator: American Chemical Society. Dallas/Fort Worth Section.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Southwest Retort, Volume 20, Number 3, November 1967 (open access)

Southwest Retort, Volume 20, Number 3, November 1967

This publication of the Dallas-Fort Worth Section of the American Chemical Society includes information about research, prominent scientist, organizational business, and various other stories of interest to the community. Published monthly during long academic semesters. This issue includes news about the regional meeting in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Date: November 1967
Creator: American Chemical Society. Dallas/Fort Worth Section.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Southwest Retort, Volume 20, Number 2, October 1967 (open access)

Southwest Retort, Volume 20, Number 2, October 1967

This publication of the Dallas-Fort Worth Section of the American Chemical Society includes information about research, prominent scientist, organizational business, and various other stories of interest to the community. Published monthly during long academic semesters. This issue includes news about the regional meeting in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Date: October 1967
Creator: American Chemical Society. Dallas/Fort Worth Section.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Southwest Retort, Volume 20, Number 1, September 1967 (open access)

Southwest Retort, Volume 20, Number 1, September 1967

This publication of the Dallas-Fort Worth Section of the American Chemical Society includes information about research, prominent scientist, organizational business, and various other stories of interest to the community. Published monthly during long academic semesters. This issue is the 50th anniversary edition and it includes a story about the regional meeting in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Date: September 1967
Creator: American Chemical Society. Dallas/Fort Worth Section.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Southwest Retort, Volume 19, Number 9, May 1967 (open access)

Southwest Retort, Volume 19, Number 9, May 1967

This publication of the Dallas-Fort Worth Section of the American Chemical Society includes information about research, prominent scientist, organizational business, and various other stories of interest to the community. Published monthly during long academic semesters. This issue includes news about the regional meeting in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Date: May 1967
Creator: American Chemical Society. Dallas/Fort Worth Section.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Teaching of Educational Administration Theory in Selected Southwestern Colleges and Universities (open access)

Teaching of Educational Administration Theory in Selected Southwestern Colleges and Universities

The problem of this study was an analysis of the processes and materials used in teaching theories of educational administration in certain courses in selected southwestern colleges and universities.
Date: January 1966
Creator: Sullivan, John Benjamin
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Little Rock Crisis (open access)

Little Rock Crisis

This thesis explores the events and repercussions surrounding the desegregation of schools in Arkansas, including an analysis of the Little Rock incident.
Date: August 1965
Creator: Jeffery, Gretchen M.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Carpetbagger Policies during Reconstruction in Arkansas (open access)

Carpetbagger Policies during Reconstruction in Arkansas

This investigation is an attempt to reevaluate the role of the carpetbagger in bringing about a reform program during Reconstruction.
Date: August 1963
Creator: Ellenburg, Martha Ann
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relationship between Certain School Practices and Dropout Rates of the High Schools of Arkansas (open access)

The Relationship between Certain School Practices and Dropout Rates of the High Schools of Arkansas

The problem of this study was to determine the relationship between dropout rates of the high schools of Arkansas and certain school practices.
Date: June 1963
Creator: Cook, Kenneth Oscar, 1922-
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Measures of Local Fiscal Ability to Supoort Public Schools (open access)

Measures of Local Fiscal Ability to Supoort Public Schools

The primary purposes of this study are fourfold, namely: (1) to summarize the writings of specialists in school finance and public finance which are judged to have significance concerning the nature, source, control, and measurement of local fiscal ability; (2) to develop an analytical evaluation of the "bases" of the proposed measures; (3) to develop a criterion of the relative taxpaying ability of Arkansas counties in terms of the actual valuation of real property; and (4) to determine the significance of the association among the three measures and the relative significance of the degree of relationship of each measure to the criterion.
Date: January 1959
Creator: Wetherington, Allen Burton
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Plan of Christian Higher Education for Arkansas Baptists (open access)

A Plan of Christian Higher Education for Arkansas Baptists

The primary problem in this study was to develop a comprehensive long-range plan for Arkansas Baptists to use as a guide in meeting their needs in the field of Christian higher education. These needs were viewed in two ways: 1. Need as related to the purposes and philosophy of Christian higher education of Southern Baptists; 2. Need as related to the number of persons to be served.
Date: June 1957
Creator: Kirkman, Ralph Everett
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study to Determine the Validity of the Uniform-Assessment Assumption Implied in the Use of Certain Measures of Local Taxpaying Ability in Arkansas (open access)

A Study to Determine the Validity of the Uniform-Assessment Assumption Implied in the Use of Certain Measures of Local Taxpaying Ability in Arkansas

This study examines the assumption that property is assessed uniformly from district to district in Arkansas.
Date: January 1956
Creator: Garner, Curtis R.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the Qualifications and General Status of the Industrial Arts Teachers Employed in the Secondary Schools of Arkansas during the 1953-1954 School Year (open access)

An Analysis of the Qualifications and General Status of the Industrial Arts Teachers Employed in the Secondary Schools of Arkansas during the 1953-1954 School Year

This is a study to ascertain the qualifications, the general status, and in-school and out-of-school activities of the industrial arts teachers employed in the secondary schools in Arkansas in order to compare them with the qualifications and general status of the industrial arts teachers employed in the State of Texas in 1953, as reported by Jack P. Dial.
Date: 1954
Creator: Glenn, Robert H.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library