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USDA Farmers' Bulletins
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Technical Report Archive and Image Library
12
Abilene Library Consortium
10
Jesse Wallace Williams Map Collection
7
KXAS-NBC 5 News Collection
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USGS Topographic Map Collection
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Map Collections from the University of Texas at Arlington
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National WASP WWII Museum
3
World War Two Collection
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Harris and Eliza Kempner
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Farmers' bulletin (United States. Dept. of Agriculture)
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United States Bureau of Mines Reports
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NBC News Scripts
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United States Geological Survey Reports
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Western United States 1:250,000
4
Information circular (United States. Bureau of Mines)
3
Water Resources Investigations Reports
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Kafka Collection
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Personal Papers (MS 80-0002)
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Annual Report of Research and Technologic Work on Coal
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Regional Highlights from Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States
This fact sheet describes climate change scenarios in the Great Plains region of the United States.
Date:
2009
Creator:
U.S. Global Change Research Program
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Vereinigte Staaten von Nord-Amerika
This map shows the southwestern portion of the United States and northern portion of Mexico. U.S. states are outlined in color and numbered (corresponding to an index of states and territories in the lower left corner). Additionally, cities, bodies of water, the names and locations of some Native American Indian tribes, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures).
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Comanche Country, 1875
Military map of the Indian Territory in the Great Plains, showing Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Kansas. The map includes military trails and posts (abandoned and occupied). State lines, towns, railroads, bodies of water, and areas of elevation are also included. Towns enclosed in brackets were established after 1875. Relief shown in hachures.
Date:
1933
Creator:
Riney, W. A.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Map of Routes of Coronado and Army]
Map of the Coronado Expedition, 1540-1542, through parts of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. The map includes state boundary lines, bodies of water, major towns, forts, and areas of elevation. A legend, included in the lower-right corner, indicates directions of the routes of Coronado and his army. No scale indicated.
Date:
1912
Creator:
Root, George A.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Comanche Country and Adjacent Territory, 1860
Military map of the Comanche Indian Territory in the Great Plains, showing Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Kansas, and Colorado. The map includes military trails and posts (abandoned and occupied). State lines, towns, bodies of water, and areas of elevation are also shown. Towns enclosed in brackets were established after 1860. Relief shown in hachures.
Date:
1933
Creator:
Riney, W. A.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map Showing the Route of E.F. Beale from Fort Smith, ARK. to Alburquerque, NM.
Three maps showing the route of E. F. Beale from Fort Smith, Arkansas, to Albuquerque, New Mexico (left); the leased portion of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nation (upper-right); and country between the Brazos River and the Kansas River (lower-right). Relief shown in hachures. Scale varies.
Date:
1858
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map showing Cattle Trails as used from 1866 to 1895
Map of the cattle trails throughout Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, and Texas, used to travel northward to markets and shipping points. The map also includes state boundaries, major towns, bodies of water, and areas of elevation. Relief shown in hachures. No scale indicated.
Date:
1935
Creator:
Loveless, A. C. & Potter, Jack
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Comanche Country and Adjacent Territory, 1840
Military map of the Comanche Indian Territory in the Great Plains, showing Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Kansas, Colorado, and Nebraska. The map includes military trails and posts (abandoned and occupied). State lines, towns, bodies of water, and areas of elevation are also shown. Towns enclosed in brackets were established after 1840. Relief shown in hachures.
Date:
1933
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trails made and routes used by the Fourth U.S. Cavalry: Under command of General R.S. MacKenzie in its operations against hostile Indians in Texas, Indian-Territory (now Oklahoma), New Mexico and Old Mexico during the period of 1871-2-3-4 and 5
Military map of the routes used by R.S. Mackenzie and his troops, including New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas as well as parts of Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, and Mexico. The map shows routes, trails, railroads, roads, camps, old forts, other landmarks, battles with American Indians, and names and locations of American Indian tribes in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Scale [ca. 1:1,405,436] (23.76 miles to the inch).
Date:
1927
Creator:
Dorchester, E. D.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Latitudes and Longitudes of Certain Points in Missouri, Kansas, and New Mexico
A report about the latitudes and longitudes which were determined by the telegraphic method with respect to the observatory of Washington University.
Date:
1889
Creator:
Woodward, Robert Simpson
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Fighting Men of the Indian Wars: A Biographical Encyclopedia of the Mountain Men, Soldiers, Cowboys, and Pioneers Who Took Up Arms During America's Westward Expansion
This book "is a compendium of America's Indian Wars and the mountain men, soldiers, cowboys and pioneers who took part in them" (dust-jacket). It includes information about all the major American Indian battles, the lives of notable men who fought in the battles, and the combat techniques employed. The index begins on page 247.
Date:
1991
Creator:
O'Neal, Bill
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map showing the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad system with its connections : March 1st 1888.
Map shows railroads stops along rail lines of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company and its connections throughout the South Central and Southwest United States and Northern Mexico, major cities, Native American reservations; Oklahoma as "Indian Territory." Includes key to railroad company lines. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [1:3,800,000].
Date:
1888
Creator:
G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad system.
Map shows extent of Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe railway system, town stops along ATSF railroad lines, major cities, and notable geographic features for the South Central and Southwest United States; [modern-day] Oklahoma is divided into "Oklahoma Territory" and "Indian Territory." Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date:
1899
Creator:
American Bank Note Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Jacqueline Cochran's Typed Daily Schedule: December 1969 to December 1973]
Text of Jacqueline Cochran's typed daily schedule from December 21, 1969, to December 15, 1973, including golf tournaments, doctor appointments, hair appointments, Arthritis Foundation committee meetings, dinner meetings, budget meetings, and board meetings. Entries include day of week, time, and location. They also include personal handwritten notes on some entries.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mrs. Nixon to Mrs. Kempner, December 29, 1943]
Letter to Mrs. Kempner from Mrs. Nixon thanking her for the reply about national dues and national finances for the AWVS.
Date:
December 29, 1943
Creator:
Nixon, Doris
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Preventing Soil Blowing on the Southern Great Plains
"Soil blowing is often a serious problem from December to May [in the Southern Great Plains], when the soil is, in many cases, bare and winds are high. This period is often referred to as the 'blow season.' The whole art of preventing and controlling soil blowing consists in keeping nonblowing materials on the surface. These may be crops, crop residues, or clods. When crops are absent, the essential feature in preventing soil blowing is the use of implements that lift clods and other nonblowing materials to the surface rather than implements that pulverize or destroy them.... Since tillage is dependent on implements, it seems of first importance to consider the implements that may be used to discuss their merits and shortcomings in relation to soil blowing.... From the general principles stated and the specific examples of implement use given, most farmers can probably decide on the correct applications for their farms." -- p. 1-3
Date:
1937
Creator:
Chilcott, E. F. (Ellery Franklin), 1885-
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Native and Adapted Grasses for Conservation of Soil and Moisture in the Great Plains and Western States
"The information given in this bulletin should enable farmers in the Great Plains and Western States to select from the more common species of grasses some one or more suited to their needs [for soil and water conservation]. Common harvesting equipment and farm machinery can be adapted to the proper handling of native grasses. This brings the cost of such work within the means of most farmers." -- p. i. Among the grasses discussed are wheatgrass, buffalo grass, bluestem, grama, Bermuda grass, wild rye, hilaria, Sudan grass, bluegrass, panic grasses, dropseed, and needlegrass.
Date:
1939
Creator:
Hoover, Max M. (Max Manley), 1895-
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Crops Against the Wind on the Southern Great Plains
"This bulletin briefly traces the circumstances which have created the soil problems in the southern Great Plains and shows how the hand of man has hastened present troubles. But it goes further and deals with the methods now being used to solve the problem on nature's own terms." -- p. 2-3. Some of the solutions discussed include contour farming, terraces, water conservation techniques, crop lines, and revegetation.
Date:
1939
Creator:
Rule, Glenn K. (Glenn Kenton), 1893-
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Advice to Forest Planters in the Plains Regions
"Advice about tree planting to provide a windbreak and a supply of firewood, fence posts, and wood for repairs should be especially valuable to the settler in the Plains region. This bulletin gives advice that will enable him to select the species of trees that will bring the most profitable returns without overburdening him with care. Following the description of each species of tree adapted to the region, the points to be avoided in connection with its planting are summarized in a few concise 'dont's.' Information and advice also are given regarding time for planting, methods of cultivation, pruning, etc." -- p. 2
Date:
1917
Creator:
Smith, Seward Dwight, 1880-
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Growing Winter Wheat on the Great Plains
"This bulletin is intended to answer the requests for information on the production of winter wheat on the Great Plains under dry-farming conditions that arise from the stimulus of a present and prospective price much higher than that under which the agriculture of the section has been developed and from the campaign for a large increase in the crop to meet the necessities of war conditions." -- p. 3. Topics discussed include wheat varieties and seeding.
Date:
1917
Creator:
Chilcott, E. C. (Ellery Channing), 1859-1930 & Cole, John S. (John Selden)
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The False Chinch Bug and Measures for Controlling It
This report discusses the false chinch bug, which is common to the plateau region east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States (especially in Kansas and Colorado), and methods for controlling it.
Date:
1916
Creator:
Milliken, F. B.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Shallu, or "Egyptian Wheat": A Late-Maturing Variety of Sorghum
"Many varieties of sorghum have been introduced into the United States in the past 30 or 40 years. Some of these have proved valuable under dry-land conditions in the southern Great Plains.... Shallu is one of the introductions which are not adapted to dry-land conditions. It is a variety that requires a long favorable season to mature.... This bulletin is intended for farmers who are interested in the growing of grain-sorghum crops. It applies to the southern Great Plains under dry-land conditions. It records the results obtained from shallu when grown under such conditions in comparison with other varieties of grain sorghum in varietal tests in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and New Mexico." -- p. 4
Date:
1917
Creator:
Rothgeb, Benton E.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Growing Fruit for Home Use in the Great Plains Area
This report gives recommendations to farmers in the Great Plains of the United States who would like to grow fruit in this region in which fruit is not commonly cultivated. Topics discussed include climate and soil requirements, pruning, irrigation, orchard pests, injury from hail, and suggested fruit varieties.
Date:
1916
Creator:
Gould, H. P. & Grace, Oliver J.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Strawberry Culture: Western United States
"This bulletin applies to that part of the United States in which ordinary farm crops are grown largely under irrigation. It describes methods practiced in the more important commercial strawberry-growing districts in the irrigated regions of the West; it aims to aid those familiar only with local and perhaps unsatisfactory methods, as well as inexperienced prospective growers. The fundamental principles of the irrigation of strawberries are substantially the same as those which apply in the growing of other crops. Details of operation must necessarily be governed largely by the character of the crop grown. Since strawberries in the humid regions frequently suffer from drought, which causes heavy losses in the developing fruit, the information may prove suggestive to many growers in those localities who could install an irrigation system at small expense. Detailed information is also given as to soils and their preparation, different training systems, propagation, planting, culture, the leading varieties, harvesting, and shipping. Methods of using surplus strawberries for preserves and jams, for canning, and for flavoring for various purposes are given." -- p. 3
Date:
1919
Creator:
Darrow, George M. (George McMillan), 1889-
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library