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Singers and Storytellers (open access)

Singers and Storytellers

Collection of popular folklore of Texas, including personal anecdotes about storytellers and singers, as well as folk songs, myths, and ghost stories. The index begins on page 295.
Date: 1961
Creator: Boatright, Mody C.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Test Holes Drilled in Support of Ground-Water Investigations, Project GNOME, Eddy County, New Mexico: Basic Data Report (open access)

Test Holes Drilled in Support of Ground-Water Investigations, Project GNOME, Eddy County, New Mexico: Basic Data Report

From abstract: This report presents details of two test holes which were drilled to determine ground-water conditions in the near vicinity of the nuclear shot point.
Date: February 1961
Creator: Cooper, James B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reconnaissance of Titaniferous Sandstone Deposits of Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico, and Colorado (open access)

Reconnaissance of Titaniferous Sandstone Deposits of Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico, and Colorado

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over heavy sandstone deposits in the Four-State area of the U.S. Details of the geology and an estimate of resources are presented. This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: 1961
Creator: Dow, Vernon T. & Batty, J. Vance
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph 2012.201.B0238.0008]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "With her filly, " Starri Boss," Arlene Gohrs shows she is partial to Appaloosas."
Date: July 31, 1961
Creator: Fisher, Don
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Carlsbad Caverns East Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1961
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Truett Latimer to Ed V. Mead, April 27, 1961] (open access)

[Letter from Truett Latimer to Ed V. Mead, April 27, 1961]

Letter from Texas State Representative Truett Latimer to Ed V. Mead discussing the referral to committee of two bills sent by Mead, enclosing a copy of the San Angelo Standard Times, and stating that the Legislature's biennial appropriations amount to $2.57 billion and includes a new general sales tax.
Date: April 27, 1961
Creator: Latimer, Truett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Truett Latimer to Homer Garrison, October 16, 1961] (open access)

[Letter from Truett Latimer to Homer Garrison, October 16, 1961]

Letter from Truett Latimer to Colonel Homer Garrison reporting an issue he and his friends experienced while on a highway.
Date: October 16, 1961
Creator: Latimer, Truett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Paul D. Marable, Jr. to Ed Mead] (open access)

[Letter from Paul D. Marable, Jr. to Ed Mead]

Letter from Paul D. Marable, Jr. to Ed Mead commending him for his remarks at their weekly Legislative Luncheon in Austin.
Date: 1961?
Creator: Marable, Paul D., Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Off-Site Radiological Safety Report, Carlsbad, New Mexico (open access)

Off-Site Radiological Safety Report, Carlsbad, New Mexico

A summary ls presented of the off-slte radiological safety actlvities of the U. S. Public Health Service during the Project Gnome operation. Topics dlscussed include: operational procedures; collection of data by aerial monltoring, mobile monitoring, potash mlne surveys, air sampling, milk sampllng, water sampling, soil and vegetation sampllng, and a film badge program; laboratory control, emergency measures; medlcal services; and veterinary activltles. It was concluded that no persons ln the vlclnlty of the Gnome test site recelved harmful amounts of radlation either lnternally or externally. (M.C.G.)
Date: January 1, 1961
Creator: Placak, O. R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Junior Historian, Volume 21, Number 6, May 1961 (open access)

The Junior Historian, Volume 21, Number 6, May 1961

Journal published by the Texas State Historical Association containing articles written by members of the Junior Historians about various aspects of Texas history.
Date: May 1961
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 64, July 1960 - April, 1961 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 64, July 1960 - April, 1961

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 545.
Date: 1961
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Desert Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1961
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Ski valley] (open access)

[News Script: Ski valley]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Taos Ski Valley resort in New Mexico, a popular tourist destination for Texans during winter.
Date: January 8, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library

Santa Fe (ATSF) Motor Car M-190

A photograph print showing Santa Fe Motor Car M-190, on passenger train No. 25, Clovis, NM, on Carlsbad stem of wye.
Date: February 1961
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Stan Kenton at Sandia AFB]

Photograph of Stan Kenton standing next to Georgi Edwards (Miss New Mexico) and Jimmy Paul from station KOB (NBC) Albuquerque. The three are posing together behind a microphone on a stand; Miss Edwards is holding a large bouquet of flowers. Behind them, men holding instruments are sitting in rows. The photograph was most likely taken at the Officer's Club at Sandia A.F.B. in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Date: July 1, 1961
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library