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[News Script: El Grotto] (open access)

[News Script: El Grotto]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Fort Worth parade of El Grotto, a social club of Master Masons, as part of the Masonic Order's Southwest convention at Hotel Texas.
Date: September 2, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Follow de Drinkin' Gou'd (open access)

Follow de Drinkin' Gou'd

This volume includes information about the play-party in Oklahoma, folklore of Texas birds, tall tales, folk anecdotes, Texas folk songs and ballads, and other folklore (back cover). The index begins on page 185.
Date: 2000
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Characteristics of Development Directors in Charitable Homes for the Aged (open access)

Characteristics of Development Directors in Charitable Homes for the Aged

This study concerns the characteristics of fund development directors employed in selected homes for the aged. The first purpose of this study is to develop a profile of job functions, through task analysis, among development directors in charitable homes for the aged. The second purpose of this study is to develop a profile of personal characteristics of development directors of charitable homes for the aged based on the following characteristics: age, sex, educational background, experience outside development, membership in community organizations and amount of specific training in fund development. One instrument was used to gather data for the study. It was distributed to a population of 29 development directors in charitable homes for the aged in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas. This population was predetermined by an initial survey form sent to 193 chief executive officers in the five states mentioned above. Twenty-nine reported formalized programs employing a full-time person with at least a part-time involvement in fund development activities. Of the twenty-nine development directors surveyed, fifteen usable instruments were received (52 percent). A program was used for the survey that included crosstabulation of social characteristics, success in fund raising, length of time in position and educational preparation. …
Date: May 1988
Creator: Wuenschel, Douglas F. (Douglas Ferdinand)
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Job Performance Expectations of Recent Journalism Graduates and the Importance of Journalism Education (open access)

Job Performance Expectations of Recent Journalism Graduates and the Importance of Journalism Education

The purpose of this study was to identify and compare the job performance expectations of recent journalism graduates as perceived by selected managing editors and journalism educators in Standard Federal Region Six (the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas). The survey instrument consisted primarily of statements dealing with the topics of five research questions on the value of journalism education to success on newspapers, the value of newspaper experience to teaching journalism, the language skills of recent graduates, the value of academic research to the improvement of newspapers, and the "gap" between journalism education and journalism practice.
Date: December 1980
Creator: Flynn, George A.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Psychological Investigation of the Expressed Attitudes of Single Undergraduate College Students Toward Marriage and Family Life (open access)

A Psychological Investigation of the Expressed Attitudes of Single Undergraduate College Students Toward Marriage and Family Life

This study examined the attitudes of undergraduate college students toward marriage and family life. The students in the study lived in college residence halls located in the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas in the southwestern portion of the United States. A survey instrument consisting of fifty-eight attitude statements and six demographic items was used to gather information for the study. All of the fifty-eight attitude statements were listed in the following ten cluster areas for easier accessibility: cohabitation and premarital sexual relations, marriage and divorce, childhood and child rearing, division of household labor and professional employment, marital and extramarital sexual relations, privacy rights and social needs, religious needs, communication expectations, parental relationships, and professional counseling services. The six demographic items included age, gender, ethnic background, year in school, parental status, and dating experience .
Date: August 1981
Creator: Martin, Don (Donald Vincent)
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library

West Central States and States of the Great Plains, Southern Division.

This map shows the southern U.S. states and surrounding areas including Texas, Oklahoma (still labeled "Indian Territory"), Arkansas, and Louisiana. Each state is colored and has major cities, rivers, and geographic features marked (relief shown by hachures). Additionally, the International, Texas Pacific, Atlanta & Pacific, and Southern Pacific rail routes as of 1887 are marked and labeled on the map. The back of the map contains illustrated text with information and review questions about Arkansas and Louisiana. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington.
Date: 1887
Creator: Harper & Brothers
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Vicksburg

Topographic quadrangle map of Vicksburg, Mississippi, showing populated areas, boundaries, water bodies, railroads, roads, and landmarks. Relief shown by contours, spot heights, and colors, with heights in meters and includes reliability diagram, index to adjoining sheets, index to boundaries, and graded tints in meters and feet. Scale 1:1,000,000
Date: 1956
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
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

West Central States and States of the Plains: Southern Division

This map shows a portion of the United States including the states of Texas, Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma), Arkansas, and Louisiana. The states are shaded in color and labeled. The International, Texas Pacific, Atlanta & Pacific, and Southern Pacific rail routes are marked on the map as well as major cities, bodies of water, and geographic features (with relief shown by hachures). Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. The back of the map is a page of illustrated text, labeled at the top of the page: "West Central States and States of the Plains." The text discusses cities and geography of various U.S. states as well as accompanying questions.
Date: 1875
Creator: Harper & Brothers
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Southern States: Western Section

This map shows four of the southern U.S. states - Texas, Oklahoma (split into two to include 'Indian Territory'), Arkansas, and Louisiana - and surrounding areas. Each of the regions is shaded in color and major roads are marked in red. Major cities and bodies of water are also marked and labeled. An inset in the lower left corner shows the entire United States with the southern states shaded to show the focus of the main map. On the back of the map, the page contains illustrated text. The text is continued on previous and successive pages (not included). The top portion contains brief statements titled "Cities of the Southern States." Another section, starting in the bottom half of the page is labeled "Central States--Eastern Section" and contains information regarding Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Kentucky.
Date: 1900?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Survey, Final Report. Volume 1: Tyler, Texarkana, and Waco Quadrangles (Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana) (open access)

Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Survey, Final Report. Volume 1: Tyler, Texarkana, and Waco Quadrangles (Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana)

The following report is the first volume documenting the radiometric and magnetic data taken during the month of October, 1979, by EG&G geoMetrics primarily in the state of Texas in the quadrangles: Tyler, Texarkana, and Waco. This volume contains the survey description, specifications, data processing methods, interpretation methods, interpretation methods, and regional geologic review.
Date: February 1980
Creator: EG & G GeoMetrics
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Survey, Final Report. Volume 2: Texarkana Quadrangle (Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana) (open access)

Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Survey, Final Report. Volume 2: Texarkana Quadrangle (Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana)

This report is one part of the second volume containing data on quadrangles of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana. This volume contains the detailed geologic summary, interpretation report, standard deviation maps, pseudo-contour maps, interpretation map, flight line and geologic base map, individual corrected profiles, computer map unit histograms and statistical tables for the Texarkana quadrangle.
Date: May 1980
Creator: EG & G GeoMetrics
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Kort til Balduin Möllhausen's Rejse fra Mississippi til Sydhavets Kyster i Aarene 1853 1854.

Map shows eastern route of Heinrich Balduin Mollhausen across the southwestern United States from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Coast during 1853 and 1854. Areas of Native American habitation, military posts, and settlements are noted. Insets: [Map of the mid-western states] and "Profil fra Ft. Smith til Sydhavet" [More of Ft. Smith to the Southern Ocean]. Scale [1:6,015,000].
Date: 1858
Creator: Th. Berg's lith. Inst.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Missouri Pacific Railway system.

Map shows late nineteenth century routes of the Missouri Pacific Railway through Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Kansas, and parts of Texas, Nebraska, and Illinois. Scale not given.
Date: 1887
Creator: Rand McNally and Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Fort Worth is the geographical and transportation center of the Mid-Continent Oil Fields.

Map shows oil pipelines with company names, cities, towns, names and locations of major oil fields in the Mid-Continent Oil Fields [Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, and portions of Kansas and New Mexico] with Fort Worth located at the center. Includes text in margin corners extollling advantages of Fort Worth. Scale not given.
Date: 1930
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the Texas & Pacific Railway and connections.

Map shows railroad connections throughout Texas, north to St. Louis, Missouri, and west to Pueblo, Colorado. Oklahoma is shown divided into Oklahoma and Indian Ter[ritory]. Texas and Pacific route shown in orange color. Map is from Annual Report of the Directors of the Texas and Pacific Railway Co. to the Stockholders, for the fiscal year ending December 31st, 1898. Scale not given.
Date: 1899
Creator: Texas & Pacific Railway
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

United States of North America (central sheet).

Map shows major cities and towns, water sources, military posts, railroads, and major roads for states of North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Texas, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana, the Indian Territory, and portions of Woming, Colorado, and New Mexico; an outlined area in center of Indian Territory as "Oklahoma" and panhandle as public lands. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [1:6,047,811].
Date: [1889..1891]
Creator: Johnston, Alexander Keith, 1804-1871
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

United States, southern section

Map shows cities, railroads, in the southeastern portion of the United States including most of Kansas, Indian Territory, and eastern portion of Texas during the late nineteenth century. Map shows Padre Island, Texas as "Isla del Madre." Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: [1890..1900]
Creator: Bartholomew, John, 1831-1893
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

United States (S.W. Central).

Map shows cities, towns, and geography of the southwest United States during the early twentieth century. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1: 6,336,000] and [ca. 1:8,448,000].
Date: 1912?
Creator: W. and A. K. Johnston, Limited
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas.

Map shows late nineteenth century cities, railroads, military outposts, areas of Native American habitation, and geographic features in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, and a portion of New Mexico and "Indian Territory" [Oklahoma]. Relief show by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:6,200,000].
Date: [1873..1883]
Creator: Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Vereinigte Staaten von Nord-Amerika [Sheet 1].

Map shows roads, railroads, lakes, swamps, cities and towns in late nineteenth century south central United States [Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, and "Indian Territory"]. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:4,000,000].
Date: 1873
Creator: Petermann, A. (August), 1822-1878
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the Texas short line: St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern, Texas & Pacific and International & Great Northern Railways.

Map shows main and connecting railroad routes from St. Louis to cities in Arkansas and Texas and stops along those routes. Includes panel below map with advertising text. Scale not given.
Date: 1878
Creator: Woodward, Tiernan, and Hale
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

A geographically correct county map of states traversed by the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway and its connections.

Map shows railroads for the South Central United States; counties, cities and towns for Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, and portions of "Indian Territory," Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, and Alabama; railroad routes, major cities, and state boundaries for the Eastern United States. Includes advertisements in right and right lower panels of sheet. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: 1878
Creator: St. Louis, Iron Mountain, and Southern Railway Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway and connections.

Map shows the late nineteenth century path of the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway. Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and "Indian Territory" [Oklahoma] boundaries, counties, and major cities are indicated. Includes seven geologic profiles in Texas with "elevations in feet above sea level." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:1,550,000].
Date: 1893?
Creator: Woodward & Tiernan Printing Co.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History