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Regional Highlights from Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States
This fact sheet describes climate change scenarios in Great Plains region of the United States.
Date:
2009
Creator:
U.S. Global Change Research Program
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Afton Keeton, August 30, 2007
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Afton Keeton. Keeton joined the Navy in July of 1942. He completed Hospital Corps School and became a Pharmacist Mate. He first served aboard the USS Sea Dragon (SS-194). They patrolled the Aleutian Islands. He was then stationed at the Submarine Base in Pearl Harbor, working in a sick bay. He then served aboard the USS Apollo (AS-25) with a relief crew. He provides some detail of working aboard a submarine, serving as the Doc, living conditions and undergoing his own appendectomy aboard the Apollo. In early 1945 he was assigned for 1 year to serve at a submarine base in St. Thomas. He then served as hospital corpsman on the USS Clamagore (SS-343). Keeton also worked on sonar watch, radar watch and as a cook during his time in the Navy. He spent a total of 30 years in the Navy, retiring in February of 1972.
Date:
August 30, 2007
Creator:
Keeton, Afton
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Afton Keeton, August 30, 2007
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Afton Keeton. Keeton joined the Navy in July of 1942. He completed Hospital Corps School and became a Pharmacist Mate. He first served aboard the USS Sea Dragon (SS-194). They patrolled the Aleutian Islands. He was then stationed at the Submarine Base in Pearl Harbor, working in a sick bay. He then served aboard the USS Apollo (AS-25) with a relief crew. He provides some detail of working aboard a submarine, serving as the Doc, living conditions and undergoing his own appendectomy aboard the Apollo. In early 1945 he was assigned for 1 year to serve at a submarine base in St. Thomas. He then served as hospital corpsman on the USS Clamagore (SS-343). Keeton also worked on sonar watch, radar watch and as a cook during his time in the Navy. He spent a total of 30 years in the Navy, retiring in February of 1972.
Date:
August 30, 2007
Creator:
Keeton, Afton
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
International Forest of Friendship, 25th Celebration, 2001
Supplementary publication outlining events and information for the 25th International Forest of Friendship celebration, which memorializes contributors to aviation and aerospace with engraved plaques in the forest. It includes portraits and biographical sketches for the 40 people to be honored in 2001.
Date:
June 14, 2001
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The New World, 1992]
Scrapbook documenting the life of John Logan Briggs Jr. and his friends, including photographs, menus, business cards, clippings, and tickets. The scrapbook also contains photographs of his travels, social gatherings and "The Experience."John Logan Briggs Jr. is the creator of "The Experience," a self-discovery workshop for the LGBT community.
Date:
1992
Creator:
Briggs, John Logan, Jr.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Sports]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about baseball game and several teams participating in it where Texas rangers defeated Atlanta braves by 7- 3.
Date:
March 12, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Basketball]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Houston Kashmere who captured the Class 4A basketball title 91-87 over South Oak Cliff.
Date:
March 9, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Death Sentence, Auto Talks & Teacher Strikes]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of California's Senate who has approved a bill that imposes mandatory death sentences on eleven categories of murder. Local leaders of the United Auto Workers Union who will attend sessions outlining strike strategy. Also, there is no report of progress in a strike of teachers in Detroit.
Date:
September 11, 1973, 6:30 a.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Map of the Travels of George Washington
Map of the travels of George Washington in the Middle Atlantic region of the United States between 1732 and 1799, with insets of New York and the lower Hudson Valley, Mount Vernon, the tidewater region of Virginia, Philadelphia, and Boston. The map includes towns, colonial highways, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geological features, with relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:2,502,720] (39.5 miles to the inch).
Date:
1931
Creator:
National Geographic Society for the National Geographic Magazine
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Beekeeping in the Clover Region
"Beekeeping methods suitable for the clover region are well developed but many beekeepers of this region are failing to obtain the full available honey crop because of deficiencies in their practice. A system of management is here given which will result in a full crop from these sources. The variation in the value of the clovers to the beekeeper is also discussed and the methods to be followed in bringing the clover region back to its former prominence in honey production are outlined." -- p. 2
Date:
1922
Creator:
Phillips, Everett Franklin, 1878-1951 & Demuth, Geo. S. (George S.)
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Alsike Clover
Report discussing the distribution and cultivation of the leguminous crop alsike clover, which grows primarily in the northeastern United States. Topics discussed include soil requirements, seeding, uses, and insect enemies and diseases.
Date:
1920
Creator:
Pieters, A. J.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Eradication of Ferns from Pasture Lands in the Eastern United States
"There are nearly 7,500 recognized species of ferns in the world, of which number over 200 are known to be native to the United States. A few species have become weed pests in this country, and it is to a discussion of the control of these weedy ferns that this bulletin is devoted. The parts of the United States in which ferns are bad weeds are, principally, (1) the hill country of the Northeastern States and the higher portions of the Appalachian Mountain region as far south as Georgia, and (2) the Pacific coast country west of the Cascade Mountains.... This publication deals only with fern eradication in the Eastern States." -- p. 1-2
Date:
1915
Creator:
Cox, H. R. (Herbert Randolph)
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Roundheaded Apple-Tree Borer
This report discusses the roundheaded apple-tree borer, an insect in the eastern and midwestern United States that, in its larval stage, destroys the bark and wood of apple trees. Several methods of control are discussed, including worming, paints and washes, and sprays.Apple-tree borers.
Date:
1915
Creator:
Brooks, Fred E.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
How to Attract Birds in Northeastern United States
"The means of increasing the number of birds about our homes are few and simple. They comprise adequate protection and the provision of suitable nesting places, food, and water.... This bulletin [recommends] practicable methods of attracting birds about homes [in the northeastern United States]. Especial attention will be given to the value of fruit-bearing shrubs and trees." -- title page. Protection for birds, winter feeding, water supplies, and nesting boxes and birdhouses are also discussed.
Date:
1914
Creator:
McAtee, W. L. (Waldo Lee), 1883-1962
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Analyses of Coals in the United States with Descriptions of Mine and Field Samples Collected between July 1, 1904 and June 30, 1910: Part 1. -- Analyses
From Significance and value of Analyses of Coal: "The analyses published in this report cover samples of coal collected in many different parts of the country with unusual care by experiences men, in such manner as to make them representative of extensive beds of coal."
Date:
1913
Creator:
Lord, N. W.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Analyses of Coals in the United States with Descriptions of Mine and Field Samples Collected between July 1, 1904 and June 30, 1910 Part 2. Descriptions of Samples
From Introduction: "This volume contains the descriptions of the samples whose analyses are published in the preceding volume, Part I of this bulletin. The descriptions have been compiled from the notebooks of the persons who collected the samples, have been condensed from accounts given in published reports of the United States Geological Survey, or have furnished by the collection themselves. Inasmuch as the descriptions represent the work of many persons during a period of six years, and inasmuch as they were recorded under widely differing conditions, they necessarily vary in fullness detail."
Date:
1913
Creator:
Lord, N. W.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
City Smoke Ordinances and Smoke Abatement
From Introduction: "In connection with the fuel investigations conducted by the Bureau of Mines much information has been accumulated as to the smoke abatement activities in various cities. The essential features of the information are presented in this report, which, it is believed, will be of public interest and benefit, especially to those communities that are just beginning organized effort to abate unnecessary smoke."
Date:
1912
Creator:
Flagg, Samuel B.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Control of the Chestnut Bark Disease
Report discussing the spread of the chestnut bark disease, including its causes, symptoms, modes of transmission, financial consequences, and the possible methods of controlling it.
Date:
1911
Creator:
Metcalf, Haven, 1875-1940 & Collins, J. Franklin (James Franklin), b. 1863
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Maps of New England States]
Map shows counties, railroads, cities, and towns. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:3,072,000] and [ca. 1:1,400,000].
Date:
[1858..1874]
Creator:
Atwood, John M., b. ca. 1818
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map No. 3, United States.
Map shows major towns, counties, canals, and railroads for New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Includes explanation, population statistics, and river lengths. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by statement. Scale [ca. 1:3,000,000].
Date:
1853
Creator:
Daniel Burgess & Co.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of the northern provinces of the United States.
Map shows roads, counties, cities and towns, military forts in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and parts of Maryland, Maine, and Delaware, canals in Pennsylvania; some properties depicted by a house and owner name. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:2,220,000].
Date:
[1798..1810]
Creator:
Russell, John C., Jr.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History