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[Committee on Education and Special Training Administration Memo Number 6] (open access)

[Committee on Education and Special Training Administration Memo Number 6]

Memorandum outlining S. A. T. C. Military Administration Districts, jurisdictions of the committees and department commanders, and the headquarters of department commanders.
Date: September 21, 1918
Creator: Briscoe, Chesleigh H.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Making Aluminum Chlorid. (open access)

Process of Making Aluminum Chlorid.

Patent for the process of making aluminum chlorid (chloride) wherein solid materials are preheated to alleviate heating supply issues during the process.
Date: May 28, 1918
Creator: King, George H. & Roberts, Gerald I.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Soldiers Marching at Camp MacArthur]

Postcard of the soldiers of Section "B" marching on a dirt road at Camp MacArthur in Waco, Texas. A handwritten note on the back of the postcard is addressed to Mr. William Jennings in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and says, "Dear friend, This is [?] life down here and I like it better every day. Am at present (acting) corporal while in the detention camp. Will be assigned to my squad or company when I get out of quarantine. Roland A Bosler. Aviation Camp, Waco, Texas."
Date: March 25, 1918
Creator: Bosler, Roland A.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Alliert Ainsworth to Henry Clay, Sr., January 28, 1918] (open access)

[Letter from Alliert Ainsworth to Henry Clay, Sr., January 28, 1918]

Letter from Alliert Ainsworth to Henry Clay, Sr. regarding the death of her son and the compassion that Henry Clay, Jr. showed their family. She goes on to describe the unfair treatment Washington has given Clay, Jr.'s detachment in England and herself by not clarifying the cause of Harold Ainsworth's death.
Date: January 28, 1918
Creator: Ainsworth, Alliert
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Line of Soldiers at Camp MacArthur]

Postcard image of uniformed soldiers standing in a curving line, with handwritten text in the lower-left corner: "The Mess Line. Camp MacArthur. Waco, Texas." Rows of large tents are visible to the left of the line and mess hall. Handwritten text addressed to Miss Ethel Reser and postmarked 1918 says: "Are you taking good care of the dogs? How's your lazy dad? This is how your uncle gets his eats. Al"
Date: October 20, 1917
Creator: Mann, Fred
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Culture of Winter Wheat in the Eastern United States (open access)

The Culture of Winter Wheat in the Eastern United States

Revised edition. Report discussing best practices for growing winter wheat in the eastern United States. Topics discussed include soils adapted to wheat cultivation, fertilizers, seed selection and preparation, and crop rotation.
Date: 1917
Creator: Leighty, C. E. (Clyde Evert), b. 1882
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Pennsylvania National Guard Arriving at the Border]

Postcard image of the Pennsylvania National Guard making camp, with the caption: 'National Guard arriving at the Mexican Border'. Several uniformed guardsmen are fixing a supply wagon; other guardsmen are distributing supplies; and one man near the center is holding a pot. The background - tents are visible on both sides of the image; railroad box cars are visible in the distant background; and an unidentified motorcycle is visible on the left side of the image. Correspondence on the back is post-marked July 31, 1916 (El Paso, Texas) addressed to: Miss Elvira Weakland, 1928 + 13 Ave., Altoona, PA. The message reads: 'This is Sunday it is starting to rain I have not recd a letter from you for a long time over eight days Pat'
Date: July 1916
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Production of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons. (open access)

Production of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons.

Patent for the new and improved production of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons; "[t]his invention relates to the production of dichlorinated hydrocarbons of the ethylene series, and particularly to the production of mixtures of dichlorinated hydrocarbons containing dichlor-ethylene and dichlor-propylene from mixtures of ethylene hydrocarbons containing ethylene and propylene." (lines 13-20)
Date: December 10, 1915
Creator: Brooks, Benjamin T. & Smith, Dillon F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Roundheaded Apple-Tree Borer (open access)

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
The Culture of Winter Wheat in the Eastern United States (open access)

The Culture of Winter Wheat in the Eastern United States

Report discussing best practices for growing winter wheat in the eastern United States. Topics discussed include soils adapted to wheat cultivation, fertilizers, seed selection and preparation, and crop rotation.
Date: 1914
Creator: Leighty, C. E. (Clyde Evert), b. 1882
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Scouting, Volume 1, Number 10, September 1, 1913 (open access)

Scouting, Volume 1, Number 10, September 1, 1913

Semi-monthly publication of the Boy Scouts of America, written for Boy Scout leaders, officials, and others interested in the work of the Scouts. It includes articles about events and activities, updates from the national headquarters, topical columns and essays, and news from various chapters nationwide.
Date: September 1, 1913
Creator: Boy Scouts of America
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Scouting, Volume 1, Number 9, August 15, 1913 (open access)

Scouting, Volume 1, Number 9, August 15, 1913

Semi-monthly publication of the Boy Scouts of America, written for Boy Scout leaders, officials, and others interested in the work of the Scouts. It includes articles about events and activities, updates from the national headquarters, topical columns and essays, and news from various chapters nationwide.
Date: August 15, 1913
Creator: Boy Scouts of America
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Scouting, Volume 1, Number 5, June 15, 1913 (open access)

Scouting, Volume 1, Number 5, June 15, 1913

Semi-monthly publication of the Boy Scouts of America, written for Boy Scout leaders, officials, and others interested in the work of the Scouts. It includes articles about events and activities, updates from the national headquarters, topical columns and essays, and news from various chapters nationwide.
Date: June 1, 1913
Creator: Boy Scouts of America
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
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 (open access)

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 (open access)

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
Coal-Mine Accidents in the United States and Foreign Countries (open access)

Coal-Mine Accidents in the United States and Foreign Countries

From Introduction: "The lack of comparable and accurate statistics of coal-mine accidents in the united States as a whole led the Bureau of Mines in 1911 to undertake the collection of such data. The mining departments of the leading foreign coal-producing countries have long taken cognizance of the importance of statistics. The bureau feels that in presenting the tables embodied in this report it is offering the and comparable statistics of coal-min accidents for the country as a whole that have ever been published."
Date: 1913
Creator: Horton, Frederick W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sixty-Day and Kherson Oats (open access)

Sixty-Day and Kherson Oats

Report discussing the results of experiments undertaken to determine the viability of early oats in different regions of the United States since early oats typically thrive only in the Corn Belt and Great Plains regions.
Date: 1910
Creator: Warburton, C. W. (Clyde William), 1879-1950
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library