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Mexican American Lime Kilns in West Texas: The Limits of Folk Technology (open access)

Mexican American Lime Kilns in West Texas: The Limits of Folk Technology

Paper discussing the lime-making process used by Mexican-Americans in the Big Bend of West Texas and its role in the area's culture, as well as the limitations of folk technology.
Date: unknown
Creator: Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999
System: The Portal to Texas History
Miscellaneous Religious Folk Art Forms (open access)

Miscellaneous Religious Folk Art Forms

Paper discussing religious folk art forms in south Texas communities such as ranch chapels and public shrines, car altars and vehicle decorations, palma tejida (woven palm) and crocheted sacramentals, murals, jail art, tattoos, business altars, and Christmas decorations.
Date: unknown
Creator: Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999
System: The Portal to Texas History
['North Texas receives art education grant' article] (open access)

['North Texas receives art education grant' article]

An article clipping from an unknown newspaper covering the grant from the Getty Center for Education in the Arts received by UNT for the new NTIEVA program. It lists the school districts that are collaborating on the project as well as the museums and local art groups.
Date: 199X
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oil Production and Groundwater Quality in the Edwards-Trinity Plateau Aquifer, Texas (open access)

Oil Production and Groundwater Quality in the Edwards-Trinity Plateau Aquifer, Texas

This article suggests that evaporite dissolution and oilfield brine locally impact the Edwards-Trinity Plateau Aquifer, but the problem is not regionally pervasive.
Date: November 12, 2003
Creator: Hudak, Paul F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Our Ranching Heritage in South Texas (open access)

Our Ranching Heritage in South Texas

Paper discussing the ranching heritage in Texas from a historical perspective.
Date: unknown
Creator: Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999
System: The Portal to Texas History
[President's Page Draft] (open access)

[President's Page Draft]

Draft text of a "President's Page" column written by Dr. May Owen, president of the Texas Medical Association. In the article, she discusses the responsibilities of doctors to assist in teaching and building relationships with local doctors and other medical professionals.
Date: unknown
Creator: Owen, May
System: The Portal to Texas History
Re: Right to Abolish Segregation of Latin-American School Children (open access)

Re: Right to Abolish Segregation of Latin-American School Children

Article about the segregation of Hispanic American children in public schools in Texas, and how the efforts of those in the League of United Latin American Citizens helped strike down segregation of Hispanic American school children.
Date: unknown
Creator: Herrera, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Role of Women in the Mexican-American Folk Medical System of South Texas (open access)

The Role of Women in the Mexican-American Folk Medical System of South Texas

Paper discussing the role of women in the folk medical system of South Texas. In this paper, folk medicine is defined as "beliefs and practices related to healing which are transmitted in face-to-face interaction in informal situations."
Date: unknown
Creator: Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Spanish and Mexican Origins of Ranching in South Texas (open access)

The Spanish and Mexican Origins of Ranching in South Texas

Paper discussing the Spanish and Mexican origins of south Texas ranching, which was later modified by Anglo culture into its modern form.
Date: unknown
Creator: Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Sweetwater Controversy] (open access)

[Sweetwater Controversy]

Online article printed from Abilene Reporter-News about the controversy over Nolan County's plans to build a county jail nearby the National Women Airforce Service Pilots Museum in Sweetwater, Tx.
Date: unknown
Creator: Goldmeier, Jeremy
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tejano Saddlemakers: Aesthetics, Craftsmen, and Audience (open access)

Tejano Saddlemakers: Aesthetics, Craftsmen, and Audience

From Abstract: "This paper explores the role the audience plays in the saddlemaking craft of five Texas Mexican saddlemakers in the Running W Saddle Shop of the King Ranch, in continuous operation since 1865."
Date: unknown
Creator: Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999
System: The Portal to Texas History
Testing the Efficacy of Mexican-American Herbal Remedies in South Texas (open access)

Testing the Efficacy of Mexican-American Herbal Remedies in South Texas

Paper discussing a method to evaluate the efficacy of herbal medicines and examining the results of two herbal remedies using said method.
Date: unknown
Creator: Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas-Mexican Material Culture in South Texas: Continuity and Change (open access)

Texas-Mexican Material Culture in South Texas: Continuity and Change

Paper discussing the evolution of Texas-Mexican material culture in south Texas by exploring "the built environment associated with the ranch, the folk arts and crafts associated with early ranching culture in the area, and traditional medicinal herbs still used in the area."
Date: unknown
Creator: Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Mexican Vernacular Architecture (open access)

Texas Mexican Vernacular Architecture

Paper discussing Texas-Mexican vernacular architecture. A majority of the paper focuses on folk housing in south Texas and west Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vaquero Folk Arts and Crafts in South Texas (open access)

Vaquero Folk Arts and Crafts in South Texas

Paper attempting to answer the question of why some traditions disappear while others survive by analyzing the folk arts and crafts of the South Texas vaquero.
Date: unknown
Creator: Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vaquero Traditions in South Texas (open access)

Vaquero Traditions in South Texas

Paper discussing vaquero folk traditions in south Texas and providing a brief overview of the history of ranching in the area.
Date: unknown
Creator: Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999
System: The Portal to Texas History
What is a pipeline? Chief Morrison cracks down on shyster lawyers and informants (open access)

What is a pipeline? Chief Morrison cracks down on shyster lawyers and informants

Article explaining the meaning of pipeline to refer to the Houston Police Department referring people to a select handful of lawyers and expressing the hope that the Houston Bar Association will put a stop to this practice.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
What is a pipeline? Chief Morrison cracks down on shyster lawyers and informants (open access)

What is a pipeline? Chief Morrison cracks down on shyster lawyers and informants

Article explaining the meaning of pipeline to refer to the Houston Police Department referring people to a select handful of lawyers and expressing the hope that the Houston Bar Association will put a stop to this practice.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Yerbera: The Practice of Art or Science? (open access)

The Yerbera: The Practice of Art or Science?

Paper discussing the folk medical beliefs and practices of Doña Liva, one of the best-known barrio healers in San Diego, Texas. The author analyzes the herbs she uses and explores whether her practices should be considered art or science.
Date: unknown
Creator: Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999
System: The Portal to Texas History
[“Miracle of El Chico” article] (open access)

[“Miracle of El Chico” article]

An article on the founding of El Chico from the "Texas Parade" magazine. The article includes photographs of the Cuellar brothers and one of their restaurants. The founding, family background, and evolution of El Chico are described in the article. The lower picture is Claude Cuellar & Willie Jack Cuellar serving Mexican to Princess Grace Kelly in Monaco in 1966.
Date: March 1970
Creator: Kaufman, Janice
System: The UNT Digital Library
Late Pioneer Gets Citation (open access)

Late Pioneer Gets Citation

Newspaper article from the Morning Edition of the Abilene Reporter News about a resolution of appreciation made in memory of Judge K. K. Legett by the Board of Trustees of Hardin-Simmons University.
Date: September 2, 1970
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tornado:The voice of the people in disaster and after (open access)

Tornado:The voice of the people in disaster and after

This report provides information about the tornado damages , history of Lubbock and how the community responded to the Tornado.
Date: September 1971
Creator: Texas Tech University
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Article Regarding Homecoming and Reunion at the Palo Pinto School] (open access)

[Article Regarding Homecoming and Reunion at the Palo Pinto School]

Article regarding a reunion for former teachers and students of the Palo Pinto School, including location and a list of event officers. A brief history of the school is included.
Date: May 30, 1973
Creator: McDonald, Beulah
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Observations of a black conservative, Volume 5, Issue 22] (open access)

[Observations of a black conservative, Volume 5, Issue 22]

A copy of Observation of a Black Conservative by Clay Smothers (issue 23).
Date: [1976..1978]
Creator: Smothers, Clay
System: The UNT Digital Library