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Soil Survey of Robertson County, Texas (open access)

Soil Survey of Robertson County, Texas

Text describes the area, climate, agriculture, and soils of Robertson County, Texas.
Date: January 8, 1909
Creator: Bennett, Hugh H. & Shaw, Charles F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Our religion : a discourse to the First Unitarian Society, Austin, Texas (open access)

Our religion : a discourse to the First Unitarian Society, Austin, Texas

Sermon to the First Unitarian Society in Austin from Edwin M. Wheelock, dated Oct. 8, 1899.
Date: October 8, 1899
Creator: Wheelock, Edwin M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Alonzo W. Jamison, July 30, 1965 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Alonzo W. Jamison, July 30, 1965

Interview with former Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives Alonzo W. Jamison, Jr., a college professor and farmer-stockman from Denton, Texas. The interview includes Jamison's experiences and personal views as a member of the Texas House of Representatives, as well as House speakerships and lobbyist activities.
Date: February 8, 1966
Creator: Kamp, H. W. & Jamison, Alonzo W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Arthur M. Sampley, 1973-1974 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Arthur M. Sampley, 1973-1974

Interview with Dr. Arthur M. Sampley, a college professor, former college administrator, and former poet laureate from Denton Texas. In the interview, Dr. Sampley describes his life growing up in Denton and attending school at the University of Texas. He talks about becoming a poet and analyzes his poetry as well as describing tenure as director of libraries and vice-president for academic affairs at North Texas State College, his philosophy of teaching, and the desegregation of the college in 1955-56.
Date: November 8, 1973
Creator: Haggard, Margurite & Sampley, Arthur M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Oscar H. Mauzy, November 3, 1967 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Oscar H. Mauzy, November 3, 1967

Interview with former Democratic Texas Senator Oscar H. Mauzy, who was an attorney from Dallas, Texas. The interview includes the politician's personal experiences and views as a member of the Sixtieth Legislature.
Date: July 8, 1968
Creator: Odom, E. Dale & Mauzy, Oscar H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Sarah Weddington, July 8, 1975 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Sarah Weddington, July 8, 1975

Interview with Democratic attorney and member of the Texas Legislature Sarah Weddington from Austin, Texas. In the interview, Weddington discusses her experiences while serving as a member of the Sixty-fourth Legislature. She also discusses her decision to enter politics and her personal political philosophies. Weddington expresses her thoughts on the House speakership race, committee appointments, constitutional revisions, the Equal Rights Amendment, public school financing, public utilities legislation, personal legislation, and comments on Governor Dolph Briscoe.
Date: July 8, 1975
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Weddington, Sarah
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with David Allred, July 8, 1975 (open access)

Oral History Interview with David Allred, July 8, 1975

Interview with David Allred, a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from Wichita Falls, Texas. In the interview, Mr. Allred discusses his experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fourth Legislature. He also describes his thoughts on issues such as the House speakership race, committee chairpersons, House rules, Equal Rights Amendment, the establishment of Public Utilities Commission, public school financing and the Constitutional Convention.
Date: July 8, 1975
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Allred, David
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with H. Grady Perry, 1968-1969 (open access)

Oral History Interview with H. Grady Perry, 1968-1969

Interview with former member of the Texas House of Representatives H. Grady Perry, a journalist from Stephenville, Texas. Mr. Perry is also a brother-in-law to former Governor Coke Stevenson. In the interview, Mr. Perry recollects his thoughts and experiences while serving in the Thirty-seventh Legislature. He comments on several different politicians including Senator Joe Bailey and Sam Johnson, and also Governors Pat Neff, James and Miriam Ferguson, and Coke Stevenson. He describes his meeting with William Jennings Bryan and goes into detail about Southwest Texas machine politics.
Date: April 8, 1968
Creator: Gantt, Fred & Perry, H. Grady
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with A. R. Schwartz, May 6, 1970 (open access)

Oral History Interview with A. R. Schwartz, May 6, 1970

Interview with former Democratic Texas Senator A. R. Schwartz, an attorney from Galveston, Texas. The interview includes Schwartz's experiences as a member of the Sixty-first Legislature, as well as his personal views on issues such as one-year versus two-year budgets, revenue bills, welfare spending, constitutional revisions, urban-rural conflicts, minimum wages for migrant workers, education legislation, unrest on college campuses, and personal legislation. The former Senator's comments about Governors John Connally and Preston Smith are also included in the interview.
Date: February 8, 1971
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Schwartz, Aaron Robert, 1926-
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with C. G. Hausser, March 8, 1992

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Interview with C. G. Hausser, an army veteran and nurse. This interview includes his experiences as a nurse in Vietnam, 1970-71. He recounts: assignment to 12th Evacuation Hospital, Cu Chi; camp routine; treatment of battle wounds; morale; Viet Cong prisoners; communication with family; transfer to Quang Tri; and stateside adjustments.
Date: March 8, 1992
Creator: Houser, Cindy & Hausser, C. G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
North Texas State University Budget: 1979-1980 (open access)

North Texas State University Budget: 1979-1980

Budget for North Texas State University regarding funds in the 1979-1980 fiscal year. This volume contains a breakdown of expected profits and expenses at the university level and for each college.
Date: August 8, 1979
Creator: North Texas State University
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analyses of Proposed Constitutional Amendments: November 8, 2011, Election (open access)

Analyses of Proposed Constitutional Amendments: November 8, 2011, Election

"The Analyses of Proposed Constitutional Amendments contains, for each proposed amendment that will appear on the November 8, 2011, ballot, the ballot language, an analysis, and the text of the joint resolution proposing the amendment. The analysis includes background information and a summary of comments made during the legislative process about the proposed constitutional amendment by supporters and by opponents" (p. 3).
Date: November 8, 2011
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Legislative Council.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Carl Denmon, April 8, 2006

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Interview with Carl Denmon, African-American alumnus of North Texas State University. The interview includes Denmon's personal experiences about childhood in Houston, Texas and undergraduate education at Wiley College. Additionally, Denmon discusses his employment as band director at Fred Moore High School in Denton, graduate studies in Music and Education at NTSU, his career with and retirement from Dallas County Community College, and his perceptions of changes in Denton and at North Texas over forty years.
Date: April 8, 2006
Creator: Johnson, Michael & Denmon, Carl
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Dennis Dunkins, March 8, 2006

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Interview with Dennis Dunkins, African-American alumnus of North Texas State University. The interview includes Dunkins' personal experiences of childhood and education, enrolling in North Texas, majoring in Industrial Technology and his graduation in 1963, having a career with General Motors, as a business owner, and with Fort Worth ISD. Additionally, Dunkins speaks about off-campus life in "Shack Town" and support from black citizens of Denton, social life among African-American students and relations with white students and faculty, efforts to desegregate public facilities in Denton, and his summer jobs with Texas & Pacific Railroad Company. The interview includes a photograph of the University of North Texas Trailblazers in 2005.
Date: March 8, 2006
Creator: Yancey, Sherelyn & Dunkins, Dennis
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Jack Hill, December 8, 2006

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Interview with Jack Hill, former employee of the Texas Textile Mill, as part of the Texas Textile Mill Oral History Project. The interview includes Hill's personal experiences about his childhood, working at Wilson's Grocery Store and Cole's Groceries, enlisting in the Army Air Forces during World War II, and serving in the China-Burma-India Theater. Hill also discusses his family's experience in the Great Depression, his lay-off due to new child labor laws, the tornado of 1948, and his career in retail sales.
Date: December 8, 2006
Creator: Kilgore, Deborah & Hill, Jack
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Ted A. Crozier, August 8, 2002

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Interview with Army veteran Ted A. Crozier. The interview includes Crozier's personal experiences about his service as an aviation officer for General Olinto Barsanti, commander of the 101st Airborne Division. Crozier talks about his Pre-Vietnam reminiscences about Barsanti and his role in facilitating the transition of the 101st Airborne Division to the use of helicopters.
Date: August 8, 2002
Creator: Lane, Peter B. & Crozier, Ted A.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Richard E. Cole, August 8, 2000

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Interview with Army Air Forces veteran Richard E. Cole describing personal experiences about being Jimmy Doolittle's co-pilot during the Tokyo Raid on April 8, 1942, pre-war education, flight training, volunteering for a secret mission and meeting Colonel Doolittle, being assigned as Doolittle's co-pilot, mission training, various B-25 missions against Japanese targets in China and Burma, flying supplies over "The Hump." transferring to the states and volunteering for service in Burma with the 1st Air Commandos to support Wingate's Chindits and Merrill's Marauders, and reunions of Doolittle's Raiders the following war.
Date: August 8, 2001
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Cole, Richard E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with C. R. Gross, April 8, 1974 (open access)

Oral History Interview with C. R. Gross, April 8, 1974

Interview with C. R. Gross, civil servant and Army Air Corps veteran. The interview includes Gross' personal experiences at Hickam Field with the Finance Detachment during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: April 8, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Gross, C. R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Joseph H. Strittmatter, June 8, 1974 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Joseph H. Strittmatter, June 8, 1974

Interview with Navy veteran Joseph H. Strittmatter. The interview includes Strittmatter's personal experiences with VP-24 at Ford Island Naval Air Station during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: June 8, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Strittmatter, Joseph H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James E. Beauchamp, October 8, 1980 (open access)

Oral History Interview with James E. Beauchamp, October 8, 1980

Interview with Navy veteran James E. Beauchamp. The interview includes Beauchamp's personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS Tennessee during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: October 8, 1980
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Beauchamp, James E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Skill Standards Board Briefing Materials: October 16, 2012 (open access)

Texas Skill Standards Board Briefing Materials: October 16, 2012

Briefing materials compiled for a meeting of the Texas Skill Standards Board (TSSB) held October 16, 2012 in the 5th Floor Board Room in Austin, Texas. The materials include the meeting agenda, minutes of the previous meeting, the annual report of the TSSB, memoranda and other supplementary materials for discussion.
Date: October 8, 2012
Creator: Teacher Retirement System of Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Comptroller Susan Combs Distributes $468 Million in Monthly Sales Tax Revenue to Local Governments (open access)

Comptroller Susan Combs Distributes $468 Million in Monthly Sales Tax Revenue to Local Governments

This document provides information on the distribution of $468 million in monthly sales tax revenue to local government.
Date: June 8, 2011
Creator: Combs, Susan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Comptroller Susan Combs Distributes $483 Million in Monthly Sales Tax Revenue to Local Governments (open access)

Comptroller Susan Combs Distributes $483 Million in Monthly Sales Tax Revenue to Local Governments

This document provides information on the distribution of $483 million in monthly sales tax revenue to local government.
Date: September 8, 2011
Creator: Combs, Susan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Constitution :  Includes Amendments Through the November 8, 2011 Constitutional Amendment election (open access)

Texas Constitution : Includes Amendments Through the November 8, 2011 Constitutional Amendment election

This document contains information about the Texas Constitution and new amendments for the year 2011.
Date: November 8, 2011
Creator: Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History