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Message of Governor T.M. Campbell to the first called session of the thirtieth legislature of Texas: together with the proclamation of the Governor convening the legislature in extra-ordinary session. (open access)

Message of Governor T.M. Campbell to the first called session of the thirtieth legislature of Texas: together with the proclamation of the Governor convening the legislature in extra-ordinary session.

This document is a message to the legislature of Texas from Governor T.M. Campbell. The purpose of the message was to get the legislature prepared to discuss laws concerning: simplification of court proceedings in the state of Texas, making telephone companies transmit other telephone companies messages, fair and lawful taxing of its citizens, increase business fees of both domestic and foreign businesses, and any other matters relating to the Constitution of Texas.
Date: April 17, 1907
Creator: Campbell, Thomas Mitchell
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil Survey of Camp County, Texas (open access)

Soil Survey of Camp County, Texas

Text describes climate, agriculture, and soils of Camp County, Texas.
Date: June 17, 1910
Creator: Geib, W. J. (Warren Jacob); Watson, E. B. (Ebenezer Bliss); Rice, Thomas D. (Thomas Donnelly) & Lounsbury, Clarence
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil Survey of Morris County, Texas (open access)

Soil Survey of Morris County, Texas

Text describes the area, climate, agriculture, and soils of Morris County, Texas.
Date: October 17, 1910
Creator: Watson, E. B. (Ebenezer Bliss) & Allen, Risden T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reconnoissance soil survey of southwest Texas (open access)

Reconnoissance soil survey of southwest Texas

Soil survey of 13 counties lying south and west of San Antonio. Included are Bexar, Medina, Uvalde, Kinney, Maverick, Zavalla, Frio, Atascosa, Wilson, Live Oak, McMullen, Lasalle, and Dimmit counties. Text describes the area, climate, agriculture, soils, irrigation, and alkali of these counties.
Date: September 17, 1912
Creator: Kocher, A. E. (Arthur E.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Paper Presented to the History Department of Marfa High School (open access)

A Paper Presented to the History Department of Marfa High School

This is a paper describing the store of Max Cortez.
Date: January 17, 1977
Creator: Cortez, Mario
System: The Portal to Texas History
BRAC 2005 Justification Report Naval Station, Ingleside, Texas Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi, Texas (open access)

BRAC 2005 Justification Report Naval Station, Ingleside, Texas Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi, Texas

Disregard restriction header and footer - Close Naval Station Ingleside, TX. Relocate its ships along with dedicated personnel, equipment and support to Naval Station San Diego, CA. Relocate the ship intermediate repair function to Shore Intermediate Maintenance Activity San Diego, CA. Consolidate Mine Warfare Training Center with Fleet Anti-submarine Warfare Training Center San Diego, CA. Realign Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, TX. Relocate Commander Mine Warfare Command and Commander Mobile Mine Assembly Group to Fleet Anti-Submarine Warfare Center, Point Loma, CA. Relocate Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 15 (HM-15) and dedicated personnel, equipment and support to Naval Station Norfolk, VA. Disestablish Commander Helicopter Tactical Wing U.S. Atlantic Fleet Aviation Intermediate Maintenance Detachment Truax Field at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, TX and relocate its intermediate maintenance function for Aircraft components, Fabrication & Manufacturing, and Suppo
Date: June 17, 2005
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Dorothy Adkins, November 17, 1987 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Dorothy Adkins, November 17, 1987

Interview with schoolteacher and community activist Dorothy Adkins from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Dorothy discusses her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women's Inter-Racial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. She also comments on the desegregation of schools and other public places in Denton, street paving in the African-American section of Denton, public housing, job opportunities, and the Denton Christian Preschool.
Date: November 17, 1987
Creator: Byrd, Richard & Adkins, Dorothy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Trudy Foster, November 17, 1987 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Trudy Foster, November 17, 1987

Interview with realtor and community activist Trudy Foster from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Foster discusses her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women's Inter-Racial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. She also comments on the early days of the organization, the desegregation of housing, schools, and public places in Denton, the tutoring program and Denton Christian Preschool, street paving in the African-American section of Denton, and urban renewal.
Date: November 17, 1987
Creator: Lohr, Mary & Foster, Trudy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Renne Allred, Jr., 1968 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Renne Allred, Jr., 1968

Interview with Renne Allred, Jr., an attorney for the Receiver (State Insurance Board). The interview includes Allred's experiences during the Texas insurance scandals of the mid-1950s, James Allred's gubernatorial campaigns, early insurance litigation, appointment as assistant state attorney general (1953), state insurance frauds and scandals, and the U. S. Trust and Guaranty case. It also includes his relationship with the Texas Insurance Board, and his opinions on accounting and bookkeeping irregularities, Texas Mutual and General American cases, the role of Byron Saunders, legislative investigating committees, fraudulent activities of Ben Jack Cage, the roles of Texas Attorneys General Will Wilson and John Ben Sheppard, the suit against Republic Bank of Dallas and the role of Ralph Yarborough.
Date: March 17, 1969
Creator: Odom, E. Dale & Allred, Renne
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with David Allred, March 17, 1970 (open access)

Oral History Interview with David Allred, March 17, 1970

Interview with Democratic journalist and member of the Texas House of Representatives David Allred, from Wichita Falls, Texas. In the interview, Allred discusses his experiences while serving as a member of the Regular and Special Sessions of the Sixty-first Legislature. He also expresses his personal views on issues such as one-year versus two-year budgets, revenue bills, the extension of state sales tax, the Cavness Plan, minimum wage laws, workman's compensation, welfare legislation, student unrest on college campuses, and the establishment of additional four year college campuses. Allred also comments on Lieutenant Governor Ben Barnes, Speaker Gus Mutscher, and Governor Preston Smith.
Date: March 17, 1970
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Allred, David
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Mitchell Jackson, July 17, 1993

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Interview with Mitchell Jackson, a former student at the Frederick Douglass Colored School in Denton, Texas. In the interview, Jackson recollects memories of what his life was like in a segregated school and community. He comments specifically on his family background, teachers, athletics, school curriculum, and the influence of Coach Tennyson Miller.
Date: July 17, 1993
Creator: Glaze, Michele & Jackson, Mitchell
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Aletha Barsanti, January 17, 2003

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Interview with Aletha Barsanti regarding her experiences as the wife of U. S. Army General Olinto Barsanti. They married in 1942. She remembers their courtship in San Antonio; their assignments in Europe, Japan, and Washington, D.C.; raising their children; his activities in the Korean War; his promotion to general; military protocol for the wives of general officers; and his one-year tour in the Vietnam War as the commander of the 101st Airborne Division. He was diagnosed with stomach cancer and died in May 1973.
Date: January 17, 2003
Creator: Lane, Peter B. & Barsanti, Aletha
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Harold Galloway, March 17, 1984 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Harold Galloway, March 17, 1984

Interview with Judge Harold Galoway, an army veteran from Yantis, Texas. This interview contains his recollections as a World War II medical corpsman in Europe. Army life and the health problems of soldiers are discussed.
Date: March 17, 1984
Creator: Gilbreath, David W. & Galloway, Harold
System: The UNT Digital Library
University of North Texas Budget: 2000-2001, Volume 1 (open access)

University of North Texas Budget: 2000-2001, Volume 1

First part of the budget for the University of North Texas regarding funds in the 2000-2001 fiscal year. This volume contains a breakdown of expected profits and expenses for general university and administrative departments as well as individual colleges and departments.
Date: May 17, 2000
Creator: University of North Texas
System: The UNT Digital Library
University of North Texas Budget: 2000-2001, Volume 2 (open access)

University of North Texas Budget: 2000-2001, Volume 2

Second part of the budget for the University of North Texas regarding funds in the 2000-2001 fiscal year. This volume contains a breakdown of expected profits and expenses related to board designated funds, instructional fees, and service fees.
Date: May 17, 2000
Creator: University of North Texas
System: The UNT Digital Library
Employment after retirement (open access)

Employment after retirement

This document provides information about employment after retirement and how to "avoid any loss of annuity payment."
Date: September 17, 2010
Creator: Teacher Retirement System of Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Kirthica Chandrasekar, November 20, 2009

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Interview with Kirthica Chandrasekar, Indian-born immigrant to Carrollton, Texas, as part of the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. The interview includes Chandrasekar's personal experiences of childhood and education in India, her arranged marriage to a family friend living in New Jersey, and working in the insurance industry. Chandrasekar talks about her first impressions of the U.S., struggling to keep close ties with her family in India, and the contrast of life in India, New Jersey, and Texas.
Date: November 17, 2009
Creator: Teel, Katherine & Chandrasekar, Kirthica
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Robert Cassel, March 17, 2004

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Interview with truck driver Robert Cassel. The interview includes Cassel's personal experiences about being employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression.
Date: March 17, 2004
Creator: Dixon, Tricia Taylor & Cassel, Robert
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Donald Boots, May 17, 2001

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Interview with building contractor and Marine Corps veteran Donald Boots. The interview includes Boots' personal experiences about the Pacific Theater during World War II, childhood, boot camp, camouflage school, training in beachhead organization with the 4th Pioneer Battalion, mopping-up operations on Kwajalein, rest and retraining on Maui, being assigned as a BAR man, invading Saipan, and assaulting enemy caves on Saipan. Boots also talks about the stress of battle, returning to Maui for rest and retraining, the invasion of Iwo Jima, Japanese resistance on the Iwo Jima beaches, the rescue of his friend, his role in organizing the beach operation at Iwo Jima, establishing beach defenses on Iwo Jima, evacuating and returning to Maui, retraining and refitting for the invasion of the Japanese home islands, and the dropping of the atomic bombs.
Date: May 17, 2001
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Boots, Donald
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Ealy Boyd, October 17, 2007

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Interview with Ealy Boyd, Korean War veteran, as part of the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. The interview includes Boyd's personal experiences about childhood and education, enlisting in the U.S. Air Force, basic training in San Antonio and his assignment to Laredo Air Base, Texas, and encounters with North Korean POWs. Additionally, Boyd discusses his deployment to Korea as a vehicle operator with the Fifth Motor Transport Squadron, assignments at various bases, his shift into vehicle maintenance MOS, then into maintenance and storage of nuclear warheads, and finally into aircraft maintenance, his civilian career with Lockheed Martin, political work for Reps. Martin Frost, Preston Geren, and Jim Wright, as well as with State Senator Mike Moncrief. The interview includes an appendix with a photograph.
Date: October 17, 2007
Creator: De Santiago Ramos, Simone C. & Ealy, Boyd
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Joel E. Bachner, May 17, 1974 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Joel E. Bachner, May 17, 1974

Interview with Navy veteran Joel E. Bachner. The interview includes Bachner's personal experiences while aboard the battleship USS California during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: May 17, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Bachner, Joel E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Joseph S. Staley, May 17, 1974 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Joseph S. Staley, May 17, 1974

Interview with Army Air Forces veteran Joseph S. Staley. The interview includes Staley's personal experiences with the 4th Reconnaissance Squadron at Hickam Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: May 17, 1974
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Staley, Joseph S.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Armaiti Shahidi Fitzgerald, March 17, 2011

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Interview with graphic designer, business owner, and beauty pageant winner Armaiti Shahidi Fitzgerald, Iranian-born immigrant to Plano, Texas, as part of the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. The interview includes Fitzgerald's personal experiences of childhood and home life in Tehran, Iran, attending Al Zahra University in Tehran, coming to America as a young bride, attending the University of North Texas and finding a career as a fine artist in Dallas. Fitzgerald talks about serving as Mrs. International 2009 and establishing the Fight Oral Cancer Foundation. The interview includes photographs and articles about Fitzgerald.
Date: March 17, 2011
Creator: Kilgore, Deborah & Fitzgerald, Armaiti Shahidi
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Maurice McAdow, October 17, 1982 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Maurice McAdow, October 17, 1982

Interview with Maurice McAdow, former band director of North Texas State University. The interview includes McAdow's personal experiences about his early career as a musician, being appointment to faculty at North Texas, and the development of the North Texas band program.
Date: October 17, 1982
Creator: Paul, Steve & McAdow, Maurice
System: The UNT Digital Library