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Reflections of an Immigrant (open access)

Reflections of an Immigrant

Autobiogrpahy of John E. Lasovica, describing his childhood in Liptal, a town in modern-day Czech Republic, how his family immigrated to West, Texas, and his adult life in Hopewell, Virginia. His discusses how he learned to speak English, moving for various jobs, and his family.
Date: March 1984
Creator: Lastovica, John E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Black Leadership Position Paper (open access)

Black Leadership Position Paper

Document discussing the Socialist Workers Party's actions, condemning their divisive actions, and supporting their termination from all activities of Latin-American assistance.
Date: April 18, 1981
Creator: Greene, Rick; Richardson, Lynda; Salas, Mario Marcel & Sanders, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Educación para la Tecnología de Mañana (open access)

Educación para la Tecnología de Mañana

Draft of a speech written for the IX Seminario Professional about using technology in education.
Date: June 5, 1981
Creator: Contreras, Gloria
System: The UNT Digital Library
[A Musical Tribute in Memory of the Late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.] (open access)

[A Musical Tribute in Memory of the Late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.]

Script by Curtis King for the concert tribute for the late Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The performance was on April 10, 1987 at the Masonic Mosque in Fort Worth, Texas.
Date: April 10, 1987
Creator: King, Curtis
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Dropout Dilemma: Searching for Formulas That Work (open access)

The Dropout Dilemma: Searching for Formulas That Work

Report on people who drop out of school with a focus on vocational education as a way to find people another option to traditional schooling.
Date: June 1988
Creator: Texas Council on Vocational Education
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grant Proposal: Challenge to Section 21.06 of the Texas Penal Code, 1989 (open access)

Grant Proposal: Challenge to Section 21.06 of the Texas Penal Code, 1989

Grant proposal submitted by the Texas Human Rights Foundation to the Live Oak Fund for Change requesting funding for a project that would challenge Texas Penal Code Section 21.06 as it is discriminatory towards LGBT people.
Date: August 1989
Creator: Texas Human Rights Foundation, Inc.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Grant Proposal: AIDS Legal Resource Project (open access)

Grant Proposal: AIDS Legal Resource Project

Grant proposal submitted by the Texas Human Rights Foundation to the Design Industries Foundation for AIDS requesting funding for a project to aide those with HIV or AIDS in legal cases regarding discrimination.
Date: 1988
Creator: Texas Human Rights Foundation, Inc.
System: The UNT Digital Library
History of the Volunteer Fire Department, 1884---1984 (open access)

History of the Volunteer Fire Department, 1884---1984

Paper documenting the history of Round Rock's fire department, including information on equipment, mascots, the Girl Pumper Team, and Robert G. Griffith, a long time educator and resident of Round Rock who served as mayor. Footnotes and a bibliography appear on pages 26 and 27.
Date: January 1984
Creator: Ward, Lerlene Womble
System: The Portal to Texas History
Historic and Symbolic Aspects of Round Rock Cemetery and Slave Cemetery (open access)

Historic and Symbolic Aspects of Round Rock Cemetery and Slave Cemetery

Two papers combined into one for a university class that together discuss the history of both the Round Rock Cemetery and Slave Cemetery, as well as their layouts, evolution since the 19th century, and the specific graves of Sam Bass, Vander Barbette, and Virginia Masterson. Excerpts from an interview with Joe Lee Johnson, whose father had been a slave, are also included.
Date: 1985
Creator: Bose, Ted John & Herrera, JuliAnne
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Handwritten Account of the Boat Parade] (open access)

[Handwritten Account of the Boat Parade]

Photocopy of a handwritten account by Mary Mowinckle of the July 4, 1981 Boat Parade on Lake Austin for the Neighborhood Section of the Austin American-Statesman Newspaper. She recounts going to the parade with her father, his friend, and her mother.
Date: July 4, 1981
Creator: Depwe, Dorothy
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Notes about W. L Beard] (open access)

[Notes about W. L Beard]

Photocopy of a transcription of a taped interview with W. L. Beard. Beard goes into his time in the Eanes County area, talking about when the dam broke and many had to abandon the riverside as well as the construction of the Eanes Rock Schoolhouse.
Date: October 4, 1983
Creator: Eanes History Center
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Interview with Rev. A. D. Eberhart] (open access)

[Interview with Rev. A. D. Eberhart]

Photocopy of a set of notes from an interview with Rev. A. D. Eberhart that include his age as well as notes about the Young and Brown family and guns.
Date: July 17, 1986
Creator: Eanes History Center
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Note about the Jackson Family and Jackson Cemetery] (open access)

[Note about the Jackson Family and Jackson Cemetery]

Photocopy of handwritten notes about the Jackson family and Jackson cemetery, the notes include information about what the landscape was like in the Eanes area as well as a smallpox epidemic in the Austin area that left many deceased and buried in the Jackson cemetery.
Date: 1980
Creator: Eanes History Center
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Interview with Earl Short] (open access)

[Interview with Earl Short]

Photocopy of a transcription of an interview with Earl Short by Dorothy Depwe. Short talks about multiple murders that occurred in the Westlake, Texas area, as well as the lives of several families in the area.
Date: June 18, 1982
Creator: Depwe, Dorothy
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Handwritten Note about the Dellana Family] (open access)

[Handwritten Note about the Dellana Family]

Photocopy of a handwritten account of what is was like to live on Tucker Lane in the 1920's. Dorothy Depwe goes into how many children the Tuckers the family had as well as goes into the lives of the Teague, Ryan, Young, and Small families.
Date: March 28, 1986
Creator: Depwe, Dorothy
System: The Portal to Texas History
Los Viejitos Del Valle (open access)

Los Viejitos Del Valle

This article was written as a companion piece to the film, "Snow Birds."
Date: 1982
Creator: Larson, C. Lyn
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Memo from Rogers W. Redding, November 16, 1987] (open access)

[Memo from Rogers W. Redding, November 16, 1987]

Memo from Rogers W. Redding on November 16, 1987, sending a copy of a preliminary proposal to the fund for the improvement of postsecondary education for the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science.
Date: November 16, 1987
Creator: Redding, Rogers W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Proposal for the Establishment of a Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science at North Texas State University (open access)

A Proposal for the Establishment of a Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science at North Texas State University

A proposal for the establishment of a Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science and North Texas State University, including a purpose, expected outcomes, rationale and need, a description of the Academy, admission plans, an instructional program, academy requirements, a co-curricular program, the admissions process, nomination and selection criteria, organizational structure, personnel, management, evaluation, budget, and special considerations affecting the proposed academy. Proposed budgets from 1988 to 1993 are included.
Date: April 15, 1987
Creator: Miller, James R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Executive Summary of A Proposal for the Establishment of a Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science at North Texas State University] (open access)

[Executive Summary of A Proposal for the Establishment of a Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science at North Texas State University]

Executive summary of a proposal for the establishment of a Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science at North Texas State University, including a purpose, rationale and need, a description of the academy, personnel, organizational structure, management, a budget summary, and expected outcomes.
Date: May 5, 1987
Creator: Miller, James R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Profile of the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas (open access)

A Profile of the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas

A profile of the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, including information on nomination and selection criteria, the courses the student will take, how the program will be supplemented, the management structure, comparative costs, and why the academy is important to the state of Texas. Charts and graphs are included.
Date: 1988~
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Executive Summary of A Proposal for the Establishment of a Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science at North Texas State University] (open access)

[Executive Summary of A Proposal for the Establishment of a Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science at North Texas State University]

Executive summary of a proposal for the establishment of a Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science and North Texas State University, including information on purpose, rationale and need, a description of the Texas Academy, admission plans, an instructional program, academy requirements, a co-curricular program, the admissions process, nomination and selection criteria, organizational structure, personnel, management, evaluation, budget, and special considerations affecting the proposed academy. Proposed budgets from 1988 to 1993 are also included.
Date: April 15, 1987
Creator: Miller, James R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Proposal for the Establishment of a Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science at North Texas State University (open access)

A Proposal for the Establishment of a Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science at North Texas State University

A proposal for the establishment of a Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science at North Texas State University, including information on the purpose, expected outcomes, rationale and need, a description of the academy, admission plans, an instructional program, academy requirements, a co-curricular program, the admissions process, nomination and selection criteria, organizational structure, personnel, management, an evaluation, and the budget.
Date: {1987-01-16,1987-02-02}
Creator: Miller, James R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Executive Summary of A Proposal for the Establishment of a Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science at North Texas State University] (open access)

[Executive Summary of A Proposal for the Establishment of a Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science at North Texas State University]

Executive summary of a proposal for the establishment of a Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science at North Texas State University, including information on the purpose, rationale and need, a description of the academy, personnel, organizational structure, management, a budget summary, and expected outcomes.
Date: June 3, 1987
Creator: Miller, James R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Proposal for the Establishment of a Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science at North Texas State University (open access)

A Proposal for the Establishment of a Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science at North Texas State University

A proposal for the establishment of a Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science at North Texas State University, including information on the purpose, expected outcomes, rationale and need, a description of the academy, admission plans, an instructional program, academy requirements, a co-curricular program, the admissions process, nomination and selection criteria, organizational structure, personnel, management, an evaluation, the budget, and special considerations affecting the proposed academy.
Date: May 5, 1987
Creator: Miller, James R.
System: The UNT Digital Library