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Report on the Agricultural Experiment Stations, 1934 (open access)

Report on the Agricultural Experiment Stations, 1934

Volume provides a summary of the progress of each agricultural experiment station. Also includes statistics and selected studies.
Date: August 1935
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Report on the Agricultural Experiment Stations, 1936 (open access)

Report on the Agricultural Experiment Stations, 1936

Volume provides a summary of the progress of each agricultural experiment station. Also includes statistics and selected studies. Subject index begins on page 199.
Date: August 1937
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Report on the Agricultural Experiment Stations, 1942 (open access)

Report on the Agricultural Experiment Stations, 1942

Volume provides a summary of the progress of each agricultural experiment station. Also includes statistics, discussions of foreign investigations, and selected studies.
Date: August 1943
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

The West Indies and Coast Adjacent

This map shows the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea including the West Indies and coastline surrounding the area. Various regions are outlined and shaded in color. Major cities and bodies of water are marked. There is a block of text in the lower left corner labeled "Contents" which appears to group regions and islands by the countries that colonized them.
Date: August 12, 1804
Creator: Wilkinson, Robert, d. ca. 1825
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
State of the Climate in 2008 (open access)

State of the Climate in 2008

This report describes observations of precipitation, temperature, and other climatology metrics from different global regions.
Date: August 2009
Creator: Peterson, T. C.; Baringer, M. O.; Diamond, H. J.; Fogt, R. L.; Levy, J. M.; Richter-Menge, J. et al.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Letter from Myrna to Sterling Houston - August 2001]

Postcard from Myrna to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. The postcard comes after Myrna traveled to various locations in Europe, including the Tate Modern in London, where this particular postcard was acquired. It shows a mixed media painting by the artist Chris Ofili of a woman in profile. The hand-written note also mentions that she is back in Puerto Rico.
Date: August 2001
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Political Status of Puerto Rico: Options for Congress (open access)

Political Status of Puerto Rico: Options for Congress

This report discusses the current U.S.-Puerto Rico relationship, the history of said relationship, and the current political state of Puerto Rico, as well as relevant pieces of U.S. Congressional legislation concerning Puerto Rico.
Date: August 4, 2009
Creator: Bea, Keith & Garrett, R. Sam
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Puerto Rico's Current Fiscal Challenges: In Brief (open access)

Puerto Rico's Current Fiscal Challenges: In Brief

This report discusses the current state of Puerto Rico's public finances. Puerto Rico faces several fiscal hurdles in 2015. Concerns regarding the sustainability of Puerto Rico's public finances have intensified over the past year, despite several measures taken by the island's government to reduce spending, increase revenues, and restructure its obligations.
Date: August 18, 2015
Creator: Austin, D. A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Homer James "Jim" Avery, August 14, 2008 (open access)

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Homer James "Jim" Avery, August 14, 2008

Interview with Homer James "Jim" Avery, founder of James Avery Craftsman from Kerrville, Texas. Mr. Avery discusses his childhood, education, service in World War II, and starting and developing his jewelry business. The interview includes photographs of Mr. Avery, on pages 35-41.
Date: August 14, 2008
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Webb, Jeanie Archer; Leonard, Julie Mosty & Avery, Homer James
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
What Climate Change Means for Puerto Rico (open access)

What Climate Change Means for Puerto Rico

Fact sheet describing location-specific impacts that global warming will have on the people, ecosystems, and wildlife in Puerto Rico.
Date: August 2016
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority and Debt Restructuring under PROMESA, P.L. 114-187 (open access)

Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority and Debt Restructuring under PROMESA, P.L. 114-187

This report discusses the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) and its debt restructuring process under the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA). The major debt the company is in has prevented it from maintaining power stations and transmission lines properly or diversifying its energy production methods leading to widespread unreliability of the power supply and high prices.
Date: August 8, 2017
Creator: Austin, D. Andrew & Campbell, Richard J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Debbie Update] (open access)

[News Script: Debbie Update]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: August 20, 1969, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Jet bombs hurricane] (open access)

[News Script: Jet bombs hurricane]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: August 18, 1969, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Ship] (open access)

[News Script: Ship]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: August 23, 1971, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Julian Platon to William H. Louviere, August 16, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from Julian Platon to William H. Louviere, August 16, 1954]

Letter from Julian Platon to William H. Louviere discussing sugar growth and sales.
Date: August 16, 1954
Creator: Platon, Julian
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Julian Platon, Inc. to W. H. Louviere, August 16, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from Julian Platon, Inc. to W. H. Louviere, August 16, 1954]

Letter from Julian Platon, Inc. to W. H. Louviere discussing pricing and production details for raw sugar.
Date: August 16, 1954
Creator: Julian Platon, Inc.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Julian Platon, Inc. to W. H. Louviere, August 30, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from Julian Platon, Inc. to W. H. Louviere, August 30, 1954]

Letter from Julian Platon, Inc. to W. H. Louviere discussing the willingness to wait until Louviere can discuss the contents of their letter with I. H. Kempner.
Date: August 30, 1954
Creator: Julian Platon, Inc.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ken L. Laird to All Brokers - List #1, August 9, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from Ken L. Laird to All Brokers - List #1, August 9, 1954]

Letter from Ken L. Laird to All Brokers - List #1 discussing a report from Herman Lurie on Sugar sales in Puerto Rico and Cuba.
Date: August 9, 1954
Creator: Laird, Kenneth L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Julian Platon to Isaac Herbert Kempner, August 16, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from Julian Platon to Isaac Herbert Kempner, August 16, 1954]

Letter from Julian Platon to Isaac Herbert Kempner discussing raw sugar prices and a sales agreement.
Date: August 16, 1954
Creator: Platon, Julian
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from William H. Louviere to Julian Platon, August 27, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from William H. Louviere to Julian Platon, August 27, 1954]

Letter from William H. Louviere to Julian Platon discussing plans for partnership as the sugar season closes.
Date: August 27, 1954
Creator: Louviere, William H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from A. H. Blackshear Jr. to Julian Platon, August 18, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from A. H. Blackshear Jr. to Julian Platon, August 18, 1954]

Letter from A. H. Blackshear Jr. to Julian Platon discussing that Isaac Herbert Kempner is on vacation and will reply to his letter when he returns.
Date: August 18, 1954
Creator: Blackshear, A. H., Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hurricane Dorian Twitter Dataset

This dataset contains Twitter JSON data for Tweets related to Hurricane Dorian which is the most intense tropical cyclone on record to strike the Bahamas, and is regarded as the worst natural disaster in the country's history. This dataset was created using the twarc (https://github.com/DocNow/twarc) package that makes use of Twitter's search API. A total of 3,000,553 Tweets and 84,216 media files make up the combined dataset.
Date: 2019-08-25/2019-09-14
Creator: Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Afton Keeton, August 30, 2007 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Afton Keeton, August 30, 2007

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Afton Keeton. Keeton joined the Navy in July of 1942. He completed Hospital Corps School and became a Pharmacist Mate. He first served aboard the USS Sea Dragon (SS-194). They patrolled the Aleutian Islands. He was then stationed at the Submarine Base in Pearl Harbor, working in a sick bay. He then served aboard the USS Apollo (AS-25) with a relief crew. He provides some detail of working aboard a submarine, serving as the Doc, living conditions and undergoing his own appendectomy aboard the Apollo. In early 1945 he was assigned for 1 year to serve at a submarine base in St. Thomas. He then served as hospital corpsman on the USS Clamagore (SS-343). Keeton also worked on sonar watch, radar watch and as a cook during his time in the Navy. He spent a total of 30 years in the Navy, retiring in February of 1972.
Date: August 30, 2007
Creator: Keeton, Afton
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Afton Keeton, August 30, 2007 transcript

Oral History Interview with Afton Keeton, August 30, 2007

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Afton Keeton. Keeton joined the Navy in July of 1942. He completed Hospital Corps School and became a Pharmacist Mate. He first served aboard the USS Sea Dragon (SS-194). They patrolled the Aleutian Islands. He was then stationed at the Submarine Base in Pearl Harbor, working in a sick bay. He then served aboard the USS Apollo (AS-25) with a relief crew. He provides some detail of working aboard a submarine, serving as the Doc, living conditions and undergoing his own appendectomy aboard the Apollo. In early 1945 he was assigned for 1 year to serve at a submarine base in St. Thomas. He then served as hospital corpsman on the USS Clamagore (SS-343). Keeton also worked on sonar watch, radar watch and as a cook during his time in the Navy. He spent a total of 30 years in the Navy, retiring in February of 1972.
Date: August 30, 2007
Creator: Keeton, Afton
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History