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Inventory of the county archives of Texas : Gregg County, no. 92 (open access)

Inventory of the county archives of Texas : Gregg County, no. 92

Inventory of records of Gregg County housed in the Gregg County Courthouse as of 1937. Begins with a historical sketch of the county along with a governmental organization chart, and information on the housing, care, and accessibility of the records. Describes the records of the County Commissioners Court, County Clerk as Recorder, District Courts, County Court, Justice of the Peace Courts, Criminal District Attorney, Sheriff, Constables, Tax Assessor-Collector, Board of Equalization, County Treasurer, County Auditor, County Board of School Trustees, County School Superintendent, County Surveyor, County Health Officer, and Board of Managers of County Hospital. Includes a bibliography as well as chronological and subject and entry indexes.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Historical Records Survey. Texas.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Preferences Shown by One Hundred Children in Each of the First, Third, and Fifth Grades of the Gladewater, Texas, Elementary School in Illustrating Six Types of Nature Poems (open access)

Preferences Shown by One Hundred Children in Each of the First, Third, and Fifth Grades of the Gladewater, Texas, Elementary School in Illustrating Six Types of Nature Poems

This thesis indicates the nature poetry preferences of fifth grade elementary school children. Data gathered helped determine the preferred aspect of nature and choices of girls compared to boys.
Date: August 1939
Creator: Fawcett, Genevieve
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
To Determine the Status of Sex Education of High School Seniors (open access)

To Determine the Status of Sex Education of High School Seniors

The average level of sexual knowledge and attitudes about sexual situations among surveyed high school seniors in Gregg County, Texas are presented in this thesis.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Knowles, Winlon
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Valve Gear. (open access)

Valve Gear.

Patent for a new and improved valve-gear. This design "relates to improvements in mechanical movements adapted especially to the valve-gear of steam-engines, and is designed to produce a device having a reciprocatory movement having intermediate impulses" (lines 9-14).
Date: August 18, 1885
Creator: Pinkham, Delmar D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Machines For Filing Saws. (open access)

Improvement In Machines For Filing Saws.

Patent for improvements in the construction of machines for filing saws. Description of the construction and illustrations are attached.
Date: August 19, 1879
Creator: Basom, Ransford W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Game-Tables. (open access)

Improvement in Game-Tables.

Patent for a "new and improved Gaming-Table..." [line 5] including illustrations and instructions.
Date: August 5, 1879
Creator: Macy, Edwin M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dry Kiln Furnace. (open access)

Dry Kiln Furnace.

Patent for a new and improved dry-kiln furnace. This design has "a grate at its forward end, a bridge-wall extending upwardly from the lower side at the rear end of the grate, a smoke-outlet in the bottom between the rear end and bridge, and a transverse flue under the furnace, open at each end and dividing the draft at the smoke-outlet, said flue communicating with the interior of the drying-chamber, and having a vertical baffle-plate under the smoke-outlet extending longitudinally along its bottom in each direction from said outlet, arresting the rotary motion of the products of combustion" (lines 24-36).
Date: August 13, 1889
Creator: Ketcham, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Gin. (open access)

Cotton Gin.

Patent for a new and improved cotton gin. This design calls for the circular saw blades of the gin to pass through two metal ribs, one of which aligns with the tip of the saw teeth, while the other aligns with the root of the saw teeth.
Date: August 22, 1882
Creator: Basom, Ransford W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Relationship between Shorthand Achievement and Two Plans of Homework in Shorthand (open access)

The Relationship between Shorthand Achievement and Two Plans of Homework in Shorthand

The purposes of the study were: 1. To design two contrasting plans of shorthand homework, Method A plan to be used by control groups and Method B plan to be used by experimental groups. 2. To implement Method A plan and Method B plan through control and experimental groups respectively. 3. To define criteria by which achievement levels may be determined. 4. To make comparative analysis of achievement levels between the control groups and the experimental groups.
Date: August 1972
Creator: Pankhurst, Barbara Elaine, 1940-
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A History of the Kilgore College (open access)

A History of the Kilgore College

"This is a history of the Kilgore College, Kilgore, Texas, a junior college for Kilgore and the oil belt. The data concerning the history of this very young publicly owned junior college has been secured through personal interviews with its originators, its administrators past and present, Kilgore newspapers, college catalogs, college annuals, and educational references, public laws and board minutes...The material dealing with the history of this college has been organized to cover the following topics: origin of the college, three periods of material development, internal growth of the college, and summary, conclusions and recommendations." -- leaves 2-3
Date: August 1948
Creator: Bradford, Q. L.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Quarter horse beats Cadillac] (open access)

[News Script: Quarter horse beats Cadillac]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a race between a quarter horse and a Cadillac automobile at the East Texas Quarter Horse Show in Gladewater. The horse wins the race.
Date: August 25, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Wood mosaics] (open access)

[News Script: Wood mosaics]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a display of three wooden mosaics by a Longview artist in the lobby of the First National Bank in Dallas.
Date: August 30, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Mimosa Hall]

Photograph of the Mimosa Hall (located at 9403 Highway 134) in Karnack, Texas.
Date: August 22, 1972
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mimosa Hall]

Photograph of the Mimosa Hall. This house is located on FM 134 in Harrison County southwest of Leigh and northeast of Marshall.
Date: August 22, 1972
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mimosa Hall]

Photograph of the Mimosa Hall. This house is located on FM 134 in Harrison County southwest of Leigh and northeast of Marshall.
Date: August 22, 1972
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Train Engine #905 and Cars]

Photograph of train engine #905 and attached cars on railroad tracks, viewed from a front side angle. "Texas & Pacific" and "905" are visible on the side of the car. Additional tracks lay to the side in front. Part of another train car sits on the tracks in the right background. Handwritten text below the image says, "Longview, Texas Aug 6 1948."
Date: August 6, 1948
Creator: Carlson, R. H.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lubricating Device. (open access)

Lubricating Device.

Patent for a device that lubricates cylinders via the intake manifold that responds to small changes in pressure.
Date: August 15, 1916
Creator: McKay, Guy
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Silo. (open access)

Silo.

Patent for an adjustable size silo, including illustrations.
Date: August 17, 1915
Creator: Starr, William Burr
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Northcutt House]

Photograph of the Northcutt House (located at 313 S Fredonia) in Longview, Texas.
Date: August 1, 1977
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Gregg County] captions transcript

[News Clip: Gregg County]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: August 3, 1979, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gladewater Daily Mirror (Gladewater, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 142, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 30, 1949 (open access)

Gladewater Daily Mirror (Gladewater, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 142, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 30, 1949

Daily newspaper from Gladewater, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 30, 1949
Creator: Greep, J. Walter
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gladewater Daily Mirror (Gladewater, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 133, Ed. 1 Friday, August 19, 1949 (open access)

Gladewater Daily Mirror (Gladewater, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 133, Ed. 1 Friday, August 19, 1949

Daily newspaper from Gladewater, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 19, 1949
Creator: Greep, J. Walter
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gladewater Daily Mirror (Gladewater, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 132, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 18, 1949 (open access)

Gladewater Daily Mirror (Gladewater, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 132, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 18, 1949

Daily newspaper from Gladewater, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 18, 1949
Creator: Greep, J. Walter
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gladewater Daily Mirror (Gladewater, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 138, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 25, 1949 (open access)

Gladewater Daily Mirror (Gladewater, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 138, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 25, 1949

Daily newspaper from Gladewater, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 25, 1949
Creator: Greep, J. Walter
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History