About Face!: Soldier Shows "Blueprint Special"

"About Face!" was the first in a series of Soldier Shows "Blueprint Specials" created by the Special Services Division of the Army Service Forces during World War II to provide soldiers stationed overseas with all the resources they need to stage an original, full-length, Broadway-style revue for their fellow soldiers. Each "Blueprint Special" includes a libretto, set and costume designs, conductor's score, and individual vocal and instrumental parts, as well as detailed instructions for staging the show effectively. Costumes and sets can be constructed from local scrap materials, the sketches that compose the libretto can be omitted or added to according to local needs and time constraints, and the big band style musical accompaniment can be reduced or expanded to accommodate whatever players are available. Each show features one scene where any number of specialty acts can be inserted to showcase local talent.
Date: 1944
Creator: United States. Headquarters, Army Service Forces. Special Services Division, ASF.
Object Type: Musical Score/Notation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analyses of Kentucky Coals (open access)

Analyses of Kentucky Coals

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines discussing analyses of the Eastern and Western coal fields in Kentucky. The two coal fields are described in detail. This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: 1944
Creator: McFarlan, Arthur C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analyses of Pennsylvania Anthracitic Coals (open access)

Analyses of Pennsylvania Anthracitic Coals

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines discussing the anthracite coal fields of Pennsylvania. History, geology, and mining methods of the anthracite fields are presented. This report includes tables, illustrations, and maps.
Date: 1944
Creator: Ashley, George H.; Toenges, Albert L.; McElroy, G. E.; Siclen, M. Van; Buch, J. W.; Snyder, N. H. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Baker Crossing Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1944
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Barksdale Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1944
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bastrop Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1944
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Brackettville Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1944
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Buck Hill Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1944
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Burnett Bay Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:31680
Date: 1944
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Carancahua Lake Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:31680
Date: 1944
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chemical Research — General Chemistry: Report for Period of February 1 to March 10, 1944 (open access)

Chemical Research — General Chemistry: Report for Period of February 1 to March 10, 1944

A report which investigated vacuum distilation, entrainer gas distillation, and entrainer gas plus bromine vapor distillation.
Date: 1944
Creator: Ames Project
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coal-Mine Accidents in the United States, 1941 (open access)

Coal-Mine Accidents in the United States, 1941

Report compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Mines including statistics on fatal and non-fatal accidents in coal mines located in the United States as well as data regarding the various operations (e.g., number of miners employed and average production). The information is organized into tables for comparison and the text draws some overall conclusions in the summary.
Date: 1944
Creator: Adams, William W. & Geyer, L. E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coal-Mine Accidents in the United States, 1942 (open access)

Coal-Mine Accidents in the United States, 1942

Report compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Mines including statistics on fatal and non-fatal accidents in coal mines located in the United States as well as data regarding the various operations (e.g., number of miners employed and average production). The information is organized into tables for comparison and the text draws some overall conclusions in the summary.
Date: 1944
Creator: Adams, W. W. & Geyer, L. E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

College women in the WAC.

Poster of three photographs with text descriptions, each showing three young women (seniors from the Vassar College Class of 1944) involved in various Women's Army Corps recruitment activities: trying on a WAC hat, signing up for WAC, and pledging the oath of enlistment. The young women wear cardigan sweaters, skirts, and loafers. Older women in WAC uniforms appear in two of the photographs. The three students who appear in the photos are: Marjorie Maddox, Maud Banks, and Joan Trumbull. The two servicewomen are: Private First Class Gladys A. Francis, Major Lucille Van Bolt, and Second Lieutenant Elizabeth M. Whitmore.
Date: 1944
Creator: United States. Army. Women's Army Corps.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Crosby Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:31680
Date: 1944
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Devils Lake Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1944
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Devils Lake Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1944
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Devils River Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1944
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Diatomites of the Pacific Northwest as Filter-Aids (open access)

Diatomites of the Pacific Northwest as Filter-Aids

From Introduction Purpose of Investigation: "To determine some of the physical and chemical properties of known Pacific Northwest diatomites, the present investigation was started in 1938 by the Bureau of Mines in cooperation with the College of Mines, University of Washington.
Date: 1944
Creator: Skinner, Kenneth G.; Dammann, Arthur A.; Swift, Roy E.; Eyerly, George B. & Shuck, Gordon R., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Dickinson Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:31680
Date: 1944
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Dry Devil Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1944
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Experiment Station Record, Volume 88, January-June, 1943 (open access)

Experiment Station Record, Volume 88, January-June, 1943

Volume provides abstracts of agricultural experiments conducted during the year. Also includes statistics, convention reports, bulletins, bibliographies, and listings for Spanish edition publications from the Puerto Rico station. Name and subject indexes start on page 871.
Date: 1944
Creator: U.S. Department of Agriculture. Agricultural Research Administration. Office of Experiment Stations.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experiment Station Record, Volume 89, July-December, 1943 (open access)

Experiment Station Record, Volume 89, July-December, 1943

Volume provides abstracts of agricultural experiments conducted during the year. Also includes statistics, convention reports, bulletins, bibliographies, and listings for Spanish edition publications from the Puerto Rico station. Name and subject indexes start on page 781.
Date: 1944
Creator: U.S. Department of Agriculture. Agricultural Research Administration. Office of Experiment Stations.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Flat Rock Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1944
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History