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[Terrence McCoy with plaque]

Photograph of Terrence McCoy, a poverty reporter with The Washington Post, standing in front of a backdrop and holding up his new awards plaque for first place in the Best American Newspaper Narratives competition. His winning piece, "It Was an Accident, Baby", was originally published in The Washington Post and will be included in an anthology of the top entries in the contest. The awards ceremony was held during the 2017 Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center in Grapevine, TX.
Date: July 22, 2017
Creator: Clark, Junebug
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Terri West holding her glass award]

Photograph of Terri West, retired senior vice president of Texas Instruments, holding her award for Distinguished Professional Achievement – which recognizes individuals who are well known nationally or regionally in their professions and have had major influence on others in the profession. West was in attendance of the 7th Annual Scholarship and Award Celebration, "Celebrate Mayborn," the Frank & Sue Mayborn School of Journalism at the University of North Texas. Current undergraduates, alumni, notable professionals and faculty members of Mayborn were recognized at this event for their careers and academic achievements in the journalism field.
Date: April 27, 2017
Creator: Clark, Junebug
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
Territorial Issue Salience: Escalation, Resources, and Ethnicity (open access)

Territorial Issue Salience: Escalation, Resources, and Ethnicity

Conflict over territory is a major concern to scholars and policymakers, and much of conflict over territory is driven by the issues that make territory more or less attractive, or salient, to states. I examine the impact that tangible and intangible issue salience has on territorial claims, and in particular, how it drives both conflict and conflict escalation. I argue that intangible issues, such as ethnic or religious kin, plays a greater role in driving more severe forms of armed conflict and conflict escalation, compared to tangible factors such as natural resources. This is theorized to be due to the difficulty in dividing territory with intangible elements, as well as domestic political pressure driving leaders to escalate. These suppositions are supported, with the finding that identity plays a particularly crucial and unique role in driving states to more severe forms of armed conflict. Further, I examine how natural resources may be viewed by states by their type and form of utilization, with certain resources likely to be more valuable or strategic to states based on their rarity, concentration, or ease of substitution, based in part on a state's level of development. The results support a fairly uniform role of natural …
Date: August 2017
Creator: Macaulay, Christopher Cody
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas (open access)

Texas

Book containing details of Texas during the Anglo settlement of Texas during the early half of the nineteenth century as described by Mary Austin Holley. Includes information for settlers, including colonization laws, the Mexican Constitution, information on the land and its environs, and the people of Texas.
Date: 2017
Creator: Holley, Mary Austin, 1784-1846
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas A&M University--Corpus Christi Annual Report: 2017 (open access)

Texas A&M University--Corpus Christi Annual Report: 2017

Annual report of Texas A&M University in Corpus Christi describing goals, activities, and accomplishments as of 2017.
Date: 2017~
Creator: Texas A & M University--Corpus Christi
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas A&M University System Annual Financial Report: 2017 (open access)

Texas A&M University System Annual Financial Report: 2017

Annual financial report of the Texas A&M University System documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for fiscal year 2017.
Date: November 2017
Creator: Texas A & M University System
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Adult Education and Literacy Guide (open access)

Texas Adult Education and Literacy Guide

Guide providing contextual information and documenting resources related to the structure, policies, procedures, and best practices for adult education in Texas.
Date: July 2017
Creator: Texas Workforce Commission
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission Annual Financial Report: 2017 (open access)

Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission Annual Financial Report: 2017

Annual financial report of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for fiscal year 2017.
Date: Autumn 2017
Creator: Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission Annual Report of Nonfinancial Data: 2017 (open access)

Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission Annual Report of Nonfinancial Data: 2017

Report containing non-financial data for the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission during fiscal year 2017, including information on occupied spaces, strategic plan updates, vendors, and vehicles purchased.
Date: December 31, 2017
Creator: Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission County Judge's Guide, 2017 (open access)

Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission County Judge's Guide, 2017

"This guide is for informational purposes [...] designed to attempt to explain the most commonly requested information and to explain the regulatory provisions of the [Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code] and procedural rules that apply to the County Judge" (p. 1).
Date: January 2017
Creator: Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas and Southwestern Lore (open access)

Texas and Southwestern Lore

Collection of popular folklore from Texas and the Southwest, including ballads, cowboy songs, Native American myths, superstitions and other miscellaneous folk tales. It also contains the proceedings of the Texas Folklore Society. The index begins on page 243.
Date: 2017
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Animal Health Commission Annual Financial Report: 2017 (open access)

Texas Animal Health Commission Annual Financial Report: 2017

Annual financial report of the Texas Animal Health Commission documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for fiscal year 2017.
Date: November 17, 2017
Creator: Texas Animal Health Commission
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Annual Cash Report: 2017 (open access)

Texas Annual Cash Report: 2017

Report containing details regarding revenues and expenditures of the Texas State Treasury for fiscal year 2017.
Date: Autumn 2017
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0125 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0125

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Simultaneous service on the board of trustees of a public library district and on the city council (RQ-0115-KP).
Date: January 3, 2017
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0126 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0126

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of a district attorney to use forfeiture funds for certain purposes (RQ-0116-KP).
Date: January 3, 2017
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0127 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0127

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: The admissibility of certain forensic analyses in Texas courts, statutory authority of the Texas Forensic Science Commission, and reporting requirements for certain cnme laboratories (RQ-0117-KP).
Date: January 17, 2017
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0128 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0128

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether certain financial transactions of the San Jacinto River Authority comply with the Public Funds Investment Act and the Public Funds Collateral Act (RQ-0118-KP).
Date: January 17, 2017
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0129 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0129

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Administration and procedures related to motor vehicle registration (RQ-0119-KP).
Date: January 18, 2017
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0130 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0130

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether a county attorney who is appointed to serve as a special prosecutor may be paid additional compensation (RQ-0120-KP).
Date: January 18, 2017
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0131 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0131

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of a municipality to use hotel occupancy tax revenue to fund a feasibility study and the construction; operation, and maintenance of a performing arts center (RQ-0122-KP).
Date: January 30, 2017
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0132 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0132

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of a reserve deputy sheriff to act as a surety on a bail bond (RQ-0123-KP).
Date: February 6, 2017
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0133 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0133

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the proposed Upper San Saba River Management Plan unlawfully delegates legislative power to a private entity (RQ-0124-KP).
Date: February 22, 2017
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0134 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0134

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Access to court records containing criminal history record information that is subject to an order of nondisclosure under chapter 411 of the Government Code (RQ-0125-KP).
Date: February 27, 2017
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0135 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0135

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether time spent as a county employee may be considered in determining county longevity pay . when the employee becomes an elected officer (RQ-0127-KP).
Date: March 8, 2017
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History