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[Aerial Photograph of Denton County, DJR-2P-143]

Aerial photograph of an area of land in Denton County, Texas surveyed by the Texas Highway Department with handwritten notes of numbers, county line indicator, and roads. Major roads include: US-287.
Date: September 17, 1958
Creator: Texas. Highway Department. Planning Survey Division.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Alvord waterworks and sewage resolution] (open access)

[Alvord waterworks and sewage resolution]

Resolution by City of Alvord Council to install waterworks and a sewer system.
Date: January 8, 1951
Creator: City Council of the City of Alvord
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Analysis of the Needs of the Northwest Independent School District and the Construction of a Possible Program to Meet those Needs (open access)

An Analysis of the Needs of the Northwest Independent School District and the Construction of a Possible Program to Meet those Needs

The problem in this study was to determine the needs of the people of the Northwest District by a social survey, and then, on the basis of the results of this survey and the exploring of established community programs, to construct a possible program by which these community needs could be partially or completely met.
Date: 1950
Creator: Williams, Shirley Kimbrough
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Avondale 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 1:24000
Date: 1956
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Azle 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 1:24000
Date: 1956
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Blacksmith at shop]

Photograph of two men crouching on the ground and working with equipment. They are both wearing hats, shirts, and overalls. There are buildings and trees in the background.
Date: August 20, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Blacksmith at shop welding metal]

Photograph of a blacksmith crouching on the ground in a welding mask and welding metal in a workshop. He is wearing a light-colored shirt, pants, socks, shoes, and gloves. In the background, there are pieces of machinery and tools.
Date: August 20, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Blanche Perry Painting for Decatur, Texas] (open access)

[Blanche Perry Painting for Decatur, Texas]

Black and white photograph of baptistry painting done by Perry for a church in Decatur, Texas. Scene depicts creek, rocks, different types of trees, mountains, clouds. Inscription on back bears the name "Bob Buchanan" and also the place names "Decatur, Tex [Texas]" and "Snyder, Okla [Oklahoma]."
Date: January 24, 1950
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Comparison of Boys' and Girls' Achievement Scores and Teacher Ratings (open access)

A Comparison of Boys' and Girls' Achievement Scores and Teacher Ratings

It is the primary purpose of this study to determine any differences in the achievement abilities and teacher ratings of the boys and girls of equal intelligence quotients in the fifth, sixth, and seventh grades of the Alvord Elementary School, Alvord, Texas. A secondary purpose is to make a study of the environmental background of a number of pupils in order to determine certain other factors that might be considered as producing some influence upon the success or failure of the boy or girl.
Date: 1951
Creator: Kilpatrick, Inez Speer
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Dallas

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 1:250000
Date: 1958
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Evaluation of Achievement Scores and Teacher Ratings of Boys and Girls in the Fourth Grade (open access)

An Evaluation of Achievement Scores and Teacher Ratings of Boys and Girls in the Fourth Grade

The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the total achievement scores and teacher ratings of pupils in three fourth grades in Chico and Decatur elementary schools to determine differences, if any, in the rate of progress between boys and girls and in teacher ratings. A secondary purpose was to make a study of individual differences in achievement and to make a number of case studies of pupils in one school.
Date: 1950
Creator: Doyle, Melba Buttrill
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of the United States Soil Conservation Service Program of Grassland Recovery on the Land Utilization Project in Wise county, Texas (open access)

An Evaluation of the United States Soil Conservation Service Program of Grassland Recovery on the Land Utilization Project in Wise county, Texas

This investigation was undertaken in order to evaluate the United States Soil Conservation Service program of grassland recovery on the land utilization project in Wise County, Texas.
Date: August 1952
Creator: Hyman, Ruel Richard
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library

General highway map, Wise County, Texas.

Map shows roads, oilfields, airfields, railroads, towns, and structure locations. Includes legend and key to counties. Insets: "Greenwood," "Park Springs," "Paradise," "Slidell," "Aurora," "Crafton," "Inset No. 1," and "Boonsville." Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:63,360].
Date: 1958
Creator: Texas. Highway Department.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Influence of Departmentalization on the Achievement and Social Adjustment of Fifth-Grade Pupils in the Decatur Public School (open access)

The Influence of Departmentalization on the Achievement and Social Adjustment of Fifth-Grade Pupils in the Decatur Public School

The purpose of this study is to offer some proof toward helping to determine the effect of departmentalization on achievement and social adjustment of fifth-grade pupils, and to determine the best possible means by which pupils in the fifth grade may become well-rounded, socially adjusted individuals, capable of self-expression, independent thinking, and proper attitudes.
Date: 1950
Creator: James, Elouise Mauldin
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Modern Metal Shop

Photograph of two men building hay feeders for livestock. There are vehicles, houses, trees, and utility poles in the background.
Date: August 20, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Accident] captions transcript

[News Clip: Accident]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about J. W. McKennon and Joe Hatchell, who are in critical condition after a car accident. B. V. Carson and H. R. Smith were killed in the accident.
Date: October 13, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Airman charged in Rhome bank robbery] captions transcript

[News Clip: Airman charged in Rhome bank robbery]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the arrest of young airman William Coy Burk after a bank robbery in the town of Rhome. Burk confesses to committing the crime, saying the stolen money was intended as a gift for a crippled boy.
Date: October 30, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Angus bull is sold for record figure] captions transcript

[News Clip: Angus bull is sold for record figure]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a champion bull at a farm in Decatur selling for a record price of $100,000.
Date: February 1, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Bank robbery] captions transcript

[News Clip: Bank robbery]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about the search for a man who robbed the Continental State Bank in Boyd.
Date: September 12, 1951, 6:45 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Boyd badmen] captions transcript

[News Clip: Boyd badmen]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a gun battle in Boyd between police and criminals.
Date: August 14, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Centennial caravan] captions transcript

[News Clip: Centennial caravan]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the Centennial Caravan arriving through Bridgeport, Texas and continue traveling to San Francisco.
Date: September 22, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Crash postmortem] captions transcript

[News Clip: Crash postmortem]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about investigations into a military plane crash that left 17 dead in Wise County.
Date: March 28, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Curious attend Kelly funeral] captions transcript

[News Clip: Curious attend Kelly funeral]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the funeral of George "Machine Gun" Kelly, the ringleader of the 1933 kidnapping of Charles F. Urschel.
Date: July 25, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Dallas Weather, Lodge, Weather] captions transcript

[News Clip: Dallas Weather, Lodge, Weather]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a severe storm in Dallas and the damage sustained in Richardson and South Oak Cliff, severe storms and tornadoes in Fort Worth, Boyd, and Eagle Mountain Lake and the damage throughout those areas. The video also includes a news story about Henry Cabot Lodge, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., and his address before the American Bar Association in Dallas.
Date: August 30, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library