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Prospectus of Twelve Central Texas Counties. (open access)

Prospectus of Twelve Central Texas Counties.

This book gives an overview of the twelve Blackland Counties of Texas in alphabetical order. For each county, a brief description of the geographic and agricultural characteristics is given as well as statistics on population and county income. Additionally, a geological description of the Black Prairie Region gives more specific aspects of the area and the soil compositions and a final chapter discusses the property market of the area.
Date: 1895
Creator: Crawford, Wilbur F. & [Moore, Monta J.]
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest (open access)

The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest

This text gives an overview of the places and resources in Texas with an emphasis on the locations where the railroads run through the state. Indexes start on page 220.
Date: 1896
Creator: Texas & Pacific Railway
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Early Settlers Life in Texas (open access)

The Early Settlers Life in Texas

This book describes the early history of Hill County, located in Texas, including the author's trip to Texas, information about the first settlers, prominent men, Native American massacres, government, and the general organization of the county.
Date: 1963
Creator: Kirkpatrick, A. Y.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Analysis and Some of the Factors Associated with High School Transfers in Hill County (open access)

The Analysis and Some of the Factors Associated with High School Transfers in Hill County

The purpose of this study is to make a survey of the thirteen accredited high schools in Hill County to determine some of the factors associated with high school transfers in Hill County, and their results.
Date: August 1938
Creator: Ballew, Harvey Conway
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis and Evaluation of Two Methods of Teaching Language Arts (open access)

An Analysis and Evaluation of Two Methods of Teaching Language Arts

This study compares and and provides an evaluation of language arts progress made by elementary school children using two different methods of instruction. One traditional method stressed grammar and the other experimentally focused on mechanics.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Harrell, Ruth
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of the Group and the Individual Techniques of Teaching Algebra (open access)

A Comparison of the Group and the Individual Techniques of Teaching Algebra

This thesis presents findings made during an examination and comparison of the individualized unit and traditional group methods used to teach ninth grade algebra in Hillsboro, Texas.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Knox, Beulah
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of the Uses Made of the Radio in the Seventh Grade of the Schools of Hill County (open access)

An Evaluation of the Uses Made of the Radio in the Seventh Grade of the Schools of Hill County

It is the purpose of this study to make an investigation of the uses made of the radio in the seventh grade in the schools in Hill County, in an endeavor to make available to administrators and teachers the possibilities of radio as an educational medium, and also to suggest additional techniques of utilization.
Date: 1942
Creator: Kirkbride, Martha Frances Cargile
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Survey of the Interests of Children in the Sixth Grade and a Suggested Program of Work Based upon These Interests (open access)

A Survey of the Interests of Children in the Sixth Grade and a Suggested Program of Work Based upon These Interests

The dual purpose of this study is to survey the interests of boys and girls who are in the sixth grade and to suggest a program of school work based upon these interests. The writer presents the study with the hope that it will contribute to a better understanding of what children's interests are and the part they should play in planning the curriculum and complete school program.
Date: 1942
Creator: Dalton, Mary Roberta Payne
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Certain Factors Associated with School Progress (open access)

An Analysis of Certain Factors Associated with School Progress

This thesis is an analysis of certain factors associated with school progress of students of the graduating class of the Hillsboro Junior High School for 1940. The study is limited to considering the effect of age, attendance, environment, and economic status on progress during four years that these students attended junior high school.
Date: 1940
Creator: Tribble, Percy G.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
How Democratic in Administration, Construction of the Curriculum, and Methods of Teaching are Sixteen Elementary Schools of Hill County Having More Than Two Teachers (open access)

How Democratic in Administration, Construction of the Curriculum, and Methods of Teaching are Sixteen Elementary Schools of Hill County Having More Than Two Teachers

The purpose of this study is three-fold: 1. To make a study of the criteria used in evaluating democracy in the elementary schools. 2. To evaluate how democratic sixteen elementary schools of Hill County are. 3. To offer recommendations for changes that could be made for the improvement of the sixteen elementary schools of Hill County.
Date: 1948
Creator: Moore, Mary O.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A study of the possibilities of including industrial arts in the Whitney Elementary School, grades three through eight, based upon the needs and desires of the parents and students in the school area (open access)

A study of the possibilities of including industrial arts in the Whitney Elementary School, grades three through eight, based upon the needs and desires of the parents and students in the school area

This study was conducted in order to determine the community need and desire for an Industrial Arts program in the elementary school at Whitney, Texas.
Date: 1950
Creator: Kiger, Robert V.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of the Pupil Record and Reporting Systems Used in Twenty Elementary Schools of Hill County (open access)

An Evaluation of the Pupil Record and Reporting Systems Used in Twenty Elementary Schools of Hill County

This study was an investigation and an evaluation of the pupil record and reporting systems used in twenty elementary schools of Hill County. The purposes of this study were: 1. To establish criteria for evaluating the pupil record and reporting systems of these elementary schools. 2. To determine the adequacy of the pupil record and reporting systems of these elementary schools in terms of the criteria set up. 3. To offer recommendations for changes that could be made for the improvement of the twenty elementary schools of Hill County.
Date: 1950
Creator: King, Etha Gilmore
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the Relationships among Sociometric Status, Teacher Ratings, and Selected Variables (open access)

An Analysis of the Relationships among Sociometric Status, Teacher Ratings, and Selected Variables

The focus of the present study was an attempt to provide data which would serve as a basis for improving teachers' judgments of sociometric status. In order to accomplish this, the interrelationships between sociometric choice status, teachers' judgments, and selected variables were investigated.
Date: August 1965
Creator: Elsom, Jackie Marvin, 1933-
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conducting Floristic Studies of Local Plant Populations: The Potential of Two-Year College Students and Faculty (open access)

Conducting Floristic Studies of Local Plant Populations: The Potential of Two-Year College Students and Faculty

The purpose of this research was to evaluate the ability of two-year college students and faculty in one area of activity and to gain a more adequate understanding of them. A dearth of taxonomic literature on plant populations at the local level prompted this study. It has been observed that amateur botanists have accomplished satisfactory and commendable work in plant taxonomy. Also, it has been observed that a high percentage of students in two year colleges commute considerable distances. These disparate observations led to a potential solution to the botanical dilemma.
Date: December 1993
Creator: Prather, Stanley A. (Stanley Albert)
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hillsboro Reflector. (Hillsboro, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 26, 1887 (open access)

Hillsboro Reflector. (Hillsboro, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 26, 1887

Weekly newspaper from Hillsboro, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 26, 1887
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Hill County Record. (Hillsboro, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, November 8, 1907 (open access)

The Hill County Record. (Hillsboro, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, November 8, 1907

Weekly newspaper from Hillsboro, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 8, 1907
Creator: Mayes, W. S.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hillsboro Mirror (Hillsboro, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 3, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 31, 1889 (open access)

Hillsboro Mirror (Hillsboro, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 3, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 31, 1889

Weekly newspaper from Hillsboro, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 31, 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Hillsboro Mirror. (Hillsboro, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 28, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 8, 1890 (open access)

The Hillsboro Mirror. (Hillsboro, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 28, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 8, 1890

Weekly newspaper from Hillsboro, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 8, 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Hill County Record. (Hillsboro, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, June 14, 1907 (open access)

The Hill County Record. (Hillsboro, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, June 14, 1907

Weekly newspaper from Hillsboro, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 14, 1907
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Hill County Record. (Hillsboro, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, May 1, 1908 (open access)

The Hill County Record. (Hillsboro, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, May 1, 1908

Weekly newspaper from Hillsboro, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 1, 1908
Creator: Mayes, W. S.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Hillsboro Mirror. (Hillsboro, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 29, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 15, 1890 (open access)

The Hillsboro Mirror. (Hillsboro, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 29, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 15, 1890

Weekly newspaper from Hillsboro, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 15, 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hillsboro Reflector. (Hillsboro, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 22, 1890 (open access)

Hillsboro Reflector. (Hillsboro, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 22, 1890

Weekly newspaper from Hillsboro, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 22, 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Hillsboro Mirror. (Hillsboro, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 30, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 22, 1890 (open access)

The Hillsboro Mirror. (Hillsboro, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 30, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 22, 1890

Weekly newspaper from Hillsboro, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 22, 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hillsboro Mirror (Hillsboro, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 17, 1889 (open access)

Hillsboro Mirror (Hillsboro, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 17, 1889

Weekly newspaper from Hillsboro, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 17, 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History