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A Comparative History of Certain Phases of Early Railway Construction, Financing, and Administration in England, France, Germany, and the United States (open access)

A Comparative History of Certain Phases of Early Railway Construction, Financing, and Administration in England, France, Germany, and the United States

This thesis contrasts railroading history in England, France, Germany, and the United States to highlight the differences and similarities between them.
Date: June 1940
Creator: Fisher, George William
System: The UNT Digital Library
Professional Baseball and the Antitrust Laws (open access)

Professional Baseball and the Antitrust Laws

This study concerns the threatened imposition of the antitrust laws on baseball and the response of the sport, both in court action and in pressures upon Congress.
Date: June 1968
Creator: Strother, Guy Thomas
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Development of Literature as Social History in the South (open access)

The Development of Literature as Social History in the South

Glasgow, Faulkner, Warren and Caldwell, while probing "the human heart in conflict with itself," portrayed the South in transition. Each of them made substantial contribution to a deeper understanding of the region, its people and problems, and their work was only a part of the vast literary heritage established by their generation.
Date: June 1965
Creator: Bartley, Glenda Hebert
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Slave Trade Question in European Diplomacy, 1807-1822 (open access)

The Slave Trade Question in European Diplomacy, 1807-1822

Despite the importance of the Slave Trade Question in European diplomacy from 1807-1822, historians of this period have neglected it in order to concentrate on Napoleon and the reconstruction of Europe. Scholars of Negro history generally have traced the slave trade up to 1807 and then have turned to the emancipation movement. This thesis represents an attempt to satisfy the need for a diplomatic study of this issue.
Date: June 1966
Creator: Hurst, James Willard, 1910-1997
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Role of Beaumarchais in the American Revolution (open access)

The Role of Beaumarchais in the American Revolution

This thesis explores the role of Caron de Beaumarchais in the American Revolution as a controversial topic in history and his shipping arms and ammunition to America during the 1777 campaign.
Date: June 1967
Creator: Shewmake, Antoinette
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Influence of Horace Greeley upon the Nomination, the Election, and the Presidential Policies of Abraham Lincoln (open access)

The Influence of Horace Greeley upon the Nomination, the Election, and the Presidential Policies of Abraham Lincoln

It is the purpose of this thesis to present the problem of Greeley's efforts to influence Abraham Lincoln, with specific emphasis upon the Illinoisian's nomination, his election, his attitude toward secession before his inauguration, and his Presidential policies during the four years that he served as chief executive in the White House.
Date: June 1953
Creator: Trietsch, Jimmie Herbert
System: The UNT Digital Library
Origins of the Southern Conservation Revolt, 1932-1940 (open access)

Origins of the Southern Conservation Revolt, 1932-1940

During the political interlude between Wilson and Roosevelt, the United States was under the leadership of the Republican party which adhered to a conservative philosophy. While this regime continued, conservative southerners were content, but in 1933, Franklin Roosevelt, who had campaigned on the need for a "New Deal" was inaugurated President. Although southerners readily accepted the relief and recovery features of the first phase of the Roosevelt program, they opposed his program of sweeping reform because it constituted an impeding threat to intrenched political and economic interests in the South.
Date: June 1963
Creator: Brophy, William J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Jefferson Davis and the Confederate Governors (open access)

Jefferson Davis and the Confederate Governors

One facet of the problem of state rights within the Confederacy is revealed through a study of the relations between President Davis and the war governors. As a means of investigating those relationships this study considers their attempts to solve several major problems. This work seeks to discover the degree of co-operation which existed between the President and governors and to establish what effect this co-operation or lack of it had on the failure of the states to support many important central government policies. It also seeks to determine what influence those relationships had on the outcome of the war.
Date: June 1959
Creator: Daniel, Arthur Gordon
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Position of Texas in the Relations Between the United States and Mexico from 1876 to 1910 (open access)

The Position of Texas in the Relations Between the United States and Mexico from 1876 to 1910

"The purpose of this study was to show the position of Texas in the relations between the United States and Mexico from 1876 to 1910. With this thought in mind, the general problem has been to link the two countries through Texas. The Texas border relations between the United States and Mexico during this period were interesting because they showed the continued success of the efforts of the past years in building up better principles of settlement. " --leaf 129
Date: June 1942
Creator: Alexander, Gladys M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Social and Economic History of the El Paso Area (open access)

A Social and Economic History of the El Paso Area

This thesis shows the social and economic history of the El Paso area from the time of Spanish settlers through present day.
Date: June 1947
Creator: Box, Dorothy Mae
System: The UNT Digital Library
A History of the Education of Spanish-Speaking People in Texas (open access)

A History of the Education of Spanish-Speaking People in Texas

This thesis is a study of the history of the education of Spanish-speaking people in Texas. The study covers a long period of time, from the middle of the seventeenth century to the present time.
Date: June 1941
Creator: Dorsey, Georgia Lee
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Development of the Textile Industry in Texas (open access)

The Development of the Textile Industry in Texas

"At the present time the textile industry in Texas is seeking to normalize itself after running at a peak production for the last ten years. It is one of the most competitive of our industries. The mills in Texas have always had to compete with the large mills located in the Eastern states, which have many advantages over the Texas mills. ... It has been only recently since the manufacture of synthetic fibers began in Texas, and it has not yet been fully completed. At the present time only the ingredients for synthetic fibers are produced in Texas. ... Cotton and wool manufacturing may develop gradually, but in the field of synthetics appears the greatest opportunity for a future textile industry in Texas."
Date: June 1950
Creator: Droze, Wilmon H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Railroads of the South Before 1860 (open access)

Railroads of the South Before 1860

The purpose of this paper is to give a historical account of the railroad systems in the southern states prior to 1860.
Date: June 1950
Creator: Carter, James D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Texas Revolution as an Internal Conspiracy (open access)

The Texas Revolution as an Internal Conspiracy

The idea of the Texas Revolution as an internal conspiracy cannot be eliminated. This thesis describes the role of a small minority of the wealthier settlers in Texas in precipitating the Texas Revolution for their own economic reasons. This group, made up of many of the leading figures in Texas, were, for the most part, well-to-do farmers, merchants, and professional men.. Most of them were slaveholders, and their prosperity depended upon the continued existence of this institution. In their minds, the entire economic growth and development of Texas rested upon slavery. When the Mexican government began to threaten the economic future of Texas by the passage of prohibitatory laws on slavery and commerce, many of the leaders in Texas began to think of freeing Texas from Mexican control. The threat to their own economic position and prosperity gave birth to the idea of Texas independence.
Date: June 1965
Creator: Waller, Patsy Joyce
System: The UNT Digital Library
A History of the Osage Indians Before Their Allotment in 1907 (open access)

A History of the Osage Indians Before Their Allotment in 1907

The history of the Osages from 1808 to 1839 may be conveniently divided into three major sections, each separated by a cession treaty. The first begins with the cession treaty of 1808 and terminates with the cession of 1818. It covers the Osages' relations with the whites and the eastern tribes during that decade. The second section begins with the 1818 session treaty and ends with the land cession of 1825. It likewise covers the tribe's relations with the eastern tribes and the whites. The concluding division covers the period from the Osages' last major cession treaty to their removal to Kansas in 1839, and includes their relations with the eastern tribes, the western tribes, and the whites. These three sections combined cover the most turbulent period in Osage history, a period in which the United States Government and the powerful eastern tribes took the extensive Osage lands by right of conquest.
Date: June 1961
Creator: Reeves, Carroll Don
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Anglo-French Military and Naval Conversations, 1906-1912: a Study in Pre-War Diplomacy (open access)

The Anglo-French Military and Naval Conversations, 1906-1912: a Study in Pre-War Diplomacy

The French nation has been prolific of consummate diplomatists all through history, but her annals record no more brilliant achievement than that of Theophile Delcassé and Paul Cambon when they brought Great Britain into a French alliance. Even those who disapprove the consequences of their act must admit the skill and the pertinacity with which the two statesmen pursued their purpose. Their difficulties were stupendous; British governments had for years stood aloof from Continental agreements, but precedent was forced to give way before the perspicacity and perseverance of these two French statesmen. Delcassé had contributed the Entente Cordiale to the French cause in 1904. This understanding pledged British diplomatic support to France in her imperialistic venture in Morocco-nothing more; but it also provided a foundation upon which Cambon could exercise his talents in leading Great Britain into a trap. The result of these activities was the equivalent of an Anglo-French alliance. The French, to accomplish their purpose, led the British into a series of military and naval conversations as a means of working out plans of joint operations whereby the latter could assist the former in case of a Franco-German war. The conversations had their official beginning in 1906 and …
Date: June 1952
Creator: Healey, Gordon Daniel, 1909-
System: The UNT Digital Library
A History of Dallas Newspapers (open access)

A History of Dallas Newspapers

"The development of newspapers in Dallas can be classified into certain definite dates: 1849-1865---the founding of the first newspaper to the Reconstruction period following the Civil War; 1865-1885--the postwar period and the expansion of newspapers; 1885-1906--the development of the present newspapers, the Dallas Morning News and the Dallas Times Herald, and others; 1906-1942--the advent of sensational journalism and the emergence of the newspaper as big business; and 1942 to the present--a decade of unprecedented growth and entrenchment."--leaf iv.
Date: June 1952
Creator: Maranto, Samuel Paul
System: The UNT Digital Library
The History of the Republican Party in Texas During the Reconstruction Period (open access)

The History of the Republican Party in Texas During the Reconstruction Period

The purpose of this paper is to give a descriptive history of the Republican party in Texas during the reconstruction period.
Date: June 1955
Creator: Hopper, John M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Diplomacy of an Army: the American Expeditionary Force in France, 1917-1918 (open access)

The Diplomacy of an Army: the American Expeditionary Force in France, 1917-1918

The entry of the United States into the Great War was enthusiastically endorsed by Congress on April 3, 1917. Even after the declaration of war, however, the exact nature of American participation was unclear. This thesis examines the role of American involvement in the war, as it responded to requests for support from Great Britain and France.
Date: June 1970
Creator: Owens, E. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library