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Texas Conserve Home Energy Payback Analysis (open access)

Texas Conserve Home Energy Payback Analysis

Pamphlet discussing ways to lower energy usage in the home.
Date: [1979..1991]
Creator: Texas Conserve
System: The Portal to Texas History
Muscadine Grapes: A Fruit for the South (open access)

Muscadine Grapes: A Fruit for the South

Revised edition. This bulletin discusses the cultivation of muscadine grapes in the southern United States. Topics discussed include propagation, pruning and training, soil management, fertilizers, harvesting, common diseases, and varieties.
Date: 1973
Creator: United States. Agricultural Research Service. Northeastern Region.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Warm-Water Fishponds (open access)

Warm-Water Fishponds

"Fishponds are successful if they are managed well. To provide recreation and supplement income, they must afford good fishing. Mistakes in construction, stocking, and management can lead to disappointments. This bulletin is concerned only with warm-water ponds -- not with cool-water or cold-water ponds. It points out the importance of a favorable site, proper pond construction, erosion control, correct stocking, fertilizing, and weed control. And it tells how to manage a warm-water pond for fishing. By following these guides, you can have a lasting pond that can be fished many times a year." -- p. ii
Date: 1977
Creator: Dillon, Olan W., 1917-; Neely, William W., 1915-; Davison, Verne E. (Verne Elbert), 1904- & Compton, Lawrence V.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas real estate 1985 (open access)

Texas real estate 1985

This report provides predictions for the real estate industry in Texas up to 1985.
Date: September 1976
Creator: Texas A & M University. Texas Real Estate Research Center.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ride the Texas Forts Trail (open access)

Ride the Texas Forts Trail

Fold-out pamphlet containing a map of the scenic travel trail roads in the Forts Trail heritage region with descriptions of the towns, landmarks, and other features on the route.
Date: 1979
Creator: Texas. Travel and Information Division.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ride the Texas Pecos Trail (open access)

Ride the Texas Pecos Trail

Fold-out pamphlet containing a map of the scenic travel trail roads in the Pecos Trail heritage region with descriptions of the towns, landmarks, and other features on the route.
Date: 1979
Creator: Texas. Travel and Information Division.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ride the Texas Lakes Trail (open access)

Ride the Texas Lakes Trail

Fold-out pamphlet containing a map of the scenic travel trail roads in the Lakes Trail heritage region with descriptions of the towns, landmarks, and other features on the route.
Date: 1979
Creator: Texas. Travel and Information Division.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Strawberry Culture: Eastern United States (open access)

Strawberry Culture: Eastern United States

Revised edition. "Strawberries are an important crop in the eastern United States. This bulletin recommends growing methods for that part of the East bounded by the Great Plains on the west and by the Coastal Plain on the south." -- p. 2. Topics discussed include varieties, soil preparation, frost protection, insects and diseases, and weed control.
Date: 1972
Creator: United States. Agricultural Research Service. Northeastern Region
System: The UNT Digital Library
Strawberry Culture: Eastern United States (open access)

Strawberry Culture: Eastern United States

Revised edition. "Strawberries are an important crop in the eastern United States. This bulletin recommends growing methods for that part of the East bounded by the Great Plains on the west and by the Coastal Plain on the south." -- p. 2. Topics discussed include varieties, soil preparation, frost protection, insects and diseases, and weed control.
Date: 1978
Creator: United States. Science and Education Administration.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Strawberry Varieties in the United States (open access)

Strawberry Varieties in the United States

Revised edition. Report discussing the different varieties of strawberries grown for commercial use in the United States with general descriptions of the climates and conditions necessary for each variety to thrive. Includes index of strawberry varieties.
Date: 1979
Creator: Scott, D. H. (Donald Hyde), 1911; Lawrence, F. J. (Francis J.) & Draper, A. D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
America Joins a Metric World (open access)

America Joins a Metric World

Pamphlet issued by the United States National Bureau of Standards discussing the Metric Conversion Act of 1975, the work of the U.S. Metric Board, and how government agencies are facilitating a switch to the metric system.
Date: February 1976
Creator: United States. National Bureau of Standards.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Brief History of Measurement Systems: with a Chart of the Modernized Metric System (open access)

Brief History of Measurement Systems: with a Chart of the Modernized Metric System

Pamphlet issued by the United States National Bureau of Standards providing an overview of the English system of measurement used in the United States and of the metric system. The internal pages of the pamphlet contain a chart labeled "The Modernized Metric System" which includes tables of common conversions and a chart of the seven base units: meter/length, kilogram/mass, second/time, ampere/electric current, kelvin/temperature, mole/amount of substance, and candela/luminous intensity, as well as two supplementary units: radian/plane angle and steradian/solid angle. There is also a graphic representation of yards versus meters in ruler form at the bottom.
Date: August 1976
Creator: United States. National Bureau of Standards.
System: The UNT Digital Library
What About Metric? (open access)

What About Metric?

Pamphlet issued by the United States National Bureau of Standards discussing the reasons that the U.S. decided passed the Metric Conversion Act of 1975 and provides tables, illustrations, and formulas for converting between customary units and metric units of measuring weight, length, volume, and temperature. It also includes a discussion of how one might expect to use metric measurements in the marketplace, in the home, and at work.
Date: October 1976
Creator: Barbrow, Louis E. & Halpin, Suellen
System: The UNT Digital Library
Some References on Metric Information, Including a Chart on All You Need to Know About Metric (open access)

Some References on Metric Information, Including a Chart on All You Need to Know About Metric

Pamphlet issued by the United States National Bureau of Standards containing a list of government pamphlets, reports, and other resources related to the metric system of measurement. It includes a form for ordering materials from the Government Printing Office as well as an illustrated description of everyday conversions for weight, volume, length, and temperature.
Date: January 1977
Creator: United States. National Bureau of Standards.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Personal Affairs: Check Writing and Dishonored Check Lesson Plan (open access)

Personal Affairs: Check Writing and Dishonored Check Lesson Plan

"This pamphlet contains a lesson plan intended to provide a basis for money/checkbook management training required by the AR 608-16 check control program" (p. ii).
Date: June 1977
Creator: United States. Department of the Army. Headquarters.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Proceeding: Conference on Education, November 1971 (open access)

Proceeding: Conference on Education, November 1971

A presentation of the proceedings at the "Conference on Education" held in WOAI-TV studios on November 5, 1971, in San Antonio, Texas, discussing problems, solutions, and additions to the current education system.
Date: November 5, 1971
Creator: WOAI-TV (Television station : San Antonio, Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
The San Antonio, Texas Concentrated Employment Program (open access)

The San Antonio, Texas Concentrated Employment Program

A brochure containing information about the gals, objectives, organizational structure and working relationships of the San Antonio Concentrated Employment Program (SACEP).
Date: 1970
Creator: Rodriguez, Gene
System: The Portal to Texas History
How to Crimeproof Your Home: Take a Bite Out of Crime (open access)

How to Crimeproof Your Home: Take a Bite Out of Crime

Pamphlet discussing methods of reducing your risk of home invasion, explained by McGruff the Crime Dog.
Date: 1979
Creator: United States. Law Enforcement Assistance Administration.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sprocket Man (open access)

Sprocket Man

Graphic pamphlet about bicycles and how to safely use one. Designed to help educate the public as bicycles became a major mode of transportation and injuries began to rise.
Date: 1978
Creator: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
System: The UNT Digital Library
ADMATCH Adventures (open access)

ADMATCH Adventures

"[ADMATCH Adventures] represents the beginning of a series of Census Use publications aimed toward making complex technological advancements meaningful to public administrators" (unnumbered page before 1).
Date: 1974
Creator: Cooke, Donald F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Andy Goes to the Parks (open access)

Andy Goes to the Parks

Graphic pamphlet about safety concerns when visiting national parks, as seen through the misadventures of fictional character Andy Capp.
Date: 1975
Creator: Commercial Comics, Inc.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? (open access)

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?

Graphic pamphlet about food poisoning bacteria, including symptoms of illness, safety tips, legal actions, and more.
Date: 1977?
Creator: National Urban League. Youth Development Division.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Political Cartoons in the 1848 Election Campaign (open access)

Political Cartoons in the 1848 Election Campaign

"The Harry T. Peters 'America On Stone' Lithography Collection in the Smithsonian Institution contains over 150 lithographed election cartoons and caricatures. These cartoons, dating from the mid-nineteenth century before newspapers carried editorial cartoons, are directly tied to the events of the time and reflect the opinions of the general public as well as of those who drew and published them. Nine of these cartoons were issued during the election of 1848. This study discusses these cartoons and their interrelationship with the personalities and issues of the campaign. These cartoons add a further dimension to the history of the election" (p. 1).
Date: 1972
Creator: Serio, Anne Marie
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas (open access)

The Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas

This is a brochure about the new advisory council for "The Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas".By reading this report you can understand about the relation between State government and the council and also the functions of the council.
Date: May 1970
Creator: Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education in Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History