Revision of the Pocket Gophers of the Genus Thomomys (open access)

Revision of the Pocket Gophers of the Genus Thomomys

Describes habits, predators, morphology, sexual variation, pelages, and distribution of pocket gophers. Describes genera and group relations. Describes, lists locations and distribution, and provides a key for species and subspecies.
Date: November 15, 1915
Creator: Bailey, Vernon
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Steering Attachment for Automobiles (open access)

Steering Attachment for Automobiles

Patent for a steering attachment for automobiles, more specifically automobiles of Ford. This invention helps to provide stiffer friction for the steering wheel which provides stability when the driver no longer has a grip on the steering wheel. This helps keep the steering wheel from veering off and stays on track.
Date: November 15, 1921
Creator: Balmos, Edward J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hays County, Texas: Records of wells and springs, drillers' logs, water analyses and map showing location of wells (open access)

Hays County, Texas: Records of wells and springs, drillers' logs, water analyses and map showing location of wells

Data complied regarding wells and other water resources, including water quality analysis, measurements, and other relevant information.
Date: November 15, 1938
Creator: Barnes, B. A.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Axle Lubricator. (open access)

Axle Lubricator.

Patent for axle lubricator. This invention makes it so that manual lubrication of spindles is eliminated.
Date: November 15, 1921
Creator: Bass, Thomas G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Federal Emergency Management Policy Changes After Hurricane Katrina: A Summary of Statutory Provisions (open access)

Federal Emergency Management Policy Changes After Hurricane Katrina: A Summary of Statutory Provisions

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Date: November 15, 2006
Creator: Bea, Keith; Halchin, L. Elaine; Hogue, Henry B.; Kaiser, Frederick M.; Love, Natalie; McCarthy, Francis X. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Military Base Closures: Role and Costs of Environmental Cleanup (open access)

Military Base Closures: Role and Costs of Environmental Cleanup

This report provides an overview of cleanup requirements for the transfer and reuse of base closure properties, discusses the status of property transfer on bases closed under prior rounds, examines costs to clean up bases closed under these prior rounds, and discusses cleanup costs and issues for the 2005 round.
Date: November 15, 2005
Creator: Bearden, David M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Self-Adjusting Umbrella-Holder. (open access)

Self-Adjusting Umbrella-Holder.

Patent for a self-adjusting umbrella holder that is worn on the body to allow the users hands to be free.
Date: November 15, 1910
Creator: Bell, Joseph E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
American Jihadist Terrorism: Combating a Complex Threat (open access)

American Jihadist Terrorism: Combating a Complex Threat

This report describes homegrown violent jihadists and the plots and attacks that have occurred since 9/11. For this report, "homegrown" and "domestic" are terms that describe terrorist activity or plots perpetrated within the United States or abroad by American citizens, legal permanent residents, or visitors radicalized largely within the United States. The report also discusses the radicalization process and the forces driving violent extremist activity. It analyzes post-9/11 domestic jihadist terrorism and describes law enforcement and intelligence efforts to combat terrorism and the challenges associated with those efforts. It also outlines actions underway to build trust and partnership between community groups and government agencies and the tensions that may occur between law enforcement and engagement activities.
Date: November 15, 2011
Creator: Bjelopera, Jerome P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Washing Machine. (open access)

Washing Machine.

Patent for a new and improved washing machine. This design has a reversible trough, "having bearings for the detachable rollers and provided with a pair of flat springs affixed rigidly to opposite sides and at opposite ends of the trough, hooked screw-bolts having thumb-screws, and shaft of the main roller" (lines 1-6).
Date: November 15, 1881
Creator: Blake, Llewellyn A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The United Nations Human Rights Council: Issues for Congress (open access)

The United Nations Human Rights Council: Issues for Congress

This report provides historical background of the Council, including the role of the previous Commission. It discusses the Council's current mandate and structures, as well as U.S. policy and congressional actions. Finally, it highlights possible policy issues for the 112th Congress, including the overall effectiveness of the Council in addressing human rights, implications for U.S. membership, and U.S. financial contributions to the Council.
Date: November 15, 2011
Creator: Blanchfield, Luisa
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Self Centering Axle Lathe (open access)

Self Centering Axle Lathe

Patent for a self centering axle lathe. Illustrations included.
Date: November 15, 1904
Creator: Boeckmann, Kurt Von
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Arts, Humanities, and Museum Services: Background, Funding, and Issues (open access)

Arts, Humanities, and Museum Services: Background, Funding, and Issues

This report discusses the trends in funding, Issues in the arts, humanities and museum services and Recent developments.
Date: November 15, 2006
Creator: Boren, Susan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Who Can Serve as Acting Attorney General (open access)

Who Can Serve as Acting Attorney General

This report discusses the two primary arguments raised to challenge the President's decision to name Matthew Whitaker as Acting Attorney General: first, that the Vacancies Act does not apply because another statute, 28 U.S.C. § 508, provides that the Deputy Attorney General (DAG) serves as Acting AG in the event of a vacancy; and second, that the Appointments Clause prohibits Whitaker, a non-Senate-confirmed official, from serving as the head of the Department of Justice (DOJ).
Date: November 15, 2018
Creator: Brannon, Valerie C. & Cole, Jared P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hopple. (open access)

Hopple.

Patent for a new and improved hopple. This design consists in the combination of the surcingle, the bands connected to the bottom thereof, the supporting straps secured to one of said bands, and the knee-bands constructed of stiff leather in semi-cylindrical form, attached to said straps and having the securing-straps" (lines 37-42).
Date: November 15, 1887
Creator: Burris, John Albert Wilson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Scraper and Fender. (open access)

Combined Scraper and Fender.

Patent for a combined scraper and fender for plows.
Date: November 15, 1910
Creator: Buttrill, David B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrogeochemical and Stream Sediment Detailed Reconnaissance Survey for Trans-Pecos, Texas: Part 3. Sierra Vieja Survey Area (open access)

Hydrogeochemical and Stream Sediment Detailed Reconnaissance Survey for Trans-Pecos, Texas: Part 3. Sierra Vieja Survey Area

The following report provides results from a geochemical survey for Trans-Pecos, Texas. Field and laboratory data are presented for 29 groundwater and 240 stream sediment samples.
Date: November 15, 1979
Creator: Butz, T. R.; Payne, A. G.; Grimes, J. G.; Helgerson, R. N. & Bard, C. S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hydrogeochemical and Stream Sediment Detailed Reconnaissance Survey for Trans-Pecos, Texas: Part 4. Tascotal Survey Area (open access)

Hydrogeochemical and Stream Sediment Detailed Reconnaissance Survey for Trans-Pecos, Texas: Part 4. Tascotal Survey Area

The following report presents results of the Tascotal detailed geochemical survey for Trans-Pecos, Texas. Field and laboratory data are presented for 337 groundwater and 611 stream sediment samples.
Date: November 15, 1979
Creator: Butz, T. R.; Payne, A. G.; Grimes, J. G.; Helgerson, R. N. & Bard, C. S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Sierra Vieja Detail Area: Field Data

Documentation outlining characteristics of field data samples taken in the Sierra Vieja detail area.
Date: November 15, 1979
Creator: Butz, T. R.; Payne, A. G.; Grimes, J. G.; Helgerson, R. N. & Bard, C. S.
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library

Sierra Vieja Detail Area: Sediment Site Data

Data gathered at stream sediment sites in the Sierra Vieja detail area, including applicable water chemistry measurements (e.g., pH, conductivity, alkalinity) and elemental analyses.
Date: November 15, 1979
Creator: Butz, T. R.; Payne, A. G.; Grimes, J. G.; Helgerson, R. N. & Bard, C. S.
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Sierra Vieja Detail Area: Well Water Data]

Data gathered at well water sites in the Sierra Vieja detail area, including applicable water chemistry measurements (e.g., pH, conductivity, alkalinity), physical measurements (e.g., temperature, well description, scintillometer readings), and elemental analyses.
Date: November 15, 1979
Creator: Butz, T. R.; Payne, A. G.; Grimes, J. G.; Helgerson, R. N. & Bard, C. S.
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library
"Robo-Signing" and Other Alleged Documentation Problems in Judicial and Nonjudicial Foreclosure Processes (open access)

"Robo-Signing" and Other Alleged Documentation Problems in Judicial and Nonjudicial Foreclosure Processes

Recent depositions involving major servicers, including GMAC Mortgage, J.P. Morgan Chase, and Wells Fargo, have raised concerns about "robo-signing" -- the practice of having a small number of individuals sign a large number of affidavits and other legal documents submitted to courts and other public authorities by mortgage companies to execute foreclosure. This report explores concerns related to these issues by explaining the mortgage market process, procedural problems that have surfaced during foreclosure proceedings, and other relevant information.
Date: November 15, 2010
Creator: Carpenter, David H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gate Latch. (open access)

Gate Latch.

Patent for a new and improved gate-latch. This design consists in "the rings loosely suspended on opposite sides of a central line, levers extended past such central line, and having their inner ends engaged with the rings on the opposite sides of the center from the handle ends, and partition-plates interposed between such levers and the rings past which they are extended" (lines 79-86).
Date: November 15, 1887
Creator: Charleville, George William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lumber-Carrier (open access)

Lumber-Carrier

Patent for an improved lumber carrier which, as the cart travels down hill with the weight of the lumber it is prevented from rolling backwards if it were to lose speed by engaging of pawls with notches to hold it in place. It can then be manually pushed to get it started again.
Date: November 15, 1892
Creator: Chauvin, Phillip A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Plow (open access)

Rotary Plow

Patent for a gang-plow to be used when gangs of disks are used to turn over the soil so that it generates minimal friction and thus increasing efficiency.
Date: November 15, 1892
Creator: Cleveland, George P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History