The Leadership of Speaker Sam Rayburn (open access)

The Leadership of Speaker Sam Rayburn

Compilation of tributes about Sam Rayburn written by his colleagues in the U.S. Congress to commemorate his tenure as the longest-serving Speaker of the House of Representatives. It includes some brief biographical information and explanation about the importance of the post.
Date: 1961
Creator: United States. Congress. (87th, 1st session : 1961). House.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
State and Local Finances, Significant Features, 1966 to 1969 (open access)

State and Local Finances, Significant Features, 1966 to 1969

Information report providing updated data related to state and local finances, reflecting tax legislation enacted through mid-November 1968. It outlines significant features and provides characteristics of a "high-quality" system for comparison.
Date: November 1968
Creator: United States. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Depository libraries: hearings before the Subcommittee on the Library of the Committee on Rules and Administration, United States Senate, Eighty-seventh Congress, second session, on S. 2029 and H. R. 8141, to revise the laws relating to depository libraries. March 15 and 16, 1962. (open access)

Depository libraries: hearings before the Subcommittee on the Library of the Committee on Rules and Administration, United States Senate, Eighty-seventh Congress, second session, on S. 2029 and H. R. 8141, to revise the laws relating to depository libraries. March 15 and 16, 1962.

Written and transcribed statements from the 1962 hearings to revise the laws relating to depository libraries. Includes statistics, estimated costs, proposals, and legislation related to the topic.
Date: 1962
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Rules and Administration. Subcommittee on the Library.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Experimental Study of Phase Variations in Line-of-Sight Microwave Transmissions (open access)

An Experimental Study of Phase Variations in Line-of-Sight Microwave Transmissions

From Introduction: "The purpose of this report is to present an analysis of time variations in: (1) the phase (relative to a stable phase reference) if a 9414 Mc/s signal transmitted over this path, referred to hereafter as single-path phase data; (2) the phase observed at one receiving antenna relative to that observed at an adjacent antenna, referred to as phase difference data; (3) atmospheric refractivity as recorded by a microwave refractometer located at the Haleakala terminal; (4) the wind velocity at both ends of the path, and (5) surface atmospheric refractivity measured at 5 stations located on or near the path."
Date: November 1, 1961
Creator: Norton, K. A.; Herbstreit, J. W.; Janes, H. B.; Hornberg, K. O.; Peterson, C. F.; Barghausen, A. F. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Corrosion of Steel Pilings in Soils (open access)

Corrosion of Steel Pilings in Soils

From Introduction: "In this paper are presented the results obtained to date from the inspections of steel pilings. The investigation will be continued by additional inspections of pilings in other parts if the country in order to cover a wider range of soil environments."
Date: October 24, 1962
Creator: Romanoff, Melvin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Microwave Spectral Tables: [Volume 1.] Diatomic Molecules (open access)

Microwave Spectral Tables: [Volume 1.] Diatomic Molecules

From Abstract: "For about 1500 spectral lines of diatomic molecules observed by coherent radiation techniques, measured frequencies, assigned quantum numbers, and newly computed intensities are given."
Date: December 1, 1964
Creator: Wacker, Paul F.; Mizushima, Masataka; Peterson, Jean D. & Ballard, Joe R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effect of Exposure Site on Weather Resistance of Porcelain Enamels Exposed for Three Years (open access)

Effect of Exposure Site on Weather Resistance of Porcelain Enamels Exposed for Three Years

From Introduction: "The present report describes the condition of all of the porcelain enamels after exposure for 3 yr."
Date: April 10, 1962
Creator: Moore, Dwight G. & Potter, Alan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Environmental Radiation Measurements in the Southeastern, Central and Western United States, 1962-1963 (open access)

Environmental Radiation Measurements in the Southeastern, Central and Western United States, 1962-1963

Report describing the use of a 5" x 3" NaI(Tl) detector and a high pressure ionization chamber to obtain gamma ray spectra and total gamma dose rates at approximately 100 locations during the course of several survey trips in the southeastern, central, and western United States. Reasonably precise elements of the dose rates are made using the pulse height spectra and relatively simple methods of analysis. Total terrestrial dose rates as well as the partial dose rates from the uranium-238 series, thorium-232 series, potassium-40, zirconium-niobium-95, and rhodium-106 are tabulated for each location.
Date: April 1964
Creator: Beck, Harold L.; Condon, William J. & Lowder, Wayne M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The HASL Bone Program 1961-1964 (open access)

The HASL Bone Program 1961-1964

Report documenting the measuring of strontium-90 levels contained in the bones of children and adults of various age brackets across the United States.
Date: August 16, 1965
Creator: Rivera, Joseph & Harley, John H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climatic Charts and Data of the Radio Refractive Index for the United States and the World (open access)

Climatic Charts and Data of the Radio Refractive Index for the United States and the World

From Introduction: "This Monograph has as its purpose the compilation and analysis of the extensive radio refractive index data available within the Central Radio Propagation Laboratory of the National Bureau of Standards. This will be accomplished by presenting both tabulations of basic data for specific locations and charts for interpolation to any location."
Date: November 25, 1960
Creator: Bean, B. R.; Horn, J. D. & Ozanich, A. M., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Summary of Available Data on the Strontium 90 Content of Foods and of Total Diets in the United States (open access)

Summary of Available Data on the Strontium 90 Content of Foods and of Total Diets in the United States

From Present Programs: "There has been a gradual expansion of the Sr^90 food analysis program to include vegetable foods and finally entire diets. In some cases the analyses have also been extended to other nuclides but these data are so limited that they will not be emphasized in this report. It is expected that considerable data on Ra^226 and other naturally occurring radionuclides will be generated in coming year."
Date: August 18, 1960
Creator: Harley, John H. & Rivera, Joseph
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experimental Radiation Measurements in Conventional Structures: Part 2. Comparison of Measurements in Above-Ground and Below-Ground Structures From Simulated and Actual Fallout Radiation (open access)

Experimental Radiation Measurements in Conventional Structures: Part 2. Comparison of Measurements in Above-Ground and Below-Ground Structures From Simulated and Actual Fallout Radiation

Report concerning the protection offered against radioactive fallout offered by two types of structures at the Nevada Test Site. Differences between above ground and underground structures are measured and compared to data taken from actual fallout conditions.
Date: February 1963
Creator: Burson, Z. G. (Zolin G.)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluation of the Fallout Protection Afforded by Brookhaven National Laboratory Medical Research Center (open access)

Evaluation of the Fallout Protection Afforded by Brookhaven National Laboratory Medical Research Center

Report regarding an experimental study to determine how much protection the Medical Research Center at Brookhaven National Laboratory provided against nuclear fallout. Fallout was simulated by pumping a sealed source of Co60 through tubing.
Date: February 1961
Creator: Borella, H.; Burson, Z. & Jacovitch, J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Camden-Delaware Valley Area (ARMS-II) (open access)

Camden-Delaware Valley Area (ARMS-II)

Report regarding an Aerial Radiological Measuring Survey (ARMS) of the Camden-Delaware Valley area that was part of a national program to measure environmental levels of gamma radiation. 6,000 traverse miles were examined around Camden, New Jersey.
Date: November 10, 1961
Creator: Guillou, R. B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Technical Concept-Operation Bren (open access)

Technical Concept-Operation Bren

From Abstract: "The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Health Physics Research Reactor is to be attached to a hoist platform on a 1500-ft tower at the Nevada Test Site (NTS). The project is a continuation of the studies commenced in 1956 for evaluating the radiation doses of persons exposed to nuclear weapons, especially the residents of Hiroshima and Nagaski, Japan. Measurements will be made of the energy, angular, and spatial distributions of the radiation from the reactor."
Date: December 1961
Creator: Auxier, J. A.; Sanders, F. W.; Haywood, F. F.; Thorngate, J. H. & Cheka, J. S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
General Correlative Studies - Operation Bren (open access)

General Correlative Studies - Operation Bren

Report summarizing "the utilization of the Health Physics Research reactor and a Co60 source during Operation BREN" and offers related meteorological data relating radiation emissions.
Date: May 1963
Creator: Auxier, J. A.; Haywood, F. F. & Gilley, L. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Operation Plan and Hazards Report - Operation BREN (open access)

Operation Plan and Hazards Report - Operation BREN

Report discussing "descriptions of the HPRR and the Co^60 source, their operating procedures, the manner in which they will be used, and possible hazards are included."
Date: January 1962
Creator: Sanders, F. W.; Haywood, F. F.; Lunin, M. I.; Gilley, L. W.; Cheka, J. S. & Ward, D. R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Technical Concept-Operation Henre (open access)

Technical Concept-Operation Henre

From Introduction: "As a result of research accomplished during Operation BREN in 1962, it has been proposed that a monoenergetic point neutron source be constructed and operated on the same tower. The field experiment which would be conducted at this time has been designated as Operation HENRE (High Energy Neutron Reactions Experiment)."
Date: February 1965
Creator: Haywood, F. F. & Auxier, J. A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Analysis of Some of the Immediate Environmental Effects at Hiroshima and Nagasaki (open access)

A Comparative Analysis of Some of the Immediate Environmental Effects at Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Report regarding the medical and environmental effects caused by the nuclear weapons that were detonated in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945. Includes studies of wave overpressure and three tiers of blast lethality.
Date: August 1964
Creator: White, Clayton S.; Bowen, I. Gerald & Richmond, Donald R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Data on Fallout From the Fall 1961 USSR Test Series: Staff Report (open access)

Preliminary Data on Fallout From the Fall 1961 USSR Test Series: Staff Report

From introduction: "Following the USSR announcement of its intention to resume testing, arrangements were made for the three stations collecting individual rainfall samples to begin analyses for short-lived nuclides. Some of the data are now available and are reported here." From Data: "The available data, including samples for Houston, Texas and Louisville, Kentucky are given in the tables at the end of this report."
Date: February 27, 1962
Creator: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Health and Safety Laboratory.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aeroradioactivity Survey and Areal Geology of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Area, Tennessee and Kentucky (ARMS-I) (open access)

Aeroradioactivity Survey and Areal Geology of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Area, Tennessee and Kentucky (ARMS-I)

Report regarding an airborne radioactivity survey that took place over a 10,000 square mile area around the Oak Ridge National Laboratory near Knoxville, Tennesse. Topics include the types of bedrock noted in the area as well as their levels of radioactivity.
Date: March 1961
Creator: Bates, Robert G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aeroradioactivity Survey and Related Surface Geology of Parts of the Los Angeles Region, California (ARMS-I) (open access)

Aeroradioactivity Survey and Related Surface Geology of Parts of the Los Angeles Region, California (ARMS-I)

Report regarding an airborne gamma-radioactivity survey that took place in the 2,800 square mile area around the Los Angeles region in California. Topics include the types of bedrock noted in the area as well as their levels of radioactivity.
Date: May 1961
Creator: Books, Kenneth G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparative Nuclear Effects of Biomedical Interest (open access)

Comparative Nuclear Effects of Biomedical Interest

Report containing environmental consequences of nuclear explosions with a primary focus on early effects such as exposure to blasts and radiation. Includes definitions of terms, the progression of an explosion, and graphs depicting the relationship between the effects of blasts and the distance of material from Ground Zero.
Date: September 1960
Creator: White, Clayton S.; Bowen, I. Gerald; Richmond, Donald R. & Corsbie, Robert L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Las Vegas Area (ARMS-II) (open access)

Las Vegas Area (ARMS-II)

From Abstract: "An Aerial Radiological Measuring Survey (ARMS) of the Las Vegas area was made for the Civil Effects Test Operations, Division of Biology and Medicine, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, by Edgerton, Germeshausen & Grier, Inc., between May 21 and June 23, 1961. The survey was part of a nationwide program to measure present environmental levels of gamma radiation. Approximately 6000 traverse miles were flown, at an attitude of 500 ft above the ground, in a 100-mile square centered near Las Vegas. The EG&G ARMS-II instrumentation was used in the survey."
Date: October 1961
Creator: Guillou, R. B.; Hand, J. E. & Borella, H. M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library