Wheat Scab and Its Control (open access)

Wheat Scab and Its Control

This bulletin discusses wheat scab, a fungal disease of wheat, rye, barley, and oats that is caused by a parasite. It describes the appearance of afflicted crops as well as the parasite's life cycle and proposes a variety of control measures.
Date: 1921
Creator: Johnson, Aaron G. & Dickson, James G. (James Geere), b. 1891
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Hard Red Winter Wheats (open access)

The Hard Red Winter Wheats

This bulletin discusses the classes and varieties of hard red winter wheats and the areas in which they are successfully grown. Among the varieties discussed are Turkey, Kharkof, Kanred, Blackhull, Minturki, and Baeska.
Date: 1922
Creator: Clark, J. Allen (Jacob Allen), b. 1888 & Martin, John H. (John Holmes), 1893-
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gypsum Products: Their Preparation and Uses (open access)

Gypsum Products: Their Preparation and Uses

Technical report issued by the Bureau of Mines over the different uses of gypsum. The sources and uses of gypsum are presented and discussed. This report includes tables, photographs, and illustrations.
Date: July 1917
Creator: Stone, Ralph W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Review of State Mine Inspector's Reports as They Relate to Accidents from Falls of Roof (open access)

Review of State Mine Inspector's Reports as They Relate to Accidents from Falls of Roof

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines over state mine inspection reports from 19 U.S. states. The information in the reports includes details of accidents, locations that specific accidents occurred, and proposed remedies for prevention of future accidents. This report includes tables.
Date: April 1929
Creator: Paul, James Washington
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report of Research and Technologic Work on Coal: Fiscal Year 1941 (open access)

Annual Report of Research and Technologic Work on Coal: Fiscal Year 1941

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing the annual report over the research and technology of coal during 1941. As stated in the foreword, "these investigations increase our fund of exact knowledge on the properties and composition of American coals and lead to better methods in mining, preparing, storing, and utilizing coal" (p. 4). This report includes tables, illustrations, photographs, and a map.
Date: November 1941
Creator: Fieldner, Arno Carl & Schmidt, L. D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Safety Cars of the United States Bureau of Mines (open access)

Safety Cars of the United States Bureau of Mines

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing the mine stations and safety cars used to reach miners in distress. As stated in the report, "the purpose, equipment, personnel, and construction of its safety cars" is presented. This report includes an illustration, and a map.
Date: March 1931
Creator: Forbes, J. J. & Ankeny, M. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coffee Urn (open access)

Coffee Urn

Patent for a coffee urn. Illustration included.
Date: July 18, 1905
Creator: Robertson, Cullen Andrew
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Suspenders. (open access)

Suspenders.

Patent for "improved means for supporting trousers and drawers, or two garments of similar form, simultaneously by the same suspenders" (lines 12-14) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 30, 1911
Creator: Hudson, Edwin P. & Mally, Frederick W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gymnastic Apparatus (open access)

Gymnastic Apparatus

Patent for "improvement in aerial revolving ladders for gymnastic purposes for use in theaters, circus-tents, etc." (lines 13-15) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 22, 1900
Creator: Delmore, George E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
State of Iowa heating oil and propane program, 1997--1998 winter heating season: Final report (open access)

State of Iowa heating oil and propane program, 1997--1998 winter heating season: Final report

This report summarizes the results of the residential No. 2 distillate fuel (home heating oil) and liquefied petroleum gas (propane) price survey over the 1997--1998 winter heating season in Iowa. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (Department) conducted the survey under a cooperative financial assistance grant with the US Department of Energy`s (DOE) Energy Information Administration (EIA).
Date: April 1998
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iowa State Heating Oil and Propane Program: 1996--1997 Winter Heating Season. Final Report (open access)

Iowa State Heating Oil and Propane Program: 1996--1997 Winter Heating Season. Final Report

The objective of the Iowa State Heating Oil and Propane Program is to develop a state-level, company-specific data collection effort so that retail price information on fuel oil and propane is collected by the staff of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources during the winter heating season. The second objective is to provide specific volume and retail price information to the US Department of Energy`s (DOE`s) Energy Information Administration on No. 2 heating oil and propane on a semi-monthly basis. This report summarizes the results of the residential No. 2 distillate fuel (home heating oil) and liquefied petroleum gas (propane) price survey over the 1996--1997 winter heating season in Iowa. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources conducted the survey under a cooperative financial assistance grant with the DOE Energy Information Administration (EIA).
Date: May 1997
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Performance of Relief Wells Along Missouri River Levees: 1951-1952 Floods (open access)

Performance of Relief Wells Along Missouri River Levees: 1951-1952 Floods

"The purpose of this report is to present the results of a study of the performance of the three relief well systems [along the Missouri River] during the July 1951 and April 1952 floods, and to compare their performance with design predictions. [...] The report includes observed uplift and well-flow data, descriptions of relief well operations during the floods, and an analysis of the effectiveness of the well systems together with discussion and comments on several experimental and test wells" (p. 2).
Date: December 1956
Creator: Waterways Experiment Station (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Upper Mississippi River System: Proposals to Restore an Inland Waterway’s Ecosystem (open access)

Upper Mississippi River System: Proposals to Restore an Inland Waterway’s Ecosystem

This report explains what is meant by restoration, the Corps' restoration plan, and some of the issues in the debate over federal investment in this restoration.
Date: May 12, 2005
Creator: Powers, Kyna & Carter, Nicole T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
FEMA DRF Major Disaster Assistance: Iowa (open access)

FEMA DRF Major Disaster Assistance: Iowa

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Date: January 28, 2015
Creator: Richardson, Daniel J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Iowa: Iowa's Clean Energy Resources and Economy (Brochure) (open access)

Iowa: Iowa's Clean Energy Resources and Economy (Brochure)

This document highlights the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's investments and impacts in the state of Iowa.
Date: March 1, 2013
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clean Power Plan, State at a Glance: Iowa (open access)

Clean Power Plan, State at a Glance: Iowa

Document outlining state-specific goals for carbon dioxide emissions and energy efficiency through 2030 for the state of Iowa.
Date: August 3, 2015
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
What Climate Change Means for Iowa (open access)

What Climate Change Means for Iowa

Fact sheet describing state-specific impacts that global warming will have on the people, ecosystems, and wildlife in Iowa.
Date: August 2016
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Zinc-Lead-Copper Resources and General Geology of the Upper Mississippi Valley District (open access)

Zinc-Lead-Copper Resources and General Geology of the Upper Mississippi Valley District

From introduction: This report discusses the general geology of the Upper Mississippi Valley zinc-lead district, the distribution of ore deposits, and some relations of the ore deposits to the major geologic features.
Date: 1955
Creator: Heyl, Allen V.; Lyons, Erwin J.; Agnew, Allen F. & Behre, Charles H., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Plan of Study for the Northern Midwest Regional Aquifer-System Analysis (open access)

Plan of Study for the Northern Midwest Regional Aquifer-System Analysis

From abstract: Sedimentary rocks of Cambrian and Ordovician age form a major aquifer system in most of Wisconsin and Iowa, northern Illinois, northwestern Indiana, southeastern Minnesota, and northern Missouri. Many metropolitan areas depend on the aquifer for all or part of their water supplies. Declines in potentiometric head have been large in the most heavily pumped areas, most notably Chicago, Milwaukee-Waukesha, Minneapolis-St. Paul, and Des Moines.
Date: April 1979
Creator: Steinhilber, W. L. & Young, H. L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Suspenders. (open access)

Suspenders.

Patent for suspenders to be used for supporting trousers and drawers, or similar items. The suspenders also provide an improved means for supporting a "plurality of tabs" simultaneously.
Date: October 21, 1913
Creator: Mally, Frederick W. & Hudson, Edwin P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Suspenders. (open access)

Suspenders.

Patent for suspenders with a construction that allows for there to be an enhanced way of supporting two items of clothing like trousers and drawers, including illustrations.
Date: October 21, 1913
Creator: Mally, Frederick W. & Hudson, Edwin P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Suspenders. (open access)

Suspenders.

Patent for "a new and useful Improvement in Suspenders." This includes improved support at both ends.
Date: January 13, 1914
Creator: Mally, Frederick W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Quaternary Geology of Minnesota and Parts of Adjacent States (open access)

Quaternary Geology of Minnesota and Parts of Adjacent States

Description of geology in Minnesota and explanations of glacial drift within the state an immediate surroundings (Wisconsin, Iowa, North Dakota and South Dakota) with sections detailing the movement of each glacier and relevant geological notes. Index starts on page 147.
Date: 1930
Creator: Leverett, Frank, 1859-1943
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ames Laboratory Quarterly Summary Research Report: July-September 1951 (open access)

Ames Laboratory Quarterly Summary Research Report: July-September 1951

A report about metallurgy, chemistry, and physics of metals and alloys. Particular metals include zirconium, thorium, and vanadium metal as well as other earth metals.
Date: November 15, 1951
Creator: Dreeszen, W. E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library