Federal Liability for Hurricane Katrina-Related Flood Damage (open access)

Federal Liability for Hurricane Katrina-Related Flood Damage

This report examines selected issues of the federal government's liability depending on the theory of the levee failures in New Orleans, and analyzes legal defense available to the federal government.
Date: January 14, 2008
Creator: Brougher, Cynthia & Alexander, Kristina
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Combination-Plow. (open access)

Combination-Plow.

Patent for a combination-plow that "may be combined with facility to form a variety of plows designed for work of different kinds, the present invention being an improvement upon that shown and described in Patent No. 492,462, granted to [the inventor] February 28, 1893" (lines 10-15).
Date: July 14, 1896
Creator: Dean, John Rowe
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plaiting-Irons. (open access)

Improvement in Plaiting-Irons.

Patent for an improvement to plaiting-irons: "a plaiting-iron composed of a peculiarly-constructed iron or metal plate used in connection with a correspondingly-constructed board" (lines 23-25), with illustrations.
Date: August 14, 1877
Creator: Gingras, Joseph E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Bond. (open access)

Rail-Bond.

Patent for a rail bond that allows an electric current to travel through the rails.
Date: March 14, 1911
Creator: Humason, Granville A. & Odell, Edward F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Marion County, Block 6

Parent map for Marion County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:17,000.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Marion County, Block 12

Parent map for Marion County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:17,000.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Marion County, Index

Index map for Marion County, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:104,397.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Final Cobra Run - Navy/Marine Corps Reserve Center, Baton Rouge, LA.

Final Cobra Run - Navy/Marine Corps Reserve Center, Baton Rouge, LA.
Date: September 14, 2005
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fort Polk Installation Familiarization Briefing (13 Feb 04) (open access)

Fort Polk Installation Familiarization Briefing (13 Feb 04)

DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - Fort Polk Installation Familiarization Briefing (13 Feb 04)
Date: September 14, 2005
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Letter to Chairman Principi from LA Senator Mary Landrieu (open access)

Letter to Chairman Principi from LA Senator Mary Landrieu

Executive Correspondence – Letter to Chairman Principi from LA Senator Mary Landrieu discussing the potential regional impact of DoD’s recommendations and describing the City of New Orleans and State of Louisiana’s “Federal City” initiative.
Date: June 14, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library