Federal Disaster Assistance after Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Wilma, Gustav, and Ike (open access)

Federal Disaster Assistance after Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Wilma, Gustav, and Ike

Report that provides information on federal financial assistance provided to the Gulf States after major disasters were declared in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas in response to the widespread destruction that resulted from Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma in 2005 and Hurricanes Gustav and Ike in 2008. This includes a brief summary of each hurricane and a discussion concerning federal to state cost-shares.
Date: July 5, 2013
Creator: Lindsay, Bruce R. & Nagel, Jared Conrad
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Memorandum of Meeting: Defense Information Systems Agency, Louisiana, July 6, 2005] (open access)

[Memorandum of Meeting: Defense Information Systems Agency, Louisiana, July 6, 2005]

Memorandum of Meeting with community leaders from Slidell, Louisiana regarding the proposed realignment of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA).
Date: July 6, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 06/29/05 to Chairman Principi from State of LA House of Representatives Clerk Alfred Speer (open access)

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 06/29/05 to Chairman Principi from State of LA House of Representatives Clerk Alfred Speer

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 06/29/05 to Chairman Principi from State of LA House of Representatives Clerk Alfred Speer enclosing Resolution No. 136 calling on the BRAC Commission to favorably consider the “Federal City Concept” for New Orleans.
Date: July 7, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Community Input from New Orleans, LA for Naval Support Activity New Orleans dtd 17 June 2005 (open access)

Community Input from New Orleans, LA for Naval Support Activity New Orleans dtd 17 June 2005

Community Input from New Orleans, LA for Area Bases dtd 17 June 2005. Document includes a BRAC Commission Power Point briefing and copies of official correspondence.
Date: July 8, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Memorandum of Meeting: Naval Support Activity New Orleans, Louisiana, July 7, 2005] (open access)

[Memorandum of Meeting: Naval Support Activity New Orleans, Louisiana, July 7, 2005]

Memorandum of meeting with Naval Support Activity New Orleans, LA representatives.
Date: July 7, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Base Visit Book - Naval Support Activity New Orleans (open access)

Base Visit Book - Naval Support Activity New Orleans

Commissioner's Base Visit Book for Naval Support Activity New Orleans, LA Closure Recommendations
Date: July 25, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Book
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
Thinking critically about models used to predict emergency evacuation in Gulf Coast states (open access)

Thinking critically about models used to predict emergency evacuation in Gulf Coast states

Report examining evacuation procedures using existing forecasting models in the gulf coast states and discusses ways to improve the use of forecasting models by government officials.
Date: July 2010
Creator: Moseley, Brandon; Wynn, Garlin & Lewis, Carol Abel
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
History of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry in Southern Louisiana, Interim Report: Volume 1. Papers on the Evolving Offshore Industry (open access)

History of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry in Southern Louisiana, Interim Report: Volume 1. Papers on the Evolving Offshore Industry

An historical evaluation and documentation of the offshore oil and gas industry and its impact on the economy of Southern Louisiana from its inception in the early decades of the twentieth century.
Date: July 2004
Creator: Austin, Diane; Carriker, Bob; McGuire, Tom; Pratt, Joseph; Priest, Tyler & Pulsipher, Allan G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Subsurface, High-Speed Current Jets in the Deepwater Region of the Gulf of Mexico: Final Report (open access)

Subsurface, High-Speed Current Jets in the Deepwater Region of the Gulf of Mexico: Final Report

This report is about the study of subsurface high-speed current jets in the deep water of the Gulf of Mexico.
Date: July 2004
Creator: Dimarco, Steven F.; Howard, Matthew K.; Nowlin, Worth D., Jr. & Reid, Robert O.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
History of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry in Southern Louisiana, Volume 3: Samples of interviews and Ethnographic Prefaces (open access)

History of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry in Southern Louisiana, Volume 3: Samples of interviews and Ethnographic Prefaces

This study is about the history and evolution of the offshore oil and gas industry in southern Louisiana in an objective and comprehensive way.
Date: July 2004
Creator: Austin, Diane & McGuire, Tom
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Importance of Zooplankton in the Diets of Blue Runner (Caranx crysos) Near Offshore Petroleum Platforms in the Northern Gulf of Mexico (open access)

Importance of Zooplankton in the Diets of Blue Runner (Caranx crysos) Near Offshore Petroleum Platforms in the Northern Gulf of Mexico

This report is about the importance of Zooplankton in the diet of the blue runner.
Date: July 2003
Creator: Keenan, Sean F. & Benfield, Mark C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Labor Migration and the Deepwater Oil Industry (open access)

Labor Migration and the Deepwater Oil Industry

This report is about how local residents respond to the presence of immigrants, in the ways in which migrants supply their labor and employers demand it, and in how migrants socially and economically incorporate into their receiving communities.
Date: July 2004
Creator: Donato, Katherine M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Chenier Plain Ecosystem: An Ecological Characterization (open access)

The Chenier Plain Ecosystem: An Ecological Characterization

Foldout poster detailing the physical setting and socioeconomics of the Chenier Plain ecosystem. Discussion of habitats including ridge, upland forest, wetlands, aquatic, agricultural, and urban.
Date: July 1979
Creator: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geology of the Mississippi River Deltaic Plain, Southeastern Louisiana: Volume 1 (open access)

Geology of the Mississippi River Deltaic Plain, Southeastern Louisiana: Volume 1

"The purpose of this report is to consolidate data gathered by the Corps of Engineers in various geologic investigations, and to augment this material with pertinent information garnered from the extensive investigations and studies [of the Mississippi River deltaic plain and its associated offshore area]" (p. 1). The report focuses primarily on those materials that are most important from an engineering standpoint.
Date: July 1958
Creator: Waterways Experiment Station (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Carbureter. (open access)

Carbureter.

Patent for a new and improved carburetor. This design calls for "the apparatus [to be] submerged in water for the purpose of equalizing the temperature of the carbureting-liquid, and thereby imparting a more uniform illuminating quality to the gas; also obviating the danger of explosion from access of flame to the exterior of the apparatus" (para. 2).
Date: July 18, 1876
Creator: Pollard, James M. & Barton, Wallace R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 1985 (open access)

Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 1985

Report of the Red River Compact Commission describing the approved budgets, audits, and rules and regulations during fiscal year 1985.
Date: July 1986
Creator: Red River Compact Commission (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 1987 (open access)

Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 1987

Report of the Red River Compact Commission describing the approved budgets, audits, and rules and regulations during fiscal year 1987.
Date: July 1988
Creator: Red River Compact Commission (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 1984 (open access)

Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 1984

Report of the Red River Compact Commission describing the approved budgets, audits, and rules and regulations during the fiscal year 1984.
Date: July 1985
Creator: Red River Compact Commission (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 1986 (open access)

Report of the Red River Compact Commission: 1986

Report of the Red River Compact Commission describing the approved budgets, audits, and rules and regulations during fiscal year 1986.
Date: July 1987
Creator: Red River Compact Commission (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Quaternary Geology of Vacherie Salt Dome, North Louisiana Salt Dome Basin: Volume 2 (open access)

The Quaternary Geology of Vacherie Salt Dome, North Louisiana Salt Dome Basin: Volume 2

The following report provides a compilation of appendices focused on the geological investigations of Vacherie salt dome in the north Louisiana Salt Dome Basin.
Date: July 1983
Creator: Kolb, Charles R.; Holmes, Joseph C. & Alford, John J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Quaternary Geology of Vacherie Salt Dome, North Louisiana Salt Dome Basin: Volume 1 (open access)

The Quaternary Geology of Vacherie Salt Dome, North Louisiana Salt Dome Basin: Volume 1

The following report summarizes the conclusions and what's been done on the work on the Quaternary geological studies on the Vacherie Salt Dome, North Louisiana Salt Dome Basin.
Date: July 1983
Creator: Kolb, Charles R.; Holmes, Joseph C. & Alford, John J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Survey, Final Report: Shreveport Quadrangle, Louisiana (open access)

Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Survey, Final Report: Shreveport Quadrangle, Louisiana

This report provides radiometric and magnetic data for the Shreveport quadrangle in Louisiana that was acquired and processed in May and June of 1980. Appendix A provides a detailed summary of data acquisition, processing, interpretation, and presentation methods; Appendix B contains a flight summary report for the quadrangle.
Date: July 1980
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Survey, Final Report: Alexandria Quadrangle, Louisiana and Texas (open access)

Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Survey, Final Report: Alexandria Quadrangle, Louisiana and Texas

This report provides radiometric and magnetic data for the Alexandria quadrangle between Louisiana and Texas that was acquired and processed in May and June of 1980. Appendix A provides a detailed summary of data acquisition, processing, interpretation, and presentation methods; Appendix B contains a flight summary report for the quadrangle.
Date: July 1980
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library