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Soil survey of Lubbock County, Texas (open access)

Soil survey of Lubbock County, Texas

Text describes the climate, agriculture, and soils of Lubbock County, Texas.
Date: 1920
Creator: Veatch, J. O. (Jethro Otto) & Lewis, H. G. (Henry Guy)
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas and Southwestern Lore (open access)

Texas and Southwestern Lore

Collection of popular folklore from Texas and the Southwest, including ballads, cowboy songs, Native American myths, superstitions and other miscellaneous folk tales. It also contains the proceedings of the Texas Folklore Society. The index begins on page 243.
Date: 1927
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Lubbock County Water Analysis] (open access)

[Lubbock County Water Analysis]

Water survey report from Lubbock County in 1945 listing records of all "wells and springs, drillers' logs, water analyses, and map showing locations of wells and springs".
Date: April 1945
Creator: Clark, C. S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
A History of Lubbock (open access)

A History of Lubbock

Book discusses the history of Lubbock, Texas including the physical geography of the area and the history of the people living there focusing on economics, government, education, agriculture, and other aspects of daily life. Index starts on page 642.
Date: 1962
Creator: Graves, Lawrence L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 1967 (open access)

Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 1967

Proceedings of the 3rd regional archeological symposium including the text of papers presented during the conference.
Date: 1968
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Lubbock County (open access)

Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Lubbock County

Directory of the men and women from Lubbock County, Texas who served in the United States Armed Forces during World War II. Each person's entry contains their photo, a short biography, and where they served.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Philosophy of Coaching (open access)

Philosophy of Coaching

Joe Loudermilk grew up in Brownwood, Texas, graduating from Brownwood High School in 1959-60, playing football since Junior High School. He got his coaching degree from North Texas State University, where he played football. He played professional football for four years in the Canadian Football League before coaching high school football, mostly in west Texas. He coached the Lubbock High School Westerners for fifteen seasons, retiring in 2003-04, after a total of 48 years of football. Upon retirement, Joe Loudermilk returned to his home town of Brownwood, Texas. In 1970, he wrote this unpublished coaching manual. In a speech given to the Rotary Club of Brownwood, he stated the reason he began writing his coaching manual was in order to instill in his students the values with which he had been raised: “honesty, integrity, and character”. He wanted it to be a working manual that could be used every day, involving the athletes in the process.
Date: 1970
Creator: Loudermilk, Joe
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interviews with Charley L. Pryor, 1972-1973 (open access)

Oral History Interviews with Charley L. Pryor, 1972-1973

Interview with Charley L. Pryor, a Marine WWII veteran and POW from Lubbock, Texas, who survived the sinking of the USS Houston (CA-30). Pryor discusses the sinking of the Houston, his capture, experiences in imprisonment at Serang, Java, experiences at Bicycle Camp in Batavia and Changi Camp in Singapore, building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, American air raids, and liberation.
Date: 1972-11/1973-02
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Pryor, Charley L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with George P. Lawley, November 3, 1973 (open access)

Oral History Interview with George P. Lawley, November 3, 1973

Interview with George P. Lawley, an Army WWII veteran and POW from Odessa, Texas. Lawley discusses his time with the so-called "Lost Battalion" on Java and his experiences as a Japanese prisoner-of-war, including: joining the National Guard in 1940 and training, deployment for East Asia with 2nd Battallion, 131st Field Artillery Regiment; diversion to Java at the start of the war; the Japanese attack and his unit's capture; and his experiences in internment and labor at Tanjong Priok in Batavia, Changi Camp in Singapore, Thanbyuzayat and several camps on the Burma Railway, and near Nagasaki.
Date: November 3, 1973
Creator: Teague, William J. & Lawley, George P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Soil Survey of Lubbock County, Texas (open access)

Soil Survey of Lubbock County, Texas

Text describes the area, climate, agricultural history and statistics, soil-survey methods and definitions, soils and crops, land uses and agricultural methods, irrigation, and morphology and genesis of soils of Lubbock County, Texas.
Date: 1979
Creator: Blackstock, Dan A.; Blakley, Earl R.; Landers, Clifford R.; Koos, William M. & Putnam, Lee A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ike Walker, September 16, 1981 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Ike Walker, September 16, 1981

Transcript of an interview with Ike Walker, one of the founders of Bomber Bait Company in Gainesville, Texas. Walker discusses his family background, his employment as a gasoline retailer and tire repair operator, and his interest in designing fish baits that led to the development of the Bomber Bait Company with Clarence Turbeville in 1945.
Date: September 16, 1981
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd & Walker, Ike
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 1984 (open access)

Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 1984

Proceedings of the 20th regional archeological symposium including the text of papers presented during the conference. Also includes the SWFAS by-laws and meeting minutes for the April 7, 1984 SWFAS Executive Committee meeting.
Date: 1985
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hoein' the Short Rows (open access)

Hoein' the Short Rows

Volume of Texas folklore, including folk arts and crafts, lime production, oil and petroleum, information about cockfighting, folk poetry, mysticism and other stories. The index begins on page 231.
Date: 1987
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with John W. Flemmons, Jr., March 18, 1989 (open access)

Oral History Interview with John W. Flemmons, Jr., March 18, 1989

Interview with John W. Flemmons, Jr., a United States Navy veteran from Lubbock, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of December 7, 1941 while aboard the target battleship USS Utah.
Date: March 18, 1989
Creator: Burley, Rick & Flemmons, John W., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Bruce D. Gipson, February 13, 1991

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Interview with Bruce D. Gipson, a former farmer, athlete, and member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Knox City, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of participating in the CCC during the Great Depression.
Date: February 13, 1991
Creator: Daniels, John & Gipson, Bruce D.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Albert B. Grubbs, February 25,1993

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Interview with Albert Grubbs, Jr. from Dawson, Texas concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) during the Great Depression as well as his childhood and his experiences leading up to joining the CCC. Grubbs worked at camps in Lubbock, Texas (Company 3820) and Carlsbad, New Mexico.
Date: February 25, 1993
Creator: Ferguson, James & Grubbs, Albert B., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 1993 (open access)

Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 1993

Proceedings of the 29th regional archeological symposium including the text of papers presented during the conference.
Date: 1994
Creator: Robertson, Pinky
System: The Portal to Texas History
Features and Fillers: Texas Journalists on Texas Folklore (open access)

Features and Fillers: Texas Journalists on Texas Folklore

Collection of popular folklore of Texas, including information about animals, folk music, weather lore, folk beliefs, legends, folk medicine, poetry and other folktales. The index begins on page 229.
Date: 1999
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
System: The UNT Digital Library
Catalog of Texas Tech University: 2000-2001, Extended Studies (open access)

Catalog of Texas Tech University: 2000-2001, Extended Studies

A catalog detailing the courses available for Texas Tech's Extended Studies program for the years 2000-2001. The Extended Studies program is a way to provide educational opportunities at a distance where the teacher and student communicate through mail, email, fax, or phone.
Date: August 2000
Creator: Texas Tech University
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 2002 (open access)

Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 2002

Proceedings of the 38th regional archeological symposium including the text of papers presented during the conference. It also includes the SWFAS by-laws, and the meeting minutes for a SWFAS business meeting.
Date: 2003
Creator: Robertson, Pinky
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 2003 (open access)

Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 2003

Proceedings of the 39th regional archeological symposium including the text of papers presented during the conference. It also includes the SWFAS by-laws and April 4, 2003 financial statement.
Date: 2004
Creator: Robertson, Pinky
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Johnny Cox, February 14, 2004

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Interview with printer Johnny Cox. The interview includes Cox's personal experiences about attending the Texas International Pop Festival in Lewisville, Texas, enrolling in Texas Tech University, and playing in bands while at Texas Tech. Cox talks about generational conflicts with his parents, taking guitar lessons as a teenager, the appeal of the Beatles and their music, his high school friends and activities, changing clothing styles in the Sixties, meeting his first wife, his opposition to the Vietnam War, his decision to attend the Texas International Pop Festival, drug use at the festival, his first personal use of LSD, how LSD put the music in a different perspective for him, the "free stage," and the Texas International Pop Festival as a turning point in his life. He also comments on Janis Joplin's performance, Canned Heat and B.B. King, the performances of Led Zeppelin and Spirit, and crowd behavior at the festival.
Date: February 14, 2004
Creator: Tittle, Dennis & Cox, Johnny
System: The UNT Digital Library
Catalog of Texas Tech University, 2011-2012, Undergraduate and Graduate (open access)

Catalog of Texas Tech University, 2011-2012, Undergraduate and Graduate

Catalog of undergraduate and graduate courses offered by Texas Tech University for the year 2011-2012, as well as general information about the university, programs, and policies.
Date: May 2011
Creator: Texas Tech University
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: High Plains, June 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: High Plains, June 2011

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the High Plains area of Texas.
Date: June 2011
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
System: The Portal to Texas History