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A Study of the History of English Furniture

Description: A study of the economic, social conditions and customs prevailing in England was necessary in order to ascertain the influence of certain woods, and cabinetmakers on the development of furniture built and used during their respective periods. A study of the individual differences found in each wood as to texture, color, weight and geographic location was also necessary for comparison.
Date: August 1954
Creator: Dawson, Julian Moore
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Rocket-Powered-Model Investigation of the Effects of Aeroelasticity on the Rolling Effectiveness of an 8.06-Percent-Scale McDonnell F3H-1 Airplane Wing at Mach Numbers From 0.5 to 1.4

Description: Report discussing an investigation to determine the effects of aeroelasticity on the rolling effectiveness of a model of a McDonnell F3H-1 airplane wing. The plane was found to be subject to aeroelastic losses that varied with Mach number and altitude.
Date: April 12, 1954
Creator: English, Roland D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Rocket-powered-model investigation of the effects of aeroelasticity on the rolling effectiveness of an 8.06-percent-scale McDonnell F3H-1 airplane wing at Mach numbers from 0.5 to 1.4 : TED No. NACA DE 351

Description: Report presenting an investigation to determine the effects of aeroelasticity on the rolling effectiveness of an 8.06-percent-scale model of the McDonnell F3H-1 airplane wing. The investigation used rocket-propelled models in free flight over a range of Mach numbers. The results indicate that the airplane is subject to aeroelastic losses varying from about 7 percent at Mach number 0.5 to 46 percent at Mach number 0.90 at sea level.
Date: April 12, 1954
Creator: English, Roland D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Script: Petiford]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Bob Pediford, a disabled Dallas man, receiving a new station wagon as a Christmas gift from Red Ball Motor Freight.
Date: December 23, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Analysis of Off-Design Operation of High Mach Number Supersonic Turbojet Engines

Description: From Introduction: "Because of the lack of data on compressor characteristics at 130 or 145 percent of design equivalent rotational speed, several simplifying assumptions were made regarding the compressor characteristics during operation at equivalent rotational speeds above the design value (hereinafter called "compressor overspeeding"). In addition to results based on these assumptions, the effect of deviation from these assumptions is discussed."
Date: February 4, 1954
Creator: English, Robert E. & Cavicchi, Richard H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Script: British General]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about General Frank E. W. Simpson in Dallas to speak to the Dallas Council on World Affairs.
Date: February 25, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Petiford]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Bob Pediford, a disabled Dallas man, receiving a new station wagon as a Christmas gift from Red Ball Motor Freight.
Date: December 23, 1954
Duration: 1 minute 06 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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A Study to Determine the Relationship between the Scores Made on Aptitudes "V" and "N" of the General Aptitude Test Battery and Parts "Q" and "L" of the American Council on Education Psychological Examination and the Academic Grades of Students Enrolled in Beginning English and Industrial Arts 122, 131, 245, 311, and 331

Description: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between the Q-scores and the L-scores made on the American Council on Education Psychological Examination and the scores made on Aptitudes "N" and "V" of the General Aptitude Test Battery by the same students, and to compare the academic grades of these same students with the aforementioned test scores in order to determine what relationship exists, if any, between academic grades made in certain selected courses and scores made on eac… more
Date: 1954
Creator: Bruns, Lawrence B.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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[News Clip: British General]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about General Frank E. W. Simpson in Dallas to speak to the Dallas Council on World Affairs.
Date: February 25, 1954
Duration: 1 minute 35 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: British officers visit Carswell]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about 18 Royal Air Force and Royal Navy officers visiting Carswell Air Force base as part of a three-week tour of American air installations.
Date: March 4, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Its the creep -- new dance craze]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a new popular dance in Dallas, "The Creep."
Date: February 10, 1954
Duration: 3 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Arabian horse show]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the Dallas All-Arabian Horse Show competition, with riders competing from across Texas.
Date: September 5, 1954
Duration: 1 minute 38 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of Dorothy Babb]

Description: Photograph of Dorothy Babb, a faculty member of the North Texas State College who taught English and Latin. In the photograph Babb is seated in a chair with her ankles crossed as she is opening a present in her lap.
Date: 1954
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of Dorothy Babb, 2]

Description: Photograph ofDorothy Babb, a faculty member of the North Texas State College who taught English and Latin. In the photograph Babb is seated in a chair with her ankles crossed as she is opening a present in her lap. Babb is seen looking up when the photograph was taken.
Date: 1954
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Sparrow in the treetop]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an English sparrow that lives near Tula Caffey's gift shop and responds to her calls.
Date: August 17, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Dorothy Babb opening a box from Neiman Marcus]

Description: Photograph of Dorothy Babb opening a box from Neiman Marcus and pulling out spoons as she gets her picture taken during Old Maid's Day. Old Maid's Day began began with Babb, a Latin and English teacher at North Texas State College said she was tired of buying gifts for weddings, Mother’s Day, and baby showers.
Date: 1954
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Celebrating Old Maid’s Day with Miss Dorothy Babb, 1954]

Description: Photograph of Dorothy Babb (right) with Miss Olive Honeycutt (left) and Holford Russell (center), with a few of the gifts donated for Old Maid’s Day. A group of women in Denton started Old Maid’s Day in 1950 to get “recognition, not menfolks.” It all began when Miss Dorothy Babb, a Latin and English teacher at North Texas State College.
Date: May 1954
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Dorothy Babb opening a box from Neiman Marcus, 2]

Description: Photograph of Dorothy Babb opening a box from Neiman Marcus and pulling out spoons as she gets her picture taken during Old Maid's Day. Old Maid's Day began began with Babb, a Latin and English teacher at North Texas State College said she was tired of buying gifts for weddings, Mother’s Day, and baby showers.
Date: 1954
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Olive Honeycutt, Holford Russell, and Dorothy Babb]

Description: Photograph of Dorothy Babb (right) with Miss Olive Honeycutt (left) and Holford Russell (center), with a few of the gifts donated for Old Maid’s Day. A group of women in Denton started Old Maid’s Day in 1950 to get “recognition, not menfolks.” It all began when Miss Dorothy Babb, a Latin and English teacher at North Texas State College.
Date: May 1954
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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