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The Bounty of Texas

Description: This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains a miscellany of Texas, Mexican and Spanish folklore, including information about hunting, canning, cooking, and other folklore. The index begins on page 225.
Date: 1990
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
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Partner: UNT Press
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An Evaluation of Methods and Objectives in Speech Teaching

Description: The problem of this thesis is to determine whether speech teachers' objectives and methods are in line with educational objectives and certain sound psychological practices and whether speech training has made any contribution to the general education of the ninth grade students in the Odessa Junior High School.
Date: August 1947
Creator: Jinkins, Imogene
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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A Source Reference for the Study of the Petroleum Industry and its Terminology Especially for the Ector County School System

Description: The problem, to make a study of the petroleum industry in Ector County, Texas, and, in addition, a study of the terminology of this industry, was selected as a result of the realization that the major industry of the community was not understood by the teachers, and that it did not have a place in the curriculum.
Date: August 1947
Creator: Smith, Evelyn M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Petroleum Engineering Report, Big Spring Field and Other Fields in West Texas and Southeastern New Mexico

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over petroleum engineering studies conducted in Texas and New Mexico. The results of the studies are presented and discussed. This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: November 1936
Creator: Carpenter, Charles B. & Hill, Harry Blackburn
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Relationship of the Volleyball Pass, the Repeated Wall Volleys, and Volleyball Playing Ability of Eleventh Grade Girls

Description: This study sought to determine the relationship of the volleyball pass, the repeated wall volleys, and volleyball playing ability, as measured by a panel of four judges, using 120 eleventh grade girls enrolled in physical education classes at Odessa High School, Odessa, Texas, for the Fall semester of 1967.
Date: January 1969
Creator: Knight, Linda E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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A Proposed Reconstruction of the Elizabethan Globe Theater in Odessa, Texas

Description: The purpose of this study is to determine as accurately as possible from an examination of contemporary records and from interpretations of scholars what the structure and conventions of the Globe Theater were in the hope that the projected reconstruction of the theater in Odessa may be as near the original as is possible and feasible.
Date: August 1950
Creator: Morris, Marjorie Rogers
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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The Historical Development of the University of Texas of the Permian Basin, Odessa, Texas

Description: The University of Texas of the Permian Basin (UTPB) is a public university that serves over 4,500 undergraduate and graduate students as a branch of the University of Texas system located in Odessa, Ector County, Texas. The UTPB was established as an upper-division and graduate school on February 4, 1969, and first opened its doors to students in September, 1973. This historical study focuses on the development and progress of the UTPB from its inception until it was elevated from an upper-leve… more
Date: August 1994
Creator: Kern, Stephanie P.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries

[Riders on Arena Floor]

Description: Photograph of a multitude of riders and horses on the dirt arena floor at the Odessa Livestock Show. Many hold flags and all are dressed in showy western wear. Flags hang from the ceiling and the stands are full of spectators. The photo has a vertical line on the right.
Date: [1967..1968]
Creator: Bankston, Ray
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Perceived Attitudes of the Self-Concept of Dropouts Who Returned to an Alternative Education School and Coordinated Vocational Academic Education Students

Description: The problem of this study was to determine if there were differences in perceived attitudes of self-concept between young people who returned to alternative education after dropping out of public education and educationally disadvantaged at-risk youth in Coordinated Vocational Academic Education (CVAE) classes as measured by the Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale. The hypotheses formulated for the study predicted no significant difference in mean attitude self-concept scores of returned… more
Date: December 1988
Creator: Paris, Tex
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries

[Boy poses with Stone and Curtis]

Description: Photograph of actors Milburn Stone (left) and Ken Curtis (right), posing with a young boy at an event in Odessa, Texas. They are standing in a basement or utility space next to a table and among instrument cases. A musician holding a guitar is partially visible on the left. The two men both appeared in Gunsmoke, playing the characters "Doc" (Stone) and "Festus" (Curtis).
Date: [1967..1968]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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A Comparative Study of Odessa College, Odessa, Texas, with Business Colleges in the Odessa Area to Determine the Effectiveness of Training Received by Business Students

Description: The potential college students of the Odessa area need to know which type of school best suits their personal needs. The area around Odessa offers the highest paid secretarial Jobs in the state, with some 500 oil and oil supply firms employing from one to fifty full-time secretaries, with salaries ranging from $200 to 4325 per month. The opportunities for accountants, bookkeepers and auditors in the Odessa area is unlimited, and they earn from 4350 to $450 per month. The Odessa area also emplo… more
Date: August 1951
Creator: Woods, John C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Effects of stratal architecture and diagenesis on reservoir development in the Grayburg formation: SSouth Cowden field, Ector County, Texas. Annual report, 1 October 1994--30 September 1995

Description: This report presents the results of geological characterization studies in a typical Grayburg reservior in the Permian Basin. The work applies geological models developed in outcrop studies to better constrain the geological reservoir framework and heterogeneity in a typical Grayburg reservoir, The South Cowden Grayburg reservoir. This framework provides a strong basis for defining petrophysical and flow unit properties in the reservior and serves as a prototype model for other Grayburg reservo… more
Date: February 1996
Creator: Ruppel, S. & Bebout, D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Effect of Environmental Conditions Upon Study in the First Grade

Description: The problem under consideration is to determine the effect of certain prevailing environmental conditions of a distracting nature upon the process of study in the first grade. The conditions selected, those which are common to the schoolroom or home environment, were chewing gum, physical education classes, room confusion, rhythm band, singing, and recorded music. This study attempted to determine to what degree, if any, each of these distracting environmental conditions affect the process of s… more
Date: August 1949
Creator: Biggerstaff, Lucille
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries

[Girl with trophy atop a horse]

Description: Photograph of a girl riding one of the horses with her trophy in hand, Odessa, Texas, 1967-68. The wall behind her contains a garage door and the entire wall is painted sea foam green.
Date: [1967..1968]
Creator: Dalco Photography
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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