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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
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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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
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.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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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
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
Partner: UNT Libraries
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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.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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[News Clip: Birdville fans leave]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Birdville High School fans, who leave to a trip to Odessa where the Buffs will be playing against Ector High School.
Date: September 26, 1958
Duration: 53 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Birdville fans leave]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Birdville High School fans, who leave to a trip to Odessa where the Buffs will be playing against Ector High School.
Date: September 26, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Azle team]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the Azle Indians who are back home after winning the Texas State Championship of the Junior Amateur Baseball Association.
Date: August 9, 1964
Duration: 48 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Azle team]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Azle Indians who are back home after winning the Texas State Championship of the Junior Amateur Baseball Association.
Date: August 9, 1964
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Announcer in Odessa]

Description: Photograph of the announcer from a horsemanship event in Odessa, Texas, 1967-68. The background is very dark. The announcer wears a blue jacket and a cowboy hat and stands at a counter with a microphone.
Date: [1967..1968]
Creator: Dalco Photography
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[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]
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Girl on horseback, Odessa]

Description: Photograph of a girl on horseback at an equine event in Odessa, Texas, 1967-68. She wears a floral blouse and chaps. The background is made up of an out of focus crowd in the stands. Her horse sticks out his tongue.
Date: [1967..1968]
Creator: Dalco Photography
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[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
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[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
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Ken Curtis and Milburn Stone]

Description: Photograph of Ken Curtis (left), the star of the program "Gunsmoke", an unidentified young man, and Milburn Stone (right), in Odessa, Texas, 1967 or 1968. They appear to be in some sort of basement with cinder blocks low ceilings. A heater, folding chair, and gurney or cot are also in the room.
Date: [1967..1968]
Creator: Dalco Photography
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Ken Curtis and Milburn Stone with unidentified woman]

Description: Photograph of Ken Curtis (left), and Milburn Stone (right), with an unidentified woman in the center. Another man stands to the left. They appear to be in some sort of basement with cinder blocks low ceilings. A heater, folding chair, and gurney or cot are also in the room.
Date: [1967..1968]
Creator: Dalco Photography
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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