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Planting and care of street trees.

Description: Describes the importance of shade trees within city limits, including: how to plan the layout of street trees; the various types of trees best suited for city growth; and how to properly maintain city-grown trees.
Date: August 1921
Creator: Mulford, Furman Lloyd, b. 1869
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Dirt road between trees]

Description: Photograph of a dirt road with a row of trees on either side. The dirt road has tracks on each side of it. A field can be seen through the trees, to the right of the road.
Date: [1890..1930]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Description of harvesting fern trees, part 10

Description: Abraham, Longdi, and Rilung Modi discuss the fern tree (Tatchi) harvest near Peki Modi village in Upper Siang District of Arunachal Pradesh. After the fern tree mixture has been kept covered by the leaf of Sago tree for a week, they return to collect the mixture. Longdi Modi selects the best portion of the mixture and puts it into the local basket for a male known as Tali. Time-aligned transcription and translation into English.
Date: 2022/2023-05
Creator: Modi, Abraham
Partner: UNT College of Information

[Young trees in a forest]

Description: Photograph of a two young trees in a forest. The trees sit in the center of the image and their branches are full with small, light-colored leaves. Tall slender trees from the surrounding forest make up the background, and a pile of logs are seen on the ground to the left.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Description of harvesting fern trees, part 8

Description: Abraham, Longdi, and Rilung Modi discuss the fern tree (Tatchi) harvest near Peki Modi village in Upper Siang District of Arunachal Pradesh. While Longdi Modi thwacks the fern tree into very small pieces, they describe the area where they found this fern tree, and how to determine suitable topography for growing and harvesting them. They mention the quality of fern trees, comparing a lower quality where the delicate part is harder (chisap) and a higher quality where the delicate part of fern tr… more
Date: 2022/2023-05
Creator: Modi, Abraham
Partner: UNT College of Information

Description of harvesting fern trees, part 9

Description: Abraham, Longdi, and Rilung Modi discuss the fern tree (Tatchi) harvest near Peki Modi village in Upper Siang District of Arunachal Pradesh. They complete the process of thwacking and begin mixing the thwacked fern tree, making holes in the base so that the water will not stagnate. After that, the mixture is covered by the leaf of Sago tree to keep it clean and to protect from decay or damage. Longdi Modi, an expert in harvesting fern trees, explains that it takes a week until the mixture is fu… more
Date: 2022/2023-05
Creator: Modi, Abraham
Partner: UNT College of Information

Description of harvesting fern trees, part 8

Description: Abraham, Longdi, and Rilung Modi discuss the fern tree (Tatchi) harvest near Peki Modi village in Upper Siang District of Arunachal Pradesh. While Longdi Modi thwacks the fern tree into very small pieces, they describe the area where they found this fern tree, and how to determine suitable topography for growing and harvesting them. They mention the quality of fern trees, comparing a lower quality where the delicate part is harder (chisap) and a higher quality where the delicate part of fern tr… more
Date: 2022
Duration: 11 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: Modi, Abraham
Partner: UNT College of Information

Description of harvesting fern trees, part 8

Description: Abraham, Longdi, and Rilung Modi discuss the fern tree (Tatchi) harvest near Peki Modi village in Upper Siang District of Arunachal Pradesh. While Longdi Modi thwacks the fern tree into very small pieces, they describe the area where they found this fern tree, and how to determine suitable topography for growing and harvesting them. They mention the quality of fern trees, comparing a lower quality where the delicate part is harder (chisap) and a higher quality where the delicate part of fern tr… more
Date: 2022
Duration: 11 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: Modi, Abraham
Partner: UNT College of Information

Description of harvesting fern trees, part 9

Description: Abraham, Longdi, and Rilung Modi discuss the fern tree (Tatchi) harvest near Peki Modi village in Upper Siang District of Arunachal Pradesh. They complete the process of thwacking and begin mixing the thwacked fern tree, making holes in the base so that the water will not stagnate. After that, the mixture is covered by the leaf of Sago tree to keep it clean and to protect from decay or damage. Longdi Modi, an expert in harvesting fern trees, explains that it takes a week until the mixture is fu… more
Date: 2022
Duration: 8 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: Modi, Abraham
Partner: UNT College of Information

Description of harvesting fern trees, part 9

Description: Abraham, Longdi, and Rilung Modi discuss the fern tree (Tatchi) harvest near Peki Modi village in Upper Siang District of Arunachal Pradesh. They complete the process of thwacking and begin mixing the thwacked fern tree, making holes in the base so that the water will not stagnate. After that, the mixture is covered by the leaf of Sago tree to keep it clean and to protect from decay or damage. Longdi Modi, an expert in harvesting fern trees, explains that it takes a week until the mixture is fu… more
Date: 2022
Duration: 8 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: Modi, Abraham
Partner: UNT College of Information

[Trees in the Snow]

Description: Photograph of a group of trees in the snow. The dark trunks stand in sharp contrast to the white snow and gray sky, and more trees can be seen in the distant background.
Date: 194X
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Description of harvesting fern trees, part 6

Description: Abraham, Longdi, and Rilung Modi discuss the fern tree (Tatchi) harvest near Peki Modi village in Upper Siang District of Arunachal Pradesh. Longdi Modi and Abraham Modi continue to remove the bark and also the outer part of fern tree while Rilung Modi records.
Date: 2022
Duration: 17 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Modi, Abraham
Partner: UNT College of Information

Description of harvesting sago trees, part 1

Description: Abraham, Longdi, and Rilung Modi discuss the sago tree (taapa) harvest near Peki Modi village in Upper Siang District of Arunachal Pradesh. When they reach Poodat (~4-5 km outside of Peki Modi village), Longdi Modi beings searching for mature sago trees with a flower on top. After finding a mature tree, he climbs up to clear the leaves.
Date: 2022
Duration: 17 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Modi, Abraham
Partner: UNT College of Information

Description of harvesting fern trees, part 10

Description: Abraham, Longdi, and Rilung Modi discuss the fern tree (Tatchi) harvest near Peki Modi village in Upper Siang District of Arunachal Pradesh. After the fern tree mixture has been kept covered by the leaf of Sago tree for a week, they return to collect the mixture. Longdi Modi selects the best portion of the mixture and puts it into the local basket for a male known as Tali.
Date: 2022
Duration: 6 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: Modi, Abraham
Partner: UNT College of Information

Description of harvesting fern trees, part 10

Description: Abraham, Longdi, and Rilung Modi discuss the fern tree (Tatchi) harvest near Peki Modi village in Upper Siang District of Arunachal Pradesh. After the fern tree mixture has been kept covered by the leaf of Sago tree for a week, they return to collect the mixture. Longdi Modi selects the best portion of the mixture and puts it into the local basket for a male known as Tali.
Date: 2022
Duration: 6 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: Modi, Abraham
Partner: UNT College of Information

Description of harvesting fern trees, part 12

Description: Abraham, Longdi, and Rilung Modi discuss the fern tree (Tatchi) harvest near Peki Modi village in Upper Siang District of Arunachal Pradesh. In this final step, they prepare the fern tree for eating by roasting it over the fire. Longdi Modi describes the process, comparing it to preparing roti. They discuss recipes and other foods prepared with the fern tree, such as meats and vegetables. Time-aligned transcription and translation into English.
Date: 2022/2023-05
Creator: Modi, Abraham
Partner: UNT College of Information

Description of harvesting fern trees, part 12

Description: Abraham, Longdi, and Rilung Modi discuss the fern tree (Tatchi) harvest near Peki Modi village in Upper Siang District of Arunachal Pradesh. In this final step, they prepare the fern tree for eating by roasting it over the fire. Longdi Modi describes the process, comparing it to preparing roti. They discuss recipes and other foods prepared with the fern tree, such as meats and vegetables.
Date: 2022
Duration: 10 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Modi, Abraham
Partner: UNT College of Information
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