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ST JOHN'S Cemetery: A report detailing how Denton County Commissioner Hub Clark stole a cemetery from a Pilot Point freedpersons community in 1938.

Description: This report was submitted to the Denton County Commissioner’s Court on December 12, 2023. The independent research contained herein was inspired by a collaborative community effort to highlight the emerging historical narrative of the St. John's freed-persons community of Pilot Point, its unexplained disappearance in the 1930s, and the events that led to the community's cemetery becoming landlocked and inaccessible to the public for more than eighty years.
Date: December 12, 2023
Creator: Luther Rummel, Jessica
Partner: UNT College of Arts and Sciences
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A Survey of the Physical Education Programs for Girls in the Affiliated Schools within a Radius of Sixty Miles of Denton Texas

Description: A survey of the physical education programs for high school girls near Denton, Texas to determine the extent of compliance with state law for physical education, the facilities for the program, training of the teachers, type of physical education program, and teaching load of physical education teachers.
Date: June 1939
Creator: Morriss, May
Partner: UNT Libraries

Uniomerus tetralasmus, Specimen #1276

Description: One preserved mussel specimen including both the left and right valves. The specimen exhibits an elliptical shape; thin shell; white internal coloring; brown external coloring; no external sculpturing. Collected in the Trinity basin. The specimen measures between 60 - 100 mm in length and was assessed to be long dead when collected.
Date: October 24, 1973
Creator: Pettit, J.
Partner: Elm Fork Natural Heritage Museum

Uniomerus tetralasmus, Specimen #1277

Description: One preserved mussel specimen including both the left and right valves. The specimen exhibits an elliptical shape; thin shell; white internal coloring; reddish-brown external coloring; no external sculpturing. Collected in the Trinity basin. The specimen measures between 60 - 100 mm in length and was assessed to be relatively-recently dead when collected.
Date: January 28, 1974
Creator: Britton, Joseph
Partner: Elm Fork Natural Heritage Museum
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Grandparent Satisfaction and Family Structure: a Descriptive Study of Multigenerational Families in Denton County, Texas

Description: This descriptive study of 45 multi-generational families contributes empirical knowledge about grandparent-grandchild relationships. A questionnaire was developed and completed by 74 subjects who were part of a randomly selected sample taken from a tax roll of homeowners over age 65 in Denton County, Texas. The responses provide information which expands the existing data base in the area of grandparenting. The study pinpoints areas in the grandparenting literature which need refinement and con… more
Date: May 1989
Creator: Hettinger, Barbara J. (Barbara Jane)
Partner: UNT Libraries

Lampsilis hydiana, Specimen #354

Description: One preserved mussel specimen including both the left and right valves. The specimen exhibits a rhomboidal shape; thin shell; double looped beak sculpturing; white internal coloring; brown external coloring; no external sculpturing. Collected in the Trinity basin. The specimen measures between 60 - 100 mm in length and was assessed to be recently dead when collected.
Date: October 8, 1972
Creator: Britton, Joseph
Partner: Elm Fork Natural Heritage Museum

Lampsilis hydiana, Specimen #355

Description: One preserved mussel specimen including both the left and right valves. The specimen exhibits a rhomboidal shape; thin shell; double looped beak sculpturing; white internal coloring; tan external coloring; no external sculpturing. Collected in the Trinity basin. The specimen measures between 100 - 120 mm in length and was assessed to be recently dead when collected.
Date: October 8, 1972
Creator: Britton, Joseph
Partner: Elm Fork Natural Heritage Museum

Quadrula mortoni, Specimen #900

Description: One preserved mussel specimen including the right valve only. The specimen exhibits a round shape; moderately thick shell; white internal coloring; dark brown external coloring; no external sculpturing. Collected in the Trinity basin. The specimen measures between 60 - 100 mm in length and was assessed to be long dead when collected.
Date: February 25, 1975
Creator: Pettit, J.
Partner: Elm Fork Natural Heritage Museum

Uniomerus tetralasmus, Specimen #1237

Description: One preserved mussel specimen including the left valve only. The specimen exhibits an elliptical shape; thin shell; bluish-white internal coloring; brown external coloring; no external sculpturing. Collected in the Trinity basin. The specimen measures between 60 - 100 mm in length and was assessed to be very-long dead when collected.
Date: February 25, 1975
Creator: Pettit, J.
Partner: Elm Fork Natural Heritage Museum

Toxolasma parvum, Specimen #1119

Description: One preserved mussel specimen including the left valve only. The specimen exhibits an elliptical shape; thick shell; single looped beak sculpturing; bluish-white internal coloring; tan external coloring; no external sculpturing. Collected in the Trinity basin. The specimen measures between 0 - 60 mm in length and was assessed to be very-long dead when collected.
Date: February 25, 1975
Creator: Pettit, J.
Partner: Elm Fork Natural Heritage Museum

Amblema plicata, Specimen #46

Description: One preserved mussel specimen including both the left and right valves. The specimen exhibits a quadrate shape; thick shell; single looped beak sculpturing; white internal coloring; tan external coloring; external sculpturing in the form of ridges. Collected in the Trinity basin. The specimen measures between 60 - 100 mm in length and was assessed to be relatively-recently dead when collected.
Date: 1973
Creator: Pettit, J.
Partner: Elm Fork Natural Heritage Museum

Amblema plicata, Specimen #47

Description: One preserved mussel specimen including the left valve only. The specimen exhibits a quadrate shape; thick shell; single looped beak sculpturing; purplish-white internal coloring; reddish-brown external coloring; external sculpturing in the form of ridges. Collected in the Trinity basin. The specimen measures between 60 - 100 mm in length and was assessed to be relatively-recently dead when collected.
Date: 1973
Creator: Pettit, J.
Partner: Elm Fork Natural Heritage Museum

Amblema plicata, Specimen #48

Description: One preserved mussel specimen including both the left and right valves. The specimen exhibits a quadrate shape; thick shell; single looped beak sculpturing; purplish-white internal coloring; reddish-brown external coloring; external sculpturing in the form of ridges. Collected in the Trinity basin. The specimen measures between 100 - 120 mm in length and was assessed to be recently dead when collected.
Date: 1973
Creator: Pettit, J.
Partner: Elm Fork Natural Heritage Museum

Quadrula mortoni, Specimen #1088

Description: One preserved mussel specimen including the left valve only. The specimen exhibits a round shape; moderately thick shell; white internal coloring; brown external coloring; no external sculpturing. Collected in the Trinity basin. The specimen measures between 0 - 60 mm in length and was assessed to be long dead when collected.
Date: October 24, 1973
Creator: Pettit, J.
Partner: Elm Fork Natural Heritage Museum

Amblema plicata, Specimen #121

Description: One preserved mussel specimen including both the left and right valves. The specimen exhibits a quadrate shape; thick shell; single looped beak sculpturing; white internal coloring; black external coloring; external sculpturing in the form of ridges. Collected in the Trinity basin. The specimen measures between 60 - 100 mm in length and was assessed to be long dead when collected.
Date: January 28, 1974
Creator: Britton, Joseph
Partner: Elm Fork Natural Heritage Museum

Amblema plicata, Specimen #122

Description: One preserved mussel specimen including the left valve only. The specimen exhibits a quadrate shape; thick shell; single looped beak sculpturing; white internal coloring; brown external coloring; external sculpturing in the form of ridges. Collected in the Trinity basin. The specimen measures between 0 - 60 mm in length and was assessed to be long dead when collected.
Date: January 28, 1974
Creator: Britton, Joseph
Partner: Elm Fork Natural Heritage Museum
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