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From Slave to Statesman: The Legacy of Joshua Houston, Servant to Sam Houston

Description: This biography discusses the life of Joshua Houston starting at around twelve years of age until his death in 1902. The text includes commentary on the historical context of his life and anecdotal accounts. Index starts on page 259.
Date: 1993
Creator: Prather, Patricia Smith, 1943- & Monday, Jane Clements, 1941-
Partner: UNT Press
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Star of Destiny: The Private Life of Sam and Margaret Houston

Description: This biography of Sam and Margaret Houston draws on surviving personal letters and writings to describe their lives together. The book roughly covers the time from their meeting to their deaths in 1863 and 1867, respectively. Index starts on page 419.
Date: 1993
Creator: Roberts, Madge Thornall, 1929-
Partner: UNT Press
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Corners of Texas

Description: This volume contains popular folklore of Texas, including information about folk music, folk arts and crafts, history of Texas, prominent Texas writers, and other miscellaneous folklore. The index begins on page 285.
Date: 1993
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Partner: UNT Press
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Resource Analysis FY93

Description: This is an OTA resource analysis report.
Date: November 8, 1993
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Oral History Interview with Melvin Land, February 27-March 16, 1993

Description: Interview with Melvin Land, dentist, concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. He discusses his childhood in Oklahoma; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 2823 at Camp Stockman (SCS-14-O) near Morris, Oklahoma; description of camp; life in camp; post-CCC life.
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Date: 1993-02-27/1993-03-16
Creator: Rowe, Beverly & Land, Melvin
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Richard A. Crane, October 17, 1993

Description: Interview with Richard A. Crane about his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. He discusses his childhood in Mesquite, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 819 at Camp NP-2-A in Grand, Canyon, Arizona; description of camp; life in camp.
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Date: October 17, 1993
Creator: Pinkney, Kathryn & Crane, Richard A.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with David A. Eargle, October 26, 1993

Description: Interview with David Eargle concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Eargle worked at camps in Waynesville, North Carolina (Company 443); Greer, South Carolina (Company 443); Switzer, South Carolina; Laurens, South Carolina; and Roseburg, Oregon (Company 3450). Appendix includes photocopy of Mr. Eargle's CCC discharge papers [2 p.]
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Date: October 26, 1993
Creator: Pierce, Jeffrey & Eargle, David
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Thomas E. Parr, January 6, 1993

Description: Interview with Thomas E. Parr, an army veteran from Adams, Wisconsin. This interview contains his experiences as an army nurse in Vietnam, 1971. Topics include psychiatric casualties at Long Binh and the heroin detoxification center at Cam Ranh Bay.
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Date: January 6, 1993
Creator: Houser, Cindy & Parr, Thomas E.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Current Abstracts Nuclear Reactors and Technology

Description: This publication Nuclear Reactors and Technology (NRT) announces on a monthly basis the current worldwide information available from the open literature on nuclear reactors and technology, including all aspects of power reactors, components and accessories, fuel elements, control systems, and materials. This publication contains the abstracts of DOE reports, journal articles, conference papers, patents, theses, and monographs added to the Energy Science and Technology Database during the past m… more
Date: January 1, 1993
Creator: Bales, J. D. & Hicks, S. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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10th annual alan ross texas freedom parade

Description: A book commemorating annual parade that celebrates the overturning of an anti-LGBT law.
Date: September 19, 1993
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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10th annual alan ross texas freedom parade

Description: A booklet commemorating the LGBT freedom and pride parade, including entertainers, letters, and photographs.
Date: September 1993
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Booklet: I Remember]

Description: Booklet commemorating the 'I Remember' exhibition which honored the March on Washington in 1963. The booklet includes letters from notable individuals, as well as a history of the African American Civil Rights movement and a catalog of artwork exhibited.
Date: 1993
Creator: Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Oral History Interview with Cleon Stewart, March 18, 1993

Description: Interview with Cleon Stewart, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran and POW from Tulia, Texas, who served and was captured with the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery (known as the "Lost Battalion"). Stewart discusses joining the National Guard, training and the Louisiana Maneuvers, deployment to the Pacific in November, 1941, diversion to Java after December 7th, Japanese air strikes and the invasion, the American surrender and initial internement by the Japanese, experiences in internment at … more
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Date: March 18, 1993
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Stewart, Cleon
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Albert B. Grubbs, February 25,1993

Description: Interview with Albert Grubbs, Jr. from Dawson, Texas concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) during the Great Depression as well as his childhood and his experiences leading up to joining the CCC. Grubbs worked at camps in Lubbock, Texas (Company 3820) and Carlsbad, New Mexico.
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Date: February 25, 1993
Creator: Ferguson, James & Grubbs, Albert B., Jr.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interviews with Melvin Land, 1993

Description: Oral history interviews with Melvin Land, a veteran of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) from Coalton, Oklahoma. The interview contains details of Land's childhood and the death of his mother, his experiences in the Great Depression, his experience being a recruit and an educational advisor in the CCC, his experiences as an active duty officer for the Naval Air Station, and his experiences working at the Rusk State Hospital.
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Date: {1993-02-27,1993-03-16}
Creator: Rowe, Beverly & Land, Melvin
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Adolph C. Allen, February 25, 1993

Description: Interview with Adolph Allen from Colfax, Louisiana concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) during the Great Depression as well as his childhood and experiences leading up to joining the CCC. Allen worked at a camp in New Augusta, Mississippi (Company 5415).
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Date: February 25, 1993
Creator: Henley, Shelly & Allen, Adolph C.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Robert Crist, May 26,1993

Description: Interview with Robert Crist from Wrightsville, Pennsylvania concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) during the Great Depression as well as his childhood and his experiences leading up to joining the CCC. Crist worked at a camp in Mehoopany, Pennsylvania (Company 1377).
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Date: May 26, 1993
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Crist, Robert
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Geoffrey Bryson Fisken, May 1, 1993

Description: Interview with Geoffrey Fisken, a veteran of the Royal New Zealand Air Force, concerning his experiences as a combat pilot in the Royal New Zealand Air Force in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Fisken discusses the fall of Singapore, Guadalcanal operations, air combat against Japanese Zeros, and his release from duty in December of 1943.
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Date: May 1, 1993
Creator: Daniels, John & Fisken, Geoffrey Bryson
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with N. Jesse James, October 8, 1993

Description: Interview with Major N. Jesse James concerning his experiences before, during, and after his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. James worked at a camp in Pineville, Kentucky (Company 548).
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Date: October 8, 1993
Creator: McLemore, Laura L. & James, N. Jesse
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Harold L. Branch, July 7, 1993

Description: Interview with Harold Branch, a diamond expert, concerning his recollections of the Crater of Diamonds and diamond mining near Murfreesboro, Arkansas from 1920 to 1950.
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Date: July 7, 1993
Creator: Henderson, John C. & Branch, Harold L.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with John L. Ruddick, February 24,1993

Description: Interview with John Ruddick concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) during the Great Depression. Ruddick worked at a camp in Brownwood, Texas (Company 849). Appendix includes a photocopy of Ruddick's CCC Enrollee's Record of Training and Experience. Interview includes information on Ruddick's parents as well as his life before joining the CCC and an appendix.
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Date: February 24, 1993
Creator: Brantley, Janet G. & Ruddick, John L.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Richard D. Salter, May 1, 1993

Description: Interview with Lieutenant Colonel Richard Salter, an Army Air Corps veteran, concerning his experiences during internment in the Soviet Union after the downing of his bomber by Japanese planes (1943-1944). Salter also discusses Alaskan operations and his postwar career in the Air Force.
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Date: May 1, 1993
Creator: Byrd, Richard; Daniels, John & Salter, Richard D.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Louis Cresson, February 22, 1993

Description: Interview with Louis Cresson, a former member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Hillside, Pennsylvania. Cresson discusses his family, life during the Great Depression, and work at CCC camps in Shawville and Renovo, Pennsylvania.
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Date: February 22, 1993
Creator: Price, Peggy & Cresson, Louis
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Baine P. Kerr, May 4, 1993

Description: Interview with Baine Kerr, an attorney and Marine Corps veteran, concerning his combat experiences with the 3rd Marine Division in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Kerr discusses Guadacanal, his machine gun wound at Guadacanal, Kwajalein, Saipan, and his assignment to a legal office at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.
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Date: May 4, 1993
Creator: Daniels, John & Kerr, Baine P.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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