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Applied Research Methods in Criminal Justice and Criminology

Description: This book is intended to help readers become educated consumers of research. It provides a practical, applied, and user-friendly approach to research methods by consistently applying the concepts learned to real-life examples of research. Each chapter builds upon prior chapters so readers can incrementally learn the dynamics of the research process. Readers will understand how research is one of several sources of knowledge when they are faced with the question “How do we know what we know?” St… more
Date: 2025
Creator: Fritsch, Eric J.; Trulson, Chad R. & Blackburn, Ashley G.
Partner: UNT College of Health and Public Service
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How to Own Your Home: A Handbook for Prospective Home Owners

Description: Book discussing considerations for the purchase of a home covering topics including purchasing financing, general property considerations, house plans, construction, maintenance, and expenses. A table showing the percentage of families owning their homes from 1900 to 1920 by region and state is included.
Date: 1923
Creator: Taylor, James S. & Gries, John M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Land and Resource Management Plan: Olympic National Forest, Appendices A-J

Description: Appendices accompanying a Final Environmental Impact Statement discussing the environmental consequences of six alternatives of managing the 632, 324 acres of land administered by the Olympic National Forest. Appendix A discusses the process used to identify the public issues, management concerns, and resource opportunities; selected ICOs addressed in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement; the Forester's potential opportunities to resolve each resource opportunities; and consultation with ot… more
Date: July 1990
Creator: United States. Forest Service. Pacific Northwest Region.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Frameworks For Jazz Improvisation Volume 1 Bebop

Description: This book embarks on a jazz improvisation journey with "Frameworks for Jazz Improvisation Volume 1: Bebop" with Nick Finzer. Discover the essence of bebop language, guided by renowned jazz artist and professor Nick Finzer and inspired by jazz piano pedagogue Barry Harris. From Charlie Parker to Thelonious Monk, explore the idiomatic approaches that shaped generations of jazz. With practical exercises and insights, internalize bebop vocabulary and elevate your improvisational skills. Unleash you… more
Date: 2023
Creator: Finzer, Nick A.
Partner: UNT College of Music
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Oral History Interviews with Lavonia Ephram, 1990

Description: Interview with Lavonia Ephram concerning her experiences as a resident of Hamilton Park, Texas from 1956 to 1990. Ephram discusses her youth in East Texas; farm life; her education in segregated schools; her marriage and move to Dallas; her employment; African-American housing in Dallas; her decision to buy a home in Hamilton Park; home improvements; church activities; Hamilton Park School; the desegregation of Hamilton Park School and its integration with Richardson Independent School District… more
Date: {1990-04-30,1990-07-02}
Creator: Wilson, William H. (William Henry), 1935- & Ephram, Lavonia
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interviews with James Cotten, 1964-1965

Description: Interview with James C. Cotten, an attorney and Democratic member. The interview discusses being a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 55th though the 58th session of the Texas Legislature (1957-1963); and being a chairman of the Appropriations Committee and Constitutional Committee.
Date: {1964-08-18,1965-03-04}
Creator: Brewer, Thomas B. & Cotten, James C.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Joe Jagoe, March 15, 1983

Description: Interview with Joe Jagoe, an owner and operator of Jagoe Abstract Company in Denton, Texas and co-owner of Lewisville Fishing Barge in Lewisville, Texas. The interview discusses his family background; the history of Carroll's Abstract business and Jagoe Abstract Company, the history of Denton courthouses; the origins of First Mondays in Denton; Denton transportation in the 1920s; the effects of the Depression in Denton; employment as a weigher for Jagoe Public Construction Company, Universal Cr… more
Date: March 15, 1983
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd & Jagoe, Joe
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with J. B. Floyd, October 22, 1982

Description: Interview with J. B. Floyd, an owner and president of the Schmitz-Floyd-Hamlett Funeral Home, Inc. in Denton, Texas. The interview discusses his family background; Denton in the 1920s; his employment as a taxicab driver for the Dixie Motor Company in 1935; the effects of the Depression in Denton; his employment in his grandfather's furniture store in 1937; employment with Schmitz's Funeral Home in 1938; views on advertising; advantages of operating a family business; and his civic activities.
Date: October 22, 1982
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd & Floyd, J. B.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Claude Edge, March 21, 1982

Description: Interview with Claude Edge, a founder of Lilly Ice Cream Company in Bryan, Texas. The interview discusses his family background; teaching in Pioneer, Texas; his employment as principal in Jacksboro, Texas; his work in an ice plant in Commerce, Texas; his partnership in the Lilly ice cream business in Navasota, Texas in 1927; the ice cream-making process; the sale and marketing of ice cream; the addition of a butter production plant in 1929; business unprofitability from 1929 to 1932; the move o… more
Date: March 21, 1982
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd & Edge, Claude
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Archie A. Ladshaw, October 20, 1980

Description: Interview with Archie A. Ladshaw, a founder, owner, operator, and president of Ladshaw Explosives, Inc. in New Braunfels, Texas. The interview discusses his family background; his employment with Brown Geophysical Company, Geophysical Associates, and Atlas Powder Company; the development of Ladshaw Explosives in Hobbs, New Mexico in 1963; the home office move to New Braunfels in 1964 and the operation of powder mixing plants in Hobbs and Hazard, Kentucky; the sales of ammonium nitrate and slurr… more
Date: October 20, 1980
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd & Ladshaw, Archie A.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Loyd Smith, August 26, 1980

Description: Interview with Loyd Smith, an owner and operator of Loyd's Rentall in Denton, Texas. The interview discusses his family background, farming in north Texas during the Depression and the post-World War II period; his equipment service work in Dallas and Abilene; opening a martinizing shop in Denton; his investment in the Denton rental business; his purchase of a United Rental franchise; the expansion of the contractor phase of the business; financing a new location for the firm; his activity in c… more
Date: August 26, 1980
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd & Smith, Loyd
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Philip Welhausen, May 14, 1980

Description: Interview with Philip Welhausen, the president of the Tex-Tan Western Leather Company in Yoakum, Texas. The interview discusses his father's development of the leather tanning business in Yoakum; their line of leather products; effects of the Depression and World War II on the business; the sale of business assets in 1956; the merger with Tandy Corporation; saddle promotions; their expansion into Canada and Mexico; his experiences with labor unions in Yoakum; his views on pay systems, motivatio… more
Date: May 14, 1980
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd & Welhausen, Philip
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Roy R. Evans, May 16, 1980

Description: Interview with Roy R. Evans, the president of Texas AFL-CIO and hearing examiner as well as office manager for the Industrial Accident Board of Texas. The interview discusses his family background; his involvement in the labor movement at Chance-Vought Aircraft in 1948; accomplishments as President of Texas AFL-CIO; his unsuccessful campaign for re-election; his committee work to improve Texas Workers' Compensation Law of 1967; his views on the future of the Texas labor movement; "Operation Boo… more
Date: May 16, 1980
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd & Evans, Roy R.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Anne Davis and Don Davis, October 7, 1979

Description: Interview with Anne Davis and Don Davis, owners of the Davis Purity Bakery in Denton, Texas. The interview discusses their family background; the depression; the purchase of Purity Bakery; the family involvement in the business, growth of the business, equipment, products, commercial and institutional accounts, business fluctuations, the sugar crisis, pricing, typical workday, credit policies, shortages, government regulations, employment; and reasons for the company's success; Anne's early lea… more
Date: October 7, 1979
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd; Davis, Anne & Davis, Don
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Russell-Newman Manufacturing CO., 1978

Description: Interview with several employees of varying positions within Russell-Newman Manufacturing Company. The first interviewee, Rowe Boyd Newman, is the founder and chairman of the board of Russell-Newman Manufacturing Company in Denton, Texas. The interview discusses his boyhood; early work experiences; education; experience as a store manager of Montgomery Ward and Butler Bros.; founding of Russell-Newman in 1939; decisions to specialize in lingerie; World War II; growth and expansion of the store;… more
Date: {1978-03-01,1978-06-14,1978-07-26,1978-09-13}
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd; Curry, O. J.; Newman, Rowe Boyd; Martino, Frank; Robinson, Don & Kendrick, Lura
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with R. L. Selby and Lewis Marie Selby, September 21, 1979

Description: Interview with R. L. Selby and Lewis Marie Selby, co-owners and operators of Selby Florist in Denton, Texas. The interview discusses their family background and education; the depression; entering the family business; the growth of sales volume and variety of plants at the family nursery; distribution; improvements in equipment; the opening of their retail florist shop; World War II; being the sole owners of a retail store in 1949; their credit policies; employee relations; the opening of a gar… more
Date: September 21, 1979
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd; Selby, R. L. & Selby, Lewis Marie
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Mabel Wolfe, November 30, 1978

Description: Interview with Mabel Wolfe, a co-founder with her late husband, Ross Wolfe, of Wolfe's Nurseries in Stephenville, Texas. The interview discusses her and Ross Wolfe's family background; education; their move to California; their visits with Luther Burbank and his influence in starting the pecan nursery business in Texas; Ross's sales career with other nurseries; the founding of his own business and early struggles, the origins of Burkett Pecan, the growth, and expansion of the company; Ross's de… more
Date: November 30, 1978
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd & Wolfe, Mabel
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Morris Kibler and Lillian Kibler, November 9, 1978

Description: Interview with Morris Kibler and Lillian Kibler, founders, owners, and operators of Kibler Office Supplies in Denton, Texas. The interview discusses their family background, early work experiences; education; marriage and family; Lillian's involvement in the management of the family business; Morris's work in the Texas Legislature; the Air Force; his college teaching career; his time as an office machine salesman; the purchase of his own business, the growth, and expansion of the business; and … more
Date: November 9, 1978
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd; Kibler, Morris & Kibler, Lillian
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Joe Northern, May 22, 1978

Description: Interview with Joe Northern, an owner and operator of Joe's Cleaners in Denton, Texas. The interview discusses his family background and education; his early work experiences; the opening of Joe's Cleaners in 1944; the decline of dry-cleaning business; his unique credit system; the importance of self-employment; other business ventures; his dealing with the city of Denton; and the history of his business.
Date: May 22, 1978
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd & Northern, Joe
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Raymond Wheeler, 1978

Description: Interview with Raymond Wheeler, a manager of McClurkan Properties and Industrial Credit Corporation, and owner and operator of an insurance company in Denton, Texas. The interview discusses his family background and education; experiences as a credit manager for a wholesale grocery; organizing a personal (merchant endorsed) loan company in 1938, dealing with the loan company's growth, problems, and strengths; McClurkan Properties; his views concerning community growth; the establishment and ope… more
Date: {1978-06-01,1978-07-17}
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd & Wheeler, Raymond
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interviews with Wyn L. Murrell, 1975-1976

Description: Interview with Wyn L. Murrell, an industrial executive for Moore Business Forms in Denton, Texas. The interview discusses his education; early work background; his time as a planning manager for Moore Business Forms in Dallas, Texas; the early history of the company; the location and building of manufacturing facilities in Denton in 1945 and the location of divisional headquarters in Denton; his views on the company's public relations, communications, philosophy, products, growth, and expansion… more
Date: 1975-09/1976-03
Creator: Palmer, Arthur & Murrell, Wyn L.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Kenneth Hadlock, May 17, 1978

Description: Interview with Kenneth Hadlock, a founder and manager of Hadlock and Fox Saddletree Manufacturing Company in Gruene, Texas. The interview discusses his family background and education; his early work experiences in blacksmithing and saddletree making in Utah; the Depression; early saddletree making methods and equipment; founding of Standard Saddletree Company in Utah with Fox; move to Texas; founding of Hadlock and Fox; start of the tannery, retail store, and saddle making; explains how his co… more
Date: May 17, 1978
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd & Hadlock, Kenneth
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Oral History Interview with Frank Cuellar, 1978

Description: Interview with Frank Cuellar, founder and chairman of the Board of El Chico Corporation. The interview discusses his family background; education problems; working as a barber; employment in the kitchen of the Adolphus Hotel; "Mama" Adelaida Cuellar's Mexican food stand at the Kaufman County Fair in 1926; the opening of the first "Cuellar's" restaurant in 1928 and the expansion of the restaurant; the Depression; working on a ranch in Mexico; the opening of the first El Chico restaurant in Dalla… more
Date: {1978-07-13,1978-08-09}
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd & Cuellar, Frank
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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