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[Check, December 8, 1915]

Description: Check to the Fort Worth Gas Company by the South Side Baptist Church for $1.17. The check is written on an account in the Farmers and Mechanics National Bank.
Date: December 8, 1915
Creator: South Side Baptist Church
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Graphic Studies of Ultimate Analyses of Coals

Description: Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies of analyses of coals. The results are discussed and presented on various diagrams. This paper includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: December 1915
Creator: Ralston, Oliver C. & Porter, Horace C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Revision of the Pocket Gophers of the Genus Thomomys

Description: Describes habits, predators, morphology, sexual variation, pelages, and distribution of pocket gophers. Describes genera and group relations. Describes, lists locations and distribution, and provides a key for species and subspecies.
Date: November 15, 1915
Creator: Bailey, Vernon
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[Letter from William J. McKinley to Claude D. White and Family, November 2, 1915]

Description: Letter to Claude D. White and family from William J. McKinley discussing his recent trips to Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi where he evaluated various farms for future purchase. He then goes on to discuss his family and friends in the area and his plans to visit Claude when he is able.
Date: November 7, 1915
Creator: McKinley, William J.
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Extraction and Recovery of Radium, Uranium and Vanadium from Carnotite

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines discussing extraction and recovery of different ores from carnotite. Equipment and methods for extraction are presented. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: November 1915
Creator: Parsons, Charles L.; Moore, R. B.; Lind, S. C. & Schaefer, O. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[Envelope addressed to Mrs. Claude D. White, October 24, 1916]

Description: Envelope addressed to Mrs. Claude D. White in Fort Worth, Texas. It is from Hogin & McKinley General Insurance and Long Time Loans in Gallatin, Tennessee. It is postmarked Gallatin, Tenn. October 24, 1916. The top right corner, where the stamp would have been, has been torn off. "R7-Box 52" is written in the bottom left corner.
Date: October 24, 1915
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Letter from Alice G. to Mollie Moore, Linnet White, and Family, October 10, 1915]

Description: Letter to Mollie Moore, Linnet White, and family from Alice G. discussing family matters and what she has been doing. She writes of Birdie and Will's plans to eventually purchase a farm and her take on the situation. Alice also includes information about their food situation, her sewing projects, and other daily events. At the end, Alice has a brief note directed at Claude White regarding excitement for the election of state senators.
Date: October 10, 1915
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Report on Behavior of Aeroplanes in Gusts

Description: Part 1 presents the results of a wind tunnel test of a biplane model with an 18 inch span. The lift, drift, and pitching moment were measured for a series of angles of incidence corresponding to the maximum possible changes of flight attitude. Only the discussion of symmetrical or longitudinal changes is given. From the observed rate of variation of the forces and pitching moment, it was possible to calculate the derivatives needed in the complete theory of longitudinal stability in still air.
Date: October 7, 1915
Creator: Hunsaker, Jerome C. & Wilson, Edward Bidwell
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[Letter from Birdie McKinley to Linnet White and Family, September 30, 1915]

Description: Letter to Linnet Moore from Birdie McKinley discussing Will prospecting for farming land due to their current land being poor for this, the bad colds her children have, a Kodak picture of her family she is sending to Linnet, and other happenings with family and friends. On the back of second paper Birdie has a note stating that she forgot to write on that side and asks Linnet to send her a picture of her house when she gets a chance.
Date: September 30, 1915
Creator: McKinley, Birdie
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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A Review of the American Moles

Description: Discusses habits; economic status; characteristics and development of young; pelages and molts; and geographic, individual, sexual, and age variation. Describes subfamilies, history, and generic names of the family Talpidae. Describes, lists locations, and provides a key for genera, species and subspecies.
Date: September 30, 1915
Creator: Jackson, Hartley H. T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Relative Worth of Improvements of Fabrics

Description: Report presents an equation that connects all the major qualities of a fabric, from which the fabric may be rigidly designed with respect to maximum ultimate economy.
Date: August 17, 1915
Creator: Goodyear Tire And Rubber Company
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Some Engineering Problems of the Panama Canal in Their Relation to Geology and Topography

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over issues encountered during construction of the Panama Canal. As stated in the introduction, "this report aims to discuss, from the viewpoint of the mining geologist, the bearing of topographic and geologic conditions on certain problems that arose in the construction of the Panama Canal" (p. 7). This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: August 1915
Creator: MacDonald, Donald F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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