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Amblema plicata, Specimen #3

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; brown external coloring; external sculpturing in the form of ridges. Collected in the San Jacinto basin. The specimen measures between 60 - 100 mm in length and was assessed to be recently dead when collected.
Date: October 4, 1975
Creator: Britton, Joseph; Murphy, C.; Golightly, C. & Boone, Constance
Partner: Elm Fork Natural Heritage Museum
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[Clipping: No to United Way this year]

Description: An open letter written by David Lott to United Way and published in This Week in Texas; Lott describes how disappointed he is in United Way's lack of involvement in the LGBTQIA+ community during the AIDS crisis.
Date: October 25, 1991
Creator: Lott, David
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Delta Sigma Theta Awards Gala at the 42nd national convention]

Description: Video footage provided by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters shown during the Delta Sigma Theta Awards Gala. The footage shows an animated slideshow with photo slides of famous members of the sorority along with their names and city. A narrator speaks over the slideshow giving a brief description of the women's accomplishments. The women commonly serve their community in positions of education, politics, civil rights, and public service.
Date: October 6, 1994
Duration: 23 minutes 47 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[J. Lee Clark. Jack Daniels Employee]

Description: Photograph of an employee of the Jack Daniels Distillery in Lynchburg, Tennessee. He wears a camouflage hat and is pictured from the chest up. Narrative by Junebug Clark: This picture of J. Lee Clark (no relation) is part of Joe & Junebug Clark's book "Up The Hollow From Lynchburg." Photo by: Junebug Clark. Signed by: Junebug Clark Clark PhotoFile: 9150-0011-19
Date: October 17, 1972
Creator: Clark, Junebug
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Lampsilis teres, Specimen #278

Description: One preserved mussel specimen including both the left and right valves. The specimen exhibits an elliptical shape; moderately thick shell; white internal coloring; tan external coloring; no external sculpturing. Collected in the San Jacinto basin. The specimen measures between 100 - 120 mm in length and was assessed to be live when collected.
Date: October 4, 1975
Creator: Britton, Joseph; Murphy, C.; Golightly, C. & Boone, Constance
Partner: Elm Fork Natural Heritage Museum
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Land-Surface Subsidence at Seabrook, Texas

Description: Abstract: Removal of water, oil, and gas from the subsurface in Harris and Galveston Counties, Texas, has caused a decline in fluid pressures, which in turn has resulted in subsidence of the land surface. Subsidence of the land surface at Seabrook is due principally to the removal of water. Significant subsidence of the land surface probably began after 1920, and a minimum of about 3.3 feet (1.0 m) and a maximum of about 4.3 feet (1.3 m) of subsidence had occurred at Seabrook by 1973. Probable … more
Date: October 1976
Creator: Gabrysch, R. K. & Bonnet, C. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Land-Surface Subsidence in the Area of Moses Lake Near Texas City, Texas

Description: Abstract: Removal of water, oil, and gas from the subsurface in Harris and Galveston Counties has caused declines in fluid pressures, which in turn have resulted in subsidence of the land surface. Subsidence of the land surface at Moses Lake is due principally to the removal of ground water in adjacent areas. Significant subsidence of the land surface at Moses Lake began after 1900, and as much as 1.8 feet (0.55 meters) of subsidence had occurred in the area by 1973. Probable future subsidence … more
Date: October 1976
Creator: Gabrysch, R. K. & Bonnet, C. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Leptodea fragilis, Specimen #470

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 San Jacinto basin. The specimen measures between 60 - 100 mm in length and was assessed to be relatively-recently dead when collected.
Date: October 4, 1975
Creator: Britton, Joseph; Murphy, C.; Golightly, C. & Boone, Constance
Partner: Elm Fork Natural Heritage Museum
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[Letters from Adelitia McGee to the Moore family and Alice McGee, October 16-17, 1889]

Description: This is a letter from the Charles B. Moore Collection. It is written by Adelitia "Dinkie" McGee to the Moore family and Alice McGee. In this letter, Dinkie details the goings-on in Gallatin, Tennessee and the news includes: weather updates, a discussion concerning Alice's Grandma McGee who has passed, a dialogue about making molasses from cane, news about the crops that survived and the crops that were ruined from frost, updates on family and friends, and the daily happenings since the Moore fa… more
Date: October 16, 1889
Creator: Dodd, Adelitia
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Minutes for the TXSSAR Board of Managers Meeting: October 3, 1981]

Description: Minutes from a meeting of the TXSSAR Board of Managers, held on October 3, 1981, in Houston, Texas, including a summary of activities and business discussed. The meeting was called to order and presided by President Kenneth E. Ingram, with the invocation given by Chaplain A. J. Frank.
Date: October 3, 1981
Creator: Sons of the American Revolution. Texas Society.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Minutes of the TXSSAR Board of Managers Meeting: October 12-13, 2013]

Description: Minutes of the Texas Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (TXSSAR) Board of Managers meeting covering the business sessions, held October 12-13, 2013 at the Hilton Garden Inn NW America Plaza, in Houston, Texas. It includes information about the committees and business covered by the attending members.
Date: 2013-10-12/2013-10-13
Creator: Stevens, Larry G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Minutes of the TXSSAR Board of Managers Meeting: October 30-31, 2010]

Description: Minutes of the Texas Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (TXSSAR) Board of Managers meeting covering the general sessions, held October 30-31, 2010 at the Hilton Westchase Hotel, in Houston, Texas. It includes information about the committees and business covered by the attending members.
Date: 2010-10-30/2010-10-31
Creator: Clark, Robert M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Arco Fire]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story by KPRC reporter Jack Cato about an explosion in the butane unit at the Arco Refinery on Lawndale that sent one employee to Herman Hospital. The story includes footage of the fire department on scene, an interview with Arco spokesman Bob Powell, and reporter Cato showing the size of the refinery on a map. This story aired at 6:00 P.M.
Date: October 28, 1983
Duration: 1 minute 31 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Blast]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: October 24, 1978, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 2 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Bush]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: October 28, 1983, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 26 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Bush in Houston]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: October 28, 1983, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 15 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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