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Report of Fish and Oyster Commissioner of the State of Texas for the Year Ending August 31, 1902
Report containing information gathered by the Texas Fish and Oyster Commissioner including laws, licenses granted, and poundage caught per county.
The Caddo Oil and Gas Field, Louisiana and Texas
This article is based on the production of oil in the Caddo oil and gas field on the Gulf Coastal plain.
Natural Gas Resources of Parts of North Texas
Article about Natural Gas Reserves production and Consumption in Dallas, Fort Worth in Texas
United States Community Improvement Appraisal: Fort Worth Texas Before & After Work Relief, 1932-1938
Report and photo album documenting work done in Fort Worth parks as part of programs by municipal entities for building and landscaping rehabilitation.
Report of Engagement with Bandits near Quilali for the Information of the Marine Command, 1 January, 1928
A report from USMC Col. L. M. Gulick in Nicaragua to his command element, detailing a battle between Marine forces and Sandinista guerillas near Quilalí on December 30, 1927, including a list of killed- and wounded-in-action marines.
[El Comercio Report on Sandinista Statement, December 6, 1928]
Typed copy of a report from the newspaper "El Comercio" on a statement by guerilla Jose Parade. It regards the death of a mining manager in Sandinista custody, the whereabouts of Augusto César Sandino, and the return of three US Marines' bodies to American forces.
Your Dallas of Tomorrow: A Master Plan for a Greater Dallas
Report providing information about the ongoing city planning for Dallas, Texas that started with the Kessler Plan in 1911. It is presented in two parts: the character of the city (background information on the history, geography, economy, employment, zoning, etc.) and the scope of the city plan, which has specific details for a plan to improve land use, water supplies, transportation, recreational facilities, and other aspects of city administration.
A Master Plan for Dallas, Texas Report 3: Past and Probable Future Population
Report providing information about the ongoing city planning for Dallas, Texas that started with the Kessler Plan in 1911. This report includes tables and charts showing Dallas' population history and expected growth up until approximately 1970; the report looks at factors that could effect the distribution of population, where the future growth may occur, etc.
A Master Plan for Dallas, Texas, Report 8: Land Use
Report providing information about the ongoing city planning for Dallas, Texas that started with the Kessler Plan in 1911. This report includes tables and charts showing current and future land use as well as current and future zoning districts. According to an "Errata" insert, tables 1, 2, and 3, were made using the "wrong acreage for the Dallas parks...use the revised tables in studying this report."
The Master Plan for Dallas, Texas, Report 14: A Preliminary Report Upon a Capital Expenditure Program
Report providing information about the ongoing city planning for Dallas, Texas that started with the Kessler Plan in 1911. This report includes details concerning a capital expenditure program, such as the allocation of funds, selection of projects and a "[p]roposed 25 Year Program of General Fund Public Improvements. The second part of the report details an improvement program for the water and sanitary sewer systems. The appendix at the end of the report includes 17 tables providing empirical data about the proposed plans.
A Master Plan for Dallas, Texas: Water and Sanitary Sewer Utilities
Report providing information about the ongoing city planning for Dallas, Texas that started with the Kessler Plan in 1911. This report includes graphs, charts, and maps concerning the development of an improved water and sanitary sewer system; at the back of the report there are maps showing predicted urban development and the Dallas water distribution system.
[Water and Sewage Development Plan Prepared by Dallas City Water Works]
Rough draft of a plan created by Dallas City Waterworks attempting to improve the "water and sanitary sewer utilities serving the Dallas Metropolitan Area." There are charts and graphs throughout the document, including five tables in the back.
An Outline of the Dallas Master Plan
Outline of the Dallas Master Plan compiled by the Dallas City Plan Commission discussing the fourteen previous reports made by Harland Bartholomew. The report also contains maps showing the city's streets, water distribution, parks, etc. Included in the back is a handwritten list made by Mayor J. Woodall Rodgers listing members of the various boards and committees involved in the planning.
North Beach Study for the City of Corpus Christi
Report discussing floods and sediments near Corpus Christi Bay, Texas, based on data gathered between 1927 and summer 1956. It includes specific measurements and analyses, broken into sections under three phase headings: (1) Floods of North Beach: Record, Causes, Types and Probability, (2) Sedimentation and Maintenance, and (3) Area Flood Protection by Strengthening Barrier Islands.
Matagorda County, Texas Financial Report: 1959
Annual financial report for Matagorda County, Texas, including an operational statement for Matagorda General Hospital, balance sheets and statements for each county fund, and other relevant information about county monies.
Bay City Origin - Destination Survey: October 1960
Report documenting "factual data relative to the movements of vehicular traffic into and thru [sic] the Bay City area. The survey was ordered and planned to obtain data necessary for a comprehensive study of future development of highway facilities in the area" (p. 5). It includes graphs and tabular analyses of the survey, which was conducted on October 11, 1960.
Northside History Project Report
Final report documenting the archival research about the "Northside" area of Corpus Christi along with information and images gathered from community members through oral histories and open houses. This report serves as a component of supplemental research during planning for the rebuilding of the harbor bridge at U.S. 181.
D. N. Leathers I History Project Report
Report discussing the history of a public housing project located in the "Northside" area of Corpus Christi, "to document the 28 buildings of the D. N. Leathers I public housing campus as well as how those buildings fit into the historic context of public housing nationally and locally. The culture of D. N. Leathers I in the 1940s through the 1960s is also included through the perceptions of the persons who contributed their oral history to the project" (p. 2).
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