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Features and Fillers: Texas Journalists on Texas Folklore

Description: Collection of popular folklore of Texas, including information about animals, folk music, weather lore, folk beliefs, legends, folk medicine, poetry and other folktales. The index begins on page 229.
Date: 1999
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Partner: UNT Press

Council Fire, Handbook of McMurry University, 1999-00

Description: The Council Fire is the student handbook of McMurry University in Abilene, Texas and includes information about the rules and regulations of the school as well as general information about student governance and campus life.
Date: 1999
Creator: McMurry University
Partner: McMurry University Library

[Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling]

Description: Program for Robert Harling's production of "Steel Magnolias" held to benefit the Turtle Creek Chorale. The cover of the program shows a photograph of costumed performers posing around a salon chair.
Date: July 23, 1999
Creator: Turtle Creek Chorale
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Membership Directory

Description: A description of and list of members involved with the Stonewall Professional and Business Association.
Date: 1999
Creator: Stonewall Professional and Business Directory
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Oral History Interview with Edward L. Reisinger, August 5, 1999

Description: Interview with Edward L. Reisinger, Army veteran (4th Signal Company, 4th Infantry Division), concerning his experiences in the European Theater during World War II. Depression era odd jobs; decision to join the Army, July, 1940; Fort Benning, Georgia, 1940-41, and assignment to the 4th Signal Company; Camp Gordon, Georgia, 1941-1943; Camp Gordon Johnson, Florida, 1943, for amphibious training; his marriage to Margaret Lilly, Christmas Eve, 1942; his duties as a communications sergeant; his tra… more
Date: August 5, 1999
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Reisinger, Edward L.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

On Final Approach

Description: Book that includes a list of corrections made for Byrd Howell Granger by a number of Women Airforce Service Pilots.
Date: 1999
Creator: Granger, Byrd Howell
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[The Woman's Wednesday Club Scrapbook]

Description: Scrapbook for the Woman's Wednesday Club in Fort Worth, Texas. The scrapbook contains photographs, newspaper articles, and other materials related to the club's activities.
Date: 1999~
Partner: Tarrant County Archives

Oral History Interview with Leslie W. Bray, Jr., March 3, 1999

Description: Interview with Army Air Forces veteran Leslie W. Bray, Jr. The interview includes Bray's personal experiences about the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II, youth during the Great Depression, flight training, being designated as the commander of the 16th Combat Cargo Squadron, stationing at Sylhet, India as part of his assignment to the CBI Theater, supplying the British 14th Army in Burma, flying difficulties due to weather conditions, various transfers, and flying "The Hump." Bray a… more
Date: March 3, 1999
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Bray, Leslie W., Jr.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Corenna Smeltzer, August 11, 1999

Description: Interview with Corenna Young Smeltzer, factory worker, concerning her experiences as a riveter at Armstrong Cork and Rubber Company, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, during World War II. Effects of the Great Depression on her family; her first job experience in a knitting mill; incentives to seek a job as a riveter with Armstrong, 1942; transportation problems; shift work; wage discrimination; length of the workday and workweek; riveting work on F4U Corsair fuselages; reaction of male employees to the … more
Date: August 11, 1999
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Smeltzer, Corenna
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Desmond R. and Rose G. Tyler, June 9, 1999

Description: Interview with Desmond R. and Rose G. Tyler, an Army veteran (Quartermaster Corps) and his wife, concerning their experiences with German prisoners-of-war while stationed at Fort Francis E. Warren, Wyoming, during World War II. Their courtship and marriage, 1942; Camp Callan, California, 1942-43; birth of their first child, August 2, 1943; Camp Davis, North Carolina, 1943-44; assignment to Fort Francis E. Warren, 1944; wartime rationing and housing shortages; his job as head of the Training Aid… more
Date: June 9, 1999
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.; Tyler, Desmond R. & Tyler, Rose G.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Norbert John Wilcox, February 15, 1999

Description: Interview with Norbert John Wilcox, a Navy veteran (Patrol Squadron VPB-44), concerning his experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Civilian Pilot Training, the University of Chicago, 1942; pre-flight training, University of Iowa, 1942-43; basic flight training, Livermore, California, 1943; advanced flight training, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1943; assignment to flying the PBY; navigation and bombardier training, Banana River Naval Air Station, Florida, 1943; assignment to VPB-44 on… more
Date: February 15, 1999
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Wilcox, Norbert John
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Glenn M. Stinchcomb, November 17, 1999

Description: Interview with Glenn M. Stinchcomb, an engineer and Navy veteran (VP-27), concerning his experiences as a PB4Y-2 co-pilot during World War II and the early years of the Cold War. Decision to enlist in the Navy on May 9, 1945; acceptance in the V-5 Program for naval aviators, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, 1945-46; pre-flight training, Naval Air Station, Ottumwa, Iowa, 1946; his decision to participate in the Holloway Program as a midshipman, 1946; primary flight training, Naval Air… more
Date: November 17, 1999
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Stinchcomb, Glenn M.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

The History of Texas License Plates

Description: Book describing the history of license plates in the state of Texas including an overview as well as specific information and images organized by decade (1907 through 1999). It also provides statistical and summary information about license and registration fees, administrative management, and manufacturing statistics, with a bibliography of sources (p. 255).
Date: March 1999
Creator: Texas. Vehicle Titles and Registration Division.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Abilene City Council Minutes: 1999]

Description: Ledger containing minutes of the City Council in Abilene, Texas documenting the group's discussions and activities from January 14, 1999 to December 16, 1999.
Date: 1999-01-14/1999-12-16
Creator: Abilene (Tex.)
Partner: Abilene Public Library

Soil Survey of Karnes County, Texas

Description: Text describes the area, climate, agricultural history and statistics, soil-survey methods and definitions, soils and crops, land uses and agricultural methods, irrigation, and morphology and genesis of soils of Karnes County, Texas.
Date: 1999
Creator: United States. Soil Conservation Service.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Soil Survey of Loving and Winkler Counties, Texas

Description: Text describes the area, climate, agricultural history and statistics, soil-survey methods and definitions, soils and crops, land uses and agricultural methods, irrigation, and morphology and genesis of soils of Loving and Winkler Counties, Texas.
Date: 1999
Creator: United States. Soil Conservation Service.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

The Personal Correspondence of Sam Houston, Volume 3: 1848-1852

Description: This book is the third in a series of four volumes and contains collected correspondence to and from Sam Houston. The letters include footnotes that give clarification and context. The volume also has appendices, a bibliography, and an index (which starts on page 493).
Date: 1999
Creator: Roberts, Madge Thornall
Partner: UNT Press

Texas Almanac, 2000-2001

Description: The almanac covers general topics about the state of Texas including statistics for individual counties, history, wildlife, science, agriculture, expenditures, and weather, as well as discussions of legal and social issues of the time. A general index is on page 631.
Date: 1999
Creator: Ramos, Mary G.
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

Catalog of Howard Payne University, 1999-2000

Description: Catalog describes the history, governance, admission requirements, course offerings, and campus life of Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas (http://www.hputx.edu).
Date: June 1999
Creator: Howard Payne University
Partner: Howard Payne University Library

before I wake: a story

Description: This chapbook commemorates a reading given by Helen Leath on December 1, 1999, in the Rare Book Room of the University of North Texas Library. The reading was the second presentation of Short fiction writers, a series sponsored by the Friends of the University of North Texas Libraries and co-sponsored by the UNT Department of English. This edition of four hundred signed/numbered copies and is made possible by a generous grant from the Friends of the University of North Texas Libraries. Rare Boo… more
Date: 1999
Creator: Leath, Helen
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Facilities Fact Book: Texas Public Universities, Health-Related Institution, and Technical Colleges, 1998

Description: Annual compilation of information and statistics related to educational facilities at public colleges and universities in Texas, including space usage and maintenance, campus planning, and other relevant data.
Date: September 1999
Creator: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Divison of Finance, Campus Planning, and Research
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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