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[Note about the Jackson Family and Jackson Cemetery]

Description: Photocopy of handwritten notes about the Jackson family and Jackson cemetery, the notes include information about what the landscape was like in the Eanes area as well as a smallpox epidemic in the Austin area that left many deceased and buried in the Jackson cemetery.
Date: 1980
Creator: Eanes History Center
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

Black Leadership Position Paper

Description: Document discussing the Socialist Workers Party's actions, condemning their divisive actions, and supporting their termination from all activities of Latin-American assistance.
Date: April 18, 1981
Creator: Greene, Rick; Richardson, Lynda; Salas, Mario Marcel & Sanders, John H.
Partner: Private Collection of Mario Marcel Salas

Assessment of Air Pollution Impacts from Ethanol Production Plants

Description: Summary: "This paper reviews ethanol production technology as it relates to air pollution potentials. Discussions of emission sources, control technologies, clean air regulations, and control costs are provided" (front cover).
Date: June 1981
Creator: Avant, Robert V., Jr. & Wallin, Gary I.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Educación para la Tecnología de Mañana

Description: Draft of a speech written for the IX Seminario Professional about using technology in education.
Date: June 5, 1981
Creator: Contreras, Gloria
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Handwritten Account of the Boat Parade]

Description: Photocopy of a handwritten account by Mary Mowinckle of the July 4, 1981 Boat Parade on Lake Austin for the Neighborhood Section of the Austin American-Statesman Newspaper. She recounts going to the parade with her father, his friend, and her mother.
Date: July 4, 1981
Creator: Depwe, Dorothy
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

[Interview with Earl Short]

Description: Photocopy of a transcription of an interview with Earl Short by Dorothy Depwe. Short talks about multiple murders that occurred in the Westlake, Texas area, as well as the lives of several families in the area.
Date: June 18, 1982
Creator: Depwe, Dorothy
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

A Question of Equity: The WASP in World War II

Description: Essay by former Women Airforce Service Pilot, Eleanor Brown, discussing the history and importance of the WASP and their long struggle for militarization. Included are a photocopied newspaper clipping describing the resistance to militarization and a small note about the essay. Various grammatical and syntactical corrections are handwritten in pen throughout the piece.
Date: December 2, 1982
Creator: Brown, Eleanor
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Notes about W. L Beard]

Description: Photocopy of a transcription of a taped interview with W. L. Beard. Beard goes into his time in the Eanes County area, talking about when the dam broke and many had to abandon the riverside as well as the construction of the Eanes Rock Schoolhouse.
Date: October 4, 1983
Creator: Eanes History Center
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

History of the Volunteer Fire Department, 1884---1984

Description: Paper documenting the history of Round Rock's fire department, including information on equipment, mascots, the Girl Pumper Team, and Robert G. Griffith, a long time educator and resident of Round Rock who served as mayor. Footnotes and a bibliography appear on pages 26 and 27.
Date: January 1984
Creator: Ward, Lerlene Womble
Partner: Round Rock Public Library

Reflections of an Immigrant

Description: Autobiogrpahy of John E. Lasovica, describing his childhood in Liptal, a town in modern-day Czech Republic, how his family immigrated to West, Texas, and his adult life in Hopewell, Virginia. His discusses how he learned to speak English, moving for various jobs, and his family.
Date: March 1984
Creator: Lastovica, John E.
Partner: History of West Museum

Historic and Symbolic Aspects of Round Rock Cemetery and Slave Cemetery

Description: Two papers combined into one for a university class that together discuss the history of both the Round Rock Cemetery and Slave Cemetery, as well as their layouts, evolution since the 19th century, and the specific graves of Sam Bass, Vander Barbette, and Virginia Masterson. Excerpts from an interview with Joe Lee Johnson, whose father had been a slave, are also included.
Date: 1985
Creator: Bose, Ted John & Herrera, JuliAnne
Partner: Round Rock Public Library

[Handwritten Note about the Dellana Family]

Description: Photocopy of a handwritten account of what is was like to live on Tucker Lane in the 1920's. Dorothy Depwe goes into how many children the Tuckers the family had as well as goes into the lives of the Teague, Ryan, Young, and Small families.
Date: March 28, 1986
Creator: Depwe, Dorothy
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

[Interview with Rev. A. D. Eberhart]

Description: Photocopy of a set of notes from an interview with Rev. A. D. Eberhart that include his age as well as notes about the Young and Brown family and guns.
Date: July 17, 1986
Creator: Eanes History Center
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

Grant Proposal: AIDS Legal Resource Project

Description: Grant proposal submitted by the Texas Human Rights Foundation to the Design Industries Foundation for AIDS requesting funding for a project to aide those with HIV or AIDS in legal cases regarding discrimination.
Date: 1988
Creator: Texas Human Rights Foundation, Inc.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

The Dropout Dilemma: Searching for Formulas That Work

Description: Report on people who drop out of school with a focus on vocational education as a way to find people another option to traditional schooling.
Date: June 1988
Creator: Texas Council on Vocational Education
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Grant Proposal: Challenge to Section 21.06 of the Texas Penal Code, 1989

Description: Grant proposal submitted by the Texas Human Rights Foundation to the Live Oak Fund for Change requesting funding for a project that would challenge Texas Penal Code Section 21.06 as it is discriminatory towards LGBT people.
Date: August 1989
Creator: Texas Human Rights Foundation, Inc.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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