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A Doctoral Dissertation Using Interviews with the Zale Corporation, 1983-1984

Description: A University of North Texas Ph.D. dissertation written by Tommy W. Stringer and based upon oral history interviews. Includes topics such as the history of Jews and discrimination against them in Tsarist Russia; "Zhid" and "shtetl"; immigration difficulties; the immigration policies of the United States; the arrival of Sam Zalevsky in Texas in 1910; Jewish communities in Texas; the Ku Klux Klan in Texas in the 1920s; and the establishment of Zales Jewelry stores in 1924. The dissertation also in… more
Date: May 1984
Creator: Stringer, Tommy W.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Advocating Art: The Texas Fine Arts Association, 1911-1943

Description: Thesis discussing the early history of The Texas Fine Arts Association, from its 1911 formation in renowned sculptor Elisabet Ney's Austin studio (called Formosa) through the 1943 gift by Clara Driscoll of her Austin estate Laguna Gloria for a state art gallery. Topics covered include TFAA's formation, mission, financial challenges, and statewide art advocacy efforts and programs, including art exhibitions at the Ney Museum, its touring annual Texas Circuit art exhibitions, and the high school … more
Date: May 1993
Creator: Prohaska, Edward Eugene
Partner: UNT Libraries

Archaeological Investigations at the Kent Creek Site (41HL66): Evidence of Mogollon Influence on the Southern Plains

Description: Archeological Investigations at the Kent Creek Site (41HL66). Evidence of Mogollon influence on the Southern Plains. Recent investigations at the Kent Creek site (41HL66) in the southeastern Texas panhandle and a number of other sites in the Panhandle Plains region allows for a redefinition of the Palo Duro Complex and for its reassignment as a phase.
Date: 1992
Creator: Cruse, Jimmy Brett
Partner: Panhandle Archaeological Society of Texas

A Comparison of Bright and Dull Children in Reading

Description: Thesis forming part of the degree requirements for a Master of Arts degree from the University of Michigan, covering reading-related learning deficiencies in children. The thesis is divided in five chapters: an introduction, "Background of Problem", "Method of Procedure", "Learning Capacity of Bright and Dull Children", and "Comparison of Bright and Dull Children Learning to Read." A section of conclusions and a bibliography is included at the end. A partial ticket stub for the Radio City Music… more
Date: June 1935
Creator: Turner, Minnie Laurine
Partner: Private Collection of Dr. George E. Keaton, Jr.

Edward Larrabee Barnes's Dallas Museum of Art: An Architectural Development Study

Description: This study examines the development of Edward Larrabee Barnes's design concepts for the Dallas Museum of Art, from preliminary concepts and program statements by Director Harry Parker and Dallas Museum trustees, through initial planning and architect selection, to site selection, the Program and Space Study, Barnes's early conceptual plans, and his Dallas Arts District master planning. Influences on Barnes's work and his career development leading to the Dallas commission, his most ambitious mu… more
Date: August 1989
Creator: Koerble, Barbara Lee
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

A Social History of Baytown, Texas, 1912-1956

Description: Thesis discussing various aspects of the history of Baytown, Texas, based on recollections of community citizens and other primary sources.
Date: January 1958
Creator: Haenel, Olga Bernice Miller
Partner: Sterling Municipal Library

Baytown During the Depression, 1929-1933

Description: Thesis providing "a chronological account of the years 1929-1933 in the Baytown area [... which] centers on the social attitudes toward poverty, business, labor and welfare of the Baytown area during the Great Depression" (p. vii).
Date: August 1981
Creator: Daniels, Anne R.
Partner: Sterling Municipal Library

A History of Howard Payne College

Description: Unpublished thesis on the development and history of Howard Payne College.
Date: 1951
Creator: Hitt, Bowling M.
Partner: Howard Payne University Library

A History of Howard Payne College

Description: Unpublished thesis on the history of Howard Payne College and events prior to its establishment.
Date: 1933
Creator: David, Ben M.
Partner: Howard Payne University Library

Jacob De Cordova and his Jewish influence on the settlement of Texas

Description: A research paper submitted by Jerry S. Brand to Dr. Terry G. Jordan of North Texas State University, for partial fulfillment of requirements in Geography 501. Submitted July 1974. The research paper is written on Jacob De Cordova and his Jewish influence on the settlement of Texas.
Date: July 1974
Creator: Brand, Jerry S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[DGPC to DGA name change document]

Description: A note from January 26, 1981 on the name change from the DGPC to the Dallas Gay Alliance.
Date: January 26, 1981
Creator: Dallas Gay Political Caucus
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Notes, June 24, 1932]

Description: Notes dated June 24, 1932, with "J. S. Dodge, Sayles, M/L lien" written at the top. The text mentions a sale, mortgages, and possible damages.
Date: June 24, 1932
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

An Experiment in School/Museum/University Collaboration

Description: A thesis submitted by Dr. Jack Davis, Dean and Professor, School of Visual Arts, University of North Texas, and Dr. William McCarter, Regents Professor of Art, School of Visual Arts, University of North Texas, titled "An Experiment in School/Museum/University Collaboration," January 14, 1994. The thesis describes the formation and work of the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, a consortia of six school districts, five museums, two arts councils, two state agencies and the U… more
Date: January 14, 1994
Creator: Davis, Donald Jack & McCarter, William, 1939-
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Assessing Student Achievement in Art

Description: A thesis, Assessing Student Achievement in Art, A Study of The Feasibility of Achievement Testing in Art. Submitted to: The Getty Center for Education in the Arts, The J. Paul Getty Trust by Ralph Hoepfner, Ph.D. The report on feasibility of developing curriculum-fair achievement tests the art on both positive and negative notes. During the 1983-84 school year an achievement test was developed to assess the school children's knowledge.
Date: March 15, 1988
Creator: Hoepfner, Ralph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

An Introduction to Arts Propel

Description: A statement on Arts Propel, a cooperative research project concerned with arts and humanities education in junior and high school levels. The statement details how Arts Propel was founded, what they aim to accomplish, the tools and methods they've developed, and why and how art and art education is an important assessment for children.
Date: [1989..]
Creator: Arts Propel Project
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

The Triumph of American Culture Over The Art Education Establishment: Findings from the U.S. National Assessment of Educational Progress in Art

Description: A thesis on, The Triumph of American Culture Over The Art Education Establishment: Findings from the U.S. National Assessment of Education Progress in Art by Brent Wilson. The article is in regards to the United States tasks of assessing educational progress in art. The National Assessment project, they have chosen to assess which school art educational programs have been effective, if the student responds to works of art, values art as an important human experience, know the history of art and… more
Date: [1989..]
Creator: Wilson, Brent
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

The Indiana Fine Arts Diagnostic Achievement Tests

Description: A document on the Indiana Fine Arts Diagnostic Achievement Tests, The Getty Center for Education in the Arts Student Assessment Meeting. The Indiana Fine Arts Diagnostic Achievement Testing program began in 1987 as a means to provide art teachers with new tools from which to measure student achievement in visual arts, music, theatre/creative drama and dance/creative movement. The purpose of the testing program is also to create / develop new tools to diagnose student and class strengths or need… more
Date: [1989-11-04,1989-11-06]
Creator: Patchen, Jeffrey H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Toward a New Generation of Student Outcome Measures: Connecticut's Common Core of Learning Assessment

Description: A report, "Toward a New Generation of Student Outcome Measures: Connecticut's Common Core of Learning Assessment" by Joan Boykoff Baron, Pascal D. Forgione, Jr. Douglas A. Rindone, Hanna Kruglanksi and Bruce Davey. Connecticut State, Department of Education, Division of Research, Evaluation and Assessment. 165 Capitol Avenue - Room 340. Hartford, Connecticut. Presented at American Education Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California. Part of Symposium 28.01 Beyond Effective Schools: … more
Date: March 29, 1989
Creator: Baron, Joan Boykoff; Forgione, Pascal D., Jr.; Rindone, Douglas A.; Kruglanksi, Hannah & Davey, Bruce
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Request to Leave Laredo from Maria Josefa]

Description: Request to leave Laredo from Maria Josefa to José Ramón Díaz de Bustamente. The document is heavily stained and has frayed edges along the top right corner.
Date: 1810?
Partner: St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library
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