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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

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

Barbed Wire An Agent of Civilization

Description: Research paper written by Steve Lee Graham about the history of barbed wire. The paper covers the early uses and controversies of barbed wire. It also covers how barbed wire is made. This paper was written in 1965 for an English IV class at Marfa High School.
Date: May 7, 1965
Creator: Graham, Steve Lee
Partner: Marfa Public Library

The Lonesome Dove Baptist Church and Cemetery, Tarrant County, Texas

Description: Research paper about the Lonesome Dove Baptist Church and cemetery in Tarrant county, Texas, written by Darla Allcorn for Dr. Terry Jordan's Geography 501 class at North Texas State University. The paper also contains color photographs of the church and cemetery adhered to its pages.
Date: July 1975
Creator: Allcorn, Darla
Location: 32.973819 -97.127613
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Grant Proposal: Interest on Lawyers' Trust Accounts

Description: Grant proposal submitted by the Texas Human Rights Foundation to the Texas Equal Access to Justice Foundation requesting funding for a project to assist those with HIV or AIDS in legal cases regarding discrimination.
Date: 1990
Creator: Texas Human Rights Foundation, Inc.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

History and Organization of the Immigration and Naturalization Service

Description: Research paper for an American History class at Marfa High School, written by Debbie Henderson on December 7, 1970. The paper gives the history of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, with extensive coverage of the U.S. Border Patrol at Marfa, Texas. It includes information about smugglers during prohibition, patrolmen's uniforms, the minimum requirements to join the U. S. Border Patrol, as well as the names of the staff people at the Marfa Headquarters in 1971.
Date: December 7, 1970
Creator: Henderson, Debbie
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[One Picture is Worth a Thousand Words]

Description: This is a research paper written by Jaime Javier Vasquez for an American History Class at Marfa High School in 1978. It is about the early photographers in Marfa and the West Texas area. These men and women documented the landscape, the people and events of the early 20th century in that area. The author found little information about these photographers personally but included what he did uncover.
Date: 1978
Creator: Vasquez, Jaime Javier
Partner: Marfa Public Library

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

The Autocrat of a Great Railway System [Draft, #2]

Description: Essay discussing the wrongs committed by the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company in Texas and advocating for legislation to protect the citizens of Texas from exploitation by national railroad companies. This document is a draft and has corrections is red pencil.
Date: unknown
Creator: Sayles, Henry
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

A Survey of Art in Elementary Children's Literature from Prehistoric to Modern Times

Description: A paper from Barbara Ivy titled "A Survey of Art in Elementary Children's Literature from Prehistoric to Modern Times" for Dr. R. William McCarter's Special Problem course at the University of North Texas. In the paper, Ivy list and describes different literature that pertains to educating children in art. The literature is diving up geographic locations, architecture, people, and mythology.
Date: 199X
Creator: Ivy, Barbara
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Paper Advocating Building a Railroad From Abilene, Texas to Cross Plains, Texas]

Description: Paper proposing a new railroad from Abilene, Texas to Cross Plains, Texas, discussing the projected revenue of a new line and the best places to locate depots. The paper also extolls the virtues of the country between Cross Plains and Abilene, stating it's likely to become more populated and need more freight capabilities due to the fertile farm land in the region. There are some corrections to the text and handwritten notes on the first and last pages.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Draft of A Document Discussing the Proposed Santa Fe Railroad in Abilene, Texas]

Description: Draft of a document, possibly an editorial or open letter, describing the City of Abilene's Railroad Committee's dealings with the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company. The text details the company's reneging on agreements to build a new line to Abilene and the committee's attempts at securing the new railroad, ending with an appeal to the people of Texas to lobby for regulations protect the state's residents from the whims of large companies. There are edits in red pencil on several… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Sayles, Henry
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Games and Strategies for Teaching About Art

Description: A paper that outlines art activities that seek to teach students about art. Attached documents include notes and newspaper clippings.
Date: 199X
Creator: Newton, Connie
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Col. Dudley H. Snyder of Georgetown

Description: Biography of Dudley Snyder, a cattle rancher and businessman. This includes his birth in Mississippi, early businesses, and time on the Chisholm Trail.
Date: unknown
Creator: Sharpe, John McKee, Sr.
Partner: The Williamson Museum

Ehtel and the Water Boy

Description: This is a research paper written by Mike Shurley for an American History Class at Marfa High School in 1968. It tells the story of Marcellus and Ethel Bryant with some history of their family, his service in World War I, their courtship and marriage, his ranc, his oil fields, his interest in aviation and his support for James C. Mattern's flight around the world, his life in politics and relationship with LBJ, and his role in the building of the Twin Buttes Dam to bring water to drought strick… more
Date: 1968
Creator: Shurley, Mike
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Grant Proposal: Challenge to Section 21.06 of the Texas Penal Code, 1990

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

Who Wants to Catch a Falling Star

Description: These two pages from a paper gives details fom an interview with Joe Bunton about his life in the"'ole days". Joe was interviewed by Patricia Shurley on December 7, 1969 when he was 83 years old.
Date: 1969
Creator: Shurley, Patricia
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Early Merchants of Alto, Cherokee County, Texas

Description: Research paper which provides information about the early merchants of Alto, Texas, including transcripts of letters, certificates, ads and stories from newspapers, and other related documents.
Date: unknown
Creator: Kennedy, Guynell Watters
Partner: Stella Hill Memorial Library

Some Reflections on Homosexuality and the Gospel

Description: An essay by Paul Victor Furnish regarding his thoughts and analysis of the morality of LGBT status according to Christian texts.
Date: unknown
Creator: Furnish, Victor Paul
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

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
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