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Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 29, No. 1, Robert Markle Blackson, C. Lee Hopple, Mac E. Barrick, Gideon L. Fisher

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• A Letter from California: John A. Markle in the Gold Rush
• Spatial Organization of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Plain Dutch Group Culture Region to 1975
• Folk Toys
• Farming in the Depression Years
• Aldes un Neies

Warm Newsletter 1979 September-December, 1973-2021 Women's Art Registry Of Minnesota

WARM Journal

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Archeological Test Excavations In Areas To Be Affected By A Proposed French Drain West Of The Granary, Mission San Jose State Site (41bx3), Bexar County, Texas, John W. Clark Jr., Elton R. Prewitt

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

Limited archeological test excavations were conducted along the west wall of the granary at Mission San Jose State Historic Site (41BX3) in Bex~r County, Texas, during July and August, 1979. The investigations were designed to provide information regarding the presence or absence of significant archeological materials in areas to be affected by the construction of a proposed French drain intended to relieve moisture-related structural problems along the west wall of the granary. six 0.5 by 1 meter test pits were excavated; 1,303 artifacts and 1,809 bone and shell fragments were recovered. Seven features were documented; these included a wall and …

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 28, Folk Festival Supplement, Gail Eaby Hartmann, Richard C. Gougler, Marie Gottshall, Theodore W. Jentsch, Robert Doney, Lester Breininger, Joyce Goodhart Zupan, Louise Hyde, James Portlock, Earl F. Robacker, Ada Robacker

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Fifteen Years of Quilting at the Festival
• The Shunning
• Band Boxes
• Cooking for the Lord
• A Harvest of Handicrafted Items from the Craft Stalls
• Festival Focus
• Folk Festival Programs
• Country Auctions: Going, Going, But Not Gone!
• A Look at PA. Dutch Folk Art Through the Eye of a Needle
• Herb Vinegars, Jellies and Salad Dressings
• Modern, Clean Rest Rooms: They are Appreciated!
• Decorative Painting

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 28, No. 4, C. Lee Hopple, Albert T. Gamon, William U. Helfferich, Ludwig Schandein, Willoughby W. Moyer, Mac E. Barrick

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• European Religious and Spatial Origins of the Pennsylvania Plain Dutch
• Story of a Stove
• Journal of Rev. Johann Heinrich Helfferich
• Die Auswannerer: The Emigrants
• Abstract of Diary of Warren G. Bean, 1899
• Cumberland County Deathlore
• Aldes un Neies

The Huntsville Historical Review, Vol. 9, No. 3-4, January 1979, Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society

Huntsville Historical Review

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The History Of The Huntsville School System Inception To Autonomy, The Centennial History Committee

Huntsville Historical Review

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Front Matter, Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society

Huntsville Historical Review

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Back Matter, Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society

Huntsville Historical Review

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Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 28, No. 3, William T. Parsons, David H. Rapp, Phyllis Vibbard Parsons, Alfred L. Creager, Alvin F. Kemp

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Lebenslauf of John Nicholas Schaefer
• Philip Jacob Michael: Ecclesiastical Vagabond or "Echt Reformirte" Pastor
• Drum! Drum! Drum!
• Kartz G'dichte (Short Poems)
• More Dialect Stories
• Aldes un Neies

Warm Newsletter 1979 April-June, 1973-2021 Women's Art Registry Of Minnesota

WARM Journal

This newsletter’s focus is on Sandra Kraskin’s paper adapted from her slide presentation, The American Abstract Artists: Women’s Contributions to the Avant-Garde of the 1930s and ’40s. Kraskin provides background information on the AAA (American Abstract Artists), their work, and the reception and reflection of this art form. We learn about the ARC Exchange between WARM and ARC Gallery in Chicago artists. The reader learns about the Visiting Artist Program, WARM shows/exhibitions/speakers, Judy Chicago’s Dinner Party, Women’s Art Weekend, and MCAD courses taught by gallery members. More information is given about the slide registry along with a review of a …

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 28, No. 2, Nancy K. Wierman, Joyce Demcher Moran, Louis Winkler, Alvin F. Kemp, Judith E. Fryer

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• The Pennsylvania Dutchman
• Miz Ukraini: "We are From the Ukraine"
• Pennsylvania German Astronomy and Astrology XVII: German Language Almanacs
• Pennsylvania Dutch Dialect Stories
• Taufscheine: A New Index for People Hunters, Part II
• Aldes un Neies

Front Matter, Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society

Huntsville Historical Review

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The Huntsville Historical Review, Vol. 9, No. 1-2, January 1979, Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society

Huntsville Historical Review

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Book Review: Amelia Gayle Gorgas, A Biography, By Mary Tabb Johnston With Elizabeth Johnston Lipscomb, Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society

Huntsville Historical Review

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Looking Back: A Sports History Of Huntsville, John Pruett

Huntsville Historical Review

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Book Review: The Regional Imagination, The South And Recent American History, By Dewey W. Grantham, Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society

Huntsville Historical Review

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Book Review: Mississippi, A Bicentennial History, By John Ray Skates, Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society

Huntsville Historical Review

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Back Matter, Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society

Huntsville Historical Review

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Book Review: A Colonial Southern Bookshelf, Reading In The Eighteenth Century, By Richard Beale Davis, Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society

Huntsville Historical Review

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Book Review: John Taylor Wood, Sea Ghost Of The Confederacy, By Royce G. Shingleton, Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society

Huntsville Historical Review

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Book Review: John Hoary Dent, South Carolina Aristocrat On The Alabama Frontier, By Ray Mathis, Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society

Huntsville Historical Review

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Archaeological Testing In The Devine Road Area North Of Olmos Dam, San Antonio, Texas, Cristi A. Assad

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

During late January and early February 1978, archaeological testing was carried out in an area north of Olmos Dam, San Antonio, Texas (see Fig. 1) by personnel from the Center for Archaeological Research (CAR), The University of Texas at San Antonio. This work was performed under contract between CAR and the San Antonio River Authority.

The area tested consisted of 16 acres bounded by Olmos Dam to the south, Devine Road to the west and Olmos Creek to the north and east. The objective of the testing was to determine whether any historic or prehistoric resources were present and, if …

Archaeological And Historical Assessment Of Brackenridge Park City Of San Antonio, Texas, Susanna R. Katz, Anne A. Fox

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

During the last weeks of December 1976, an archaeological and historical survey was conducted within the boundaries of Brackenridge Park, San Antonio, Texas, to inventory and assess all identifiable prehistoric and historic remains. This survey resulted from a contract between the Center for Archaeological Research (CAR), The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), and the San Antonio Parks and Recreation Department, in conjunction with the preparation of a master plan for future park development. The master plan is currently being prepared by the firm of CGR Associates of San Antonio. Dr. Thomas R. Hester, Director of CAR, served as …

A Preliminary Archaeological And Historical Assessment Of The Proposed Tenneco Pipeline Hidalgo To Victoria Counties, Texas, Thomas R. Hester

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

This report constitutes a preliminary assessment of the archaeological and historical resources along the proposed route of the natural gas pipeline being planned by Tenneco, Inc. The report is submitted in partial fulfillment of a contract between Tennessee Gas Pipeline (Division of Tenneco, Inc., Houston) and The University of Texas at San Antonio, Center for Archaeological Research. Submitted separately to Tennessee Gas Pipeline is a large strip map showing the location of the proposed pipeline; on this map are plotted all historic and prehistoric sites known to exist at the time of the completion of this preliminary assessment. As the …

Plan For Mitigation Of Archaeological Sites San Antonio 201 Watewater Treatment Project, Anne A. Fox

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

Since December 1976, the Center for Archaeological Research has carried out a succession of archaeological surveys of proposed sewer line routes and sewage treatment plant construction in the San Antonio area (Fox 1977; Fox, McGraw and Valdez 1978). The data recovered, archaeological sites recorded and recommendations for future work have been provided to Radian Corporation for use in preparation of the Environmental Impact Statement.

The engineers have published the 201 Wastewater Facility Plan (Pape-Dawson et. al. 1978). It is now appropriate to examine this plan in relation to the archaeological work already completed, in order to assess what must yet …

Archaeological Testing At Fort Mcintosh, Laredo Junior College Campus, Laredo, Texas, Daniel E. Fox

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

From July 6 to 31, 1977, archaeologists from the Center for Archaeological Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), conducted archaeological investigations at Fort McIntosh (41 WB 11), Laredo, Texas. The purpose of this investigation was to make an assessment of areas to be affected by planned tennis courts and parking facilities on the Laredo Junior College campus.

The archaeological investigation was done under contract between Laredo Junior College (Dr. Domingo Arechiga, President) and the Center for Archaeological Research, UTSA. The field work was accomplished by Thomas Medlin, crew chief, and Jon McClenny, assistant, with the help of …

Additional Archaeological Survey For The San Antonio 201 Wastewater Treatment Project, Cristi Assad

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

During January 1979, personnel from the Center for Archaeological Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio, carried out archaeological surveys along five different drainages in two sewage treatment plant areas of northern Bexar County. The current project is an addition to the begun by Fox (1977) in Phase I to assess archaeological resources for preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement for the San Antonio 201 Wastewater Treatment Facilities Project.

The survey was conducted by Cristi Assad with the assistance of A. Joachim McGraw. This report has been prepared as a supplement to the Fox (1977) report and is modeled …

A Preliminary Archaeological Survey For The Conquista Project In Gonzalez, Atascosa, And Live Oak Counties, Texas, A. Joachim Mcgraw

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

During late February and early March 1979, an archaeological and historical survey for the Jacobs, Tom Retzloff and Smith-Striddle properties in Gonzalez, Atascosa and Live Oak Counties was conducted. These properties are leased by the Continental Oil Company. The purpose of the survey was to evaluate the archaeological and historic potential of these properties before the leases are extensively modified by proposed uranium mining operations. The survey was conducted under the terms of a contract between Continental Oil Company’s Project, as represented by Mr. Morris Merritt and Mr. Charles Salsman, and Dr. Thomas R. Hester, Director, Center for Archaeological Research, …

Historical Survey Of The Lands Within The Alamo Plaza - River Linkage Development Project, Anne A. Fox, James E. Ivey

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

In December 1977 the Center for Archaeological Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio, entered into a contract with the City of San Antonio to compile a history of a section of the city bounded by Alamo Street, Crockett Street, the San Antonio River and Houston Street. Plans for the area include removal of a number of buildings and construction of a major hotel, a parking garage, and a park linking Alamo Plaza with the San Antonio River Walk. The area to be affected includes the sites of a number of important historical structures, including the southwest corner of …