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Thomas M. Wade Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Research materials on history of Tensas Parish, Louisiana, compiled by Wade

Vienna Presbyterian Church Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Church book number 2

Thomas Van Hook Family Papers, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Papers of Hook (1815-1857), an early settler of Union Parish; clerk of court, Union Parish, 1846-1849; member of Louisiana State Legislature, 1855-1857

Vienna Town Council Records, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Minute book of mayor and councilmen, Vienna, Louisiana

Virgil Orr Energy Conservation Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Materials related to Dr. Orr's interest in energy conservation.

Virgil Orr Dining Hall Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Materials concerning the history of family-style food service with student waiters at Louisiana Polytechnic Institute, 1926-1943, when the service changed to cafeteria style under the influence of the Navy V-12 Unit stationed on campus during World War II, including records of the waiters' reunion in 1981.

Donated in honor of the centennial of Louisiana Tech University, 1894-1994

W.E. Taylor, "Louisiana", University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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"Louisiana," by W.E. Taylor and E.L. Stephens.

W.R. Lynn Family Papers, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Legal papers of Bernice, Louisiana area residents, including land grant and correspondence.

Bernice Historical Society

Walnut Creek Baptist Church Records, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Church record books

W.W. Durden Papers, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Materials related to the Ruston, Louisiana Chamber of Commerce and to the history of Ruston, La

William A. Marbury, Jr. Ruston State Bank Scrapbooks Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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No abstract provided.

Wallace B. Bolinger Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Miscellaneous collection of Bolinger, a forester and artist.

William Remsen Lyman Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Mardi Gras mementos of a prominent New Orleans businessman and financier during the late nineteenth century and a colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War

Willie Lee Pace Dillon Papers, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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"Golden Heritage" (memoirs) and personal recollections of the life of Willie Lee Pace Dillon(1885- ), during the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries in Claiborne Parish.

Winnie Baldwin Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Diplomas from Ruston High School and Louisiana Polytechnic Institute awarded to donor's aunt Henrietta Irby, including both the Bachelor of Industry and the Bachelor of Arts, reflecting the revised Tech curriculum.

Donated in honor of the centennial of Louisiana Tech University, 1894-1994.

World War Ii Ration Documents, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Unused ration books from World War II, various rations, gas, store, tires, shoes, fuel oil, etc

Media Technology And The Dissemination Of Hate, Fordham University

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Interview With Lowell Gess, Class Of 1942

Macalester Oral Histories

No abstract provided.

The Tva: Chattanooga's Hero, Aimee Hunt

Student Research

Informative paper on the Tennessee Valley Authority in the Chattanooga Area. Addresses current aspects as well as the history of the TVA and its creation during Roosevelt's Presidency.

"A New Era In Building": African American Educational Activism In Goochland County, Virginia, 1911-32, Brian J. Daugherity, Alyce Miller

History Publications

An examination of African American educational activism in the early twentieth century in Goochland County, Virginia, including the Rosenwald school building program.

Cultural Resources Survey For The Granbury East Wastewater Treatment Plant, City Of Granbury, Hood County, Texas (Twdb Project No. 73813), Kevin Stone, Thomas Chapman

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

This report presents the substantive findings of a cultural resources survey for the Granbury East Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) Project, which is a component to the Wastewater Phase I Improvements Project reviewed by the Texas Water Development Board [TWDB] under Project No. 73813. The proposed Granbury East WWTP is located within a 10.6-acre (ac) property located at 3121 Old Granbury Road in the City of Granbury, Hood County, Texas.

As the City of Granbury is a political entity of the State of Texas, the City is required to comply with the Antiquities Code of Texas (ACT). In addition, as the …

Final Report: Intensive Archeological Survey For The Proposed Rockport Center For The Arts, Aransas County, Texas, Scotty Moore

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

In March 2020, an intensive archeological survey was completed in order to inventory and evaluate archeological resources within the proposed footprint of a new Center for the Arts, Performing Arts, and Conference Center in Aransas County, Texas.

The project is owned and sponsored by the Rockport Center for the Arts. The project area lies adjacent to the Kline’s Café Building, which has been determined eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Under the current preferred alternative, the Kline Café will be relocated to a location outside of the project area. This action is considered “an adverse …

Intensive Cultural Resources Survey Of An Approximately 14.7-Acre Proposed Solar Array Near Calaveras, Wilson County, Texas, Christopher Shelton

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

On behalf of DG Central 1, LLC (DG Central 1), a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) conducted a cultural resources survey of an approximately 14.7-acre parcel proposed for the Calaveras Solar Project (Project). The Project is proposed to occur on a parcel located immediately east of the intersection of County Road 128 and Farm-to-Market Road 775, near the community of Calaveras, Wilson County, Texas. The proposed Project will consist of a main solar array and ancillary facilities all constructed within the 14.7-acre parcel. Expected Project impacts include widespread surficial modifications with deeper impacts in location …

Negative Findings Report Cultural Resources Survey Fabens Lease 13031, University Lands El Paso County, Texas, Jeff P. Turpin

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

On July 23, 2020, TAS Inc. conducted a cultural resource survey of a 10- acre tract intended to host a truck stop on the northwest corner of IH10 and FM 793 two miles northeast of the town of Fabens, in El Paso County, Texas. The project was sponsored by Ya Rehman, Ent, Inc. and was authorized by Texas Antiquities Permit 9518 with Jeff Turpin acting as Principal Investigator. The tract is a southwest-trending dune between two arroyos. The pavement and construction debris from an abandoned gasoline station occupy the southwestern corner. The current survey and shovel test regime found the …

Archaeological Monitoring Associated With Geotechnical Boring For The Cenotaph Relocation In Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, José E. Zapata

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

On October 21, 2019, in response to a request from the City of San Antonio (COSA) Transportation and Capital Improvements (TCI), The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Center for Archaeological Research (CAR) conducted archaeological monitoring of geotechnical boring associated with the Cenotaph Relocation project in the Alamo Plaza complex in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. The boring samples will be used by Terracon Consultants, Inc. (Terracon) to evaluate the soil bearing pressure, the active soil load, the location of the groundwater table, and the soil characteristics. The archaeological work consisted of monitoring two geotechnical bores that formed the …

Archaeological Monitoring Of The Cps Gas Main Service Installation On East Locust Street, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, José E. Zapata

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

The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Center for Archaeological Research (CAR), in response to a request from Adams Environmental, Inc. (AEI), conducted archaeological monitoring for the installation of CPS Energy (CPS) main gas line service in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. The archaeological work consisted of monitoring CPS-related excavation activities associated with the installation of 398 m (1,305 linear ft.) of gas line on East Locust Street. The Area of Potential Effect (APE) for this undertaking is defined as a 229 m (750 ft.) strip located along East Locust Street, between North St. Mary’s and East Elmira streets, …

Intensive Archeological Survey Of Gisd Parkside School Tract City Of Georgetown, Williamson County, Texas, Caitlin Gulihur, Ann M. Scott

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

Georgetown Independent School District (GISD) has proposed the Parkside School Tract project where school facilities will be constructed southwest of Georgetown, Williamson County, Texas. GISD retained Terracon Consultants, Inc. to conduct a systematic, intensive pedestrian survey of the approximate 18.3-acre project area. Because GISD, a political subdivision of the State of Texas, sponsored the project, the proposed undertaking is subject to compliance with the Antiquities Code of Texas and oversight from the Texas Historical Commission (THC). In addition, the survey meets the standards for compliance under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, should federal …

Cultural Resources Investigation Report Of The Proposed Hallsville Isd K-4 Elementary School Project In Harrison County, Texas, James S. Belew, Michael Ryan

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

Sphere 3 Environmental, Inc. (Sphere 3) conducted an intensive pedestrian cultural resource survey of approximately 15.12 hectares (37.35 acres) of land designated as the Area of Potential Effects (APE) on October 28, 29, and 31, and November 6, 2019, in response to the proposed undertaking to construct the Hallsville ISD K - 4 School campus. The project sponsor and owner of the project area is the Hallsville Independent School District. The project area is situated wholly within the City of Longview, Texas. The project area is located on the southwest side of Loop 281 and the north side of Page …

Cultural Resources Survey Of Portions Of The Rio Bravo Lng Pipeline On Port Of Brownsville Lands, Cameron County, Texas, Steve Carpenter, Christopher Nielsen, Jessica Ulmer, Mercedes C. Cody, Janaka Greene

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

On behalf of Ecology and Environment, Inc. (E & E), Rio Grande LNG, LLC, and Rio Bravo Pipeline Company, LLC (RB Pipeline), SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) conducted cultural resources surveys of portions of the Rio Bravo Pipeline on lands owned or controlled by the Port of Brownsville (Port) in Cameron County, Texas. Rio Grande LNG, LLC proposes to construct a natural gas liquefaction facility and liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal (Terminal) in Cameron County, Texas, along the north embankment of the Brownsville Ship Channel. In concert with the Terminal, RB Pipeline proposes to construct an associated pipeline system (Pipeline …

Intensive Cultural Resources Survey Of The Proposed 829.9-Acre Schiel Storm Water Detention Basin Project, Harris County, Texas, Charles E. Bludau, Jeffery D. Owens Jr., Jesse O. Dalton, Eurgene Foster

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

Horizon Environmental Services, Inc. (Horizon) was selected by Berg-Oliver Associates, Inc. (BOA) on behalf of the Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) to conduct a cultural resources inventory and assessment for the proposed Schiel Storm Water Detention Basin Project in Harris County, Texas (HCFCD Project No. L500-09-00-E003). The proposed undertaking would consist of constructing an extensive system of storm water detention basins and other drainage control measures within an approximately 335.8-hectare (829.9-acre) tract located near Hockley in northwestern Harris County. The project area generally flanks Little Cypress Creek and is bounded roughly on the west by Becker Road, on the …