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Emma Mcdonald Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Reminiscence of Women’s Army Corps training center at Camp Ruston by WAC stationed there.

Eugenia Kennimer Welch Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Materials concerning U.S. World War II prisoner of war camp Camp Ruston.

Frances Elizabeth Tooke Walker Family Papers, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Reminiscences and family biographies by Walker covering the antebellum, Civil War, and post-war years in Bienville Parish, Louisiana; includes James Jefferson Tooke family correspondence,

Glen T. Bays Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Collection contains September, 1935 issue of The American Progress newspaper. A Memorial Edition containing the last speech that Senator Huey P. Long made on the floor of the United States Senate and his assassination.

Glynn R. Kinnimer Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Photograph of donor as a teenager sitting on ruins of model castle constructed by Camp Ruston prisoners of war.

Hank Fraser Interview, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Interview of Hank Frasier.

Hoss Family Papers, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Nathaniel Hoss was an early settler, planter, and commission merchant in Caddo Parish, Louisiana; his son, James M. Hoss, was one of the founders and benefactors of the town of Hosston, Louisiana; includes deeds, business records, and related correspondence of three generations of the Hoss family.

"The Civil War In Tensas Parish, Louisiana: A Community History", University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Master's thesis concerning the Civil War in Tensas Parish, Louisiana, written by Jeffrey Alan Owens.

John B. Wise Letters, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Letters of a young Confederate soldier in Virginia to his mother and brother in or near Greenwood, Louisiana.

John Bell Hood Photographs, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Photographs of Hood and family.

Lucien Flournoy Rountree Family Papers, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Research manuscript by a descendant of the Flournoy family, early settlers of Caddo Parish, Louisiana; included is personal correspondence of Alfred Flournoy, a large planter and close friend of James K. Polk (whose letters appear in the collection).

Margery Kidd Nicholl And Gertrude Mayfield Brown Papers, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Materials of the Kidd and Mayfield families, early residents of Ruston, Louisiana; contains muster-out roll of Co. F, First Regiment of Louisiana Infantry from Ruston, 1898, and related records, interviews with Gertrude Mayfield Brown related to Brown and to Louisiana Industrial Institute, items regarding Ruston College and Louisiana Industrial Institute.

Mary Snelling Duchaney Camp Ruston Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Materials from U.S. World War II prisoner of war camp, Camp Ruston, acquired by donor while working as a camp laboratory technician.

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

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"Battles and Leaders of the Civil War," vols. 2, 3-7, 10-12.

Mike Montgomery Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Materials concerning the creation and history of Bossier Parish in northwest Louisiana, including a copy of the legislative act creating the parish and the reminiscences of long-time resident Elizabeth Matlock Wise, the donor's grandmother. Research material on Pierre Bossier.

Nicola Mattiace Camp Ruston Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Material concerning Nicola Mattiace, Italian prisoner of war at Camp Ruston.

North Louisiana Historical Consortium Microfilm Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Microfilm of original manuscripts, printed documents and photographs in collections of member organizations of the North Central Louisiana Historical Consortium.

"Our Living And Our Dead", University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Publication of the North Carolina Branch, Southern Historical Society. Concerns post-bellum history.

Pete Sterling Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Contemporary photographs of ships, planes, and personnel of U.S.S. Task Force Guadalcanal, which captured the German U-505 submarine, whose officers and crew were housed secretly at Camp Ruston. Donor served on U.S.S. Guadalcanal

Plase E. Maxey Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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U.S. Army uniform, sleeping bag, and service records of Winnfield, Louisiana native Sgt. Plase E. Maxey, who entered service at Camp Livingston, Louisiana; was separated at Camp Shelby, Mississippi; and served as an artillery gun crewman in the campaigns of Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, southern France, the Rhineland, and in central Europe.

Adams County History 2019

Adams County History

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Rollins After Dark: The Hamilton Holt School's Nontraditional Journeys, Randy Noles

Books about Rollins College and Winter Park

Rollins After Dark is a fascinating history of the eclectic program (and larger-than-life characters) that provided the underpinning of what would become today's Hamilton Holt School - the Rollins College evening program. Although 2019 is the Holt School's 60th anniversary, so-called "adult education" has been offered by the College for more than 80 years. In Rollins After Dark, Randy Noles presents an engaging and entertaining account of the development of the Hamilton Holt School at Rollins College. From a series of popular public spectacles focusing on diverse topics, to a serious academic program for degree-seeking, nontraditional students, the evolution …

Marguerite Higgins: Making War Accessible To The Masses, Kelli A. Knerr

2019 Symposium

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Historian And Activist: Joseph Lynn Clark And The Texas Commission On Interracial Cooperation, Jeffrey L. Littlejohn, Charles H. Ford

East Texas Historical Journal

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Front Matter

East Texas Historical Journal

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Archeological Survey Report Us 80 Project, Dallas District, Christopher Goodmaster

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

Integrated Environmental Solutions, LLC (IES), under contract to Halff Associates, Inc. on behalf of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Dallas District, conducted an archeological survey for the proposed U.S. Highway (US) 80 Project located between Interstate Highway (IH) 30 in Dallas County and Farm-to-Market Road (FM) 460 in Kaufman County, Texas (see Area of Potential Effects on Aerial Photograph Map and Area of Potential Effects on USGS Topographic Map).

The purpose of this investigation is to ensure compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (Section 106) of 1966, as amended, and the Antiquities Code of Texas …

An Archaeological Survey For The City Of Bryan’S Eastside Facility Project In Brazos County, Texas, Edward P. Baxter

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

An archaeological survey of the proposed 78 acre (32 hectares) City of Bryan’s Eastside Facility Project, in Brazos County, Texas was performed by Ed Baxter, Consulting in May of 2019. Edward P. Baxter was the Principal Investigator and the Project Archaeologist. The survey took a total of three man days in the field. This study was performed under Texas Antiquities Committee Permit Number 8903. The project area was investigated using the pedestrian survey method supported by shovel testing. No previously recorded archaeological sites or cemeteries were found in the project area. The survey found no new archaeological sites. Copies of …

Archaeological Survey Of The Proposed Dwu 84-Inch Wastewater Main 16-357/358e, Cid 5910 Dallas County, Texas, Philip Fisher

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

The City of Dallas is proposing to construct an 84-inch diameter wastewater main across the old Trinity River channel in Dallas County, Texas. The project area is located in the floodplain of the old Trinity River channel, northeast of the Market Center Boulevard and Turtle Creek Boulevard intersection in Dallas, Texas. AR Consultants, Inc. (ARC) conducted trench monitoring in an area approximately 40-meters long by 4.25-meters wide (0.04-acres) on March 7, 2019 under the authority of Texas Antiquities Permit number 8680. Two trenches one meter in width were excavated to the depth of proposed disturbance, approximately 8 ft (2.45 m), …

A Phase I Cultural Resources Survey Of The Orbit Pipeline Project Jefferson, Liberty, And Chambers Counties, Texas, Jennifer Cochran, Abby Peyton, Karissa Basse

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

Energy Transfer Company (ETC) is proposing to construct the Orbit Pipeline Project (Project) located in Jefferson, Liberty, and Chambers counties, Texas. The Project consists of approximately 68.7 miles (mi) (110.6 kilometer [km]) of new 20.0-inch (in) (50.8-centimeter [cm]) diameter pipeline that will be used to transmit ethane and propane. The Project is located within the jurisdictional boundary of the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) - Galveston District.

At the request of ETC, Perennial Environmental Services, LLC (Perennial) conducted an intensive Phase I cultural resources investigation for the proposed Project to comply with anticipated USACE permitting requirements. Archaeological investigations …

Csj 0221-05-065, Us 271 South Of Talco Intensive Archaeological Survey, Titus County, Atlanta District, Jon Budd

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

On May 20-23, 2019, an Intensive archeological resources survey was conducted south of Talco, northwest Titus County, Texas, along US 271 for the Titus County Improvement Project (CSJ-0221-05-065). The survey area is an irregularly-shaped linear area measuring 0-feet-wide at its northern extent, 83-feet-wide (25-m) at its approximate center, and 67-feet-wide (21-m) at its southern extent. Its average width is 70 feet (21 m). The total survey area is comprised of approximately 2.02 acres of new right-of-way (ROW) and 0.37 acres of new easement and was surveyed for cultural resources in advance of road improvements and bridge removal and replacement. The …