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Certain Procedures for the Improvement of Reading Skills in the Middle Grades

Description: The problem of this study was to demonstrate the effectiveness of certain recommended procedures for the improvement of reading skills in one fourth grade and one fifth grade class in the Jacksboro Elementary School. The purpose was to discover through testing and observation the level of each student and his specific reading needs.
Date: 1951
Creator: Clark, Sarah Elizabeth
Partner: UNT Libraries
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[News Script: Old fort]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the restoration of Fort Richardson at Jacksboro.
Date: August 26, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Improving Reading in a Third Grade

Description: The purpose of this study is to determine and evaluate a third grade reading program that will increase the individual child's reading ability and will stimulate maximum progress during a period of nine months. It is believed that through the development of this program a larger number of the children in this particular group will be able to make the transition from the primary type of reading to the intermediate level at the end of their third year in school.
Date: 1950
Creator: Ham, Mary Swan
Partner: UNT Libraries
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A Physical Education Program for the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Grade Boys in the Elementary School of Jacksboro, Texas

Description: The problem is to prepare and administer a physical education program for the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth grade boys in the elementary school of Jacksboro, Texas. The need for this study developed after the investigator had studied the few activities in which the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth grade boys in the elementary school of Jacksboro, Texas, were participating. It is the aim of the investigator to construct a physical education program that will give more boys an opportunity to… more
Date: August 1950
Creator: Elenburg, Howard Melton
Partner: UNT Libraries
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[News Script: Jacksboro parade]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Jack County centennial parade in Jacksboro.
Date: June 29, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Jacksboro parade]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the Jack County centennial parade in Jacksboro.
Date: June 29, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 31 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Plane crash kills three Dallas men]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a plane crash near Jacksboro that took the life of three young Dallas men.
Date: March 31, 1957
Duration: 2 minutes 54 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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