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[Commencement Announcement for North Texas State Teachers College, August 15,1928]

Description: Graduation announcement for the summer commencement ceremony at North Texas State Teachers College in 1928. The announcement is a plain sheet of cardstock; in the center, there is a raised image of the school's seal above the text, which reads: "The Faculty and Senior Class of North Texas State Teachers College announce the Commencement Exercises Wednesday evening, August fifteenth nineteen hundred twenty-eight at eight o'clock College Auditorium Denton, Texas."
Date: August 1928
Creator: North Texas State Teachers College
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Cuellar Cafe interior with frame]

Description: Photograph of family members inside the Cuellar Café restaurant located in Kaufman, Texas. Two men and two women stand behind the counter. A woman stands next to the counter stools in front of the restaurant tables and chairs. Written on back of the photograph: "Cuellar Cafe, Kaufman, TX 1928 - Carolina (sister), Frank Cuellar Sr., Julia Cuellar, Isabel, Amos (brother). This place originated in June 7, 1928".
Date: 1928
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Report of the Twenty-First National Conference on Weights and Measures, 1928

Description: Report of the annual conference on weights and measures, hosted by the U.S. National Bureau of Standards in Washington D.C. It includes conference proceedings, a list of attendees, information about committees and officers, and other reports or commentaries discussed at the meetings.
Date: May 1928
Creator: United States. National Bureau of Standards.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experiment Station Record, Volume 58, January-June, 1928

Description: Volume provides abstracts of agricultural experiments conducted during the year. Also includes statistics, convention reports, bulletins, bibliographies and listings for Spanish edition publications from the Porto Rico Station. Name and subject indexes start on page 901.
Date: 1928
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Panhandle Boys monument]

Description: Photograph of a monument in honor of the "Panhandle Boys" standing outside of The Amarillo Municipal Auditorium. The text on the base of the monument reads, "IN HONOR OF THE PANHANDLE BOYS OF THE WORLD WAR. ERECTED BY LLANO ESTACADO CHAPTER, DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. DEDICATED ARMISTICE DAY 1928." The statue has since been relocated to Ellwood Park in Amarillo, TX.
Date: [1928..1966]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Strawberry Culture: Western United States

Description: Revised edition. "This bulletin applies to that part of the United States in which ordinary farm crops are grown largely under irrigation. It describes methods practiced in the more important commercial strawberry-growing districts in the irrigated regions of the West; it aims to aid those familiar only with local and perhaps unsatisfactory methods, as well as inexperienced prospective growers. The fundamental principles of the irrigation of strawberries are substantially the same as those whic… more
Date: 1928
Creator: Darrow, George M. (George McMillan), 1889-
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Saving Man Labor in Sugar-Beet Fields

Description: Revised edition. "By using larger equipment many sugar-beet growers have greatly reduced their requirements for man labor and at the same time have been able to accomplish more work in a given time. This bulletin tells how man labor can be saved and production speeded up in the several American sugar-beet regions through the use of large machines and units of power." -- p. ii
Date: 1928
Creator: Moorhouse, L. A. & Summers, T. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Notes on the Geology of Upper Nizina River Alaska

Description: Introduction: It is not intended to give here a full account of the geology of the district but rather to present certain new features that were observed during the season, with enough of the general geology, which is already well known and fully described in other publications, to make them understandable.
Date: 1928
Creator: Moffit, Fred H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[Texas Society, Sons of the American Revolution (TXSSAR) Membership Records: 314-415]

Description: Compiled membership records for the Texas Society of the Sons of the American Revolution from November 26, 1928 through March 23, 1935 (member numbers 314 through 415 The materials include original applications and supporting documentation that accompanied the paperwork.
Date: 1928-11-26/1935-03-23
Creator: Sons of the American Revolution. Texas Society.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Catalog of North Texas State Teachers College: 1928-1929

Description: Catalog for North Texas State College includes information about class offerings as well as general information about the school (academic calendar, list of officers and faculty, admissions and degree requirements, financial information, etc.).
Date: June 1928
Creator: North Texas State Teachers College
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Strawberry Culture: South Atlantic and Gulf Coast Regions

Description: Revised edition. Report discussing best practices for the cultivation of strawberries in the South Atlantic and Gulf Coast regions of the United States. Topics discussed include varieties, soil preparation, mulch and fertilizers, irrigation, harvesting, and diseases and insect enemies.
Date: 1928
Creator: Darrow, George M. (George McMillan), 1889-
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Prickly Pear as Stock Feed

Description: Revised edition. Report discussing the importance of the prickly pear cactus as an emergency food source for cattle during times of severe drought. Although the plant typically has inedible spines, spineless varieties do exist, and it is recommended that farmers cultivate prickly pear for use during droughts.
Date: 1928
Creator: Griffiths, David, 1867-1935
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Production and Development Problems in the Powell Oil Field, Navarro County, Texas

Description: From Introduction: "The Mexia-Powell fault fields have long held the attention of the oil industry, and this report proposes to present information on these fields and to interpret it for the consideration and guidance of all persons concerned in further development of the area. Detailed study of this field was made primarily to obtain a better working knowledge of the major features, involving structural conditions, the character and nature of the Woodbine pay sand, and the source of water."
Date: 1928
Creator: Hill, H. B. & Sutton, Chase E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Metal-Mine Accidents in the United States During the Calendar Year 1926

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines covering accidents that happened in metal mines located in the United States including statistics for injuries, fatalities, kinds and causes of accidents, and operational data, such as number of mine workers and shifts worked.
Date: 1928
Creator: Adams, William W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Coal-Mine Fatalities in the United States, 1927

Description: Report compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Mines including statistics on fatalities in coal mines located in the United States as well as data regarding the various operations (e.g., number of miners employed and average production). The information is organized into tables for comparison and the text draws some overall conclusions in the summary.
Date: 1928
Creator: Adams, William W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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