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How Healthy is the Upper Trinity River?: Biological and Water Quality Perspectives

Description: This conference report contains discussions and papers from a symposium hosted at Texas Christian University, in Fort Worth, Texas, examining the ecological health of the Upper Trinity River, and the impacts of various human activity, such as agriculture, urbanization, and waste management. The papers cover the effect of water quality on urban rivers, long-term water quality trends in the Trinity River, solutions that may improve water quality in the river, as well as biological, agricultural … more
Date: 1990
Creator: Jensen, Ric
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Racial Residential Segregation: Tracking Three Decades in a Single City

Description: This study evaluated the relative association of socioeconomic, minority group and housing characteristics of census tracts with the racial composition of residential areas within one southwestern city between 1950 and 1980. The unit of analysis was the census tract; the data were taken from the U.S. Census of Population and Housing 1950-1980 for the Fort Worth, Texas SMSAs. The Index of Dissimilarity compared racial segregation in the Fort Worth urbanized area for blacks with all others (1950… more
Date: August 1990
Creator: Clark, Marjorie, 1921-
Partner: UNT Libraries
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The Presidency of William M. Pearce, Jr.: A History of Texas Wesleyan College From 1968 to 1978

Description: For almost two hundred years, liberal arts colleges dominated the American system of higher education. The Wesleyan movement into education was a missionary movement to provide an education to those denied this privilege by the class prejudices of the eighteenth century. Founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Texas Wesleyan University (originally known as Polytechnic College) began in 1891 with 11 faculty members and 173 students. It has survived despite the hardships of The Depressi… more
Date: May 1990
Creator: Taylor, Melodye Smith
Partner: UNT Libraries
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A Study Concerning the Use of Microcomputers for Word Processing in College Freshman Composition at a Community College

Description: The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of using word processing and proofreading software in freshman composition at a community college. This study used pretest and posttest measures to determine if significant differences in the improvement of composition skills occurred between students in a composition class that did not use microcomputers and students in a composition class that did use microcomputers. Objective tests and writing samples were used as measurements. The popula… more
Date: May 1990
Creator: Rode, Mary
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Symptom Based Classification of Environmentally Ill Patients: an Exploratory Study

Description: The purpose of the present study was to discern a symptom pattern for environmentally ill patients and provide evidence of the uniqueness of the resultant pattern to this population. Patients' environmental exposure was confirmed by the presence of toxins in the blood serum. All patients were administered psychological and physical symptom checklists, the Clinical Analysis Questionnaire, and a standardized intermediate neuropsychological examination. Results indicate a response pattern of sympt… more
Date: December 1990
Creator: Flanagan, William Joseph, 1963-
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Organochlorine Pesticides and Heavy Metals in Fish From the Trinity River, Texas

Description: The Trinity River passes through the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex receiving point and non-point source contaminant loadings. Lepomis spp. were collected at twelve sampling locations in the Trinity River in August 1987 and September 1988 and analyzed for organochlorine pesticides and heavy metals. Results from the study were compared to existing U.S. FDA action and tolerance levels, LC50s, and historical data. Various longitudinal trends and some concentration patterns were observed. Continual st… more
Date: May 1990
Creator: Martinez, Maria L., 1960-
Partner: UNT Libraries
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[UNT Board of Regents]

Description: A document listing out the UNT Board of Regents members and their contact information. The individuals include Jerry Farrington, E. L. Langley, R. L. Crawford, Jr. Nancy Halbreich, Joe Kirven, Lucille G. Murchison, Billie L. Parker, David Bayless, Sr., and Topsy R. Wright.
Date: 1990~
Creator: North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[List of Participating Schools and Organizations]

Description: A document that lists out the schools and organizations that are participating in the NTIEVA program. They are Dallas ISD, Denton ISD, Fort Worth ISD, Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD, Pilot Point ISD, Plano ISD, Amon Carter Museum, Dallas Museum of Art, Kimbell Art Museum, Meadows Museum, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Arts Council of Fort Worth and Tarrant County, Greater Denton Arts Council, and the University of North Texas.
Date: 1990~
Creator: North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[UNT Department of Art Board of Advisors]

Description: A document listing out the members of the Department of Art's Board of Advisors and their contact information. The individuals are Raymond Nasher, Dr. Richard Brettell, John Dayton, Nancy Dedman, Olaf Harris I. B. D., Gloria Kirven, Artie Megibbon, Lawrence Marcus, Dr. Edmund P. Pillsbury, Paul Voertman, and Barry Whistler.
Date: 1990~
Creator: North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[NTIEVA Advisory Committee]

Description: A document listing out the members of the NTIEVA Advisory Committee and their contact information along with roles. The members are Dr. Dean Anthony, Chris Bancroft, Sharon Benge, Brenda Crawford, Candace Haddock, Stan Haddock, Dr. Wayne Hendrick, Rick Hernandez, Jan Muhlert, Dr. Midge Rach, Dee Smith, and Linus Wright.
Date: 1990~
Creator: North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Oral History Interview with Inga Pennock, January 27, 1990

Description: Interview with Inga Pennock, a Holocaust survivor from Berlin. Pennock discusses her family background, experiencing antisemitism and the start of Nazi rule, trying to leave Germany and hiding, increasing violence, Kristallnacht, losing family, fleeing to Shanghai, Japanese occupation and the ghetto, working as a nurse for the Japanese, living conditions, liberation, and life afterwards.
Access: Restricted to UNT Community Members. Login required if off-campus.
Date: January 27, 1990
Creator: Rosen, Keith G. & Pennock, Inga
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Ken Coffelt, July 15, 1990

Description: Interview with Ken Coffelt, an employee at the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine from Arlington, Texas. Coffelt discusses joining TCOM in 1973, the different managers and employees there at the time, the atmosphere of the college administration, morale, and moves within and from the College.
Access: Restricted to UNT Community Members. Login required if off-campus.
Date: July 15, 1990
Creator: Rafes, Richard & Coffelt, Ken
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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[News Story Log: January 1 to June 30, 1990]

Description: Logbook from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, documenting the names, locations, and run-times of video-taped news segments that aired each day from January through June in 1990.
Date: 1990-01/1990-06
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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