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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Waco, Texas."”.
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An environmental history : William Cameron Park, Waco, Texas.
… of the Brazos and Bosque Rivers near downtown Waco, Texas. The results of this project suggest first that the park's ridge-top was completely cleared for grazing during the late 1800s and early 1900s and secondly that release of the pastures led to differential regeneration of forest cover, …
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Local television news coverage of African Americans in Waco, Texas.
… analysis of the 10:00 p.m. news shows of the Waco, Texas CBS affiliate KWTX examines the portrayals of minorities, especially African Americans. The study analyzes a reconstructed week of 10 p.m. newscasts from January 1995 to December 1995. The hypotheses include: H1. There is a significantly …
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Analysis of calcite-filled faults in carbonate strata, balcones trend near Waco, Texas.
… normal faults exposed in the Lehigh Quarry near Waco, Texas, were analyzed. The mechanical stratigraphy of the quarry ranges from relatively strong chalk to marly chalk to chalky marl to relatively weak marl. Higher clay content yields weaker rock. The dip angle of the normal faults varies with …
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A study of administration of the maintenance department of Hillcrest Memorial Hospital Waco, Texas.
As will be noted in the preceding Historical Sketch, Hillcrest Memorial Hospital experienced a long period of steady growth from its beginning prior to World War I up through World War II. Since then it has grown much more rapidly and this rapid expansion appears likely to continue in the immediate …
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The Black Community in Waco, Texas : a study of place, family, and work, 1880-1900.
"The Black Community in Waco, Texas: A Study of Place, Family, and Work, 1880-1900," is a-local study which analyzes residential patterns, family structures, and occupational status of the city's black population in the late nineteenth century. Comparisons between 1880 and 1900 are made concerning …
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Voting behavior and social class among eighteen to twenty-one-year-old registered voters in Waco, Texas.
Using an eclectic methodology and a pragmatic definition of knowledge, Hans Morgenthau has constructed a model for understanding international politics. Two assumptions regarding human nature and group behavior undergird a structure build around two poles, "national interests" and "community." From …
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Going up Bell's Hill : a social history of a diverse, Waco, Texas, community in the industrial new south.
… of Bell's Hill, an older section of Southwest Waco, Texas, 1885-1955, reveals a complex community characterized by social/cultural, ethnic/racial, and economic diversity. From its early history when artesian wells attracted investors, Bell's Hill became a working-class community where …
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Forgetting the Lynching of Jesse Washington: Manifestations of Memory and the "Waco Horror"
… in 1998, the citizens and civic leaders of Waco, Texas wrestled with the idea of whether to continue to forget the event or to acknowledge, apologize, and reconcile the past. At the center of the debate, a lynching of a seventeen-year old African American named Jesse Washington in 1916. Also …
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Aquifer Framework Restoration (AFR) in an Alluvial Aquifer, Central Texas.
The Brazos River Alluvium aquifer (BRAA) near Waco, Texas is an aquifer whose framework has been physically impacted by sand and gravel mining. The most productive portions of the BRAA framework are being excavated and kept as pit lakes or filled with different material. GIS identification of mined …
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Charcoal chemistry : developing a proxy for paleofire regimes.
… burned during a prescribed fire at the Lake Waco Wetland in Waco, Texas. I compared the NMR data for charcoal to fire temperatures measured by thermocouples and was able to predict the temperature within 89°C. The intrinsic relationship between pyrolysis temperature and charcoal structure may …
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Survey and evaluation of the Youth Revival Movement in the South and Southwest since 1945.
… when a revival for young people was held in Waco, Texas. So much interest was shown in this effort that the idea spread to other cities in Texas and to other states. This present movement has been primarily among Baptist youth in southern and southwestern states. In Texas, it has been under …
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A historical survey of the drama program at Baylor University, 1941-1963.
… of the program in Drama at Baylor University, Waco, Texas, from 1941 to 1963. The text is divided into three chapters. Chapter I, The Development of the Faculty and the Physical Plant, contains biographical data on each faculty member as well as descriptions and illustrations of how the …
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Spatial Poisson regression : Bayesian approach correcting for measurement error with applications.
… mapping of habitat burglary from the city of Waco Texas and an analysis of sports data similar to that of Albert's (1992) analysis of homerun data. Research questions of interest are answered using the subset selection procedure proposed by Bratcher and Bhalla (1974), used by Hamilton, …
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An analysis of the adoption of innovation and information-dissemination in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
… study participated in Planning Grant DPSC 250 at Waco, Texas, from January 15, 1967, to June 15, 1967, as administrative assistant. That experience prompted the study of the adoption of innovations and information-dissemination. The answers were sought to the role of federal education programs in …
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Internet and U.S. citizen militias
… Tobacco (BATF) raids at Ruby Ridge, Idaho and Waco, Texas were mentioned most often as movement precipitants. Based on the militiamen studied, the militia movement was Internet-driven, although a number of alternative media played a joint role in movement mobilization. On the basis of the cases …
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Periphyton-nutrient dynamics in a gradient-dominated freshwater marsh ecosystem.
… conducted over a three year period in the Lake Waco Wetlands, a created wetland system near Waco, Texas. Results of these studies indicated that nitrogen (N) retention/removal always exceeded phosphorus (P) retention/removal along the flow path of water. Over 90% of nitrate (NO3-) entering the …
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The whirlwind and the lynching tree : apocalyptic and liberation theology in the black Waco tradition.
… black oral tradition emerging and circulating in Waco, Texas which claims that an event of sudden climate change—a tornado disaster—striking the city of Waco in 1953 was a sign of divine justice in the aftermath of the 1916 lynching of Jesse Washington. Historically anchored by this tradition, my …
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Hydrogeologic assessment of three solid waste disposal sites in the Brazos River alluvial deposits.
… for the Brazos valley in central and southeast Texas. The alluvial deposits range from 10 to 40 feet in thickness and are composed of clayey and silty sands and gravel. The study area is located southeast of Waco, Texas, and west of the Brazos River. Here numerous gravel pits supplying resources …
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More than race: Differentiating Black students’ everyday experiences in Texas school desegregation, 1968-1978
In newly desegregated schools in Waco, Texas, how did Black students’ social identities, namely race, gender, and socioeconomic status, differentiate their everyday experiences? This local social history examines this central question, using intersectionality as the theoretical lens and oral …
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Politics, patriotism, pageantry : performing power at the Texas Cotton Palace, 1910-1930.
This study specifically examines the Texas Cotton Palace Exposition of 1910-1930 as a performative event reflecting, endorsing, and reinforcing cultural attitudes and priorities of select groups within the Waco community. The Cotton Palace in those years was an expansive exhibition, incorporating …
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