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Rufus A. Garner of Ogden, served 32 years as Assistant and Postmaster, of Ogden, Utah
No full textTypescript of a brief sketch of Rufus A. Garner of Ogden, copied from the Standard Examiner issue of June 19, 1934; and a biographical sketch of Rufus A. Garner of Ogden, from an interview. Garner Typed by E. J. Barrett of Ogden and Maurice L. Howe in 193
Garner family letters, W.0030
No full textAbstract: Typed transcripts of correspondence written by the extended Garner family between 1832 and 1886.Scope and Content Note: This collection consists of typed transcripts of correspondence written by the extended Garner family between 1832 and 1886. Notable features include a sizable collection of letters written by W.W. Garner to his wife, Henrietta Humphry Garner and sister, Elvira Ellington. These letters, written between 1861 and 1864, document Garner's experiences serving in the Tenth Regiment, a home guard unit stationed in Arkansas. Garner's letters also provide insight into the worsening economic conditions in the Confederacy during the war, addressing fluctuating currency rates and price changes. A smaller collection of letters documents the family's life after the war. Most of the letters written after 1873 are written by Henrietta Garner and relay family news to her children. This collection also contains a small collection of poems written by Henrietta Garner between 1851 and 1859. An affidavit included with this collection states that this collection was compiled and typed by Dr. Alan G. Cazort and Ruth Huddleston, the daughter of W.W. Garner, in 1935.Biographical/Historical Note: William Wakefield Garner, born in Boone, Missouri, on 17 April 1826, was an Arkansas businessmen and solider. He married Henrietta Humphry on 1 August 1853. The couple had ten children: Henrietta H.; Charles; Belle and May (twins); Willie Anne; Robert; John; William L.; Ruth; and Paul. In 1856 Garner founded the first mercantile store in Quitman. During the Civil War, he was a member of a home guard regiment stationed in Arkansas, eventually serving in Company E, Eighth Arkansas Cavalry. After the war, Garner returned to Quitman, where he was instrumental in planning the town and selling plots of land in 1868. His influence and contributions established Quitman College which later became Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas. Garner died in Quitman on 7 December 1874
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Bloating characteristics of east Texas clays
No full textBureau Publication GC6501 - to purchase a print copy please go to: https://store.beg.utexas.edu/geologic-circulars/383-gc6501.htmlIncidence of bloating among approximately 600 clay samples from East Texas, ranging in age from Gulfian (Late Cretaceous) to Recent, correlates principally with clay mineralogy-and pH--together an indication of bulk composition--and to a lesser extent with texture, loss on ignition, and content of nonclay refractory minerals. Clay-mineral and pH data permit prediction of bloating with an accuracy of about 80 percent. Montmorillonitic and illitic clays are the best bloaters; bloating occurs in more than 80 percent of clays consisting of less than 30 percent kaolinite, more than l 0 percent illite, and between 20 and 90 percent montmorillonite. Only 10 percent of the high-alumina clays (more than 50 percent kaolinite) bloat; these generally are plastic and carbonaceous. Value of pH is an index of the amount of certain flux and gas-forming materials in clays; accordingly, bloating incidence generally increases with increase in pH. Incidence of bloating also increases slightly with decrease in grain size, increase in plasticity, increase in loss on ignition, and decrease in content of nonclay refractory minerals.Bureau of Economic GeologyUT Librarie
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Physiographic features and stratification types of coarse-grained point bars: modern and ancient examples
No full textBureau Publication GC7509 - to purchase a print copy please go to: https://store.beg.utexas.edu/geologic-circulars/419-gc7509.htmlPrimary sedimentary structures in modern point-bar deposits of the Amite River in Louisiana and the Colorado River in Texas are analogous to features observed in Eocene Simsboro and Pleistocene Colorado River deposits of the Texas Gulf Coastal Plain.
Short-duration peak flow, channel pattern, average stream gradient of about 2 to 3 ft/mi, and bank stabilization by dense vegetation are major parameters controlling the depositional pattern of coarse sand and pebble gravel of the Amite and Colorado Rivers. Stratification is directly related to specific depositional features and consists of: large-scale trough-fill cross-stratification in the scour pool; trough-fill cross-stratification and foreset cross-stratification in the lower point bar; parallel laminae, large foreset cross-stratification, and trough-fill cross-stratification in the chute bar, parallel-inclined laminae, climbing ripple laminae, and mud drapes in the chute fill, and parallel inclined laminae, mud drape, and foreset crossstratification in overbank, floodplain deposits. Fundamental differences between point bars of bed-load streams (low suspended load/bed-load ratio) and mixed-load streams (high suspended load/bed-load ratio) are that upper point-bar sed iments with small trough sets and parallel-inclined laminae occur only in fine-grained (mixed load) fluvial deposits, and large-scale foresets of chute bars are common to coarse-grained (bed load) fluvial deposits but are not found in fine-grained fluvial deposits. Upward-fining sequences, characteristic of fine-grained fluvial deposits, are uncommon in sediments deposited by bed-load streams such as the Amite and Colorado Rivers.
The Simsboro Sandstone consists mainly of scour-pool, lower point-bar, and chute-bar sediments. Chute-fill and floodplain deposits are preserved only in the highest stratigraphic sequence. Pleistocene Colorado River deposits display the same sequence of stratification types as the Simsboro but are composed of coarser material.Bureau of Economic GeologyUT Librarie
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An introduction to the geology of state parks near Austin, Texas : Austin Geological Society spring 1993 field trip, May 1, 1993
No full textField trip leaders, L. Edwin Garner, Stephen C. Ruppel, Steven J. SeniUT Librarie
Carolyn Ann Sherrard with her grandfather J. L. Garner of Dublin
No full textCarolyn Ann Sherrard, 5, and her grandfather, J. L. Garner of Dublin, both are feeling better since Garner is recovering from surgery. Carolyn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Sherrard, walked from home to Harris Hospital last week to see Garner. She was afraid he might die before I get to see him again .https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/specialcollections_startelegram1950s/27702/thumbnail.jp
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The Gulf shoreline of Texas: processes, characteristics, and factors in use
No full textBureau Publication GC7703 - to purchase a print copy please go to: https://store.beg.utexas.edu/geologic-circulars/429-gc7703.htmlThe State of Texas has about 367 miles of open Gulf shoreline, most of it typified by rather broad, sandy beaches and a comparatively mild climate that permits almost year-round use of this recreational resource. All but about 87 miles of the Gulf beach is accessible to the general public.
During the past 10 years or so, the Texas Gulf shoreline has experienced unprecedented development. Much of this development proceeded without proper consideration of the geomorphological features that constitute the Texas Gulf shoreline, the permanence or stability of these features, and the coastal processes that molded or that are presently modifying these features. Shoreline features that make up the Texas Gulf shoreline are erosional deltaic headlands (for example, the area between Sabine Pass and Rollover Pass), peninsulas, barrier islands, and one Modern delta (Brazos delta). Each of these major groups of features differs with respect to origin, history of development, and composition and size of materials. Most of the headlands, peninsulas, and barrier islands are being eroded. Approximately 60 percent of the shoreline is undergoing erosion.
Erosion is generally rapid along peninsulas and the erosional deltaic headlands (between Sabine Pass and Rollover Pass, San Luis Pass and Brown Cedar Cut, and from Brazos Santiago Pass to the mouth of the Rio Grande); it is less rapid along barrier islands. Deltaic headlands and peninsulas erode rapidly because waves commonly approach them at a high angle, thereby setting up longshore currents which transport sand-sized material away from the area. In addition, sand deposits associated with or which compose these features are commonly thin, a factor which promotes erosion. The beach and shoreface of barrier islands that lie in the vicinity of latitude 27° North are relatively stable because this is a zone of net longshore drift convergence; shorelines in this region will accrete slightly or remain in equilibrium for some time if barriers to longshore sediment transport are not erected to the north or south.
Shoreline stability is a factor that should be considered prior to developing any segment of the Texas Gulf shoreline. Other factors equally important include width of a particular shoreline feature, density of vegetation, presence or absence of fore-island dunes, and number and size of storm channels that transect the barriers, peninsulas, or deltaic headlands. Width of a particular shoreline feature is in part a function of sand availability; examples of broad shoreline features are barrier islands such as Galveston and Matagorda Islands. Man-made structures (motels, family dwellings, etc.) are relatively protected from hurricane wind and storm surge if they are situated on broad barrier islands behind fore-island dunes. Similar structures may be severely damaged or destroyed if placed on erosional deltaic headlands or on the narrow, low-profile peninsulas.
A variety of Gulf shoreline features exist along the Texas coast. Variability results from such factors as Pleistocene depositional and erosional history, sand availability, climatic conditions, density of vegetation, direction of wave approach, and direction of longshore sediment transport. Superimposed upon the natural setting are man's activities that tend to tip the balance toward disequilibrium. When man begins altering the coastal setting, the very processes which have interacted over the past 3,000 years or so to construct the Gulf shoreline features become agents of destruction.Bureau of Economic GeologyUT Librarie
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
The Coyle Clipper
No full textWeekly newspaper from Coyle, Oklahoma Territory that includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising
Daytime intrusive thoughts and poor sleep
No full textInsomnia is increasingly recognized as a 24 hour complaint that is associated with an increased risk of mood and anxiety disorders. However, the effects of insomnia symptoms on maladaptive daytime patterns of thinking are poorly understood. We examined the relationship between subjective insomnia symptoms, attentional control and negative thought intrusions during daytime in a large sample of undergraduates experiencing disturbed sleep. A total of 109 participants completed self-report measures of sleep quality, current sleepiness, anxiety and attentional control. A behavioural measure of intrusive thought required participants to control their attention during two focus periods separated by a five-minute period of self-referential worry. Thought intrusions were sampled throughout the pre- and post-worry periods. Perceived insomnia severity was associated with the reduced ability to focus attention and uniquely associated with increased negative thought intrusions in the pre-worry period. These results support suggestions that acute episodes of poor sleep can dysregulate key networks involved in attentional control and emotion regulation, and that promote negative cognitive activity
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