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Item Handbook of the Laffite Society: how to find out about Jean and Pierre Laffite and the Laffite Society(1/10/2017) Mooty, Helen D.; MacBeth, Lou GravesHANDBOOK OF THE LAFFITE SOCIETY How to Find OutAbout fean and Pierre Laffite And the Laffite Society! This Handbook was compiled in support of the program given at the Laffite Society general meeting on January 10,2017. Links, phone numbers, email addresses, and other specifics are correct as of the date of the presentation. Note that these are subject to change in the future. Much of the material in this Handbook is representative of what our resources have to offer. The contents are by no means exhaustive. Please take a look at all these resources, just to broaden your knowledge of our subject matter. I hope you keep this Handbook for reference when you need to find out information on the brothers Laffite or about the Society and how it operates.Item Laffite Society Papers, 1806-2016 (Bulk 1995-2015)(1806-2016 (Bulk 1995-2015)) Laffite SocietyOrganized in 1975 as the Laffite Study Group by a group of historians, it reorganized in 1994 as the Laffite Society in Galveston, Texas, as a study and social group researching the lives, descendants and associates of privateer brothers Jean and Pierre Laffite who lived on Galveston Island, 1817-1821. The records include the publications of both organizations, membership rosters, programs and copies of presentations, photographs and other materials. In addition, members and historians have contributed research files containing copies of articles and correspondence pertaining to facts and myths about the Laffites. They include information about descendants of the Laffites; friends and associates of their group; significant locales and topics of interest, such as slavery, piracy, privateering; connections in Louisiana, France, Mexico, and South America; and political associations dating from the War of 1812, Andrew Jackson, Napoleon and many others.Item Henry N. Hooper Bell, 1857(1857) Hooper, Henry; de Vries, RobbieOne bell, cast by Henry N. Hooper and Company in Boston, 1857. Originally purchased to serve as the tower bell in the center of the Texas A&M University at Galveston campus, the bell is currently displayed in the library. Robbie de Vries and twelve other donors acquired the bell by auction in 1987.Item Richard E. Halter, Log Book 1866-1869(1866) Halter, Richard E.Journal of the daily operations of the hydrographic party of Sub Asst. R.E. Halter. Cruises 1866-1869.Item Molluscoidea(1880) Martens, Eduard vonItem Preliminary Note on a New Theory of the Phylogeny of the Chordata(1894) Garstang, WalterItem The Red Record(Coast Seamen's Journal Print, 1897)This pamphlet presents a concise and vivid view of one phase of the American seaman's life. Considerations, not only of humanity, but of business expediency, as evidenced by the growing scarcity of seamen, demand public attention to the cause and cure of brutality to seamen.Item Observations on Hepatozoon Balfouri(1905) Hoogstraal, HarryItem D. Brian Anderson Collection (S.S. Titanic), 1912, 2000-2005(1912; 2000-2005) various authorsThe D. Brian Anderson Collection of 170 Titanic-related books (non-fiction and fiction), calendars, wall charts, paper models, videos, music, and software was donated to the library in June 2005 by Mr. Anderson. Mr. Anderson collected these materials during the course of writing his book "The Titanic in Print and on Screen" published by McFarland in 2005. The collection contains materials which not only discuss the disaster, but also the building of the ship and her sister ships; interviews with survivors including crews, memoirs, seances and numerous documentaries.Item Convenience Versus Fitness(1915-10-08) Allen, J. A.Item Enchytraeidae (Oligochaeta) from the Rocky Mountain Region(1917) Welch, Paul S.From certain groups of animal life, North America is still in reality an unexplored territory. Of the vast region extending from the Mississippi River to the Pacific and from the Isthmus to the Arctic Ocean, excluding a narrow, coastal strip from Mexico to Alaska, nothing has hitherto been known concerning the Enchytraeidae although there is every reason to believe that their distribution includes the entire area. The tendency of this family of Oligochaeta to be northern in its distribution is well established and some of its representatives are known to thrive under alpine conditions, both in Europe and North America. The two species discussed in this paper were found in high altitudes of the Rocky Mountain system-mere chance representatives, no doubt, of a large indigenous enchytraeid fauna which awaits study.Item The Physiology of Insects--Metabolism(1928-09) Welch, Paul S.Item A New Fossil Coral from the Cretaceous of Texas(1929) Hoffmeister, J. EdwardItem Changes in the Tonicity of Smooth Muscle Produced by Toxins of Ascaris Lumbricoides(1929-02) Herrick, Chester; Emery, FrederickItem The Effects of Ascaris Extract on Circulation and Respiration(1929-07-01) Emery, Frederick E.; Herrick, Chester A.Item Foch Lafitte, Sr. Collection(Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center, 1930) Sam Houston Regional Library and Research CenterDate of this list is unknown - 1930 is an estimate. This is an inventory of the Foch Lafitte collection housed at the Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center in Liberty, Texas.Item Observations on Egyptian Hyalomma Ticks (Ixodoidea, Ixodidae). 3. Infestation of Greater Gerbils, Especially by Immature H. Impeltatum S. & S., 1930(Department of the Navy, 1930) Hoogstraal, Harry; Kaiser, Makram N.Item Plankton of the Bermuda Oceanographic Expeditions VII Siphonophora Taken During the Year 1931(1931) Totton, Captain A.K.Item Skin Reactions to Necator Americanus in Persons Infected with the Common Intestinal Parasites(1932) Bachman, George W.; Rodriguez, RafaelDuring recent years intradermal testing with parasitic extracts has received considerable attention. Some investigators claim promising diagnostic possibilities for the skin test as an aid in detecting the presence of helminths, while other have found little or no correlation between positive reactions and the presence or absence of the parasites in the skin-tested host.