Monthly Archives:: June 2016

Rescuing Texas History 2016

Posted by & filed under Rescuing Texas History.

The Portal to Texas History has recently announced the call for submissions for its most recent round of the Rescuing Texas History program. Rescuing Texas History 2016 is the ninth year of the program, which has brought to light over 45,000 items from 206 partnerships. Since the beginning of the program there have been over… Read more »

Happy Juneteenth!

Posted by & filed under General, Texas Digital Newspaper Program.

The celebration of Juneteenth in Texas on June 19th has marked the ending of slavery in the United States since 1865.  To celebrate this year, I’d like to share some items and collections I’ve found on The Portal to Texas History and the Gateway to Oklahoma History that are about African-American Texans whose lives have… Read more »