Congratulations to our awardees of the 2018 cycle of the Rescuing Texas History program! In May of 2018, we here at The Portal to Texas History, announced the latest call for submission for our Rescuing Texas History program; a program created to provide new and existing partner institutions with up to $1,000 worth of… Read more »
Yearly Archives:: 2018
Citrus History in the Borderlands Newspaper Collection
South Texas has been famous as a center of citrus production since the early 20th-century. From TexSun orange juice in Weslaco to Rio Grande Valley grapefruits, Texans and other Americans have enjoyed the products of the South Texas citrus industry. The Texas Borderlands Newspaper Collection clearly documents the rise and growth of the citrus industry… Read more »
The Portal to Texas History Research Fellowship Awardees – 2018
The University of North Texas Libraries is proud to announce the six awardees of The Portal to Texas History Research Fellowship for 2018: Kimberly Jackson, Scot McFarlane, Shay O’Brien, Richard B. McCaslin, Kenna Lang Archer and Jessica Webb.
Research using the Portal is relevant to studies in a variety of disciplines including history, journalism, political science, geography, and American studies. These awardees all thought of creative opportunities that research with the large digital library collection can enable.
Rescuing Texas History Mini-Grant Call for Submissions – 2018
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 2018 is the eleventh year of the program, which has brought to light over 45,000 items from 225 partnerships. Since the beginning of the program there have been over… Read more »
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