Monthly Archives:: July 2024

One-Million Issues in the Texas Digital Newspaper Program

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Extra! newsprint

The Texas Digital Newspaper Program on The Portal to Texas History has reached a huge milestone of over one-million newspaper issues openly available!  These one-million newspaper issues comprise 11,256,533 pages, contributed by 226 partners from across Texas, and representing 210 counties.   Multiple partners have helped to build the Texas Digital Newspaper Program Collection, to… Read more »

Happy 4th of July, from The Portal to Texas History!

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Icebox cake

This Fourth of July post comes to you from Ricardo Carter, one of the Digital  Newspaper Unit’s newest student assistants! Ricardo is a fifth-year student at the University of North Texas, majoring in Professional and Technical Communication with a minor in Public Relations. Ricardo will eventually pursue a career in public relations, either with a… Read more »