Texas Medical Association Library Collection

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Written by Sophie Walker, a student assistant in the UNT Libraries’ Digital Projects Lab and a graduate student in the UNT College of Information majoring in Library Science.  Denton, A. N.; Bennett, T. J. & Smith, Matthew M. The Texas Medical News, Volume 7, Number 5, March 1898, periodical, March 1898; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1813977/; Texas… Read more »

The Portal at TCSS and TX GLO

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In the last week and a half, The Portal to Texas History was honored to sponsor and have an exhibitor’s booth at the Texas Council for the Social Studies’ Annual Conference and the Texas General Land Office’s Save Texas History Symposium. Jake Mangum was happy to a represent the Portal at the Texas Council for… Read more »

Three Texas Libraries Receive Newspaper Digitization Grants from the Ladd & Katherine Hancher Foundation

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The Ladd & Katherine Hancher Library Foundation has awarded three Texas public libraries with grant awards totaling $76,340.00 to digitize their community newspapers. The award recipients are: The La Porte Public Library to digitize the La Porte Chronicle The Pilot Point Public Library to digitize the Pilot Point Post-Signal The Crowley Public Library, to digitize… Read more »

Helen McDonald Memorial Nimitz Conference Recap

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Written by Isabella Baxter, student assistant in UNT Libraries’ Digital Projects Lab The National Museum of the Pacific War’s annual conference, hosted by the Admiral Nimitz Foundation, was held at the Historic Nimitz Ballroom in Fredericksburg, TX, on October 17th-18th, 2025. This year’s theme was “Pop Culture, Propaganda, and Politics: Reflections on the Pacific War… Read more »