Posts By: Ana Krahmer

Portal to Texas History Collection Highlight: The Dallas Museum of Art Exhibition Photos

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This post was written by Varda Khan, who worked for two semesters as a Student Assistant – Descriptive Metadata Writer in the Digital Projects Lab. Varda recently graduated from UNT with a Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in Art History and minors in Arabic and Business Computer Information Systems. What is the Dallas Museum of… Read more »

Texas Historical Commission Grants the 2025 Governor’s Award for Historic Preservation to The Portal to Texas History

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Certificate naming Benjamin B. Peck the Clerk of the County Court in Gonzales County, Republic of Texas.

In April 2025, the Texas Historical Commission selected the University of North Texas Libraries’ Portal to Texas History to receive the 2025 Governor’s Award for Historic Preservation, described by the Texas Historical Commission as, “The Governor’s Award for Historic Preservation recognizes . . the highest achievement in the preservation of Texas’ prehistoric and historic heritage.”… Read more »

Oil Comes to Laredo!

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Nearly $3,000,000 Represented in Output of Laredo District during Year 1927

  This Laredo oil boom blog post comes from Spencer Houghton, the NDNP-Texas graduate student assistant working in the Digital Newspaper Unit. The March 16, 1928, issue of the Laredo Weekly opens with the headline, “Laredo’s Big Opportunity,” a call for “concerted action on the part of every agency” to “get together and make an… Read more »

2025 Virtual Portal to Texas History Partners Forum Recap

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  The March 27th Virtual Portal to Texas History Partners Forum showcased the exciting work that UNT Libraries’ Digital Libraries Division and partners of The Portal to Texas History are accomplishing! This event gave Portal partners the opportunity to ask questions about how their Portal contributions impact researchers, and it was a chance for people… Read more »