August 23, 2016   recently added Collections … Refugio County Newspaper Collection Situated on the coast of Texas and on the north bank of the Mission River, Refugio, Texas, has been home to multiple newspaper titles since 1895. The Dennis M. O’Connor Public Library has made a selection of these newspapers available on The Portal… Read more »

May 19, 2016   Thanks for supporting the Portal to Texas History Endowment! We asked you to donate and you did! Thanks to all those who helped contribute matching funds towards the Cathy Nelson Hartman Portal to Texas History Endowment. We appreciate you!     recently added Collections … Humble Echo The Humble Echo was the primary… Read more »

April 29, 2016   recently added Collections … The Palacios Library Twenty women organized the Palacios Library on June 15, 1910. At the end of the year, the library had 104 members, 325 books, and $150 in the treasury. The library was originally housed in a narrow framed building, which was once the town box… Read more »

March 31, 2016   Featured Collections… University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries Special Collections The University of Texas at San Antonio’s Institute of Texan Cultures contributed photographs from its Texas Folklife Festival collection and a copy of the Spanish language newspaper El Regidor (1890-1899, 1903). more…    Private Collection of Joe E. Haynes  The Private… Read more »

March 1, 2016   big, big news!!   UNT Libraries asks for public’s help to win $500,000 NEH challenge grant DENTON, Texas (UNT) — The University of North Texas Libraries is asking for the public’s help to receive a $500,000 challenge grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Over the next five years, the university is tasked with raising… Read more »