Earlier this month, Jake Mangum with The Portal to Texas History attended the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) Annual Conference, joining historians, educators, and history lovers from across the state.The conference provided opportunities to engage with current conversations on Texas history, public history, and digital access. Sessions and informal discussions highlighted the importance of accessibility,… Read more »
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The Roots of the Bermuda Onion in Texas
This blog post was prepared by Spencer Houghton, the National Digital Newspaper Program-Texas graduate student assistant. In 1898, T. C. Nye sold his cattle ranch in the humid town of Cotulla, Texas, and bought an irrigated vineyard on the north side of Laredo in Webb County. Despite having a viticultural history reaching back to the… Read more »
Happy Holidays from the Digital Newspaper Program
As 2025 ends, we in the Digital Newspaper Unit thought it would be fun to look back at how newspapers celebrated the end of the year over time. Many Texas newspapers purchased mass-produced prints, some developed through chromolithography, to showcase elaborate front pages for Christmas or New Year’s issues in the early 1900s. The Newspaper… Read more »
Texas Medical Association Library Collection
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
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 »
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