With this blog post, we are beginning a new series of biographies of famous Texans, before they were famous, in which we research the lives of Texans in their hometown newspapers. Currently, TDNP hosts so many newspaper title runs that we are very excited to learn what we can about our now-famous Texans. For the… Read more »
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Beyond the Bytes, March 31, 2016
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 »
Beyond the Bytes, March 1, 2016
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 »
Beyond the Bytes, February 23, 2016
February 23, 2016 Texas Southern University Texas Southern University features more than 200 photographs from the Barbara C. Jordan Archives. Barbara Jordan ran for the Texas House twice, in 1962 and 1964. She then ran for the Texas Senate in 1966, winning a seat and becoming the first African American since Reconstruction to serve in… Read more »
Beyond the Bytes, December 20, 2015
December 20, 2015 Featured Collections… Texas Cultures Online Texas Cultures Online features local history materials from seventeen institutions depicting the diverse cultures of Texas during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Funding for this collection was provided by the Amon Carter Foundation…more Private Collection of T.B. Willis The T. B. Willis Photograph Collection… Read more »
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