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 »
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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 »
Beyond the Bytes, November 30, 2015
November 30, 2015 Featured Collections… The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum Located in Abilene, Texas, the 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum serves as a display and teaching museum for the study of World War II. Pictured is a formation of Frenchsoldiers at an American cemetery in France…(more) KXAS-NBC 5 News Collection KXAS was the… Read more »
Beyond the Bytes, November 13, 2015
November 13, 2015 Featured Collections … Private Collection of Joe E. Haynes The Private Collection of Joe E. Haynes includes family photographs, as well as a fascinating array of vintage postcards covering every holiday and locations around Texas and beyond…more Star of the Republic Museum The Star of the Republic Museum is located… Read more »
Hopping into the Space and Time Machine
As the world prepares for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” to come out on December 18th, we in the Digital Newspaper Unit are hopping into our newspaper time machine to check into the first Star Wars movie reviews and news. The movie was initially distributed in limited release in May 1977. As the article appearing… Read more »
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