March 6, 2015 You can help! Please share your Portal story It only takes a minute! Has the Portal to Texas History made a difference for you? Are you doing better research, better genealogy, better teaching or just plain having fun? Please let IMLS know why you love us.Share your story on their Facebook page… Read more »
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Portal named 2015 National Medal Finalist for Museum and Library Service
February 26, 2015 View this email in your browser UNT’s Portal to Texas History named a 2015 Finalist for the National Medal The National Medal for Museum and Library Service is the nation’s highest honor given to museums and libraries by the Institute of Museum and Library Services in recognition of exceptional service to the… Read more »
Happy St. Valentine’s Day: Let’s Calculate Inflation
Have you ever thought to buy a pack of Valentine’s cards to give out to your friends and loved ones? If you hop into your time machine and set it for January 22, 1866, E. H. Cushing might help you out. Cushing published the Tri-Weekly Telegraph in Houston for a little over a decade, while… Read more »
Happy New Year!
The Digital Newspaper Team is pleased to say farewell to 2014 and welcome 2015 by wishing all our readers a Happy New Year! For a great article about New Year’s food traditions, see this issue of the Texas Jewish Post, from September 9, 2010. To see some fun photographs and read about New Year’s traditions… Read more »
Beyond the Bytes, December 19, 2014
December 19, 2014 helping historians and students … Texas Digital Newspapers feed historical research on slavery If you walk up to Dr. Andrew Torget at the University of North Texas and Dr. Caleb McDaniel at Rice University, ask them what they think of newspapers. These professors will start to talk to you about how… Read more »
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