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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Beyond the Bytes, October 22, 2014
October 22, 2014 Helping genealogists … Pull together a family reunion In the fall of 2012, I discovered the Portal to Texas History at the TSGS state conference. I did a search on my grandmother’s family (Seeberger) and really hit big with the Schulenburg Sticker. I think I’m ultimately related to 30% of the families there at… Read more »
Upcoming Newspapers in the Texas Digital Newspaper Program
As the Texas Digital Newspaper Program prepares to celebrate 2.5 million pages on November 6, 2014, we welcome multiple new grant awardees and newspaper titles! The Polk County Enterprise: The county seat, Livingston, Texas, has received a grant to digitize its newspaper, beginning in 1892 and moving up to 1965. This span of years will… Read more »
Beyond the Bytes, September 24, 2014
September 24, 2014 Recently added collections … The Hallettsville Rebel “The great appear great to us only because we are on our knees, LET US ARISE!” shouts the slogan of the Hallettsville Rebel, once the state paper of the Socialist Party in Texas. Edward Otto Meitzen, a German immigrant who left that country and the repression… Read more »
Beyond the Bytes, September 10, 2014
September 10, 2014 Texas Digital Newspaper Program: Two Million Pages Preserved Recently, the Texas Digital Newspaper Program (TDNP) reached two million pages of Texas newspapers on The Portal to Texas History. Made digitally available from microfilm, physical pages, and PDF e-print editions (more) featured Collections … The Canyon City News The city of Canyon was founded by… Read more »
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