I am pleased to announce that we will soon be adding more historic issues of the El Paso Herald, from 1898-1901. Very soon, you will be able to read the dramatic account of the joint execution of Antonio Flores and Geronimo Parra, on January 5, 1900. Each man concealed sharpened daggars within their jail cells,… Read more »
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176 Years: Life in Texas, Through Newspapers
The Portal to Texas History hosts an ever-growing collection of digital newspapers published between 1829 and the present day. Here are a few gems I’d like you to know about: Saturday, December 12, 1835, “Camp Before Bejar,” Telegraph and Texas Register On December 4, 1835, after a reconnaissance expedition in the southwest, Ben Milam learned… Read more »
1 Million Pages!
By the end of this February, we will have ingested a total of 1,000,000 pages of Texas newspapers to The Portal to Texas History: TDNP Collection. Because a newspaper represents its community, and an entire newspaper run is an ever-growing map of community identity, digital preservation and open access to newspapers is incredibly valuable to… Read more »
Beyond the Bytes, Winter 2013
Beyond the Bytes Winter 2013 Proud to Represent Texas! The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) invited The Portal to Texas History to become a partner and join a distinguished list of ten service hubs across the country to provide online access to their digital collections. DPLA’s mission is to offer a single point of access to millions of items,… Read more »
Beyond the Bytes, June 2012
The e-newsletter of UNT’s Portal to Texas History | June 2012 Cotton Wagons Crossing the Brite Ranch, Marfa Public Library New Collections The Moses and Stephen F. Austin Papers With plans to add more, the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History contributed a selection of its Moses and Stephen F. Austin papers to the Portal…. Read more »
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