In September 2017, UNT Libraries’ Digital Newspaper Unit was awarded a newspaper digitization grant through TexTreasures, the competitive grant program supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and made available through the Texas State Libraries and Archives Commission. This grant, the Texas Borderlands Newspaper Digitization Project II, serves as a continuation of the… Read more »
We are proud to announce awardees for the 2017 Rescuing Texas History Program, offered to provide new and existing partner institutions with $1,000 worth of in-kind materials digitization. We never know what’s hiding in a storage building or library, and we’re proud to offer digital access to materials from these 2017 awardees: Beth-El Congregation Archives… Read more »
September 6th, 2017 News from the Portal UNT releases more than 100 free e-books on Texas and Oklahoma history The University of North Texas Libraries has released more than 100 free e-books for those wanting to learn more about Texas and Oklahoma history. A $95,599 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under… Read more »
August 23rd, 2017 New from the UNT Press Texas Rangers: Lives, Legend, and Legacy Authors Bob Alexander and Donaly E. Brice grappled with several issues when deciding how to relate a general history of the Texas Rangers. Should emphasis be placed on their frontier defense against Indians, or focus more on their role as… Read more »
August 2nd, 2017 News from the Portal Fellowship Lecture Series: Matthew Carr Please join us on Friday, August 4 when Fellow Matthew Carr speaks on his project Origins of the Culture War: Social Issues in State Party Platforms, 1960-2016 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in Willis Library, Room 250H… (more). The Virtual… Read more »
