July 5th, 2017 New Collections on the Portal Civil Rights in Black and BrownCovering the period since the onset of civil rights era, the Civil Rights in Black and Brown oral history interviews with African American, Mexican American, and white activists located throughout the large, diverse state adds new depth to the study of… Read more »
Posts Categorized: General
Rescuing Texas History Mini-Grant Call for Submissions – 2017
The Portal to Texas History has recently announced the call for submissions for its most recent round of the Rescuing Texas History program. Rescuing Texas History 2017 is the tenth year of the program, which has brought to light over 45,000 items from 225 partnerships. Since the beginning of the program there have been over… Read more »
Beyond the Bytes, June 14, 2017
June 14th, 2017 New Collections on the Portal Edward A. Clark Texana CollectionOne of the largest special collections in the nation among schools of Southwestern’s size, the Edward A. Clark Collection was a gift of more than 2,400 volumes donated in 1965 from the private collection of Ambassador Edward A. Clark. It is rich… Read more »
Beyond the Bytes, May 31, 2017
May 31st, 2017 New Collections on the Portal Aransas Pass ProgressThe Aransas Pass Progress has served as the leading hometown news source for the “The Harbor City” and the surrounding area for 100 years. Founded by a young printing equipment salesman named W.H. Vernor, the newspaper was initially backed by a real estate firm… Read more »
Beyond the Bytes, May 17, 2017
May 17th, 2017 New Collections on the Portal Private Papers of Daniel Kempner ThorneFamily papers from the first and second generation of the influential Kempner Family of Galveston. Handwritten letters from February 1898 – March 31, 1899 from Daniel Webster Kempner to his mother Eliza Seinsheimer, and brother Isaac Herbert Kempner during an extended… Read more »
Subscribe
