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About the Portal

The Portal is a gateway to Texas history materials. You may discover anything from an ancestor's picture to a rare historical map.

Resources⁴ Educators

We offer teaching materials that connect your students with primary source historical documents to dramatically enrich their learning.

Recent Additions

The Portal continues to grow as new partners contribute digital versions of their collections. See some of our latest materials here.

Featured Collection

Aubrey Area Photographs

Aubrey Area Photographs feature the private collection of Bouncer Goin. He, his mother, and grandmother collected local history materials from their hometown of Aubrey, Texas. Materials include a 1918 Aubrey High School Yearbook; family photos; and images of local churches, businesses, and the tornado of April 1918.

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Featured Partner

UT Southwestern Medical Center Library

UT Southwestern Medical Center Library contributes a book for the Lorenzo de Zavala Online: Empresario, Statesman and Texas Revolutionary collection: Memorial to the legislature of the State of Texas, of Wm. H. Jones, Administrator of the estate of Lorenzo de Zavala, deceased, empresario of Zavala's Colony.

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