The Portal to Texas History is a gateway to rare, historical, and primary source materials from or about Texas.

The Portal to Texas History

A gateway to rare, historical, and primary source materials from or about Texas.

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Collection Highlights

This section provides a sampling of some of our collections.

Texas Digital Newspaper Program

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 25 years ago in December, 1999 50 years ago in December, 1974 75 years ago in December, 1949 100 years ago in December, 1924 150 years ago in December, 1874 This day in history
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Battleship Texas State Historic Site Photograph Collection

These photographs depict the evolution of the famous Battleship Texas, including its technology and appearance over time, how she contributed …

Linda Jebavy Mitchell Collection (The Dallas Way)

Newspaper clippings, correspondence, brochures, T-shirts, buttons, and other materials related to HIV/AIDS, Dallas LGBT history, LGBT events, and political campaigns, …

Mexia Newspaper Collection

These various newspapers served the Central Texas town of Mexia from 1923 to the present day. Digitization funded by a …

T. V. Munson Collection

Thomas Volney Munson (September 26, 1853 - January 21, 1913), a renowned grape horticulturist is most well known for his …

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Featured Partner

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Whitewright Public Library

The Whitewright Public Library opened in 1967, spurred by a 1966 presentation by the Whitewright Friday Literary Club, titled, "Does Our Town Need a Library?" Since then, the library serves a population of just over 2,000, from the city of Whitewright, as well as from wider Fannin and Grayson Counties.

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News and Announcements

Horse Photos Featured in New Book

The UNT Libraries recently published Through the Lenses of Ray Bankston and Don Shugart, a captivating sample of the extensive collection of prints and negatives held in the Libraries’ Special Collections.

Ray Bankston and Don Shugart were two of the most prolific photographers of American Quarter Horses and horse show events in the South and Southwest during the last four decades of the twentieth century.

Their work is also featured in The Portal to Texas History’s Ray and Joyce Bankston Dalco Photography and Don Shugart Photography Collections.

What we do: Educate, Preserve, Build

Hundreds of years of Texas' cultural heritage exist in the physical holdings of communities across the state. The Portal seeks to digitize originals, preserving and presenting online copies for the long-term. Doing so highlights hidden collections, builds statewide connections, and provides access to you, regardless of the time or your location.

Texas History for Teachers

Texas History for Teachers provides Texas social studies teachers access to evidence-based historical content and resources for teaching Texas history, with all content mapped to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) standards.

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Texas Digital Newspaper Program

Learners of all ages can use TDNP to stand in the shoes of people from over 180 years ago to the present. Through our newspaper collection, we provide an understanding of the lives of Texans across history and miles.

"The newspaper digitization project places our library in position to reach out toward the future. By taking a piece of the past and bringing it with us, we are sure to grow and learn, appreciate and respect what was, what is and what will be."

Leslie Whitaker, Claude Public Library
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Rescuing Texas History

The Portal to Texas History periodically offers mini-grants for its Rescuing Texas History series. Each grant provides up to $1,000 of digitization services to libraries, museums, historical societies, and other groups that house historical materials. All of the materials are scanned at UNT Libraries and hosted on the Portal.

"I collect old Texas photographs. Thanks to the Portal, they can now be viewed by the world."

Brad Willis — T. B. Willis Photograph Collection
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Help Us Save Texas History!

Last month, we counted 593,329 uses of items on the Portal by people all over the world. Many were provided by small communities and funded by the generosity of donors like you.

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