Texas History Collection
Drawn from collections at the UNT Libraries and various partners, these materials about Texas history include artifacts, books, documents, manuscripts, photographs, maps, letters, and more.
At a Glance
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7,631
Items
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24
Types
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92
Titles
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118
Partners
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24
Decades
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12
Languages
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301
Counties
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43
States
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36
Countries
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3,112,067
Usage
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14 years, 7 months ago
Collection Created
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1 month, 1 week ago
Last Updated
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Cite This Collection
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Texas History Collection in The Portal to Texas History. University of North Texas Libraries. https://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/THC/ accessed September 22, 2023.
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Partners
McFaddin-Ward House Museum
1,289
Marshall Public Library
742
League City Helen Hall Library
716
Cowtown Coliseum
610
Schreiner University
587
Midwestern State University
413
Private Collection of Carolyn West
316
UNT Libraries
301
Patrick Heath Public Library
266
Private Collection of Fritz Dietrich
239
Dallas County Community College District
165
Texas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society
139
Tyrrell Historical Library
134
Fort Worth Aviation Museum
104
Old City Park
94
Private Collection of the Sutherlin Family
89
El Paso Community College
87
Texas Coastal Bend Collection
85
Richardson Public Library
84
Northwest Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church
70
Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
64
Johnson County Historical Commission
60
Houston Earlier Texas Art Group
57
Star of the Republic Museum
50
Texas State Historical Association
48
Denton Public Library
47
Euless Public Library
40
Fort Worth Jewish Archives
40
Private Collection of Melvin E. Brewer
39
Rosenberg Library
37
St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library
37
Mineral Wells Heritage Association
36
Grand Prairie Genealogical Society
32
Other
32
Dallas Municipal Archives
28
Private Collection of T. B. Willis
28
Collin County History Museum
25
Private Collection of Caroline R. Scrivner Richards
22
Wolf Creek Heritage Museum
22
Montgomery County Memorial Library
20
Stewart Title Company
20
Oklahoma Historical Society
17
Private Collection of Elsa Vorwerk
16
Austin College
15
UNT Libraries Special Collections
15
Carrollton Public Library
13
Dallas Public Library
11
Jacob Fontaine Religious Museum
11
McCulloch County Historical Commission
11
Old Settler's Association of Grayson County
11
Alexander Architectural Archive, University of Texas at Austin
10
City of College Station
10
Botanical Research Institute of Texas Library
8
Heard-Craig Museum
8
Private Collection of Howard and Brenda McClurkin
8
Private Collection of Marie Bartholomew
8
City of Denton Parks and Recreation
7
Panola College
7
Palestine Public Library
6
University of Texas at Arlington Library
6
First United Methodist Church of Dallas
5
Hutchinson County Genealogical Society
5
Tarleton State University
5
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
5
Westbank Community Library District
5
Boyce Ditto Public Library
4
Dallas Genealogical Society
4
Journal of Texas Archeology and History
4
Texas Department of Transportation
4
Brownsville Historical Association
3
Clay County Historical Society
3
Deaf Smith County Library
3
First Christian Church of Arlington
3
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth
3
Private Collection of E. M. Adams
3
The History Center
3
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
3
Wilson County Historical Society
3
Armstrong County Museum
2
First Christian Church of Port Arthur
2
Gaines County Library
2
Orange County Historical Society
2
Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame
2
Private Collection of Joe E. Haynes
2
Private Collection of Priscilla Goin
2
Rio Grande City Public Library
2
Texas Historical Foundation
2
UNT Press
2
Wiley College
2
Bosque County Historical Commission
1
Canyon Area Library
1
Cherokee County Historical Commission
1
Cherokeean Herald
1
Dallas Historical Society
1
DeWitt County Historical Commission
1
El Paso Public Library
1
Fort Worth Public Library
1
French Legation Museum
1
Harris County Public Library
1
Irving Archives
1
Johnson County Genealogical Society
1
Kerr County Historical Commission
1
Krum United Methodist Church
1
Lena Armstrong Public Library
1
McAllen Public Library
1
Moore Memorial Public Library
1
National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum
1
Palacios Area Historical Association
1
Private Collection of Cody Garcia
1
Private Collection of Judy Wood and Jim Atkinson
1
Private Collection of the Raymond B. Holbrook Family
1
Private Collection of the Ritchie Family
1
Singletary Memorial Library
1
Tarrant County College NE, Heritage Room
1
Texas Historical Commission
1
Travis County Historical Commission
1
Troop 201 Alumni Foundation
1
UNT Libraries Digital Projects Unit
1
Resource Types
Photograph
4,577
Postcard
1,367
Book
633
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
379
Text
158
Yearbook
124
Letter
119
Pamphlet
107
Physical Object
32
Map
29
Clipping
21
Image
20
Report
18
Legal Document
9
Poem
9
Paper
8
Artwork
6
Poster
4
Article
3
Legislative Document
3
Presentation
2
Collection
1
Musical Score/Notation
1
Video
1
Decades
2020-2029
24
2010-2019
1,123
2000-2009
197
1990-1999
289
1980-1989
518
1970-1979
352
1960-1969
183
1950-1959
186
1940-1949
235
1930-1939
205
1920-1929
349
1910-1919
455
1900-1909
486
1890-1899
94
1880-1889
81
1870-1879
68
1860-1869
13
1850-1859
28
1840-1849
32
1830-1839
19
1820-1829
3
1810-1819
1
1800-1809
1
1680-1689
1
Countries
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United States
6,737
Mexico
94
Nicaragua
83
Brazil
19
Canada
17
Vietnam
8
France
5
Germany
5
Philippines
5
Italy
4
Argentina
3
Cuba
3
Ireland
2
Spain
2
Switzerland
2
Uruguay
2
Algeria
1
Australia
1
Austria
1
Belgium
1
Egypt
1
Greece
1
Hong Kong
1
Iceland
1
India
1
Jamaica
1
Japan
1
Kiribati
1
New Zealand
1
Northern Mariana Islands
1
Papua New Guinea
1
Poland
1
Romania
1
Russia
1
South Africa
1
Sweden
1
States
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Texas
5,848
West Virginia
118
New York
84
Virginia
69
California
64
Louisiana
48
Arkansas
40
Arizona
38
Indiana
29
Oklahoma
29
Alabama
26
Ohio
23
Kentucky
20
Colorado
14
Illinois
14
Maryland
13
Massachusetts
13
North Carolina
12
Minnesota
11
Mississippi
11
South Carolina
11
Missouri
10
Tennessee
10
Washington
10
New Mexico
9
Hawaii
8
Pennsylvania
7
Idaho
6
Kansas
5
Maine
5
Michigan
5
Nebraska
5
Florida
4
Oregon
3
Utah
3
Nevada
2
New Jersey
2
Wisconsin
2
Wyoming
2
Alaska
1
Connecticut
1
Delaware
1
North Dakota
1
Counties
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Galveston County, TX
857
Harrison County, TX
740
Kerr County, TX
516
Dallas County, TX
448
Grayson County, TX
345
Jefferson County, TX
340
Kendall County, TX
248
Denton County, TX
135
Wichita County, TX
132
Harris County, TX
118
Bexar County, TX
109
Travis County, TX
107
Cabell County, WV
93
Tarrant County, TX
80
Johnson County, TX
61
Palo Pinto County, TX
51
Montgomery County, TX
47
Collin County, TX
43
Orleans Parish, LA
39
Maricopa County, AZ
32
Jasper County, TX
30
McLennan County, TX
29
Washington County, AR
23
Lubbock County, TX
22
Cottle County, TX
21
Mobile County, AL
21
Hamilton County, OH
19
Lamar County, TX
18
Taylor County, TX
17
El Paso County, TX
15
Potter County, TX
15
Greenbrier County, WV
14
Haskell County, TX
14
Childress County, TX
13
Fairfax County, VA
13
Lipscomb County, TX
13
Brazos County, TX
12
Nueces County, TX
12
Jefferson County, KY
11
Los Angeles County, CA
11
McCulloch County, TX
11
Baltimore County, MD
10
Rockwall County, TX
10
Cherokee County, TX
9
Cook County, IL
9
Garland County, AR
9
Hopkins County, TX
9
Santa Barbara County, CA
9
Archer County, TX
8
Navarro County, TX
8
Panola County, TX
8
San Diego County, CA
8
Schuyler County, NY
8
Victoria County, TX
8
Anderson County, TX
7
Bowie County, TX
7
Buncombe County, NC
7
Cooke County, TX
7
Fluvanna County, VA
7
Kleberg County, TX
7
Llano County, TX
7
McMullen County, TX
7
Muskogee County, OK
7
Robertson County, TX
7
Suffolk County, MA
7
Wood County, TX
7
Bosque County, TX
6
Charleston County, SC
6
Hughes County, OK
6
Smith County, TX
6
Adams County, MS
5
Bath County, VA
5
Bell County, TX
5
Cameron County, TX
5
Cass County, TX
5
Clay County, TX
5
Culberson County, TX
5
Denver County, CO
5
Grenada County, MS
5
Howard County, TX
5
Hutchinson County, TX
5
Midland County, TX
5
Monterey County, CA
5
Walker County, TX
5
Angelina County, TX
4
Armstrong County, TX
4
Brazoria County, TX
4
Brown County, TX
4
Burnet County, TX
4
Ellis County, TX
4
Erie County, NY
4
Fannin County, TX
4
Foard County, TX
4
Gray County, TX
4
Hays County, TX
4
Hill County, TX
4
Limestone County, TX
4
Matagorda County, TX
4
Miller County, AR
4
Nolan County, TX
4
Orange County, TX
4
Rockingham County, VA
4
Santa Fe County, NM
4
Shelby County, TN
4
Titus County, TX
4
Van Zandt County, TX
4
Young County, TX
4
Boulder County, CO
3
Calcasieu Parish, LA
3
Colorado County, TX
3
Dawson County, TX
3
Deaf Smith County, TX
3
Douglas County, NE
3
Franklin County, TX
3
Henderson County, TX
3
King County, WA
3
Kitsap County, WA
3
Lake County, IL
3
Leon County, TX
3
Live Oak County, TX
3
Milam County, TX
3
Red River County, TX
3
Salt Lake County, UT
3
San Augustine County, TX
3
Upshur County, TX
3
Uvalde County, TX
3
Waller County, TX
3
Wilson County, TX
3
Wise County, TX
3
Wood County, WV
3
Bandera County, TX
2
Beaufort County, SC
2
Bernalillo County, NM
2
Bonneville County, ID
2
Calhoun County, AL
2
Callahan County, TX
2
Camp County, TX
2
Carter County, OK
2
Clark County, NV
2
Clinton County, NY
2
Comal County, TX
2
Cowlitz County, WA
2
Crosby County, TX
2
Cumberland County, ME
2
Del Norte County, CA
2
Dickens County, TX
2
Donley County, TX
2
Eastland County, TX
2
Freestone County, TX
2
Gaines County, TX
2
Hamilton County, TX
2
Hardeman County, TX
2
Hunt County, TX
2
Jefferson County, AL
2
Jones County, TX
2
Kaufman County, TX
2
Kern County, CA
2
La Plata County, CO
2
Mackinac County, MI
2
Marion County, TX
2
Menard County, TX
2
Mercer County, MO
2
Middlesex County, MA
2
Montague County, TX
2
Morris County, TX
2
Nacogdoches County, TX
2
Niagara County, NY
2
Olmsted County, MN
2
Parker County, TX
2
Rutherford County, NC
2
Sedgwick County, KS
2
Shackelford County, TX
2
Sweetwater County, WY
2
Throckmorton County, TX
2
Trinity County, TX
2
Washington County, TX
2
Webb County, TX
2
Webster County, WV
2
Wilbarger County, TX
2
Williamson County, TX
2
Zavala County, TX
2
Alameda County, CA
1
Albany County, NY
1
Alleghany County, VA
1
Allegheny County, PA
1
Anne Arundel County, MD
1
Atascosa County, TX
1
Austin County, TX
1
Blount County, TN
1
Boyd County, KY
1
Bradford County, PA
1
Bradley County, TN
1
Brewster County, TX
1
Bryan County, OK
1
Caddo Parish, LA
1
Calhoun County, MI
1
Calhoun County, TX
1
Castro County, TX
1
Coryell County, TX
1
Crawford County, AR
1
DeKalb County, IL
1
DeWitt County, TX
1
Douglas County, OR
1
Ector County, TX
1
El Paso County, CO
1
Erath County, TX
1
Falls County, TX
1
Fayette County, KY
1
Fayette County, TX
1
Fisher County, TX
1
Floyd County, TX
1
Ford County, KS
1
Fort Bend County, TX
1
Franklin County, OH
1
Franklin County, TN
1
Frederick County, MD
1
Frederick County, VA
1
Frio County, TX
1
Gillespie County, TX
1
Goliad County, TX
1
Grant County, IN
1
Gregg County, TX
1
Guadalupe County, TX
1
Hale County, TX
1
Hall County, TX
1
Hamilton County, TN
1
Hardin County, TX
1
Hempstead County, AR
1
Hennepin County, MN
1
Hidalgo County, TX
1
Houston County, TX
1
Howard County, AR
1
Huntingdon County, PA
1
Jefferson County, WI
1
Kimble County, TX
1
Kings County, NY
1
La Salle County, TX
1
Lafayette County, AR
1
Lampasas County, TX
1
Lancaster County, NE
1
Lauderdale County, MS
1
Lea County, NM
1
Liberty County, TX
1
Little River County, AR
1
Loving County, TX
1
Madison County, ID
1
Madison County, TX
1
Marion County, IN
1
Martin County, TX
1
McKean County, PA
1
Medina County, TX
1
Milwaukee County, WI
1
Mitchell County, TX
1
Monroe County, NY
1
Montgomery County, AL
1
Morgan County, IN
1
Multnomah County, OR
1
New Hanover County, NC
1
New London County, CT
1
Norfolk County, MA
1
Oldham County, TX
1
Orange County, FL
1
Palm Beach County, FL
1
Parmer County, TX
1
Pecos County, TX
1
Penobscot County, ME
1
Peoria County, IL
1
Philadelphia County, PA
1
Pierce County, WA
1
Pima County, AZ
1
Pinellas County, FL
1
Randall County, TX
1
Rapides Parish, LA
1
Reeves County, TX
1
Refugio County, TX
1
Riverside County, CA
1
Rockbridge County, VA
1
Rusk County, TX
1
Sabine County, TX
1
Sacramento County, CA
1
San Bernardino County, CA
1
San Patricio County, TX
1
Saratoga County, NY
1
Schenectady County, NY
1
Sevier County, AR
1
Shawnee County, KS
1
Shelby County, TX
1
Starr County, TX
1
Stephens County, TX
1
Summit County, CO
1
Summit County, OH
1
Sussex County, NJ
1
Tulsa County, OK
1
Ward County, TX
1
Washington County, PA
1
Washtenaw County, MI
1
Wayne County, MI
1
Wheeler County, TX
1
Winkler County, TX
1
York County, ME
1
York County, VA
1
Titles
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Albert Kiecke Scrapbook 1
205
Albert Kiecke Scrapbook 2
151
Helen Hall Library Collection
130
The O'Connor Family Papers
84
Joseph C. Kilgore Collection
72
Journal of the Northwest Texas Annual Conference
67
Newsletter of the Texas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society
59
HETAG: The Houston Earlier Texas Art Group
57
Westminster Presbyterian Church Records
56
Texas State Historical Association Annual Meeting
48
Grinstead's Graphic
47
Retrospect
46
The Burro
40
Caroline Atkinson D'Etchegoyen Collection
38
Diamondback
36
Galveston Isle
36
Bronco
35
Herbert Herman Fiedler Photograph Collection
28
Second Brigade News
28
John Dollinger, Jr., Inc. Records
25
Southeast Texas Postcards Collection
25
Lorena Harbison Collection
24
Art from the Ruins
22
Hulon N. Anderson Collection
20
James Hayden Ross Collection
20
Mary Howard Collection
16
Telling Our Stories
13
The Beekeeper's Item
13
City of College Station: Project HOLD
10
Bartholomew Plan Documents
8
Dallas Water Utilities, 1888-1999
8
Play Guide
7
Herff Family Papers
6
The Recall
6
The ACEF Journal
5
The Marine
5
Journal of Texas Archeology and History
4
Papers Concerning Robertson's Colony in Texas
4
The Austin Papers
4
Annual Report of the American Historical Association
3
Geologic Atlas of the United States
3
Pegasus
3
American explorers
2
Bulletin (Texas. Department of Agriculture)
2
Bulletin of the University of Texas
2
Dallas Nine Series
2
Kessler Plan Documents
2
Levy Collection
2
Texas Methodist Historical Quarterly
2
The Pony
2
Travis County Rural Directory
2
United States Geological Survey Reports
2
(Progressive retail merchant of Texas ; v.1, no.2)
1
15th Legislature of Texas
1
30th Legislature of Texas
1
35th Legislature of Texas
1
72nd Legislature of Texas
1
Archaeological and Ethnological Papers of the Peabody Museum
1
Bulletin (Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology)
1
Bulletin of the University of Wisconsin
1
Collections of the Archive & History Department of the Texas State Library
1
County Series Reader
1
Economics and political science series
1
Fiscal Year 1889
1
Fiscal Year 1901
1
Fiscal Year 1959
1
Frontier Times
1
Full Text of the Game, Fish and Fur Laws of Texas
1
Geological Survey bulletin
1
Good Business
1
Harvester
1
Highland Heights Highlights
1
Historical notes ; no. 7
1
House Concurrent Resolutions
1
Linguistic Series of the Summer Institute of Linguistics of the University of Oklahoma
1
Maude Kitchens Collection
1
Publications of the Texas Folklore Society
1
Report of Fish and Oyster Commissioner of the State of Texas
1
Rich Field Flyer
1
Senate Bills
1
Series F--Geography
1
Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology.
1
Texas County and Local History Series
1
Texas Geological Survey. Bulletin
1
The Bluebell
1
The Dunrobin Piper
1
The Medallion
1
The Pedagogue
1
The Texas Gulf Historical and Biographical Record
1
The Texas Industrial Review
1
The University of Texas Mineral Survey Bulletin
1
War and the Southwest series
1