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Online Exhibits
This
exhibition highlights the greatest treasures
of the Texas State Library and Archives, from
Travis' Letter from the Alamo to the original
Ordinance of Secession, from historic flags
to wanted posters for Sam Bass and Clyde Barrow.
New treasures and topics will be added on
a periodic basis.
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Biographies of all of the governors
of Texas, complete with official portraits,
timeline of events, revealing documents, and
rare photos.
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Henry McArdle's battle paintings,
Dawn at the Alamo and The Battle
of San Jacinto, have become Texas icons.
The painstaking detail of the paintings was
reflected in exhaustive research. McArdle's
notebooks are packed with letters, notes,
and photographs documenting the paintings
and the events they depict.
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Fifty-two
African-American men served Texas as either
state legislative members or Constitutional
Convention delegates during the last half
of the 19th century, representing the
first significant political achievement by
the African-American citizens of this state.
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Diaries
and letters of Texas women, political cartoons,
government documents, and photographs and
postcards tell the little-known story of the
women activists who fought to overcome societal
attitudes and entrenched power and won the
rights of full citizenship.
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In
the years from 1877 to 1900, the “Gilded Age”
in American history, F. E. “Ernst” and Oscar
Ruffini were part of the first wave of professional
architects to practice in Texas. A
large collection of their drawings, specifications,
and correspondence can be viewed on site at
the Texas State Library and Archives. Representative
examples of their work are included in this
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Government
documents, photographs, political cartoons,
and other artifacts help tell the story of
the agency founded in 1891 on a tide of populist
resentment of the railroads that went on in
the 20th century to wield legendary power
over the supply and price of oil and natural
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For more than three centuries, relations
between whites and Indians occupied a central
place in Texas life. The Texas State Library
and Archives is home to a massive collection
called the Texas Indian Papers. These and
other documents and photographs from our collections
tell the story of an epic clash of cultures.
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The sailors of Texas were vital to the survival
of the Republic; they defended the coastline,
ensured Texas supply lines, and brought in
much-needed revenue from prizes and captures.
In this exhibit, adventure in the Gulf is
paired with a political blood feud which brought
the Navy crashing down amidst charges of piracy,
mutiny, and murder.
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For the next ten years, four very different
men led the Republic of Texas down a difficult
and unknown path as an independent nation.
Although these men were different--sawmill
operator, soldier, poet, doctor--they were
also much alike. To a man they had known crushing
failure. Each had the heart and nerve to take
the helm of a penniless, lawless land and
dream of the mighty Texas it might one day
become. Each of them, for good and for ill,
shaped that destiny. This is their story. |
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At the time of the Texas Revolution, most
Texans and Americans assumed that the Republic
of Texas would be swiftly annexed to the United
States. Instead, the process of annexation
took nine long and bruising years. In hindsight,
Texas annexation seems inevitable. But it
all could have been so different. |
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Created in 1923, the State Parks Board struggled
until the New Deal poured millions of federal
dollars into creating state parks for Texas.
In the decades to follow, Texans who loved
the outdoors promoted state parks as a public
good that provides fun and serenity to the
public while preserving the natural beauty
of Texas. But always the parks have competed
with other state needs and priorities.
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