Featured Collections
The Optimist
The Optimist, the school newspaper of Abilene Christian College, was first published in August, 1912 as a monthly newsletter. It has been continually published since then, and starting with Volume 7, and ending with Volume 68, it was published weekly. Nearly all the material in The Optimist comes from students. For this reason, it is not only valuable regarding school history, but also offers insight into the minds of its contemporary...United States Army Corps of Engineers Collection
The United States Army Corps of Engineers Collection from the Dallas Historical Society includes photographs of early lock and dam projects throughout Texas. The images date from 1913 to the 1920s, and include images of the Trinity River, Brazos River, Neches River, Caddo Lake, and other locations.The Denison Daily Herald
The Denison Daily Herald is a daily newspaper from Denison, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising. Presented by the University of North Texas Libraries, the collection contains over 100 issues from the years 1906 and 1907.Tocker Foundation Grants
Tocker Foundation Grants Collection includes any collections funded by the Tocker Foundation, which supports small public libraries in Texas that serve populations of 12,000 and under.The Civilian and Gazette
The Civilian and Gazette (Galveston) collection represents a series of newspapers whose publication began in June of 1838 and continued under various names until 1886, with missing publications between 1862 and 1865, due to Civil War conflicts.Featured Partner
Dallas Municipal Archives
Dallas Municipal Archives partnered with the Portal to provide access to several collections, one of which is the John F Kennedy, Dallas Police Department Collection which includes over 400 photos from the investigation of the JFK assassination. Images include the "sniper's nest" in downtown Dallas' Texas School Book Depository Building, where Oswald allegedly fired on Kennedy's motorcade; the back and front yards of the boarding house at 214 Neely; Dealey Plaza; the intersection at Tenth Street and Patton Avenue where Oswald allegedly fatally shot Dallas patrolman J.D. Tippit; interiors of the Texas Theater, where Oswald was arrested by Dallas police; and the basement of Dallas City Hall, where Jack Ruby shot and killed Oswald on Nov. 24, 1963.