Special Collections Division the University of Texas at Arlington Libraries Vol. XI * No. 1& 2 * Fall & Spring '97

Table of Contents
Fall and Spring 1996

Fall 1996

A Quarter-Century of Change, Controversy, and Chaos
By Jerry L. Stafford

Pitcher, Nolan Ryan.

In June of 1996, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram donated an addition to its Photograph Collection that included nearly 300,000 negatives dating from 1955 through 1979. The images document a quarter-century of significant changes. Stafford selects a number of events to spotlight in this photo-essay ranging from Rosa Parks and Elvis Pressley to Tom Landry and Nolan Ryan.

Friends Start Fall '96 with a Bang!
By Gerald D. Saxon

Invitation cover for Friends September meeting showing a nineteenth century railroad bridge.

On September 1, the Friends of the UTA Libraries began their ninth years as an organization actively supporting the development and improvement of the Univesity Libraries. The article reviews the events and speakers who highlighted the year.

John W. Carpenter, A Texas Giant
By Shirley R. Rodnitzky

John W. Carptenter, president of Lone Star Steel Company signs contraxct with Secretary of Commerce Jesse Jones as a group of Texans look on.

The article focuses on the career of a man, who for more than three decades, was prominently identified with virtually every civic, charitable, and community enterprise in Dallas. The biographical narrative was made possiblewith the donation of the Carpenter Papers by his son, Ben H. Carptenter. The papers include 218 linear feet of files revealing fifty-plus years of twentieth century Texas history. They contain Carpenter's business files and other materials that he produced and collected during his career.

Notes
The Texas Map Society (TMS)

   The society is a new organization devoted to fostering the study, understanding, and collecting of historical maps and cartography. The TMS is the only society of its kind in Texas, and one of the few map societies in the United States. The TMS will sponsor its first program and organizational meeting on November 23, 1996, from 10:00-4:00, on the Sixth Floor of the Central Library on the campus of The University of Texas at Arlington.
   A great program has been planned featuring some of the leading scholars, map collectors, and authors of books on maps in the state. Anyone interested in maps is sure to find the program interesting and stimulating, and is encourages to attend and join the TMS. Registrants will also be given a special tour of the cartographic History Library at UTA, one of the finest resources for the study of maps and historical cartography in the southwest.
   For more information about the Texas Map Society, please contact Texas Map Society, c/o Katherine Goodwin, Special Collections Division, UTA Libraries, Box 19497, Arlington, Texas 76019-9497. Goodwin can also be reached at (817) 272-3393 (phone), (817) 272-3360 (fax), and email at goodwin@library.uta.edu.

Spring 1996

The José Salazar Ilarregui Papers
By Maritza Arrigunaga

José Salazar Ilarregui.

In the spring of 1991, the Special Collections Division acquired the papers of José Salazar Ilarregui, a man who served under Emperor Maximilian of Mexico as Imperial Commissioner for Yucatan. Arrugunaga gives a brief history lesson of Mexico in the 1850s and 1860s in order to put the important collection in perspective. The papers, dating from 1823 to 1898,  reflect a tumultuous time in Mexico's histoy and present a point of view rarely told and currently unpopular in Mexico.

Special Collections Wins ICI Conservation Division Prize
By Shirley R. Rodnitzky

Carte de viste from Benham Papers.

In winning the national competition prize, Special Collections will receive $3,000 worth of conservation service from ICI Conservation Divison to preserve the maps and a journal of Henry Washington Benham, an engineer and officer with the U. S. Army . The article describes Benham and his importance to both the Mexican-American War or 1846-1848 and the Civil War.

One Millionth Volume Celebration Highlights the Friends' Spring
By Gerald D. Saxon

Friends members viewing the One Millionth Volume.

Saxon reports on the busy spring season of the Friends which was highlighted by the Friends day-long series of events to commemorate the addition of the one millionth printed item to the Libraries' collection. 

Notes
UTA Centenial History Published

   The UTA Libraries is pleased to announce the newly published book Transitions: A Centennial History of The University of Texas at Arlington, 1895-1995, by Gerald D. Saxon. The book was published to coincide with UTA's centennial celebration, which began in August 1995 and ended in May 1996. the volume traces the university's history, taking the reader on a roller coaster ride over the school's ups and downs. Based on hundreds of historical sources, Transitions documents the many changes the school has undergone in its evolution from a private elementary, intermediate, and high school to the graduate level university of today.
   The book includes 165 historical photographs, is hardbound, and has a colorful dust jacket. It has received an award of excellence from the Printing Association of Texas and the Printing Industries of the Gulf Coast. Transitions sells for $29.95 and can be ordered from the UTA Bookstore, UTA Box 19075, Arlington, Texas 76019-9975. For order information, please call Mary LeVesque at (817) 272-2785.

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