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The Print
Collections
Special Collections collects in several specific subject areas. The
program area's materials are non-circulating and must be used on site in UTA's Central
Library. The division's book and journal holdings, historical manuscripts, archives,
including the university, political and labor collections, graphics, and a number of the
Spanish language collections are cataloged in the library's electronic catalog,
UTA Libraries' Catalog. Other materials, such as maps and
photographs, are accessible with in-house Finding Aids
and card catalogs.
 Texas History - Documented in books, broadsides, newspapers, sheet music, graphics, periodicals, maps,
and microforms from the beginning of European exploration to the present. Major fields of
concentration include Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo colonization, the Republic of Texas
period, local community histories, economic history, biographies, politics, and
literature. The area surrounding the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the primary geographic
focus, but Special Collections also collects materials relating to all parts of Texas. The
collections are housed in the Jenkins Garrett Library.
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- Mexican American War
of 1846-1848
- One of the most comprehensive collections of books, maps, broadsides, newspapers, sheet
music, graphics, and microforms on this subject in the nation. The collection documents
both the United States and Mexican points of view.
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- Mexican History
- Books, newspapers, and microfilm covering Mexican political, economic, and military
history from 1810 to 1920.
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- Cartographic History
- Five centuries of mapping the western hemisphere is included in books and periodicals as
well as maps with an emphasis on exploration, especially of the American Southwest and the
Gulf of Mexico. There are also collections of school geography textbooks primarily from
the 19th century as well as American atlases from the late 18th to the 20th century. Most
materials are housed in the Virginia Garrett Cartographic History Library.
If you have questions about the Print Collection, please contact Ann
Hodges at ann.hodges@uta.edu.
Special Collections
The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
Phone: (817) 272-3393 * Fax: (817) 272-3360 * E-mail:
Reference
Desk
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