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Vol. XV * No. 1 * Spring 2001
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Special Collections Division the University of Texas at Arlington Libraries Vol. XV * No. 1 * Spring 2001 |
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The Virginia Garrett Cartographic History Library (VGCHL) recently acquired the Murray Hudson Atlas and Geography Collection. The collection consists of 626 items dating from 1736 to 1988. The majority of the materials come from the nineteenth century and constitute a significant addition to the founding goals of the VGCHL. Goodwin relates how UTA acquired Hudson's atlases, describes the scope of the collection, and highlights a few of the treasures found in the collection.
Special Collections has
recently published Guide to Archives and Manuscripts in the Special
Collections Division compiled by Shirley Rodnitzky and edited by Gerald
Saxon (Arlington, Tx., 2000). The Guide contains descriptions
for more than 1,000 collections received from 1967 through 1999. Rodnitzky tells
how the Guide is organized and what is contained within its
pages, and the future direction of the Guide. Included in the
article are several images taken from the collections.
 Galveston, Texas, ca.1852. |
In this extensive review of the Samuel Mass Papers, Perkins writes about the early history of this prominent Jewish German business man and his adventures when he moved to Galveston in 1839. Maas invested his money and life in the prosperity of Galveston and those ventures quickly aided in the development of Galveston's economy, politics, culture, and growth. The article is rich with views of life in early Galveston as well as the people involved in it's development.
 "Flight of Santa Anna from the Battle of Cerro Gordo," (Philadelphia: R. Magee, ca.1848). |
The article features the recent acquisition of the journal of Thomas Lindsay, a soldier from Pennsylvania who landed with the forces at Vera Cruz during the Mexican-American War of 1846-1848. The journal, purchased by Special Collections with the assistance of Jenkins and Virginia Garrett, is an important addition to the well known Mexican War collections of the division. Spurr relates the events of the Vera Cruz landing and gives us the Lindsay's perspective on well-known battles Lindsay saw first hand. The journal covers one year of the war from the landings at Vera Cruz to June 25, 1848, when the war ended.
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