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UTA Libraries Staff Spotlight: Kera Newby

Connecting people with the past has always been a passion for Kera Newby. She brings that passion to her new role as Director of Special…

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Student Employee Digs Deep into the World of Archives

“Whether I find a career with a university, museum, or library, I will bring a fantastic amount of knowledge and experience that I gained working…

Elzie and Ruby Odom sit in a living room with plants and wood cabinets behind them. Elzie is looking into the camera. Ruby is looking away.

UTA Libraries Highlights Diverse Collections to Celebrate Digital Gallery Milestone

In honor of uploading more than 100,000 images to its Digital Gallery, the University of Texas at Arlington Libraries is highlighting several of…

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UTA Libraries Adds 100,000th Image to Free Online Digital Gallery

The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries has uploaded the 100,000th image in its Digital Gallery, a free online repository of images,…

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Extraordinary Resonance: UTA Libraries Exceeds 40 Million Views on Wikimedia Commons

Michael Barera stepped into his role as University and Labor Archivist at the University of Texas at Arlington Libraries Special Collections in…

UTA Libraries Celebrates Opening of ‘A Tribute to Nurses’ Exhibit

The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries welcomed the community to celebrate the opening of “A Tribute to Nurses” in Special Collections in…

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UTA Libraries Pandemic Archive Thrives, Welcome New Submissions from Arlington Community

It began simply enough—by creating space for members of the University of Texas at Arlington community to document their lives while experiencing…

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UTA Libraries Hosts 12th Biennial Virginia Garrett Lectures, Opens ‘Searching for Africa’ Exhibit

Historians, cartographers, and map enthusiasts from around the world joined the University of Texas at Arlington Libraries for the 2021 Virginia…

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A Living Gallery: Historic Photo Deepens Connection Between California Dean and WWII Hero Uncle

The photo is a simple portrait, if you don’t know who you are looking at—a young Japanese-American man in an Army uniform, his bag slung across…

three young men stand side by side in their football uniforms, smiling for the camera; the two on the ends are wearing their helmets, while the middle man is not. behind them are trees and a brick building.

A Living Gallery: Connecting a Son with His “Mighty Orphan” Father in the UTA Libraries Digital Gallery

Steven Conner found the University of Texas at Arlington Libraries Digital Gallery like many do—by Google search.

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Archiving the Pandemic call for submissions

A call for submissions to the local community for the Archiving the Pandemic project.

An older man in a gray suit jacket and beige brimmed hat stands with a cross adorned for Captain Chester Slaughter. Around and behind him stretches a large cemetery of identical crosses for other American soldiers who died overseas in World War two.

A Living Gallery: Transatlantic World War II Memorial Given New Life with UTA Digital Gallery Photo

Claassens’ work has spanned nearly two decades, and still, he was looking for one thing: a good picture of his charge. And then...