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How to Find Special Collections Materials in the Digital Gallery

Blog for the "How To" series focused on using online resources to find Special Collections material.

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Special Collections in 2022: 1st Quarterly Review

A look back at highlights from the last quarter of activity in Special Collections

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How to Find Special Collections Materials in the Library Catalog

Do you want to learn about other tools to help you discover special collections materials? This week's blog posts highlights how to search the…

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Women’s Health, Women’s Bodies: a Collaboration between Special Collections and Women’s and Gender Studies

March is Women’s History Month! To celebrate, Special Collections collaborated with the Women’s and Gender Studies Program to bring you “Women’s…

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Remembering Black Labor History in Dallas: Moving Picture Machine Operators Union, Local 249-A

Remembering the establishment, activies, impact, and legacy of the all-Black Dallas Moving Picture Machine Operators Union, Local 249-A.

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Alumna Mya Lewis Investigates Four Paintings by Clementine Hunter

Former SPCO student employee and Art History graduate Mya Lewis examines four paintings by Clementine Hunter

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A Tribute to Nurses: UTA and Beyond

An introduction and online companion to Special Collections' nursing exhibit for spring 2022.

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A Visual Response to "Searching for Africa"

A guest post featuring original artwork by Jeremiah Alcorn with context provided by Dr. Leah McCurdy

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Special Collections in 2021: 4th Quarterly Review

A look back at highlights from the last quarter of activity in Special Collections

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Deeper Meanings behind Ink and Parchment

The Searching for Africa exhibition allowed Ashlei Jones, student in UTA's Art & Art History Department, to travel back in time.

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What I See in Historic European Maps of Africa Reminds Me of What I See in the News Today

Art History student Rebeca Compean-Serrano explores the Searching for Africa exhibition to understand how imagery shapes perception around race…

Gordon McGinnis with Compass Rose logo

80 Years On: Special Collections Remembers the Beginning of WWII

On December 7, 1941, the attack on Pearl Harbor plunged the United States into WWII. Texans from every community answered the call to serve in the…