Celebrating Valentine’s Day at Special Collections
Highlighting some Valentine’s Day items from our collections
The Pinkie J. Harris Collection: HBCU Connections
Pinkie J. Harris was a Texas Educator who had a social, familial, and academic network that spanned Texas. The letters her and her son, Thompson…
The Boydstun Family Legacy
Millions of families faced devastating losses during WWII. The Boydstun family lost three of their own in service, and their response to their…
Digitized portion of Jenkins Garrett Texas Postcard Collection now on Wikimedia Commons, Wikipedia
The entire digitized portion of the Jenkins Garrett Texas Postcard Collection, 470 images in total, is now on Wikimedia Commons and integrated…
Today in History: The First Transatlantic Phone Call
Smartphones connect us to the people across the world and information across the internet, but how did this technology get started? Learn about…
Special Collections 2020: Year in Review
A look back at highlights from this year's acquisitions and image reproductions
Celebrating the Holidays at Special Collections
Special Collections celebrates the holidays with a look at festive items from our collection.
12 Days of SPCO Holiday Greetings
Introducing UTA Special Collections' latest social media series, "12 Days of Holiday Greetings," and reviewing the history of greeting cards
“A High-Caliber Family Show”: The Story of Six Flags Over Texas
Six Flags is now a nationally recognized name when it comes to roller coaster thrills and family fun, but Six Flags Over Texas was the first in…
UTA Libraries has contributed over 1,000 images to Wikimedia Commons
Celebrating over 1,000 UTA Libraries maps, photographs, and postcards now on Wikimedia Commons and used in Wikipedia articles.
