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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…

Two women lean over a desk with two typewriters and papers on it. One of the women holds a large camera with a flash bulb.

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,…

A Japanese-American man in an Army uniform standing in front of a tiled wall

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…

A ballet folklorico dancer twirls her skirt, a young girl stands in the background. The compass rose logo is at the top left corner.

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with the Archives!

This Hispanic Heritage month, we'll be featuring our collections that reflect Hispanic communities and histories. Learn about some of what we have…

Sergeant and Mrs. Heihachiro Izumi. A young couple standing in front of a large Air-WAC (Army Air Force) recruiting poster featuring an American flag behind a Euro-American woman in military uniform. The couple are Americans of Japanese descent.

The Lives of Heihachiro Izumi and Tamako Sasaki

A picture can be worth a thousand words, but historical and archival research can reveal the stories behind the photographs in our Fort Worth Star…

For the Love of Sneakers - Chuck Taylors painted with superheroes

The Exploration of African American Culture

I have learned two major things preparing for this month’s exploration of African American culture...

Jim Hayes shaking hands with President Bill Clinton

Disability Records: Accessibility at the University of Texas at Arlington

Jim Hayes' story is one of hundreds preserved in UTA Libraries’ Texas Disability History Collection (TDHC) online.