Special Collections

Detail from a postcard of the Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth with the Compass Rose logo overlaid in the top left corner.

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.

Lead image showing an artist in a wheelchair with his paintings surrounding him.

Photo highlights from the Texas Disability History Collection

Explore some of the visual highlights from the Texas Disability History Collection.

C&RL News Coverart

C&RL News - UTA Photo Selected

One of the photographs from the UTA Special Collections was selected for the November issue of the C&RL News cover.

Three ghost like figures in chains standing in front of a mansion.

Spooktacular Collections

The haunting season is upon us! We are sharing some of our favorite Halloween-themed materials from UTA Special Collections!

Detail of Aden, Yemen, view, from Braun & Hogenberg 1575

City Highlights (Part Three): Braun & Hogenberg's Cities of the World

UTA Libraries Special Collections recently acquired original views from Braun & Hogenberg's famous city atlas dating from 1572-1617.

The Compass Rose logo superimposed over an 1835 Spanish-language typed broadside.

UTA Libraries One Millionth Volume Celebration

From the University Archives, the story of the UTA Libraries One Millionth Volume Celebration in 1996.

Members of the Tarrant County Gay Pride Week Association are seen carrying a banner along with three flags (the American flag, the Texas flag, and a rainbow flag representing gay pride) during the Gay Pride Week parade. The members carrying the flags are seen dressed in military-style camouflage clothing.

LGBTQ+ History Month & Tarrant County Pride

October is LGBTQ+ History Month! To celebrate we are sharing the early history of Tarrant County Gay Pride Week.

Woman on ladder pulling a box down from a shelf with The Compass Rose logo in the top right hand corner of the image.

Ask An Archivist

To celebrate #AskAnArchivist Day we are previewing some of our most frequently asked questions at UTA Special Collections! This is your chance to…

Photo highlights from the Texas Labor Archives lead image.

Photo highlights from the Texas Labor Archives

Explore some of the highlights of photographs documenting labor in UTA Libraries Special Collections.

a young woman and young man pose in front of a bridge with their two dogs on leashes

Meet Kathryn Slover, New Digital Archivist

I would like to introduce Kathryn Slover, new Digital Archivist for the University of Texas at Arlington Libraries Special Collections! She comes…

Muenster Cosmography Lead Image Compass Rose Blog Ben Huseman

City Highlights (Part Two): Münster's Cosmography

UTA Libraries Special Collections now has original city views and additional materials from the most widely-read 16th-century European geography…

Public art in Fort Worth: a wooden figure wearing a face mask

Archiving the Pandemic: UTA's COVID-19 documentation project

Preserving the history of the pandemic and its impact on the UTA community in real time.