Special Collections

Screen shot of Graphic Atlas

Resources for Identifying Graphic Materials

The Image Permanence Institute (IPI) is a nonprofit, university-based laboratory devoted to preservation research. IPI provides many resources and…

Preserving HerStory: A Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

HerStory Edit-a-thon

Wikipedia is the fifth most visited website in the world. Its fundamental principles include free content that anyone can use, edit, and…

Drawn to Politics The editorial Art of Etta Hulme

Drawn to Politics

Newly added to the vast holdings of the Special Collections at the University of Texas at Arlington is the work of long-time Fort Worth Star-…

The Compass Rose Logo

Largest release of digital catalog records in history

Before computers and Google, if you wanted to find a book about the Alamo, or search for materials related to the Texas Revolution, you found…

May Day Saving our archives May 1 2017

MayDay!

Mayday! Mayday! Mayday! What happens when a hurricane wipes out the records of an entire city? What if a fire burns up a family’s ancestry or a…