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Texas
 Websites presented in alphabetical order The 1900 Storm: Galveston Island, Texas 
 This site provides information about and images of the hurricane and tidal wave of September 1900 in southeast Texas. Includes contemporary film clips and photographs of the aftermath, statistics, the work of the American Red Cross under the leadership of Clara Barton, personal accounts, and recommended reading and websites. From the Galveston County Daily News. http://www.1900storm.com Topics: Hurricane Katrina, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, U.S. History By Place, Weather Last updated Apr 27, 2006 Crockett, David
Biography of David (Davy) Crockett (1786-1836), "frontiersman, congressman, and defender of the Alamo." Includes highlights from Crockett's life and career, and discussion of some of the events that led to his status as a folk hero. Includes a brief bibliography. From the Handbook of Texas, published by the Texas State Historical Association. http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/CC/fcr24.html Topics: Notable People: Government, U.S. History By Place Last updated Jan 2, 2009 Dallas Heritage Village
"A living history museum portraying life in North Texas from 1840-1910. The museum is composed of 38 historic structures & boasts a working Civil War era farm, a traditional Jewish household, elegant Victorian homes, a school, a church & commercial buildings." The site provides images and an overview of the facilities, and information about collections, including vintage postcards for Valentine's Day, Decoration Day (Memorial Day), and other holidays. http://www.dallasheritagevillage.org/ Topics: Architecture, History, U.S. History By Place Last updated Sep 6, 2008 The Handbook of Texas Online
"Offers a full-text searchable version of the complete text of the six-volume print edition, all corrections incorporated in the second printing, and approximately 400 articles not included in the print edition due to space limitations. Subsequent developments will include additional corrections and updates, new articles, illustrations, and audio-video media." Many biographies are included. A joint project of The General Libraries at the University of Texas at Austin and the Texas State Historical Association. http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/ Topics: Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Ready Reference & Quick Facts, U.S. History By Place Last updated May 22, 2008 Lone Star Junction
An "on-line resource about Texas and its early history." Includes brief biographies of pre-1900 notable Texans, a timeline of important events, information on the major settlements at the time of the Republic, documents and full-text books about Texas and the Southwest, songs, photos, a family register for genealogists, and more. (Note: "Texians" database not working). http://www.lsjunction.com/ Topics: Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, U.S. History By Place Last updated Apr 10, 2009 Migrant Labor Camps (Texas, Date Unknown)
Digitized photographs, with annotations, documenting conditions in Texas migrant labor camps in the 1930s. From The George I. Sánchez Papers, Benson Latin American Collection of The University of Texas at Austin. http://www.lib.utexas.edu/photodraw/sanchez/migrant_camps.html Topics: Agriculture, Labor, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Apr 23, 2002 The Portal to Texas History
"[A] digital gateway to the rich collections held in Texas libraries, museums, archives, historical societies, and private collections." The site features images of hundreds of photos and other primary materials in topics such as architecture, agriculture, business, economics, education, science and technology, religion, and more. Also find lesson plans and related material for educators. Hosted by the University of North Texas Libraries. http://texashistory.unt.edu Topics: U.S. History By Place Last updated Jan 18, 2006 Remember the Alamo
Companion to a PBS American Experience documentary that "explores the life of the famed Tejano leader [José Antonio Navarro] and his efforts to protect the sovereignty of his homeland as it passed through the hands of multiple governments." Features a timeline, map, profiles of people and events (such as Texas annexation and statehood, Davy Crockett, and the Santa Fe Expedition), essays about the Navarro family and the Alamo, a teacher's guide, and more. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/alamo/ Topics: U.S. History By Place Last updated Aug 13, 2007 The South Texas Border, 1900-1920: Photographs from the Robert Runyon Collection
A collection of over 8,000 photographs (including glass negatives, lantern slides, nitrate negatives, prints, and postcards) of South Texas and the Mexican border, taken by commercial photographer Robert Runyon. Features images of the Mexican Revolution, Fort Brown, and the Rio Grande Valley. Searchable by keyword and browsable by subject. Also contains a brief biography of Runyon and maps of the lower Rio Grande region. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/runyon/ Topics: History By Place, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Photography, U.S. History By Place Last updated Oct 16, 2009 The Texas Constitutions Digitization Project
Contains digitized original documents and transcripts of Texas constitutions from 1824 through 1876. Includes bibliography, and links to related sites. Searchable. http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/constitutions/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Government, International Governments, Nonfiction by Genre, U.S. History By Place Last updated Jun 3, 2004 Texas History Links
These categorized links to resources for the history of Texas include universities and colleges, museums, historical societies, special collections, government sources, and more. From the Texas State Historical Association. http://www.tshaonline.org/about/links.html Topics: U.S. History By Place Last updated Jul 2, 2008 |
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