Rescuing Texas History, 2014

Rescuing Texas History collects photographs, newspaper articles, letters, postcards, and other historical materials from across the state and beyond to document and preserve the rich history of the state.

Materials in this collection come from multiple partners:

The Private Collection of T. B. Willis
The Austin History Center
Austin Public Library
The Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
The Fire Museum of Texas
Friench Simpson Memorial Library
Erath County Genealogical Society
The University of Texas at Dallas
The University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries
The Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell
The Moody Medical Library, UT
Sam Rayburn House Museum
The Museum of South Texas History
The Private Collection of the Holbrook Family
Post Public Library
The Czech Ex-Students Association of Texas
The Private Collection of Rev. Andrew Stafford
The Private Collection of Thadious Polasek
The Schulenburg Historical Museum
Stonewall County Library.

At a Glance

Basic statistics about this collection.
7,022 Items	19 Types	56 Titles
43 Partners	18 Decades	5 Languages
264 Counties	44 States	14 Countries
960,345 Usage	10 years, 3 months ago Collection Created	7 years, 6 months ago Last Updated

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Rescuing Texas History, 2014 in The Portal to Texas History. University of North Texas Libraries. https://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/SG14/ accessed February 26, 2025.

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Partners

Smith County Historical Society

Amon Carter Museum

Texas State University

Pearce Museum at Navarro College

Dallas Municipal Archives

Fort Bend County Libraries

Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Abilene Philharmonic

Private Collection of T. B. Willis

Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Texas Parks & Wildlife Department

Fire Museum of Texas

University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries

Friench Simpson Memorial Library

El Paso Public Library

Dallas Firefighters Museum

Dublin Historical Museum

Lamar University

St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library

The University of Texas at Dallas

Historic Mesquite, Inc.

Denton Public Library

Newton County Historical Commission

Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

Private Collection of Rosa Walston Latimer

Moody Medical Library, UT

Pottsboro Public Library

Johnson County Genealogical Society

Kerr County Historical Commission

Sam Rayburn House State Historical Site

Museum of South Texas History

Texas Medical Association

Private Collection of the Raymond B. Holbrook Family

Post Public Library

Anne and Mike Stewart Collection

Rosenberg Library

Cistercian Preparatory School

Czech Ex-Students Association of Texas

Private Collection of Thadious Polasek

Schulenburg Historical Museum

Stonewall County Library

Private Collection of Rev. Andrew Stafford

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