Rescuing Texas History, 2015

The 2015 edition of Rescuing Texas History is a compilation of newspapers, photographs, and other materials that give a glimpse into the diverse people and fascinating places that have contributed to the growth of Texas over the past two centuries.

Materials in this collection come from a wide variety of 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
Fort Worth Aviation Museum
Cleng Peerson Research Library, a the Bosque Museum
Kerry County Historical Commission
Dr. Pound Historical Farmstead
Travis County Historical Commission
Eanes History Center
The University of Texas at Dallas
Dallas Genealogical Society
Frisco Public Library
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
The Botanical Research Institute of Texas Library
The George Everill Pierce Family
Texas Military Forces Museum
The Edison Museum
Brown County Museum of History
The Private Collection of Margay Welch
Woman's Wednesday Club of Fort Worth
Alvin Museum Society
Butt-Holdsworth Memorial Library
Grapevine Convention and Visitors Bureau
Walker County Genealogical Society
Hispanic Heritage Center of Texas
McCulloch County Historical Commission
Galveston Historical Foundation
Dallas Municipal Archives
Dallas Firefighters Museum
Old Town Keller Foundation
Boyce Ditto Public Library
Haslet Public Library
Lena Armstrong Public Library
The Moody Medical Library, Texas Surgical Society
Sam Rayburn House Museum
Pioneer City County Museum
Murphy Historical Society INC.
Archives of the Big Bend
The First Evangelical Lutheran Church of Galveston.

At a Glance

Basic statistics about this collection.
7,442 Items	23 Types	67 Titles
52 Partners	18 Decades	12 Languages
315 Counties	41 States	33 Countries
1,227,679 Usage	9 years, 3 months ago Collection Created	1 year, 11 months ago Last Updated

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Rescuing Texas History, 2015 in The Portal to Texas History. University of North Texas Libraries. https://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/SG15/ accessed February 26, 2025.

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Partners

Friench Simpson Memorial Library

Fire Museum of Texas

Murphy Historical Society Inc.

Private Collection of T. B. Willis

McMurry University Library

St. Philips College

Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Texas Parks & Wildlife Department

Texas State University

Texas Lutheran University

Lamar University

Private Collection of Margay Welch

Fannin County Historical Commission

Pharr Memorial Library

Pioneer City County Museum

George Everill Pierce Family Photographs

Moody Medical Library, UT

Dallas Firefighters Museum

Stephen F. Austin East Texas Research Center

Hispanic Heritage Center of Texas

The University of Texas at Dallas

Sam Rayburn House State Historical Site

Haslet Public Library

Dr. Pound Historical Farmstead

McCulloch County Historical Commission

San Jacinto College

Kerr County Historical Commission

Butt-Holdsworth Memorial Library

Galveston Historical Foundation

Boyce Ditto Public Library

Texas Military Forces Museum

Carrollton Public Library

City of Grapevine

Fort Worth Museum of Science and History

Tarrant County Archives

Travis County Historical Commission

Cleng Peerson Research Library at the Bosque Museum

Frisco Public Library

Lena Armstrong Public Library

Bryan Wildenthal Memorial Library (Archives of the Big Bend)

Dallas Municipal Archives

Abilene Philharmonic

Alvin Museum Society

Dallas Genealogical Society

Fort Worth Aviation Museum

Westbank Community Library District

Botanical Research Institute of Texas

Brown County Museum of History

Walker County Genealogical Society

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