List of Special Collections Funded with TexTreasures Grants

*Please note: this list is provided as a courtesy to those who wish to view collections funded by TexTreasures grants. If you would like to have your collection included, or if you want to send updated link information, please send an e-mail to: texshare@tsl.state.tx.us

Description of Grants awarded FY 2003

Description of Grants awarded FY 2002

Fiscal Year 2003

CORPUS CHRISTI PUBLIC LIBRARIES "Preserving the collections of the Woman's Monday Club and the American Gold Star Mothers Inc."
http://www.library.ci.corpus-christi.tx.us/mondayclub/index.htm

Corpus Christi Public Libraries will organize, inventory, index, and re-house the materials of the Woman's Monday Club, a member of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, and the local chapter of the American Gold Star Mothers Inc. Minutes and other selected materials will be digitized to allow access through the library's web site. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries the women's club movement was a vital part of the women's Progressive Era movement. The Woman's Monday Club, still in existence, was involved in community initiatives in Corpus Christi dating back to the 1890's. The national organization of the American Gold Stars Mothers Inc. pays tribute to mothers of sons and daughters killed while serving their country.

DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY "Dallas County Real Estate Maps"
http://dallaslibrary.org/CTX/murphyandbolanz/

The Dallas Public library will digitize and preserve six Block Books containing detailed maps of each block in the City of Dallas and surrounding communities from 1880-1920. The Block Books contain layouts for communities that are on the National Register as well as sites of early school houses, street car lines, businesses and parks, and other details. Important early surveys such as the John Neely Bryan survey in what is now downtown Dallas are included.

HOUSTON ACADEMY OF MEDICINE, TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER LIBRARY "Texas Medicine : History and Biography Online"

Three-thousand, two hundred licensure records obtained from the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners, dating from approximately 1907 to the 1950's, will be converted from a database index to a Web-based, keyword-searchable product. Additionally, an index to the Texas portions of Polk's Medical Register and Directory for 1886, 1896, 1902 and 1906 will be developed. The information in the licensure records provides important biographical data (full name, sex, race, birth and death dates, birth place) about deceased Texas physicians, including those of non-white races in a time period in which mainstream society marginalized the accomplish-ments of non-whites.

HUNTSVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY "Huntsville and Walker County, Texas, Historical Images"
http://www.walkercountytreasures.com

Photographs ranging in date from the mid-1800's to the mid-1900's and are unique resources found nowhere else related to the history of Huntsville and Walker County. The source materials trace both Anglo- and African-American communities, with a wide diversity of subject matter and study interests, including genealogical data from various sources such as family bible records, birth certificates, death certificates and marriage licenses. One notable figure documented in the collection is Sam Houston. The content of these materials traces early Texas history (include the days of the Republic), the legacy of African Americans in Texas, and both textual and photographic data about early pioneers, settlers, early Texas architecture and some of the state's first educational institutions.

NORTH RICHLAND HILLS PUBLIC LIBRARY "NET Images : the Northeast Tarrant County Historical Photographs Collection"

North Richland Hills Public Library proposes to partner with Tarrant County College Northeast Campus (the owner of the collection) to digitize approximately 1,500 photographs related to the history of northeast Texas, and to catalog and make them available through the library's online catalog and web site. The photographs document early residents, businesses, organizations and institutions of northeast Tarrant County, tracing the change of the area from sparsely-populated agricultural land to more densely-populated industrial and urban property. Many significant businesses and construction projects (DFW Regional Airport, Bell Helicopter) are included as well.

PRAIRIE VIEW A&M RESEARCH FOUNDATION, JOHN B. COLEMAN LIBRARY "Prairie View Interscholastic League"

The John B. Coleman Library will inventory, scan, and disseminate documents relating to the Prairie View Interscholastic League (PVIL). The PVIL served as the basis for African-American grade school and high school athletic and academic tournament competitions from 1920-1970. The PVIL collection is the central state repository for all documents relating to the PVIL and its history, from its inception in 1920 as a separate African American high school competition organization from the all-white University of Texas Interscholastic League until 1970 when it formally disbanded and rejoined the UTIL. Information is significant due to its documentation of the PVIL and its work during a time of segregation, as well as the time frame of the records to be preserved.

SOUTHWEST TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY "Cabeza de Vaca Relación Digitization Project"
http://www.library.txstate.edu/swwc/cdv

Cabeza de Vaca's La Relación y Comentario survives intact in only 16 libraries worldwide and is the first written work on what is now the southwestern United States, as well as being considered the first book written about Texas. This project will digitize the Relación section of the rare 1555 edition. The digitized material will appear on a comprehensive web site that also includes English translations of the content of the digitized images, existing art works related to de Vaca or the Relación, and links to additional sources of information.

TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY "Ralph and Dossie Rogers' Collection"

The Ralph and Dossie Rogers' Collection features more than 200 historic photographs, negatives, and prints of the people and places of Dublin, Texas. Taken from 1881-1970, the collection includes photographs of street scenes, businesses, boarding houses, historic buildings, and Dublin area school groups and families. The more than 200 photographs will be made accessible worldwide through the Dick Smith Library's online catalog. This is an enhancement to a larger Cross Timbers Historical Images project. Professional humanities scholars as well as genealogists will find the collection useful as a chronicle of the history and culture of a rural region in central Texas.

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS "From Republic to State: Debates and Documents Relating to the Annexation of Texas, 1836-1856"
http://texinfo.library.unt.edu/annexation/

The annexation of the Republic of Texas by the United States of America represents a milestone in the history of Texas. The University of North Texas Libraries will digitize materials related to the annexation of Texas and make them available from their Web site. This includes transcripts of the annexation debates, maps, letters, engravings and sketches of important figures involved with the debates.

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, GENERAL LIBRARIES "Virtual Landscapes of Texas"
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/books/landscapes/

This project will build on and expand the scope of UT's existing digital collections related to the Virtual Landscapes of Texas project. Materials relating to geological and natural history explortions, primarily from nineteenth century publications, will be digitized. The materials to be processed are scarce, and in some cases rare. Among the items featured in the collection are events, vegetation, water and mineral resources; and a pre-Civil War document of a traverse route across Texas that showcases perspectives on the early Texas frontier.

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, TARLTON LAW LIBRARY "Texas Constitutional Convention Materials Electronic Publication & Web Indexing Project"
http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/constitutions/

The University of Texas at Austin Tarlton Law Library will digitize a total of 3,351 pages of officially published preliminary and support materials of the several Texas Constitutional Conventions convened between 1824 and 1876. Consisting mainly of journals and debates, the materials to be processed have a variety of conditions, but most are fragile due to age. In addition, an online subject index to the Texas Constitutions (previously digitized) will be developed, and links between the Constitutions and Convention materials will be created.

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON - DENTAL BRANCH "A Century of Dental Instrumentation : the UTHSC-Dental Branch Dental Articulator Collection"
http://www.db.uth.tmc.edu/Articulators/articulators.htm

Approximately 50 dental articulators will be recorded into digital videos and made available for review on the school's Web site. These files will be cataloged and electronically accessible. The collection documents the development of dental articulators and the project would be a teaching tool in the history of dental science.

Fiscal Year 2002

AUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARY "Austin Treasures: Online Exhibits from the Austin                                                 History Center"
http://www.cityofaustin.org/library/ahc/exhibit.htm

The Austin History Center's extensive collection of manuscripts, photographs, and maps detail the many colorful eras of Austin, Texas. The online versions of their exhibits will make primary research materials and published works available to researchers from all around the world.

BAYLOR UNIVERSITY "The American Melting Pot Collection" (sheet music)
http://bearcat.baylor.edu/search/tAmerican Melting Pot Collection

Frances G. Collection of American Printed Music: The American Melting Pot Collection offers a unique window to America's cultural and social history by reflecting the rich diversity of cultures melding together in the United States at the turn of the last century. In addition to offering a survey of the popular music of the time, this collection affords a unique view of the cultural and social implications of the various ethnic groups immigrating to America from all corners of the globe. The lyrics and cover art offer first-hand commentary on the infusion of various peoples from a popular, though not always flattering, viewpoint. To obtain a listing of all the sheet music available thus far, log in to BearCat, the library online catalog, and use "American Melting Pot" in the AUTHOR field. Or search the title you are interested in under the TITLE search.

DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY "Murphy and Bolanz Maps"
http://dallaslibrary.org/CTX/murphyandbolanz/

The Dallas Public Library owns nine volumes of the Murphy and Bolanz addition and block books containing detailed maps of every neighborhood addition in Dallas and its surrounding suburbs from 1880-1920. Every street, every creek, and every railroad crossing is shown. This project will preserve these rare maps by disbinding, de-acidifying, and encapsulating them so they can be scanned and made available over the Internet. This project will be especially valuable to the historians and genealogists of Texas

ROSENBERG LIBRARY "Galveston: A City Transformed, 1890-1915"
http://www.gthcenter.org/exhibits/storms/

The Rosenberg Library has a web page of documents that depict the rebirth of Galveston after the 1900 Storm, including the building of the Seawall, the grade rising, and the opening of the causeway to the mainland. Among these documents are original manuscripts, photographs, and other materials. This project makes this unique collection readily accessible to researchers statewide.

STERLING MUNICIPAL LIBRARY "Automated Baytown Sun Index"
http://www.sml.lib.tx.us/cgi-bin/database/proxy/cgi-bin/bay_sun/sun_ind.pl

The Sterling Municipal Library, with the cooperation of the Lee College Library, will implement the retrospective conversion of the manual Baytown Sun Index to a Web-based database. The database supplies both historical and genealogical information from the onset of Texas Independence to the development of the oil industry, to today's location for major installations of ExxonMobil, Chevron, and Bayer plants. It is a rich source of information to historians and genealogists alike.

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS "Introducing...Nineteenth-Century Texas Law Online: Gammel's The Laws of Texas (Volumes 1-10, 1822-1897)" http://texinfo.library.unt.edu/lawsoftexas

H.P.N. Gammel's The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 is one of the most important primary resources for the study of Texas' complex history during the Nineteenth Century. His monumental compilation charts Texas from the time of colonization through to statehood and reveals Texas' legal history during crucial times in its development. A table of contents and a search engine is included on the page for quick retrieval of specific information.

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON "Tejano Voices"
http://libraries.uta.edu/tejanovoices/

The Web page contains audio files, text files, and bibliographic records of interviews, conducted by Dr. Jose Angél Gutierrez, of seventy-seven Tejanos and Tejanas in Texas. These interviews emphasize the personal stories of the interviewees, many of whom are the first individuals of Mexican descent, in their communities to be elected or appointed to government office. These records will help Texas' students understand the experience of Tejanos at a time when the social and ethnic composition of the state is shifting.

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN "Texas Constitutions Digitization Project" http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/constitutions/

The Texas Constitutions Project digitizes the various versions of the Texas Constitution and makes the digital versions of the documents available online together with explanatory text and images. Searching capability of the Constitutions is included, as well as a bibliography of items related to the Historic Texas Constitutions and links to related sites.

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO "Gertrude Fitzgerald Photograph Collection" http://libraryweb.utep.edu/special/gertrudephotos.cfm

The Gertrude Fitzgerald Photograph Collection contains over 300 images which document early 20th Century life in Mexico City, Chihuahua, Mexico, and El Paso, Texas area. A historical/biographical sketch of Gertrude Fitzgerald and a series description is also included.

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO "Cyndi Krier Taylor Papers"

Cyndi Krier Taylor is distinguished by being the first woman and the first Republican to represent Bexar County in the Texas Senate. The processing of Krier's papers will help researchers document the role and impact of San Antonio politics in Texas and in national politics, analyze gender differences in local politics, and assess the roles of women in the Republican party.

VICTORIA COLLEGE/ UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON "Victoria, Crossroads of Immigration, 1824-1944"

The grant will allow the library to digitize 3,500 negatives that will provide a pictorial record of the arrival and assimilation of European immigrants through Victoria, Texas, and settled along with the Mexican population to form a new, unique collection. These photographs, along with text documents will be transcribed into a searchable file on the World Wide Web. The full-text, keyword searchable file will allow Internet access to scholars and researchers across Texas.