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Texas Archives Month

Each October, Texas joins archival repositories across the nation to celebrate Archives Month and promote the preservation of our country's documentary heritage. Archives Month in Texas aims to celebrate the value of Texas' historical records, to publicize the many ways these records enrich our lives, to recognize those who maintain our communities' historical records, and to increase public awareness of the importance of preserving historical treasures and making them available for use by present and future generations.

Submit your 2025 Texas Archives Month event for the calendar: If you are hosting an event or presenting Archives Month activities this year, let us know! We will provide a link. Please provide the sponsoring institution, date and time, place, details of what will happen at your event, and if available, any associated website addresses by filling out this form. You may also send the information to thrab@tsl.texas.gov


Texas Archives Month Poster 

An image of the front page of a folded newspaper with Texas Archives Month 2024 Vol 1 Issue 1All Parts Texas October 2024 at the top and the headline of Texas Archives Preserve the Past. Find out Who, What, When, and Where it Happened with Historic Newspaper Research next to a photo of an astronaut on the moon from one of the TSLAC photo collections.

Click the poster image above to go to the Archives Month Poster page


Ideas for Celebrating Texas Archives Month

Plan your Texas Archives Month activities now! The Society of American Archivists offers resources for celebrating American Archives Month, including an Event Planning Guide and public relations kits.

SAA's public awareness campaign #AskAnArchivist on October 11 encourages users of archives to talk with archivists - via X - about what archivists do, why archives are important, and, of course, the interesting records in their collections.  Archivists around the country will take to X to respond to questions with the hashtag #AskAnArchivist.

The Council of State Archivists' Archives Month Resources features blog posts containing news of Archives Month events happening throughout the U.S. and a gallery of past Archives Month posters from around the nation.


Official Texas Archives Month Proclamations

Proclamations made by state and local government officials will be listed here as they are made. Let us know if your county or municipality has issued a Texas Archives Month proclamation at thrab@tsl.texas.gov

 


Calendar of Texas Archives Month Events

2024

THRAB is offering a range of professional development opportunities, archival resources, awards announcements and an upcoming poster celebrating Texas Archives Month. 


Archives and Special Collections throughout Texas provide the public with an opportunity to view original documents, photographs, and artifacts through exhibits.  Check with the institutions below for details about their complete list of exhibits, exhibit hours, and price of admission.

Armstrong Browning Library and Museum - Baylor University
https://www.baylor.edu/browninglibrary/index.php?id=942670

Austin History Center
https://library.austintexas.gov/ahc/current-exhibits-17946

Coates Library - Trinity University
https://coateslibrary.com/omeka-exhibits/

Cushing Memorial Library & Archives - Texas A&M University
https://cushing.library.tamu.edu/programs/current.html

DeGolyer Library - Southern Methodist University
https://www.smu.edu/libraries/degolyer/Exhibits

The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History - University of Texas
https://www.cah.utexas.edu/exhibits/index.php

Dallas Historical Society
http://www.dallashistory.org/exhibitions/

Dallas Municipal Archives
https://dallascityhall.com/government/citysecretary/archives/Pages/Archives_home.aspx

Woodson Research Center Special Collections - Rice University
https://woodsononline.wordpress.com/online-exhibits-and-story-maps/

George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum
https://www.bush41.org/exhibits/overview

George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum
https://www.georgewbushlibrary.smu.edu/

Harry Ransom Center - University of Texas
https://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/

Houston Metropolitan Research Center - Houston Public Library
https://houstonlibrary.org/exhibits

LBJ Presidential Library
https://www.lbjlibrary.org/exhibitions

Lamar University - Special Collections
https://www.lamar.edu/library/services/university-archive/exhibits.html

Southwest Collections - Texas Tech University
https://swco.ttu.edu/exhibits/index.php

Southwestern University - Special Collections
https://www.southwestern.edu/library-and-it/special-collections/online-exhibits/

Texas Christian University - Special Collections
https://exhibits.tcu.edu/

Texas State Library and Archives Commission
https://www.tsl.texas.gov/lobbyexhibits

University of Houston - Special Collections
https://exhibits.lib.uh.edu/

University of North Texas - Special Collections
https://exhibits.library.unt.edu/

University of Texas at Arlington - Special Collections
Texas Disability History Collection
https://library.uta.edu/barrier-freecampus/

University of Texas at El Paso - Special Collections
https://www.utep.edu/library/special-collections/#exhibits

The Wittliff Collections - Texas State University
https://www.thewittliffcollections.txstate.edu/exhibitions

 

Preserve Your Own History, and Go Behind the Scenes at the TSLAC Conservation Lab

You can celebrate Archives Month all year long by learning how to care for your own books, papers, photographs, and other personal archives with these Preservation Tips from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Also, see what's happening in the TSLAC Conservation Lab, from interesting items chosen for treatment and how the professional conservator decides on the best course of action to thoughts about how these records of the past reflect the lives of Texans and their world. You can see all this and more by following the TSLAC Conservation blog.

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