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
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.
- Finance Basics for Archives Managers (SAA online) - applications now closed
- Grant Proposal Writing (SAA, in-person at TSLAC November 8) - apply by October 7
- Preservation Assessments - applications now closed
- Awards Announcements
Texas Archives Month Poster and Webpage
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.