TSLAC’s public service areas – the Texas State Archives, the Reference and Information Center, and our Lobby Exhibit located at 1201 Brazos in Austin are open from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. the second Saturday of each month. Questions concerning Second Saturdays may be sent to ref@tsl.texas.gov. For more information, see the Second Saturdays 2024 flyer (PDF).

TSLAC’s public service areas—the Texas State Archives, the Reference and Information Center, and our lobby exhibit, located at 1201 Brazos in Austin—are open from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. the second Saturday of each month. Questions concerning Second Saturdays may be sent to ref@tsl.texas.gov. For more information, see the Second Saturdays 2024 flyer (PDF).

TSLAC’s public service areas – the Texas State Archives, the Reference and Information Center, and our Lobby Exhibit located at 1201 Brazos in Austin are open from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. the second Saturday of each month. Questions concerning Second Saturdays may be sent to ref@tsl.texas.gov. For more information, see the Second Saturdays 2024 flyer (PDF).

TSLAC’s public service areas – the Texas State Archives, the Reference and Information Center, and our Lobby Exhibit located at 1201 Brazos in Austin WILL NOT BE OPEN from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. the second Saturday of each month due to technical issues. Questions concerning Second Saturdays may be sent to ref@tsl.texas.gov. 

Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center is closed for Veterans Day Holiday, Saturday, November 11, 2023.   For more information email SamHoustonCenter@tsl.texas.gov.

The Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center Closed for New Year's Day Holiday Saturday December 30, 2023 through Monday, January 1, 2024. The Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center will reopen Tuesday, Jan 2, 2024. For more information email SamHoustonCenter@tsl.texas.gov .

Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center Closed for Christmas Holidays Friday, December 22 through Tuesday, December 26, 2023. The Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center will reopen on Wednesday, December 27, 2023. For more information email SamHoustonCenter@tsl.texas.gov

Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center is Closed for Thanksgiving - Thursday, November 23 through Saturday, November 25. The Sam Houstin Regional Library and Research Center will reopen Tuesday, Nov 28, 2023. For more information send email to SamHoustonCenter@tsl.texas.gov .

Texas Historical Records Advisory Board meeting, October 13, 2023, 8:30 am - 11:00 am, in Lubbock, Texas.

The Texas Historical Records Advisory Board (THRAB) will hold a board meeting at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library at Texas Tech University in Lubbock. Agenda for the October 13, 2023 THRAB meeting. 

East Texas Historical Association Fall Meeting - Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center. Invitation only. October 7, 2023. 10:30 am - 11:45 am. Fredonia Hotel and Convention Center, North Fredonia St, Nacogdoches, TX
Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center (SHC) staff will provide a conference session on “Discovering the Past at a Southeast Texas Archives.”  The session’s presentations will use SHC collections to explore Southeast Texas historical figures, including Sallie and Nadine Woods, Eliza and Celima Duncan, and WWII soldiers.