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Austin, TX – Celebrate Texas Archives Month by applying for free registration to the Society of American Archivists (SAA) workshop, Grant Proposal Writing. The Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) will host the in-person workshop at its headquarters in Austin on Nov. 8. With support from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), the Texas Historical Records Advisory Board (THRAB) will provide free registration for the on-site course. Apply by Oct. 7 to be considered for this opportunity. 

Grant Proposal Writing covers informatio

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Austin, TX – The Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center in Liberty has announced that it will host its second Family History Day of 2024 on Saturday, Oct. 5 from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. 

Steven Kantner, Digital Assets Archivist at the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC), will share tips and tricks for preserving family photos and media. Photos from yesterday or centuries past all present challenges to those hoping to make the images last for future generations. Morning and afternoon sessions will offer in

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Austin, TX – Patrons curious about the Texas State Library and Archives Commission’s (TSLAC) genealogy resources and interested in learning how to use them with the assistance of a professional librarian are invited to visit the Reference Reading Room on Second Saturdays at 10 a.m.

Beginning Sept. 14, TSLAC will offer a brief overview of a particular collection or tool that family history researchers may find helpful in tracking down ancestors. No registration is needed, and the sessions are free and open to the public. Hands-on Help Sessions on Second Saturdays this fa

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Liberty, TX – The Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center presents an evening with author and historian Michael Hurd discussing his work, Thursday Night Lights: The Story of Black High School Football in Texas, at 7 p.m. on Sept. 19. As part of the event, Center staff will offer a special viewing of newspapers and other historic records spotlighting area black high school teams. Hurd’s book will be available for purchase with the opportunity for the author to sign copies for guests after his talk.

Published in 2017, Thursday Night Lights details the history of

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Austin, TX – The Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) has announced new and revised finding aids recently made available online, along with fresh uploads to the Texas Digital Archive, its repository of electronic items.

The State Archives preserves and documents the heritage and culture of Texas by identifying, collecting and making available for research the permanently valuable official records of Texas government, as well as other significant historical resources. Finding aids are written guides to archival records, including descriptive information

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Austin, TX – Join the Texas Center for the Book on Monday, Sept. 9 from 2 to 3 p.m. (CT) for #TXBookChat LIVE: Indelible Austin: Selected Histories with author Michael Barnes.

Author and journalist Michael Barnes will discuss his four-volume series of Austin history, Indelible Austin, in conversation with Texas Center for the Book Coordinator Michele Chan Santos. These volumes “explore the links between Old Austin and New Austin.” The books do not, in the author’s words, “treat the city as a subject of nostalgia but rather brings real stories of its people, places and cultu

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Austin, TX – The Texas Historical Records Advisory Board (THRAB) has announced that it is now accepting applications from managers in Texas archival institutions for a free October workshop offered by the Society of American Archivists (SAA) on the topic of “Finance Basics for Archives Managers.”

THRAB has received funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) to provide free registration for this course during Texas Archives Month, observed every October.

SAA will provide attendees with information essential to understanding basic fi

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Austin, TX – The Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) has announced $130,667 in Texas Reads Grants for libraries across the state in 2024-2025. Fifteen applications were recently approved by TSLAC, with agency commissioners awarding the grants at their Friday, Aug. 2 meeting.

TSLAC’s Texas Reads Grant Program supports public libraries in their efforts to promote reading and literacy within local communities through programs that actively encourage people to read and to develop a lifelong love of reading. Libraries may offer programs in basic literacy; ear

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Liberty, TX – The Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center in Liberty welcomes readers to participate in the next installment of the SHC Book Club on August 27, when the topic will be The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis. 

The stately main branch of the New York Public Library provides the setting for this historical novel involving a curator in its Berg Collection and her grandmother. The curator lives in the 1990s and is working on an exhibit when she discovers items have gone missing. Her grandmother lived in an apartment in the library in 1913, as she wa

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Austin, TX – The Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) has announced $1,373,133 in grants for Texas libraries in 2024-2025. Two successful Library Capacity Grant proposals totaling $101,569, six Special Projects 25 Grant proposals totaling $117,535, 12 Special Projects 75 Grant proposals totaling $735,454 and 12 TexTreasures Grant proposals totaling $418,575 were recently approved by TSLAC. Agency commissioners awarded the statewide library grants at their Friday, June 7 meeting.

“TSLAC is proud to support the innovative work of state public libraries to e