Featured Collection: Census 2020

Posted on May 6, 2020 by ARIS Staff

By Sean Wood, Library Assistant

Featured books currently on display highlight publications related to the U.S. Census from 1937 – present.

Every ten years, the United States Census Bureau conducts a census of population and housing. As the 2020 census begins, it is interesting to consider the variety of uses this accumulated data will have. The current Featured Collection focuses on the Census Bureau’s efforts over the years to retrieve, analyze, and distribute that data, as well as other institutions’ use of demographic information.

Our featured book display,”The U.S. Census,” includes questionnaires, signs, reports, guides, and maps from the Texas State Library and Archives collection. For information about the current census or pasts censuses, please visit www.census.gov.

U.S. Imports & Exports: Information Now Available on Compact Disks for Use on Your Personal Computer; TSLAC U.S. Document collection.

Although our reading room is currently closed to the public, a booklist of all featured titles is listed below. For more information about access to the titles on display, please contact TSLAC reference services at ref@tsl.texas.gov or call 512-436-5455.

Women-Owned Businesses 1972; TSLAC U.S. Document collection.

*District profiles: congressional, state senate, and State Board of Education districts;* TSLAC Texas Document collection

Title	Author	Call number	Collection
Census 2000 Island Areas Summary File	U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau	C 3.223/23-2:2000 PHC-4-08-USIA/CD	USD
LandView IV [electronic resource] ” the Federal geographic data viewer	U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Geography Division	C 3.301:L 23	USD
Making Indian Country Count: Native Americans and the 2020 Census	United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Indian Affairs	Y 4.IN 2/11:S.HRG.115-210	USD
Beyond the Citizenship Question: Repairing the Damage and Preparing to Count ‘We the People’ in 2020	United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Reform. Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties	Y 4.OV 2:116-52	USD
Getting Counted: the Importance of the Census to State and Local Communities Field Hearing	United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Reform. Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties	Y 4.OV 2:116-30	USD
Hearing with Secretary of Commerce Wilbur L. Ross, Jr.	United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Reform	Y 4.OV 2:116-11	USD
The Importance of Accurate Census Data to Small Business Formation and Growth	United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Capital Access, and Tax	Y 4.SM 1:116-029	USD
Demographic Trends in the 20th Century	Hobbs, Frank	C 3.205/8-3:4	USD
Portfolio of United States census maps, 1950 : a selection of maps used in the publications of the 1950 censuses of population and agriculture.	U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Geography Division	C 3.950/2: M 32	USD
Questionnaire : quarterly interview survey : consumer expenditure surveys	U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census; U.S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics	C 3.272:CE-302/994	USD
¡Atencion! Se necesitan enumeradores para el censo de agricultura [picture]	Departamento de Comercio de los EE.UU., Negociado del Censo	C 3.270:EN 8/SPANISH OVER-X	USD
Current population survey. Income and poverty 1993	U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Data User Services Division	C 3.224/12-2:993	USD
United States census 2000 : making it count : address list review opportunity 1998.	U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census	C 3.2:C 73/10	USD
U.S. Imports & Exports. Information Now Available on Compact Disks for Use on Your Personal Computer	U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census	C 3.2:EX 7/6	USD
Estimates of population and per capita income compared with numbers from the 1980 census of population and housing for Texas counties and incorporated places : containing figures derived by the US Bureau of the Census	Texas State Data Center	I1150.7 D262 NO.85-3	TXD
Redistricting, Part One: The 1990 Census	Vargas, Tom	L1801.7 H816 NO.158	TXD
Redistricting, part 2 : the 1980 census	Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Study Group	L1801.7 H816 NO.49	TXD
Census 2010 : implications for Texas	Howe, Tom	L1801.7 H816SEF NO.81-10	TXD
Redistricting by the numbers : issues for census 2000	Graves, Patrick K.	L1801.7 H816SEF NO.76-20	TXD
The status of women and girls in Dallas County : a comparative analysis from the 2000 census	Weinstein, Bernard L.	Z N700.8 ST29WO	TXD
The demography of the Texas elderly population	Saenz, Rogelio	Z TA455.7 T226 NO.95-1	TXD
Patterns of ethnic change in Texas 1980 to 1990 : the 1990 census	Murdock, Steve H.	Z TA455.7 T226 NO.91-2 V.2	TXD
Patterns of ethnic change in Texas 1980 to 1990 : the 1990 census	Murdock, Steve H.	Z TA455.7 T226 NO.91-2 V.1	TXD
1980 Census Tracts. Austin. Tex., Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area	U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census	C 3.223/11:980/80/MAPS	USD
1960 Census of Housing. Texas. State and Small Areas	U.S. Bureau of the Census	C 3.224/3:960/45	USD
District profiles : congressional, state senate, and State Board of Education districts	Texas. Legislature. Legislative Council	L1400.7 IN2 NO.88-5C	TXD
Your daily expenses : help us learn about the buying habits of people in the United States	U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau	C 3.272:CE-801/2005	USD
Statistics in Schools and the 2020 census (Administrator guide) [Administrator guide].	Statistics in Schools, [U.S. Census Bureau]	C 3.2:SCH 6/2	USD
Pocket Data Book. USA 1976	U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census	C 3.134/3:	USD
U.S. Industrial Outlook 1977	U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Industrial Economics	C 57.18:977	USD
Frozen Cooked Food Survey	U.S. Dept. of Commerce	C 57.2 : F 73	USD
Texas county population changes in the 1970’s	Skrabanek, R. L.	Z TA455.7 T226 81-5	TXD
Electronic Data Processing Equipment for Census ’70	U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census	C 3.2:EL 2/2	USD
Women-Owned Businesses 1972	United States. Bureau of the Census	C 3.250:72	USD
Mastering census & military records 2nd edition.	Quillen, W. Daniel	929.10285 Q414m	GEN-ReadyRef
Religious Bodies: 1936 – Selected Statistics for the United States by Denominations and Geographic Divisions	U.S. Bureau of the Census	C 3.35:936 A	USD
Estimated impacts of the 2010 census on the Texas transit funding formula	Eschbach, Karl	T1311.7 R311 NO.6199-1	TXD
A timeline of census history [2019 edition].	U.S. Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau	C 3.2:T 48/2019	USD
Red River County in 1890 : the year of the missing census	Lee, Johnie, compiler	976.4212 L513r	GEN
U.S. Census jobs opening in your area! : work for the U.S. Census Bureau and be part of the 1990 census : take a temporary job that counts for YOUR community	U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census	C 3.2:J 57/3	USD
Households, Families, and Children: a 30-Year Perspective	Lugaila, Terry	C 3.186:P-23/181	USD
How We Live: Then and Now	Linden, Fabian	C 3.2:L 74	USD
Data.census.gov: Census Bureau’s new data dissemination platform : frequently asked questions and release notes	U.S. Census Bureau	C 3.2:D 26/14	USD
Your guide to the 2020 Census : how to respond to the 2020 Census paper questionnaire Large print.	U.S. Census Bureau	C 3.6/2:R 31/LARGE	USD
Health insurance coverage by type of coverage and state : 2018	Conway, Douglas	C 3.297/3:18-03	USD
Explore Census Data	U.S. Census Bureau	C 3.300/2	USD
2020 Census : actions needed to address key risks to a successful enumeration	U.S. Government Accountability Office	GA 1.5/2:GAO-19-588 T	USD
2020 census: status update on early operations : a report to congressional requesters	U.S. Government Accountability Office	GA 1.41:GAO-20-111 R	USD
Privacy impact assessment for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) immigration-related information sharing with U.S. Census Bureau	U.S. Department of Homeland Security	HS 1.2:C 33	USD
The American Community Survey : development, implementation, and issues for Congress	Williams, Jennifer D.	LC 14.23:R 41532	USD

Featured Collection: Camels in Texas

Posted on March 5, 2020 by ARIS Staff

by Traci Reece, Reference Librarian

The current Featured Collection book display in the Reference Reading Room, “Camels in Texas,” was inspired by a recent reference request about a near fatal camel expedition in the Big Bend area.

Eager to identify military supply routes from Texas to California, U. S. Secretary of War Jefferson Davis convinced Congress to approve the purchase and import of camels in 1855 for use on the harsh western frontier. This was the beginning of the “Camel Experiment” in Texas. The camels that arrived at Indianola, Texas in 1856 were housed with their handlers at Camp Verde in Kerr County. Despite successful expeditions throughout West Texas, the camels’ general unpopularity and the onset of the Civil War brought an end to the camel experiment. After Confederate forces captured Camp Verde in Spring 1861, many of the camels were left to roam and fend for themselves and eventually succumbed to hunger and slaughter. Read more about the fate of these members of the “U.S. Camel Corps” in publications available from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission collections.

Tom Lovell, “Camels in Texas,” Oil on Canvas, 37″ x 57″. From Permian : a continuing saga, Elmer Kelton and Tom Lovell, Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, 1985.

Our featured collection, “Camels in Texas,” will be on display in the Reference Reading Room in the Lorenzo de Zavala Texas State Archives and Library building at 1201 Brazos St. Austin, Texas 78701 through March 2020.

See below for a list of titles with links to our online catalog and other electronic resources. For more information about the books and other materials available at the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, or to send a reference request, please email ref@tsl.texas.gov or call 512-436-5455.

TITLE	AUTHOR	CALL NUMBER	COLLECTION
The American camel experiment, a reappraisal	Connelly, Thomas L. Southwestern Historical Quarterly v.69, pp 442-462.	976.406 SO8 v.69	MAIN and online through The Portal to Texas History
Camel trek	Regan, Rex	813.5 R261c	MAIN
The camels are coming	Earney, Ann. The Texas Historian, v. 38 no. 2, pp 14-22.	976.406 J959 V.38	MAIN and online through The Portal to Texas History
Camels in Texas	San Jacinto Museum of History Association	976.405 SA52	MAIN
Camels to California; a chapter in Western transportation	Fowler, Harlan Davey	979 F829	MAIN
Camels: overcoming West Texas’s harsh geography	Mudambi, Aradhana. The Texas Historian, v.55 no.2, pp 1-3.	976.406 J959 V.54-55	MAIN and online through The Portal to Texas History
Fort Davis, Texas, 1583-1960	Scobee, Barry	976.4934 Sco15f	MAIN
Kerr County, Texas, 1856-1976	Watkins, Clara	976.4884 W322K	MAIN
Noble brutes : camels on the American frontier	Boyd, Eva Jolene	636.2 B692N	MAIN
Old Camp Verde : the home of the camels : a romantic story of Jefferson Davis’ plan to use camels on the Texas frontier	Hunter, J. Marvin (John Marvin)	357 H917O	MAIN
Old forts of the Southwest	Hart, Herbert M.	355.7 H251 V.2	MAIN
Operation Camel: An experiment in animal transportation in Texas, 1857-1860	Lammons, Frank Bishop. Southwestern Historical Quarterly, v. 61, pp 20-50.	976.406 SO8 v.61	MAIN and online through The Portal to Texas History
Permian : a continuing saga	Kelton, Elmer	665.5074 K299p OVER-L	MAIN
Robert E. Lee in Texas	Rister, Carl Coke	923.5 L515r
Texas camel tales; incidents growing up around an attempt by the War Department of the United States to foster an uninterrupted flow of commerce through Texas by the use of camels	Emmett, Chris	976.4 EM64 1969	MAIN
True tales of the Texas frontier : eight centuries of adventure and surprise	Williams, C. Herndon	976.49 W670t	MAIN
The U.S. Camel Corps : an Army experiment	Faulk, Odie B.	357 F273U	MAIN
United States Congressional serial set. 881.	United States. Government Publishing Office.	Y 1.1/2:SERIAL 881	USD and online through Internet Archive
Uncle Sam’s camels : the journal of May Humphreys Stacey supplemented by the report of Edward Fitzgerald Beale (1857-1858)	Stacey, May Humphreys	917.64 ST12u 1970	MAIN

Featured Collection: Hindsight Is 20/20

Posted on January 23, 2020 by ARIS Staff

By Tonia Wood, Senior Reference Archivist

The current Featured Collection book display in the Reference Reading Room, “Hindsight Is 20/20” offers lessons from events of the past.

The end of one year and the beginning of the next is often a time for reflection and planning. “Hindsight is 20/20” is a fitting theme for the first Featured Collection of 2020. You can explore these and other questions using TSLAC library resources:

What have we as a state or nation learned from earlier wars, disasters and crises?
How have our past ideas of the future been fulfilled?

The following list of publications, many on view through January 2020 at the Lorenzo de Zavala building, room 109, is just a small sampling of what is available in our collections. Please note that some of the items are only available online.

Two U.S. government publications included in the featured collection display, “Hindsight Is 20/20.”

Click on a title to access the catalog record which contains links to online resources. To search for additional publications, check out our catalog at www.tsl.texas.gov/catalog.

Title	Author	Call number	Collection
9/11, ten years later : insights on al-Qaeda’s past & future through captured records : conference proceedings	Fenner, Lorry M.	D 5.417/2:AL 7	USD
A Look at “The end of history?”	Jensen, Kenneth M. (Kenneth Martin)	Y 3.P 31:2 H 62 [microfiche]	USD
A plea for justice : the Timothy Cole story	McKinley, Fred B.	345.73 M215p	MAIN
A raid too far : Operation Lam Son 719 and Vietnamization in Laos	Willbanks, James H.	ZTA475.8 W663ar	TXD
Al-Qaida after ten years of war : a global perspective of successes, failures, and prospects	Cigar, Norman L.	D 214.2:AL 1	USD
Archaeology, history, and Custer’s last battle [computer file] : the Little Big Horn reexamined	Fox, Richard A.	Available online	E-BOOK
Austin, Texas, the future great manufacturing center of the South : the healthiest city in the South ; facts for the consideration of tourists, home-seekers, investors, manufacturers and merchants	Commercial Club, Austin, Tex.	976.431 C736a	MAIN
Beyond Texas through time : breaking away from past interpretations	Buenger, Walter L. (Walter Louis)	Z TA475.8 B862be	TXD
Black Reconstruction in America : an essay toward a history of the part which black folk played in the attempt to reconstruct democracy in America, 1860-1880	Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt)	973.8 D852 1966	MAIN
Command decisions	Blumenson, Martin	D 114.2:D 35/987	USD
Contested empire : rethinking the Texas Revolution	Haynes, Sam W. (Sam Walter)	Z TA475.8 C767	TXD
Convicted by juries, exonerated by science : case studies in the use of DNA evidence to establish innocence after trial	Connors, Edward F.	J 28.24/3:C 76/2	USD
Cook & Peary [computer file] : the polar controversy, resolved	Bryce, Robert M.	Available online	E-BOOK
Cuatro Vientos : a reconsideration of seven prehistoric sites in the lower Rio Grande plains of south Texas, Webb County	Carpenter, Steve	A1900.7 P422 NO.3755	TXD
Custer in cyberspace [electronic resource]	Gompert, David C.	Available online	USD
Essays on the Mexican Revolution : revisionist views of the leaders	Beezley, William H.	Z UA100.8 B393E	TXD
Federal participation: HemisFair ’68	United States. Department of Commerce	917.303 H373 1968	MAIN
Houston strong : Hurricane Harvey, lessons learned and the path forward : field hearing before the Committee on Homeland Security, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifteenth Congress, second session, April 9, 2018	United States. Congress. House. Committee on Homeland Security	Y 4.H 75:115-56	USD
I cannot forget : imprisoned in Korea, accused at home	Moore, Johnny	Z TA475.8 M784ic	TXD
If you’d only called us sooner : a guide to tenant-landlord counseling	Wattles, Chuck W.	C2400.5 IF1	TXD
Justice without law : a reconsideration of the “Broad Equitable Powers” of the Federal Courts	United States. Department of Justice. Office of Legal Policy	J 1.96:L 41	USD
Lee’s mistake [electronic resource] : learning from the decision to order Pickett’s Charge	Gompert, David C.	Available online	USD
Living lessons from the New London explosion	Jackson, R. L.	614.83 J137	MAIN
Myth, memory, and massacre : the Pease River capture of Cynthia Ann Parker	Carlson, Paul Howard	Z TT422.8 C197my	TXD
O’Neil Ford on architecture	Ford, O’Neil	Z UA380.8 F754on	TXD
Out of control : lessons learned from the Superconducting Super Collider : a staff report	United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations	Y 4.EN 2/3:103-S	USD
Pipe dreams [electronic resource] : greed, ego, and the death of Enron	Bryce, Robert M.	Available online	E-BOOK
Report of the high school explosion and disaster of London, Texas		614.83 H537s	MAIN
Report on postwar findings about Iraq’s WMD programs and links to terrorism and how they compare with prewar assessments : together with additional and minority views	United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Intelligence	Y 1.1/2:SERIAL 15015	USD
Sixty years of NASA leadership in human space exploration : past, present, and future : hearing before the Subcommittee on Space, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifteenth Congress, second session, September 26, 2018	United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (2011). Subcommittee on Space, author.	Y 4.SCI 2:115-74	USD
Submarine warfare, offensive and defensive : including a discussion of the offensive torpedo system, its effects upon iron-clad ship systems, and influence upon future naval wars	Barnes, John S. (John Sanford)	623.45 B262	MAIN
Texans and war : new interpretations of the state’s military history	Mendoza, Alexander	Z TA475.8 M522te	TXD
Texas energy sector : past and future	Prozzi, Jolanda	T1311.7 R311 NO.6513-1B c.2	TXD
The 75 greatest management decisions ever made	Crainer, Stuart	Available online	E-BOOK
The federal response to Hurricane Katrina : lessons learned	United States. Executive Office of the President	PREX 1.2:K 15	USD
The future is past : regulation and reform in controlling urban land use	Stach, Patricia Burgess	Z UA150.8 F989	TXD
The senator and the sharecropper’s son : exoneration of the Brownsville soldiers	Weaver, John Downing	355.1332 W379S	MAIN
The Texas City disaster : facts and lessons	National Board of Fire Underwriters	976.4139 N213t	MAIN
There was a woman : La Llorona from folklore to popular culture	Perez, Domino Renee	Z UA380.8 P415TH	TXD
Thucydides was right : defining the future threat	Gray, Colin S.	Available online	USD
Urban Texas: past-present-future : a report	Harris, Joe B.	U1500.8 UR1	TXD
War and the environment : military destruction in the modern age	Closmann, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)	Z TA475.8 C624wa	TXD
West Fertilizer, off the grid : the problem of unidentified chemical facilities : hearing before the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies of the Committee on Homeland Security, House of Representatives, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, first session, August 1, 2013	United States. Congress. House. Committee on Homeland Security. Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies	Y 4.H 75:113-30	USD
What went wrong at Enron [electronic resource] : everyone’s guide to the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history	Fusaro, Peter C.	Available online	E-BOOK
When the news went live : Dallas 1963	Huffaker, Robert	973.922 W574	MAIN

Featured Collection: Texas Visions and Voices

Posted on October 23, 2019 by ARIS Staff

By Gina Watts, Reference Librarian

To celebrate the Texas Center for the Book’s 2019 Texas Great Read selection, “What Do You Do with a Voice Like That? The Story of Extraordinary Congresswoman Barbara Jordan” by Chris Barton and illustrated by Ekua Holmes, our new featured collection focuses on the subject of that book, Barbara Jordan.

Featured Collection: Texas Visions and Voices on display in the Reference Reading Room.

Jordan, a former Texas Senator and Representative in the U.S. Congress, was a skilled orator known for her deep, very recognizable voice. The video on the Texas Great Read page provides an excellent sampling.

Along with books about the notable Texan, the featured collection includes titles in which the authors have employed the use of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission’s diverse and fascinating collections, especially those with audiovisual components.

Take a look through the Visions and Voices of Texas titles below:

Barbara Jordan
James Haskins
328.73092 J761H
Main

Barbara Jordan, a self-portrait
Barbara Jordan and Shelby Hearon
923.2764 J761b
Main

Barbara Jordan : American hero
Mary Beth Rogers
923.2764 J761r
Main

Barbara Jordan : freedom medalist and Texas treasure
Crystal Sasse Ragsdale
P2350.8 B232
Texas Documents

Barbara Jordan : speaking the truth with eloquent thunder
Barbara Jordan and Max Sherman
Z UA380.8 J761BA
Texas Documents

Breaking the ice : the racial integration of Southwest Conference Football
Richard Pennington
796.332 P384B
Main

Houston Cougars in the 1960s : death threats, the veer offense, and the game of the century
Robert Jacobus
Z TA475.8 J159ho
Texas Documents

Thursday night lights : the story of Black high school football in Texas
Michael Hurd
Z UA380.8 H934th
Texas Documents

Tomlinson Hill : the remarkable story of two families who share the Tomlinson name – one white, one black
Chris Tomlinson
305.896 T597t
Main

Wil the thrill : the untold story of Wilbert Montgomery
Edward J Robinson
Z TT422.8 R561wi
Texas Documents

The Carrasco tragedy : eleven days of terror in the Huntsville prison
Aline House
365.641 H816C
Main

Eleven days in hell : the 1974 Carrasco prison siege in Huntsville, Texas
William T Harper
Z N745.7 C868crj NO.3
Main

Texas state parks and the CCC : the legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps First edition.
Cynthia A Brandimarte
Z TA475.8 B733te
Texas Documents

Fighting their own battles : Mexican Americans, African Americans, and the struggle for civil rights in Texas
Brian D Behnken
305.8 B395f
Main

Landscapes of exclusion : state parks and Jim Crow in the American South
William E O’Brien
305.8 OB69LA
Main

Who gets a childhood? : race and juvenile justice in twentieth-century Texas
William S Bush
364.36 B963w
Main

Parks for Texas : enduring landscapes of the new deal
James Wright Steely
333.783 St325p
Main

Please pass the biscuits, Pappy : pictures of Governor W. Lee “Pappy” O’Daniel
Bill Crawford
976.4063 OD1p
Main

Ten dollars to hate : the Texas man who fought the Klan
Patricia Bernstein
Z TA475.8 B458te
Texas Documents

The featured collection display is on view in the Reference Reading Room in the Lorenzo de Zavala Texas State Archives and Library building at 1201 Brazos St. Austin, Texas 78701. For more information about the books and other materials available at the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, contact the Reference staff at ref@tsl.texas.gov or 512-436-5455.

“Texas Women: ‘Gutsy’ and ‘Wise’ ” Collection on Display in the Reference Reading Room

Posted on June 20, 2019 by ARIS Staff

By Taylor Fox, Reference Librarian

The current Featured Collection on display in the Texas State Library and Archives Reference Reading Room highlights books about Texas women.

Our newest featured collection is on display in the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) Reference Reading Room. “Texas Women: ‘Gutsy’ and ‘Wise’ ” highlights selections from our published holdings on the history of Texas’ trailblazing women. Works on suffragists, fearless pilots, activists and political firsts provide a glimpse into the stories of women who made Texas history. The display complements the new lobby exhibit, “Women’s Power, Women’s Vote.”

June 28, 2019 marks the 100-year anniversary of Texas’ ratification of the 19th Amendment, which made legal a woman’s right to vote. Artifacts, documents, photographs and more publications from our collections on women’s suffrage and women in Texas history are featured in “Women’s Power, Women’s Vote.” The lobby exhibit opened June 17 and will run through March of 2020.

Below is the complete list of titles you’ll find on our featured collection shelf this month. To search for these books and more, visit our catalog at www.tsl.texas.gov/catalog. If you are interested in checking out a title from this display, please visit the Reference Desk in room 109.

The woman movement in America : a short account of the struggle for equal rights
Squire, Belle
301.412 SQ58
Main

Report of the Governor’s Commission on the Status of Women
Texas Governor’s Commission on the Status of Women
305.4 T312R
Main

Women and Texas history : selected essays
Downs, Fane
305.4 W8423
Main

Capitol women : Texas female legislators, 1923-1999
Jones, Nancy Baker
328.764 J722c
Main

Miriam “Ma” Ferguson : first woman governor of Texas
Alter, Judy
920.7 F381m
Main

A woman of Texas : Mrs Percy V. Pennybacker
Richmond, Rebecca
920.7 P385r
Main

Ann Richards : “a woman’s place is in the dome”
Stumpff, April D.
920.7 R390a
Main

Unflinching courage : pioneering women who shaped Texas
Kay Bailey Hutchison
920.72 H973u
Main

Let me tell you what I’ve learned : Texas wisewomen speak
Pierce, Paula Jo
920.72 P611L
Main

We can fly, stories of Katherine Stinson and other gutsy Texas women
Rogers, Mary Beth
920.7209764 R632W
Main

Las Tejanas : 300 years of history
Teresa Palomo Acosta and Ruthe Winegarten
976.40046872 AC72t
Main

Women in Texas : their lives, their experiences, their accomplishments
Crawford, Ann Fears
976.4042 C856W
Main

Texas women, a celebration of history
Rogers, Mary Beth
976.4042 T312
Main

Citizens at last : the woman suffrage movement in Texas
edited by Ruthe Winegarten and Judith N. McArthur
Z TA475.8 C498 c.2
TXD

A Texas suffragist : diaries and writings of Jane Y. McCallum
Janet G. Humphrey
Z TA475.8 M124te c.2
TXD

Latina legislator: Leticia Van de Putte and the road to leadership
Navarro, Sharon Ann
Z TA475.8 N228La c.2
TXD

Southern Black women in the modern civil rights movement
Glasrud, Bruce A. (ed.)
Z TA475.8 So88BL c.2
TXD

A love letter to Texas women
Bird, Sarah
Z UA380.8 B532Lo c.2
TXD

Texas through women’s eyes : the twentieth-century experience
Judith N. McArthur and Harold L. Smith
Z UA380.8 M118TE c.2
TXD

No Mexicans, women, or dogs allowed : the rise of the Mexican American civil rights movement
Orozco, Cynthia
Z UA380.8 OR68NO c.2
TXD

Women on the Texas frontier : a cross-cultural perspective
Malone, Ann Patton
Z UA590.7 SO89 NO.70 c.2
TXD

Rosie the Riveter / World War II home front
National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior
I 29.21: R73
USD

Woman suffrage: argument submitted by the National Antisuffrage Association in opposition to the adoption of the socalled Susan B. Anthony proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States extending the right of suffrage to women (Senate document no. 408)
National Antisuffrage Association
Serial Set 6952
USD

Featured Collection: True Crime

Posted on April 18, 2019 by ARIS Staff

True Crime books on display at the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Our newest Featured Collection on display in the reference reading room offers stories of true crime in Texas. Selected titles highlight some of the most notorious cases in Texas history. Journalist Steve Sellers exposes a sheriff’s department in East Texas whose officers abused drivers and the legal system in, “Terror on Highway 59.” Winner of the 1977 Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime, Thomas Thompson’s “Blood Money” details the mystery surrounding the death of a Houston socialite and the subsequent murder of her husband. Read about deeply reported and compelling events like these in the other books on view.

To search for these books and more, check out our catalog at www.tsl.texas.gov/catalog. If you are interested in checking out a title on our Featured Collection shelf, please visit the reference desk in room 109. Below is the complete list of titles you’ll find on our Featured Collection shelf this month.

Title	Author	Call No.	Collection
Selena: como la flor	Patoski, Joe Nick	782.42164 P274s	Main
The man with the candy; the story of the Houston mass murders	Olsen, Jack	364.1523 OL8	Main
Bad boy from Rosebud: the murderous life of Kenneth Allen McDuff	Lavergne, Gary M.	364.15 L388b	Main
Blood aces: the wild ride of Benny Binion, the Texas gangster who created Vegas poker	Swanson, Doug J.	364.1092 Sw24b	Main
Blood and money	Thompson, Thomas	364.1523 T378B	Main
Evil among us: the Texas Mormon missionary murders	Driggs, Ken	364.15 D832e	Main
Fetch the devil: the Sierra Diablo murders and Nazi espionage in America	Richmond, Clint	364.1523 R414f	Main
Legends & lore of the Texas Capitol	Cox, Mike	725.11028 C839L	Main
Poison for profit	McKinnon, Mac B. (Mac Byrton)	364.1523 M216p	Main
Ten Deadly Texans	Yadon, Laurence J.	364.1092 Y106t	Main
Terror on highway 59	Sellers, Steve	070.924 SE48T	MAIN
The bridge: a true account of the most horrible crime in the history of Fayette County, Texas	Freudenberg, Gene L.	976.4251 F895b	Main
The Carrasco tragedy: eleven days of terror in the Huntsville prison	House, Aline	365.641 H816C	Main
The day Kennedy died	Wise, Dan	923.173 K3835w	Main
The midnight assassin: panic, scandal, and the hunt for America’s first serial killer	Hollandsworth, Skip	364.152 H719mi	Main
The Zani murders	Fero, Kelly	364.1523 F399Z	MAIN
True stories of crime from the District attorney’s office	Train, Arthur Cheney	920.7 T682t	Main
Texas Monthly on– Texas true crime	Smith, Evan	Z UA380.8 T312TR	TXD
A sniper in the tower: the Charles Whitman murders	Lavergne, Gary M.	Z N745.8 SN36 1997	TXD
Death on the lonely Llano Estacado: the assassination of J.W. Jarrott, a forgotten hero	Neal, Bill	Z N745.8 N25de	TXD
Eleven days in hell: the 1974 Carrasco prison siege in Huntsville, Texas	Harper, William T.	Z N745.8 H234el	TXD
No hope for heaven, no fear of hell: the Stafford-Townsend feud of Colorado County, 1871-1911	Kearney, James C.	Z N745.8 K214no	TXD
The girl in the grave: and other true crime stories	Stowers, Carlton	Z S850.8 ST79gi	TXD
The trials of Eroy Brown: the murder case that shook the Texas prison system	Berryhill, Michael	Z UA380.8 B459TR	TXD

Featured Collection: National Parks

Posted on February 21, 2019 by ARIS Staff

By Maria Barker, Access Librarian

The new Featured Collection on National Parks is on display. If you are looking for a taste of the great outdoors or want to learn more about the history of the National Parks program and parks across the country, the current display is here to deliver. Our selection includes publications from the Texas document, US document, and Main collections.

My wild life : a memoir of adventures within America’s national parks, Wauer, Roland H., Texas Tech University Press, 2014. Call#: Z TT422.8 W356my

To search for these books and more, check out our catalog at www.tsl.texas.gov/catalog. If you are interested in checking out a title on our Featured Collection shelf, please visit the Reference Desk in room 109. Below is the complete list of titles you’ll find on our Featured Collection shelf this month.

Selections from the Texas State Library and Archives Collections:

599.097649 SCH56M
The mammals of Trans-Pecos Texas : including Big Bend National Park and Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Schmidly, David J.
MAIN
36237000391850

917.8 Y31
Your western national parks : a guid e
Yeager, Dorr G. (Dorr Graves)
MAIN
36237003043920

T1300.8 C146RE
El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail
Texas Historical Commission.
TXD
36237003008436

Z TA475.8 C547en
Enjoying Big Bend National Park : a friendly guide to adventures for everyone
Clark, Gary
TXD
36237003482177

Z UA220.7 G941 NO.26
Guide to the Permian Reef Geology Trail : McKittrick Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, West Texas
Bebout, Don G.
TXD
36237001513809

Z TT422.8 W356my
My wild life : a memoir of adventures within America’s national parks
Wauer, Roland H.
TXD
36237003650864

I 29.2:M 56/5
Balcony House : a history of a cliff dwelling, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
Fiero, Kathleen
USD
36237504217981

I 29.86/4:AC 1/2
Cultural landscape report for the historic motor road system, Acadia National Park
Killion, Jeffrey
USD
36237505654596

I 29.2:F 94/2
Fruitful legacy : a historic context of orchards in the United States, with technical information for registering orchards in the National Register of Historic Places
Dolan, Susan
USD
36237506212212

I 29.2:M 97
Museum curatorship in the National Park Service, 1904-1982
Lewis, Ralph H.
USD
36237503346377

I 29.2:P 21/11
Parks for America : survey of park and related resources in 50 states, and preliminary plan.
United States Department of the Interior. National Park Service
USD
Pending cataloging

I 29.2:N 19/4
Presenting nature : the historic landscape design of the National Park Service : 1916 to 1942
McClelland, Linda Flint.
USD
36237503410249

I 29.2:T 64/3/2012
The most striking of objects : the totem poles of Sitka National Historical Park
Patrick, Andrew author.
USD
36237507278022

I 29.2:AR 7/5
Treasured landscapes : National Park Service art collections tell America’s stories
National Center for Cultural Resource Stewardship and Partnerships (U.S.). Museum Management Program, publisher.
USD
36237507968507

I 29.2:C 54/2
Where we found a whale : a history of Lake Clark National Park and Preserve
Fagan, Brian
USD
36237505971644

Featured Collection: Textiles and Apparel

Posted on December 6, 2018 by ARIS Staff

Information Services staff invite you to enjoy our updated Featured Collection display, on view through January 2019 at the Lorenzo de Zavala building, room 109. To coincide with the colder winter months, the selection celebrates the textiles and apparel industry for producing the fabrics and garments which warm us. Below is a summary of materials featured in the display.

Call No.	Title	Author	Collection
391.04 R424	$10 horse, $40 saddle : cowboy clothing, arms, tools, and horse gear of the 1880’s	Rickey, Don	Main
Z TT422.8 P416fi	A perfect fit : the garment industry and American Jewry (1860-1960)	Goldstein, Gabriel M.	TXD
Z TT422.8 AM65SE 2003	A separate sphere : dressmakers in Cincinnati’s golden age, 1877-1922	Amnéus, Cynthia	TXD
Z TT422.8 H551AM	American menswear : from the Civil War to the twenty-first century	Hill, Daniel Delis	TXD
Z TT422.8 H551AS	As seen in Vogue : a century of American fashion in advertising	Hill, Daniel Delis	TXD
746.43 H839a	AwareKnits : knit & crochet projects for the eco-conscious stitcher	Howell, Vickie	Main
Z TT422.8 C623	Clothing and textile collections in the United States : a CSA guide	Queen, Sally	TXD
I 29.2:C 62	Clothing for ladies and gentlemen of higher and lower standing : a working pamphlet to aid the imitators of New England citizens of the eighteenth century	Hicks, Marjorie	USD
SI 1.28:42	Cutting a fashionable fit : dressmakers’ drafting systems in the United States	Kidwell, Claudia Brush	USD
391 K811D	Dress clothing of the Plains Indians	Koch, Ronald P.	Main
Z TT422.8 B431EM	Embroiderers of Ninhue : stitching Chilean rural life	Benavente, Carmen	TXD
Z TT422.8 C150fo	Forbidden fashions : invisible luxuries in early Venetian convents	Campagnol, Isabella	TXD
Z TT422.8 G195AR	M. de Garsault’s 1767 Art of the shoemaker : an annotated translation	Garsault, François A. de (François Alexandre)	TXD
Z TT422.8 C654ma	Managing costume collections : an essential primer	Coffey-Webb, Louise	TXD
D 101.11:10-3530-203-20 P	Organizational maintenance repair parts and special tools lists : textile repair shop, trailer mounted (York Astro model D8700477, FSN 3530-819-2008; Army model SPV 35) (York Astro model D8700540, FSN 3530-900-8352) … clothing repair shop, trailer mounted (York Astro model D8700337, FSN 3530-819-2007, Army model SPV 34)	United States. Department of the Army	USD
SI 1.28:49	Technology in miniature : American textile patent models, 1819-1840	Janssen, Barbara Suit	USD
745.5 M381 1946B	The book of Indian-crafts and costumes	Mason, Bernard Sterling	Main
391.2 T768	The First Ladies in fashion	Truett, Randle Bond	Main
Z TT422.8 M421SU	The sunbonnet : an American icon in Texas	Matheson, Rebecca Jumper	TXD
Z UA380.8 R79WE	Weaving and dyeing in highland Ecuador	Rowe, Ann P.	TXD
Z TT422.8 M421yo	Young Originals : Emily Wilkens and the teen sophisticate	Matheson, Rebecca Jumper,	TXD

Please see a librarian in room 109 if you are interested in checking out any of the circulating materials.

NASA Turns 60 – Featured Collection in the Reference Reading Room

Posted on November 1, 2018 by ARIS Staff

By Stephanie Andrews, Library Assistant

ARIS invites you to check out the newest featured book display now up in the Reference Reading Room. NASA Turns 60 features publications from our MAIN, Texas Documents, and U.S. Documents collections. From its humble beginnings as the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, explore our out-of-this-world resources that examine the founding and history of this exciting federal agency.

To search for these books and more, check out our catalog at www.tsl.texas.gov/catalog. If you are interested in checking out a title on our Featured Collection shelf, please visit the Reference Desk in room 109. Below is a complete list of titles you’ll find on our Featured Collection shelf for October and November.

522 EV15B
Big and bright : a history of the McDonald Observatory
Evans, David Stanley
Main

522.2919 Sc83a
Adventure in space : the flight to fix the Hubble
Scott, Elaine
Main

523 Sc83c
Close encounters : exploring the universe with the Hubble Space Telescope
Scott, Elaine
Main

629.4 B743o
Our Space Program
Bredeson, Carmen
Main

629.40973 N1
NASA factbook; guide to National Aeronautics and Space Administration programs and activities
Renetzky, Alvin
Main

629.45 K863f
Failure is not an option : mission control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and beyond
Kranz, Gene
Main

Z UA380.8 P281we
We could not fail : the first African Americans in the space program
Paul, Richard
TXD

Z UA380.8 W736La OVER-T
Last launch : Discovery, Endeavor, Atlantis
Winters, Dan
TXD

Z TA475.8 H883DE
The Development of Propulsion Technology for U.S. Space-Launch Vehicles, 1926-1991
Hunley, J. D.
TXD

Y 4.SCI 2:115-04
NASA: past, present, and future : hearing before the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifteenth Congress, first session, February 16, 2017
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
USD

NAS 1.2:K 38
Kennedy Space Center Story
Harris, Gordon L.
USD
Some items have been held behind the desk due to fragility or rareness of the item. The following items can be requested from the Information Services staff at the Reference Desk in room 109.

NAS 1.86:ST 2/DVD
Journey to the Stars
Emmart, Carter
USD

NAS 1.86:IM 1/CD
The First Forty Years: A Collection of Selected Images
Goddard Space Flight Center. Office of Public Affairs.
USD

NAS 1.86:AP 4/2/2004/CD
Remembering Apollo 11: The 35th Anniversary Data Archive CD-ROM
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. History Office.
USD

NAS 1.86:SU 7/5/DVD
Mysteries of the Sun
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
USD

NAS 1.86:P 23/DVD
NASA’s Earth Observatory presents: National Parks–from Space
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
USD

NAS 1.2:T 69/2/KIT
Space Travel Hazards [game]: How Safely Can You Travel Through Space?
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
USD

Featured Collection: Secret Societies in Texas

Posted on August 13, 2018 by ARIS Staff

By Taylor Fox, Reference Librarian

Our newest featured collection is now on display in the Reference Reading Room. Secret Societies in Texas features publications from our Main and Texas Documents collections on the history of these organizations in Texas and the south. From Freemasons to the Woodmen to the Oddfellows, and more, we hope you find this collection intriguing.

Our mascot, Lorenzo the Gargoyle, has also gotten into the spirit and will be dressed up for the duration of the display:

Call No.	Title	Author	Collection
366 D297h	History of the Improved Order of Red Men and Degree of Pocahontas, 1765-1988	Davis, Robert E.	MAIN
366.1 C245 1958	Masonry in Texas : background, history, and influence to 1846	Carter, James David	MAIN
366.1 C245e 1846-61	Education and Masonry in Texas, 1846 to 1861	Carter, James David	MAIN
366.1 C245h	History of the Supreme Council, 33° : mother council of the world, ancient and accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Southern Jurisdiction, U.S.A., 1861-1891	Harris, Ray Baker	MAIN
366.1 H55h	History of Austin Lodge Number 12, Ancient, Free, and Accepted Masons	Hill, C. L.	MAIN
366.1 M199 1946 V.1-3	Encyclopedia of freemasonry	Mackey, Albert Gallatin	MAIN
366.1 W119m	Masonic dictionary, Republic of Texas : [with identifying record of those master Masons who participated in the Texas revolution or rendered worthwhile service towards the success of the Republic of Texas	Wade, Houston	MAIN
366.1 Z85s	A short history Grand Commandery Knights Templar of Texas	Zumwalt, J. Lee	MAIN
366.3 W154o	Odd fellowship in America and in Texas	Walker, William Henry	MAIN
366.3 W832a	Album of Odd Fellows homes	Wolfe, Joseph M.	MAIN
366.4 L586 1941	Rosicrucian questions and answers : with complete history of the Rosicrucian Order	Lewis, H. Spencer	MAIN
366.973 W553	Handbook of secret organizations	Whalen, William Joseph	MAIN
366.9764 C245	The first century of Scottish Rite masonry in Texas, 1867-1967	Scottish Rite (Masonic order)	MAIN
368 L329W	The Woodmen story : our first 100 years	Larson, Leland A.	MAIN
370.9764 C245	Education and Masonry in Texas to 1846	Carter, James David	MAIN
973.7 K675D	Dark lanterns : secret political societies, conspiracies, and treason trials in the Civil War	Klement, Frank L.	MAIN
973.713 K243kn	Knights of the Golden Circle : secret empire, southern secession, Civil War	Keehn, David C.	MAIN
Z UA380.8 AD32as c.2	As above, so below : art of the American fraternal society, 1850/1930	Adele, Lynne	TXD

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