University of North Texas Portal Contains Digitized Documents of Texas History

The University of North Texas operates the Portal to Texas History, a researcher's paradise where historians, genealogists, students -- anyone with a computer -- can browse thousands of books, maps, photographs and newspapers for an endless stream of information, whether an ad showing the price of milk in 1920 or clues about their grandmother's ancestry.

Texas newspapers are among the most popular archived items in the portal and last month the millionth newspaper page was digitized and added to the collection. There are currently 127,604 issues of newspapers in the portal, mostly from small towns. About half the newspapers are publications printed before 1923 -- with some printed as early as the 1820s.

Some items from the University of Texas at Arlington digital collection, including maps, photos and illustrations, are shared through the UNT portal at http://texashistory.unt.edu/.

You can obtain a lot more information in an article by Diane Smith in the Star-Telegram at http://goo.gl/hdx6h and in a video at http://youtu.be/TmHbN-YSX4M or click on the video player below.

My thanks to newsletter reader Betty Clay for telling me about this resource.