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 TSHA [Texas State Historical Association] Online
A Digital Gateway to Texas History at the University of Texas at Austin
  • The Handbook of Texas Online
    "...is a multidisciplinary encyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and culture sponsored by the Texas State Historical Association and the General Libraries at UT Austin."

Texas State Library and Archives Commission

The Alamo - (dead link)
Official site from the Daughters of the Republic of Texas

The Baptist Standard
Weekly Newsjournal of Texas Baptists

Dallas Jewish Historical Society

Dallas Public Library

  • Texas/Dallas History and Archives
    • Murphy & Bolanz
      Block and Addition Books - Dallas County 1880-1920
      "This site is an online version of the Murphy & Bolanz collection, a manuscript collection consisting of real estate maps of Dallas and surrounding communities."

Documents of Early Texas
"The following are among the most referenced early Texas documents. They have earned a prominent place in the rich history of Texas in the nineteenth century."
Documents include: Texas Declaration of Independence (1836) ; Treaty of Velasco (1839) ; Resolution Annexing Texas to the U.S. (1845) ; Texas Ordinance of Secession (1741).

Gammel's The Laws of Texas (Volumes 1-10) 1822-1897
"...has long been one of the most important primary resources for the study of Texas' complex history during the Nineteenth Century. His monumental compilation charts Texas from the time of colonization through to statehood and reveals Texas' legal history during crucial times in its development. The Laws consist of documents not only covering each congressional and legislative session but comprise other documents of significance, including the constitutions, select journals from the constitutional conventions, and early colonization laws."
- Government Documents Dept., University of North Texas Libraries

PBS - Accordion Dreams
A film produced and directed by Hector Galan, narrated by Tish Hinojosa
"The arrival of the European button accordion to Texas and its merging with traditional Mexican songs gave birth to an explosive new sound... ACCORDION DREAMS captures this exhilarating musical style featuring yesterday's and today's squeezebox trailblazers."
Sections include: All About Conjunto ; Pioneers/Innovators and Today ; Cultures of Music and Dance ; Amazing Accordion ; Timeline ; Fun Facts & Terms ; About the Film.

PBS - American Experience - Remember the Alamo (February 2004)
Companion website to the PBS broadcast.
"The one-hour documentary Remember the Alamo explores the life of the famed Tejano leader and his efforts to protect the sovereignty of his homeland as it passed through the hands of multiple governments."
Sections include: The Film ; Special Features ; Timeline ; Maps : People & Events ; Teacher's Guide.

PBS - Independent Lens - SHAOLIN ULYSSES: Kungfu Monks in America (October 2003)
Web companion to the PBS broadcast of the independent film by Martha Burr and Mei-Juin Chen.
"The famous fighting monks of the Shaolin monastery have seen a resurgence throughout the world, aided in part by the popularity of kungfu movies among the hip-hop set and films like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. The film follows a handful of Shaolin monks who have brought the style to America, chronicling their adventures in New York City, Houston and Las Vegas."
Sections include: The Monks ; About Shaolin ; Kungfu Goes West ; The Filmmakers ; Learn More ; Inside Shaolin.

PBS - P.O.V. Interactive - Two Towns of Jasper (January 2003)
Website companion to the film by Whitney Dow and Marco Williams.
In 1998 in Jaspers, Texas, James Byrd, Jr., A black man, was chained to a pick-up truck and dragged to his death by three white men. Two film crews, one black and one white, set out to document the aftermath of the murder.""
Section include: Race in America ; America in Black and White ; Talking Back ; Resources ; Jasper Update ; Special Features ; Behind the Lens ; Classroom ; About the Film.

Stephen F. Austin State University Library - East Texas Resource Center - (dead link)

  • African-American Lumbermen: Their Homes and Families (CA. 1908) - (dead link)

The Texas Constitutions Digitization Project
"The goal of the Texas Constitutions Project is to digitize the various versions of the Texas Constitution and to make digital versions of the documents available online together with explanatory text and images
Presented by the Tralton Law Library at the University of Texas School of Law.

Texas Journal of Ideas, History and Culture - (dead link)

The Texas Memorial Museum at UT Austin

Texas Tides
Tides in Early Texas History
"We created two web portals through Texas Tides.
Half of our project is a web site geared for fourth and seventh grade Texas history students and teachers and the other half of the project is a database of over 5,000 digitized primary resources."
- Collaborative project between the East Texas Research Center, The Stone Fort Museum, the Sam Houston Memorial Museum, the Newton Gresham Library and the Huntsville Public Library.

University of Texas at Austin - Perry-CastaÒeda Library Map Collection

The Webb Site
Center for Studies in Texas History

See also our Branch Davidians/Waco page.



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