Several electronic resources for research in Texas and Houston history have emerged as of late. Here’s a brief overview:
Texas Reference Center:
Texas Reference Center includes more than 80 full text journals and books about Texas history, ethnic & cultural diversity, gender studies, literature, public health, business as well as home & garden and sports & leisure. The database contains biographies portraying famous historical and contemporary Texans such as George Herbert Walker Bush, Lady Bird Johnson, Dan Moody, Susanna Dickinson and Sam Houston. Also available in the Texas Reference Center is the Spanish-language newspaper El Sol de Texas with Texas and national news coverage. This EBSCOhost database is updated weekly.
To access this database, select Academic Search Premier from the library Database menu, then select Texas Reference Center from the drop-down menu below the search fields. This resource is an excellent supplement to the Handbook of Texas Online and Gale’s online Texas Almanac.
The Daily Cougar (along with a smattering of college and university newspapers) is available full text in Lexis Nexis from 1998 on. To access, search "Daily Cougar" in the library catalog, and click on the record for the electronic resource.
UH Theses and Dissertations Online via Dissertation Abstracts
While we welcome you to visit us for Theses and Dissertations, most of the submitted theses from UH (from around 1995 on) are available for free full-text PDF download. Simply select "Dissertation Abstracts" from the library database menu.
What do all of the above have in common? They’re all represented in Special Collections holdings, and each have new finding aids up on TARO.
Association for Women In Science Records, 1976-2002
M.L. Calk Civil War Letters, 1861-1863
Carolyn Farb Papers, 1955-2002
Galveston 1915 Hurricane Photographs
Main Street looking South 1908, Historic Postcards Collection, George Fuermann "Texas and Houston" Collection.
Note: For the official launch of the Special Collections blog, here is a peek at one of our manuscript collections. From time to time we will post brief descriptions of our favorite collections, and areas of research or teaching in which they may be particularly useful. Stay tuned for more!
George Fuermann "Texas and Houston" Collection (20 linear feet of material)
Mr. Fuermann amassed this extensive collection of Texas and Houston historical materials during the period from 1950 – 1971. During this time he wrote a regular column, “Post Cards,” on local history for the Houston Post and also authored ten volumes on the subject. The collection also includes much of George Fuermann’s correspondence and manuscript material.
For research and teaching in: Texas history, Houston history, newspaper journalism