❗️ Hours update: we'll be closed 12PM-5PM on Wednesday (11/27) and all day Thursday & Friday (11/28-29) for Thanksgiving. We will return to regular hours on Tuesday, 12/3! 🦃 [📸: library.uta.edu/digitalgallery…]

these crazy kids and their archival research #SpotifyWrapped

Congratulations to all of the Fall 2024 The University of Texas at Arlington graduates! 🎓🎉 Pictured here are scenes from graduations in the 1970s from our UTA News Service Photograph Collection! [See more: library.uta.edu/digitalgallery…]

New on The Compass Rose! 🗞️ This latest quarterly review blog highlights recent acquisitions, activities, and reproductions of materials from our collections from October-December 2024! ➡️ Read it here: libraries.uta.edu/news-events/bl…

✨ 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 ✨ UTA Special Collections will be closed from 12/21-1/1. We will resume normal operating hours on January 2 & look forward to assisting with your research then! [🖼️: Holiday card from the Federation Bilingual Training Resource Center]

us for the rest of the week 🥶 stay warm, y'all! [📸: 7 mo. old Wallace Gordon Tingley with his grandmother Mrs. E. R. Walker. They are attending the North Side-Highland Park football game at Farrington Field in Fort Worth, Texas, 12/15/1945; library.uta.edu/digitalgallery…] #txwx

We are saddened by this news from CA State Parks. Will Rogers' historic ranch house was destroyed in the #PalisadesFire. Pictured are photos of the home's interior from December 1935 from our Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection: library.uta.edu/digitalgallery…

We are excited to announce our latest blog series: Archives Test Kitchen! 👨‍🍳🔪 Our team at UTA Special Collections will be testing out historic recipes to highlight culinary treasures within our collections. This week, we explore a 1924 chili recipe! [Read it here ➡️: libraries.uta.edu/news-blogs/arc…]

New on The Compass Rose! 🗞 This blog reflects on the highlights of the 14th biennial Virginia Garrett Lecture Series held last Fall. ➡️ Read it here: libraries.uta.edu/news-blogs/202…

It's opening day of the 2025 FWSSR! 🤠 Legendary rodeo performer Tad Lucas, pictured at the 1945 Southwestern Exposition & Fat Stock Show, is seen lounging with rodeo clown Homer Holcomb & his trick mule, Parkurkarkus. [📸: Star-Telegram Collection, library.uta.edu/digitalgallery…]

New on The Compass Rose! 🗞 This blog announces the 2026 Virginia Garrett Lectures theme and ways in which students and faculty can get involved! ➡️ Read it here: libraries.uta.edu/news/uta-showc…

New on The Compass Rose! 🗞 This blog pays homage to three local members of the 6888th Battalion from Fort Worth, Texas 🇺🇸 #BlackHistoryMonth #6888thBattalion ➡️ Read it here: libraries.uta.edu/news/honoring-…

New on Archives Test Kitchen! 👨‍🍳🔪 This week, we recreate a recipe from Dallas Cowboys' Jerry Jones that can be used as a dish for a #SuperBowl party! 🏈 [Read it here ➡️ libraries.uta.edu/news/archives-…]

In celebration of #ValentinesDay, our latest mini-exhibit showcases items in our collection relating to expressions of friendship & romance through a variety of historical artifacts! 💕 On view until Feb. 28 on the 6th floor of UTA's Central Library! events.uta.edu/event/love-is-…

UTA Special Collections presents its latest mini-exhibit on the 178th anniversary of the Battle of Buena Vista. This mini-exhibit showcases firsthand accounts from soldiers, hand-drawn maps, sheet music, & newspaper articles that tell the story of the battle from both sides.

❗️ UTA Special Collections will be closed on Friday, March 14, and will resume normal business hours on Saturday, March 15, 2025. We apologize for any inconvenience, please email [email protected] or call 817-272-3393 if you have any questions.

Join us tomorrow for International #AstrologyDay! ☄️💫

In celebration of #WomensHistoryMonth, UTA Special Collections's latest mini-exhibit, "Women's Work: Visualizing 20th Century Women in the Archives," showcases how women are represented in our collections! Stop by the 6th Floor of UTA's Central Library through March 31 to learn more!

New on The Compass Rose! 🗞️ This latest quarterly review blog highlights recent acquisitions, activities, and reproductions of materials from our collections from January-March 2025! ➡️ Read it here: libraries.uta.edu/news/special-c…

New on Archives Test Kitchen! 🧑‍🍳🔪 This week, we recreate two recipes from Fort Worth legend Lucille Bishop Smith's "Treasure Chest of Fine Foods" recipe box! 🍞 [Read it here: libraries.uta.edu/news/archives-…]