Library Foundation

Free resource. Chronicles American historical events, people, places and ideas.
Access written & spoken words, sound recordings, still & moving images, maps, sheet music.

Provides newspaper pages from 1836-1922.
Use US Newspaper Directory for newspapers published between 1690-present.

Global Gateway: World Culture & Resources
Materials and presentations from overseas libraries.

Legislative Information
Full-text of legislative bills
Congressional Record, and more
Previously known as THOMAS

Historical sounding recordings available to the public free of charge.

Photographs, manuscripts, oral history, clothing and more.

TWU Historical information. Photographs, descriptions, alumnae collection descriptions.

1100 U.S. Army Air Force women pilots. Photographs, descriptions, military records, and memorabilia.

Images, descriptions, documents pertaining to women and civilian military pilots. Official records including Whirly-Girls, Women Military Aviators, and Mercury 13.

100+ photographs of fashion designs by Les Wilk, TWU's Resident Director of Southwest Institute of Design

26 images and descriptions of the art works

A chronology of fashion.
Gowns of the First Ladies of Texas (governors' wives).

Texas Governor's Commission for Women honoring women's achievements.
Biennial.
1984-2010.

--Community
--Environmental
--Health
--Historical
--Space
--Weather
--World

Library of Congress
--Cities and Towns
--Conservations and Environment
--Discovery and Exploration
--Cultural Landscapes
--Military Battles and Campaigns
--Transportation and Communication
--General Maps
--Places in History
--Places in the News

Historical and Current maps.
Most maps on this website are in the public domain. Please credit University of Texas Libraries as the source.
Copyrighted maps are clearly marked.

Lists links to maps of all kinds.

Information Please
(1600-2013)

From the U.S. Whitehouse.
Short Biographies.

Library of Congress

Library of Congress
(1776-1923)