Who we are
The collection of materials at the Texas/Dallas History & Archives Division is one of the largest of its kind in the nation. Our holdings span many aspects of the diverse history of not only Dallas and the surrounding area, but the entire state of Texas.
The Texas/Dallas History & Archives Division collects, preserves, and makes available to patrons information in text, graphic, audio, and video formats.
Please note that because of the many unique and fragile resources in the Texas/Dallas collection, no items circulate outside the Library.
The Texas/Dallas History & Archives Division is part of the Special Collections department, which also houses the Fine Books Division.
Current rotating exhibits
New manuscript collection finding guides
- Peoples, Clint, Collection (Added March 1, 2008)
- Melton, Bill, Collection (Added March 1, 2008)
- Wagner, Ann, Stock and Investment Company (Added March 3, 2008)
- Dallas Sunshine Club Records (Added March 26, 2008)
- Miller, Shirley Briggle, Collection (Added March 31, 2008)
- Slaughter, Avery, Family Collection (Added April 3, 2008)
- Griesenbeck, Clyde H., Architectural Drawings (Added May 5, 2008)
- Dyer, Hal, Collection (Added June 11, 2008)
- Dallas German Ladies Aid Society (Added June 19, 2008)
- Wade, Florrie, Dallas Area Research Collection (Added June 25, 2008)
- Santerre and Cretien Families La Reunion Collection (Added June 30, 2008)
Featured items
- We recently added a new document to our tutorials section. This new guide is intended to help researchers better understand the range of resources we have that may help with identifying environmental issues and property uses. To view this new guide, follow this link or click on the tutorials link at the top of this page and select the link to the Real Property Environmental Issues Research link.
- Can you help us identify old photographs? Every month we will be adding new images to our unidentified photographs page. Also, see what other patrons have identified.