Written by student assistant, Ryann Ragsdale When a lot of us think of archives, we imagine a dark, dusty corner of a library in a detective show. They sort through boxes of information, thick manila folders of looseleaf paper with financial records or newspaper clippings. After hours of back-bending research they find what they are… Read more »
This month, Dr. Kelcie Slaton, Assistant Professor in the College of Merchandising, Hospitality, and Tourism, brought students from her MDSE 3400 class to Special Collections for a two-part visit to learn how to locate, access, and analyze primary source materials as the first step in a larger project they will be working on this semester…. Read more »
In conjunction with the Biennial Artist Book Competition, UNT Special Collections and Archives is proud to display in the Sarah T. Hughes Reading Room some of our artist book acquisitions through the years! In the spirit of “Rethinking the Codex”, this selection of books shows a small number of the myriad and unique artist books… Read more »
Teel Sale was an artist, writer, and teacher, and had a career of national and international shows (drawing, painting, printmaking, and performance art). Sale was a faculty member (drawing, painting, and honors) at the University of North Texas from 1975 through 1989. During that time Teel collaborated with fellow faculty member Claudi Betti to co-author… Read more »
The Texas Historical Records and Publicans Commission (THRAB) has awarded UNT Library Advocacy Board member Brian Hocker the prestigious Advocacy for Archives Award. This award acknowledges an individual or organization that has made significant contributions to ensure the preservation and availability of the historical record of Texas. Brian was presented with the award during a ceremony in… Read more »
The University of North Texas Libraries is proud to announce the acquisition of a remarkable first edition of Liber Chronicarum cum Figuris et Ymaginibus ab initio Mundi—better known as the Nuremberg Chronicle—printed on July 12, 1493, by Anton Koberger in Nuremberg, Germany. Widely regarded as one of the most celebrated and extensively illustrated incunables (books… Read more »
