Texas History: Primary Source Collections Online

Taken in 1903 and 1907, these 255 gelatin silver prints were originally published in American Lumberman, a weekly trade journal. The majority of the shots document lumber production activities near Diboll in East Texas, including log cutting, transportation, sawmills, and kilns. The collection also provides a glimpse of everyday life in a company town and in the logging camps. (Univ.of North Texas)

3900 large-format drawings documenting park development and construction activities by the CCC in Texas from 1933-1958. (Texas State Library and Archives Commission)

Biographies of all of the governors of Texas, complete with official portraits, timeline of events, revealing documents, and rare photos. (Texas State Library and Archives Commission)

Various Sanborn fire insurance maps for cities across Texas. (Univ. of Texas)

Explore the U.S. census, 1790-2009, with over 15,000 demographic and socio-economic maps.

In addition to the site's current information, the archive contains all the Almanacs from 1857 to 1989.
(Texas State Historical Commission)

Interactive maps illustrate data on slavery in Texas' history. (Univ. of Virginia)