African American History: Special Collections

Photo Credit: Special Collections University of Texas at Arlington Photograph Collection:

Two unnamed black students sit in foreground at pep rally in front of the student center. Date unknown.1895-1979.

On the 6th floor of Central Library, Special Collections specializes in historical materials relatings to Texas, the U.S. War with Mexico (1846-1848), the cartographic history of Texas and the Gulf of Mexico, and Mexico from 1810-1920. The collections include more than 50,000 volumes, 9,000 linear feet of manuscript and archival collections, 7,000 historical maps, 4 million photographic prints and negatives, and thousands of items in other formats.

Special collections has many resources, such as the Dr. Emerson Emory papers. Dr. Emory was the first African-American intern at St. Paul Hospital in Dallas.