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October 5 was designated Nimitz Day in 1945 to honor Admiral Chester W. Nimitz as he received a second Gold Star for his service as Commander in Chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas during WWII. Nimitz's hometown is Fredericksburg, Texas. These photographs are from the parade commemorating Admiral Nimitz's return to the United States. You can find more photos of Admiral Nimitz and the parade in the National Museum of the Pacific War Digital Archives on The Portal to Texas History.

https://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/NMPWA/

We're excited to announce the 2026 Rescuing Texas History awardees!
This year's recipients include libraries, museums, historical societies, state historic sites, community organizations, and private collectors from across Texas.
These projects will preserve and provide online access to materials, including military records, family photographs, student scrapbooks, local histories, organizational archives, oral histories, cultural collections, and much more.
Together, these projects tell the stories of Texas communities, large and small, and help ensure that these important records remain accessible for future generations.
Congratulations to all of our 2026 recipients, and thank you for helping preserve Texas history for everyone.
Read more and view the full list of awardees: https://https://bit.ly/4zJN86a

The O. Henry Collection on The Portal to Texas History contains over 100 short stories, compilation books, and collected works from the Texas author William Sydney Porter, a.k.a. O. Henry. Often presented as they first appeared in the popular magazines of his time, O. Henry’s stories focus on “regular” people and everyday life across the world.

https://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/OHENRY/

This Congressional Research Service report discusses data center electricity use, potential impacts of data center growth on the electric grid, and government actions related to data center development:

www.congress.gov

One of our Special Collections Librarians stumbled upon this article while looking for something else in the September 11, 1913 edition of the Denton Record-Chronicle. So many questions... One being, did Denton not have squirrels in 1913? 😅🐿

The Old Flag was a hand lettered and illustrated newspaper created by Captain William H. May and his fellow Union soldiers while imprisoned at Camp Ford in Tyler, Texas in 1864. This issue from February 17, 1864 features local news, a letter to the editor, some poetry, a chess problem, and advertisements.

You can check out additional issues of The Old Flag on The Portal to Texas History here: https://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/titles/t01765/

Happy National School Picture Day! 📸

Check out these 1915 school photos from the Yucca, which was the yearbook of North Texas State College (later University) from 1907-1976. Find more school photos in UNT yearbooks in the UNT Digital Library.

Do you wish UNT still had a yearbook?

https://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/collections/UNTY/

New to The Portal to Texas History is artwork from the National Museum of the Pacific War Digital Archive by Floyd Kelly, Jr.

The artwork offers a unique insight into the mentality and daily lives of soldiers in the Asiatic Pacific Theatre during World War II. Drafted to the Navy in September 1943, Floyd Kelly, Jr. spent much of his time on board the USS Napa drawing. His sketches, often confined to a small 8 x 13 cm. notebook, include depictions of everyday life in the Navy, landscapes across the Asiatic Pacific Theatre, ships at sea, and snapshots of intense warfare.

https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1913710/