Information for Researchers

Find a wealth of research collections in Special Collections. We serve UTA students, staff, and faculty as well as researchers from around the world. 

• Digital Collections and Physical Collections
  
  Historical materials, in all formats, relating to Texas, the U.S. - Mexico War (1846-1848), the cartographic history of Texas, the Gulf of Mexico, the Southwest, and Mexico from 1810 to 1920. 

• Cartographic Connections 
  
  Online access to images of maps with lesson plans. 

• Catalog
  
  Most Special Collections book and journal holdings, historical manuscripts, and archives—including the university, political and labor collections; graphics; and a number of the Spanish-language collections—appear in the UTA Libraries Catalog. 

• Bibliographies 
  
  Selected resources for research by subject. 

• Using Primary Sources 
  
  Resources for teachers for today's media-saturated students. 

• Finding Aids
  
  ArchivesSpace hosts Special Collections' detailed guides compiled specifically to describe the arrangement and contents of a collection and to comment on its research potential. 

• Using and Handling Special Collections Materials 

• Copyright: Special Collections materials are protected by copyright unless they have entered the public domain. For specific questions about usage, contact:

We are temporarily changing our operating hours, effective March 29, 2022. We will be open Tuesday-Friday and the first Saturday of each month from 9AM-5PM.

We are open by appointment only on all other Saturdays of the month. You can request an appointment here.