Lone Star Family Trails

Founded in 2004, the Texas Archive of the Moving Image (TAMI) is working to discover preserve, and provide access to the community about the history of Texas' film.  The collection includes home movies, amateur films, advertisements, local television and corporate productions, to name just a few.  Elizabeth Hansen, their managing director was interviewed for Episode #106 and talked about the wide...

The Texas Baptist Historical Collection located in Waco, Texas is featured during this podcast.  Their goal, as presented on their website is "collecting, preserving and communicating the history of Baptists in Texas." Alan LeFever, the director of the Texas Baptist Collection was interviewed and offered how their collection has correspondence, minutes, and membership lists from Baptists churches...

Episode #104 - This episode features The Portal to Texas History at the University of North Texas (UNT) in Denton.  Jae Magnum is the Program Development Librarian and works directly with The Portal to Texas History and he was interviewed by Randy Whited.  The Portal to Texas History includes not just newspapers, but 732 unique collections that have been digitized and can be searched on their webs...

Episode 103 - This episode features the Southwest Collection at Texas Tech University in Lubbock.  Ron Barnett, our host for the month, interviewed Dr. Monte L. Monroe, the archivist for the Collection.  As an archivist, Dr. Monroe works to extend their collection to include manuscripts of family history that provide "unique, tangible evidence of a person's existence; how they lived, how they thou...

Episode #102 - This episode features the San Antonio Genealogical and Historical Society and the library that they operate.  The society was chartered in 1959.  Their library contains more than 15,000 books and close to 700 maps as well as a multitude of online resources that you can use when visiting the library.

This episode features the Texas Collection and University Archives at Baylor University in Waco.  Ron Barnett, our host for the month, interviewed Amie Oliver, the interim director of the Texas Collection. Celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2023, this large privately-held collection is used by historians, filmmakers, journalists, students, and genealogists from across the world.