Virginia Garrett Lectures on the History of Cartographyhttp://hdl.handle.net/10106/255712024-03-29T10:12:01Z2024-03-29T10:12:01ZThe Shifting Shapes of Early Texas: Some Highlights from UTA Libraries Special CollectionsHuseman, Benhttp://hdl.handle.net/10106/310102022-12-21T09:28:31Z2022-01-01T00:00:00ZThe Shifting Shapes of Early Texas: Some Highlights from UTA Libraries Special Collections
Huseman, Ben
This exhibit to accompany the Thirteenth Biennial Virginia Garrett Lectures on the History of Cartography featured not only cartographic materials showing Texas’ physical and political boundaries but also original rare prints, books, broadsides, letters, sheet music, paper money, and photographs. These materials reflect the ideas and ideals that shaped early Texas history, which itself has undergone shifting interpretations that continue to change with time.
2022-01-01T00:00:00ZSearching for AfricaHuseman, Ben W.http://hdl.handle.net/10106/300632021-11-12T09:27:17Z2021-01-01T00:00:00ZSearching for Africa
Huseman, Ben W.
The guide introduces Dr. Franke's collection, focusing upon the context of the maps' and images' production, with some minimal discussion of the African subject matter.
Gallery Guide for the exhibit featuring 190 items relating to the history of Africa, largely drawn from the map collection donated by Dr. Jack Franke (UTA Distinguished Alumnus, class of 1983). Items range in date from 1493 to 1916.
2021-01-01T00:00:00ZWalking the Line: The Diverse History of Organized Labor in TexasGreen, George N.http://hdl.handle.net/10106/285682019-08-12T20:47:14Z2017-01-01T00:00:00ZWalking the Line: The Diverse History of Organized Labor in Texas
Green, George N.
The task of organized labor is to persuade employers to recognize unions and to share more of their wealth. Also-during much of our state and national history beginning in the 183os-labor called for a reduction in hours per day and days per
week. In that early era, 14-16 hours worked were common over six, sometimes seven, days per week. By the late 19TH century, health and accident compensation were vital goals in more dangerous jobs, notably in the railroad, mining, and lumber industries. Railroad brotherhoods began as benevolent organizations, becoming somewhat less dependent
on corporations and legislation than timber workers and miners. But all unions in the private and public sectors benefited from state and federal legislation, as well as strikes for wages, hours, and benefits, beginning in the Gilded Age (mid-18oos to 1900) and accelerating in the Progressive Era (1901-1918). Legislation, however, was often inadequate and sporadically enforced.
A retrospective exhibit recognizing the 50TH anniversary of the Texas Labor Archives, 2017.
Curated by Dr. George Green in conjunction with UTA Libraries Special Collections.
2017-01-01T00:00:00ZPaths to Highways: Routes of Exploration, Settlement, and CommerceHuseman, Ben W.http://hdl.handle.net/10106/285672019-08-12T19:05:06Z2018-01-01T00:00:00ZPaths to Highways: Routes of Exploration, Settlement, and Commerce
Huseman, Ben W.
One of many important functions of maps can be the depiction of trails, routes, roads, and highways. Trails may appear bold or almost invisible on a map, depending upon whether the cartographer's aim for such depictions is primary, secondary, or even just an afterthought. The study of how trails either became a part of the landscape as superhighways or were entirely forgotten can begin with old maps. A focus on depictions of trails, routes, roads, and highways as a function of maps also aids in a greater understanding of the maps themselves, their creators, and the history of the times that surrounded them. But one should always keep in mind that maps are often only a small fraction of the tools needed to thoroughly study a trail, road, or highway. In addition to maps and history, personal field surveys and archaeology are often both key to a more comprehensive understanding.
An Exhibit in Conjunction with the Eleventh Biennial Virginia Garrett Lectures on the History of Cartography.
September 23, 2018 through February 2, 2019.
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