Article on the efforts of the University of North Texas Special Collections to create exhibits featuring LGBTQ history in Dallas, Texas. From 2017 to 2019 archivists and librarians at the University of North Texas Special Collections have worked with community members and city officials to create exhibits featuring archival materials from the LGBTQ Archive. There have been several obstacles to presenting accurate historical interpretation of Dallas LGBTQ community history, including lack of sufficient archival documentation, and differences between archival sources and community members’ personal experiences. Grappling with these challenges has allowed UNT Special Collections archivists and librarians to engage community members in a personal, meaningful discussion, and ultimately have led to both successful exhibits as well as strengthened relationships to LGBTQ community members.

Photograph of downtown Gruene, Texas taken at sunset. There are cars parked along the road next to different businesses.

Robert Hobbs (husband) and Caira Spenrath (wife) in masks take a selfie in front of a Buc-ee's Beaver statue in the background wearing a Buccee's face mask in New Braunfels, Texas. This was the first "outing" for the couple in an urban space since the beginning of quarantine seven months prior.

Photograph of UNT CMHT fashion merchandising undergraduate students sketching an 1880s bodice as part of a fashion history course taught by Dr. Tammy Kinley; the session took place on November 9, 2023, at the Texas Fashion Collection's space in Welch Street Complex 1

Photograph of UNT CMHT fashion merchandising undergraduate students sketching an 1880s bustle or crinoline as part of a fashion history course taught by Dr. Tammy Kinley; the session took place on November 9, 2023, at the Texas Fashion Collection's space in Welch Street Complex 1.

Minutes from the Texas Society, Sons of the American Revolution, Arlington chapter virtual meeting on May 9, 2020.

Photograph of a small whiteboard sign with handwritten text in a variety of colored marker, "It's been quiet without you...Too quiet, even for a library! Welcome back!" Two hand-drawn thought bubbles on either side contain the text, ""Shhh! This is a library!"" and ""We missed you!""

Selfie of Katy Allred wearing a cloth face mask and holding an "I voted" sticker with a blue finger glove.

Photograph of a large ferris wheel at Coney Island in New York with a red metal sign at the base and center of the ferris wheel in capital letters stating, "Wonder Wheel." The entrance to the ferris wheel is a ramp that goes underground and under the ferris wheel. Other carnival rides are shown to the left and right side of the ferris wheel. Visitors including adults and children are in the foreground, middleground, and background of the image and all of them are wearing face masks.

Photograph of creator Stephanie Brown and her wife wearing face masks and taking a selfie. Either Stephanie or her wife is the one wearing a pink sweatshirt, black t-shirt, brown tortoise shell sunglasses, and a yellow face mask with small pink flowers. The other sitting on the right is wearing a greyish black zip-up jacket, a black hat with a black logo of the letter "C" and a bear, and a white disposable face mask.

Photograph of Caroline Hess' grandson, Mica, who appears to be toddler age. Mica is wearing a brown felt brimmed hat and is looking somewhere below the camera. It appears that Mica is holding something in his hands that he is placing near his mouth. Mica is wearing a light blue short sleeved shirt with repeated patterned images of monochromatic blue tigers and palm trees. Behind Mica is what appears to be a living room with a light blue oriental rug and two hanging plants in macramé holders hung from the wooden beams on the ceiling.

Photograph of Adriance Rhoades, Jaimi Parker and Kendall Martin all former UNT employees of the Special Collections department. All three women are seated at the table at Boca 31, at their fairwell party as all three has accepted new positions around DFW.

Photograph of face masks and hand sanitizer for sale in the book store on the University of North Texas campus. Other retail items including t-shirts are visible in the background.

Photograph of Robert Beaton standing with his bicycle on the Library Mall in front of the Hurley Administration Building.

Weekly student newspaper from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas that includes local, state, national, and campus news along with advertising.

Podcast produced by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) that features an interview with Dr. Nada Shabout, Professor of Art History and Coordinator of the Contemporary Arab and Muslim Cultural Studies Initiative at UNT. Susan and Dr. Shabout discuss a project run by the Association for Modern and Contemporary Art of the Arab World, Iran, and Turkey (AMCA) to map the teaching of Art History related areas. They also discuss various aspects of modern art in the Arab world, including colonialism and the documentation of works that went missing from Iraq's Museum of Modern Art after the fall of Baghdad in 2003.

Photograph of the Tilt-A-Whirl sign at Coney Island in New York. The sign is red with san-serif text in bright yellow, as well as two blue stars surrounding in a yellow circle at the end of "Tilt-A-" and before "Whirl." Five visitors of the attraction wait in line in the foreground of the image and are wearing face masks.

Photograph of the Texas Fashion Collection receiving a shipment of Schlappi mannequins from the Italian maker Bonaveri. These mannequins were funded by the UNT Diamond Eagles 2020 project and are used for digitization of TFC artifacts in workspaces in Welch Street Complex 1.

Photograph of the Texas Fashion Collection receiving a shipment of Schlappi mannequins from the Italian maker Bonaveri. These mannequins were funded by the UNT Diamond Eagles 2020 project and are used for digitization of TFC artifacts in workspaces in Welch Street Complex 1.

Photograph of UNT graduate students in a collection management course taught by Edward Hoyenski following a tour and cataloguing exercise at the Texas Fashion Collection in a space in Welch Street Complex 1.

Photograph of a recently donated Texas Fashion Collection ensemble by Todd Oldham on a seamless backdrop used for collection digitization in a workspace in Welch Street Complex 1.

Photograph of the Texas Fashion Collection's staff during the spring 2023 semester. Pictured are (back left) Andrew Jones (photography undergraduate, TFC student photographer), Ailie Pankonien (TFC collection manager), Kierra Holst (information science graduate, practicum intern), Katherine Santos (art history graduate, 2022-2023 Onstead Fellow at the TFC), Bailey Weiss (art graduate, TFC graduate area assistant), and (front left) McKenna Applewhite (interdisciplinary art and design studies undergraduate, TFC student assistant), Annie Puga (fashion design undergraduate, TFC student assistant), and Wei Sun (interior design graduate, TFC graduate area assistant).

Photograph of the Texas Fashion Collection's staff during the spring 2023 semester. Pictured are (back left) Andrew Jones (photography undergraduate, TFC student photographer), Ailie Pankonien (TFC collection manager), Kierra Holst (information science graduate, practicum intern), Katherine Santos (art history graduate, 2022-2023 Onstead Fellow at the TFC), Bailey Weiss (art graduate, TFC graduate area assistant), and (front left) McKenna Applewhite (interdisciplinary art and design studies undergraduate, TFC student assistant), Annie Puga (fashion design undergraduate, TFC student assistant), and Wei Sun (interior design graduate, TFC graduate area assistant).

Photograph of the Texas Fashion Collection staff making funny faces while standing next to a mannequin. From the back left to front right, people pictured are: McKenna Applewhite, Ailie Pankonien, Katherine Santos, Samoria Holland, (front) Annie Puga, Samuel Monson, and Andrew Jones. The photo represents the TFC's staffing during the fall 2022 semester, and the photo was taken in the Texas Fashion Collection's workspace in Welch Street Complex 1.