Historical & Primary Sources

America's Historical Newspapers (full text) Includes: Early American Newspapers (1690-1922), African American Newspapers (1827-1998) and Hispanic American Newspapers (1808-1980)

American Periodicals (full text, 1941-1900)

Dallas Morning News (full text, 1885-1978)

Education Index Retrospective (citations, 1929-1983)

JSTOR (full text, dates vary by journal)

The New York Times (full text, 1851-2007)

PsycINFO (mostly citations, from 1887)

Sabin America (full text, 1500-1926)

These resources will help you locate historical records and manuscripts. To view the actual documents, you will usually need to physically visit the owning archival repository.

Dolph Briscoe Center for American History Holds the University of Texas at Austin archives.

Texas Archival Resources Online Locate materials in archives, libraries and museums across Texas. Includes records from UT's Benson Latin American Collection, which holds extensive papers related to Latino education in Texas, including the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) collection.

Austin History Center Search the Austin Public Library Online Catalog with the term "Austin Independent School District" to find AISD documents in the Austin History Center's general collections.  Browse their Manuscript Index to find manuscript collections related to education and public schools in Austin.  Review their Vertical Files collections (news, phamphlets, empherma) related to schools, education and related individuals.

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Finding Aids for Processed State Records Find the records of Texas state agencies like the Texas Education Agency, State Board for Educator Certification, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Texas House of Representatives, Texas Senate, and Texas Teacher Retirement System.

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Unprocessed State Agency Minutes Find additional records of Texas state agencies like the Texas Education Agency, State Board for Educator Certification, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Texas House of Representatives, Texas Senate, and Texas Teacher Retirement System. This website lists meeting minutes that have not yet been incorporated into the Finding Aids

History of Education Society: Archival Resources Browse a list of archival materials related to the history of education in archives, libraries, and museums around the U.S and the world.

You'll find many historical state and federal documents in the library's print collection and online.  Search the Library Catalog to find thousand of sources beyond those listed below.

TEXAS

Biennial Reports (Bulletins) & Annual Reports from Texas Education Agency and Texas State Board of Education, Many have been digitized and live in a UT Digital Repository Collection | 1870-1985 (print) | 1948-1984 (print) | 1952-1976 (print) | 1986-1994 (print) | 1996 (print) | 1998-present (online from TEA)

TEA Bulletin Index, 1910 to 1976 | print

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Report, 1975-1999 (print) | Additional THECB documents in our collections | Additional documents from the THECB site

Report of the Board of Regents of the University of Texas, 1883-1935 (print) | Additional Board of Regents documents in our collections

FEDERAL

ProQuest Congressional Includes: Congressional Hearings (1824-2003), Committee Prints (1830 to present), Congressional Record (1789-present), Congressional Research Service Reports (1916-present), Unpublished Hearings (1824 to latest available)

ProQuest Legistlative Insight Includes: Legislative histories.  Full text of thousands of public laws since 1929, and related versions, hearings, reports, etc.

U.S. Congressional Serial Set Full text of Serial Set publications from 1817 to 1980.

ASSOCIATIONS

National Education Association, Research Division - various documents

Texas State Teachers Association - various documents

American Association of University Professors - various documents

Selected sources containing historical education data and statistics.  Many state reports, federal reports and journal articles also contain data and statistics.

120 Years of Education: A Statistical Portrait | print | online

The Condition of Education | print (1975-2010) | online (1989-2011)

Digest of Education Statistics | print (1963-1974) | print (from 1975) | online (from 1990)

A Half Century of Learning: Historical census statisics on educational attainment in the United States, 1940 to 2000

Historical Census Browser

Historical Statistics of the United States: Millennial Edition

National Center for Education Statics: Report topics / dates vary.  Few older than 1980's.

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