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The Vertical File Index provides convenient access to hundreds of subject files covering the history of Texas City, Galveston County, local businesses, organizations, schools, people, Texas City industry, 1947 Texas City Disaster, and more.
Researchers can browse topics of interest by simply clicking on a file cabinet to open an alphabetized listing of detailed PDF inventories of the materials available within each vertical file. These guides make it easier to discover newspaper clippings, pamphlets, reports, and other unique historical resources held in our archives.
To view the actual documents within the vertical files, please make an appointment by calling 409-643-5977.
Headlines That Shaped a City: The History of Texas City in Print
Welcome to the Texas City Sun: History in the Headlines digital exhibit. This exhibit features curated articles from the Texas City Sun newspaper, that showcase the political shifts, social changes, industrial milestones, and community moments that have defined Texas City across the decades. Whether you are researching a specific time-period or simply curious about the forces that shaped this gulf coast city, the headlines here offer a powerful glimpse into the life and times of generations past.
The Texas City Sun: History in the Headlines online exhibit is a collaborative project between the Moore Memorial Public Library the Texas City Museum and UNT's Portal to Texas History, that brings decades of local reporting from the Texas City Sun together with the museum's decade-based timeline exhibits. This exhibit is made possible through a grant funded by the Texas State Library & Archives Commission and the Institute for Museum & Library Services.
Texas City has a rich newspaper history that can boast the oldest newspaper, the most newspapers, and at times the only newspaper in print for any Galveston County Mainland community. The first newspaper printed in Texas City was The Coast News debuting in 1895. The Coast News set the precedent for all Texas City newspapers afterwards to focus on the many communities that made up the Galveston County Mainland. The Provost Guard emerged with 10,000 military personnel stationed here with the U.S. Army Camp and First Aero-Squadron in the early 1900s. The Texas City Sun was the longest running newspaper with eighty-eight years of publication. Learn about the history of Texas City Newspapers from the very first paper printed on a hand press to the present-day digital papers by accessing the Moore Memorial Public Library's interactive timeline "Newspapers of Texas City".
Family Bibles are a valuable genealogical source when tracing your family ancestry. The family Bible is often passed down from generation to generation and used to record significant family events such as the full name of your ancestors, their births, marriages, deaths, and residence locations. This information can be the key that sends you in the right direction as you research your lineage. The Davison Family Bible is a good example of how families recorded these significant events.