Beyond the Bytes, March 3, 2026

March 3, 2026   View this email in your browser NBC5/KXAS footage used in Winter Olympics commercial  From UNT Special Collections. If you watched the Winter Olympics this month you may have seen a commercial featuring footage from the NBC5/KXAS Television News Collection!  Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly licensed footage featuring administration of the first Polio vaccine for a commercial that compared the rigors of the scientific research process to the rigors of training by Olympic athletes. Incredibly, over 60 pieces of archival footage from many different film and video archives were used in the 1:30 spot, and we were proud to be one of them. See the video. Private Collection of Dr. Teresa Marrero The Private Collection of Dr. Teresa Marrero consists of performance reviews written by Teresa Marrero, a UNT professor of Spanish, who specializes in Latin American and Latinx theater and performance. These reviews throughout the Dallas/Forth Worth area focus on Latino, Latina, Latinx, Hispanic, etc. theater, and includes theater festival reviews of Teatro Dallas and Cara Mia  ... [more] Learn more about becoming a Portal Partner.  Kaufman County Newspaper Collection The Kaufman County Area Newspaper Collection covers various editions of the Kaufman Sun, and The Forney Messenger. The Sun,published between the years 1880-1905, documents pre-settlement hunting grounds for Caddo, Cherokee, Kickapoo, and Comanche Tribes and trails before 1840. These traces would soon evolve into major highways and thoroughfares connecting Kaufman County to surrounding cities and towns. The Forney Messenger newspapers cover the population growth  ... [See more] Traces of Texas – A priceless gift for all Texans From Texas Standard W.F. Strong reflects on the Facebook page that has grown to be a collective archive of Texans past and present ... [follow to the article] Motorcycle Mike rides off into the sunset after 51 years of service  From Arlington Report Officer Dick Hill knows the Arlington roads better than most ever will. Over his 48 years as an officer in the Motorcycle Division, he estimates he drove at least 900,000 miles across North Texas ... [follow to article] Bexar America250 highlights the region's contributions to the American Revolution From Texas Public Radio The capital of the Spanish province in Texas, San Antonio de Béxar, played a role in the American Revolution even though it was thousands of miles away from the original ... [follow to the article] On this day in 1945, a Marine picked up the 81mm mortar ammunition dropped by parachute on Motoyama Airfield Number One on Iwo Jima. Explore over 33,000 historic WWII materials on the Portal to Texas History.     SUPPORT US! Please make a monetary donation to support the students and community members using the Portal to Texas History for research and learning.    Donate Now FOLLOW US! Facebook Libraries Website        Our mailing address is: 1155 Union Circle #305190  Denton, TX 76203-5017 Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.