The Special Collections Department is located at the Emily Fowler Central Library, 502 Oakland Street , in Denton, Texas. It houses three collections: Genealogy, Texana, and Denton, Texas.
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People sitting on the sidewalk in front of Strawberry Fields.
Two men and one woman sitting on the sidewalk in front of Strawberry Fields facing east. West Hickory street and part of the UNT campus can be seen…
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Denton Public Library (Emily Fowler Central Library, Special Collections Department)
Photographs, newspaper clippings, and various ephemera documenting from various collections in the Special Collections Department of the Emily Fowler…
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75 Years of the Denton Public Library
Photographs, news clippings, and various ephemera documenting 75 years of a public library in Denton, Texas.
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Architectural drawing of the original Denton City-County Library.
Scanned image of the original architectural drawing for the Denton City-County Library, produced by Wyatt O. Hedrick, the architect/engineer for the…
At the barracks.
Page two of Grace Minter's scrapbook, featuring various soldiers at an unnamed army barrack.
Telegram from Governor William P. Clements, Jr.
Telegram sent from Governor William P. Clements, Jr., to the Denton Public LIbrary in honor of their formal re-opening.
1978 Annual Statistics of the Emily Fowler Public Library.
Back and front of a folded pamphlet of the 1978 Annual Statistics of the Emily Fowler Public Library, which listed members of the Library Board, City…