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Local History
The Archives at the Moore Memorial Public Library collects, preserves, and serves as a repository for historically significant archival material related to the rich history of Texas City.
Holdings
Holdings in the Local History Collection comprise both original materials and reproductions in a variety of formats including books, ephemera, newsletters, reports, newspapers, newspaper clippings, letters, manuscripts, maps, scrapbooks, photographs, postcards, paintings, negatives, microfilm, sound recordings, oral history interviews, city directories, yearbooks, reference genealogy books, vertical files, videotapes, and films.
Featured Holdings
Featured holdings in the archive are the H.B. Moore and Helen Moore collections, the Mainland Company collection, the 1947 Disaster collection, and our Oral History collections
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100 years of Texas City History
Travel through 100 years of Texas City's history online.
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Collection Policies & Forms
The purpose of the Local History Collection is to collect, preserve, and make accessible to all interested patrons, information relating to the history of Texas City.
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Contact Us
Contact the Moore Memorial Public Library.
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Exhibits
These exhibits highlight the major events and people in the earliest days of Texas City's development.
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Resources
Review referenced sources for Texas City historical information and claims.
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Oral Histories
Interviews conducted with Texas City residents who lived in the area during World War II.
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Texas City Newspapers: Preserving History One Page at a Time
Updates from our Local History department as they review the subject coverage and history of the Texas City Newspaper during the 20th century.
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Digital Archive
Historical materials related to the history of Texas City have been digitized and made available to the public.
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Oral History Digital Archive
Visit the library's oral history archive and explore interviews from citizens of Texas City and their shared histories.