A wonderful research treasure to visit while in San Antonio at the 2018 TxSGS Annual Family History Conference is the Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library. This 38,000 item repository has been developed and is supported and maintained by the DRT for the use of all researchers. Documents, books, maps, letters, and other artifacts pertain to the Republic of Texas history of Texas, San Antonio, and the Alamo. Materials are in closed stacks with access provided through inventories and an online public access catalog. The library collections are available to all researchers by appointment (210-784-1512).
The Collection is now located in the Bexar County Archives Building (former Federal Reserve Building) in downtown San Antonio at 126 East Nueva Street. The DRT, Texas A & M University San Antonio, and Bexar County have partnered to preserve and maintain the collection so future generations will better understand the cost of freedom and liberty.
Library staff conduct small group tours of the collection and facility. If you are interested in scheduling a small group tour of the DRT Library, please email Leslie Stapleton at leslie.stapleton@tamusa.edu.
See the DRT library web site at http://www.drtinfo.org/ for a wealth of additional information and their online catalog. The DRT Library was also featured in the September issue of Stirpes in “Discovering Treasures in the DRT Library.”
If you are visiting San Antonio during the TSGS 2018 conference and want to visit the DRT library, plan to make your reservation now. If you won’t have time this trip, the web site has a fee schedule for ordering copies. Happy Hunting!
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