Use the Library Services and Resources Continuity Guide to learn more about the phased reopening, including how to make appointments and what the Library is doing to promote safety and #stopthespread.

The mission of the Archives of the Big Bend is to collect, preserve, arrange, and make available for research purposes the recorded history and culture of the unique and diverse Big Bend region of far West Texas.  The collection area includes the Trans-Pecos of Texas and corresponding border area of northern Mexico.  The holdings include manuscripts; records of businesses, organizations, and individuals; photographs; maps; oral histories; newspapers; books; and the University Archives.

Geography of Texas class working in Archives.

Dr. Christopher Ritzi’s Collection Management Lab working in the Archives.

International and local researchers in the Archives.