LibGuides: Texas History: Open Educational Resources

What are Open Educational Resources (OER)?

"Open Educational Resources" by Ron Mader is licensed under CC BY 2.0

OER are teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use and re-purposing by others. ~ William & Flora Hewlett Foundation

For a more comprehensive overview on OER, see:

Open Educational Resources - a guide designed to assist faculty in the exploration, identification, selection and adoption of Open Educational Resources.

Open Educational Resources in Texas History

Texas Immigrant by Gordon K. Grant, 1939. Brady, Texas Post Office Mural. Photographer: Larry D. Moore, 12 August 2014, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Below are examples of OER Texas History textbooks and course materials available. Additional OER may be found by searching the resources listed on the ACC Libraries primary Open Educational Resources Guide.

Texas History and Culture
Units 1 -3 cover Texas history from "Introduction: Six Flags over Texas" through "Federalism."
This full course was developed by ACC faculty for the OER degree initiative grant.
The Online Books Page
Books can be browsed by Library of Congress Call Number, though it is also possible to search.
Texas history call numbers range from F386 .K55 to F395 .P7 D9.
The Portal to Texas History
Copyright Statement: "The nature of historical archival and manuscript collections often makes it difficult to determine the copyright status of an item. Please contact the collection-holding partner for additional available information regarding copyright status of a particular digital image, text, or sound or video recording."
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"This gateway to collections of rare, historical, and primary source materials from or about Texas" can be filtered by resource types, which include books, newspapers, journals, magazines, newsletters, pamphlets, legislative documents, reports, photographs, legal documents, and maps.

Open Access Materials and eBooks - Sources

AnaMaria Seglie. The Mexican-American Borderlands Culture and History
OpenStax CNX Library. CC Attribution License 3.0 license
A Journey Through Texas: or, A Saddle-Trip on the Southwestern Frontier, by Frederick Law Olmsted. New York, London: Dix, Edwards & co., S. Low, son & co.; [etc., etc.], 1857.
Where applicable, subject to copyright. Some materials are not subject to copyright. They are in the public domain, and you do not need permission to use them. Please go to https://www.lib.umich.edu/about-us/policies/copyright-policy for more information.
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From the preface: "This work is designed further to promote the mutual acquaintance of the North and South. The great extent and capacities of Texas, as well as its distinct position and history, have induced the author to devote to it a separate volume."
The Men Who Made Texas Free: The Signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence, Sketches of Their Lives and Patriotic Services to the Republic and State, With a Facsimile of the Declaration of Independence. By Sam Houston Dixon.
Attribution: Public Domain: We have determined this work to be in the public domain, meaning that it is not subject to copyright. Users are free to copy, use, and redistribute the work in part or in whole. https://www.hathitrust.org/access_use#pd-google
Roberto Treviño. Racial Attitudes and Religious Social Work: The Texas-Mexican and the U.S. Catholic Church. Feb 24, 2010.
OpenStax CNX. CC Attribution License 3.0 license.