The Wineburgh
Philatelic
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Research Library is part of the
Eugene McDermott Library at the
University of Texas
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at
Dallas
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.
History
The library was founded in 1976 by the late
Harold Wineburgh and has its own endowment fund that supports its activities.
The collection
Geographically the collection is strong in United States, British, Western European, and Mexican philatelic literature. It also has important collections of literature relating to forgeries, airmail, and state postal histories. Confederate postal history is also strong.
Special collections include the official archive of the
Texas Philatelic Association, Inc. between 1896 and 2006.
External links
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Finders guide to the records of the Texan Philatelic Association.
Philatelic libraries
1976 establishments in Texas
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