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Official page of the University Archives in the Gibson D. Lewis Health Science Library. The University Archives in the Gibson D.

Lewis Health Science Library, is devoted to preserving and providing access to historical medical collections and the institutional records of the UNT Health Science Center. The University Archives collects, preserves, and provides access to the heritage of osteopathic medicine, documents the history of the university, and supports the research endeavors of the University of North Texas Health Science Center and public researchers.

10/20/2026

It’s starting to feel like fall in north Texas. Have you been enjoying the more pleasant temperatures?

Image: Student studying in Alumni Plaza, 2002.

10/15/2026

This week is the Annual Meeting of the South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association (SCC/MLA). Gibson D. Lewis Health Science Library is one of this year’s co-hosts, but we have a long history of participation in the organization.

Image: Craig Elam, former Associate Director, Lewis Library and Regina Lee at the South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association, Albuquerque, NM October 2007.

10/13/2026

The Gross Anatomy Lab on campus was opened in October of 2001. This image from January 9, 2002 shows the lab only a few months later.

10/08/2026

Follow along, this month, as celebrates not only the founding of UNT Health Fort Worth, but also American Archives Month and spooky season.

Image: George Sowden, left, Architect, and TCOM’s first president, Dr. Coy, right.1973

10/06/2026

October is American Archives Month!
Located in Lewis Library the Archives & Special Collections preserves and provides access to historical medical collections and the institutional records of UNT Health.

Image: TCOM student using the biochemistry Lab at NTSU (now UNT Denton), 1972.

10/01/2026

Founded as the first osteopathic school in Texas the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (now UNT Health Fort Worth) opened on October 1, 1970, as a private institution with eighteen students.

Image: Chairman, Dr. Luibel presides during a director's luncheon meeting. Board of Directors, 1970.

09/29/2026

Ronald R. Blanck, D.O was UNT Health’s forth president and retired in 2000. holds the Ronald R. Blanck, D.O. Collection: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12503/29903

Image: Presidential inauguration, Ronald Blanck, April 7, 2001.

09/24/2026

Did you know that has more than University related materials in our collections? We also house the organizational records of the Texas Osteopathic Medical Association (TOMA), the nation's oldest statewide osteopathic association.

Image: Billboard, at Jim Miller Rd. and highway 30 in Dallas, advertising National Osteopathic Medicine Week, 2001. TOMA Collection.

09/22/2026

Where is your favorite spot to study in Gibson D. Lewis Health Science Library?

Image: Students working on the 2nd floor of the library, 2000s.

09/17/2026

From its earliest days students have been able to check out and use all kinds of equipment from the library. Thankfully we have upgraded since the 1970s.

Image: TCOM Library's AV equipment, 1974.

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955 Montgomery
Fort Worth, TX
76107

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https://library.unthsc.edu/research/university-archives/

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