About the Exhibition

Mapping Texas: From Frontier to the Lone Star State.
Organized by the Texas General Land Office

With Special Thanks to Frank and Carol Holcomb

Additional Lenders to the Exhibition:
The Bryan Museum
The Witte Museum

About the Texas General Land Office’s Save Texas History program

Created in 2004, the Save Texas History program is a statewide initiative to rally public support and private funding for the preservation and promotion of the historic maps and documents housed in the GLO Archives, and serves as a resource for teaching and digitizing Texas history. If you would like to donate to the Save Texas History program to adopt a document or collection, assist with archival acquisitions, develop educational programs, or support digital projects, please visit www.savetexashistory.org.  Follow Save Texas History on Facebook (facebook.com/SaveTXHistory) and Twitter (@SaveTXHistory).

 About Frank and Carol Holcomb

Frank and Carol Holcomb, of Houston, have been collecting maps since 1978. Their collection emphasizes color and rarity. The Holcomb Collection consists of over 80 maps, dated between 1513 to 1904. These collected works cover the entire Western Hemisphere, with a primary focus on Texas and the United States. They have assembled a world-class collection, of which 19 are on exhibit at the Houston Museum of Natural Science during Mapping Texas: From Frontier to the Lone Star State. In 2014, Frank and Carol Holcomb worked with the Texas General Land Office to digitize their map collection with the desire to provide access to the public. Frank Holcomb practices tax, estate planning and corporate law in Houston. Carol has a strong interest in history and the decorative arts.