University of Texas at Arlington to begin construction on world-class cold storage vault for millions of historic photographic negatives

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Construction begins this month on a world-class cold storage preservation vault at The University of Texas at Arlington Central Library. The facility will house approximately 5 million photographic negatives.  The $1 million project is funded by a $300,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and generous contributions from the Amon G. Carter Foundation, the Adeline & George McQueen Foundation, the Crystelle Waggoner Charitable Trust, the Summerfield G. Roberts Foundation and Union Pacific. “We are excited about what this cold vault will mean as far