AT A GLANCE
Lewis Gould Honored as Inaugural Recipient of FLARE Award
Lewis L. Gould, former fellow of the Briscoe Center for American History, has been named the inaugural recipient of an award that recognizes distinguished contributions to research and education about America’s first ladies.
Briscoe Center Acquires Archive of Renowned Photographer Robert Polidori
Thanks to the generosity of a Chicago-area family, renowned photographer Robert Polidori’s photographic print archive has been donated to the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.
Book Event Celebrates Publication of The Governor & The Colonel
The Briscoe Center is proud to announce the publication of The Governor and the Colonel – A Dual Biography of William P. Hobby and Oveta Culp Hobby.
The Texas Observer at 65
March 10, 2020–July 30, 2021
Briscoe Center for American History, Austin, Texas
Hall Gallery
On with the Fight!: Women’s Activism in the Briscoe Center’s Collections
March 5, 2020–July 30, 2021
Briscoe Center for American History, Austin, Texas
Main Gallery / Virtual Tour
The Governor and the Colonel: A Dual Biography of William P. Hobby and Oveta Culp Hobby
By Don Carleton This dual biography chronicles the lives of Will and Oveta Hobby; their impact on local, state, and national events; and how their marriage and media empire helped shape twentieth-century journalistic and political history.
Growing Up in the Lone Star State: Notable Texans Remember Their Childhoods
By Gaylon Finklea Hecker and Marianne Odom A fascinating collection of oral history interviews details Texas in the early twentieth century and how life in the Lone Star State helped the interviewees achieve success.
Flash of Light, Wall of Fire: Japanese Photographs Documenting the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Featuring over one hundred photographs taken after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, this book forces us to confront the human and environmental costs of nuclear war.
