AT A GLANCE
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.
Briscoe Center Launches “American Rhapsody” Podcast
The Briscoe Center proudly presents “American Rhapsody,” a new podcast that focuses on those who have witnessed the nation’s history firsthand, creating archives in the ...
Briscoe Center Receives Collections Documenting the Work of Fons Iannelli and Shepard Sherbell
The Briscoe Center presents two incredible photographic collections that showcase the work of Fons Iannelli and Shepard Sherbell. Iannelli captured the American imagination during World ...
The Texas Observer at 65
March 10, 2020–Ongoing 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–December 12, 2020 Briscoe Center for American History, Austin, Texas Main Gallery
American Activist: Selections from the Abbie Hoffman Archive
October 29, 2019–Ongoing Briscoe Center for American History, Austin, Texas Weatherby Gallery
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.
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.
Struggle for Justice: Four Decades of Civil Rights Photography
By Don Carleton Struggle for Justice celebrates the legacy of the photographers who helped galvanize public support for the civil rights movement, often at great personal risk.
