Over the summer, the Briscoe Center sponsored KUT’s project, Out of the Blue: 50 Years After the UT Tower Shooting. The project included an hour-long radio documentary and five-part reporting series (both of which aired over the summer), as well as an interactive website and two community events. The first of those events, Recounting… read more 

When Richard Condon’s novel, The Manchurian Candidate was published in 1959 it became an instant bestseller. Three years later it formed the basis of an award-winning movie of the same name, which has become something of a cult classic. Recently two Pulitzer-Prize winning songwriters, Kevin Puts and Mark Campbell, composed an opera… read more 

President Harry S. Truman’s career and legacy was closely connected to those of Vice President John Nance Garner, House Speaker Sam Rayburn and President Lyndon B. Johnson. As the operator of museums dedicated to the lives of Garner and Rayburn—as well as being a frequent collaborator with the LBJ Presidential… read more 

Over the years, The University of Texas at Austin has not only collected archival materials on countless subjects, it has also itself created thousands of documents, letters and publications that track its institutional development and speak to its history. With this in mind, I’m delighted that Clyde Rabb Littlefield, a member… read more 

If you are looking for something to do in Austin this weekend, allow me to make the following recommendation; head to the LBJ Presidential Library and be one of the first people to see the Briscoe Center’s new exhibit, Vietnam: Evidence of War. The exhibit, which opens tomorrow, promises to be… read more 

Beginning earlier this week, public reference services at the Briscoe Center started operating from the special collections reading room in the LLILAS Benson Latin American Collection, our good neighbors in Sid Richardson Hall Unit 1. In short, that means three things. First, if you want to come to the Briscoe Center… read more 

The University of Texas officially opened Sid Richardson Hall on January 12, 1971 (45 years ago this month) Unit 2 of Sid Richardson Hall houses the Briscoe Center’s Research and Collections division. In 1991 (25 years ago this year) the Briscoe Center became an independent research unit of the University.… read more 

Earlier this month, the center hosted Reel Politics, an evening with award-winning filmmaker and University of Texas professor Paul Stekler. As many of you know, Paul has spent the last thirty years chronicling American politics and the civil rights movement. Earlier this year, Paul generously donated his film archive and working papers to the… read more 

On August 13, 2015, UT Austin President Gregory Fenves announced his decision to move Pompeo Coppini’s statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis from the university’s South Mall to the Briscoe Center’s Research and Collections division in Sid Richardson Hall. On August 31, professional art handlers carefully placed the statue at… read more 

Things usually quiet down on campus over the summer months as units such as the Briscoe Center prepare for the coming semester. This summer, however, has been different. As many of you know, the University of Texas at Austin is home to four statues that honor individuals who were leaders… read more