Buffalo Altar; A Texas Symphony Performance and Reception Sunday, June 02, 2013, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm The Bullock Museum, in association with the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, is proud to present, Buffalo Altar; A Texas Symphony. This unique performance is a collaboration between composer J. Todd Frazier… read more
Unflinching Courage: Pioneering Women Who Shaped Texas, book signing and reception featuring author and Distinguished Alumna Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, May 9, 2013.
Unflinching Courage: Pioneering Women Who Shaped Texas, book signing and reception, May 9, 2013 Unflinching Courage: Pioneering Women Who Shaped Texas featuring author and Distinguished Alumna Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison Thursday, May 9, 2013 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. The Etter-Harbin Alumni Center’s Connally Ballroom 2110 San Jacinto Boulevard Austin,… read more
Briscoe Center Acquires George Washington Letter
April 3, 2013 Due to the generosity of Mr. Barron Kidd of Dallas, Texas, the Briscoe Center has acquired a letter written by the first president of the United States, George Washington. The Briscoe Center’s letter discusses the murder (“for it deserves no other name”) of three members of the… read more
Archives of American Mathematics Receives Grant Funding. The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History is pleased to announce a five-year continuation of a grant for the Archives of American Mathematics.
Archives of American Mathematics Receives Grant Funding April 3, 2013 The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History is pleased to announce a five-year continuation of a grant for the Archives of American Mathematics. The grant is from the Educational Advancement Foundation (EAF), an Austin-based philanthropic organization. With this renewal, the… read more
The Briscoe Center is proud to co-sponsor From Civil War to Civil Rights, the 2013 Historic Natchez Conference, April 17
Briscoe Center Co-Sponsors 2013 Historic Natchez Conference, April 17-20, 2013 Register of Natchez landings, foth_0424 Conference Sponsors: California State University, Northridge Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Historic Natchez Foundation Louisiana State University Libraries, Special Collections Mississippi Department of Archives and History Natchez National… read more
The Legacy of the Dirty Thirty: An event sponsored by The Texas Observer. On March 28 join Sissy Farenthold and Tom Moore, legal strategist Terry O’Rourke and Observer founding editor Ronnie Dugger for a discussion about the legacy of the reform movement and its impact on Texas politics today.
The Legacy of the Dirty Thirty In 1971, a group of Texas lawmakers, known as the Dirty Thirty, called for an investigation of then Speaker of the House Gus Mutscher and other state officials named in a federal bribery-conspiracy case. This small band of reformers turned the federal case into… read more
Briscoe Center, LBJ Library present, ‘An Evening with Diana Walker and Lucian Perkins’. Acclaimed photojournalists to discuss their favorite images from News to History exhibit.
Briscoe Center, LBJ Library present, ‘An Evening with Diana Walker and Lucian Perkins’ Acclaimed photojournalists to discuss their favorite images from News to History exhibit March 4, 2013 AUSTIN, Texas — The Briscoe Center and the LBJ Presidential Library will host, An Evening with Diana Walker and Lucian Perkins, Thursday,… read more
The Briscoe Center is proud to co-sponsor, A Personal Look through the White House Lens, featuring David Hume Kennerly and Eric Draper at the The Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum. The program is held in conjunction with the exhibit News to History: Selections from the Briscoe Center, on display at the Nixon Library.
A Personal Look through the White House Lens The Briscoe Center is proud to co-sponsor, A Personal Look through the White House Lens, at the The Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum on Feb. 20, 2014, at 7:00 p.m. Join us for this fun, free program featuring two of the most… read more
The Forster Flag is one of 30 Revolutionary-era flags known to have survived and the only one not in a museum or institution. On Wednesday, April 9, 2014 it will be auctioned and the proceeds will be donated to the Briscoe Center.
The Forster Flag: Endowing a Legacy The Forster Flag February 5, 2014 The Forster Flag is one of 30 Revolutionary-era flags known to have survived and the only one not in a museum or institution. On Wednesday, April 9, 2014 it will be auctioned in New York City. Owned by… read more
The Louis Filler Papers
The Louis Filler Papers January 31, 2013 AUSTIN, Tx – The Briscoe Center’s archival collections cover a wide range of subject fields in U.S. history, with particular strengths in political, business, and social history. The recent acquisition of the papers of historian Louis Filler is an excellent example of a growing… read more
