Texas Furniture Book Signing, March 31 Texas Furniture, Volume One The Cabinetmakers and Their Work, 1840-1880, Revised Edition Book Signing and Reception 1:00 – 3:00 pm Saturday, March 31, 2012 Winedale Historical Complex 3738 FM 2714 Round Top, Texas Please join the Briscoe Center and authors Lonn Taylor and David… read more
2012 Winedale Quilt Show to Feature Cotton Sack Quilts
2012 Winedale Quilt Show to Feature Cotton Sack Quilts Snowball Quilt. Made by Helen G. Wade, Georgetown, Texas, 1987. Cotton: made using 1930s and 1940s cotton sack fabrics. Winedale Quilt Collection, AR 2009-144; e_wqh_0195. The Winedale Historical Complex hosts its annual quilt exhibition Feb. 12 – Feb. 25, 2012 with… read more
Dominick Dunne’s Papers Donated to the Briscoe Center for American History
Dominick Dunne’s Papers Donated to the Briscoe Center for American History December 19, 2011 Dominick Dunne, 1985. Dominick Dunne Papers. AUSTIN, Texas — The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at The University of Texas at Austin has acquired as a gift the professional and personal papers of Dominick… read more
Briscoe Center Icons of Photography Exhibit Opens at LBJ Library
Briscoe Center Icons of Photography Exhibit Opens at LBJ Library December 16, 2011 AUSTIN, Texas — “Etched Memory: Icons of American Photography,” an exhibit of selected photographs from the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at The University of Texas at Austin, will be on display at the Lyndon Baines… read more
Renaming of Briscoe-Garner Museum in Uvalde Approved by Board of Regents
Renaming of Briscoe-Garner Museum in Uvalde Approved by Board of Regents Nov. 23, 2011 AUSTIN, Texas – The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System has approved the renaming of the John Nance Garner Museum in Uvalde, Texas to the Briscoe-Garner Museum, in honor of the late Governor… read more
City of Fort Worth Hosts Special Screening of When I Rise Dec. 8
City of Fort Worth Hosts Special Screening of When I Rise Dec. 8 AUSTIN, Texas – Movies That Matter: A Human Rights Film Series and program of the City of Fort Worth’s Human Relations Commission is proud to present a special screening of When I Rise on December 8, 2011… read more
Christmas at Winedale, A 19th Century Folklife Event, to be held December 10, 2011
Nineteenth-Century Folklife Christmas at Winedale on December 10, 2011 ROUND TOP, Texas — The Winedale Folklife Christmas event is Saturday, December 10, 2011, from noon to 4 p.m. Take a ride on the Old West stagecoach as you view the way the countryside might have looked in the 1800s with… read more
In Memoriam: Andy Rooney, 1919 – 2011
In Memoriam: Andy Rooney, 1919 – 2011 Briscoe Center Executive Director Don Carleton and Andy Rooney tour an exhibit in the center’s Sid Richardson Hall, ca. 2000. The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History mourns the death of legendary CBS writer, commentator and journalist Andy Rooney. A newspaper columnist, author… read more
“Laying Down the Gavel” Exhibit Opens at Briscoe Center’s Rayburn Museum
“Laying Down the Gavel” Exhibit Opens at Briscoe Center’s Rayburn Museum Nov. 2, 2011 (di_03324) Flowers on Sam Rayburn’s desk with United States flag in background. BONHAM, Texas—In commemoration of the 50 years that have passed since the November 16, 1961 death of Sam Rayburn, the Sam Rayburn Library and… read more
Winedale Hosts McCrady Quilt Exhibit Oct. 27 – Nov. 8, 2011
Winedale Hosts McCrady Quilt Exhibit Oct. 27 – Nov. 8, 2011 Diamond Field Quilt Made by Kathleen McCrady, Fort Worth and Austin, Texas, 1963, 1975 Cotton: 72 x 94 in. Kathleen McCrady Quilt History Collection, W2h92.06, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Round Top, TX. – The Winedale Historical Complex… read more
