Sam Rayburn Museum hosts Open House celebration BONHAM, TEXAS – October 9, 2007 – On October 9, 1957, Speaker Sam Rayburn gathered with hundreds of dignitaries and friends to open his new library in his hometown of Bonham. Fifty years later, the Sam Rayburn Museum, a division of The Center… read more
Center announces release of From Bloodshed to Hope in Burundi: Our Embassy Years During Genocide.
CENTER ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF FROM BLOODSHED TO HOPE IN BURUNDI: OUR EMBASSY YEARS DURING GENOCIDE By Ambassador Robert Krueger and Kathleen Tobin Krueger Foreword by Desmond Tutu, Archbishop Emeritus and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate AUSTIN, TEXAS – October 1, 2007 – From Bloodshed to Hope in Burundi is an eyewitness… read more
Center for American History will conduct educational outreach programs in Corpus Christi
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Ramona Kelly, Associate Director Center for American History 1 University Station D1100 Austin, Texas 78712-0335 Phone: (512) 495-4696 RamonaKelly@austin.utexas.edu Center for American History will conduct educational outreach programs in Corpus Christi The filming of “Last Best Hope” in Belgium, 2001. L to R: Former 1st Lt.… read more
Barbara Conrad Concerts Promote American Spirituals Endowment
Barbara Conrad, Mezzo Soprano, Performing for the Upshur County Arts Council Barbara Conrad performs American spirituals at private concert, UT Austin, November 4, 2005. Photo by Marsha Miller, UT Office of Public Affairs, copyright Marsha Miller. The Center for American History at The University of Texas at Austin, in partnership… read more
Former Texas Governor Dolph Briscoe, Jr., establishes $3 million endowment at the Center for American History
Center for American History receives $3 million endowment AUSTIN, TEXAS – May 16, 2007 – Former Texas Governor Dolph Briscoe, Jr. has established a $3 million endowment at the Center for American History to support programs, projects, collection acquisitions, or publications in Texas history. The “Dolph and Janey Briscoe Fund… read more
Early Texas History on display at Sam Rayburn Museum
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Center for American History The University of Texas at Austin Heather Trent Sam Rayburn Museum 800 West Sam Rayburn Drive P.O. Box 309 Bonham, Texas 75418 Phone: 903-583-2455 Fax: 903-583-7394 email: e.trent@austin.utexas.edu http://www.cah.utexas.edu/museums/rayburn.php Early Texas History on display at Sam Rayburn Museum BONHAM, TEXAS – May… read more
Center for American History launches Web site on history of the Speakers of the Texas House
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECONTACT: Ramona Kelly Associate Director Center for American History (512) 495-4696 ramonakelly@mail.utexas.edu CENTER FOR AMERICAN HISTORY LAUNCHES WEB SITE ON HISTORY OF THE SPEAKERS OF THE TEXAS HOUSE AUSTIN, TEXAS – April 25, 2007 – The Center for American History will launch a new Web site, the Texas House… read more
Henry B. Gonzalez honored as first Mexican American elected to the Texas Senate
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: The Center for American History Ramona Kelly, Associate Director ramonakelly@mail.utexas.edu 1 University Station D1100 Austin, Texas 78712-0335 Phone: (512) 495 4696 Henry B. Gonzalez honored as first Mexican American elected to the Texas Senate Spanish Version Henry B. Gonzalez at the 1966 Labor Day rally… read more
Headliner’s Club Event Celebrates the Rock and Roll Photograph Collection of Tom Wright
Headliner’s Club Event Celebrates the Rock and Roll Photograph Collection of Tom Wright Listen to an “All Things Considered” news story about the Tom Wright Collection on National Public Radio Tom Wright (left), rock legend Pete Townshend (center), and Center for American History Director Dr. Don Carleton, at the Center’s… read more
The Center for American History at UT Austin announces new Videogame Archive
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Ramona Kelly Associate Director Center for American History (512) 495-4696 ramonakelly@mail.utexas.edu The Center for American History at UT Austin announces new Videogame Archive Austin, TX – April 19, 2007 – The Center for American History at The University of Texas at Austin, in collaboration with… read more
