Call for Entries: Morley Safer Award for Outstanding Reporting Austin, TX—The Morley Safer Award for Outstanding Reporting announces its inaugural call for entries. A program of The University of Texas at Austin’s Briscoe Center for American History, where Safer’s archival papers are preserved, the Safer Award seeks to recognize a… read more
Briscoe Center acquires Steve Singer Papers
Steve Singer Papers The Briscoe Center has acquired the papers of award-winning news producer and investigative journalist Steve Singer. “I’m grateful to Steve for donating his papers,” said Don Carleton, executive director of the Briscoe Center. “His exceptionally varied career—having worked for the Houston Chronicle, PBS, CBS, ABC News, CNN,… read more
In Memoriam: Norman Birnbaum
In Memoriam: Norman Birnbaum The Briscoe Center mourns the passing of professor Norman Birnbaum, a renowned intellectual who died at the beginning of the month at the age of 92. Birnbaum had been active in politics, academia, and journalism on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean since the 1950s. “Five… read more
Condolences and endorsements: Truman Letter to Garner in 1948
Condolences and endorsements: Truman Letter to Garner in 1948 The Briscoe Center recently acquired a 1948 letter from President Harry Truman to former vice president John Nance Garner. It was written in September while Truman was campaigning for a second term in the White House. With the economy in trouble… read more
Briscoe Center acquires Congressman Lamar Smith Papers
Lamar Smith Papers Congressman Lamar Smith Congressman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) has announced the donation of his papers to the Briscoe Center. Smith, who is not seeking re-election, has represented the 21st Congressional District of Texas since 1987. He currently serves as chairman of the Science, Space, and Technology Committee, which… read more
The Briscoe Center recently acquired a letter by the slave trader Robert Hawkins.
“What a ‘Negro Trader’ trader has to undergo . . .” A slaver seeks some sympathy for his business dilemmas. The Briscoe Center recently acquired a letter by the slave trader Robert Hawkins. In the letter he admonishes his father, John Hawkins, about his purchase of an enslaved woman named… read more
Briscoe Center acquires Carolyn Cole Photographic Archive
Carolyn Cole Photographic Archive The Briscoe Center is pleased to announce that it is now the permanent home of the archive of Pulitzer Prize–winning photographer Carolyn Cole. A veteran photographer at the Los Angeles Times, Cole is best known for her conflict photography, including assignments to Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo, and… read more
The Robert Freson Photographic Archive
The Robert Freson Photographic Archive (L-R) Robert Freson, 2013; President Dwight Eisenhower by Freson, 1964; Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer’s wedding by Freson, 1981. The Briscoe Center has acquired the photographic archive of Robert Freson, a student of Irving Penn whose images appeared in New York Times Magazine, Vogue,… read more
Briscoe Center launches The Pioneers Who Changed TV News
Briscoe Center launches The Pioneers Who Changed TV News The Briscoe Center proudly presents The Pioneers Who Changed TV News, an exhibit on the evolution of news media that focuses on the pathbreaking show 60 Minutes. Currently holding the record for the longest continuously running program of any genre scheduled… read more
The George Crile III Papers
The George Crile III Papers George Crile with Charlie Wilson, ca. 1988 The Briscoe Center has acquired the papers of the late George Crile III, a renowned television reporter who specialized in dangerous and difficult assignments. His stories on American involvement in Vietnam and Afghanistan garnered both controversy and praise.… read more
