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Administrative Offices
Arno Nowotny Building
1 University Station D1100
Austin, Texas 78712-0335
512 / 495 4684
Fax 512 / 475 9468
Research and Collections
Sid Richardson Hall 2.106
1 University Station D1100
Austin, Texas 78712-0335
512 / 495 4515
Fax 512 / 495 4542
Sam Rayburn
Library and Museum
800 West Sam Rayburn Drive
Bonham, Texas 75418-4103
(PO Box 309, Bonham, 75418)
903 / 583 2455
Fax 903 / 583 7394
John Nance Garner Museum
333 North Park Street
Uvalde, Texas 78801-4658
830 / 278 5018
Fax 830 / 279 0512
Winedale
3738 FM 2714
Round Top, Texas 78954-4901
(PO Box 11, Round Top, 78954)
979 / 278 3530
Fax 979 / 278 3531
Mission
Through stewardship, scholarship, and outreach, the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History increases knowledge and fosters exploration of our nation's past.
As a leading history research center, we collect, preserve, and make available documentary and material culture evidence encompassing key themes in Texas and U.S. history. Researchers, students, and the public mine our collections for a wide range of academic, professional, and personal uses. Our collections also inspire our own projects, including books, exhibits, programs, films, and educational materials. The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History is an organized research unit and public service component of The University of Texas at Austin.
Who We Are
The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History has five divisions, located in four different regions of Texas and each serving a unique purpose.
The Research and Collections Division is located in Sid Richardson Hall Unit 2, on the main campus of The University of Texas at Austin. It is the Center's main research facility and the repository for the vast majority of the Center's book, manuscript, map, newspaper, photographic, sound, and ephemera collections. These include the Eugene C. Barker Texas History Collection, the George Littlefield Southern History Collection, and the Congressional History Collection. The Research and Collections Division's public services area is open to the public, Monday through Saturday (see calendar for times and exceptions). This division also regularly features exhibits of materials drawn from its research collections.
The Institute for Studies in American Military History is an educational outreach and archival program. The Institute's portfolio will include research projects and publications, conferences and symposia, and international study trips related to the Second World War.
The Sam Rayburn Library and Museum is a facility documenting the life and career of former Texas congressman and Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Sam Rayburn (1882-1961). Located in Rayburn's hometown of Bonham in northeast Texas, the Rayburn Library and Museum contains displays of historically important items dating from Speaker Rayburn's childhood to his days as one of the most powerful political leaders in the United States.
The John Nance Garner Museum documents the remarkable life and career of Texas native son John Nance "Cactus Jack" Garner (1868-1967), one of the most powerful Vice Presidents in U. S. history and the second most powerful politician in the United States during the Great Depression of the 1930s. The Museum exhibits photographs, cartoons, art, historical documents, and memorabilia reflecting Garner's life and career.
Winedale is a complex of historical structures and modern facilities situated on 225 acres of land near Round Top, Texas, in northern Fayette County. Winedale offers outstanding examples of early Texas architecture and decorative arts, a rural setting, continuing education seminars, Shakespeare at Winedale, and other public programs throughout the year.