Spring 2012

"An Extraordinary Life": The Dominick Dunne Papers

"An Extraordinary Life": The Dominick Dunne Papers, which shares the story of the acclaimed journalist and writer's life as documented in his personal and professional papers, is on display at the Briscoe Center’s Sid Richardson Hall Unit 2 through March 9, 2013.

Winter 2013

"Threads of Tradition: Amish and Mennonite Quilts"

February 11 - 23, 2013

Exhibit hours: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Winedale Historical Complex
Four miles northeast of Roundtop at 3738 FM 2714 (off FM 1457). Directions and map.

Join us at Winedale for an expanded exhibition contrasting the quilting traditions of Amish and Mennonite communities. The exhibit is free and open to the public. 

Winter 2012

Etched Memory: Icons of American Photography

Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum
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 Johnson Library and Museum from Jan. 25 through March 25, 2012. (Photograph of Flag Raising on Iwo Jima, 02/23/1945, by Joe Rosenthal.) 

Fall 2011

Changing the Face of Power: Women in the U.S. Senate
An exhibition of photographs by Melina Mara
September 12 – December 23, 2011

Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Saturdays from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. (check Reading Room hours for Saturday closing schedule)

The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
Research and Collections Reading Room
Sid Richardson Hall Unit 2
The University of Texas at Austin

More than 35 photographs make up "Changing the Face of Power: Women in the U.S. Senate," a black-and-white documentary photo exhibit of 15 female lawmakers by photojournalist Melina Mara. Mara, a Seattle-based photojournalist, began photographing the 13 women senators who held office in 2001. In focused bursts, Mara traveled the country to document this defining period in the history of U.S. politics. At a time when access to national politicians is increasingly controlled, Mara persuaded a majority of the senators and their staffs to allow her to document the unprecedented role of women in the Senate, both behind the scenes and before mikes and lights, capturing unique images of these 15 women senators at work on Capitol Hill. For more information on hours and location, please call (512) 495-4518.

Image Caption: Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, 2002 copyright Melina Mara. The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, (R-TX), leads her daughter, Bailey, by the hand back to a line of fellow senators on the steps of the U.S. Capitol during a ceremony to remember the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

Spring 2011

Always Hitting a Nerve: Editorial Cartoons by Ben Sargent
April 20 through August 31, 2011

Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Saturdays from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
Research and Collections Reading Room
Sid Richardson Hall Unit 2
The University of Texas at Austin

“Always Hitting a Nerve: Editorial Cartoons by Ben Sargent,” an exhibit at the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, is a retrospective of the 1982 Pulitzer Prize-winning Austin American-Statesman cartoonist’s remarkable thirty-year career. The exhibit is drawn from the Ben Sargent Collection, which Sargent and the Austin American Statesman donated to the Briscoe Center in 2009. Sargent’s publications and his personal collection of cartoonist’s tools are also included in the exhibit.