The Briscoe Center strives to provide online access to its historical documentation. Through this page, the public can discover documents, photographs, illustrations, book excerpts, moving images, sound recordings, and even artifacts digitized by the Briscoe Center’s staff. The public can also learn more about born-digital resources acquired by the Briscoe Center. Access to some items may be restricted to the Briscoe Center’s reading room due to copyright concerns.
An online database of items digitized from Briscoe Center collections, including documents, photographs, sound recordings, and moving images.
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Moving images and sound recordings enriched with access tools such as cartographic data, transcripts, and indexes synchronized to audio/visual content.
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Additional Online Resources from the Briscoe Center
Digitized, curated, and enhanced Briscoe Center collection materials maintained and hosted by the Briscoe Center or other archives and libraries.
Bexar Archives Online
Selections of original documents and translations, with document descriptions search and other access enhancements
Selections of original documents and translations, with document descriptions search and other access enhancements
Documents, Newspapers, & Images
Digitized and hosted by the Portal to Texas History, UNT Libraries
Digitized and hosted by the Portal to Texas History, UNT Libraries
UT Digital Repository
Born-digital content migrated from the Briscoe Center's holdings to UT Libraries-hosted repository. Access to some content restricted to Briscoe Center's reading room.
Born-digital content migrated from the Briscoe Center's holdings to UT Libraries-hosted repository. Access to some content restricted to Briscoe Center's reading room.
Robert Runyon Collection
The South Texas Border, 1900–1920
The South Texas Border, 1900–1920
Sanborn Maps
Digitized and hostesd by UT Libraries: Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Collection, 1877-1951, detailing the built environment of some 426 Texas cities and towns.
Digitized and hostesd by UT Libraries: Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Collection, 1877-1951, detailing the built environment of some 426 Texas cities and towns.
Study of the Spanish-Speaking People of Texas
Digitized photographs taken by Russell Lee between April and July 1949 in Corpus Christi, San Angelo, San Antonio, and El Paso.
Digitized photographs taken by Russell Lee between April and July 1949 in Corpus Christi, San Angelo, San Antonio, and El Paso.
Photojournalism and the American Presidency
Photography exhibit that examines the powerful relationship between the almighty camera lens and the office of the president.
Photography exhibit that examines the powerful relationship between the almighty camera lens and the office of the president.