Our collections are so varied and vast that we do not have one search bar or index that covers all holdings at the Briscoe Center for American History.
Please select from the options below to search items in our collections, or view our subject guides for suggestions of material that might suit your interests.
Archives and Manuscripts Subject Index: Descriptions of and inventories for archival and manuscript holdings.
Bexar Archives: The military, civil, and political life of the Spanish province of Texas and the Mexican state of Coahuila y Texas.
Books and Journals: Books, periodicals, sheet music, and pamphlets, many of which are rare or scarce.
Broadsides: Nineteenth and twentieth century printed documents.
Ephemera: Invitations, advertisements, business cards, campaign posters, admission tickets, printed programs, and greeting cards.
![Genealogy Resources - Image (e_eap_3670) Detail from Certified copy of the proofs of noble birth adduced by the famous Bernard de Galvez when he received the cross of Charles III.] 1 vol. [fold out family tree],Parsons (Edward Alexander) Collection, Briscoe Center, University of Texas at Austin.](/images/research/genealogy_resources.jpg)
Genealogy Resources: Census records, ship passenger lists, subject guide.
History Online: Digitized items from Briscoe Center collections, including documents, photographs, sound recordings, and moving images.
Maps: Printed and manuscript maps depicting many geographic areas throughout the world, but their special strengths relate to Texas, the U.S. South, the U.S. Southwest, and Mexico.
Moving Images: Film, videotape and digital formats.
New York News Media Morgue Indexes: Newsweek, New York Herald Tribune, New York Journal American, and the New York Times.
Newspapers: Foreign, U. S., and Texas newspapers.
Photographs: Over five million photographic images spanning the period from the late 1840s to the present.
Sound Archive: Recordings of both music and the spoken word.
Subject Guides: Key resources within the Briscoe Center's collections arranged by topic.
Texas Directories Collection: Telephone and City Directories from around the state of Texas.
Vertical Files Index: Ready reference files of printed resources on an extensive variety of local and regional topics which span decades.