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Photojournalism and the American Presidency

Photojournalism and the American Presidency examines the powerful relationship between the almighty camera lens and the office of the president. These enduring images have shaped what we think of the American presidency and the select few who hold that office.

Study of the Spanish-Speaking People of Texas

The Study of the Spanish-Speaking People of Texas series consists of more than 900 images taken by Russell Lee between April and July 1949 in Corpus Christi, San Angelo, San Antonio, and El Paso.

Texas Music Oral History Project

The primary mission of The Texas Music Oral History Project is to increase awareness of and access to existing oral history collections of Texas music and musicians at The University of Texas at Austin.

The South Texas Border, 1900–1920: Photographs from the Robert Runyon Collection

The Robert Runyon Photograph Collection of the South Texas Border Area, a collection of over 8,000 items, is a unique visual resource documenting the Lower Rio Grande Valley during the early 1900s. Donated by the Runyon family to the Center for American History in 1986, it includes glass negatives, lantern slides, nitrate negatives, prints, and postcards, representing the life’s work of commercial photographer Robert Runyon (1881–1968), a longtime resident of South Texas. His photographs document the history and development of South Texas and the border, including the Mexican Revolution, the U.S. military presence at Ft. Brown and along the border prior to and during World War I, and the growth and development of the Rio Grande Valley.