Browse Collections (77 total)
Spanish-language Theater and La Compania Villalongín in Texas
Pictures of troupe members and records from La Companía Dramática Hernández-Villalongín, also known as La Companía Cómico Dramática Carlos Villalongín…
Silvia Gonzalez S. and The Migrant Farmworker's Son
The daughter of immigrants from Mexico, Silvia Gonzalez S. (Scherer) was born in San Fernando, CA, and grew up in the barrio of Pacoima, near Los…
Segregated by Design: Disability Education in Austin, Texas
Documentation of the unequal treatment of Black disabled students in Austin, Texas. Drawing on records from the Texas State Board of Control and the…
Contributors: Huth, Julie Harper , Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Austin, Texas.
Sanora Babb & the Farm Security Administration (FSA)
Sanora Babb was a writer and journalist who dedicated her life to bringing the truth to the public. Her own story started in Oklahoma and mimicked…
Redefining Community: Neighborhood Advocacy and Urban Development in Austin, Texas
This collection brings together materials documenting how community groups across Austin responded to urban planning, zoning, and development in the…
Contributors: Perez, Maya, Austin History Center, Austin Public Library, The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
Raul Valdez Murals Collection
Photographs of Murals Painted by Raul Valdez in Austin, Texas.
All the murals in this collection have been destroyed.
Publications that Mobilized the Women's Birth Control Movement in 1930s America
Items in this collection highlight activist strategies of circulating periodicals and the necessity of legitimacy in the birth control movement of the…
Prison on Paper: Frances Jalet-Cruz and the Texas Prison Reform
Frances Jalet-Cruz represented Texas inmates in suits against the Texas prison system and became one of the central figures in the Texas prison reform…
