Browse Collections (77 total)

Helen Marr Kirby: Co-education at UT Austin

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Remembrances of the contributions of Helen Marr Kirby, the first Dean of Women at UT Austin, on facilitating coeducation at the university.

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Legacies of Imperialism: An Examination of U.S. Destabilization Efforts in Chile

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In 1973 Chile experienced a violent shift in power from the democratically elected socialist president Salvador Allende to a military dictatorship…

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Activism Against Discrimination Towards Spanish Speakers in 20th Century America

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This collection presents the discourse between white and non white activists in America who published works, participated in conferences, and dealt…

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Prison on Paper: Frances Jalet-Cruz and the Texas Prison Reform

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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…

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Carlos Castaneda: A Scholar, an Advocate, and a Friend

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This resource highlights the life and legacy of support for Latinx students and people that Carlos Eduardo Castaneda lived, and the gaps in society…

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Migrations and Reparations in the Time of Revolutions

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This collection puts the letter to John Baptist Toussant Corneau's family from Banque Hottinguer about the indemnity paid to them by the country of…

Contributors: Hottinguer & Co.

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Modern Belief in Folk Healing

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Curanderas are still part of the community, and belief in it is strong. With younger practitioners, the focus is less on piety, but on healing from…

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Raul Valdez Murals Collection

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Photographs of Murals Painted by Raul Valdez in Austin, Texas.
All the murals in this collection have been destroyed.

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Crystal City Internment Camp Correspondences and Images: Perspectives on the Camp's Administration

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This collection sheds light on the administrative style of the officer in charge of the Crystal City Internment Camp through internee correspondences.…

Contributors: Internees from the Crystal City Family Internment Camp

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What's Happening Newsletters: A Look into the Texas Death Row Community

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All items in the collection are from the What's Happening newsletters, published by Texas inmates on death row in the early 1990s. Funded by the…

Contributors: What's Happening newsletter staff

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