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These online exhibits endeavor to explore perspectives that have been pushed to the margins of historical conversation. Using archives at The University of Texas at Austin, we, the creators of these exhibits, sought to elevate voices that played significant roles in social, political, and cultural movements in and around the state of Texas and beyond. By highlighting these voices, we hope to discover why they were left out of mainstream narratives and emphasize the effects of this marginalization. Honoring Their Legacies: Case Studies in Community Impact and the Hidden Histories website spotlight stories of immigration, racial and ethnic identity, art and music, disability, mental health, feminism, political action, and more in hopes of uplifting marginalized voices and people from history.

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Collections are sets of items that were selected based on their similarities in origin or topic. Exhibits are a collaborative effort and consist of items from the collections accompanied by additional contextual information communicating a narrative. You can begin to explore this digital archive by browsing through the different exhibits under the “Honoring Their Legacies: Case Studies in Community Impact” or "Previous Exhibits" tabs; by browsing through different collections under the "All Collections" tab; or by using the “Browse by Tag” function under the "All Items" tab to see how the themes of separate items and collections relate to one another.

Featured Exhibit

Against the Current: Alice Embree & Student Dissent at UT Austin, 1963-1967

This exhibit focuses on Alice Embree within the climate of student civil rights and anti-war activism at the University of...

About This Project

This online digital archive was created by the students of Dr. Elon Lang's LAH/HMN350 course, Treasure Hunt in Campus Archives: Giving Voice to Hidden Histories. In this class, students engaged in archival research with collections at the University of Texas at Austin's Harry Ransom Center, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, and LLILAS Benson Latin American Collection. Students learned about theoretical approaches to archiving as well as the role of archives as active cultural heritage institutions. The interrelated Omeka exhibits are part of the students' collaborative capstone projects. The students worked on revamping the site and adding to previous year’s collections as well as creating their own collections. This site aims to showcase some of the University's lesser-known archival holdings and to contextualize the archival material with research the students conducted in the University's libraries.