Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
The entrance to the Research and Collections Division
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| Location | Austin, Texas, et al |
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| Coordinates | 30°17′8.5″N 97°43′45″W / 30.285694°N 97.72917°W |
| Type | Texas and American history |
| Director | Dr. Don E. Carleton |
| Public transit access | Capital Metro |
| Website | Briscoe Center for American History |
The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History is an organized research unit and public service component of The University of Texas at Austin named for Dolph Briscoe, the 41st Governor of Texas. The Center collects and preserves documents and artifacts of key themes in Texas and United States history and makes the items available to researchers. The Center also has permanent, touring, and online exhibits available to the public. The Center has five divisions: Research and Collections, the Military History Institute, the Sam Rayburn Museum, the Briscoe-Garner Museum, and the Winedale.
The Research and Collections Division is located on the University of Texas campus in Austin. Research and Collections administers the Center's main research facility and is the repository for most of the Center's books, documents, photographs, sound, and ephemera collections
The Military History Institute is also located on the University of Texas campus at the same location as Research and Collections. The Institute focuses on key military engagements of the United States, with a primary focus on World War II. Its collections are available for research and educational purposes. The Institute also does outreach through conferences and lectures.
The Sam Rayburn Museum is located in Bonham. It contains exhibits documenting the life and career of former Texas congressman and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Sam Rayburn. The Rayburn Museum became a division of the Briscoe Center in 1991 and is open to the public.
The Briscoe-Garner Museum (formerly the John Nance Garner Museum) is located in Uvalde. The museum documents the lives of John Nance Garner and Dolph Briscoe, both Uvalde natives and historically important political figures from Texas. On November 20, 1999, the City of Uvalde transferred ownership of the Garner Museum to The University of Texas at Austin to become a division of the Briscoe Center for American History. In 2011, the Board of Regents of The University of Texas System approved the renaming of the John Nance Garner Museum to the Briscoe-Garner Museum, in honor of the late Governor Dolph Briscoe.
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