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¡Feliz Aniversario, México! Celebrating 200 Years of Mexican History
The Benson Latin American Collection will open an exhibition commemorating the dual anniversaries of Mexico’s Independence and Revolution next Thursday, September 16. Frente a Frente: The Mexican...
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Benson Featured in ¡Ahora Sí!
The Benson Latin American Collection has received a feature profile in the latest edition of the Austin American Statesman’s Spanish language weekly, ¡Ahora Sí! Timing is everything: the Benson opens...
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Supporting teaching, learning and research
There are several ways for alumni and friends to show their pride and support for the University of Texas at Austin. No matter what ranking the Longhorn football team has, there are still several Top...
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This Donation Sounds Great
William Vanden Dries of the Audio Preservation Fund and Fine Arts Music Library David Hunter. Photo by Emilia Harris, Daily Texan Staff An unexpected gift can sometimes be the most invaluable. Thanks...
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Be a Fellow
The Woodward and Bernstein Watergate archive at the Harry Ransom Center. Calling all scholars! The Harry Ransom Center has opened their annual Fellowship application period for 2012-13. Who wouldn’t...
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Plus ça change, plus c’est la caneck, caneck….
The Last Lonestar Showdown On Thursday of last week, college football fans around Texas and many from around the nation gathered around the flat screen to watch the final episode in the third longest...
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The Libraries Afield: Launching the Guatemalan National Police Archives Website
Documents at the Guatemalan National Police Archive (AHPN). Photo courtesy Archivo Histórico de la Policía Nacional, Guatemala. University of Texas Libraries Director Fred Heath traveled to Guatemala...
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Satisfaction
I guess we’re doing it right. The President’s Task Force on Undergraduate Graduation Rates released its report yesterday, and amongst the recommendations, the Libraries found some happy news in an...
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Crawling Through Latin America
A 2006 web capture from the Colombian Ministry of Defense. When libraries began to experiment with ways to migrate and adapt their traditional structures and skills to a technologic age, they came up...
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Engineering Nature
What do the traditional academic fields of architecture, fashion, sports, engineering, biology, chemistry and military science all have in common? The answer: they all share research interests in...
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Poet Adds His Voice
The Ruth Stephan Poetry Collection On a steamy day in September, renowned poet and fiction writer Ken Fontenot welcomed Sean O’Bryan, Manager of Preservation and Gifts Processing at the UT Libraries,...
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Happily Buried in Music
A few of the 300+ postal bins of CDs from KUT. Anyone who is a regular user of campus delivery for music deliveries from the Fine Arts Library will find great joy in news of a massive new acquisition...
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Frank Lloyd Wright’s Posthumus Contribution: An Icon of a City
Plans for the redevelopment of Olin Park in Madison, WI from Frank Lloyd Wright’s work on the Monona Basin Project. While searching for all of the items in Karl Kamrath’s Collection last semester, I...
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Semester Recap: The Unbridled Beauty of Watercolor Renderings
To kick off a series of blog posts recapping the Spring 2014 semester, we figured we’d start with one of the most visually captivating: watercolor renderings from our very own Alexander Architectural...
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Benson out and about
Culhuacán (MEXICATZINGO). Mexico. Jan. 17,1580. 70×54 cm. The Benson Latin American Collection is sharing its unique holdings with our crosstown public partner through an exhibit featured at the...
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Collections Highlight: Companion to “The Flora of Forfarshire”
William Gardiner. “A selection of the native plants of Forfarshire; to accompany ‘The flora of Forfarshire’”. Paper. 45 cm X 29 cm. Life Science Library. University of Texas Libraries William Gardiner...
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The Birth of Chemistry
Annales de Chimie, Tome Premier. Paris, 1789. Octavo, 22cm. Mallet Chemistry Library. Antoine de Lavoisier (1743-1794) was one of the founding fathers of the modern science of chemistry. He and his...
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Texas Oilmen and Coastal Architecture
Sid Richardson residence photograph of exterior corner, undated. San Jose Island, Texas. O’Neil Ford collection, Alexander Architectural Archive, University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas...
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The Libraries’ Closet
Library Storage Facility, Pickle Campus. Photo by Stephen Littrell. Like so many leather skirts, go-go boots and seersucker jackets that need to be carefully stowed in the interim between their...
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Sor Juana’s “Book of Professions”
“Libro de professiones y elecciones de prioras y vicarias del convento de San Gerónimo, 1586–1713.” Ink and blood on paper. 8 x 12 inches. Dorothy Schons Papers, Benson Latin American Collection. Sor...
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