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PICA 28231 Librarian at Reference Desk
Searching in the Archives: Finding Aids
May 24, 2017
By Sammy Cook If you want to find the answers to your questions the best place to start is with our Finding Aids....
Leila Hirshfeld Bernheim's Alien Registration Card, 1918, AR.H.024
The Consequences of Saying "I do"
May 3, 2017
By Molly Hults Recently I was processing the Hirshfeld Family Papers, a family whose story in Austin began in the late...
PICH 09226 Becker children with goat cart at 300 East 4th Street
Cute Little Kids: Goat Cart Photographs
April 28, 2017
By Nicole Davis Read about and see some unusual portraits of children with goats.
Venimos es paz
In-Between-Ness: Liliana Wilson and the Refugee Experience
April 12, 2017
By Kelly Hanus Nepantla, the Nahuatl word which means “in-between-ness” is a concept conveyed through Liliana Wilsons...
PICA 19601 Black and white photo of woman starting an airplane propeller, circa 1940s
Women's History in the Archives
March 31, 2017
By Susan Rittereiser Celebrate Women's History Month by learning more about women in history. 
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Preserving Black History and Celebrating San Bernard
March 22, 2017
By LaToya Devezin Preserving Black History and Celebrating Austin's African American Historical District. 
AR.A.023 Friedrichs Papers
Love from the Archives
February 20, 2017
A story of love as told by the romantic pair themselves through the correspondence they exchanged across two world wars...
Archives, Lutherans, and Discovery of how they all connect
January 11, 2017
Drawing connections between the discoveries that can be made in an archive through an illustrative example between a...
PICH 02146 October 27, 1927 Woodlawn Pease, Mansion
A Pease(ful) Christmas
December 13, 2016
Learn about the Christmas traditions of one of Austin's most prominent families. Read along from their correspondence...
Juarez-Lincoln University Mural
Juarez-Lincoln University
October 13, 2016
Hispanic Heritage Month is officially celebrated between September 15 and October 15 of every year. This year in Texas...

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