Our Crowdfunding Groups
From the students, faculty, staff, and
| Rank | State | Gifts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TX | 52 |
| 2 | NY | 5 |
| 3 | CA | 2 |
The Briscoe Center's reading room has assisted researchers from 18 countries.
Students and faculty from 55 different universities and colleges around the world use the Briscoe Center's collections in their research projects.
The center's namesake, Texas Governor Dolph Briscoe, would have celebrated his 97th birthday this year.
The center's archivists taught information literacy and research skills to 241 students in 13 visiting classes during the 19-20 academic year.
The center’s archivists have fielded more than 500 remote reference requests for digital images of collection material since March, 2020.
Each year, the Briscoe Center’s archivists help more than 700 UT students conduct research in the collections for class projects, theses, and dissertations.
In 1897, the first gift of historical archives arrived at UT, launching efforts to collect and preserve historical evidence for teaching and research. These archives became the foundational collections of today’s Briscoe Center for American History.
