Archive for: Texas history

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The Collector

By Chris O'Connell

J.P. Bryan is creating a living history of Texas and the settlement of the West. There are few stranger things than watching a painting come to life while standing...

Texas State Historical Association Returns to UT

By Andrew Roush

It was a historic day, in more than one sense. UT president Bill Powers was in the Governor’s Public Reception Room at the state capitol Friday morning, the...

Did This Alum Write the Great American Novel? [Podcast]

By Andrew Roush

Philipp Meyer’s second book, The Son, has been called arguably the best American novel of the century so far. The author, a graduate of UT’s acclaimed...