Browse all digital exhibits curated by the library.
The First Years of the Mexican Revolution
This exhibit traces the many revolutions Mexico experienced between 1910 and 1916 to free itself from tyranny.
1521-1821
Battle Hall at 100
This exhibition celebrates the history of Battle Hall, a historic library building on the University of Texas at Austin campus. Archival materials included in this online exhibition come from the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, the New-York Historical Society Museum and Library, the Minnesota Historical Society, the Library of Congress, the Alexander Architectural Archives, the University of Texas Libraries, and the Austin History Center.
This exhibition tells the story of George and Gerrie Andrews' dedication to documenting Maya architecture and celebrates their contribution to Maya studies—and to the Alexander Architectural Archives, where their records form the George and Geraldine Andrews collection.
Architect, Scholar, Educator, Photographer
This exhibition celebrates the contributions of Eugene George to the fields of education and historic preservation and recognizes his work as an architect and photographer. It contains selections from the Walter Eugene George, Jr. collection at the Alexander Architectural Archives.
An exhibition of archival material documenting the work of Herbert Miller Greene from collections in the Alexander Architectural Archives including: Atlantic Terra Cotta Company records, George Dahl collection, Greene, LaRoche and Dahl drawings, Texas Architectural collection, and the University of Texas Buildings collection, as well as courtesy of the Dallas Morning News, Mr. John Greene Taylor, and Mr. Peter Flagg Maxson.
Architect Howard Meyer
This exhibition, A Well-Made Object: Architect Howard Meyer, is a site dedicated to a film about Dallas architect, Howard Meyer. It is an educational resource for those interested in Modern Architecture during the 1950's in the Dallas, TX area.
Latin America's 19th Century
This exhibit begins with the dissolution of Spain's Atlantic Monarchy in 1808 and continues into the early 20th century, tracing out how revolutions in technology, medicine, and political systems transformed lives, communities, and places.
Spanish Missions in Texas and Mexico: Restoration, reconstruction, and documentation is a exhibition of digitized drawings and photographs of eighteenth-century Spanish missions.
in 19th Century Latin America
This exhibit reveals the region’s tumultuous and transformative 19th-century journeys towards the formation (s) of State, Subject, and Self.
Cartoons from Kalem Magazine (1908 CE)
Territories in Dispute, Identities in Question
The maps presented in this exhibition serve as visual histories of Mexican territory, culture, and identity through three centuries of transformation. Through image and text, these documents trace the intertwined and often contentious relationships between indigenous and European, civil and religious, and “national” and foreign, in Mexico’s evolution from colonial territory to modern state.
This exhibition by the Museo de la Palabra y la Imagen tells the stories of women who lived in exile in the refugee camps of Honduras during the Salvadoran Civil War.
on 19th Century Latin America
Exhibition on Latin America during the 19th Century.
Selections from His Archive
This exhibition reflects upon the impact and legacy of poet, priest, liberation theologist, sculptor, and activist Ernesto Cardenal.
The early twentieth century brought political, economic, and social changes to Peru. After the devastating losses experienced from the War of the Pacific in the late 1800s, the need to reconstruct and reform Peruvian society lent itself to the economic opportunities modernization presented. This exhibition of postcards from the 1920s show how the past and present converged in Peru at this critical juncture.
Decolonial Resistance in U.S. Latinx Zines
An exhibit highlighting the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection's zines to analyze the intersectionality of Latinidad and food studies.
Pastorelas are plays that recreate the biblical passages where shepherds follow the Star of Bethlehem to find the Christ Child despite continued interference of Satan and his minions. These plays were used as a tool by the Franciscan monks to indoctrinate the native peoples of the Americas to Christianity in the 16th Century. Today, pastorelas are also used to describe and convey modern world issues such as immigration, socio-economic disparity, and even fake news. Pastorelas were commonly an oral tradition, rarely being transcribed to paper. However, the Benson Latin American Collection holds a beautifully written and illustrated pastorela from 1853, possibly a one-of-a-kind item. This digital exhibit highlights that rare item, El triunfo de Jesús contra la lengua del diablo : pastorela en cuatro actos por Manuel Antonio Zayas from 1853, available at the Rare Books and Manuscripts Room of the Benson Collection. It will also highlight other items from the Benson Collection that support and give more context to the exhibit. The audience for this digital exhibit would include anyone interested in Latin American Studies, Language, Religious Studies, Archives, History, and Theater. Multiple themes include religion, indoctrination, performance art, good vs. evil, and immigration.
This exhibit explores the history of Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna (1794-1876), a colossal figure in Mexico’s post-independence politics with a legacy of losing half the nation’s territory to the United States.
A Window into the Inspection of 1765
This exhibition explores the localized consequences of the royal inspection, or visita general, administered by José de Gálvez in New Spain from 1765-1771.
Daily Press Notices and Bulletins from World War II
By 1935, it was becoming apparent to the British government that war with Germany would be inevitable. To avoid public panic, the government secretly planned a new department that would control propaganda and publicity surrounding the coming war. From this work, the Ministry of Information (MOI) was born on September 4, 1939, the day after Britain's declaration of war. The MOI was tasked with the handling of news censorship, national publicity, and international publicity in the Allied and neutral countries. Not only did the Ministry produce these daily bulletins, but they were also responsible for posters, films, radio broadcasts, pamphlets, newspaper articles, and advertisements. In March 1946, the MOI was dissolved as its mission to fight “a war of ideas,” had been completed with the end of World War II.
The Field Maps of Colonel Roland T. Fenton collection contains 84 field maps that Col. Fenton used and retained from his deployments during World War I and World War II.
1775 - 1929
Everyday Knowledge in Early Meiji Japan from UT Libraries' Collections
The Meiji period (1868–1911) was an intellectually dynamic era in modern Japan. Amidst the sweeping political reforms, the cultural and political elite also tried hard to “enlighten” the Japanese masses. New and somewhat Western-style education institutions were quickly established across the country in the 1870s, and new curriculums were implemented. However, old forms of learning and knowing also persisted in some intellectual circles. This exhibit shows some examples of books compiled and published for the everyday Japanese in this exciting era of Japanese history. The books presented here range from physics and world geography to vocabulary primers and an anthology of exemplary essays.
Children’s media is ubiquitous, its themes and explorations of the world ever reflecting our emotional journeys. Responding to prevailing scholarly notions that media for children is fruitless or trivial to theoretical analysis, this exhibit sheds a light on numerous “serious” canonical composers, who believed children’s music to be a viable market for commercial success. Here we highlight fascinating scores, scholarly sources and audio recordings from the UT Libraries collection, demonstrating the wealth of materials created for children.
A Benson Centennial Exhibit
To mark the Benson’s centennial, this exhibition looks at knowledge production from different communities in the Americas. Special attention is paid to community stories, craftwork, harvest and subsistence, medicine, and flora and fauna.
Examples from the Benson's Cartonera Collection
This exhibition contextualizes the importance of cartoneras within Latin American and Caribbean cultural production, particularly as a publishing outlet for socially excluded voices.
In this exhibition, three collections are presented that include the bibliographic material generated from the institutional work of the Oficina de Derechos Humanos del Arzobispado de Guatemala.
This exhibit examines how U.S. Latine activists employ three communication techniques–sound bites, hooking, and flagging–throughout various media to connect civil, labor, and LGBTQ+ movements 1965-2003.
Chicanas/os in the Texas Labor Movement
This exhibit explores three Latino/a unionization movements in Texas.
