The Austin History Center houses over 1150 manuscript collections that contain the papers and records of City and County departments, local families, civic organizations, businesses, and institutions. These valuable primary research materials fill more than 3,000 linear feet of boxes. Detailed inventories for many of these collections are available to researchers in our Reading Room. Inventories of some collections can be found at Texas Archival Resources Online (TARO).

Examples of local government collections include the Travis County Public School Teachers' Daily Registers (1930s & '40s), City of Austin Sister City Program documents, the Travis County Poor Farm ledger , and many of the recent mayors' papers.

Local organizations, such as the W.H. Passon Society, Ramsey Park Mothers' Club, Deep Eddy Brackenridge Residents Association, and AIDS Services of Austin have chosen to preserve their records here at the History Center.

Some local businesses have deposited their records with us as well: Calcasieu Lumber Company, Walter Tips Company, and the Austin Street Railroad are a few examples of local companies that have records in our archival stacks.

Explore our other collections.

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The Austin History Center is a division of the Austin Public Library.

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