Briscoe Center Guide to Civil Rights and Social Justice Materials

Vertical files are collections of newspaper clippings, ephemera, printed material and other items collected by the Briscoe Center on various local and regional topics. The items collected span several decades and staff continue to update the files with new items. Although the files are not a comprehensive source of information on any topic, they are a good place to start for general information for research topics. 

The files listed below are only a small selection of vertical files.

Vertical Files: Biographical

• Bell, Tony 

• Bornefeld, Mary Fowler (President, Texas Woman’s Suffrage Association) 

• Cochran, Leslie (Austin cross-dressing, homeless activist) 

• Eakin, Michael (1951-1979; editor for The Daily Texan 1973-1974; founded The Austin Sun) 

• Eckhardt, Celia (Feminist author and political activist) 

• Fath, Shudde (Liberal activist) 

• Finnigan, Annette (President, Texas Woman's Suffrage Association) 

• Flower, Tom (Peace activist arrested at Fort Sam Houston) 

• Fritz, Walter C. "Ned" (Leader of Texas environmental movement) 

• Hardy-Garcia, Dianne (Executive Director of Lesbian/Gay Rights Lobby of Texas, 1993-) 

• Jackson, Jack ("Jaxon") - Artist, historian, and writer 

• Jalet, Mrs. Frances T. Freeman 

• Limon, Maria (Latina poet and AIDS activist) 

• Nation, Carrie 

• Nelson, Bill (Dallas gay activist) 

• Nofziger, Max (Austin activist and political candidate) 

• Pope, Lawrence C. (Banker and prison reformer) 

• Russell, Steve 

• Solar, Susan Lee 

• Werden, Frieda L. 

Vertical Files: Subject

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• Austin Sun 

• Conservation of Natural Resources (1 scrapbook) 

• Demonstrations - UT (2 scrapbooks) 

• Environment 

• Equal Rights Association 

• Gay Marriage 

• Homosexuality (1 scrapbook) 

• LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) 

• National Women’s Conference 

• Pollution (2 scrapbooks) 

• Protests 

• Rag Newspaper 

• Student Activism - UT 

• Suffrage (Women) 

• Texas Commission on the Status of Women 

• Wildlife Conservation (2 scrapbooks) 

• Women - Civil Rights (1 scrapbook) 

• Women - Civil Rights - UT 

• Women - Political Activity (1 scrapbook) 

• Women’s Suffrage Association 

Vertical Files: Texas Authors

• Jackson, Jack Edward ("Jaxon"), writer and artist 

• Winegarten, Ruth 

Vertical Files: Texas Cities

• Austin, Texas - Environment and Pollution 
• Austin, Texas - Social Conditions