Wednesday, January 17th, 2018
Mike Miller is the Manager of the Austin History Center, a 14-person, $1.2 million division of the Austin Public Library, with responsibility for personnel, planning, and fiscal aspects. He represents the Austin History Center before library, city, and community groups. Miller writes, speaks and consults about Austin history, managing local history collections, and preservation of historical materials.
Awards
Programming & Outreach
Collections
Exhibits
Publications & Reference
Research was conducted at the AHC and photos from the AHC were purchased for use in an upcoming book Postcards of Austin Through 1970, a documentary film about slavery in America (“Slavery Routes”), and a KXAN news story. AHC staff also helped the Center for Architecture in Austin for an upcoming exhibit “Never Built Texas.
The AHC continues to receive a lot of questions about Confederate monuments and street and school names, both as a result of recent Council decisions to rename streets and work by Amanda Jasso supporting the city’s Equity Action Team study of city property with Confederate names/memorials. Amanda presented her research on this topic to the Equity team on April 20.
Upcoming Programming
June 9, 2:00pm, AHC. “Courage, Charm, and Character” – program about First
Ladies of Texas, in partnership with the Daughters of the American Revolution.
July 7, 3:00pm, AHC. Panel discussion on Austin’s LGBTQ Music history.
August 18, 2:00 pm, AHC. Author program with Chuck Parsons and Tom Bicknell,
authors of new biography of Austin City Marshall Ben Thompson.
September 23, time TBD, AHC. Austin Museum Day
October 28, 2:00-6:00pm, Saengerrunde Hall. Austin Archives Bazaar.
Awards
Programming & Outreach
Collections
Exhibits
Publications & Reference
Events
April 24, 6:30pm, AHC. Opening Reception for “We’ll Just Rock for Ourselves”
exhibit. Music by Gretchen Phillips.
May 1, 3:00pm, AHC. Indian American Coalition of Texas and the Austin Pune
Sister City Initiative.
May 6, 2:00pm, AHC. Austin History Center Association Annual Meeting
May 8, 6:30 pm, AHC. Meet the Author: Ken Roberts, Cedar Choppers: Life on the
Edge of Nothing.
May 9, 7:00pm, AHC. Managing Your Personal Archive. (Tech Connect/Digital
Inclusion Week)
May 10, 6:00pm, ANV. Exploring the AHC’s Digital Photo Collections. (Tech
Connect/Digital Inclusion Week)
May 19, time TBD, Asian American Resource Center. Meet the Archivist Day @
AARC.
June 9, 2:00pm, AHC. “Courage, Charm, and Character” – program about First
Ladies of Texas, in partnership with the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Programming & Outreach
Collections
Publications & Reference
AHCA
The AHCA held its annual fundraiser, the Angelina Eberly Luncheon, on Friday, Feb. 2 with 275 attendees. The program featured a discussion about the Driskill Hotel, including an incredible public testimonial about the Austin History Center from Luci Baines Johnson, one of the panelists: “For those of you who may think that the Austin History Center is just something that is esoterically important, …I’m saying you’d be surprised how relevant it can be in your life. It sure has been in mine.”
Programming & Outreach
Collections
Exhibits
Publications & Reference
Programming & Outreach
Collections
Publications & Reference
Austin, TX 78768-2287 512-270-0132
Location:
O.Henry Room
Austin History Center
810 Guadalupe
Austin, TX 78701
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