When I first began at the Stark, I heard tales told of binders assembled by Susan (former Director of Photography for Athletics) and Jim Sigmon (former Assistant AD for New Media) that contained the history of hard copy photos for the University of Texas Athletics programs before photography went digital with the evolution of DSLR...
Beginning with the very first graduating class of the University of Texas at Austin, the game of football has long played a large part in shaping the culture and identity of our campus. This year, we celebrate the 100th anniversary of Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium, which was formally dedicated on 27 November 1924 with...
The Strong Man journal was a monthly publication for and of muscle culturists. We have made the first 6 issues of The Strong Man from June 1931 to November 1931 available to flip through or view in PDF format on The Strongman Project website. June 1931 Vol. 1 No. 1 – First Issue To view...
This Thanksgiving marks the official 100-year anniversary of the University of Texas football stadium. It’s had a few different names over the years (we’ll get into that later) and, more importantly, the stadium isn’t where things started for the UT football team. This is more of a meandering through how the stadium came to be...
