Texas Longhorns media guides are official annual publications produced by the University of Texas at Austin athletic department. They serve as comprehensive record books for teams like Texas Longhorns men’s tennis, including rosters, jersey numbers, player bios, season statistics, and historical records. For researchers, they are one of the most reliable sources for verifying details—especially for older seasons...
The Jimmy DeForest Boxing Course is a comprehensive six-volume correspondence training program developed by legendary boxing trainer Jimmy DeForest during the late 1920s. Designed as a structured twenty-week course, the series guides students from fundamental boxing principles to advanced offensive and defensive techniques through progressive lessons, illustrated demonstrations, conditioning exercises, roadwork, diet recommendations, and personalized training...
Published by the former Department of Physical and Health Education in the College of Education at The University of Texas at Austin, this newsletter chronicles the department’s history, faculty, alumni, programs, and achievements. Today, the department continues its legacy as the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, making these newsletters an important record of its...
Texas Longhorns media guides are official annual publications produced by the University of Texas at Austin athletic department. They serve as comprehensive record books for teams like Texas Longhorns men’s basketball, including rosters, jersey numbers, player bios, season statistics, and historical records. For researchers, they are one of the most reliable sources for verifying details—especially for older seasons...
We have lost many traditions and social norms over the years. Gentlemen and ladies once wore hats and more formal attire in public, and young couples marked their relationships by “pinning” one another. Among one of the most sentimental traditions we have drifted away from is the charm bracelet. These pieces of memory jewelry adorned...
These scrapbooks were compiled by George Alex Harris and include events and people from the 1920s during his time as a student at the University of Texas at Austin. George Harris was a track athlete at UT who earned his letter in 1924-’25 and 1930. Harris also assisted legendary Clyde Littlefield as a coach of...
We’ve been making moves at The Stark Center. On Tuesday, a goddess arrived in the Stark Center’s Reading Room, bringing a new look and a fresh sense of triumph to the students and scholars who work in it. From the Blanton Museum of Art’s Collection of Battle Casts, Winged Victory of Samothrace brings the feminine...
“Joe Weider’s 15 Exciting Courses To A He-Man Body” was a small mail-order bodybuilding pamphlet produced by Joe Weider. It served primarily as a marketing booklet to sell Weider’s full training courses, equipment, and nutritional supplements rather than as a complete standalone training manual. The pamphlets were published in the late 1950s and 1960s. At the time, Weider and...
If you attend a Texas Longhorn football game today, you’ll be handed a program that has been mass produced for at least 100,000 fans. Not to knock any of the exceptional photography that has been used in the modern era of college football on the program covers, but they typically use one photo for the...
