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Finding Information About the University of Texas at Austin Buildings and Campus

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Consult the Following Recommended Books

1. Berry, Margaret C. Brick by Golden Brick: A History of Campus Buildings at the University of Texas at Austin, 1883-1993. Austin, Texas: LBCo. Publishing, 1993.
LD 5334 B472 1993 ARCH Reference; ARCH Reserves, PCL Stacks and Reference, CAH

2. Reese, Carol McMichael. Paul Cret at Texas: Architectural Drawing and the Image of the University in the 1930's. Austin: Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, College of Fine Arts, the University of Texas at Austin, 1983.
NA 737 C74 M337 ARCH, ARCH Reference, FAL, CAH

3. University of Texas at Austin. The University of Texas at Austin Campus Master Plan. Cesar Pelli & Associates, Balmori Associates, Inc. Austin: University of Texas at Austin, 1999.
LD 5325.8 U5483 1999 ARCH, ARCH Reference, or -Q- LD 5325.8 U5483 1999 PCL, CAH, HRC Reference

4. Williamson, Roxanne Kuter. A History of the Campus and Buildings of the University of Texas with Emphasis on the Sources for the Architectural Styles. Austin: University of Texas Report, 1965.
727.3 W676H ARCH, T378.764 U WW CAH, or NA 6603 W544 FAL

Locate Additional Books

Search the University of Texas Libraries online Library Catalog to locate additional materials. If you know the name of a campus architect, try a Subject or Author Search under the architect’s name (last name first). Also search the following Library of Congress subject headings in a Subject Search:

University of Texas at Austin -- Buildings
University of Texas at Austin -- Description -- Guide-books
University of Texas at Austin -- History
University of Texas at Austin -- Planning
University of Texas -- Buildings


Search Indexes to Periodical Articles

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals, 1860--. (Off campus access is limited to U.T. Austin users.)
The Avery Index helps you locate architecture articles published since 1860. Search “university texas austin buildings“ or the name of an architect as Subject Keywords. Once you have gathered a list of articles, use the yellow “Find it @ UT” button next to each citation to search for a paper or electronic copy in the University of Texas Libraries. If the article is in a journal that is not held by the libraries, U.T. Austin borrowers can request a copy through Interlibrary Loan

Austin-American Statesman Archives
Allows keyword searching of full text of articles since 1989. (The Austin History Center maintains a paper index to earlier years.) CAH has this title on microfilm for 1987-1999, PCL has microfilm for 2000 to the present.