Descriptive Summary
Rogers, Weldon Wayne
Weldon Wayne Rogers
Photograph Collection
ca.
1940s
Materials are written in
English.
2010-065
121
photographs
Dolph Briscoe Center for American
History,The University of Texas at
Austin
This collection
consists of images taken by Weldon Wayne Rogers of Austin and the University of
Texas campus in the 1940s. It includes many views of the UT tower and other
buildings, the state capitol and Congress Avenue, as well as the Homer Rainey
protest and a UT Round-up parade.
Biographical NoteWeldon Wayne Rogers was a Plan II major
at the University of Texas in the 1940s.
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of images taken by Weldon Wayne Rogers of
Austin and the University of Texas campus in the 1940s. It includes many views
of the UT tower and other buildings, the state capitol and Congress Avenue, as
well as the Homer Rainey protest and a UT Round-up parade. Many images appear
to have been taken from a car window; the donor is the daughter of the
photographer and said that her father was visited by an old girlfriend with a
car that they drove around in while he snapped pictures. In addition to the
Austin scenes are several views of Fair Park in Dallas.
Access RestrictionsUnrestricted access.
Index Terms
Subjects (Persons)
Rogers, Weldon
Wayne--Archives.
Subjects
Austin, Texas—Sixth Street
Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer
Conservation District
Fair Park (Dallas, Tex.)
Littlefield Memorial Fountain
Memorial Stadium
Scottish Rite Dormitory (Austin
Tex.)
Texas State Capitol (Austin,
Tex.)
Travis County (Tex.).
Courthouse
University of Texas at
Austin--Buildings
University of Texas at
Austin—Campus
University of Texas at
Austin—History—20th century
University of Texas—Rainey
controversy
University of Texas—Round-up
Places
Austin (Tex.)
Dallas (Tex.)
Preferred CitationWeldon Wayne Rogers Photograph
Collection, ca. 1940s, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The
University of Texas at Austin.
Processing InformationBasic processing and cataloging of
this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical
Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s
History Revealed: Bringing Collections to
Light project, 2009-2011.
Detailed Description of the Papers
Inventory
3W3.1
Photographs