Austin American-statesman

Texas celebrated its Sesquicentennial, or 150th anniversary, of its founding as a Republic in 1986. For this historic event, the Austin American-Statesman prepared a special Sesquicentennial Edition of its daily newspaper. The newspaper includes interviews with famous and celebrated Texans including Kenneth Threadgill, Dudley Dobie, and Texas Ranger Captain Alfred Young Allee.

From the guide to the Austin, American-Statesman, Sesquicentennial Oral History Collection 87-044., 1986, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)

Founded in 1871 as the Democratic Statesman, the Austin, Texas, newspaper became the Austin Statesman in 1904 after buying several smaller publications. Owned by the same company since 1924, the Statesman and Austin American combined in 1973 to become the Austin American-Statesman . In 1966, the paper covered the story of University of Texas at Austin (UT) student and former Marine Charles Whitman, who killed 17 people, including himself, and injured 31 others in a shooting that took place largely from a central tower on the university campus. Dewitt C. Reddick, director of the UT School of Journalism nominated the paper's coverage for a Pulitzer Prize.

Sources:

Barr, Alwyn. " Whitman, Charles Joseph ." Handbook of Texas Online . Accessed April 15, 2011.

Bishop, Curtis and R. L. Schroeter. " Austin American-Statesman ." Handbook of Texas Online . Accessed April 15, 2011.

From the guide to the Austin American-Statesman, Pulitzer Prize Nomination Scrapbook, 1966-1977, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)