When IRise Archive 2011

University of Texas at Austin.

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The University of Texas at Austin (UT) opened in 1883 with eight professors, four assistants, a proctor, and 221 male and female students. The first set of graduates, consisting of thirteen law students, attended UT commencement on June 14, 1884. By World War I, enrollment rose to 2,254 and by World War II to over 11,000. African Americans were admitted in 1950, and by 1966, there were 27,345 students. Over the next 40 years, the university continued to expand. In 2009 e...

Conrad, Barbara Smith, 1940-

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University of Texas at Austin. Center for American History

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In 2002, the University of Texas at Austin’s Center for American History (now the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History) and Division of Continuing Education sponsored a documentary project on the history of longhorn cattle. The University partnered with Alpheus Media to shoot footage of interviews with Texas ranchers. From the guide to the Texas Longhorn Cattle Video Oral History Collection 2002-244; 2003-011., 2002, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of ...

When I Rise

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The award-winning documentary film, When I Rise, portrays the story of Barbara Smith Conrad, a gifted music student at University of Texas who became a target of racial discrimination and ultimately ascended the heights of international opera. Produced by the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, When I Rise, an Alpheus Media Production, in association with Allentown Productions, was screened at numerous film festivals throughout 2010, including the South by Southwest Film Fest...