UT Remembers, records, 1998-2009.

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UT Remembers, records, 1998-2009.

Pictures, remembrances, videocassettes, printed material, scrapbooks, and a DVD comprises the UT Remembers Records, 1998-, and documents "UT Remembers," an annual memorial program commemorating members of the University community who died in the preceding year. The records also include material pertaining to the dedication of the Tower Garden, 1999, in memory of those who suffered as a result of the Charles Whitman tower sniper tragedy of August 1, 1966.

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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...