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Deep in the Vaults of Texas: A Campus Collaboration
Past Exhibitions

Deep in the Vaults of Texas: A Campus Collaboration brought together diverse artifacts from archives, museums, and repositories across The University of Texas at Austin campus. Displayed at the LBJ Presidential Library, the exhibition showcased items from a wide range of time periods and locations and underscored the richness and depth of the university's holdings – from early Texas arrowheads to Renaissance paintings to Jazz Age memorabilia.

About & Photos

Artifact highlights:

  • First dictionary published in the Americas. Vocabulario en lengua castellanay mexicana, 1555, Benson Latin American Collection
  • Dominick Dunne, Notes from O. J. Simpson trial, 1995, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
  • Tom Landry's fedora hat, H.J. Lutcher Stark Center for Sports and Physical Culture
  • Fan belonging to Zelda Fitzgerald, LBJ Presidential Library
  • Crayon drawings by Caroline and John Kennedy, Jr. presented to President Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson in 1965, LBJ Presidential Library

Participating institutions:

  • Alexander Architectural Archives
  • Benson Latin American Collection
  • Blanton Museum of Art
  • Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
  • Fine Arts Library
  • H.J. Lutcher Stark Center for Physical Culture and Sports
  • Harry Ransom Center
  • John L. Warfield Center for African & African American Studies
  • Tarlton Law Library
  • Texas Archeological Research Laboratory
  • LBJ Presidential Library
A visitor examines "Dallas Chaos II," a painting by Peter Dean, on view in the "Deep in the Vaults of Texas" exhibition at the LBJ Library.
A closeup of a fedora hat worn by Dallas Cowboys Coach Tom Landry, while in the background a visitor examines a painting in the "Deep in the Vaults of Texas" exhibition at the LBJ Library.
A closeup of a 1791 oil painting of Le Marquis D’Acqueville by Aimée Duvivier, while in the background a visitor examines a document in the "Deep in the Vaults of Texas" exhibition at the LBJ Library.
A closeup of the caddy uniform worn by Carl Jackson when he caddied for Ben Crenshaw in the Masters Tournament. The uniform was on view in the "Deep in the Vaults of Texas" exhibition at the LBJ Library.
UT Austin President Gregory Fenves, (left), Luci Baines Johnson, daughter of President Lyndon Johnson, and LBJ Foundation Chairman Larry Temple cut the ribbon to open the "Deep in the Vaults of Texas" exhibition at the LBJ Library.
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View photos from the ribbon cutting to celebrate the opening of the "Deep in the Vaults of Texas: A Campus Collaboration" exhibition at the LBJ Library on April 5, 2017.
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Virtual Tour

Deep in the Vaults of Texas: A Campus Collaboration brought together diverse artifacts from archives, museums, and repositories across The University of Texas at Austin campus. Displayed at the LBJ Presidential Library, the exhibition showcased items from a wide range of time periods and locations and underscored the richness and depth of the university's holdings – from early Texas arrowheads to Renaissance paintings to Jazz Age memorabilia. The exhibition was on view April 21, 2018 through Jan. 13, 2019.