The collections
Subtitle: the University of Texas at Austin
By: Andrée Bober, editor ; with foreword by Gregory L. Fenves and essay by Lewis L. Gould
Contributors: Bober, Andrée, editor; Fenves, Gregory L., writer of foreword; Gould, Lewis L., writer of essay
Publisher: The University of Texas
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 720
ISBN-13: 9781477307854
Subjects: ART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / Permanent Collections; University of Texas at Austin; Catalogs
Description: "Known as one of the most important public research institutions in the world, The University of Texas at Austin is widely celebrated for its collections of unparalleled quality, range, and distinctiveness. The Collections: The University of Texas at Austin offers the first sweeping guide to the university's vast object-based resources. It provides a brief history of each collection, a description of strengths, and highlights ways in which materials are used to further teaching and scholarship. Documenting more than eighty collections housed by some forty administrative units, this volume includes an historical introduction by Lewis Gould that traces the formation of the collections and acknowledges the patrons, university presidents, deans, faculty, scientists, librarians, and curators whose drive and vision we see manifested in these material holdings"--
Notes: Includes index.