Austin Allison
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Scholarship & Research

Peer-Reviewed & Journal Articles

Archival map of the Capitol Land Reservation
January 2026

Surveying the Capitol Land Reservation in Texas

Southwestern Historical Quarterly • Volume 129, No. 3 • 2026.

Advertisement for Vaughan Land Company
2025

‘Opportunity Knocking’: The Vaughan Land Company and Early Bailey County Development.

Panhandle-Plains Historical Review • Volume 96 • 2025.

Image of Missouri River Headwaters
2019

A Spring Sprung It: Tracing and Understanding the True Genesis of North America's Longest River.

Journal of the West • Volume 58, Number 3 • 2019.

1836 map of Texas showing Goliad.
2018

Maps and Newspapers in the Southwest Collection

Archivation Exploration • Volume 3, Number 2 • 2018.

Magazines & Trade Publications

Authentic Texas • Summer 2025

Lipscomb County Courthouse: A Prairie Landmark with Enduring Presence

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Lipscomb County Courthouse
Authentic Texas • Winter 2024

The Remnants of the Southwest Conference: The Story of a Landmark Archival Collection

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Southwest Conference archival memorabilia
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal • January 28, 2024

The Sharps rifle, buffalo hunting, and the South Plains

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Vintage Sharps rifle and historical buffalo hunting
Authentic Texas • Spring 2023

Tumbleweed Smith and the Sounds of Texas

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Tumbleweed Smith recording audio in Texas
Authentic Texas • Fall 2021

Comfortably Lodged: Transforming historic county jails into silos for historical and cultural heritage.

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Historic Texas county jail converted to museum
Southwestern Archivist 42, Number 1 • February 2019

Unusual Annotations in Stephen F. Austin's 1835 Map of Texas Tell Early Texas History

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Detail of annotations on Stephen F. Austin's 1835 Map of Texas

Book Chapters

Caprock Chronicles: More Tales of the Llano Estacado, 2021

Tahoka Lake

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