Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
The center collects and preserves documents and artifacts of key themes in Texas and United States history and makes the items available to researchers.The museum documents the lives of John Nance Garner and Dolph Briscoe, both Uvalde natives and historically important political figures from Texas.On November 20, 1999, the City of Uvalde transferred ownership of the Garner Museum to the University of Texas at Austin to become a division of the Briscoe Center for American History.Winedale offers examples of early Texas architecture and crafts, an interpretive center, continuing education seminars and other public programs.Miss Ima Hogg visited the site weekly for review of the project with John Young, a recent architectural graduate of Rice University, who was engaged by Miss Hogg to manage the restoration, perform historical research, hire and train local workers in restoration skills, procure materials, design property plans and prepare progress reports (now in the University of Texas Library).