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Katherine Drake Hart History Preservation Award

The Austin History Center Association established and awarded the first Katherine Drake Hart History Preservation Award in 1991. The award is named in honor of Katherine Drake Hart, 1905-2000, the first division head of the Austin-Travis County Collection (now the Austin History Center) of the Austin Public Library.

Past recipients of the Katherine Drake Hart History Preservation Award include: Ed Van De Vort, Dr. David B. Gracy II, Biruta Celmins Kearl, Karen Kocher, Betty Baker, Binnie & David Hoffman (jointly), Mary Jo Cooper, Marian B. Davis, the German Free School Guild, Matt Kreisle, Wayne Bell, Dealey Herndon, Audray Bateman Randle, Drury Blakely Alexander, Dorothy Depwe and Emmett Shelton (jointly), and Sue Brandt McBee.

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(Left) Austin History Center, circa 1930s. Detail from PICA 01493, Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

(Right) Welcoming Arch, 1889. The arch was erected by the local German Saengerrunde (singers union) on Congress Avenue to greet other Texas singing societies to the 1889 Saengerfest (German singing festival). C0024, Austin History Center, Austin Public Library.