Dr. Whitney Smith Flag Research Center Collection [Finding Aid to the Archival Collection]

This is the archival finding aid for the collection, which is housed at the Briscoe Center at the Univeristy of Texas at Austin. The Dr. Whitney Smith Flag Research Center Collection reflects Dr. Whitney Smith's professional and personal activities throughout his lifelong interest and career in vexillology. The collection documents Dr. Smith's early vexillological research through the founding of the Flag Research Center and the North American Vexillological Association (1962 and 1967 respectively), and his later work as one of the world's foremost flag experts. The collection is arranged in eight series: Flag Research Center Subject Files; Flag Research Center Archives; Books and Periodicals; Ottfried Neubecker Heraldry Collection; Vexillologists Collection; Flag Charts; Printed Material and Ephemera; and Artifacts and Flags. Whenever possible, the original order of the collection was maintained but in some series there was no discernable order; detailed information regarding the order and arrangement of each series can be found in the Scope and Contents for each individual series (described in the finding aid).

NOTE: The collection is housed in off-campus storage. If you would like to use the collection for research, you must make arrangements with the Briscoe Center well in advance of your visit. Preferred citation: Dr. Whitney Smith Flag Research Center Collection, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin. [IVI.CID] 70d7799b-57c7-4e99-9d5e-f5423e9426a3