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Welcome!

Austin Allison

Librarian · Historian · Photographer

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STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

Cataloging, Preserving, and Capturing the History of the American West

Specializing in digital preservation and the physical cataloging of regionally significant items, this workspace highlights my academic work alongside my personal photograph collections of Texas and the American West.

Curriculum Vitae
PHOTOGRAPHY

Visual Monographs of the American West

  • I American Escarpments
  • II Water on the Llano Estacado
  • III Cotton Gins of Texas
Galleries
FEATURED ARTICLE | SCHOLARLY WORKS

'Opportunity Knocking': The Vaughan Land Company and Early Bailey County Development

Panhandle-Plains Historical Review · 2025

CURRENT PROJECT

Open-source optical character recognition for West Texas newspapers

The design and implementation of an open-source optical character recognition (OCR) software for digital newspapers in West Texas.

The project
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Welcome!

Austin Allison

Librarian · Historian · Photographer

Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library · hello@austinlallison.com

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

Cataloging, Preserving, and Capturing the History of the American West

Specializing in digital preservation and the physical cataloging of regionally significant items, this workspace highlights my academic work alongside my personal photograph collections of Texas and the American West.

Curriculum Vitae
PHOTOGRAPHY

Visual Studies of the American West

American Escarpments · Water on the Llano Estacado · Cotton Gins of Texas

Photo Galleries
FEATURED ARTICLE | SCHOLARLY WORKS

'Opportunity Knocking': The Vaughan Land Company and Early Bailey County Development

Panhandle-Plains Historical Review · 2025

CURRENT PROJECT

Open-source optical character recognition for West Texas newspapers

The design and implementation of an open-source optical character recognition (OCR) software for digital newspapers in West Texas.

The project