Category Archives: Austin

Sanborn Maps

Posted on March 11, 2012 by LaDale Winling

A wonderful source. Unfortunately, these are given a hefty price tag by ProQuest, to the point where most universities don’t subscribe to all states. The nation’s knowledge behind a paywall.

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More Census Tidbits

Posted on October 11, 2011 by LaDale Winling

Working my way through more data this afternoon, I came upon the Littlefield residence on West 24th Street in Austin. This is a large, imposing Victorian house with two-story porches — really a treasure to behold in person and today … Continue reading →

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Modest Living

Posted on October 8, 2011 by LaDale Winling

As part of my book research I’m looking at the 1930 U.S. census for Austin, Texas. Since a local public library has an institutional subscription, I can look at digitized pages through Footnote/Fold3, a genealogy research service. I stumbled across … Continue reading →

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Research Note

Posted on March 29, 2009 by LaDale Winling

In the course of some dissertation research I realized that Muncie, Indiana, was a higher-paid but less-educated city than Austin, Texas in 1970. This seems to be largely because of the robust manufacturing sector in Muncie and the midwest and … Continue reading →

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