Digitizing 60 Years of The Texas Observer Archives
A project in Austin, TX by Piper S Nelson000days
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The Texas Observer is a 60-year-old progressive magazine. We need to move our archives from our asbestos basement to the Internet.
Backers: 162
Average Pledge Per Backer: $50
Funded: $8,127 of $6,000
Dates: Aug 6th -> Sep 20th (45 days)
Project By: Piper S Nelson
Backers: 162
Average Pledge Per Backer: $50
Funded: $8,127 of $6,000
Dates: Aug 6th -> Sep 20th (45 days)
Project By: Piper S Nelson
$8,127
current pledge level
Last Updated: September 20 @ 13:30 -0400 GMT
135%
of goal
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Latest News
We did it! 
September 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Y'all are amazing. Seriously. Thank you for your support, your generosity and your technological enthusiasm. We made our initial goal, we made our stretch goal, and we even made a bit past that. AND we still have a few hours left in our... (Read More)
What if we include the archive smell?
September 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Our Kickstarter campaign ends this Friday. And we made our initial goal. Thank you. But now we are reaching for more... We were talking yesterday in our staff meeting about the purported demise of books. The increase of digital libraries and... (Read More)
We made it - thanks to you!
September 10th - via: kickstarter.com
We made it! Thanks to each of you who donated to help fund our archives! After a bit of celebration, we made a serious decision... With nine days yet to go in our campaign, we've decided to reach for our: STRETCH GOAL! For our next act, we're... (Read More)
Ralph Yarborough in 1955
September 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Bill Brammer, author of The Gay Place, wrote a 1955 cover article for The Texas Observer about the unstoppable Ralph Yarborough. In the story, Brammer describes a man that has lost many races (attorney general, governor twice) and is a poor... (Read More)
1979: A victorious - and young - Sarah Weddington
August 27th - via: kickstarter.com
When digging around to find the last missing issues to send to the scanner, I found this amazing Observer Molly Ivins cover story from February of 1973. On the cover is a young Sarah Weddington who had just won her abortion rights Supreme Court... (Read More)
1979
August 20th - via: kickstarter.com
I was digging around to see what we might be able to post on the website once we get these archives digitized. This is an issue of the Observer from March 30, 1979 with the headlines, "Generic drugs considered . Mark White interviewed . School... (Read More)
Moving out
August 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Well, the mags are now all packed up and ready to send. Because we are kicking butt on kickstarter, I was able to go ahead and buy a bunch of face masks so that Liza did not breathe in the asbestos in the basement while packing up the mags. Liza... (Read More)
And we are off...
August 13th - via: kickstarter.com
This week we have hired Liza to come help us find and pack up 1 of every copy of the magazine so that we know we have every issue from the last 60 years. As you can see, she has been really digging in! Thanks for making this a reality! (Read More)
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