The William Barret Travis Papers, 1831–1924, at the Dolph Brisoce Center for American History at The University of Texas at Austin contain Travis’s diary and correspondence.

Read Travis' letter PDF: Read the famed “victory or death” letter written by William Barret Travis. We've also included the broadsheet version, which is typed and easier to read.

Statue of William Barret Travis unveiled at the Alamo The statue, created by the artist James Muir, now sits in the Alamo's Ralston Family Collections Center along with 500 other artifacts.

People take pictures and get a closer look at the Alamo’s newest statue of Lt. Col. William Barret Travis inside the Ralston Family Collections Center in San Antonio, Texas, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023.

Courtesy Texas State Library and SAN ANTONIO - Did William Barret Travis forget a word in his famous public plea to "come to our aid, with all dispatch"? No, but an irregularity in the desperate ...

The famed “Victory or Death” letter written by Alamo commander William Barret Travis will be on exhibit at the Alamo from Feb. 23 through March 24.

A letter written by William Barret Travis “to the people of Texas and all Americans in the world” on the second day of the 1836 siege at the Alamo could soon be displayed at the shrine for the ...

William Barret Travis is perhaps one of the most memorable figures from the Texas Revolution and the siege of the Alamo. His name has since been honored with the naming of TravisCounty, ...

Monday’s ceremony kicked off with the reading of Lieutenant Colonel William Barret Travis’ legendary “Victory or Death” letter. This commemorated the 189th anniversary of Travis’ call ...

The folks at the Alamo are celebrating the return of William Barret Travis' "Victory or Death" letter in a big way. The 1836 missive, in which Travis sought reinforcements during the Alamo siege ...

It was Feb. 27, a bitterly cold day in 1836, as William Barret Travis looked out at the Mexican troops and pondered his fate at the Alamo. Travis was only 27 years old, yet here he found himself ...