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](../images/v/vex-frc.gif) image by Clay Moss, July 2018
- Details about this association
- Contact Information
- Publications
- Dr. Whitney Smith Flag Research Center Collection (Austin, Texas)
- Flags used by the Flag Research Center
See also
- United States
- Vexillological Associations
- F�d�ration internationale des associations vexillologiques (FIAV)
| Association Name: | The Flag Research Center |
|---|---|
| Officers: | Hugh L. Brady, Director and Senior Fellow Scot M. Guenter, Director and Senior Fellow Charles A. Spain, Director and Senior Fellow |
| Type: | Institution |
| Territory: | United States |
| Established: | 01 February 1962 |
| FIAV Member since: | 07 September 1969 (Charter Member, Full Member) |
| Flag: | A blue flag, with a tongued swallowtail at the fly, with an image of a flagged Viking ship in white. |
Contact Information
| Mailing Address: | Other Communication: |
|---|---|
| The Flag Research Center504 Branard StreetHouston, TX 77006USA | E-mail: info@vexillology.org Home Page www.flagresearchcenter.org |
PublicationsLinks to journals lists articles from this source (if present) by bibliographic code, not by title or content.
| Name | Language | Frequency | Period | ISSN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Flag Bulletin | English | bimonthly | 1961- | 0015-3370 |
| Flag Specification Sheets | English | irregular | 1960- | |
| End of the Year Review | English | Annual | 1976- | |
| News from the Vexillarium | English | irregular | 1982- | |
| Flag Etiquette and Usage Standards | English | irregular | 1996- | |
| Flag Information Sources | English | Supplement to Flag Bulletin | 1970-73 | |
| Flag Data Archives | English | 1969-1975 | ||
| Flag Bulletin Newsletter Courrier de drapeau Flaggenmitteilungen | bimonthly supplement to Flag Bulletin | 1967-1973 | ||
| FlagInform | ||||
| Vexillo-File | supplement to Flag Bulletin |
Dr. Whitney Smith Flag Research Center Collection (Austin, Texas)
The Dr. Whitney Smith Flag Research Center Collection reflects Dr. 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 contained in theBriscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.
Following the relocation of the Flag Research Center to the University of Texas at Austin, the Center has resumed operation and maintains a web presence athttps://www.facebook.com/FlagResearchCenter/. Senior Fellows of the FRC are Scot Guenter PhD LF FF WSF FVAST, Hugh Brady JD FF, and Charles Spain JD WSF.
The Flag Research Center is pleased to announce the appointment of the inaugural class of Flag Research Center Fellows:
Bruce Berry FF, South Africa
Anthony Burton FF, Australia
James Croft, United States
Patrice de La Condamine PhD, France
Michael Faul FF FFI, United Kingdom
James Ferrigan, United States
Francisco Gregoric, Argentina
Kevin Harrington MA(T) FF, Canada
John Hartvigsen, United States
�eljko Heimer PhD FF, Croatia
Andreas Herzfeld MD FF, Germany
Nozomi Kariyasu FF, Japan
Laura Kidd, PhD, United States
Theun Okkerse FF, The Netherlands
Anne Platoff MS MA FF, United States
Art Proa�o Gaibor-de Vries, The Netherlands
Rob Raeside PhD FF, Canada
Gwen Spicer MA, United States
Kenneth Reynolds PhD, Canada
Gustavo Tracchia FF, United States
A Fellow's primary responsibility is to contribute interesting, informative articles and essays to The Flag Bulletin, which is scheduled to resume publication in 2017.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 19 October 2016
Flags used by the Flag Research Center
[](../images/v/vex-frc.gif) image by Clay Moss, July 2018
The Flag Research Center banner emblem was designed by vexillologist-artist Louis Loynes of London. It is a heraldic zephyr consisting of a ship in the form of a swan, a reminder that at a very early date flags flew from ships. Significantly, the ship�s ensign blows forward, whereas the head of the swan looks backward to suggest that to progress in the study of flags, one must examine the past.
The original banner is now part of the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History�s Whitney Smith Flag Research Center Collection at The University of Texas at Austin. In 2014 Dixie Flag Manufacturing Co. made two replicas of the banner for The Flag Research Center. In 2016, The Flag Research Center donated one to NAVA; it is shown above.
Source: http://nava.org/all-annual-meetings/nava-0/
Dave Martucci, July 2018
Banner
[ ![[The Flag Research Center flag]](http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/v/vex-frc2.gif)
](../images/v/vex-frc2.gif) image by Clay Moss and Pete Loeser, July 2018
The Flag Research Center logo used on FRC flags was designed by Louis Loynes. On the vertical banner it also appears upright.
[![[The Flag Research Center flag]](http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/v/vex-frcsw.gif)
](../images/v/vex-frcsw.gif) image by Dave Martucci
This swallow-tailed variant has been shown on the internet for several years. It is not historically correct and never was used at any NAVA function.
NAVA-O web page
Dave Martucci, July 2018