Descriptive Summary
Lahser, Carl
Carl Lahser
Papers
1979,
1990-2006Materials are written in
English.
MS 154
0.7 linear feet
(About 525 items)
University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
Carl Lahser is
a resident of San Antonio, Texas. He founded Pretense Press (San Antonio, Tex.)
in 1994 and is its sole owner. He travels and writes about his trips. Lahser
also writes poetry on a variety of topics.
The collection
consists of Carl Lahser's travel diaries, short stories and poetry
collections.
Biographical Note
Carl Lahser is a resident of San Antonio, Texas. He founded Pretense
Press (San Antonio, Tex.) in 1994 and is its sole owner. He travels and writes
about his trips. Lahser also writes poetry on a variety of topics.
Scope and Content Note
The collection spans the years 1979-2006 and consists of Carl Lahser's
travel diaries,
short stories, and
poetry collections. The collection is arranged
into two series: Publications and
Photographs and Notes.
The Publications series is arranged into
three subseries: Travel, Poetry, and Other Topics. The
Travel subseries consists of descriptions of his
trips with his wife,
Carol Lahser, to
Canada,
China,
Europe,
Mexico, the
United States, and
Panama. One early trip to
Hong Kong in 1979 is described; however, most of
the
travel took place between 1990 and 2006. Topics in
this series range from
ecology to
flying to
health.
The second series, Photographs and Notes,
consists of
compact discs with
photographs from various trips, family pictures,
as well as notes and rough drafts from his writings. Some of the contents of
the compact discs correlate to the printed publications.
Organization of Collection
- Series 1. Publications
- Subseries 1.1. Travel
- Subseries 1.2. Poetry
- Subseries 1.3. Other Topics
- Series 2. Photographs and Notes
Access Restrictions
Original audiovisual materials are closed to patron use.
This collection is housed at UTSA's Main Campus and must be accessed via the John Peace Library Special Collections reading room. To request access, please use the Collections Request Form.
Usage Restrictions
Contact University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries Special Collections for further information about
copyright issues and permission to publish items from this collection.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Carl Lahser Papers, 1979, 1990-2006, MS 154,
University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries Special Collections.
Acquisition Information
Received from Carl Lahser in January 2007 (Acc. 2007-05).
Processing Information
Processed by: Eva Sankey, Library Assistant II, May 2007.
Encoded by: Angela McClendon, Manuscripts Archivist, October 2007.
Index Terms
Persons
Lahser, Carl.
Topics
Canada--Description and
travel.
China--Description and
travel.
Europe--Description and
travel.
Mexico--Description and
travel.
Poetry--20th
century.
Poetry,
American--Texas--20th century.
Travel writing.
Genre/Form
Digital
images.
Photographs.
Poetry.
Travel
literature.
Local Subjects
Literary/Literature
Travel and Tourism
Writers
Detailed Description of the Collection
Publications,
1979, 1990-2006
The Publications series is arranged into three subseries: Travel,
Poetry, and Other Topics.
Travel
Consists of descriptions of his trips with his wife Carol to
Canada, China, Europe, Mexico, USA and Panama. One early trip to Hong Kong in
1979 is described; however, most of the travel took place between 1990 and
2006.
Arranged alphabetically by geographic area.
Canada
1
1
Canadian Summer,
1993
1
2
Do Bears Do It in the Woods? A Week in Winnipeg and
Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba Canada,
1994
1
3
Chasing the Enterprise: Verification of a Klondike
Diary,
1997
1
4
Where Are All All the Pretty Houses? Revisiting
Newfoundland after 40 Years,
2003
1
5
Enterprise North -- Backdoor to the Yukon: Annotated
Diary of Otto Lahser,
2004
1
China
1
6
Hong Kong,
1979
1
7
China Visit,
2006
1
Europe
1
8
Cross Section through a Rainbow: Corfu, Athens and
Rhodes,
1997
1
9
Three Weeks in Berlin,
2002
1
Mexico
1
10
Cancun,
1993
1
11
Mr. Cuul in Yucatan,
1995
1
12
Flowers of the Air: Monarch Butterflies in
Mexico,
1996
1
13
Mata Ortiz,
2004
1
USA
1
14
Bigfooting Around: Three Hundred Miles a Day in
Western Washington,
1995
1
Other
Destinations
1
15
Under the Southern Cross (hidden by clouds),
1990
Poetry
Arranged by date of publication
1
16
Traffic Games,
1993
1
17
Texas to Alaska (and return),
1994
1
18
Walk on a Different Beach,
1994
1
19
Ecoview No. 3:
Not Your Usual Neighborhood Art Show!!,
1995
1
20
Ecoview No. 5: Southwest, Not Your Usual Neighborhood
Art Show!!,
1996
1
21
Ecoview No. 6: Green Things and Things That Move, Not
Your Usual Neighborhood Art Show!!,
1996
1
22
Tyndall Beach: Scenes for a Naturalist,
1997
1
23
Cryptic Romance,
1997
1
24
Snapshots of the North,
2003
1
25
Cryptic Romance,
1997
1
26
Summer's End: Southern California revisited,
undated
Other Topics
Arranged by date of publication
2
1
Thinking of Flying,
1994
2
2
Hip 3,
1995
2
3
Alamo Road,
1995
2
4
Teacher, Leaves Don't Change Color,
1997
2
5
Forty Years of Fishin',
1999
2
6
Green Stuff,
2001
2
7
San Antonio Wild Flowers by the Month,
2003
Photographs and Notes, undated
Data compact discs.
Original audiovisual materials are closed to patron use.
2
8
Europe, Italy, undated
(2 data compact discs)
2
9
Canada, New York, Santa Fe, Panama, undated
(2 data compact discs)
2
10
Mexico, South America, Science, undated
(2 data compact discs)
2
11
China, Ecoview 1-6, Other, undated
(2 data compact discs)