University of Texas San Antonio

A Guide to the University of Texas at San Antonio. Institute of Texan Cultures Records, 1965-2006



Descriptive Summary

Creator:University of Texas at San Antonio. Institute of Texan Cultures.
Title:University of Texas at San Antonio. Institute of Texan Cultures Records, 1965-2006
Dates:1965-2006
Creator Abstract:The Institute of Texan Cultures (ITC), a museum and campus of the University of Texas at San Antonio, was established in 1965 by the 59th Texas Legislature. Its first director was R. Henderson Shuffler, who served as director from 1965-1975. Originally housing the Texas Pavilion at HemisFair '68, it was designed to study the ethnic groups that settled in Texas. In addition to its 50,000 square feet of exhibits featuring twenty-seven cultures and ethnic groups, the institute hosts the Texas Children's Festival, Pioneer Sunday, the Texas Folklife Festival, and other events.
Content Abstract:The collection spans the years 1965 through 2006 and includes the administrative records of various Institute of Texan Cultures (ITC) departments, including the office of director R. Henderson Shuffler. The collection also includes materials relating to HemisFair '68 that were collected by the ITC Library.
Extent:17.1 linear feet (about 12,800 items)
Language:Materials are in English.
Repository:Archives and Special Collections Department, Library, The University of Texas at San Antonio.

Historical Note

The Institute of Texan Cultures was established by the Fifty-ninth Legislature on May 27, 1965. The agency was directed to develop and implement an appropriate plan for the state's participation in HemisFair '68 to plan exhibits related to the history of Texas, its development, resources, and contributions; and to design and erect a building suited to housing these exhibits, giving due consideration to its utility for state purposes after the fair. The importance of this project was indicated by the allocation of additional revenues by the Sixtieth Legislature, bringing the total investment to $10 million. The institute, a permanent state agency located on HemisFair grounds in San Antonio, was designed to study the ethnic groups that settled in Texas. While not a museum, the institute displayed relics, artifacts, and personal memorabilia, but only those that had a direct connection with telling the story of the people in each ethnic group. The exhibits made use of sound, color, movement, and atmospheric design. R. Henderson Shuffler guided the research projects and formed the original staff.

The institute's continued function is to bring together, on loan, fragments of Texas history collections from museums and archives throughout the state, to produce filmstrips and slide shows on segments of Texas history, and to publish historical pamphlets and books. The Institute of Texan Cultures was put under the University of Texas System effective June 5, 1969, and its official title became the University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures at San Antonio. In February 1973 the institute became, more specifically, a part of the University of Texas at San Antonio.

Upon the death of Shuffler in 1975, Jack R. Maguire was named director. Rex H. Ball was director of the institute in 1995. He was advised by the institute's development board and reported directly to the president of UTSA, Samuel A. Kirkpatrick. In 1995 there were 100 regular staff members and 450 volunteer workers. The institute was funded by biennial legislative appropriations, grants, contributions, and funds generated by the sale of publications, audiovisuals, other products, and the rental of the institute's facilities. In addition to maintaining 50,000 square feet of exhibits featuring twenty-seven cultures and ethnic groups, the institute hosts the Texas Children's Festival, Pioneer Sunday, the Texas Folklife Festival, and other events.

Source: Tiller, David C. "University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures," Handbook of Texas Online. http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/UU/kcu25.html (Accessed 16 November 2007).


Scope and Content Note

This collection spans the years 1965 through 2006 and includes two types of materials: records of various Institute of Texan Cultures (ITC) offices that were transferred to the ITC Library, and materials relating to HemisFair '68 that were collected by the ITC Library.

Records of ITC offices include the administrative files of R. Henderson Shuffler, the first director of the Institute of Texan Cultures. Administrative files chiefly comprise incoming and outgoing correspondence. Other records document the history of the ITC and its relationship with HemisFair '68, as well as exhibit planning, instructional programs, and projects planned by or proposed to the ITC. These materials were transferred to the library to be stored temporarily; the library was never an official archive for ITC records, and the origin of most of these materials is unclear.

The collection also includes materials, collected by the ITC Library, relating to HemisFair '68. These materials do not pertain specifically to the ITC, but rather the fair as a whole or other aspects of the fair and fair planning. Some photographic and architectural materials relating to the planning of HemisFair '68 were transferred to the ITC by the San Antonio Convention and Visitors Bureau in 1998.


 

Organization of Collection

Series 1. General Files, 1965-2006
1.1. Institute of Texan Cultures (ITC) History
1.2. Office Files of R. Henderson Shuffler
1.3. Projects, Exhibits, and Proposals
1.4. Instructional Materials
Series 2. Collection of HemisFair '68 Materials, 1965-1994
2.2. General Files
2.3. Photographic Materials
2.4. Printed Materials

Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Personnel files are closed.

Researchers are required to wear gloves provided by the Archives when reviewing photographic materials.

Usage Restrictions

Please contact the UTSA Archives for further information about copyright issues and permission to publish items from this collection.


Index Terms

Personal Names
Shuffler, R. Henderson (Ralph Henderson), 1908-
Organizations and Conferences
University of Texas at San Antonio. Institute of Texan Cultures.
University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures at San Antonio.
HemisFair (1968 : San Antonio, Tex.)
Subjects
Architecture--Texas--San Antonio.
Exhibitions--Texas--San Antonio--Planning.
HemisFair Park (San Antonio, Tex.)
Museum exhibits--Texas.
Museums--Educational aspects.
Museums--Texas.
Texas--History--Exhibitions.
Urban parks--Texas--San Antonio.
Locations
San Antonio (Tex.)--History--20th century.
Genres/Formats
Correspondence.
Instructional materials.
Photographs.

Related Material

San Antonio Fair, Inc. Records (MS 31), University of Texas at San Antonio Archives

Records of many ITC offices, including the Audiovisual Department, A-Team, Communications, Director's Office, Library, Production Department, and Texas Folklife Festival, have been transferred to the UTSA Archives and are unprocessed. Please contact the UTSA Archives if you are interested in accessing these materials.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], University of Texas at San Antonio: Institute of Texan Cultures Records, 1965-2003, Archives and Special Collections, University of Texas at San Antonio Library.

Acquisition Information

Transferred from the Institute of Texan Cultures Library in 2004 (Acc. 2004-23) and 2005 (Acc. 2005-28), and the Institute of Texan Cultures Office of the Executive Director in 2006 (2006-23).

Processing Information

Processed by Meagan Brunts and Heather Brunts, Interns, January 2006 (Acc. 2005-28); and Angela McClendon, Manuscripts Archivist, November 2007 (Acc. 2004-23), January 2008 (Acc. 2006-23).

Encoded by Angela McClendon, November 2007.


Detailed Description of the Collection

 

General Files, 1965-2006

Materials in this series were transferred to the Institute of Texan Cultures (ITC) Library from various ITC departments. Materials include information of the planning and history of the ITC, as well as working files of first ITC Director R. Henderson Shuffler. The series also includes materials pertaining to various exhibits, curricula, and other projects of the ITC. A detailed history of the ITC, compiled in 2006 by Carolyn Kellner of the Office of the Executive Director, is located in Box 34.
The series is arranged into four subseries: ITC History; Office Files of R. Henderson Shuffler; Projects, Exhibits, and Proposals; and Instructional Materials.
Institute of Texan Cultures (ITC) History, 1965-2006
Materials documenting the inception and history of the Institute of Texan Cultures, including planning documents, correspondence, budget materials, essays, exhibit materials, and other materials.
Arranged chronologically.
BoxFolder
11Legislation and legal materials, 1965-1989
2HemisFair budgets and exhibits, 1966-1968 and undated
3-7HemisFair planning documents, 1966-1995 and undated
8Henderson Shuffler (first ITC director), 1966-1971
9Planning correspondence, 1966
10Planning documents, miscellaneous, 1966-1984 and undated
BoxFolder
21Proposal, "Exhibition Requirements for HemisFair 1968 and for the Permanent Future of the Institute," circa 1966
2Dome: Film proposal and story board, 1967
3Texas Pavilion history, 1967-1968
4Philosophy, 1967-1973 and undated
5Publicity, 1967-1996 and undated
6Construction and design, circa 1966
7Gordon Ashby/Usher-Follis information kit, circa 1968
8Purpose and justification of ITC, circa 1970
9Student papers on ITC, 1975-1981
10HemisFair 20th anniversary exhibit materials, 1988
11Invitations to ITC dedication and dance honoring Governor John Connally, undated
12Miscellaneous, 1966, 1978, and undated
BoxFolder
3414History of the Institute of Texan Cultures, 1960s-2000s, compiled by Carolyn Kellner (Office of the Executive Director), 2006
Office Files of R. Henderson Shuffler, 1966-1979
R. Henderson Shuffler was the first director of the Institute of Texan Cultures. This subseries is chiefly comprised of correspondence.
Arranged alphabetically by subject or last name of correspondent. Shuffler's outgoing correspondence is primarily located at the end of the series, in Boxes 14-16.
Personnel files are closed.
Original order and folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.
BoxFolder
213Appropriations, 1969-1975
14Audit report, 1968
15Audio typescripts, undated
16Austin report, 1970-1971
17Baker, O.T., 1969-1973
18Balch Institute, 1974
19Barbed wire sources, 1969-1971
20Bay City school project: Folk Fair, 1972
21Belgian colony in San Antonio, 1967-1971
22Bexar Archives, 1971-1973
BoxFolder
31Bicentennial, American Revolution, 1976
2Bicentennial (American Revolution) Commission, 1970-1973
3Blodgett, Terrell (Exec. Dept.), 1966-1968
4Bobbitt, Brite, Bobbitt, & Allen [attorneys], 1968
5Boston Tea Party Chest, 1975-1977
6Brandes collection, 1967
7Briscoe, Dolph, Governor, 1973
8British Consul, General (Roy Fox), 1974
9Burnham gift, 1971-1972
10Bybee, Charles, 1970-1971
11Cámara Barbachano, Fernando, 1973-1974
12Carter, Kathryn Turner, 1968-1971
13Cassell, L.J., 1968-1970
14Cisneros, Jose, 1969-1973
15City of San Antonio (Mayor John Gatti), 1968-1974
16Constitution Show, The, 1974
17Clark, Edward, 1968-1974
18Collector's Institute, 1971-1973
19Conger, Roger N., 1967-1974
BoxFolder
41Connally, John, 1970-1972
2Correspondence (various senders), 1969-1970
3Cosmonaut visit, 1974
4County Historical Survey Committee Chairmen, undated
5Crawford, Ann Fears, 1968-1969
6Czech Texans, The, 1972-1973
7"D," 1968-1974
8Dallas County Heritage Society, 1969
9Dallas Historical Society, 1971-1973
10Daughters of the Republic of Texas, 1968-1974
11Davis, Bob (Waco), 1968-1974
12Del Valle Independent School District, 1967
13Development Board, 1970-1971
14Education Service Center, 1969
15Emery Air Freight Corporation, 1968
16Ethnic food recipe sources, undated
17Ethnic heritage study grants, 1972
18Ethnic maps, undated
19Elliott, Keith, 1967-1968
20Ewing, Halsell, 1971
21Ferguson, Charles W., 1971-1973
22Federal Building - parking, 1972
23Finck, Bill, 1969-1971
24Floor plans, 1970
25Foundations, undated
26Fredericksburg Historical Society, 1968
BoxFolder
51Freymann, Carlos, 1970-1974
2Galveston Medical Branch - Old Red, 1973
3"G" general correspondence, 1973
4German Movies - Guenther Geisler, 1972
5German trip - correspondence, 1974
6German visitor - Kurt Klotzbach, 1972-1975
7Girl Scouts - Corpus Christi, 1970
8Good Neighbor Commission, 1972
9Grayson County Historical Survey Commission, 1970
10Greene, Victor, 1969
11Grimes County Chamber of Commerce, 1971
12Gifts and requests, 1971
13History textbook adoptions, 1970
BoxFolder
144Hogg, Ima, 1969-1972
5Houston Endowment correspondence, 1967-1975
BoxFolder
514Houston Endowment, Inc., 1972
15Institute pamphlets (reviews), undated
16Invitation lists, 1970
BoxFolder
148Johnson, Lady Bird, 1968-1974
BoxFolder
517Kallison, Mrs. Perry, 1966-1970
BoxFolder
146Keitz & Herndon, 1968
7King Ranch, 1967-1969
BoxFolder
518"L" general correspondence, 1970-1974
19La Bahia Awards, 1970-1974
20Land Commissioner, 1972
21Lea, Tom, 1970
BoxFolder
149LBJ Library Austin, undated
BoxFolder
61Leal, Carmela, 1971-1973
2"The Legacy of the Land," undated
3Lewis, Fenn, Sr. (Harrison County Historical Society), 1971-1973
4Lively, Kenneth, 1971
5Lomax, John, 1968
6Lost cannon in Lavaca River, 1971
7Malina, Frank, 1971-1974
8Malina, Frank - biographical, 1971-1972
9Mathis school project, 1971
10Mead, Ben Carlton, 1971-1974
11Memo - John Davis, 1969-1975
12Memo - Bill Field, 1970
13Memo - Sue Flanagan, 1971
14Memo - Juan Garcia, 1973
15Memos - Al Lowman, 1971
16Memos - Joe Perry, 1970-1975
17Memos - R. Henderson Shuffler, 1967-1974
18Memos - Laura Simmons, 1974
19Memo - Bob Smith, 1970
20Memos - Staff, 1975
21Memo - Marion Travis, 1974
22Memos - Washington, 1970
23Mexican museum visit, 1968
24Mexican Texans, The, 1971
24Microfilm reader, 1969
25Middagh, John J., 1970
BoxFolder
71Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation, 1971-1975
2Mist, 1968
3Mizell, undated
4Moody Foundation, 1971-1975
5Moore, Harvin C., 1969-1971
6Moses, Tad (Star Route Silver Creek), 1969-1972
7Murals, historical, 1970
8Murphy, Audie, 1968-1974
9Museums [in Texas, list of], undated
10McClure, Boone, 1968-1971
11McCombs, Holland, 1968-1970
12NASA exhibit, 1969
13National Council on the Arts, 1972
14National Commission on Libraries, 1974
15National Parks Service Project, 1974
16Negro newspapers (C.W. Grose research), 1971
17News picture exhibit, 1968
18Nurnberg Opera, 1974
19"N," 1968-1970
20"O," 1969-1970
21Oliver, Frank, 1972
22Outside employment (UT), 1971
23Pamphlets, 1971
24Pape Foundation (Mrs. G.H. Pape), 1970
25People - newsletter, 1973
26Permanent Assets [of Institute of Texan Cultures], 1968
27Perry, Joseph A., 1975
BoxFolder
RESTRICTEDCLOSED: Personnel, 1973-1975
BoxFolder
728Peruvian Press Group, 1971
29Pinckney, Pauline, 1966-1971
30Pirtle, Caleb, 1970
BoxFolder
81Polish Texans, The, 1972
2Porter, R.H., 1970
3Presentation Industries, 1968
4Provence, Harry, 1974
5Public reaction excerpts, 1970
BoxFolder
1410Publications, 1970-1973
BoxFolder
86Randel, Mrs. Ralph, 1968-1971
7Ranch Headquarters - Texas Tech, 1969-1971
8REA Express, 1968
9Reader's Digest, 1972-1973
10Requests for information and publications, 1970-1971
11Relics from Mexico, 1967
12Restoration of paintings, 1970
13Rice University, 1971
14Sid Richardson Foundation, 1968-1974
15"S" correspondence, 1970-1979
16Sa Kowitz, 1969-1970
17San Antonio Archives and Research Center, 1973
18San Antonio Art League, 1970
19San Antonio Bicentennial Committee, 1973-1974
20San Antonio Camera Club, 1969
21San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, 1970-1974
22Santos, Richard, 1968-1969
23San Antonio Conservation Society, 1968-1975
24San Antonio School District, 1971-1973
25San Felipe Slide Show, 1972
26San Antonio Water Board, 1969-1971
27Santerre, George, 1969-1971
BoxFolder
91Sanyo - Texas Youth Leadership Institute, 1973
2Schiwetz, Buck, 1970-1972
3Shepperd, John Ben, 1973
BoxFolder
1413Smith, Dudley, 1968-1974
BoxFolder
94Smithsonian letters to Texas delegates, 1968
5Smithsonian traveling exhibits, 1974
6Southern Methodist University, 1972
7Sons of the Republic of Texas, 1970-1974
8Southern Living, 1973
9Southwest Foundation, 1970
10Southwest Research Institute, 1974
11Southwestern Bell Telephone Conference, 1967-1968
12Spanish Texans, The, 1972
BoxFolder
101Speaker's Room, undated
2Shuffler speeches, 1969-1974
3Speeches made, 1969-1974
4Spiva, Dr. R.V., 1968
5Sports Hall of Fame, 1970
6Stark, J. Wayne, 1968-1973
7Sterling Mansion, 1973
8Sterling, Walter, 1971-1974
9Sterling, Mrs. W.W., 1969-1974
10Strake, George W., Jr., 1973-1974
11Suggestions, 1973-1974
12Suspense file (requests for publications, information, etc.), 1969-1970
13Television proposal - KLRN, undated
14Texas A&M University, 1971-1975
15Texas Academy of General Practice, 1969-1970
16Texas Almanac, "The People of Texas," undated
17Texas and the American Revolution for the Texas Almanac, 1975
BoxFolder
1411Texas Antiquities - rules and regulations, 1968-1969
BoxFolder
1018Texas art, 1968
19Texas Commission on the Arts and Humanities, 1972-1973
20Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers, 1970
21Texas Daily Newspaper Association, 1972-1975
BoxFolder
111Texas Fine Arts Commission, 1969
2Texas Institute of Letters, 1970-1975
3Texas Education Agency - correspondence, 1969-1973
4-5Texas Education Agency - reports and other materials, 1968-1972
BoxFolder
121Texas Education Agency - reports and other materials, 1969-1972
2-5Texas Folklife Festival, 1972-1975
6"J" [correspondence relating to Texas Folklife Festival], 1968-1974
7Texas Folklife Festival preliminary report, 1972
8Texas Folklife Festival - comments, clippings, and other materials, 1972
9Texas Folklife Festival - grants and publicity, 1974
10Texas Highway Department, 1973-1974
11Texas Highway Department signs, 1973
12Texas Highways magazine article: "Texas Throws a Party," 1973
13Texas historical organizations [directory], 1974
14Texas Inter-Americas Development Subcommittee, 1972
15Texas law exhibit, 1967
16Texas magazine, 1968-1971
17Texas Observer, 1972
18Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, 1970
19Texas Press Association, 1971
20Texas Rangers (former association and commemorative commission), 1973
21Texas Rangers Museum, 1968
22Texas Rangers show, 1974
BoxFolder
131Texas school visits, 1970
2Texas State Historical Association, 1969-1974
3Texas State Historical Society, "Book Collecting and Collections," 1973
4Texas State Historical Survey Committee, 1967-1973
5Texas State Library, 1970-1974
6The Texas Star, 1973
7Texas Surplus Property Agency, 1969
8Texas Tourist Development Agency, 1968
9Texians and Texans comments, 1971
10Thank-you letters, 1971-1975
11Thirty-sixth Division museum relics, 1972
BoxFolder
1412Time/Life, 1974
BoxFolder
1312Tolbert, Frank ( Dallas Morning News), 1970-1975
13Transportation information, 1973-1974
14Travel regulations, 1968
15Traveling exhibits, 1970
BoxFolder
141Cora Tullis Prize, 1975
2"W" correspondence, 1968
3WACO Foundation, 1968
14Shuffler - biographical data, 1968
15Shuffler personal correspondence, 1968-1983
16-17Shuffler correspondence, 1966-1968
BoxFolder
151-6Shuffler correspondence, 1968-1971
BoxFolder
161-5Shuffler correspondence, 1972-1975
Projects, Exhibits, and Proposals, 1971-2003
This subseries documents various projects and curricula proposed or developed by the ITC. Also included are related materials, such as incoming letters from organizations interested in developing exhibits, and outgoing letters to Texas teachers regarding the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) test. The materials appear to have been created by the offices of various ITC Directors (R. Henderson Shuffler, Jack R. Maguire, and Rex H. Ball), as well as the office of the Director of Research.
Arranged alphabetically by subject or name of project or exhibit.
Original order and folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.
BoxFolder
166Academy of Texas, 1980-1984
7Adobe video, 1989
8Anglo-Texan Society, 1980
9Alabama - Coushatta Indian Reservation, 1991-1994
BoxFolder
171The Alamo: Questions of Evidence, 1999
2American Cowboy, The, 1982-1984
3American Indian Institute, 1999
4Americans All: A National Multicultural Education Program (People of America Foundation), 2000
5Americanos, 2000
6AT&T project, 1996-1998 and undated
BoxFolder
181Audiovisuals, 1980-1991
2Aviation education programs, 1985
3-4Aviation exhibit, 1984-1986
5Aviation exhibit opening, 1985
6Aviation news and information, 1985
BoxFolder
191Barbara Stanush, 1993-1994
2Barn, 1982-1984
3Bexar Archives Name Index, 1985-1986
4Bicentennial exhibit, 1975
5Bowie Street Blues, 1992-2002
6Buck Schiwetz photos, 1971
7Buck Schiwetz, UT Press, 1972
8Canary Island anniversary, 1979-1980
9Capitol exhibit, 1997
10Capitols of Texas, 1974
11Celebrate Native Americans, 1992
12-13Children's Festival, 1991-1998
14Chinese Texans, 1977-1980
15Civil rights exhibit, 1993
BoxFolder
201Connally Center dedication, 1989
2Cowboy traveling trunk, 1984
3Disabled Texans, 2000
4Elderhostel, 1990-1992
5Family day, 1995
6Fannie Lou Spelce exhibit, 1977-1978
7Fiesta Centennial, 1991
8Film festival, 1977
9First Arrivals, 1983
10Fort, 1980-1981
11French Connection, The, 1999
12German Texans, 1981-1982
13-16Grand Prix, 1986-1991
17Henderson Shuffler memorial, 1975-1978
BoxFolder
211Herman Lugkweitz, 1981
2Hertzog, Carl, 1991
3History Channel, 1999
4Hot wells, 1986-1987
5Honky Tonks, Faulk, 2000
6Hungarian Texans, 1995
7Indian Area, 1984-1990
8International Day of Child, 1979
9Janet Shook exhibit, 1980
10Japanese Texans, 1981-1989
11Jesse Trevino, 1997
12Jewish Texans, 1998
13Journey to Pleasant Hill, 1979-1984
14La Belle, 1998
15Las Paices de la Musica Tejano, 1996
16Legacy of Africa, 1998
17Kickapoo video, 1995
18"Last Migration: European Folk Islands," 1981
BoxFolder
221-2Kinetic Art exhibit (Frank Malena), circa 1971
3Lifetimes, 1992-1995
4Log House, 1992-1993
5Longhorn video, 1984
6Los Caminos del Rio, 1992-1994
7Mansbendel exhibit, 1977-1978
8Mexican Americans in Texas History symposium, 1991-1993
9Mikvah project, 2002
10Mini-museum at Capitol, 1979
11Music exhibit, 1979-1981
BoxFolder
231Multicultural conference series, 1991-1994
2Negro Texans, 1974
3Newspaper microfilming, 1980-1981
4Norwegians, 1985-1987
5Outreach ideas, 1977
6Panna Maria: The Heart of Polish Texans video, undated
7"Pass It On" - Texas Folklife research exhibit, 1994
8Post Office exhibit, 1981-1990
9Reflections on Texas, 1977-1979
10Rockdale exhibit (tornado), 2002
11Rose Hickey sculpture and graphics, 1971
12Sam Houston, 1971
13Saturday schools, 1979
14Schoolhouse, 1990
15"See Us through Our Imaginations," 1991
16Six Flags in Space, 1991
17Smithsonian American Folklife Festival, 1968
18Spanish art, 1992
19Spanish shipwreck, 1977-1980
20State Fair of Texas, 1985-1989
21Student interns, 1991-1992
22Sutton/Whittier plaques, 1978
BoxFolder
241Swedish Texans, 1979-1989
2TAAS study kit, 1994
3-4Teach the Teachers, 1984-1990
5Tejano Music Archive, undated
6Tejano Archives, 1995
7Tejano Gallery Theater, 1992
8Texas Bankers Association, 1981-1985
9"Texan Cultures" video, 1980
10Texas Cultural Alliance, 1979
11Texas missions and landmarks, 1978-1980
12Texas Originals - Bordens, 1978
BoxFolder
251Tibetan exhibit, 2001
2Tigua video, 1992
3UTSA Archives, 1994-1998
4UTSA correspondence regarding library in HemisFair Park, 1988-1990
5Victoria Ethnic Archives, 1981
6Videotopic, 2003
7Videotaping, 1978-1979
8Vietnam photos, 2002
9Valero Multicultural Communities, 1990
10Walter O. Evans exhibit, 1992-1993
(folder 1 of 2)
BoxFolder
261Walter O. Evans exhibit, 1992-1993
(folder 2 of 2)
2Web sites, 2000
3Winter holiday extravaganza, 1987-1988
4Women in Texas, 1977-1982
5Women legislators videos, 1998
6World War Two exhibit, 1991-1992
7Zachry Plaza dedication and HemisFair 20th anniversary, 1988
8Zintgraff photo, 1987-1992
9Miscellaneous, 1990-2000
Instructional Materials, 1993-1996
Materials created by the Institute of Texan Cultures for instructional purposes, including mock-ups of handouts and packets of instructional materials, with inventories of the museum objects of archival documents used in each lesson.
BoxFolder
27Handouts and inventory sheets
Each folder contains multiple instructional packets; packet titles are listed below.
9Assorted Inventory sheets
9Carry Nation
9William Gebhardt
9Jingu Family
9Elisabet Ney
9Osjetea Briggs
10Anthony Griffin: Allies in Legal Combat?
10Jaston Williams: The Biggest Fish Story Ever: Political Satire? (2 copies)
10Emma Tenayuca: Dignity and Justice for All? (2 copies)
10Isamu Taniguchi: A Threat to America? (2 copies)
10Amado Peña Jr.: A Top Dog or Underdog?
10Henry O. Flipper: Can an Embezzler be Assistant to the US Secretary of Interior?
10Clara Driscoll: More than a Savior?
10Norris Wright Cuney: The Best of Both Worlds?
BoxFolder
281Henry Cohen: Beyond Religion: A Humanitarian?
1John Romulus Brinkley: Was He a Charlatan or a Real Doctor?
1Baron de Bastrop: Scoundrel or Dreamer?
1Bill Pickett: What Color Are Cowboys?
1Huddie Ledbetter: The Homicidal Harmonizer?
1Jean Lafitte: Was He a Pirate or a Patriot?
1Don Pedrito Jaramillo: Folk Medicine: Helpful or Harmful?
1Frank Hamer: A Hired Gun or Peacemaker?
1Amado Peña Jr.: Who Am I...Mexican, Indian, Mestizo?
2George Foreman: A Criminal Turned Preacher?
2Charles Siringo: A Cowboy Detective?
2Hendrick Arnold: Was He White or Black?
2Hallie Stillwell: A Product of Her Times?
2Louis Juchereau de St. Denis: A Smuggler or a Colonizer?
2Chipita Rodriguez: A Legal Lynching?
2Selena Quintanilla Pérez: More Famous in Death?
2Bessie Coleman: An Issue of Racism or Sexism?
2Lady Bird Johnson: She Paid Her Dues?
3Babe Didrikson Zaharias: The World's Greatest Athlete? (2 copies)
3Jesse Treviño: Can Bad Luck Be Good Luck? (2 copies)
3Gregorio Cortez: Was He a Thief or a Victim?
3Mollie Bailey: Foolish Adventurer or Woman Who Dared?
BoxFolder
26Additional Related Materials
These materials were not included as part of the instructional packets, but relate to the subjects of the instructional lessons.
10Ledbetter, Huddie, 1996
11Pena, Amado, Jr., 1996
12Perez, Selena Quintanilla, 1994-1996
13Pickett, Bill, 1996
14Rodriguez, Chipita, 1993-1996
BoxFolder
271Siringo, Charles, 1996
2St. Denis, Louis Juchereau, 1996
3Stillwell, Hallie, 1996
4Taniguchi, Isamu, 1996
5Tenayuca, Emma, 1996
6Threepersons, Tom, 1996
7Trevino, Jesse, 1996
8Zaharias, Babe Didrikson, 1996



 

Collection of HemisFair '68 Materials, 1965-1994

This series includes materials about HemisFair '68 that were collected, through various means, by the Institute of Texan Cultures (ITC) Library. Materials do not pertain specifically to the ITC, but rather the fair as a whole or other aspects of the fair and fair planning. Materials pertaining to the ITC may be found in the Institute of Texan Cultures History subseries of Series 1: General Files.
The series is divided into three subseries: General Files, Photographic Materials, and Printed Materials.
General Files, 1965-1994
BoxFolder
284Attendance, 1968
BoxFolder
291Binder, 1965-1967 and undated
BoxFolder
301Booklets, 1968
2-4Ephemera
5Essay, "Recuerdos of HemisFair," by Mary Ann Noonan Guerra, undated
6General and Special Rules and Regulations: International Exposition of 1968, 1965
7News clippings, 1965-1968
BoxFolder
311News clippings, 1968-1969
2News clippings, 1986-1988
3-5Pavilions material, 1968
6Planning, 1965-1968 and undated
7"Sculpture, Murals, and Fountains at HemisFair '68" booklet, 1968
8Souvenir guidebook, 1968
9Student paper, "HemisFair '68: San Antonio World's Fair: Research Strategy," by T. Matthew DeWaelsche, 1994
Photographic Materials, 1965-1968
Comprises photographic materials relating to the planning of HemisFair '68, particularly the architectural and physical features of the world's fair and park area. Materials are primarily architects' renderings of proposed sites and features of the HemisFair Park area, including many photographs of three-dimensional mock-ups and models dating from the earliest stages of the Park's development in 1965. Formats include black and white and color negatives and prints of various sizes, 35 millimeter transparencies, contact sheets, and mounted prints and drawings. Included are drawings depicting the Tower of the Americas and the Institute of Texan Cultures in conceptually different ways. There are also some photographs depicting people, pavilions, and events after the opening of HemisFair '68. The materials were transferred to the Institute of Texan Cultures Library from the San Antonio Convention and Visitors Bureau in 1998.
Original folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.
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321Assorted HemisFair photographs [some items removed to Oversize Materials, box OM1], 1968 and undated
2The Business of Living, 1968
3Complete [site plans], 1966
4Construction sites [some items removed to Oversize Materials, box OM1], circa 1967
5Federal Pavilion plan view, circa 1966
6First model, 1965
7Folklore study model, contacts, black & white, 1966
8ICASALS exhibit "Man's Thirst," circa 1966
9IHT National Sector contacts, black & white, undated
10International Sector and foreign nations modules, circa 1966
11International Sector: Australia model, color and black & white, 1966
12Isometric in color, 1965
13Italy and Japan [Pavilions?], 1967
14Letter from photographer Jerry Bragstad to HemisFair Site Development Department, 1965
15Midway - crowd shots, [1968]
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OM1Organization chart, undated
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3216"Our Cities," plans, circa 1966
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331Pavilion exhibits, circa 1966
2Peery, Al [Allison Peery, architect] portrait, undated
3Photographs for advertisements, undated
4River drawings [Photostats] by Cy Wagner [some items removed to Oversize Materials, box OM1], circa 1966
5San Antonio character pictures, undated
6San Antonio Little Theater, San Pedro Park: plans, undated
7Site models, 1966
8Site models (Robert Gersin), circa 1966
9Site models (Robert Gersin): mounted photographs from slides, circa 1966
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341Site models: Science, transportation displays, circa 1966
2Site models and plans, assorted, 1965 and undated
3Slides (untitled), circa 1966
4Study drawings on agricultural exhibits, undated
5Study model full site, Winter 1965
6Study model "5166," 1966
7Study drawings on exhibit buildings, 1965
8Tower model, 1965
9Transparencies: buildings and sites, undated
10Transparencies: figures, undated
11Transparencies: logos and promotional materials [some items removed to Oversize Materials, box OM1], undated
12Untitled Photostat, undated
13Westinghouse suggested model layout, undated
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OM2Printed Materials, 1965-1968, 1981-1991
Copies of periodicals containing articles on HemisFair '68. Periodicals include the San Antonio Express and News, the New York Times, San Antonio Light, Houston Chronicle, San Antonio Express, Ford Times: The Ford Owner's Magazine, Chevron USA, and the San Antonio Express-News Magazine.