Descriptive Summary
University of Texas at San Antonio.
Institute of Texan Cultures. Library
Institute of Texan Cultures
Library Collection of HemisFair '68 Materials
1965-1994
Materials
are in English.
MS 292
5 linear feet (7 Boxes + 2 oversize Boxes)
University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries Special Collections.
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.
Originally housing the Texas Pavilion at HemisFair '68, it was designed to
study the ethnic groups that settled in Texas. The ITC Library was established in 1965
as a repository for books and images of artifacts being collected by researchers
preparing exhibits for the Texas Pavilion.
This collection spans the years 1965 through 1994 and includes materials relating to
HemisFair '68 that were collected by the ITC Library. Materials include photographs, transparencies, printed materials, newspaper clippings, souvenir items, essays, and other materials.
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 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. (Source: Tiller, David C.
University of Texas Institute of Texan
Cultures,
Handbook of Texas Online.
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/UU/kcu25.html. Accessed 17 September 2008.)
The Institute
of Texan Cultures Library was established in 1965
as a repository for books and images of artifacts being collected by researchers
preparing exhibits for the Texas Pavilion.
Scope and Content Note
This collection spans the years 1965 through 1994 and includes materials relating to
HemisFair '68 that were collected by the Institute of Texan Cultures Library.
Materials include photographs, transparencies, printed materials, newspaper clippings, souvenir items, essays, and other materials. These materials do not pertain specifically to the
Institute of Texan Cultures, but rather the fair as a whole or other aspects of the fair and fair
planning.
The General Files series includes essays, newspaper clippings, ephemera, booklets, a souvenir guidebook, and other materials pertaining to HemisFair '68.
The Photographic Materials series is comprised of 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.
The Printed Materials series comprises 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.
Organization of Collection
- Series 1. General Files
- Series 2. Photographic Materials
- Series 3. Printed Materials
Access Restrictions
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
Please 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], ITC
Library Collection of HemisFair '68 Materials, MS 292, University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries Special Collections.
Acquisition Information
Transferred from the Institute of Texan Cultures Library in 2004 (Acc.
2004-023).
Processing Information
Processed by Angela McClendon, Manuscripts Archivist, November 2007.
Index Terms
Organizations and Conferences
University of Texas at
San Antonio. Institute of Texan Cultures. Library.
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
Photographs.
Newspapers.Clippings.
Local Subjects
HemisFair '68 (The 1968 World's Fair)
San Antonio History
Travel and Tourism
Urban Development and Growth
San Antonio Fair, Inc. Records, 1962-1995, MS 31, University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries Special Collections.
Detailed Description of the Collection
General Files,
1965-1994
Includes essays, newspaper clippings, ephemera, booklets, a souvenir guidebook, and other materials pertaining to HemisFair '68.
1
1
Attendance,
1968
2
1
Binder,
1965-1967 and undated
1
2
Booklets,
1968
1
3-5
Ephemera
1
6
Essay,
Recuerdos of HemisFair, by
Mary Ann Noonan Guerra, undated
1
7
General and Special Rules and
Regulations: International Exposition of 1968,
1965
2
1
News clippings,
1965-1968
2
2
News clippings,
1968-1969
2
3
News clippings,
1986-1988
2
4-6
Pavilions material,
1968
2
7
Planning,
1965-1968 and undated
3
1
Sculpture, Murals, and Fountains at
HemisFair '68 booklet,
1968
3
2
Souvenir guidebook,
1968
3
3
Student 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.
3
4
Assorted HemisFair photographs [some items removed to
Oversize Materials, Box OM1],
1968 and undated
3
5
The Business of Living,
1968
3
6
Complete [site plans],
1966
3
7
Construction sites [some items removed to Oversize
Materials, Box OM1], circa
1967
3
8
Federal Pavilion plan view, circa
1966
3
9
First model,
1965
3
10
Folklore study model, contacts, black & white,
1966
3
11
ICASALS exhibit
Man's Thirst, circa
1966
3
12
IHT National Sector contacts, black & white,
undated
3
13
International Sector and foreign nations modules,
circa
1966
3
14
International Sector: Australia model, color and black
& white,
1966
3
15
Isometric in color,
1965
3
16
Italy and Japan [Pavilions?],
1967
4
1
Letter from photographer Jerry Bragstad to HemisFair
Site Development Department,
1965
4
2
Midway - crowd shots,
[1968]
OM1
Organization chart, undated
4
3
Our Cities, plans, circa
1966
4
4
Pavilion exhibits, circa
1966
4
5
Peery, Al [Allison Peery, architect] portrait,
undated
4
6
Photographs for advertisements, undated
4
7
River drawings [Photostats] by Cy Wagner [some items
removed to Oversize Materials, Box OM1], circa
1966
4
8
San Antonio character pictures, undated
4
9
San Antonio Little Theater, San Pedro Park: plans,
undated
4
10
Site models,
1966
4
11
Site models (Robert Gersin), circa
1966
5
1
Site models (Robert Gersin): mounted photographs from
slides, circa
1966
5
2
Site models: Science, transportation displays, circa
1966
5
3
Site models and plans, assorted,
1965 and undated
5
4
Slides (untitled), circa
1966
5
5
Study drawings on agricultural exhibits,
undated
5
6
Study model full site, Winter
1965
5
7
Study model 5166,
1966
5
8
Study drawings on exhibit buildings,
1965
5
9
Tower model,
1965
5
10
Transparencies: buildings and sites,
undated
5
11
Transparencies: figures, undated
5
12
Transparencies: logos and promotional materials [some
items removed to Oversize Materials, Box OM1], undated
5
13
Untitled Photostat, undated
5
14
Westinghouse suggested model layout,
undated
OM2
Printed 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.