urn:taro:utsa.00232 Inventory of the University of Texas at San Antonio: Institute of Texan Cultures: Audiovisual Production Department Records, 1971-2002 9 April 2009Encoded in XMetal Author by Angela McClendon Ossar. Finding aid is in English 26 August 2009Revised in XMetal Author by Angela McClendon Ossar because of addition of videocassette. Descriptive Summary University of Texas at San Antonio. Institute of Texan Cultures. Audiovisual Production Department University of Texas at San Antonio: Institute of Texan Cultures: Audiovisual Production Department Records 1971-2002Materials are in English. UA 15.01.03 3 linear feet (3 boxes) University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries Special Collections The Institute of Texan Cultures (ITC), a museum located on the HemisFair Park Campus of the University of Texas at San Antonio, was established in 1965 by the 59th Texas Legislature. The ITC's Audiovisual Production Department, a unit of the Production Division, was the creative agency responsible for the production of slideshows, filmstrips, video documentaries, and multimedia presentations for educational purposes. Productions included training slideshows for ITC volunteers and new employees, films for museum exhibits, and public service announcements advertising the ITC's annual Texas Folklife Festival and other events. The collection includes correspondence, memoranda, newsletters and other publications, procedures manuals, instructional slideshows, some photographic negatives, a videocassette demonstrating the functions of the Audiovisual Production Department, and other materials. Historical Note

The Institute of Texan Cultures (ITC) Audiovisual Production Department, a unit of the Production Division, was the creative agency responsible for the production of slideshows, filmstrips, video documentaries, and multimedia presentations for educational purposes. Productions included training slideshows for ITC volunteers and new employees, films for museum exhibits, and public service announcements advertising the ITC's annual Texas Folklife Festival and other events. As of April 2009, audiovisual production is performed by the ITC's Media Production Department.

The ITC was established by the Fifty-ninth Texas 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 ITC, 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 ITC 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 ITC'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 ITC 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 1986 the ITC 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 ITC in 1995. He was advised by the ITC'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 ITC was funded by biennial legislative appropriations, grants, contributions, and funds generated by the sale of publications, audiovisuals, other products, and the rental of the ITC's facilities. In addition to maintaining 50,000 square feet of exhibits featuring twenty-seven cultures and ethnic groups, the ITC hosts the Texas Folklife Festival, the Asian Festival, and other events.

Source for Institute of Texan Cultures History: 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 August 26, 2009).

Scope and Content Note

The collection includes correspondence, memoranda, newsletters and other publications, procedures manuals, instructional slideshows, some photographic negatives, a videocassette demonstrating the functions of the Audiovisual Production Department, and other materials.

This collection is housed at UTSA's HemisFair Park Campus, though off-site access is also available at UTSA's John Peace Library.

 Organization of Collection 1. Original Deposit of July 2007 (Acc. 2007-064) 2. Audiovisual Materials Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.

 Usage Restrictions

The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

 Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by the UTSA Institute of Texan Cultures Audiovisual Production Department at the date of accessioning.

 Acquisition Information

Transferred to the University Archives from the UTSA Institute of Texan Cultures Library in July 2007 (Acc. 2007-064).

 Processing Information

Encoded by Angela McClendon Ossar, University Archivist. More detailed processing is not anticipated at this time.

 Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], University of Texas at San Antonio: Institute of Texan Cultures: Audiovisual Production Department, UA 15.01.03, University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries Special Collections.

 Index Terms Organizations University of Texas at San Antonio. Institute of Texan Cultures. Audiovisual Production Department. University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures at San Antonio. Subjects Museums--Texas--San Antonio. Locations San Antonio (Tex.)--History--20th century. Genres/Formats Correspondence. Memorandums.Newsletters.Training manuals.Employees' manuals.Negatives.Videocassettes. Inventory of the UTSA Institute of Texan Cultures Audiovisual Production Department Records 1. Original Deposit of July 2007 (Acc. 2007-064)

Accession includes correspondence, memoranda, newsletters and other publications, training and procedures manuals, instructional slideshows, some photographic negatives, and other materials.

 11General Affirmative Action Plan ITC Policies 12General Audiovisual Advisory Committee 13Catalog--1982 14Correspondence Inter Office Administrator 15Correspondence Inter Office Business Office 16Correspondence Inter Office Director of Business Affairs 17Correspondence Inter Office Ed Programs/Alliance 18Correspondence Inter Office Executive Director 19Correspondence Inter Office Festival/Special Events 110Correspondence Inter Office Library 111Correspondence Inter Office Marketing 112Correspondence Inter Office News & Information 113General Correspondence Official Memorandums 114Correspondence Inter Office Physical Plant 115Correspondence Inter Office Personnel Department 116Correspondence Inter Research/Exhibits 117Correspondence Inter Office Security Police 118Correspondence Inter Office Staff/Division Directors 119General Official Memorandum 120Correspondence Inter Office 1981-1982 121Curriculum Guideline 122Correspondence Inter Office Retenea 123Correspondence General 1981-82 124Curriculum Project 125General Dept. Description 126Development Board Meeting May 22nd 127General Inactive Development Program Agendas 128General Distribution Notes 129General Dome Theatre Schedules 130Educational Programs Office 131General Exhibit Committee 132General Exhibit Floor Maps 133General Exhibit Projects 134External Analysis Committee '87 135Fiesta 136General Film Festivals 137General Film Reviews 138General Grant Request Procedures 139General Handbook of Operating Procedures 140General Heritage Tours 141General Housekeeping Memorandums 142General ITC Information 143General Institute Profile & Conceptual Plan 144General Introductory Committee 145General ITC Publications 146KLRN Auction Plans 147KLRN Contracts 148KLRN Facilities and Budget Figures 149KLRN negotiation 150KLRN Facilities Request 78-79 151KLRN Miscellaneous 21General Legacies of the Land: A Tale of Texas 22General Legal Guidelines--UT System 23General Legal Issues 24General Libraries--Content 25General Libraries--Photographic Collections 26General Membership Surveys 27General News & Information TFF '86 28AV Production Quilts--Radio PSAs 29AV Production TFF '87 PSA 210Panna Maria Slide Show--Polish 211AV Production Painted Walls of the Barrio--Administrative 212AV Production Personal Orientation Slide Shows 213AV Production Regents Slide Show 214Production Retablos Retired 215Afro-American History Budget 216Afro-American History Month '87 Debriefing Report Justification (Proposal) 217Afro-American History Month '87 Correspondence 218Afro-American History Month '87 Meeting Notes 219Production Afro-American Slideshow 220AV Production The Afro-American Texan… to 1900 221AV Production The Afro-American Texan to Present 222Slide Show--Alabama Coushatta 223AV Production American Cowboy Trunk AUDIO 224Slide Show--Belgian 225Bolzenian Slide Show 226Slide Show--Religion 227AV Production Chancellor's Presentation Slides 228Slide Show--Chinese of SA 229AV Production--Cordry Dome Show 230Slide Show--Czech 231Slide Show--Cat Spring 232Slide Shows--Danish Field 233General Department Heads Meetings--Notes 234General ITC Publications 235General Job Procedures 236General KLRN Correspondence 237Production Dept. Heads Meetings 238Personnel Job Descriptions 31General Brown Bag Days 32Correspondence, General 33General Alliance Correspondence, Inter-Office 34General Business Manager Correspondence, Inter-Office 35General Development/Mktg. Correspondence, Inter-Office 36General Business Office Correspondence, Inter-Office 37General Dir. Bus. Affairs Correspondence, Inter-Office 38General Executive Director Correspondence, Inter-Office 39General Fest./Spec. Events Correspondence, Inter-Office 310General Library Correspondence, Inter-Office 311General News & Info. Correspondence, Inter-Office 312General Personnel Dept. Correspondence, Inter-Office 313General Physical Plant Correspondence, Inter-Office 314General Research Dept. Correspondence, Inter-Office 315General Security Police Correspondence, Inter-Office 316General Staff Correspondence, Inter-Office 317General Switchboard Correspondence, Inter-Office 318General UT System Correspondence 319General Warehouse Correspondence, Inter-Office 320Personnel Manual white notebook 321Systems Approach to Management black notebook 322That New Woman 323Texas Folklife Festival Release Forms 324Texas Folklife Festival '87 Radio Spot '87 325Texas Folklife Festival '87 TFF Videotaping 326Production 1981 Texas Folklife Festival PSA Videotape Audiotape Slideshow 327Slide Show--Bicentennial 328Slide Show--Spanish Ranching 329Narrator's Script 330Slide Show--Tigua 331Slide Show--What is a Texan Audiovisual Materials, circa 2002332Videocassette, Production Video, circa 2002

The video includes a note that reads, Production Video: viewed at ITC staff meeting in Dec. 2002. Made to show ITC staff what Production does in the museum.

Note: The video's label contains a copyright date of 1999; however, this appears to be the copyright date for content that was written over.