Descriptive Summary
University of Texas at San Antonio.
Institute of Texan Cultures. Library
Institute of Texan Cultures
Library Records
1965-2010
Materials
are in English.
UA 15.01.06
4 linear feet (4 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.
Collection includes reports, accession books, donor files, correspondence, grant files, and policies and procedures manuals created by the Institute of Texan Cultures' Library between 1965-2010.
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
Collection includes reports, accession books, donor files, correspondence, grant files, and policies and procedures manuals created by the Institute of Texan Cultures' Library between 1965-2010.
Organization of Collection
- Series 1. Original Deposit of October 2011 (Acc. 2012-049)
Access Restrictions
This collection is housed at UTSA's HemisFair Park Campus.
Usage Restrictions
RESTRICTED: Gift and donor records are closed to patron use.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], UTSA. Institute of Texan Cultures Library Records, UA 15.01.06, University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries Special Collections.
Acquisition Information
Transferred from the Institute of Texan Cultures Library in October 2011 (Acc.
2012-049).
Processing Information
Processed by Sean Heyliger, University Archivist, August 2012.
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.
Subjects
Museum
exhibits--Texas.
Museums--Educational
aspects.
Museums--Texas.
Locations
San Antonio
(Tex.)--History--20th century.
Local Subjects
UTSA HistoryUTSA Records
Detailed Description of the Collection
Original Deposit of October 2011 (Acc. 2012-049)
1
1
Correspondence,
1972-1982
1
2
Videotape log sheet,
undated
1
3
Loan agreements,
2006-2007
1
4
Transfer of equipment,
2006-2007
1
5
Texas ethinic newspapers list,
1977-1983
1
6
Cataloging,
2001-2006
1
7
Accession book, 1972-1986
1
8
Accession book, 1972-1997
1
9
Library staff meeting notes,
2005-2007
1
10
Library policies and procedures manual,
circa 1978
1
11
Library policies and procedures manual,
March 1982
1
12
Library policies and procedures manual,
circa 1995
1
13
Library policies and procedures manual,
2010
1
14
Docents, 2000-2006
1
15
Alamo Victory or Death discs,
1996
1
16
Library materials checked in,
2001-2010
1
17
Quick reference, 1968
1
18
Express-News check out, 2005-2011
2
1
Newspapers (pallets),1988
2
2
Ethnic and cultural organizations, 1995-2002
2
3
CORAL, 1990
2
4
Monthly reports, 1996
2
5
Quarterly reports, 1989-1990
2
6
Donations, 2006-2007
2
7
Acknowledgement-gifts, 1996-1997
2
8
Deed of gifts, 1980-1998
2
9
Deed of gifts, 1999-2004
2
10
Deed of gifts, 2007
2
11
Deed of gifts, 2008-2010
2
12
Memorial contributions, 1988-1990
2
13
Bob Brinkerhoff book endowment, 1979-2006
2
14
Library automation/photo digitization proposal, undated
2
15
Texas Historical Records Advisory Board grants, 1997-1998
2
16
Learn about history through photographs grant proposal, 2006
2
17
TexTreasures grants, 2009
2
18
Yearly reports, 1981-1994
2
19
Book purchases, 2005-2006
2
20
Book purchases, 2006-2007
2
21
New librarian, 2005
2
22
Endowments, 2005
2
23
Institute of Museum and Library Services National Leadership grant, 2001
2
24
MCI Foundation Digital Archive Restoration on a Web Integrated Network grant proposal, 1998
2
25
San Antonio Area Foundatino grant proposal, 2000-2001
2
26
National Endowment for the Humanities grant proposal, 2002
2
27
National Publications and Historical Records Commission grant application, circa 1988
2
28
Newspapers Galveston and Dallas, 1997-2001
2
29
Dallas Morning News, 1971
2
30
Newspaper give away, 1979-1980
2
31
Newspapers, 1997
2
32
Dall Morning News gift, 2000
2
33
San Antonio Light donation of bound volumes, 1997
2
34
Newspaper inventory,1997
2
34
Finding aids,2004
2
34
Newspaper hard bound gifts,1971
2
34
La Prensa,2000
2
35
Oral history program, 2005-2012
2
36
Zintgraff and San Antonio Light collections, 1979-1981
3
1
Texas Commission on the Arts grant, 1982-1983
3
2
Spanish treasure exhibit, 1977
3
3
Texas Committee for the Humanities grant, The Working Cowboy, 1983
3
4
Texas Committee for the Humanities grant, Texas Myths, 1983-1984
3
5
Texas Committee for the Humanities grant, Elisabet Ney, 1980-1981
3
6
Texas Committee for the Humanities grant, Crossroads of Empire film, 1980-1981
3
7
Technical assistance program, 1982
3
8
Sid W. Richardson Foundation, 1982
3
9
Texas Committee for the Humanities grant, American Cowboy, 1983-1984
3
10
L.J. Skaggs and Mary C. Skaggs Foundation, 1983-1984
3
11
Budget for books, 1994
3
12
Budget for books, 1995
3
13
Budget for books, 1999-2000
3
14
Budget for books, 2000-2001
3
15
Budget for books, 2001-2002
3
16
Budget for books, 2002-2003
3
17
Petty cash, 1994-2002
3
18
Budget, 2005-2009
3
19
Intern file, 1983-1994
3
20
Photolibrary procedures, 1997-2002
3
21
Monthly reports, 1997
3
22
Working list of ITC exhibits, projects, publications, presentations, and events, circa 1995
3
23
<emph render="italic">San Antonio Magazine</emph> index, 1965
3
24
Index of San Antonio pictorial publications early 20th century, 2004
3
25
Periodical index, 1994
3
26
Inventory-microfilm, undated
3
27
Inventory-James McGuire collection, undated
3
28
Inventory-periodicals,1997
3
29
Finding aids, undated
3
30
Files index v24-v40, undated
3
31
J.H. Savage Collection, 1972
3
32
Reflections on Texas tape inventory, undated
3
33
Special collections, 1998
3
34
McGuire, J. Patrick inventory, undated
3
35
ITC photograph collection catagories, undated
3
36
San Antonio Express News old bound volumes, 1997-2002
3
37
Sanborn maps, 1996
3
38
Flatfile project, 1998
3
39
Meusebach collection-appraisal, 1973
3
40
Sterling collection-appraisal, 1971
3
41
Copyright law-interpretations general,1978-2001
3
42
Holmesly project, undated
3
43
Oral history, undated
3
44
Vertical files, 1997-1998
3
45
Texas Heritage Digitization Initiative, 2007
3
46
Automation hardware, 2002
3
47
Japanese Texans, 1996-1997
3
48
Cold room, 2005-2009
4
1
Cold room move, 1988-1993
4
2
Photographic collections legal issues, 1989-1998
4
3
Library photo database project, 1996-1997
4
4
Inventory-Zintgraff, 1989
4
5
Zintgraff box list, 1989, 2002
4
6
Zintgraff storage, 1989
4
7
Zintgraff accession log, 2008
4
8
Goals, 1993
4
9
San Antonio Express News policy, 1980-1998
4
10
San Antonio Light permission forms, 2003-2008
4
11
San Antonio Light C.O.P.S. prints, 1994
4
12
Photos-statistics and information, 1994
4
13
Photo collection, 1991
4
14
Photo sales, 1997-2008
4
15
Online sale, 2008
4
16
Photography collection assessment report for the Institute of Texan Cultures, 1998
4
17
Photo Heritage Day, 2003
4
18
Photo Heritage Day, 2005
4
19
Photo Heritage Day, 2007
4
20
Photo Heritage Day, 2008
4
21
Photo Heritage Day, 2009
4
22
Outreach,2008-2009
4
23
Subject lists for 1969 photographs,undated
4
24
Price lists photographs, 1991-2002
4
25
Exhibit, 2006
4
26
Faces with Names permissions, 2010
4
27
Authors and publishers, 1995-2010
4
28
Donor files [restricted], undated
4
29
University of Texas at San Antonio Archives disaster plan, 2002
4
30
UTSA Library, undated
4
31
Strategic planning documents, 2009-2010
4
32
Emergency plan, 2000
4
33
Emergency plan, 2006
4
34
Reinventing the exhibit floor: a report of the exhibit floor task group, 1998-04-21
4
35
Production, 2007
4
36
Programs, 2006
Publications
437Copyright registration forms A-J, 1979-1996438Copyright registration forms K-S, 1979-1995439Copyright registration forms T-Z,1978-1995440ISBN, 1978-1995441Copyright applications in progress, 1995442Library of Congress numbers, 1987-1988443Library of Congress completed, 1991444NICEM forms completed films,undated445NICEM forms completed slideshows,undated446NICEM forms completed filmstrips,1980447Lifetimes radio series,1993-1997448Exhibits/publications,undated449ITC publications,1996-1997
Texas Folklife Festival
450O.T. Baker,2006451Colgate-Palmolive,1990452Those Kind of Times: Afro-American Communities in Houston A Special Project of the 1986 Texas Folklife Festival,1986453Texas Folklife Festival,1995
4
53
Dr. Ricardo Romo, 2006
4
54
Zaffarini, Judith Senator, 2008