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The Institute as an
Educational Center... . . . . . . . .. 1
Special Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5
A Communications Center ....... 9
Institute Ambassadors ....... Center
A Research Center ............... 17
A Service Center ................. 21
General Administration .......... 21
Senior Staff ...................... 23
Board of Regents ................. 23
Advisory Council 1980 ........... 24
Development Board 1980 ........ 24
Founding Members 1980 ......... 24
Patrons 1980 .................... 24
The Institute serves as an educational center for
visitors from throughout Texas and the world. More than
half a million people were touched by programs or by
products generated by The Institute.
This year 410,181 guests visited The Institute to learn
more about Texas and Texans, an increase of 15.5% over
last year, and thousands of others benefited from the use of
Institute publications and audiovisual materials. Outreach
programs statewide-to schools, colleges, universities, adult
study groups and senior citizens-involved 6,670 persons,
and 35,000 additional people attended lectures, speeches,
workshops, in-service presentations or other programs pre­sented
by Institute educational services and research staff
and volunteers. Traveling exhibits reached another 133,537
people, according to Institute questionnaires.
As an educational component of The University of Texas
System, The Institute is governed by the Board of Regents
and funded by the people of Texas through the legislature
and by generous donations and grants. The Institute was
opened in 1968 as the Texas exhibition at HemisFair and
continues to fulfill the mandate which established it as a
statewide educational and communications center con­cerned
with the history, culture and folklife of the state.
To support historical exhibits and other materials dis­played
this year, 667 Texans and more than a dozen
museums have loaned artifacts to The Institute. A great
majority of its exhibit items are borrowed, thus allowing an
ever-changing series of displays on varying topics. Signifi­cant
changes were made in the Afro-American, Anglo­American,
Chinese, Czech, Indian and Polish areas.
Texans from throughout the state, actively engaged in
all programs, make The Institute an exciting and dynamic
This year 410,181 visitors crossed the entry bridge to visit The Institute.
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At Saturday School classes during the year and
Heritage Workshops in the summer, children
learn ethnic crafts, games, songs and customs.
educational services offered special programs to involve the
student visitor in role-playing life in Texas a century ago. A
new puppet theatre was completed this year to provide
animated folktales, particularly for younger visitors.
Saturday Schools-workshop approaches to teach­ing
history - were held throughout the year. Both children
and adults participated in classes that offered instruction in
quilt- and kite-making, Indian crafts and other skills. These
schools were funded in part by a grant from the Minnie
Stevens Piper Foundation of San Antonio as were the
Heritage Workshops for inner-city children held
throughout June of 1980. Participants in these nine
workshops learned Indian bark painting, pinata-making,
Indian sand painting, Indian pottery and beadwork,
embroidery and crafts from many lands. The workshops
were held in cooperation with the San Antonio Parks and
Recreation Department.
A semester-long class for three hours' college credit was
taught in a cooperative agreement with Trinity University,
and a three-hour credit internship was provided and super­vised
for The University of Texas at San Antonio.
Educational programs, tours and demonstrations were
provided for visitors from the Texas State Commission for
the Blind, Austin School for the Deaf and a variety of special
groups of disabled, retarded and institutionalized children
and adults. In addition, tours were provided for groups from
Veterans Administration and local military hospitals.
In a cooperative program with the Alamo Area Council of
Girl Scouts and local schools, a program was designed for
younger volunteers to serve The Institute during the
summer months.
By May 1980, the close of the school year, 65,785 adults
and students had participated in pre scheduled tours and
special educational programs. School groups came from 137
Texas towns and cities other than San Antonio. Tourists
from all 50 states and 69 other nations signed The Institute's
guest book. Research, educational and performance con­tacts
were made with citizens of 30 communities.
Assisted by funding from the Minnie Stevens Piper
Foundation, the educational services staff began research
and development of three heritage trunks, which will be
produced by The Institute during the coming year to travel
to schools statewide.
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A wide variety of special events held throughout the
year stimulated visits to The Institute. Typical were perfor­mances
by "The Contemporaries," black gospel singers; the
San Antonio symphony playing ethnic music; the opening
of The Institute's exhibit "Children of Many Lands Came to
Texas" with a full afternoon of puppet shows, magicians,
clowns, ethnic craft classes, ethnic games and songs, films
and refreshments attended by more than 2,000 families.
Programs of folk dancers, mariachis, barbershop harmoni­zers
and bagpipe concerts balanced a formal Lebanese
Founders' Day Celebration for more than a thousand
visitors and a lecture spotlighting the Romanians in Texas.
Six seminars offered in joint sponsorship with the
Smithsonian Institution attracted more than 3,000 partici­pants.
The Institute hosted the 64th annual meeting of the
Texas Folklore Society and in April exhibited the Magna
Carta, attracting more than 1,500 viewers. Texas Junior
Historians held their annual exhibit judging at The Institute,
and United States naturalization ceremonies were moved to
The Institute's main exhibit floor. A film program offered to
the public included 22 selected shows.
Over 40 major events were held and handled direct­ly
under Institute sponsorship this year.
Also attracting many visitors to The Institute were special
exhibits. These included a collection of pastels by Frank
Reaugh on loan from The University of Texas at Austin, a
Christmas exhibit featuring miniature dollhouses and a 19th
century street scene and woodcarvings from the Wagenfuehr
Circus Collection of New Braunfels. Four exhibits were pro­duced
by The Institute: "To Stand Alone: A Gallery of Texas
Originals," "Mexican Folk Toys," "A Festival of Pinatas" and a
13-part poster series on the "Afro-American Texans."
The largest single undertaking each year is the Texas
Folklife Festival which attracts more than 100,000
visitors to The Institute's IS-acre grounds. The Festival now
pays its own way, generating enough funds since its incep­tion
nine years ago to cover its own bills and this year to
grant $1,000 toward publication of The Swedish Texans and
$5,000 toward publication of The Gennan Texans. The
Festival's purpose is to present and interpret the heritage of
the people of Texas in an authentic manner. During four
days, July 31-August 3, throughout The Institute and its
grounds was celebrated what is now called the state's
biggest family reunion.
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School classes tour The Institute with
trained volunteers who lecture on the
facts and folklore of Texas history.
Celebrating their Scottish heritage, the
Alamo City Highlanders Bagpipe Band
parades at The Institute.
Learning about the uses of corn for food
both in early Texas and today, these
Girl Scouts are making tortillas.
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Schools visiting from around the state
Abilene Bryan Elsa Killeen Odessa San Saba
Alice Bulverde Encinal Kingsville Panna Maria Schertz
Andrews Burnet Falfurrias Lacoste Pawnee Schulenberg
Aransas Pass Canyon Lake Flatonia LaGrange Pearsall Seguin
Arkansas City Carrizo Springs Fort Worth Lamar Pflugerville Sinton
Arlington Castroville Fredericksburg Lampasas Pharr Smiley
Asherton Clute Friendswood La Pryor Plano Somerset
Athens Comfort Galveston Laredo Port Aransas Spring Branch
Austin Converse Georgetown La Vernia Portland Taylor
Ballinger Corpus Christi Geronimo Llano Poteet Temple
Barksdale Cotulla Harlingen Lockhart Poth Thrall
Bay City Crystal City Helotes Lubbock Premont Three Rivers
Beaumont Cuero Hondo Luling Richardson Utopia
Beeville Dallas Houston Manchaca Riviera Uvalde
Belton Del Rio Hutto Manor Robstown Victoria
Benavides Denton Irving Marble Falls Rockdale Waco
Ben Bolt Devine Jordanton Marion Rosenberg Waelder
Big Lake Dickinson Karnes City Mathis Round Rock Weimar
Bloomington Dripping Springs Keene Meyersville Sabinal Weslaco
Boerne Eagle Pass Kenard Moulton Salado Wimberley
Brackettville · Edinburg Kennedale New Braunfels San Angelo Yoakum
Bridge City El Campo Kennedy Nixon San Isidro Yorktown
Brownwood El Paso Kerrville Odem San Marcos
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The
Irish
Texans
John Brendan Flannery
Railroad iron-men laying rails, on
the cover of The Irish Texans.
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A 13-panel poster set tells of Afro­Americans
who settled Texas.
Domingo Leal is featured in the
children's book about Canary
Islanders in San Antonio.
This first book in a children's series
was published in 1979.
The
Danish
Texans
The immigration of Danes to Texas
is described in this new book.
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The Institute is a communications center for informa­tion
on the heritage of the state and its people.
To disseminate this material The Institute produces
books, catalogs, pamphlets, slide shows, filmstrips, video­tapes,
traveling exhibits and guides designed for study
groups, colleges, schools, libraries and museums. Publica­tions
and audiovisual materials are funded by monies from
their sale and from individuals and foundations.
Five new publications were issued this year: three books,
an exhibit catalog and a poster series. This brings The
Institute's total number of publications to 34. Additionally,
an archival microfilm program was begun, and thousands of
newspapers and other historical documents are now avail­able
in this form through The Institute.
New Books
The Danish Texans-funded in part by a grant from Houston
Endowment, Inc.
The Irish Texans-funded in part by grants from Mr. and
Mrs. E.W. Moran of Wichita Falls and
from Houston Endowment, Inc.
With Domingo Leal in San Antonio, 1734-funded in part by
grants from Levi Strauss and Houston
Endowment, Inc.
Exhibit Catalog
Watercolor, Wax & Wool: The Art of Janet Shook LaCoste­funded
in part by a gift from Claudia
Abbey Ball of San Antonio.
Poster Series
The Afro-American Texans-funded in part by a grant from
Houston Endowment, Inc.
Three audiovisual productions - videotapes and one slide
show/filmstrip-were added to bring The Institute's offer­ings
in this area to 25.
Videotapes
All Things Considered: Artist Ancel Nunn
The Krugers: Texas Immigrants
Slide Show and Filmstrip
Grandmother's Tea: Mexican Herbal Remedies
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MEXICAN HERML REMEDIES
~ISTUDY GUIDE[~
Microfilm
Translations of Statistical and Census Reports of Texas,
1782-1836, and Sources Documenting the Black in Texas,
1603-1803-funded in part by the Minnie Stevens Piper
Foundation of San Antonio.
Early Texas Newspapers: The Weekly Telegraph
The Indianola Bulletin
The Texian Advocate
The Svoboda and The Obzor
-funded in part by grants from the G.B.
Dealey Foundation of Dallas and the
SPJST Lodge of Temple.
Publications, including microfilm, sold to individuals,
schools, libraries and museums this year totaled 18,289
items; audiovisual sales amounted to 1,228 items. Institute
materials are economically priced for wide distribution, and
profits are allocated to the production of future products.
The addition of five new traveling exhibits produced this
year brings The Institute's total listing to 14 different shows.
Several copies are routinely fabricated of each exhibit,
enabling 99 showings in 79 Texas cities during the year.
Trunks, boxes and baskets filled with interesting
artifacts were offered as part of an educational program for
senior citizens and adult civic groups. Staffed primarily by
volunteers, the "traveling performances" also proved
adaptable for many school classes. In more than 35 presen­tations,
over 1,670 participants from nursing homes, nutri­tion
sites and civic clubs were visited by the volunteers'
outreach to non school groups. In addition, staff and volun­teers
provided programs for more than 3,000 students in
classrooms throughout the city in The Institute's rapidly
expanding outreach effort.
In Austin, Corpus Christi, Dallas and Beaumont, volun­teer
Ambassadors provided previsit orientation and assis­tance
to more than 2,000 students and their teachers.
The educational services staff presented special
programs, demonstrations and in-service workshops for
Trinity University, Texas Elementary-Kindergarten-Nursery
Education Conference, San Antonio School District Curricu­lum
Review, Texas Junior Historian Workshop (Waco), San
Antonio School District In-Service, Educational Service
Center's Region 20, Project AIM, The University of Texas at
San Antonio, Harlandale and Northeast School Districts In­Service,
Foley's Fair (Houston) and the Institute of
International Education. Additional in-service programs
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This grandmother is explaining some of
the uses of Mexican herbal remedies in
The Institute's slide show for children.
were provided for education teachers in Region 12 (Waco),
Conroe and Dallas School Districts and San Antonio and
Bexar County Schools.
In addition to producing the educational materials
presented by The Institute, the staff serves the state as his­torical
consultants in areas of their own expertise through
individual consultation, workshops and lectures.
Photographic seminars on "The Use and Misuse of His­torical
Photographs" utilized the talents of The Institute's
Director of Production, who lectured in Bonham, Abilene,
San Antonio and Winedale under the sponsorship of the
Texas Historical Commission.
The Exhibits Manager and Curator-Registrar appeared on
programs this year for the Arkansas Museum Association
(exhibit concepts); University of Houston (teachers'
materials on Jewish-Texan history); Texas Archeological
Society (exhibit concepts); Texas Foundation for Women's
Resources (training for field workers and exhibit concepts);
Fort Worth Museum of History and Science (interpreting
the humanities through exhibits); Texas Museum Associa­tion,
Temple, (conservation techniques); Norwegian
Consulate, Houston, (planning for Festival of Nations) and
also spent numerous hours consulting on programs for the
handicapped and answering general questions about artifact
conservation and preservation.
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Learning Indian painting, crafts and lore at
June Heritage Workshop is very popular
with the children who attend daily.
While explaining the universal need for
cloth, an Institute demonstrator weaves on
the loom in the Norwegian exhibit area.
Learning the art of tortilla making is an
experience that most out-of-state guests
enjoy on their visits to The Institute.
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Institute Ambassadors
1 Lt·m A.len Lulmg
· r I 'dnne Abup. Corpus Christi
· ~r . n i Mr~. Yancey Barnhart,
P arsa I
J hn B· rn! 1 Jr . Brenha~
ir . Eu {I <I BdJen, Da~as
.Ir L' is Brdcy, l'"alde
Ir B b Brink choff, Houston
· 1r • I.It i [luckenc; Browne, Temp~e
nd ;o.tr., Duy!e B~yant Texas City
. R rt C Ci;~pbell
u h Padre IslanJ
R Iph Castillo Lvalde n
arl Chd t'Z EI Paso
Bill C rk • a ogdoe hes II
Mr and. irs. Hubbard Colley Jr.. U
rn n
r C n er WdW
r Jim C( pt'land Balhnger
Dr and Mrs [hllmas Cotton,
H ndcr on
M Ro e • 1 Crowell Bandera
J H CYrh r Jr Kingwille .
,1r Wilht'lmlrla R. Delco, Austm
1r .• lattie Dellinger Center
G rry Doylt Beaumont
J hn Dudley (omanche
r J. DUlle dn McKinney
.\nnl R ·th E'ld", Au:;tin
y f r kim Midland
Mr Htieifo F,mlkner Coldspring
1r ,Ind ;o.1r .. Jac.k Fleming Nederland
J hIl R foster, Del Rio
Ld\H IlU" J fraIlcpll Wichita Falls
Mr and ~1r.,. Warren Freeman,
Amarillo
am (,erald. Harlingen
Gibby (,e rdt s Hailettsville
Mr All K Gerfers. Boerne
1 rs riC k E. C,in~rich, Seguin
· h Harry bray Aivin
.'.-hs Betty Graydon Austin
.1r<; Sarah GHene Gilmer
Arnold (,riffin, Devine
William ( Cnggs Canyon ~
:-"\rs. \Villiam T Gunn, Austill
Mrs Joe (. Hanna Breckenridge n
Mrs. Jack Hedgt.', Lake Dalla,> "
CI0\'i" Ht'imsn1 h, Fayetteville
Mr. and Mrs John Henderson Lufkin
John lkrnn~, Van Horn
~1rs Maur('en Jenkins, Austin
Mr::.. B. H Jones Odessa
Rev. Jack Monte Jones, Snyder
Tom Joseph, Hamilton
Edward J. Kadlecek. New Braunfels
Mrs Dun Kaspar, Shiner
Mr. and Mrs. Ted LaCaff Jr.,
Midland
Rod Kennedy, Kerrville
Burnis Lawrence, Hondo
Mrs. A. W. Loeffler, Junction
Dr. and Mrs. William G. Maddox Jr.,
Dallas
Sam A. Maglitto, Bay City
Mrs. Catherine Mason, Killeen
Mrs. Edward M. Moran Sr.,
Wichita Falls
Kathy Morgan, Fredericksburg
Nick A. Morris, Temple
Mrs. Betty Rhea Moxley, Lubbock
Mrs. W. Ben Munson IV. Denison
Ben L. Parker, Pleasanton
Paul Patterson, Crane
Lawrence J. Payne, Houston
Herb Petry, Carrizo Springs
Mrs. H. M. Phillips, San Angelo
Mrs. Jimmie Picquet, Kingsville
Cyrill Sid Pokladnik, Dallas
Tom Purdum, New Braunfels
Mrs. Ralph Randel, Panhandle
Mr. and Mrs. Sammy O. Ribble,
Lubbock
Mrs. Becky Rivers, Bastrop
Ms. Claudia Robinson, Dallas
R. E. '/Scotty" Scott, Houston
Chris Victor Semos, Dallas
Mrs. D. J. Sibley, Austin
Mr. John Ben Shepperd, Odessa
Mrs. Ernest Speck, Alpine
Mrs. Jack Stovall, San Marcos
Mrs. Charles B. Suehs, Castroville
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Sueltenfuss,
Boerne
Mrs. Harold Talbot, Big Spring
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Taylor, Seguin
Clifford Teinert, Albany
Robert H. Thonhoff, Fashing
Mrs. Jack Timon, Beeville
Dr. Robert T. Trotter II, Edinburg
Mrs. Ross Vick, Waco
Mrs. H H Vollentine, Gonzales
W. Duke Walser, Montgomery
Mrs. James L. Ware, Galveston
Mrs. Peck Westmoreland, Lockhart
Mr. and Mrs. Kyle Wheelus Jr.,
Beaumont
Josiah Wheat, Woodville
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wilkerson,
Pleasanton
Mrs. V. T. Williams, Navasota
Mrs. Jack Woods, Lubbock
Mike Zwan, Tyler
Saturday Schools are fun when one
learns to card wool and make
thread by hand on a drop spindle.
Occasionally a visitor discovers that
there is a famous ancestor's picture
on The Institute's history walls.
At Christmas, school children bring
their handmade ornaments to deco­rate
the three Institute trees.
Teaching visitors how to thatch a
roof, this Folklife Festival partici­pant
is arranging his straw bundles.
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THE INSTITUTE'S
TRAVELING EXHIBITS
AUDIOVISUALS
Afro-American Texans (3 copies)
To Stand Alone: A Gallery of Texas
Originals (2 copies)
Life Under the Bridge: A
Kickapoo Chronicle
Mexican Folk Toys (2 copies)
Children From Many Lands Came
to Texas
Under West Texas Skies: The
Photographs of W.D. Smithers
The Texas Rangers: Their First 150
Years (2 copies)
Texas History
Videotaped Documentaries
All Things Considered:
Artist Ancel N unn
Fannie Lou Spelce:
Folk Artist
Gonzales: Cradle of
Texas Liberty
The Kruger Family­Texas
Immigrants
Slide Sets and Filmstrips
The Afro-American Texans
to 1900
The Alabama-Coushatta
Indians
The Cat Spring Germans
The Dahl House: Norwegian
Texans of Bosque County
The Danish Field
The Easter Fires
of Fredericksburg
The French Texans
Grandmother's Tea:
Mexican Herbal Remedies
The Indian Texans
The Japanese Texans
Vaquero: Genesis of the Texas Cowboy
(2 copies)
Texas and Her Constitutions (3 copies)
Texas and the American Revolution
(3 copies)
The Making of a Book
Education in Texas: Yesterday and
Today (5 copies)
A Festival of Pinatas (3 copies)
Treasure, People, Ships and Dreams
(3 copies)
Carl G. Von Iwonski, A Pioneer
German Texas Artist
Jefferson: The Old South
in Texas
The Jewish Texans
The Mexican Texans to 1865
Panna Maria: First Polish
Settlement in Texas
Spanish Missions in
Colonial Texas
Spanish Ranching in Texas
Texas and the
American Revolution
Texane Ceskeho Puvodu
(The Czech Texans)
The Texas Folklife Festival:
Home of Texas Tradition
Tigua Indians: Our
Oldest Texans
Treasure, People, Ships
and Dreams
Set of three
The Wallace Brand: Ranching
by a Black Texas Family
What Is a Texan?
A Visit to The Institute of
Texan Cultures
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PUBLICATIONS IN PRINT 1979-1980
The Afro-American Texans
The Anglo-American Texans
The Belgian Texans
The Chinese Texans
The Czech Texans
The French Texans
The German Texans
The Greek Texans
The Indian Texans
The Italian Texans
The Jewish Texans
The Mexican Texans
Los Tejanos Mexicanos
The Norwegian Texans
The Polish Texans
The Spanish Texans
The Syrian and
Lebanese Texans
The Swiss Texans
The Danish Texans
The Irish Texans
Teachers Guide to The
Institute of Texan Cultures
Who Are the Chinese Texans?
With Domingo Leal in
San Antonio, 1734
Melting Pot: Ethnic Cuisine
in Texas
Reflections on Texas
Texas' Buck Schiwetz
Peter Mansbendel: A Swiss
Woodcarver in Texas
Watercolor, Wax & Wool:
The Art of Janet Shook LaCoste
Julius Stockfleth: Gulf Coast
Marine and
Landscape Painter
Iwonski in Texas: Painter
and Citizen
Texas Missions
and Landmarks
The Texas Rangers: Their First
150 Years
San Antonio in the
18th Century
Texas and the
American Revolution
Treasure, People, Ships
w~+t..
Do~
Leal
inSaI)
AntoI)io
1734.
and Dreams
Vaquero: Genesis of the
Texas Cowboy
AFRO-AMERICAN
POSTER SERIES
Histowall Texts
Dutch Texans
English Texans
Japanese Texans
Scottish Texans
Swedish Texans
Wendish Texans
Yugoslav Texans
Microfilm Collection
Translations of Statistical and
Census Reports of Texas,
1782-1836 and Sources
Documenting the Black in
Texas, 1603-1803, Set of
three rolls
Early Texas Newspapers
Set of three rolls
Early Czech Newspapers of
Texas, Set of 17 rolls
Colorful pictures enhance books in the children's series.
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Members of the Alliance discuss their
duties relating to upcoming events at
The Institute.
Volunteers in The Institute library can
provide expert skills since many who
help are retired professional librarians.
At the Indian tepee, a volunteer inter­preter
demonstrates the technique of
starting a fire without matches.
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The Institute
is a Center for
Research ...
High school students often return after a
class visit to examine carefully exhibit
cases of particular personal interest.
The Institute is a center for research, utilizing the
library and research department staffs to provide the
public with requested information. It is also the responsibil­ity
of these staffs to prepare manuscripts and to assemble
illustrations for Institute publications and exhibits.
The research department handled some 436 inquiries this
year from visiting scholars or writers, teachers, students and
other members of the public. Reference questions answered
by the library staff numbered 1,178.
Publications completed this year have already been
mentioned - The Danish Texans; The Irish Texans; With
Domingo Leal in San Antonio, 1734; Watercolor, Wax & Wool:
The Art of Janet Shook LaCoste-and Institute researchers,
staff and contract, have now completed data that will enable
publication of The Mexican Texans, Vol. I; The German
Texans; The Polish Texans and The Wendish Texans. Research
was initiated this year on The Japanese Texans, The Dutch
Texans and The Swedish Texans. Two books for young
readers are in process, The Afro-American Texans: A Personal
History and The Mexican Texans, Vol. II. Editing was begun
on a collection of Civil War era letters owned by O. Scott
Petty of San Antonio.
Scripts and photographic assembly have been pre­pared
for a three-part slide show titled, "Treasure, People,
Ships and Dreams: A Spanish Shipwreck on the Texas
Coast." A second slide show, "German Architectural
Tradition," has been completed for use on The Institute's
exhibit floor.
The research department has supported exhibit changes
on the main floor, in the lower gallery and for traveling
exhibits. Major projects included the Afro-American,
Danish, Belgian, Indian and German areas on the main
floor. Special exhibits requiring research were "A Festival of
Pinatas," John Biggers' illustrations, Frank Reaugh's pastels,
"Mexican Folk Toys," Janet Shook LaCoste's needlepoint
designs and "The Irish Colonies of Texas," which will open
in March 1981.
Traveling exhibit research was required for "Treasure,
People, Ships and Dreams," "To Stand Alone: A Gallery of
Texas Originals" and "The Afro-American Texans Poster
Series," all of which are now circulating throughout the
state. Research has been completed for a revision of "The
Texas Rangers: Their First 150 Years," to be fabricated this
year, and for "Saints Preserve Us," Mexican retablos illustra­ting
Texas towns named for saints.
An extensive project which will result in a publication, an
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One of the most exciting 1979-80
exhibits featured photographic murals
made from The Institute historic
photographic collection.
A Brazos River Valley sharecropper's
cabin was moved to the Exhibit Floor
and is now an important Afro-American
teaching tool.
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Texans are shown as individuals in an
unusual exhibit titled "To Stand Alone:
A Gallery of Texas Originals."
audiovisual production, a traveling exhibit and an addition
to the main exhibit floor is being researched on early
arrivals to the state.
An estimated 1,200 personal contacts across the
state were made by the regular staff for information,
artifact locations and photographic search. More than 800
additional contacts were made by the contract researchers
on their respective jobs. Approximately 30 periodicals and
400 publications were checked for information pursuant to
research projects.
The library staff, working under a grant from the William
Randolph Hearst Foundation of New York, began the
systematic surveying, cleaning and restoration of more than
50,000 historic negatives presented to The Institute by The
San Antonio Light. Of the 654 that were surveyed, 544 were
cataloged and added to The Institute's files this year.
A nine-panel traveling exhibit tells the
story of an ancient Spanish galleon
sunk off the Gulf Coast.
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In Production's graphics darkroom,
negatives are made with a bed camera
preparatory to printing.
Because it can be produced on almost
any surface, silkscreening is one of the
most useful exhibit techniques.
Skilled craftsmen prepare wood and
Plexiglas cases for exhibits displayed in
The Institute and around Texas.
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The Institute
is a Production
Service Center ...
1979-80
Legislative Appropriations $
Service Departments
Memberships & Gifts
Operations, Special Events
& Parking
The Store
Folklife Festival
Contracts & Grants
Publications & Audiovisual
Sales
Carry Forward
$
Value of Hours (22,119)
Contributed by
Volunteers at $4.13
The Institute is a production service center. Fulfilling
first its obligation to the projects and programs of The
Institute, the production department this year produced the
books and exhibits described in this report and supporting
study guides or brochures for all programs as well as
necessary Institute forms and stationery.
Major projects undertaken for other institutions, included
fabricating an extensive exhibit for the visitors' center at
McDonald Observatory in Ft. Davis, refurbishing of the
Lyndon B. Johnson visitors' center in Johnson City, a
photographic exhibit for The University of Texas Health
Science Center in San Antonio and a series of photo murals
for the Hidalgo County Museum.
General Administration
The Institute business office continued its development
toward becoming a freestanding and self-sufficient unit of
The University of Texas System. The addition of an IBM
5100 mini-computer (a gift to The Institute) brought the first
steps toward automation of the business functions. As
capability increases and funding allows, the business office
will begin to perform the accounting and document-reten­tion
functions now performed on contract by The
University of Texas at San Antonio. The current plan is for
complete autonomy in fiscal year 1984.
Income Expenditures
1,495,598 61.70% $ 1,458,314 60.17%
85,920 3.54% 97,491 4.02%
110,495 4.56% 18,125 0.75%
97,804 4.04% 71,573 2.95%
88,165 3.64% 98,478 4.06%
441,230 18.20% 401,332 16.56%
31,752 1.31% 31,752 1.31%
72,878 3.01% 112,967 4.66%
133(810 5.52%
2,423,842 100% $ 2,423,842 100%
$91,351.47 3.77%
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A hands-on experience can often teach
more than words can explain, accord­ing
to many Institute demonstrators.
The one-room schoolhouse located on
Institute grounds is ideal for this
special program for gifted children.
Seated on the porch of the sharecrop­per's
cottage, these children are shown
the trappings of a Texas tenant farm.
Members of the Board of Regents of The University of
Texas System. They are, front row, left to right: Dr.
Sterling H. Fly of Uvalde; Thos. H. Law, Fort Worth;
Chairman Dan C. Williams, Dallas; Mrs. Jane Weinert
Blumberg, Seguin; and Walter G. Sterling, Houston.
Back row: James L. Powell, Fort McKavett; Howard N.
Richards, Beaumont; Jess Hay, Dallas; and Jon P.
Newton, Austin.
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
BOARD OF REGENTS
OFFICERS
Dan C. Williams, Chairman
Thos. H. Law, Vice-Chairman
Betty Anne Thedford, Secretary
MEMBERS
Thos. H. Law ................................... Fort Worth
Walter G. Sterling ................. . ...... . ........ Houston
Dan C. Williams ............... . ..................... Dallas
Jane Weinert Blumberg (Mrs. Roland K.) ............... Seguin
Sterling H. Fly Jr., M.D .............................. Uvalde
Jess Hay . . . .................... ..................... Dallas
Jon P. Newton ...................................... Austin
James L. Powell ..... ......................... Fort McKavett
Howard N. Richards . .. ....................... ... . Beaumont
SENIOR STAFF OF
THE INSTITUTE OF TEXAN CULTURES
E.D. Walker
Chancellor, The University
of Texas System
Jack R. Maguire
Executive Director
Larry Cormier
Director of Development and Assistant
to the Executive Director
Leonard Scotty
Director of Business Affairs
Mrs. Pat H. Maguire
Director of Publications and
Coordinator of Programs
Dr. John L. Davis
Director of Research
James Patrick McGuire
Director of Educational Services
Dr. W. Phil Hewitt
Director of Exhibits
Mrs. Sandra Mintz
Jerry Kusenberger
Director of Physical Plant
Director of Communications Services
Mrs. Claudia A. Ball
Director of Special Events
David Haynes
Director of Production
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801 South Bowie at Durango
P.O. Box 1226
San Antonio, Texas 78294
512/226-7651
ADVISORY COUNCIL
1980
Mrs. Raye Virginia Allen
Temple and Washington, D.C.
Mrs. Ann Brinkerhoff
Houston
Mrs. Janie Briscoe
San Antonio and Uvalde
Dr. Frank Connally
San Antonio
John B. Connally
Houston
Mrs. Jean Daniel
Liberty and Austin
Leonel Garza Sr.
Brownsville
Mrs. Carolyn Henderson
Lufkin
Reagan Houston III
San Antonio
Mrs. Elizabeth S. Hutchinson
Washington, D.C.
Clyde Johnson Jr.
San Antonio
Stewart C. Johnson
San Antonio
George A. Kampmann
San Antonio
Mrs. Jean Kaspar
Shiner
Harris 1. Kempner
Galveston
Mrs. Ruth Kempner
Galveston
John T. King
Austin
Tom Lea
El Paso
Mrs. Nancy Negley
San Antonio
Vernon 1. Neuhaus Sr.
Mission
Mrs. Judy Newton
Austin
Herbert C. Petry
Carrizo Springs
Arthur A. Seeligson Jr.
San Antonio
Chris Victor Semos
Dallas
John Ben Shepperd
Odessa
Walter Sterling
Houston
DEVELOPMENT BOARD
1980
Morris Atlas
McAllen
Joe Belden
Dallas
Henry Bell
Tyler
Jack Blanton
Houston
Bob Brinkerhoff
Houston
J.P. Bryan Jr.
Houston
Charles C. Butt
Corpus Christi
The Hon. Edward Clark
Austin
Bob R. Dorsey
Houston
Judge Joe J. Fisher
Beaumont
Jenkins Garrett
Fort Worth
Alex H. Halff
San Antonio
Neal Hawthorn
Longview
John Henderson
Lufkin
Wayne H. Holtzman
Austin
Reagan Houston III
San Antonio
Edward Joseph
Austin
Max Mandel
Laredo
R. W. McKinney
Nacogdoches
Dr. Dan C. Peavy Jr.
San Antonio
Herman Pressler
Houston
Miss Josephine Sparks
Corpus Christi
Mrs. Ruth Sterling
Houston
Marshall T. Steves
San Antonio
David A. Witts
Dallas
Ex Officio: Mrs. Judy Newton
Austin
Arthur A. Seeligson Jr.
San Antonio
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