Tour guides (Persons);University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures at San Antonio;McGuire, Patrick;Shuffler, R. Henderson (Ralph Henderson), 1908-;McGiffert, John;Flanagan, Sue
Wiskemann, Sally. discusses the docent program with MacMillan, Esther G. , including the rationale for its’ development, naming as 'The Alliance' for drawing together the Institute and the community, contributions of staff and volunteers both to...
Texas--History--To 1846--Societies.; Fort Velasco, Battle of.; Brazoria Militia.; Muzzle-loading firearms.
Reynolds discusses the society formed by interest in muzzle-loading weapons and Battle of Fort Velasco which was fought on June 26, 1832, precipitated by a Mexican officer who angered Anglo settlers in Texas when he imprisoned and refused to honor...
Two interviews with Roe and McKnight who discuss the materials and techniques of basket-making they demonstrate at the Texas Folklife Festival as well as other craft activities and personal history.
University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures at San Antonio; HemisFair (1968 : San Antonio, Tex.); Connally, John Bowden, 1917-1993; Texas Folklife Festival
Perry discusses the genesis of the Institute of Texan Cultures, from the planning for Hemisfair through its' creation under the aegis of the University of Texas at San Antonio, with emphasis on the key people who were involved.
World War, 1939-1945--Journalists.; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
A retired combat reporter who served during World War II, the Korean War, and Vietnam, Sweeney describes the environment in which men serve during war and the shock of combat.
Civil Rights.; African Americans--Texas.; Houston (Tex.)--History.; St. Philip's College.
Dean Emeritus of St. Philip's College, Norris tells of his life, from growing up in a Houston ghetto, earning a PhD, and his career in education and social work. Interview includes a description of the Ossian Sweet trial in 1926 and working with...
University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures at San Antonio., San Antonio, Texas. Texas Folklife Festival exhibitor James J. Ander of Seguin discusses his pastime of caning chair seats, which he demonstrated for many years at the annual festival.
Four Seasons Nursing Home, 1975 Babcock Road, San Antonio, TX
From the 1950s through the 1980s, Norman Brock’s used book store in downtown San Antonio was a landmark known for its eclectic collection of more than a million volumes as well as...
University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures at San Antonio., San Antonio, Texas
A job as director of publications at Texas’ San Jacinto Museum of History led Gerry Doyle to appreciate the craft of handwriting and its “Sunday writing”...
Floresville (Tex).
I.D. Flores, a pharmacist and fourth-generation Canary Islander from a prominent San Antonio and Floresville family, shares his personal history, including the oldest store in Floresville, the Flores Drug Store opened by his...
University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures at San Antonio, Texas
Returning to her family’s roots in the Frio Canyon area of Real County and northern Uvalde County in the 1970s, Lora Garrison determined to preserve the area’s history by...
"San Antonio, Texas
Widow of Porfirio Salinas, Texas landscape painter, Maria Salinas provides biographical information about Porfirio as artist, husband, and father, correcting much of what was previously printed about her husband."
Indians of North America--food; Food--wild; Acorns; Mesquite; Frontier and pioneer life; Wilderness survival; Medicine--primitive
University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures at San Antonio., San Antonio, Texas
While holding forth at the Smokehouse at the 1982 Texas Folklife Festival, O.T. Baker shares information about foods and remedies early Texas settlers and Indians...