University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures at San Antonio; Exhibitions and museums; Shuffler, R. Henderson (Ralph Henderson), 1908--1975; Ransom, Harry Huntt, 1908-1976; Baker, Oscar Terrell, 1910-2006.
Davis shares his knowledge of the development of the Institute of Texan Cultures as a public museum, particularly the Folklife Festival, and relates background on the people and events involved in this process.
Lawyers--Texas; San Antonio (Tex.)--Politics and government.
San Antonio, Texas
Interviewed in his downtown office during his 71st year as a practicing attorney, San Antonio civic leader and historian C. Stanley Banks shares his recollections of an Anglo-dominated community of fewer than 100,000 people he...
Growing up in an close, extended family, Peña returned home after college and began his career teaching art in the high school he attended. He went on to create a school art program philsophically based on using art to show pride in self and...
Architects--Texas; La Villita (San Antonio, Tex.); Architecture--conservation and restoration; San Antonio (Tex.).--buildings
Office of O'Neil Ford, 528 King William Street, San Antonio, Texas
Eminent architect O’Neil Ford reminisces about one of his great loves, La Villita, while sorting through historic notes and photographs. The Depression-era restoration of La...
Aeronautics--Military--Texas.; Air pilots, military.; United States. Air Force Airmen.; Bombers.; Airplanes--Flight testing.
Air Force Village, San Antonio, Texas Eugene L. Eubank was an aviation pioneer who started teaching World War I pilots in 1917 at Brooks Field's sod runway and helped develop the tactical flight guidelines that World War II combat pilots followed....
Alpine (Tex.); Brewster County (Tex.); Sul Ross State University
Alpine, Texas
The influence of Sul Ross State University, the McDonald Observatory, well-traveled ranchers and culture-hungry residents made Alpine and Fort Davis much more cosmopolitan than their small size would indicate, long-time residents...