University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures at San Antonio; Education; Education--Exhibits and museums; Education--Texas
Educational philosophy and development of exhibits, educational programs, and tools the Institute uses to teach by connecting to history such as traveling trunks, Tex-Kits, Back 40, puppet theater, and exhibit floor programs.
Civil Rights.; African Americans--Texas.; Marshall (Tex.).; African Americans--Education--Texas.; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.; Voting.
Austin, Texas and Marshall, Texas Mrs. Charles Wilson describes her personal experiences living in Texas and actively working in the civil rights movement. The second interview relates more specifically to her involvement with the NAACP.
University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures at San Antonio. and the first manager of the Institute’s Texas Folklife Festival, details the evolution of the Festival from its birth in 1972.
Women--Texas.; Women's health services--Texas, South.;
In 1991 Aguirre, an AIDS activist, founded the Mujeres Project to provide a place where women of all cultures could obtain information and services involving HIV and family planning choices.
University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures at San Antonio; Education; Education--Exhibits and museums; Education--Texas; Volunteer workers in museums--Training of
Discussion of the Institute's philosophy, mission, and training of docents relating to the education programs.
College presidents--Texas.; University of Texas at San Antonio--History.;
Arleigh B. Templeton was the first President of the University of Texas at San Antonio. He served as President from 1970 through December 1972. Before coming to UTSA, he was President of Sam Houston State University, 1963-1970, and later served...
San Antonio, Texas Samman, whose parents were from Tripoli, Lebanon, discusses family history, Lebanese community in Texas, and the Eastern Orthodox Church.
San Antonio (Tex.)--Theaters; Motion picture projectionists; Theaters--Employees; Majestic Theater (San Antonio, Tex.); Municipal Auditorium (San Antonio, Tex.)
Taught by his father to work as a movie projectionist, Parnell discusses experiences and aspects of movie and stage production through multiple jobs he learned.
Subjects discussed in this interview include: Bexar Regional Watershed Management Partnership; board activities/composition, politics/staff relations; congressional and legislative relations; Corps of Engineers; desalination; Digital Flood...