News Releases

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–2013–

• Susan Toomey Frost donates Guillermo Kahlo Collection to the Wittliff

• Bill and Sally Wittliff donate Vaquero statue by Clete Shields to Texas State

• Border Writers / Escritores de la Frontera Literary Symposium

• Global Odyssey: From Texas to the World and Back

• Complete Colección Río de Luz donated by Geoff Winningham

• A Conversation with Photojournalist Dominic Bracco II on January 22, 2013

• Prominent authors, journalists featured at free events

–2012–

• Kazim Ali ro read ar semester's final event on November 29, 2012

• Photographer Kate Breakey to speak and sign books on November 10, 2012

• Archives Day features staff from George W. Bush Presidential Library

• The Wittliff Collections celebrates A Book on the Making of Lonesome Dove with a panel discussion

• The Wittliff Collections acquire the major papers of author Tom Grimes

• Poet Cyrus Cassells to read from his fifth book, The Crossed-Out Swastika

• The Wittliff Collections host New York Times #1 best-selling author Rick Riordan

• Rolando Hinojosa, Arturo Madrid, and Carmen Tafolla featured at "Voces y Memorias" symposium

• Louise Erdrich to read at the Wittliff Collections

• Timeless Mexico: Exhibition reception and book party on March 24

• Dagoberto Gilb to read at the Wittliff Collections

• The Still Water / Simmons Challenge

• Richard Siken to read at the Wittliff Collections

• The Wittliff Collections Announce Spring 2012 Calendar

–2011–

• The Wittliff Collections host Spirit of Place 25th Anniversary Gala

• Sixth Annual Archives Day celebration on October 14

• Dr. David Coleman appointed director of Texas State’s Wittliff Collections

• Texas Literary Life: A conversation with Sarah Bird, Elizabeth Crook, Stephen Harrigan

• Exhibitions and open house celebrate the Wittliff Collections’ 25th anniversary

• The Wittliff Collections honored with TAM design awards in every category

• 1936 San José Texas Centennial Table donated by Susan Frost now on view

• Vintage Vinyl exhibit highlights rare and unique records in the Wittliff Collections' music holdings

• The Edge of Time: Photographs of Mexico by Mariana Yampolsky first 25th anniversary exhibition

• Texas State honors legendary country songwriter Freddy Powers

• Frost Bank gift honored with major exhibition of Robb Kendrick tintypes

• Smithsonian traveling exhibition Bittersweet Harvest documents bracero worker program

• The Wittliff Collections acquire major Sam Shepard Collection

• The Wittliff Collections present Big Bend: Land of the Texas Imagination

• The Wittliff Collections, Texas State host Rolando Hinojosa / Miguel Méndez Literary Symposium:
Vida y Honor / Life & Honor

–2010–

• New film documents history and versatility of Wimberley artist Buck Winn

• The Wittliff Collections and Texas Monthly toast the career of Gary Cartwright

• Kate Breakey, A.D. Coleman to speak at Painted Light reception and book launch

• Premiere exhibition from the Cormac McCarthy Archive on view now at the Wittliff Collections

• Public history students process Benton, Querry, and Jackson collections

• Fifth Annual Archives Day celebrated

• Willie Nelson Recording Collection added to Wittliff Collections Nelson archives

• Neal Barrett, Jr. named 2010 SFWA Author Emeritus at the annual Nebula Awards

• The Wittliff Collections publish In Search of the Blues: A Journey to the Soul of Black Texas

• Dick J. Reavis reads from his new book, Catching Out: The Secret World of Day Laborers

• The Jim Hightower Archive on view + "The Living Spirit of Texas Populism" festivities

• ¡Viva México! celebrates the country in over 100 photographs

• Vaquero: Genesis of the Texas Cowboy new carbon digital prints on exhibit

• Billy Porterfield donates archive to Wittliff Collections

–2009–

• Susan Frost donates Hugo Brehme collection

• Assistant Curator Steve Davis publishes new Dobie biography

• Actress and storyteller brings Katherine Anne Porter to life

• Frost Bank donates Robb Kendrick tintypes

• New literary series book published: Together, Alone, by Susan Wittig Albert

• Fourth annual Archives Month celebrated

• Grand reopening of the Wittliff Collections exhibitions features Keith Carter

• Anniversary edition of A Book of Photographs from Lonesome Dove published

• Author Bud Shrake mourned

• The Wittliff Collections open Cormac McCarthy Papers

• Steve Davis inducted into Texas Institute of Letters

• Lonesome Dove anniversary gala + cast reunion postponed

• The Wittliff Collections congratulate Texas Medal of Arts winners

• Jim Hightower donates his archive to the Wittliff Collections

–2008–

• Carmen Tafolla to read at the Wittliff Collections

• Third annual Archives Month celebrated

• The Wittliff Collections awarded TSLAC grant to create online Ashes of Waco exhibition

• Construction to begin on the Wittliff Collections expansion

• Masterworks from the Wittliff's Southwestern & Mexican Photography Collection

• Images of children from the Wittliff's Southwestern & Mexican Photography Collection

• Treasures from The Wittliff Collections Evoke the “Spirit of Place” at the Austin Airport

• Land of the Permanent Wave, An Edwin "Bud" Shrake Reader

• Photographs and Monotypes by Children of Mineral de Pozos, Mexico

• Southwestern Writers Collection celebrates newest anthology Lone Star Sleuths

• Rivers of Texas: A Texas State Common Experience at the Southwestern Writers Collection

• Southwestern Writers Collection and Wittliff Gallery are now The Wittliff Collections

For information about earlier news, see the Keystone newsletter or contact the Wittliff Collections at 512.245.2313 or thewittliffcollections@txstate.edu.