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A member of The System DIRECTOR from the THANKS TO THE STILL WATER specific books for his research in writ - books in his library are dedicated to TEXAS STATE: FOUNDATION , you have an oppor - ing the novel Blood Meridian: Or the the Apache Indians. There are many AN EMERGING RESEARCH tunity to double your donation when Evening Redness in the West . Simmons exceedingly rare books, and about 400 UNIVERSITY “FIRST IMPRESSIONS” place that fosters the study and contemplation of unique and you make a gift to the Wittliff Collec- has acquired all of them. Spanish-language books on the Announced in January, precious literary, photographic, and other artistic works that tions this year. Many of the other subjects come American Southwest originally pub - Texas State is now clas - STAFF UPDATE Our last newsletter announced my spring from and respond to our part of the world. The foundation has generously straight out of J. Frank Dobie’s Guide lished in and Spain. sified as an Emerging The Wittliff hire as the new director of the I understood and appreciated much of this before I awarded the Collections a $100,000 to Life and Literature of the Southwest : Simmons’ specialty is Spanish Research University by Collections are Wittliff Collections but in some began as director, but I didn’t really know much about the challenge grant to support the pur - the Santa Fe Trail, Indian culture, Colonial history, and for his work in the Texas Higher Edu - pleased to ways it was, quite literally, prema - people who sustain and support the organization and its chase of a significant 13,000-volume Spanish Colonial presence, women that area the King of Spain knighted cation Coordinating announce that ture. Although I had already been to mission—the staff. As our physical environment receives the library owned by renowned New pioneers, medicine, forts, guns, wild- him in 1993. Board. Texas State joins MAGGIE DEBRECHT the Wittliff several times over the years, first as a visitor to public on a human scale, it’s our staff that truly brings that Mexico historian MARC SIMMONS. life, horses, art, stagecoaches, cowboy What most people find unusual is seven other Texas pub - has joined our staff as many exhibitions and then more formally as a job candidate, welcoming spirit alive. The grant is contingent on our ability songs, and nature. Simmons was also that Simmons lives without electricity lic institutions already Archives Assistant for I hadn’t yet worked here a day, and I could only say how Since the Wittliff Collections, at their core, are about sto - or running water—he likes to spend classified as Emerging the Southwestern Research Universities: excited and honored I was. rytelling, I will give one example I hope illustrates my point. his days in the same deep rhythms as Writers Collection. Texas Tech, UT Two days before I officially started I came to the Wittliff’s Shortly after Thanksgiving we experienced a power failure in the people he writes about did in pre - Maggie earned her MA DOUBLE YOUR DONATION Arlington, UT Dallas, with an emphasis on Open House, which was a terrific way to introduce myself to the , affecting our side of the building and vious centuries. Simmons is a farrier UT El Paso, UT San Public History from lots of fans of the Collections as well as to those who were spanning all floors. The situation lasted for a little more than DOUBLE YOUR DONATION and an expert mule packer, and he has Antonio, the University Texas State University walking in for the first time. There, I had the taken several horseback journeys of Houston, and the in 2011 where she was opportunity to both share what I already loved to the wittliff collections across the Southwest to get a firsthand University of North President of the History about the place as well as learn from others what look at the land he writes about. Texas. As a result of the Honors Society, Phi makes it so special to them. I was also able to do to raise a matching $100,000 by the a great friend of Jack Schaefer, the In 1963, Simmons built his first new classification, Alpha Theta, and was this on a much grander scale at our Silver end of 2012. PLEASE CONSIDER author of Shane , who gave Simmons adobe house near Santa Fe. Since then Texas State may now named the Outstanding Anniversary Gala, held at the Four Seasons in PARTICIPATING IN THE CHAL - dozens of signed copies of foreign edi - he has expanded his holdings from apply for matching Graduate Student of the Austin in November. Despite the differences LENGE. The combined $200,000 tions of his books in every language one to 240 acres. The land was once funds to leverage pri - Year in History for vate gifts for the between the events, however, the feelings from our match will go a long way from Thai to Egyptian. home to the San Marcos Indians, a 2010 –2011. Maggie is a enhancement of expressed were identical. toward raising the $310,000 needed to Simmons also has many impor - heritage Simmons cherishes as he was familiar face in the research productivity Wittliff Collections, A cherished phrase of ours, reflected in the purchase the Simmons library. tant individual collections within his essentially adopted by a Pueblo Indian and faculty recruitment. having spent the past gala’s theme, is “the Spirit of Place,” which serves The author of some 45 books, library, including group as a boy and While there are a num - 18 months assisting as our guiding light as we collect, preserve and Marc Simmons began donating his a large Kit Carson spent several summers ber of criteria that researchers as well as promote the study and appreciation of our papers to the Wittliff several years collection as well living with them. determine eligibility for accessioning and pro - region’s cultural heritage. But the phrase means ago, and he signed an agreement last as a George Cus - Simmons’ sale of matching funds, a qual - cessing archive collec - even more than that, and when you visit us you’ll year to sell his extraordinary library ter photography his library will provide ifying gift must be des - tions as our Graduate find that it also reflects the spirit of our place, the to us. With little duplication, the album with early funds to ensure the ignated for research and Student for Public Wittliff Collections. acquisition will double the Wittliff’s images and tin - permanent preserva - must be between Services. Welcome, When you walk into our space you are South western Writers Collection types. Some 70 tion and conservation $100,000 and $10 mil - Maggie! lion. Gifts made to the received by an aesthetic that is decidedly different book holdings and substantially of his land for future Wittliff Collec tions at from the university library that supports us—it’s enhance research opportunities. generations to experi - this level that support akin to stumbling upon an undiscovered plaza The Wittliff became interested ence and appreciate. research, such as the and hacienda somewhere in the Southwest or in Simmons several years ago Our sincere thanks acquisition of the Mexico. Warm tones, highlighted by lots of wood because his archive contains not to the Still Water Foundation for Simmons Library, may and Saltillo tile, surround you, and everything is decidedly a week, and we were displaced from our offices to several only his own material on the giving us this challenge, and for be eligible to receive on a human scale. It’s an intimate, welcoming environment, different parts of the building that still had power. In the face Southwest, but also documenta - their support in bringing this matching funds. very different from so many museums’ grand public spaces of these difficulties the Wittliff staff was remarkably resilient. tion of close friendships with a important library to Texas State. that are calculated to impress. We relocated the reading room’s operation to a space with number of prominent southwest - Don’t miss this opportunity to For me, the Wittliff represents an oasis—a place to natural light so students and researchers could resume their ern writers, including Tony Hiller- DOUBLE YOUR DONATION! (middle) escape the hurried pace of our daily lives. It’s also a place to studies; we continued to accept visitors to our Lonesome man, Elmer Kelton, Edward Abbey, Every dollar counts. Thank you! # Guest at a Wittliff discover something, perhaps, in our photography or literary Dove exhibition (where the lights were still working); and and John Nichols, and artists such exhibition reception exhibitions. Our motto is “Instruct * Illuminate * Inspire,” we even provided tours of our darkened photography and as José Cisneros. Use the newsletter envelope provid - ON THE COVER (left) For more on From the Face to Face and I think the element of discovery plays an important role literary exhibitions by flashlight. For me this first impression One example of the impor - ed, or contact Beverly Fondren Marc Simmons, see exhibition (see p. 12): in each facet. I know that after newcomers discover us, they of the staff, cheerfully rallying together under pressure, was tance of the Simmons library Scott at 512.245.9058 or bf12@txs - Phyllis S. Morgan’s Marc Frida Kahlo hugging one leave the place inspired. truly inspirational. It’s good to be here. # relates to Cormac McCarthy— tate.edu for more information. Or, Simmons of : of her xoloitzcuintle s, Maverick Historian Coyoacán, Mexico City, Students and other researchers using our collections in —DAVID L. COLEMAN whose major archive is held by the visit the “Support” section of the (University of New 1952, Héctor García our reading room find the Wittliff as an oasis as well—a Director, The Wittliff Collections Wittliff. McCarthy relied on nine Wittliff website for details. Mexico Press, 2005) 2 3 Texas State University-San Marcos is a member of The Texas State University System KATE BREAKEY and WITTLIFFS make significant gifts AUCTION DONORS WITH THE SUPPORT of presenting (this page): Jayne Hinds Bidaut sponsors Jerry D. and Linda Gregg Fields OUR DEEPEST THANKS go to The donation includes 42 photo - is Carter’s first published photograph, Finch, 2011, Kate Breakey Ave Bonar and Patsy and Jack Martin, Texas State Kate Breakey and to Bill and Sally graphs by Kate Breakey, mainly from Girl with Basket , from 1972. Kate Breakey University brought the Spirit of Place to Wittliff for generously donating near - her Small Deaths series, and 149 The Wittliff includes the world’s Girl with Basket, 1972, Keith Carter Dan Bullock the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin this ly 300 photographs in 2011. toned silver gelatin prints by Keith largest Keith Carter collection and Keith Carter past November. With the help of a won - Breakey, who is best known for Carter. Carter is an internationally archive—over 1,200 images —as well (opposite page, Cinco Vodka derful committee led by Mary Margaret her Small Deaths series of large-scale, recognized artist and educator who as the major holding of Kate Breakey’s top to bottom): James H. Clement, Jr. Farabee and Dan Bullock, and headliners richly hand-colored photographs of holds the endowed Walles Chair of photoworks—over 400 pieces. # (l to r) Bill Broyles, Jerry Jeff Walker, Dan Mary Crouch Sam Shepard, Bill Broyles, and Jerry Jeff birds, flowers, animals and insects, Art at Lamar University. Taken & Genia Lillis Bullock, Sam Shepard, Walker, the Wittliff Collections celebrat - donated over 165 images. Mostly from between 1972 and 1998, the prints by Bill Wittliff Jim Dauterive ed its 25th anniversary with an event her Las Sombras series, these new pic - Carter include portraits and images of Carol Dawson Jerry D. & Linda Gregg Fields Faustinus Deraet that raised more than $350,000. tures are made using the camera-less children and animals. Of special note David Everett photogram technique. Working solely Jack & Patsy Martin Four Seasons Hotel in the darkroom, Breakey makes con - From Texas Monthly Laurie Frick TH E tact prints of deceased animals that (l to r): current editor Jake Silverstein, found- Susan Toomey Frost memorialize their haunting shadows. ing editor Bill Broyles, Ragan Gennusa She then covers the photographic founder and former pub- John Graves paper with translucent golden paint lisher Mike Levy, former editor Greg Curtis, for- Stephen Harrigan and sepia tones it for a Victorian look. mer editor Evan Smith David Johndrow OF The Wittliffs have a number of Tommy Lee Jones pir i photographs on permanent loan to Dwain Kelley the Collections, and they formally NEW & Robb Kendrick donated nearly 200 photographs by NOTEWORTHY: Larry L. King 25TH ANNIVERSARY GALA PHOTOGRAPHERS Matt Lankes  artists Keith Carter and Kate Breakey. ac  Selected books pub - O. Rufus Lovett raises more than $350,000 lished during 2011 by Katie Maratta artists with works in Larry McMurtry Funds generated by the gala support the acquisition and preserva - the Wittliff Collections: Michael O’Brien tion activities of the Collections. We are working to grow our major CONGRATULATIONS, STEVE DAVIS! ple would blame for killing the including Texas Literary Outlaws: Six No hay nadie / There Is Rosalba Ojeda archive of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Cormac McCarthy and We are excited to announce that President, among them rabid politi - Writers in the Sixties and Beyond . His No One by Graciela Turk & Christy Pipkin our holdings of work by five photographers—most of whose major Twelve Publishing is releasing the cos, unsung civil rights leaders, gang - writing has appeared in Texas Monthly Iturbide (La Fábrica) Holly Reed collections are housed at the Wittliff: Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Kate next book by Wittliff Collections sters, strippers, billionaires, defrocked and the Texas Observer . Rick Riordan From Uncertain to Blue: Breakey, Keith Carter, Graciela Iturbide, and Marco Antonio Cruz. curator, Steven L. Davis. He and Witt- military generals, fundamentalist Minutaglio’s work has appeared in Kevin Ryan Photographs by Keith Funds will also be used to support conservation work on the Buck liff donor Bill Minutaglio are co-writ - preachers, marauding police, and , Esquire , Texas & Susan Bailey Carter (University of Rocky Schenck Winn Cattle Ranching mural. To accomplish these first two goals, Ding Dallas 19A63 , a rivetinLg account oLf clandAestine heroeSs. Pub lished to coin 1- Mo9nthly , and N6ewsweek , am3 ong other Texas Press) we need to generate approximately $4 million. how a group of larger-than-life indi - cide with the 50th anniversary of the publications, and he has written for John Scott Home Field: Texas We’re also working to raise $310,000 to acquire the 13,000-vol - viduals turned Dallas into a city that Kennedy assassination, Dallas 1963 several Texas newspapers. His critical - Jane Scroggs High School Football Andy Smith ume library of one of the foremost authors and historians of the became infamous for the assassination will be a sobering reminder of how ly acclaimed books include biogra - Stadiums from Alice to Victoria Smith Southwest, Marc Simmons. We’re off to a great start thanks to the of John F. Kennedy. The book is sched - “ordinary” America can turn into phies of George W. Bush, Zephyr by Jeff Wilson Julie Speed Still Water Foundation, which awarded the Wittliff uled for release in the fall of 2013. something else entirely. and , and a narrative (UT Press) Eliza K. Thomas a generous $100,000 challenge grant toward the Dallas 1963 follows the city “Dallas 1963 is unique among retelling of the greatest industrial dis - The Latin American Connie Todd Simmons Library purchase (see p. 3). through three turbulent years, begin - treatments of the assassination,” said aster in U.S. history (see p. 15). Both Photobook by Horacio Dr. Denise Trauth Our special thanks again to Media Sponsor, ning with the Kennedy election in Cary Goldstein, Publisher and Editor- Minutag lio and Davis are members of Fernández (Aperture) & Texas State Texas Monthly , and our Platinum Sponsors: AT&T, November 1960 and ending on in-Chief of Twelve/Hachette Book the Texas Institute of Letters. Andrea Turner Hard Ground Eleanor Crook, Cina Forgason, H-E-B, Gloria and November 22, 1963. Set against the Group. “Through the biography of a Twelve, an imprint of Grand Antonio Turok by Michael O'Brien UT Press Bruce Ingram / Bonnie and Ed Longcope / Dedee backdrop of a nation in transition, city, the authors present a clear, cine - Central Publishing/Hachette Book (UT Press) Kathy Vargas and John Roberts / Cathy Supple / Bonnie and Davis and Minutaglio’s book explains matic and revelatory history of the Group, was established with the ob - Jack Spencer edited Bob Wade Lawrence Tilton, and Bill and Sally Wittliff. We what the president and his team were twentieth century’s most significant jective of publishing no more than 12 by John Wood Peggy Weiss appreciate all the sponsors and donors who made thinking and doing in those three event. So forget the shadowy conspir - books a year, singular works of fiction (21st Editions) Jeff Wilson the evening possible and extend our deepest grati - years, and why they could never have acies, you need look no further than and nonfiction by authors who have a Rodrigo Moya: Una Marc Winkelman tude to everyone who donated items to what really understood the swirling forces Dallas. It was all there the whole time, unique perspective and compelling mirada documental Dan Winters turned out to be a spectacular silent auction (see awaiting them in Texas. just brewing, waiting.” authority—works that explain our by Alberto del Castillo Bill & Sally Wittliff sidebar, left), which brought in more than A rich and surprising ensemble of Davis is the author of two critical - culture, that illuminate, inspire, pro - Troncoso (Ediciones El Caroline Wright $100,000 of the total raised. Thank you! # characters defined the city many peo - ly praised books on Texas culture, voke, and entertain. # Milagro) 5 NEW & NOTEWORTHY: WRITERS Selected books pub - RICK lished during 2011 by authors with substantial archives in the Wittliff IO RDA N’S Collections: R Skeleton in a Dead Space by Judy Alter WO RLD OF (Turquoise Morning Press) The Gap Year MYTH AND by Sarah Bird (Knopf) (opposite page): Jade: The Law by Robert Percy’s sword, “Riptide” Flynn (JoSara MeDia) MYSTE RY from the film adaptation Before the End, After the of The Lightning Thief Beginning: Stories by Rick Riordan’s the first book in his Percy Jackson and the Dagoberto Gilb (Grove) hand-drawn map of Olympians series for young adults. This is Camp Half Blood Remember Ben Clayton the book that turned millions of kids on (this page): by Stephen Harrigan to Greek mythology. The exhibition fea - Detail of exhibition case (Knopf) tures Riordan’s original manuscript for that includes working Devil Red (Hap and manuscript of The the book, his hand-drawn map of Camp Leonard) by Joe R. Lightning Thief Half-Blood, his essay describing how the Lansdale (Knopf) First books in four of series came into being, foreign editions of Riordan’s series Generations on the Land: Riordan’s novels from many nations, and A Conservation Legacy gold. Rick, unlike many authors, is quite open about the the actual sword, “Riptide,” used in the film adaptation of by Joe Nick Patoski RICK RIORDAN (Texas A&M) real-life inspirations for his work, and I think fans will find The Lightning Thief . it fascinating to see them revealed in this exhibition.” Also on display are manuscript and marketing materials AT TEXAS STATE Texas High School Rick Riordan’s World of Myth & Mystery makes it clear for all of Riordan’s series for young readers, including the MAY 11, 2012 Football: More Than On Friday, May 11, the the Game by Joe Nick that Riordan was interested in writing from a very early age. Kane Chronicles and the Heroes of Olympus. Samples from Wittliff Collections will Patoski (Bob Bullock Among the items on display is his early manuscript, a few of the thousands of letters he has received from school host donor and New Texas State History “Appoint ment with an Archangel,” which he completed at children are also featured, testifying to the enormous impact York Times #1 best- Museum) age thirteen. Next to that is a copy of the rejection letter he Riordan has had across the nation and beyond. selling author Rick received after submitting the story to Asimov’s Science Fiction A special section of the exhibition focuses on Riordan’s The Son of Neptune Riordan for a public magazine. While that letter is extremely kind and solicitous, celebrated career as a teacher. Riordan taught middle school (The Heroes of reading and audience Olympus, Book Two) Riordan said that it left him so devastated English and Social Studies for 15 years Q&A. Riordan’s most by Rick Riordan that he didn’t write again for another year. before he retired to concentrate on his recent publications (Disney Hyperion) Riordan also received a pile of rejec - writing full time. In 2002, Saint Mary’s include two from his The Throne of Fire (The tion letters before his first novel, Big Red Hall in San Antonio honored him with Egyptian mythology Kane Chronicles, Book Tequila , was published. But once the book the school’s first ever “Master Teacher” series: The Kane Two) by Rick Riordan appeared it won three major mystery award. On display is information about Chronicles Survival (Disney Hyperion) awards and established Riordan as a that award, along with photos of Riordan Guide and The Serpent’s Dolph’s Team Bestselling author and literary superstar Riordan’s literary papers—which the author has been gener - major author. The exhibition highlights in the classroom and a commemorative Shadow (Book Three of the Kane Chronicles), by Jim Sanderson Rick Riordan, a native of San Antonio, has inspired millions ously donating to the Wittliff since 2004. The result is a vivid many facets of Riordan’s life as a mystery book given to him by the students of the which is due to be (Ink Brush Press) of children across the globe to learn about ancient mytholo - behind-the-scenes look at Riordan’s life and work. writer, including his awards, his snap - final class he taught. released on May 1, gy. Riordan has also brought his hometown to life in his “What’s especially interesting about Rick’s archive,” said shots taken of various San Antonio loca - The Wittliff Collections host Rick 2012. Specifics regard - series of award-winning mystery novels for adults. exhibition curator Steve Davis, “is that you gain a really deep tions, and an elaborately constructed— Riordan on May 11 for a public reading ing Riordan’s appear - In recognition of Riordan’s distinctive achievements and understanding of his work process: how his life as a middle- and very detailed—plot map that he cre - and Q&A (see sidebar, right). The exhi - ance are shaping up— his inspirational impact on young readers, the Wittliff Col - school teacher prepared him to write for children; how he ated to chart the action in his novel. bition Rick Riordan’s World of Myth and please watch the Events lections are presenting a special exhibition from their per - gave up television in order to find time to write; and most Riordan burst into international fame Mystery , curated by Steve Davis with page on our website for manent holdings, Rick Riordan’s World of Myth & Mystery . important, how he is so adept at drawing from real life and in 2005 as the author of the New York assistance from Ken Fontenot, runs details, including The exhibition showcases numerous artifacts from transmuting those episodes, spinning them into literary Times #1 bestseller The Lightning Thief , through July 15, 2012. # TICKET information. 6 7 JESSE HERRERA Born in Monterrey, Mexico, Jesse Herrera earned his BA in 1975 in Art and Design from the University of Illinois at Chicago and an MA in photo - journalism from the University of Texas at Austin in 1990. Herrera began his photography career in Chicago as a corporate photog ra - pher, then he relocated to Austin in 1978 where he worked as a staff photographer for several state agencies before retiring in 2004. He also taught photog - raphy at Laguna Gloria Art School from 1990 to 2009. Herrera docu - ments the people and folkloric traditions of remote areas of Mexico, his native homeland. His recent subjects include religious celebrations in Spain and Guatemala, which parallel and contrast those in Mexico. Herrera’s photographs have been featured in various journals and books. Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review, and Art and Ritual in Golden-Age Spain (Princeton University Press, 1998) are two of the most recent publi - cations featuring his imagery. La virgen y Juan Diego / The Virgin and Juan Diego, Cuetzalan, Puebla, December 1987, Jesse Herrera (this page, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2011 of these three writers goes through a (left) University of Hull top to bottom) was a very special evening at the very different process when shaping a doctoral candidate, Elizabeth Crook McCARTHY SCHOLAR Rob McInroy, and Bill Wittliff; Wittliff Collections, as a crowd of story. This conversation triggered October 2011 Sarah Bird; over 200 people came out for the Crook to ask Bird, “How much of illuminates the research process Stephen Harrigan panel discussion, Texas Literary Life. your initial concept of the book is At the opening of the program, what the book becomes?” attendees were introduced to Dr. “This is an interesting thing for metaphysical issues of natural theology. STUDENTS David Coleman, the new director of me to talk about in the company of This trend can be seen in The Border PREPARE THREE COLLECTIONS the Wittliff, who welcomed the audi - Steve Harrigan and Bill Wittliff,” Trilogy, most notably in its second FOR RESEARCH ence. One of Coleman’s first under - replied Bird, “because they were very novel, The Crossing , and I chose this Thanks to students in takings as director was to introduce formative in how I changed my way novel, therefore, as the basis of my prin - the Public History grad - the panel’s moderator, Elizabeth of doing this.” Bird recognized that cipal research, taking up the first week uate seminar “Archives Crook. Award-winning author of The her experience with screenwriting and a half of my studies.” Management,” there are Night Journal and other historical had greatly influenced her craft of Since opening to research in the sum - three newly processed novels, Crook began donating her writing novels. mer of 2009, the Cormac McCarthy manuscript collections available for research in STUDENTS papers to the Collec tions in 1995. Stephen Harrigan weighed in with Papers remain the Wittliff’s most heavi - RESEARCH IN ly accessed archive—and certainly the the Wittliff Collections. THE ARCHIVES one that has generated the most interest Under the direction of Over the past several sarah bird, elizabeth crook & stephen harrigan among the international community. Lead Archivist Katie years we have been Scholars from Australia, Austria, Salzmann, the students applied archival princi - delighted by the France, , Israel, and Portugal, discuss TEXAS LITERARY LIFE ples learned in class to increase in use of the as well as several from the United the hands-on process - archival and book Kingdom, have made the trek to San resources at the Wittliff ing of manuscript col - “One of the things that I love about his perspective on the topic by stating, Marcos, Texas, to study the McCarthy Collections by Texas lections. The archives Texas writers—Steve and Sarah being “I think it’s deeper than that for me, in collection. As McInroy points out “for a State students. In 2006, selected for last fall’s two of the best, in my opinion—is that that I’ve always liked stories. I’ve McCarthy researcher, access to the Texas State students projects were the comprised less than we all really like each other.… This is always liked literature or fiction or LAST FALL, the Wittliff Collections were pleased to host archive is essential.” papers of authors 10 percent of our one of the unique things that is whatever with a plot.… I just want University of Hull doctoral candidate, ROB M cINROY , for an For students and others considering researching NADINE ECKHARDT researchers, and in reflected here in the Collections. If someone to tell me a story.… I just extended visit to research the Cormac McCarthy Papers. archives at the Wittliff, McInroy generously offers some tips: and DONELY WATT, 2011 that percentage you explore the Collections, then like a plain ol’ story.” McInroy was awarded a travel grant from the European • Be clear in advance what you wish to research, or you will and the collection of increased to almost 35 you’ll see that Texas writers are writ - Following the program, the trio Association for American Studies to conduct his studies at become overwhelmed by the material available; however, be former assistant, JODY percent. Students have ing to each other, and about each answered questions from the audience the Collections, and he spent the better part of October in prepared to follow a line of enquiry if it presents itself. FISCHER. Complete been drawn to a wide other, and often for each other.” and stayed to meet their fans and sign our reading room. • Make clear notes of WHY you are copying or annotating finding aids to these variety of collections, Crook asked both Harrigan and copies of their novels. # something: it will be obvious to you at the time, but later, once and we have enjoyed collections are available Bird about their most recent novels you have read three or four further drafts of the same materi - seeing the end products on the Wittliff and why they chose to write those al, you may find you have forgotten the original point you of their time in our Scholars from Australia, Austria, Collections’ website in particular stories. wished to draw out. reading room. In 2009, the A –Z section under Joshua Shepard com - In response, Harrigan broke from France, Germany, Israel, and • Be prepared to have to keep going back to check and re- Research. pleted his Journalism & format to ask Crook about her own Portugal, as well as several from the check things when new points of investigation emerge. Mass Communications methods of writing. Crook revealed Frequently, this may involve returning to drafts you have pre - thesis, “There Better Be Texas Literary Life marked a she is currently working on a novel United Kingdom, have made the trek viously finished with. a Naked Cheerleader reunion of Crook and two other concerning the Charles Whitman • Where the author dates individual pages of the manuscript Under Your Bed: remarkable members of the Wittliff’s shootings at UT Austin in 1966, and to study the McCarthy collection. (as McCarthy frequently does), make a note on any pages Representations of Southwestern Writers Collection fam - she replied to Harrigan’s question by from which you are transcribing. Dating evidence can be in - Southern, Working ily, Sarah Bird and Stephen Harrigan. saying, “When I’m writing, there is a valuable later on, for working out the order of different drafts. Class Masculinity in The authors discussed a broad range sense of panic at the end of every McInroy’s primary area of interest is the progression of • Specifically related to McCarthy, be aware that within indi - King of the Hill .” More of topics, including the inspiration chapter because I think, ‘Oh some - McCarthy’s thought through his career. He states, “In earlier vidual drafts there are, at times, three or four different sub- recently, Doug Dixon, behind their work, their ways of story - thing’s got to happen next. What’s works, he [McCarthy] explores an interest in society from drafts interspersed. Again, use whatever dating evidence a graduate student in History, presented telling, and their views on the current going to happen? Here’s this blank the perspective of man in the City of Man. As his career McCarthy provides to help establish the timeframes. “Personas of Cabeza state of the literary industry. chapter starting. What are they going develops, though, he begins to consider the world from the If you are planning a visit to research the McCarthy de Vaca” based on his In her opening remarks, Crook to say? What are they going to do?’ I viewpoint of being a means (or not) of ascent to the City of Papers or any of our writers’ archives, we strongly encourage study of resources at recognized both Harrigan and Bird as have no idea.” God. In other words, there is a sense, as his career has pro - you to contact the archives staff in advance so they can assist the Wittliff. part of a fraternity of regional writers. Crook further remarked that each gressed, that he has become increasingly concerned with in your preparations. We hope to see you soon. # 10 11 (this page): San antonio collector Brehme did not consider himself a documentary or news SUSAN Joe Ely, 1981, SuSan toomey FroSt photographer but represented himself as an “artistic TOOMEY FROST Will van Overbeek generously donated her comprehen - photographer.” His early photographs adhered to the Susan Toomey Frost is Monastery of sive archive of HUGO BREHME ’s academic style of Pictorialism, which dominated aes - a leading authority on Churubusco, Federal work to the Wittliff Collec tions in thetic taste in the late nineteenth century. The move - Mexi can and Guate - District , Hugo Brehme malan photographic 2009, including more than 1,800 post - ment’s philosophy reflected an effort to elevate photog - (opposite page): postcards. She also col - cards and other photographs as well raphy as a fine art form, making it the equal of draw - Peak of Orizaba, State of lects San Jose decora - as an extensive collection of books, ing and painting. Is Photography an Art? is not only Puebla , Hugo Brehme tive tiles and pottery, magazines, and ephemera. Her book, the title of a late nineteenth-century book but is also a Teotihuacán, Federal and works on paper by District , Hugo Brehme Timeless Mexico: The Photo graphs of question that continues to be debated today. Mexican artists. With Hugo Brehme , is new in the Wittliff’s’ The 1910 upheaval in Mexico was profound. Porfirio degrees from UT Austin Southwestern & Mexi can Photog ra- Díaz’s regime had been Eurocentric, modeling its capital in English and Linguis - phy series with UT Press. Series editor on Paris as a city of palaces, while the majority of tics, where she was a Bill Witt liff designed the book with TIMELESS Mexico’s oppressed citizens were on the verge of starva - Ford Foundation Fel - Ellen McKie. The foreword is by art tion. The new nation no longer wished to look to Europe, low, Frost has been a 15 historian Stella de Sá Rego, and Susan but, in its emerging national self-recognition, preferred to full-time faculty mem - dollars is the price of ber and guest lecturer Frost wrote two essays. More than 120 MEXICO focus inward with pride. The new nationalism celebrated our new tote bag—now at universities in Texas of Brehme’s pieces are on view at the Mexico’s natural beauty, its indigenous heritage, and its you can choose from The PHOTOGRAPHS of and Mexico, where she two in our online gift Wittliff through August 5 in an exhibi - pyramids and archaeological artifacts. Brehme created lived for six years. She shop. Go green in style tion curated by Carla Ellard with assis - HUGO BREHME indelible images that reinforced Mexico’s identity and the continues to lecture to with this re-usable tance from Ken Fontenot. search for its roots.… historic preservation 100% cotton tote that Throughout his published work, Brehme typically includ - and other groups, and features Hugo Brehme’s surrounding her that interested me. ed human figures in the compositions to give a sense of size or she curates or lends to Peak of Orizaba, State of In researching the history of tile making in San Antonio, I perspective. He usually placed human subjects at a distance and exhibitions. Her articles Veracruz on one side reasoned that vintage photographs of tiles could help me solve a seldom shot close-ups. By studying series of images taken at the and photographs have and the Wittliff puzzle. Which of the tiles installed in San Antonio were made same location and at the same time, we gain insight into how been published in the Collections’ signature United States, Mexi co, locally, and which were made in Mexi co, California, or else - Brehme set up his shots, his method of composing, the elements keystone logo on the to and Germany. Frost has Fa CE Fa CE where? If I found a specific design pictured in a vintage postcard of a scene, and the large differences even slight changes can pro - other. At 15" wide and appeared on PBS in from Mexico, for example, I could be assured that the same duce in the making of the original negative and in its printing. 15.5" tall, with a 4.5" “Collecting Across Presenting over 50 photographs by 35 artists, this exhibition brings viewers gusset and over-the- design found in San Antonio was imported and that the local Brehme rarely shows that he is emotionally involved with America” and on shoulder straps, this face-to-face with a study in humanity—from the famous to the homeless— San José workshops had not made it. persons he has photographed. When he does, however, the effect HGTV in “If Walls roomy bag is perfect for in portraiture from the Wittliff’s permanent holdings. Included are a variety And so I began acquiring tile images in earnest, mostly on is striking and reveals the empathy Brehme must have felt for Could Talk.” Fox “F/X” carrying books from of approaches to portraiture, such as environmental and creative images, Mexican postcards. Soon I was buying images that didn’t pic - the Mexican people, particularly those who labored hard to featured Frost as a our writers series or candids, and more traditional portraits of authors, artists, and ordinary peo - ture tiles. Certain photographs stood out because of the inher - make their living. Brehme’s portraits can be expressive and full “Super Collector.” She photography series, or ple, musicians, cowboys, and revolutionaries. Among the icons are Che ent beauty of their subject matter and the quality of their exe - of life. While he is best known for his scenic landscapes and shares her research arti - any of the other giftable Guevara by Rodrigo Moya, Georgia O’Keefe by Yousuf Karsh, Willie Nelson by cution. I began noticing that many of the better images were architectural photographs, he shows in his much-less-common cles on San José tile and items that can be pur - Annie Leibovitz, Horton Foote by Keith Carter, Frida Kahlo by Héctor García, signed by someone named Brehme. Thus, a new obsession had portraits this less-recognized side. # the postcard photogra - chased online, at the phers on her website at and Texas State Distinguished Alumnus George Strait by Michael O’Brien. begun. I had to find out who Brehme was, and I had to collect —SUSAN TOOMEY FROST, from Timeless Mexico Wittliff Collections, or www.susanfrost.org. Face to Face , curated by Carla Ellard, is on view through August 5, 2012. more of his work. by phone during office Her first monograph, hours Monday –Friday. The German photographer Hugo Colors on Clay , received See all the offerings at Brehme (1882–1954) arrived in the Texas State Histori- www.thewittliffcollec - portraits Mexico in 1906 during the presidency cal Association’s award tions.txstate.edu/shop. of Porfirio Díaz. After two years, he for best illustrated book from the photography collection re turned to Germany and came back published in 2009 on Following is an excerpt from to Mexico in 1908 with his German Texas history and Works by: Manuel Álvarez Bravo | Jayne Hinds Bidaut | Ave Bonar | Keith Frost’s essay, “Hugo Brehme’s Time - bride, on the threshold of the Mexican culture. The book, Carter | Marco Antonio Cruz | Dennis Darling | Jay Dusard | James Evans | less Postcards” : My Brehme collection Revolution, which lasted until 1920. published by Trinity University Press in Lee Friedlander | Miguel Gandert | Héctor García | Paul Greenberg | Kati began innocently when I acquired an As early as 1912, Brehme estab - 2009, also won a publi - Horna | Earlie Hudnall, Jr. | Graciela Iturbide | Yousuf Karsh | Robb Kendrick image of a winsome young woman lished a studio at 1a San Juan de cation award from the | Matt Lankes | Russell Lee | Annie Leibovitz | O. Rufus Lovett | Mary Ellen (above) in the traditional folkloric dress Letrán No. 3 in Mexico City. By 1919, San Antonio Conser - Mark | Lee Marmon | Francisco Mata Rosas | Tina Modotti | Rodrigo Moya | of a china pob lana . She was standing in he had moved the studio to Avenida vation Society. Frost Michael O’Brien | Raúl Ortega | Doris Ulmann | Will Van Overbeek | Kathy front of a doorway in the [monastery] of Cinco de Mayo No. 27, calling it lives in San Antonio. Vargas | Jeff Wilson | Laura Wilson | Dan Winters | Bill Wittliff # Churu bus co, but it was really the tiles “Fotografía Artística Hugo Brehme.” 12 13 recent ACQUISITIONS from the ARCHIVES INSTRUCTING THE WITTLIFF ILLUMINATING COLLECTIONS INSPIRING Dr. David L. Coleman , . DVDs of the full run of the show are avail - ON THE MORNING of April 16, Committed to further - the SOUTHWESTERN Director able for viewing at the Collections. [Gift of Texas 1947, in Texas City, Texas, an ocean ing the cultural legacy WRITERS COLLECTION Steve Davis , Curator Monthly ] # We would also like to thank the following for of the region’s literary currently comprises over 6,875 linear feet of materials freighter carrying over two thousand Writers Collection and photo graphic arts from the region’s authors, screenwriters, and songwriters. donating additional materials to their papers: JUDY tons of ammonium nitrate fertilizer Carla Ellard, Curator Photography Collection and to fostering “the Represented here are archives additions from August ALTER, CELIA MORRIS, DICK REAVIS, JOYCE GIBSON exploded offshore, killing hundreds of # Beverly Fondren Scott spirit of place” in the through December 2011. Not listed are the numerous ROACH, and BILL & SALLY WITTLIFF. people and injuring thousands. Hours Development Officer wider world, the Wittliff gifts of books, magazines, films, CDs, and other supple - later, a second freighter carrying the Maggie DeBrecht Collec tions welcome mentary materials. The success of this collection depends the SOUTHWESTERN & MEXICAN same explosive fertilizer caught fire Archives Assistant, LA III visitors, tours, and on the generous support of our donors. Thank you! # PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION nearby and emitted a second massive Julie Johnson, Gala Asst. classes, host readings, # The New York Times described the short stories of RICK includes new gifts of: 42 photographs from the Small blast. The explosions damaged or com - Albert Mendiola lectures, and symposia, DEMARINIS as “tantalizing, if often brooding, artistry.” Death series by KATE BREAKEY [gift of Bill & Sally pletely destroyed homes and businesses, Events Manager assist researchers, and Wittliff] # 23 photographs and postcards by HUGO shattered windows up to ten miles away, Michele Miller , Media present major exhibi - His archive traces his writing process through drafts, and left the city ablaze. Relations & Publications tions year ’round from notes, and correspondence, and includes material relating BREHME , his son ARNO BREHME , and LUIS GG Mortenson to The Burning Women of Far Cry , Lovely Monster , The MÁRQUEZ [gift of Susan Frost] # 149 toned silver gel - the archival holdings. Administrative Asst. III Founded in 1986, the Mortician’s Apprentice , Under the Wheat , and other novels atin prints by KEITH CARTER [ gift of Bill & Sally Katie Salzmann # South western Writers and short fiction anthologies. [Gift of Demarinis] # A Wittliff] 82 silver gelatin prints taken in Mexico, Spain remembering the forgotten Lead Archivist # Collection acquires, pre - significant addition to the JIM HIGHTOWER archive and Texas by JESSE HERRERA [gift of artist] 7 photo - Karen Sigler serves, and makes includes show commentaries, Lowdown newsletters, graphs by JOSEPH KEILEY [gift of Patricia Stevens] # CITY ON FIRE Cataloging Librarian available literary papers videos interviews, speeches, and artifacts. [Gift of 3 photographs from the Horse of Her Dreams series by Joe Sumbera and artifacts from the Head Cataloging Asst. Hightower] # Two gifts of correspondence and photo - AMANDA SMITH [gift of new artist] # 8 color prints by Southwest’s leading graphs relating to MARY GRAY HUGHES contribute to JEFF WILSON from his Home Field series [gift of artist] This catastrophe became known as the TEXAS STATE writers, film makers, her literary archive. [Gifts of Benjamin Acosta Hughes & # Recent purchases include: 12 toned silver gelatin greatest industrial tragedy in United States Dr. Denise Trauth and musicians. President # prints, including several from the Dark Glass series by history. The anguish of the Texas City disas - Founded in 1996, James Kell man] The in-depth research BILL MINU - # ter continued long after the explosions, cul - Dr. C. Van Wyatt , VP the South western & TAGLIO conducted for his 2003 book, City on Fire, about KEITH CARTER Pinto Burros , an illustration from Information Technology # minating in the survivors launching the Mexican Photography the 1947 freighter explosion that killed 600 people and Follow the Rio Grande by LAURA GILPIN a pigment- Joan Heath, Associate VP Collection focuses on devastated Texas City (see p. 15) is revealed in the inter - ink print of ’s Resignation by MICHAEL first-ever class-action lawsuit against the University Library # works and artists from views, research files, and drafts that comprise this addi - O’BRIEN 8 photographs from the Horse of Her United States government. BOARD OF REGENTS the Southwest and tion to his papers. Also included is his research and drafts Dreams series by AMANDA SMITH . # In City on Fire: The Forgotten Disaster that Charlie Amato Mexico, and houses for his 2010 biography, Molly Ivins: A Rebel Life . Devastated a Town and Ignited a Landmark Chair, San Antonio one of the largest [Gift of Minutaglio] # RICK RIORDAN’s pop - Legal Battle , BILL MINUTAGLIO traces the Donna N. Williams archives of modern and Vice Chair Arlington ular Percy Jackson & the Olympians series has experiences of the individuals who survived tographs, read the newspaper articles, and trace contemporary Mexican Dr. Jaime R. Garza been translated into dozens of languages, and and sacrificed on that shocking day. Through interviews, the legal history through court documents in order to better photography in the San Antonio he recently added to his archive over 140 for - oral histories, trial transcripts, congressional committee understand the extent the Texas City disaster affected a com - United States. Kevin J. Lilly, Houston eign-edition books and audio books from hearings, reports, and newspaper articles, Minutaglio recon - munity and the nation. Follow us on Facebook. Ron Mitchell Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Finland, Germany, structs the events that lead up to the disaster at Texas City A clinical professor of journalism at the University of Horseshoe Bay Korea, Thailand, and many other countries. and the resulting lawsuit. Detailed interviews vividly reveal Texas at Austin, Bill Minutaglio has written for numerous David Montagne [Gift of Riordan] # An addition to the ROSEN - how spectators gathered near the burning freighter to watch publications and received multiple awards for his work. He Beaumont GRENS archive includes business ledgers, pub - the smoke, unaware of the dangerous cargo it carried and the began donating materials to the Wittliff Collections in 2007, Trisha Pollard, Bellaire lications relating to Tom Lea, photographs, and impending threat to their lives. and in addition to those for City on Fire , his papers include Rossanna Salazar, Austin correspondence that document the bookstore’s After the initial explosion, the ordinary citizens of Texas research materials and drafts for several of his published City became extraordinary heroes as they collected the dead, works. Other books he has authored include: In Search of the William F. Scott role in San Antonio’s literary community. [Gift Nederland # assisted the injured, and helped their neighbors, friends, and Blues: A Journey to the Soul of Black Texas (published in the of Camille Rosengren] September 2010 saw Ryan Bridges, Student the end of the acclaimed KLRU show Texas families. City on Fire serves to remind the world of the sacri - Wittliff’s Southwestern Writers Collection series); Molly Regent, Huntsville fices made by the people of Texas City and of the deadly con - Ivins: A Rebel Life ; The President’s Counselor: The Rise to Power Monthly Talks featuring TEXAS MONTHLY edi - CHANCELLOR tor EVAN SMITH . In eight seasons, Smith sequences of paying insufficient attention to warning signs of Alberto Gonzalez ; First Son: George W. Bush and the Bush Dr. Brian McCall interviewed over 200 newsmakers such as and neglecting safety precautions. Family Dynasty ; Locker Room Mojo: True Tales of Superstitions (right) Erray Tamarisk Hilary Clinton, Lyle Lovett, Salman Rushdie, In 2011 Minutaglio donated the material from his years in Sports ; and The Hidden City: Oak Cliff Texas . with friends, from the of extensive investigation for City on Fire to the Wittliff Learn more about the Bill Minutaglio materials in the (above) “Brother Horse of Her Dreams and John Sayles, as well as many artists repre - Volunteer” interview series, 2007, sented in the Wittliff including Elizabeth Collections. Now researchers, students, and visitors can A–Z Guide of the Research section of the Wittliff Collections from the Bill Minutaglio # Amanda Smith Crook, Stephen Harrigan, Rick Riordan, and view for themselves the stories of the survivors, see the pho - website at www.thewittliffcollections.txstate.edu. Collection 14 15 A member of The Texas State University System Non-Profit Org U.S. Postage PAID Austin, TX Permit No. 1149 THE KEYSTONE

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THE KEYSTONE FREE unless noted EDITORS exhibitions & events CALENDAR [] Dr. David L. Coleman Michele Miller exhibitions events 24 TIM O’BRIEN reads DESIGNER as the holder of Texas State’s Michele Miller Endowed Chair for Creative & Mexican Photography JAN 23 – JULY 15, 2012 Writing. Book signing and Book Series with UT Press. March LOCATION RICK RIORDAN’S WORLD Q&A to follow. 3:30 pm 7th floor, Alkek Library, OF MYTH AND MYSTERY A long time Brehme expert, 24 TIMELESS MEXICO Texas State University, Rick Riordan is the best- Frost donated her major Reception & Book Party cele - 25 VOCES Y MEMORIAS: San Marcos. selling author of the Percy collection of the photog - brates the exhibition based The Rolando Hinojosa & Jackson and the Olympians rapher’s work to the Wittliff on the newest book in the Arturo Madrid Literary Cele- ADMISSION is free, series—plus several other in 2009. (pp. 12-13) Wittliff’s photography series bration will feature readings unless noted. young-adult series—as well March 24: Exhibition with UT Press, Timeless by ROLANDO HINOJOSA reception & book party. TOURS & INFO as the multi-award-winning Mexico: The Photo graphs of and ARTURO MADRID , a Tres Navarre mystery series Hugo Brehme . Susan Toomey 512.245.2313 JAN 23 – AUG 5, 2012 discussion among the authors for adults. On view from Frost—a Brehme expert and FACE TO FACE: Portraits about the craft of writing E-MAIL the Wittliff’s Rick Riordan the book’s author—will be from the Photography Collec- from a minority perspective thewittliffcollections Collection are his early jour - guest speaker, along with tion More than 50 portraits moderated by CARMEN @txstate.edu nals, unpublished manu - Dennis Brehme, grand son of by 35 photog raphers bring TAFOLLA , and a book sign - scripts, and first rejection Hugo Brehme. viewers face-to-face with a ing with all three writers. ONLINE (Directions, letter (received as an eighth 7:00 pm Reception / study in human ity—from 6:30 – 8:30 pm parking, archives info, grader), story ideas, materi - 7:30 pm Program & Book the famous to the homeless. etc.) www.thewittliff als that illuminate his writ - Signing. Books will be for (front cover & p. 12) collections. txstate.edu ing process, and the original sale during the event. May sword, “Riptide,” used in the Attendees are asked to RSVP NOW ON FACEBOOK 2010 film adaptation of The to thewittliffcollections@ CYRUS CASSELLS, Join us for all the news! 2 Lightning Thief . (pp. 6 –7) txstate.edu professor of English at Texas EXHIBITION HOURS May 11: Watch the website State, reads from his fifth and Please see the website. for a special event. 28 JIM KIMMEL, professor latest book of poems, The of geography at Texas State, Crossed-Out Swastika . Book RESEARCH HOURS JAN 23 – AUG 5, 2012 discusses Exploring the Brazos signing and Q&A to follow. Monday through Friday TIMELESS MEXICO: River: From Beginning to End , 3:30 pm 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Photographs of Hugo Brehme , 1975, his new book with photo - Michael O’Brien (Please call to make an One of Mexico’s first modern graphs by his wife, Jerry 11 RICK RIORDAN visits photographers, Brehme for a reading and Q&A to appointment. Closed ON PERMANENT DISPLAY Touchstone Kimmel. Book focused on iconic subjects celebrate the World of Myth breaks & holidays.) LONESOME DOVE Collection signing to follow. 4:00 pm ranging from the Mexican and Mystery exhibition from Costumes, props, set pieces THE GIFT SHOP Revolution to scenic land - his archive. (pp. 6–7) Watch and designs, photographs, is now open online: scapes, colonial architecture, our website’s Events page for scripts, and other “making April www.thewittliffcollec and the everyday life of details on TICKETS. of” materials are on view tions. txstate.edu/shop. indigenous peoples. Among 5 LOUISE ERDRICH reads the more than 100 photo - from the CBS mini series for the English Department’s graphs on view are his vin - based on Larry McMurtry’s TK L/KAP Series. Book sign - accommodations RECEIVE tage real photo postcards and Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. ing and Q&A to follow. If you require accommoda - THE KEYSTONE hand-tinted prints published 3:30 pm tions due to a disability in Join the in Timeless Mexico: The order to participate, please mailing list Photo graphs of Hugo Brehme 17 TEXAS STATE’S MFA call 512.245.2313 at least 72 online or call by Susan Toomey Frost, new STUDENTS read from their hours in advance of the event 512.245.2313 in the Wittliff’s Southwestern poetry and fiction. 5:00 pm for assistance.