THE KEYSTONE

SOUTHWESTERN WRITERS COLLECTION | WITTLIFF GALLERY OF SOUTHWESTERN & MEXICAN PHOTOGRAPHY

SPRING 2004 | SPECIAL COLLECTIONS AT THE ALKEK LIBRARY | WWW. LIBRARY. TXSTATE. EDU/ SPEC- COLL from the CURATOR

Nuestra Señora ¡Saludos! that art and letters unite us all. THE WRITER de las Iguanas, I’m happy to preface the sec- I’ve often thought that collecting things to pass on to LAS MANOS DE CHE JOHN GRAVES 1980, Graciela This spring a larger- Iturbide ond of our “Keystones” with the future generations is a supremely optimistic activity, news that Steve Davis, Assistant because it presupposes that there will be future generations than-life-size bronze THE HANDS OF CHE statue entitled “The SPECIAL Curator of the Southwestern to ponder what they find here. And I do in fact share with Writer John Graves” THANKS Writers Collection, has a book the staff an optimistic feeling about the life of the collec- will be installed in Pat Nelson, tions as we see them growing daily through gifts and pur- coming out this spring from TCU The Wittliff Gallery has the Southwestern daughter of famed Press entitled: Literary chases and as we see our staff increased and our physical recently purchased a number Writers Collection Texas artist E.M. Outlaws: Six Writers from the Six- space enhanced (the basement annexes will soon be refur- of photographs taken in the foyer at the Alkek “Buck” Schiwetz, ties and Beyond (see page 4). bished and finished out). Jerry Supple, President Emeritus 1950s and 60s by Mexican Library. The well- and her husband It’s particularly gratifying, of Texas State who passed away in January, would have photojournalist Rodrigo Moya known creator of Frank, recently been so pleased to see Steve’s book and all our latest the piece is Pat donated to the because this is work based on the —among them two large con- Oliphant, and funding Southwestern Writers archives in the Writers Collection and it goes straight to the advances—he was one of our staunchest aficionados and tact sheets with 20 candid is from an account Collection a few of heart of why we’re here—to col- certainly one of our most effec- images of fabled Cuban revo- established by Bill & Schiwetz’s illustrations lect, preserve, and provide the La Caballada, Rancho Tule, México, 1970-72, by Bill tive advocates, and although we lutionary Che Guevara, Hava- Wittliff, from Vaquero: Genesis of the Texas Cowboy Sally Wittliff through and memorabilia raw material from which scholars are surrounded by friends, we na, 1965, during an interview the sales of Wittliff's reflecting his active like Steve will begin to define will always feel his absence. with three Mexican journal- photo- involvement in the I hope to see many of you in and discuss our particular liter- ists. Fortunately, Moya has graphs. May marks the publication of regional ary culture. Although this is not May at our upcoming VAQUERO recently begun to revisit his publication of Graves’ literature (p. 8). In- the first book based on these col- party and book signing honoring enormous photo archives, dis- Myself and Strangers: cluded are illustrations lections, it is among the first; and Bill Wittliff and John Graves covering and printing his best A Memoir of Appren- for Reluctant Empire by I have no doubt that many books (page 6)—it will be a silent auc- images. We are delighted to be ticeship (New York, George Fuermann and tion to die for … and some pretty Knopf Co.), based on a a first edition of the will follow, valuable cultural con- able to acquire a representa- journal he kept in the book; a 1952 first edi- nections will be made, and we good photos, too! tive sampling of this distin- Fifties while living in tion of Texas Sketch- will see once more to our delight —Connie Todd guished body of work. # Europe and New York. book: A Collection of Historical Stories from the Humble Way pub- rent year # One each of these signed posters: Kate Breakey’s lished by Humble Oil; Wittliff Gallery Hosts Texas Photographic Society BECOME A FRIEND Cardinal (below right), Cabeza de Vaca, or No Traveller correspondence be- Remains Untouched (see www.library.txstate.edu/spec-coll/ tween Schiwetz and and-white and color images by almost their creations skyward was pure OF THE COLLECTIONS donor.htm) # Invitations to all exhibit openings and special such notables as Jerry 40 artists. Color prints appear rarely at magic.” events # Newsletter recognition as a major supporter Bywaters, Carl Hertzog, the Wittliff Gallery, as its permanent Second Place went to Philadel- Become a Friend of the Collections and help keep the COLLECTOR’S CIRCLE ~ $500 to $999 J. Frank Dobie, and # W. P. Clements; and collection is almost exclusively black- phia’s Laura Jean Zito for “Sandstorm “spirit of place” alive by preserving the region’s cultural arts. One book from either the Southwestern Writers Schiwetz’s jacket mock- and-white or hand-colored images. in the Duna, Nueba, Sinai; and Tara C. Friends provide much needed support for educational pro- Collection or the Wittliff Gallery Series in the current year up for Spindletop: The After viewing more than 1000 Patty from Minneapolis won Third grams, acquisitions, exhibitions (both on-site and travel- # Invitations to all exhibit openings and special events True Story of the Oil entries by 193 photographers, Bill Place for “Maria and Her Grandniece.” ling), and preservation activities. By contributing annually # One poster from list above # Recognition in newsletter Discovery that Changed Wittliff selected some 60 images for the More than 120 guests attended the as a Friend you ensure that this valuable resource continues PATRON’S CIRCLE ~ $250 to $499 the World plus a first show as well as three place winners Wittliff Gallery’s opening reception on to illuminate and inspire. We offer benefits at all levels: # One poster from list above # Invitations to all exhibit edition signed by the and five honorable men- the evening of February 21. FOUNDER’S CIRCLE ~ $2,500 & above openings and special events # Recognition in newsletter authors. Pat and Frank tions. The First Place image, “TPS has opened Members Only # Signed and numbered “Dobie Longhorn” broadside (at SPONSOR’S CIRCLE ~ $100 to $249 (a Texas State alumnus) “Paper Airplanes,” is by Shows in , Austin, Longview, right) featuring a photograph by Bill Wittliff of the skull that # Invitations to all exhibit openings are already generous Juried by Austin-based pho- Wimberley photographer Lubbock, El Paso and Houston, but once hung at J. Frank Dobie’s Paisano ranch. This photogra- # Recognition in newsletter Texas State benefactors, tographer, screenwriter, film Robin Renee Hix (left). this is by far the most successful,” com- vure broadside, letterpress-printed on handmade Lana FRIEND’S CIRCLE ~ $15 to $99 having recently estab- # lished an endowed producer, and gallery founder Thrilled by the win, Hix mented TPS President D. Clarke Evans, Gravure paper, measures 15" x 22" and is from a limited edi- Invitations to all exhibit openings # fellowship in Aquatic Bill Wittliff, this year’s far- said the first surprise for her “not only in terms of the quality of the tion of 200 copies Signed copy of each book published in Your support is needed! Become a Friend today by send- Resources research. So ranging Members Only Show was actually in developing images selected by Bill Wittliff, but in the Southwestern Writers Collection and the Wittliff Gallery ing your contribution in the return envelope provided in to Pat and Frank from from the Texas Photographic Society the photo, “that my cheap, fun, unpre- their presentation and the opening Series in the current year # Invitations to all exhibit openings this newsletter. If you are interested in discussing other all of us—thank you! was held for the first time at the dictable toy camera actually worked reception attendance. The Wittliff and events # Recognition in newsletter as a major supporter ways to help the Collections through exhibition support, Wittliff Gallery. ...the unexpected moment when, after Gallery is a wonderful space—we look CURATOR’S CIRCLE ~ $1,000 to $2,499 book sponsorship, or endowment opportunities, please ON THE COVER # Lost Dog, The exhibit ran from February 21 school, boys folding notebook paper forward to a long and mutually benefi- Signed copy of each book published in the Southwestern contact Beverly Fondren by phone at 512-245-9058 or 1992, Keith Carter 2 through March 28, and featured black- airplanes sprang to their feet propelling cial relationship.” # Writers Collection and the Wittliff Gallery Series in the cur- email her at [email protected]. Thank you! # 3 (left) Gary Cartwright and Bud Shrake work- Larry L. King, 1964, after he left politics for his “This book captures it all.” ing as sportswriters in Dallas, 1961.[Courtesy writing career. Photo by Rosemarie Coumaris — of Gary and Phyllis Cartwright] King. King Archives. [Gift of Larry L. King]

ABOUT skin rug during her their own rules, finding their voices SHRAKE ARCHIVES TEXAS LITERARY stage act. She also had in opposition to Texas’ inherent con- NOW COMPLETE OUTLAWS access to the best mari- servatism. They led lives of notorious At the request of Texas Making use of writer Bud Shrake, the juana in town. Her excess, becoming as well known for untapped literary Austin History Center boyfriend, the young their raconteuring as for their literary archives, Steve Davis (AHC) recently trans- Morning News writer, production. They found affirmation weaves a fascinating ferred their portion of portrait of writers who would find himself in a in their work but also endured his archives to the came of age in the unique position as poverty, alcoholism, divorces, cen- Southwestern Writers Sixties. Included are events unfolded in sorship, rejections, arrests, and de- Collection. Placed at Larry L. King, Bud Dallas during 1963. nunciations. In contrast to the back- the AHC by Shrake in Shrake, Billy Lee NEW BOOK HIGHLIGHTS RICH LITERARY ARCHIVES Not only was he intimate with Jack the Kennedy assassination. Yet even stabbing often found among literary June 1978, the eight Brammer, and Gary AT THE SOUTHWESTERN WRITERS COLLECTION Ruby and the city’s underworld, he more striking is that these four men groups, these writers supported each boxes hold over 1300 Cartwright—each of also moved easily through parties banded together with two others to other, inspired each other, and wrote state government was challenged by items and represent his whom is well represent- life from 1942 to 1975. Texas Literary Outlaws: Six Writers in offended by its full-page advertise- hosted by the Dallas’ right-wing elite, form a distinct group—a Texas literary for each other. liberal activists; an undeclared war in ed in major collections Included among the the Sixties and Beyond, by South- ment condemning Kennedy as a tool many of whom fervently believed that cluster. The events in Dallas 1963 # # # Vietnam seemed to defy America’s at the Southwestern AHC’s carefully western Writers Collection assistant for Communist subversion. Instead, John F. Kennedy’s death was the best were but one instance in which these Shrake, King, Brammer, Cart- basic principles; discredited “objec- Writers Collection. processed archives are curator Steve Davis, is due in April 2004 Ruby came in to apologize. He had thing that could happen to their coun- chroniclers were at the very center of wright, and Jenkins grew up aware of tive” reporting was replaced by a early drafts of Shrake’s from Texas Christian University Press. exchanged terse words the evening try. As the writer’s later novel would the action. As Texas moved “New Journalism”; and novels, correspondence, Following is a short excerpt: before with a young Morning News show, Kennedy’s murder marked the into the modern era, these notions of “normalcy” were unpublished short sto- writer—a man who happened to be culmination of a long period of mad- six writers closely observed upended by drugs that pro- ries, and a near-com- ON THE MORNING of November 22, dating the star stripper at Ruby’s ness and hysteria in Texas’ second- many of the state’s defining vided new ways of perceiv- plete run of Shrake’s 1963, visited the offices of nightclub. The stripper was a flam- largest city. elements: the transforma- ing the world. Dallas Morning News the Dallas Morning News. He was not boyant, exotic presence in conserva- Across town on November 22, tion from a rural to an The literary outlaws columns from the early 1960s. Sue Soy, AHC there to register a complaint about the tive, conformist Dallas. She drove a another young writer was preparing urban environment; Lyn- chronicled, with daring, Manager, stated that newspaper’s coverage of President gold Cadillac convertible with her to join the presidential motorcade. don Johnson’s rise to wit, and sophistication, the this rare transfer was Kennedy, though cer- name stenciled across the side, she Once a part of Lyndon B. Johnson’s national prominence; the state’s culture during a time made to honor Shrake’s tainly Ruby was wore mink coats with nothing under- staff, he had already published a novel civil rights movement; Tom of rapid social change. In wishes to house his neath, and she that became hailed as the definitive Landry and the Dallas long lasting, versatile materials together, fur- simulated portrait of LBJ’s personality. Before the Cowboys; , careers, they have pro- thering the interest of ADVANCE PRAISE lovemaking day was out, the subject of his book , and the duced journalism, fiction, researchers who can FOR TEXAS LITER- ARY OUTLAWS with a tiger would become President of the Outlaw music scene; the drama, biographies, and now access all Shrake’s archives in one place. “Here now is a celebra- United States. birth of a Texas film indus- screenplays. They helped The AHC materials tion of six good and tal- Other young Texas writers also try; maga- , left, and Bud Shrake at the Fort Worth Press, 1953. Texans attain a new aware- complement a collec- ented men of Texas revolved in close orbits around the zine; the flowering of Bud Shrake Archives. [Gift of Jody Gent] ness of their state. Taken as tion of some 25 boxes who wrote/write JFK assassination. One had helped “Texas Chic”; and Ann a whole, their work estab- of Shrake material stories, both real and plan Kennedy’s trip from Washington, Richards’ election as governor. Dobie and Webb, but the old-timers’ lishes an authentic Texas vision, one already processed at the imagined, about D.C., and in the wake of his beloved Coming of age in the sixties, in a emphasis on the past seemed far far removed from the fanciful notions Southwestern Writers as well as it can be president’s death, he threw away a state largely bereft of a literary tradi- remote to the Texas they knew, a land promulgated by outsiders and the Collection. “Our thanks done. Steve Davis successful career in politics to begin tion, these literary outlaws created of fast-growing cities and hard-edged state’s dewy-eyed sentimentalists. Yet go to Bud Shrake and presents them to us life anew as a free-lance writer. political issues. Their own literary much of their work also represents, as the AHC,” said Connie whole. Not every- Todd. “This is a won- thing in each picture Another writer, living in Dallas, influences became Twain, Heming- one critic observed, “a last ditch stand derful example of gen- of the six is—well, immediately realized that having a way, Fitzgerald, and the Beat for what has come to be called male erosity and cooperation perfect. Thank God. president assassinated “in what was Generation. For these emerging hip- chauvinism.” # between institutions for Their individual sto- essentially our neighborhood” imbued sters, the choices were clear during —© Steven L. Davis the benefit of future ries, in some cases, him with a special responsibility. In years of political and social upheaval. SEE “TEXAS LITERARY OUTLAWS” patrons.” are even better than the years ahead, he would return often Generations of Jim Crow laws were ARCHIVES ON EXHIBIT AT THE they could have to the subject of the Kennedy coming under attack; a conservative SOUTHWESTERN WRITERS COLLEC- made up. This is a Assassination, concluding that “My delightful, instruc- TION APRIL 1 THROUGH JULY 31, 2004. chain of fate is Dallas, 1963.” (left) Larry L. King at the Scholz Garten in tive book. Read it for It seems remarkable enough that Austin, 1968, at the booksigning party for the what-ifs as well …and other dirty stories. Behind King, hold- (right) Bud Shrake, 1999. Photo by Bill so many emerging Texas writers hap- as the whats.” Texas Literary Outlaws, Larry L. King, Peter Gent, Billy Lee Brammer, Gary Cartwright, Bud ing a drink, is Billy Lee Brammer. Larry L. Wittliff. Bill Wittliff Archives. [Gift of Bill —Jim Lehrer 4 Shrake, and Dan Jenkins, together again in Barbara Whitehead’s woodcut made for Davis’ cover. pened to be close to the epicenter of King Archives. [Gift of Larry L. King] and Sally Wittliff] 5 (continued from p. 6)

# Signed and framed photographs by Bill Wittliff taken during the production of the popular TV miniseries, Lonesome Dove # Fine art prints, books and more. Funds generated by the event will be used for the acquisition of new materials, the development of liter- CELEBRATION! “Today in the United States and in much of Mexico, with the prevalence of wire fences, corrals, work- ways,” which Wittliff preserves in these “lovely and meaningful which to work cattle. I couldn’t both take pictures and work cat- ary and photographic exhibits, educational On Saturday, May 22 photographs,” still tug at the modern imagination. tle without offending them, so I turned my horse back to Cuco, ing chutes, grazing systems, and docile breeds of cattle, the old horseback skills are in large measure programs, and general the Wittliff Gallery of In the afterword, Wittliff remembers this early experience the remudero, and from then on I did my picture-taking afoot.” preservation activities. Southwestern & obsolescent. But they continue to pull at our imaginations—at least the imaginations of those of us who, of his photographic career in “little blocks—almost like frames # # # “I never saw an airplane fly over. Not once. This added Individual tickets are Mexican Photography in one way or another, have an emotional stake in the American West.” on a roll of film.” A small excerpt is presented here. # # # to the illusion that I was walking through the long ago.” # # # $50 and must be pur- will celebrate Bill “I had a used Nikon I’d bought when our son Reid was born “I made my camp away from the vaqueros’ so my stuff would- chased in advance. Wittliff and John —JOHN GRAVES, FROM THE INTRODUCTION two years before, so by then I knew the basics of photography, n’t get in any of the pictures. Just before sleep every night I’d try Graves with the publi- A motorcoach will though I had not yet learned that good photographs are made to imagine what I might see the next day that’d make a good cation premier of ferry guests from by the eye, not by the camera.” # # # “The ranch itself was picture. A number of times I got very close to the picture I had Vaquero: Genesis of Austin to San Marcos the Texas Cowboy. 360,000 acres without a cross fence. Everything that grew out imagined—but then the use of the imagination has always been and back, courtesy of ### # # # Acclaimed author of the ground had thorns.” “Most of what we were see- a form of conjuring.” “I never knew even one of the Eddie Safady and John Graves provides ing of the cow work had long ago disappeared in Texas, and one vaqueros who wished he were doing something else to make his Liberty Bank. (Seating the introduction for living.” ### —© Bill Wittliff is limited—reserve the book—Wittliff’s VAQUERO early. See below.) first monograph. GENESIS OF THE TEXAS COWBOY Bill Wittliff, of Austin, Texas, is a distinguished photographer The reception begins at 7 pm at the Wittliff A fundraiser for and writer whose photographs have been exhibited in the United Gallery. For more Special Collections at WHEN TEXAS MOVED into the cattle business, its cowboy from the Wittliff Gallery’s permanent collection will be on dis- had the feeling that it was disappearing here, too.” ### States and abroad. Cofounder, with his wife, Sally, of the highly information about the the Alkek Library, the adopted many of the Mexican vaquero’s accoutrements and cen- play in concert with the publication of Bill Wittliff’s first mono- “Everything was pretty much done in the old ways, though regarded Encino Press, he is also a past president and Fellow of the evening event includes event, to purchase turies-old methodologies of working herds in big country. graph, VAQUERO: GENESIS OF THE TEXAS COWBOY. The there were small concessions here and there to the ‘modern’ Texas Institute of Letters and a recent recipient of the Texas Book an exhibit of the tickets or reserve bus Signing on in the early seventies to witness one of the last tra- book launch will be celebrated at a Special Collections world, rubber tires on the chuckwagon being the most obvi- Festival Bookend Award. As a screen writer and producer, his cred- Vaquero photographs, seating, please call ditional roundups on Mexico’s vast Rancho Tule, Bill Wittliff Department fundraiser on May 22 (see sidebar). ous.” # # # “Initially I rode with the vaqueros, thinking a its include The Perfect Storm, The Black Stallion, Legends of the a cocktail reception, Beverly Fondren at book sale and signing fixed the vanishing vaquero tradition forever in five thousand From UT Press, the 175-page volume features an introduc- horse would be a good moving platform from which to photo- Fall, Lonesome Dove, and others. The Wittliffs also founded the 512.245.9058 or with Wittliff and photographs taken over a period of three years. From April 3 tion by revered author John Graves, who writes of the kinship graph, but the vaqueros, by looks and frowns, let me know they Southwestern Writers Collection and Wittliff Gallery of e-mail her at: Graves, and a silent through October 17 more than 60 of the sepia-toned prints between vaquero and cowboy and about how the “old, old thought a horse was more properly a moving platform from Southwestern & Mexican Photography at Texas State. # [email protected]. auction. Guests can bid on such items as: # Rare, signed and framed photographs by FSA photographer Russell Lee (Lee creat- ed some of the most recognized images of the Great Depression) # Special boxed edi- tion of The Wonderful Country written, illus- trated and signed by Tom Lea

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6 recent ACQUISITIONS

at the SOUTHWESTERN Texas” in 1987. [Gift of Reavis] # Additional ROBERT WRITERS COLLECTION Currently the FLYNN literary papers including notebooks, manuscripts, Texas Music Archives 77 # hours and 48 minutes Collection comprises over correspondence, and page proofs. [Gift of Flynn] More (right) is the total running 4,463 linear feet of materi- STEPHEN HARRIGAN literary archives including Greet Airport Visitors Landscape artist time of the Lonesome E.M. “Buck” als from the region’s research materials, maps reviews, and clippings—much of Passengers at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport received Dove “dailies” held in Schiwetz, which relates to his novel The Gates of the Alamo. [Gift of authors, screenwriters and a special treat recently: an exhibit featuring treasures from the the Southwestern ca. 1960-70, Harrigan] # Materials pertaining to JAMES RANSLER James Vance songwriters. Recent acqui- Southwestern Writers Collection Texas Music Archives. Writers Collection. stions listed here are GOBER’S writing career, from approximately 1864 to (below right) Willie Nelson’s songbook (above right) created when he These “dailies” repre- # 1933. [Gift of James Richard Gober] # BILL WITTLIFF Luknow, India, through January 2004. was about ten years old, a Bob Wills fiddle, and Jerry Jeff sent every printed 1999, Graciela gifts relating to many aspects of Southwestern culture, JOHN GRAVES’ major Walker’s boots made by Charlie Dunn were on display along take of footage from Iturbide such as original artwork by TOM LEA and BOB WADE, a the filming of the archives continue to grow, with artifacts representing Austin City Limits, Texas Monthly, collection of hats including ones worn by SAM SHEPARD acclaimed miniseries. with more clippings, cor- Selena, and Stevie Ray Vaughan. and JOHN GRAVES, video and sound recordings, corre- A treasured Lonesome respondence, brochures, “An exhibit from our music archives was a great fit for spondence, manuscripts, newsletters, photographs, clip- Dove prop (many of reviews, page proofs, pho- ABIA,” said Curator Connie Todd. “It’s contemporary materi- # which also reside at tos and magazines. [Gift pings, catalogs, ephemera. [Gift of Bill & Sally Wittliff] al with broad popular appeal and we were delighted to make the Collection) is the of John & Jane Graves] # Extensive additions to LARRY L. KING’S archives, includ- large Colt Dragoon ing correspondence, clippings, manuscripts, and materials CAMERA Books, papers, working carried by Gus Mc- COLLECTION for his nearly-completed biography of . [Gift sketches and more from Texas landscape artist E.M. it available to such a large Crae. It is a beautiful, ACQUIRED # “BUCK” SCHIWETZ —see photo, above, and sidebar, of King] Supplementary archives of BUD SHRAKE—see audience.” Some 1.5 mil- historically accurate The Wittliff Gallery # p. 2. [Gift of Pat & Frank Nelson] # Various TEXANA sidebar, p. 5. [Transfer from Austin History Center] lion passengers saw the reproduction made recently accessioned materials such as books, correspondence, audio record- Extensive WILLIE NELSON collection of audio and video in Italy, and when over fifty antique cam- display from January recordings, photographs, memorabilia, and ephemera loaded, is extremely eras and accessories. ings, and newspaper clippings relating to JOHN HENRY through March. This is saved by his long-time assistant, Jody Fischer, who died in heavy. It was a real Among the pieces are FAULK, J. FRANK DOBIE, ESTHER BUFFLER, and the second Southwestern # challenge for Robert a Daguerre lens, many other notable figures in Texas literary history. [Gift of December 2003. [Gift of Jody Fischer] Additional JOE Writers Collection exhi- Duvall, often on lantern slide projector, Sue McBee] # Several boxes illustrative of MARY GRAY NICK PATOSKI archives including posters, photographs, bit at ABIA in recent horseback, to hold it US Navy aerial camera, HUGHES’ writing career, amplifying our earlier collection notes, newspaper clippings, certificates, drafts, story ideas, years.—in 2001, airport steady, cock and shoot 5x7 Century studio established by her family, including manuscripts, corre- correspondence, invitations, brochures, receipts, and Texas visitors enjoyed artifacts it during his action portrait camera and Music ephemera. [Gift of Patoski] # # spondence, clippings, poems, essays, and reviews. [Gift of from Lonesome Dove. scenes. The failure to Puckerbrush Press] # Eleven more boxes of literary archives from author ANGELA SHELF MEDEARIS, at the WITTLIFF GALLERY including correspondence, research materials, type- Holdings now number over 11,460 photographs, 24,260 scripts, photos, screenplays, publicity, news clip- negatives and 3700 contact proofs. Recent purchases pings, videotapes, and published materials from include works by KEITH CARTER, KATHY VARGAS, Lonesome Dove Exhibit Prepared to Travel 1990 to 2003. [Gift of Medearis] # Variety of items GRACIELA ITURBIDE (below), ROCKY SCHENCK and from the TEXAS MUSIC OFFICE such as photos, RODRIGO MOYA (p. 3) # Recent gifts include photo- One of the Southwestern Writers Collection signature hold- The exhibit is illustrated throughout with evoca- brochures, published materials, negatives, posters, graphs of JEAN & RUSSELL LEE and photographs by ings is now available as a touring exhibit, thanks in part to a tive photographs from the set, taken by Wittliff. The do so caused more stand, early Leica mod- videotapes, newspaper clippings, and newsletters. [Gift of RUSSELL LEE, including oversize contact sheets of Lee’s grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts. Assistant Lonesome Dove archives were donated to the Southwestern than one “reshoot.” els, and other 35mm Larry Beckham & Donald Beckham] # CHICANO LIT- work in Saudia Arabia in the 1960s. [Gift of Dow Chap- Curator Steve Davis, working with design consultant Drew Writers Collection through the efforts of Bill and Sally Wittliff [Lonesome Dove cameras manufactured # Patterson, substantially expanded a Lonesome Dove section and members of the crew—Cary White, Van Ramsey, Eric ERATURE & CULTURE publications, brochures, newslet- man] JEAN LEE papers. [Separate gifts from Dow archives donated by Canon, Miranda, # ters, and correspondence. [Gift of Jaime Chahin] Chapman & Wally from a previous exhibit, “No Traveller Remains Untouched.” Williams, Connie Todd, and others. In addition to writing the through the efforts of Yashica, and Alpa. The Seventy-nine boxes of TEXAS MONTHLY produc- Ellinger] # BILL This new freestanding, lightweight travelling exhibit high- screenplay, Wittliff also served as co-executive producer of Bill & Sally Wittliff] accession also included tion materials covering 1993 to 2000: notes, corre- WITTLIFF tragaluz lights the entire scope of the Collection’s unique holdings the film. three sub-miniature spondence, drafts, bluelines, photos, newspaper photographs [Gift from the classic television miniseries. Also available for cameras: a Hit camera Designed in three two-sided panels, the 120" x 80" touring are 49 of Bill with case (above) and clippings, research material, miscellaneous, press of Bill & Sally # Minox and Sun cam- and general files, editorial research, and publicity. Wittliff] Photo- hinged exhibit offers a behind-the-scenes look at the story’s Wittliff’s sepia-toned eras. Of special interest Also, videotapes of the first season of Texas Monthly graphs of LARRY journey from novel to screen. Included are the real-life his- silver gelatin photo- is a Weston light meter Talks, Evan Smith’s interview show on public TV. MCMURTRY [Gift torical inspirations for Larry McMurtry’s characters, as well graphs taken on the and a working Korona [Gift of Texas Monthly] # Additional DICK REAVIS of Michael O’Brien] as examples from screenwriter Bill Wittliff’s inspired adapta- set of Lonesome Dove. panoramic view cam- archives: research files, notebooks, slides, maga- # KEITH CARTER tion of McMurtry’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. For information about era that creates large- zines, books, newspaper clippings, receipts, awards, photographs [Gift Depictions of costume drawings, props, blueprints, con- either exhibit, contact format panoramic correspondence, computer disks, travel logs and of Keith & Pat tinuity photos, and production forms lend additional insight Special Collections at photographs. 8 hundreds of postcards from his “National Tour of Carter] # into the filming of Lonesome Dove. [email protected]. # (right) John Graves in Europe, 1949, about the time the Tenerife frag- ment was written and two years after he published his very first from the ARCHIVES piece—“Quarry,” a short story that appeared in The New Yorker.

(right) Mystery writers Not many readers know that John Graves, one of Texas letters’ (detail pictured below) that he learned it very well indeed. A THE KEYSTONE Mary Willis Walker, living treasures, is quite fluent in Spanish, although he might Spanish speaker myself, I’ve always admired the piece, and is published by the Rick Riordan, Joe Alkek Library modestly deny this by saying he used to be. He learned the when I sent it to John for a look, he graciously worked it over Lansdale, and Susan Department of Special Wittig Albert. language over time in Mexico and Spain, and it’s obvious from a bit in Spanish, created his own English translation, and gave Collections at Texas (far right) Moderator this charming fragment unearthed in the Graves archives us permission to print it here. —Connie Todd State University-San Bill Cunningham is co- Marcos—a member editing a Texas-based of the Texas State mystery/detective fic- University System and tion anthology with Dr. an equal opportunity Rollo Newsom for the HABÍA GUANCHES. Ya THERE USED TO BE educational institution. Southwestern Writers 1 no los hay. Hay calaveras GUANCHES. There are none Dr. Denise Trauth Collection Book Series. TAKING NOTE of the fog and mist shrouding the Texas State many years in Buffalo, New York. I’m really fond of those en las cuevas de la mon- now. There are skulls in the President, Texas State (center) “Scene of the University-San Marcos Crime” exhibit curated campus on January 29, moderator Bill Cunningham wel- places, but I never had the slightest desire to recreate them taña, sí. Hay costura caves of the mountains, yes. by Steve Davis (detail). comed an overflow crowd to “Scene of the Crime.” “What a in fiction. But when I moved to Austin, I found it to be a deshecha, y barro cocido, y There are scraps of cloth- Dr. Van Wyatt Vice President, cabellos que posiblemente ing, and fired pottery, and (below) Book-signing beautiful night for a panel discussion on murder mysteries,” magical place for me. Just the excitement of Texas was Information Technology panelists were a big hit. eran rubios. Hay la cara no hair that was once maybe Cunningham said to appreciative laughter. “Couldn’t have something that stirred me.” Joan Heath asked for better weather.” With that, a lively conversation fol- Mystery fans in attendance clearly enjoyed the free- española, sin consuelo, que te blond. There is the un- Assistant Vice President, INSTRUCTING mira desde una puerta pobre Spanish face, incon- University Library ILLUMINATING INSPIRING en Icod Alto y te desdeña. Hay solable, that looks at you STAFF The Southwestern TEXAS AS THE “SCENE OF THE CRIME” la tristeza apagada de la muerte. from a humble door- Connie Todd, Curator, 2 Writers Collection Hay también el Pico. Lo way in Icod Alto and Special Collections [email protected] preserves and exhibits lowed, as four of the state’s finest mystery writers discussed había, lo habrá. ¿Cómo hablar disdains you. There is personal papers and del Pico? Se despidió de los the quenched sadness Steve Davis how a “sense of place” informs their Texas murder fiction. Assistant Curator, memorabilia of the “I write about , which is, as a lot of people guanches sin llanto ni sonrisa, y se of death. Southwestern Writers region’s leading writ- say, behind the Pine Curtain,” said Joe Lansdale. “East despedirá de ti y de los demás. There is also the Collection ers, filmmakers, and 3 Texans are the storytellers of Texas. You find a lot of people Tiene cuatro mil metros y los hom- Pico . He was here, he will be here. How to speak [email protected] musicians, creating a still sitting on their porches or out in their yards telling lies bres no le interesan. De cuando en cuando escupe. Dice, of the Pico? He said goodbye to the Guanches without either Carla Ellard rich research environ- Assistant Curator, and stories. The geography makes people the way they are.” “Escupo donde me dé la gana.” tears or smiles, and will say goodbye to you and to all others. ment devoted to the Wittliff Gallery Había bosques y se fueron con los guanches y los He is four thousand meters high and men don’t interest him. cultural arts of the Susan Wittig Albert, formerly an English professor and [email protected] riachuelos que se reían. Quedó el gofio. Hay plátanos donde From time to time he spits. He says, “I spit wherever I like.” Southwest. The Vice President for Academic Affairs at Texas State, pointed Beverly Fondren Wittliff Gallery, out, “I had in mind a kind Humboldt no los vió, hay tomates, papas que serán arru- There were forests, and they disappeared with the Development Officer, 4 a photo archive of idealized San Marcos, gadas, chicha-a-a-a-arros pregonados en la calle por la Guanches and the brooks that laughed. Gofio remained. Special Collections [email protected] and creative about 1960, when I created mañana, y el rocío todavía fresco en las flores sangrientas de There are bananas where Humboldt never saw them, there 5 center focused the town of Pecan Springs los árboles del parque, y leche de vaca que dicen que se com- are tomatoes, potatoes that will be arrugadas , and chicha-a- Mary Garcia on Mexico and pra a tres pesetas al litro y se vende al mismo precio, de man- a-a-a-ros6 sung out in the morning street, and dew still fresh Office Manager LAII, …But I also wanted to cre- Special Collections the Southwest, ate a sense of fractured flowing discussion and the book signing that followed. As era que tú sabes de donde viene la mitad. . . . on the blood-colored flowers of the trees in the park, and [email protected] showcases the community.” one guest commented, “I came here as a fan of just one of E inglesas con sombreros raros que bajan de los barcos cow’s milk that they say was bought for three pesetas a liter works of Michele Miller native Rick the writers. Now I’m interested in all four of them.” unas horas para ir de compras entre los nativos, y marineros and is sold at the same price, so you know where half of it Marketing & distinguished que se cogen una trompa en pleno día en el Bar Atlántico, y comes from. . . .7 Media Relations, artists whose Riordan confessed that it’s (TEXAS AS THE SCENE OF THE CRIME is the latest in a las mujeres de Santa Cruz y el andar que tienen, y los mirones And Englishwomen with strange hats who get off of the Special Collections images delight sometimes hard to appreci- series of Southwestern Writers Collection panel discussions held [email protected] ate where you grew up— in conjunction with its exhibits. Stay tuned for more!) # que miran todo, todo. Y dibujantes en el parque, y una risa ships for a few hours of shopping among the natives, and and inspire Tina Ybarra escandalosa que sale de una tasca el sábado por la tarde, y los sailors who get drunk in broad daylight at the Bar Atlántico, those exploring Archival Assistant LAIII, the visual heritage of until you gain perspective que pescan cazones y mantas desde el muelle, y una fiesta de and the women of Santa Cruz and the way they walk, and the Special Collections the regions. These two by living elsewhere. “I did- amigos en La Laguna con música y cabrito y vino, mucho watchers who watch everything, everything. And the sketch- [email protected] counterparts of the n’t have any desire to write vino del tipo que te parece demasiado dulce cuando llegas ers in the park, and scandalous laughter that comes from a ADVISORY COMMITTEE Albert B. Alkek about San Antonio at all hasta que te acostumbras, y afuera la niebla fría, siempre la tavern on Saturday afternoon, and those who catch dogfish Library Department of William Broyles, Jr. until I moved to Califor- niebla, de noche en La Laguna. —© John Graves and rays from the wharf, and a party of friends in La Laguna Special Collections at Dr. Mark Busby nia,” Riordan said. with music and cabrito and wine, 1 - The island’s aborigines, extirpated or absorbed by the Spanish in the 1400s much wine of the sort that seems Mary Willis Walker 2 San Marcos bring alive A remote highland village Laura Gutierrez-Witt 3 too sweet when you arrive, until “the spirit of place” explained how she came The conical Peak of Teide, Tenerife’s volcano, often referred to as a person, “Father Teide” Pablo Ortiz Monasterio to write about Austin. “I 4 A local dish, newly roasted and ground grain used as morning cereal, probably a Guanche heritage you get used to it, and the cold for students, scholars, 5 DJ Stout Papas arrugadas, wrinkled potatoes, are another specialty, boiled in heavy brine fog outside, always the fog, at writers, artists and the grew up in Milwaukee, 6 Chick peas, the Spanish word strung out here in the manner of the street vendors Kathy Vargas 7 night in La Laguna. community at-large. 10 Wisconsin and lived for Brought to the city in cans by milkmaids, it was said to have been diluted with creekwater en route 11 Bill & Sally Wittliff THE KEYSTONE FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, UNLESS NOTED Read the story behind the title: www.library. exhibits & events CALENDAR ALKEK LIBRARY | 7TH FLOOR | TEXAS STATE txstate.edu/spec-coll EDITOR Connie Todd April 22 CAROLYN FORCHÉ July coming to the EMAIL reads for the English Dept’s Southwestern [email protected] 1 TEXAS LITERARY TKL / Katherine Anne 31 Last day to view DESIGNER OUTLAWS exhibit opens, Porter Literary Series. TEXAS LITERARY Writers Michele Miller celebrating Assistant Southwestern Writers OUTLAWS on exhibit at Collection Curator Steve Davis’ book Collection / 3:30 pm. the Southwestern Writers LOCATION researched from the South- Collection. On exhibit: VIETNAM Special Collections & western Writers Collection. 29 JESSE SUBLETT FROM A TEXAS POV, in its galleries are on the Materials on view highlight (singer, bass player, song- the words of Sarah Bird, Alkek Library’s 7th the lives & work of Billy writer & crime novelist) coming to the Bill Broyles, Jr., Mark floor at Texas State Lee Brammer, Gary Cart- reads from his new “rock- Wittliff Gallery Busby, James Crumley, University-San Marcos wright, Larry L. King & n-roll gothic” memoir Robert Flynn & others. ANIMALERIES: Photo- Bud Shrake. Southwestern NEVER THE SAME AGAIN. [Sept ’04] TOURS & INFO graphs by Jayne Hinds- Writers Collection / through Southwestern Writers 512-245-2313 Bidaut on exhibit in July 31. (p. 4) Collection / 4–6 pm. HOURS concert with next WG Tours & Exhibits 3 VAQUERO: GENESIS book launch. [Oct ’04] Mon–Fri 8–5 OF THE TEXAS COWBOY May Presentations (Tues ’til 9 pm) Photographs by Bill Consider bringing your Sat 9–5 / Sun 2–6 Wittliff document one of 22 SILENT AUCTION, group for a closer look at Archives & Reading the last large cattle round- Reception, Book Sale & the exhibits, archives, or Room Mon–Fri 8–5 ups of the now-vanished Signing for VAQUERO: prints. Simply make an & by appointment. vaquero tradition. Wittliff GENESIS OF THE TEXAS appointment, and we’ll be (Please call ahead to Gallery / through Oct 17. COWBOY. Special guests happy to lead a tour or verify / Closed during Fundraiser, reception, Bill Wittliff & John create a presentation breaks & holidays) silent auction & book Graves. Wittliff Gallery / around your area of ADMISSION signing May 22. (p. 6) Call 512-245-9058 for interest. Call or email Exhibits are free. ticket information. (p. 6) Curator Connie Todd at (above) Proboscis Fish - $59.99 512-245-8361 or ONLINE (Directions, 1998, Jayne Hinds-Bidaut [email protected]. parking & archive info) June www.library.txstate.edu/ spec-coll 3 STEVE DAVIS discuss- check online for es his new book from TCU calendar updates If you’d like to be Press, TEXAS LITERARY www.library.txstate.edu/ removed from our list, TIM O’BRIEN reads as OUTLAWS: SIX WRITERS 6 spec-coll call or email us: the English Dept’s Mitte IN THE SIXTIES & 512-245-2313 Chair in Creative Writing. BEYOND. Southwestern [email protected] Southwestern Writers Writers Collection / Collection / 3:30 pm. 4–6 pm. (p. 4)

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