Public History Students Gain Hands-on Experience in the Archives

(by Katie Salzmann) This fall semester, twelve graduate students from Texas State University’s Public History program have been processing several archival collections at the Wittliff as part of the “Archival Management” course.  Lead Archivist Katie Salzmann teaches the seminar class that is designed to introduce students to the principles and theories of archives. In addition …

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Sandra Cisneros’ archive opens to eager researchers

In summer 2015, the Wittliff Collections acquired the major literary archive of author, Sandra Cisneros. As one of America’s leading writers, Cisneros helped launch the Latino literary boom and is the author of poetry, a memoir, essays, children’s books, and fiction – including the internationally acclaimed The House on Mango Street. In October – just …

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