(by Katie Salzmann) We never know who might request to use material from our archives, and earlier this summer the folks at the television show “OBJECTified” reached out to us for images of Willie Nelson to complement their hour-long interview with him. We provided 33 photos of Willie throughout his career, and we are curious …
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In June of 2018, The Wittliff Collections’ curator of Texas Music, Hector Saldaña sat down for a candid conversation with Texas music legend Jerry Jeff Walker and his wife / manager Susan. This event was in celebration of The Wittliff’s exhibition, “¡Viva Jerry Jeff: The Origins and Wild Times of a Texas Icon.” Music was …
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Ramón Hernández tells us the story behind some of Tejano music’s colorful characters. Ramón is a renown musicologist and was special guest curator of our “Legends of Tejano Music” exhibition in the Fall of 2017.
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SAN MARCOS, TX – Legendary Texas music artist Jerry Jeff Walker has donated his archive to The Wittliff Collections. Walker’s archive is a major acquisition for the newly-formed Texas Music Collection, and comprises more than 100 boxes of materials spanning Walker’s entire career, featuring master tapes, photographs, hand-written lyrics and artifacts. Throughout his career, Walker …
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SAN MARCOS, TX – Ray Benson, co-founder of the legendary Western Swing band Asleep at the Wheel, has announced he is donating his archive to The Wittliff’s newly-established Texas Music Collection. Benson’s archive will contain materials spanning his entire career, featuring records, photographs, instruments, wardrobe, awards and other memorabilia. In a career that has spanned …
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SAN MARCOS, TX — The Wittliff Collections at Texas State University are proud to announce the creation of The Texas Music Collection, which joins the Southwestern Writers and Southwestern & Mexican Photography Collections as part of The Wittliff’s expanding mission to collect, preserve and share the cultural legacy of the region. The Wittliff has …
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