By Wittliff archivist Hannah Martin. The newest collection available online features photographs of musicians from the rock and punk scenes in the San Antonio and Austin areas. Donated by Clyde Kimsey, this collection spans the years 1978–1982 and includes backstage shots, headshots, and live performance photos. Many of these images appeared in the indie music …
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Tesoros: Treasures of Mexican Photography is a new gallery at The Wittliff that highlights treasures from our extensive collection of Mexican photography. The inaugural exhibition was curated by two student interns, Deandra Lee and Blanca Luna Nuñez, working alongside Carla Ellard, photo-archivist. Deandra, BFA in Photography ‘24, interned at The Wittliff for course credit with …
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By Katie Salzmann The Wittliff celebrates all forms of storytelling from the region, and we collect, preserve, and provide contextualization for important cultural objects. Within the archive of noted New Mexico historian Marc Simmons are several kachina dolls gifted to Marc from members of the Hopi tribe. This past semester, we hosted an internship that …
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Photographer Eric O’Connell photographed the chaos and atrocities of September 11, 2001 and survived. Speaking with him recently about the upcoming twentieth anniversary, he said “it brings him reflective pause on what happened to him personally” and added, “that all the struggles we (the nation) are going through today spun from that day.” The Wittliff …
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