The Wittliff Collections Festival, a day of culture, connections, and creativity celebrating the unbridled imagination of Texas and the Southwest, will honor the legacy and vision of the late Bill Wittliff; event to feature panel discussions with acclaimed artists and …
Podcast featuring Wittliff authors now online.
Once upon a time, you had to be listening live to catch Bookmarked, the literary talk show hosted by Priscilla Leder on KZSM in San Marcos. Now Bookmarked is available as a podcast, and among its archived programs, you’ll find …
The Wittliff Collections announces its first ever festival in April of 2020.
The Wittliff Collections will host its festival debut on April 18, 2020, in Austin, Texas, with a one-day event celebrating the unbridled imagination of Texas, Mexico, and the Southwest. The Wittliff Collections Festival will feature a full day of panels …
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Digital Treasures: Here today, here tomorrow.
The Digital Preservation Coalition cites November 7th as World Digital Preservation Day. It is just another day here at The Wittliff Collections, but I thought it would be a good opportunity to share with you some of our ongoing digital …
Blessings, Besos and Bill Wittliff: A conversation.
Written by Wittliff student worker, Hannah Alvarado. Representing the life of an artist using only their photographs is a seemingly impossible task. Especially a life as singularly impactful as photographer, screenplay writer, author and The Wittliff Collection’s late founder, Bill Wittliff. …
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Processing Jane Sumner’s audio archives opened up a fascinating world to me.
By Wittliff student worker, Jessica Henriquez. Jane Sumner, an award-winning film journalist for The Dallas Morning News, has interviewed directors, producers, writers, book authors, and the former Governor of Texas, Ann Richards. Through the years, she’s kept her roughly-recorded microcassettes …
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Houston’s glorious R&B past has a home at The Wittliff Collections.
The recent acquisition of the archives of Austin record collector/photographer/indie music newspaper publisher Doug Hanners, means the deep dives are beginning at The Wittliff Collections at Texas State University into one of the most important and fascinating aspects of the …
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