Founded by Austin screenwriter and photographer Bill Wittliff and his wife, Sally, our mission is to collect, preserve and share the artistic culture that springs from the Southwestern imagination. Thousands of students, researchers and visitors engage with our collections each year and discover how the unique character of our region shapes its people and its culture.
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When photos speak
Photographs showing the diversity of Texas ranching life, from cowboys to cooks to preachers on exhibit at The Wittliff Collections at Texas State University. The groundbreaking archive captures the faces and dignity of work of a bygone way of life. …
Texas literary all-stars gather to celebrate “Viva Texas Rivers” at The Wittliff.
An all-star collection of 23 Texas writers along with an acclaimed artist gathered at the Wittliff Collections on Mother’s Day to celebrate a sparkling new literary anthology devoted to Texas Rivers. Viva Texas Rivers! Adventures, Misadventures & Glimpses of Nirvana …
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Inhabiting Darkness (Habitar La Oscuridad): The photography of Marco Antonio Cruz shines a light on compassion
By Kimberly Conner To experience Inhabiting Darkness (Habitar La Oscuridad) is to understand that whether we navigate the world with sight, or without it, we are united by a shared humanity. This collection of stunning black and white images offers …
From Politics to Poodles: A Look into Molly Ivins’ Personal Library
Written by Wittliff archivist, Karen Sigler, This article was originally published in the Society of Southwestern Archivist and now resides in Texas State Universities digital archives. If the world were given your personal library, what would it tell them about …
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Developing characters at the Austin Film Festival
Editor’s Note: For the past several years, the Austin Film Festival has been busy digitizing their recordings of the festival panels, which they’ve maintained since the first year in 1994. That’s over 25 years’ worth of conversations from the best …
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“It’s Only Rock ‘N’ Roll” in Tennessee and Texas
By Wittliff staff member, Library Specialist, Sherri Turner-Herrmann. Rock and roll hit me like a freight train early on. When I was 8, my cousin introduced me to Alice Cooper and that’s when the first train hit. Shock rock, hard …
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Re-discovering Peter Pan at The Wittliff
By Wittliff student worker, Eric Robertson-Gordon. Growing up, my childhood was filled with movies. My father would often show me and my sister movies that he remembered loving when he was a child. My dad was a cinephile and it …
Tamara Saviano receives 2020 Margaret Moser Women In Music Award.
(AUSTIN, TEXAS – March 12, 2020; source: Juice Consulting) – On the evening of March 11, 2020, author, filmmaker and producer Tamara Saviano, whose papers reside in The Wittliff Collections, was awarded the 2020 Margaret Moser Women in Music Award …
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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 January of 2021.
The Wittliff Collections will host its festival debut on January 9, 2021, 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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