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Can I Get a WITNESS?

- I see pictures of people, rising up pictures of people, falling down I see pictures of people they’re standing on their heads, they’re ready they’re looking out, look out! they’re watching out,...

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Happily Buried in Music

A few of the 300+ postal bins of CDs from KUT. Anyone who is a regular user of campus delivery for music deliveries from the Fine Arts Library will find great joy in news of a massive new acquisition...

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Frank Lloyd Wright’s Posthumous Contribution: An Icon of a City

Plans for the redevelopment of Olin Park in Madison, WI from Frank Lloyd Wright’s work on the Monona Basin Project. While searching for all of the items in Karl Kamrath’s Collection last semester, I...

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Collections Highlight: Companion to “The Flora of Forfarshire”

William Gardiner. “A selection of the native plants of Forfarshire; to accompany ‘The flora of Forfarshire'”. Paper. 45 cm X 29 cm. Life Science Library. University of Texas Libraries William Gardiner...

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Benson Goes for Baroque

Iglesia de Santa María Tonantzintla, Puebla. Caroyln Brown. The extravagance of the Baroque period in Spanish America is currently on display in an exhibition at the Benson Latin American Collection....

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Sor Juana’s “Book of Professions”

“Libro de professiones y elecciones de prioras y vicarias del convento de San Gerónimo, 1586–1713.” Ink and blood on paper. 8 x 12 inches. Dorothy Schons Papers, Benson Latin American Collection. Sor...

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Herzstein Legacy Survives in Benson Collection

Robert E. Herzstein Attorney Robert E. Herzstein recently passed away at the age of 83. Herzstein served as lead counsel to Mexico in negotiations over the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA),...

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Libraries Get NEH Funding from Partner Proposal

Among the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) recent announcement of $22.8 million in grants for 232 humanities projects in the second round of its grant awards this fiscal year was included...

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The Copier as Canvas

  “Zines are not a new idea. They have been around under different names (ChapBooks, Pamphlets, Flyers). People with independent ideas have been getting their word out since there were printing...

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Partnering to Preserve and Persevere: The Genocide Archive of Rwanda

On June 9 — International Archives Day — the Libraries’ Human Rights Documentation Initiative (HRDI) partners Aegis Trust and the Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre launched a new, greatly updated and...

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Scanning the Past for the Future

Preservation staff digitizing art. There’s no doubt that the embrace of digitization by museums and libraries has significant benefit for the devotees of art history. The preservation of the cultural...

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Book Catalogs the Universe of UT Collections

“The Collections” (UT Press, 2016). While we’re apt to sound out the world-class general and distinctive materials maintained by the Libraries, these resources are just a single galaxy in a greater...

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Collections Highlight: Stewart King’s Mission Landscapes

Stewart King (architect). Patio garden and circulation plan for Mission San Francisco de la Espada, Scheme 1, San Antonio, Texas. ca. 1957. Marker, pencil, and crayon on paper. 21.5 x 32.25 in. Stewart...

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Collections Highlight: Port of Acapulco, 1638

Alejandro RuffoniPuerto de Acapulco en el Reino de la Nueva Expaña en el Mar del Sur1628lithograph17 x 22 in.Genaro García CollectionBenson Latin American Collection A facsimile reproduction made in...

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Post-Custodial Preservation and Latin America

Source: Colección Conflicto Armado del Museo de la Palabra y la Imagen The Benson Latin American Collection has established itself as a leader in the area of post-custodial archives — a systematic...

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About ‘Zines and Art

“Rocktober.” Russell Etchen/FAL ‘Zine Collection. This Thursday (11/3), five local artists will gather for a panel at the Fine Arts Library (FAL) to talk about how they were impacted by the presence of...

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Collections Highlight: Ernesto Cardenal

Ernesto Cardenal at the Benson Latin American Collection. The Benson Latin American Collection recently announced the acquisition of the archive of poet, politician, priest and revolutionary Ernesto...

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Cataloging Dance: The Sharir Archive

Sharir dancers. Photographer: Jonathan Leatherwood. Choreographer, dancer, artist and teacher Yacov Sharir recently donated his archive to the Fine Arts Library.  Sharir moved to Austin in 1978 where...

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Collecting the Black Experience

A year ago, Rachel E. Winston joined the staff of the Benson Latin American Collection, taking on an entirely new post with the library as its Black Diaspora Archivist. The position is still one of...

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Collection Highlight: Karl Kamrath Collection

Karl Kamrath (architect). Farnsworth & Chambers Office Building, Houston, Texas. Undated. Pencil, colored pencil and crayon on trace paper. 11 7/8 x 25 1/8 in. Karl Kamrath Collection, Alexander...

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