Music Libraries and Archives in Austin Area
Number of Listings: 24
Texas State University | Center for Texas Music History
- The Center for Texas Music History, 601 University Drive, San Marcos, TX 78666
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(512) 245-3749 • (512) 245-2185
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Jason Mellard, Director • Kathleen O'Keefe, Director of Programs
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- Subcategories: Music archives • University and college music programs
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Established: 1999
Center for Texas Music History (formerly the Institute for the History of Texas Music): Established in 1999 at Texas State University in San Marcos, the Center's primary goal is to help students and the general public better understand how music reflects the richly diverse ethnic and cultural heritage of the American Southwest. Through a variety of activities and projects, the Center strives to increase awareness and appreciation for the important role music plays in shaping and reflecting the historical development of American society. Headquartered in the university's History Department, the Center offers graduate and undergraduate-level courses on the musical history of Texas and the Southwest. In these courses, students examine the many different ethnic musical influences involved in the development of the region, including Hispanic, Anglo, African-American, Irish, German, Polish, Czech, French, and others. The Center publishes the Journal of Texas Music History, the first academic journal to focus on the entire spectrum of Southwestern music history, and works with museum's archives, public schools, and other to organize exhibits and educational programs related to Texas music history. Visit us at http://www.txstate.edu/ctmh.
Texas State University | Center for the Study of the Southwest
- Brazos Hall, Texas State University, 601 University Drive, San Marcos, TX 78666
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(512) 245-2224
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Mark Busby, Director • Christopher Marquiss. Publications & Website • Tammy Gonzales, Administrative Assistant • Jim Kimmel, Jones Professor of Southwestern Studies
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Established: 2000
The Center for the Study of the Southwest is a regional studies center that examines local history, people, culture, language, landscape, and architecture. The Southwest Regional Humanities Center will oversee curricular, research, and public programs in a four state region consisting of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and Nevada and will work with the state Humanities Councils, museums, libraries, public schools, and other universities. Located on campus at 601 University Drive in the Brazos building.
Texas State University | Schneider Music Library
- 601 University Drive, San Marcos, TX 78666
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(512) 245-9661 • (512) 245-3376
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Mark Blair, Music Librarian • Music Department Building • Martha Fleming, Administrative Assistant
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- Genres: Classical • Country
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Established: 1911
The Schneider Music Library, operated by the School of Music, has the distinction of being the University's only departmental library. The Schneider Music Library and the Alkek Library are part of a single, coordinated library system. The library collection supports University instruction and research in applied music, music education, composition, music theory, musicology, jazz studies, and sound recording technology. Most historical periods and geographical areas are covered in both classical and popular idioms, though the emphasis is on the Western classical tradition. The collection includes tens of thousands of books, scores, journals/serials, compact discs, vinyl LPs, audio cassettes, DVDs, videocassettes, and software programs. It is essential to remember that the music collection is divided between the university's two libraries. The Schneider Music Library focuses on items that represent the music itself --scores and recordings. The Alkek Library houses items about music, such as books and journals.
Texas State University | The Wittliff Collections
- 601 University Drive, San Marcos, TX 78666
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(512) 245-2313 • (512) 245-3861
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Hector Saldaña, Texas Music Curator • David Coleman, Director of the Witliff Collections • Katie Salzmann, Archivist • Michele Miller, Media Relations • Steve Davis, Curator
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- Genres: Country • Tejano
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Established: 1986
The music archives of the Southwestern Writers Collection/The Wittliff Collections embrace a rich variety of Texas music, from country and Western Swing to blues, polka, rock-and-roll, Conjunto, and Tejano. Willie Nelson's archives include a handmade songbook he created as an 11-year-old, dozens more handwritten song lyrics, posters, concert programs, tour itineraries, recordings, tour jackets, T-shirts, photographs, publicity clippings, Farm Aid papers, bandanas, and running shows, Austin City Limits creator Bill Arhos's archives cover his twenty-plus years guiding the televised concert program, offering a unique backstage look at the celebrated series. Author and music journalist Joe Nick Patoski has donated the papers for his acclaimed biographies of Stevie Ray Vaughan, Selena, and Willie Nelson. The Writers Collections also serves as a the repository for the Texas Western Swing Hall of Fame, and includes stage costumes worn by the Light Crust Doughboys and a fiddle played by Western Swing legend Bob Wills.