A Neglected History: Mohair in Texas
Barbara S. Moore explores the history of the Angora Goat in nineteenth-century Texas.
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Natural Encounters in Old Texas: Audubon’s Quadrupeds at UTA
Ben Huseman introduces us to The Quadrupeds of North America (1849-1854) by John James Audubon and the Rev. John Bachmann.
Sadness, Deprivation, and Hope: Dorothea Lange in Texas
Dorothea Lange was one of the greatest American documentary photographers of the twentieth century. Fronteras presents a note about her life and a sampling of her photographs about rural life in 1930s Texas.
Secrets of the Archive: Adina de Zavala’s Continuing Legacy
by Erin Murrah-Mandril, UT Arlington. Courtesy University of Texas at San Antonio Special Collections. Adina de Zavala was dubbed “the angel of the Alamo” when she barricaded herself in the Alamo building in 1908 to…
Bullets, Action, Death! Marketing The Magnificent Seven (1960) in Mexico
By Christopher Conway, UT Arlington. Mexican farmers plead their case in The Magnificent Seven (1960). In the middle of the twentieth century, Hollywood was a powerful force in the everyday lives of Mexican moviegoers. The…