The Wittliff Collections team at Texas State University, founded in 1986, opened a 40-object exhibition to celebrate its 40th anniversary.
The full story
The Spirit of The Wittliff displays objects from archives of the Southwest Writers Collection, Texas Music Collection and Southwestern & Mexican Photography Collection. It highlights the history of The Wittliff, featuring items collected over its four-decade-long history, including:
- Stevie Ray Vaughan’s guitar pick from his final concert
- Correspondence between writer Elizabeth Crook and her editor at Doubleday, Jackie Onassis
- The desk where author Cormac McCarthy wrote his novels
The research center, archive and museum preserves stories of Texas, the Southwest and Mexico through over 500 artifacts, including writings, photographs, music and film.
