Suggested Texas Folklore

The Wittliff Collection

My trip to San Marcos for the Texas Folklore Society Meeting included a visit to the Wittliff Collections, located on the seventh floor of the Albert B. Alkek Library at Texas State University. Curator Steve Davis served as host and guide, cordially answering questions and directing traffic. The Wittliff Collections are made up of The Southwest Writers Collection, The Southwestern & Mexican Photography Collection, and The Lonesome Dove Collection. The gallery spaces are beautiful, my only regret is I couldn’t spend more time there, I’ll definitely go back. Their website: http://www.thewittliffcollections.txstate.edu/

Texas Almanac

The subject of the email announced “The Great Texas Land Rush & News from The Texas State Historical Association”. The Texas Almanac, a part of TSHA, is offering an Adopt-A-County program for folks to put their name on a Texas County of their choice. There is also an Adopt-A-Town program. Both are first come first serve and are tax deductible. The website: http://www.texasalmanac.com/adopt

Arlington

Today, while in Arlington I got a little closer to my goal of eating at every one of Babe’s Chicken Dinner House restaurants, not something I’m real proud of goal wise but they do usually have pretty good food. According to their website I have two left. http://www.babeschicken.com/Babes-Chicken-Dinner-House-Arlington.html

I was not in Arlington for Babe’s, it just happened be located near my intended destination, The Knapp Heritage Park, which I found to only be open Saturdays 10-2 or by appointment. Luckily the park is surrounded by a wrought iron fence so the structures are easy to see. The buildings are in really good shape, I hope to back soon during regular hours. Their website.http://www.historicalarlington.org/Arlington_Historical_Society/Knapp_Heritage_Park.html


Some books about Arlington.
Transitions: A centennial history of University of Texas at Arlington, 1895-1995
Arlington, Texas, Birthplace of the Metroplex
How Fort Worth Became the Texasmost City, 1849-1920
Where the West Begins: Fort Worth and Tarrant County

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Historic Handley

This afternoon I found a few interesting things at the Handley Antique Mall located at 3129 Handley Drive in Fort Worth. Along with some books and post cards:

An early copy of a Delta Rho Delta Sorority Cook Book, DRD was founded in Fort Worth in 1934.

 A Ken-Tex Coffee bag, Roasted & Packed Fresh Daily By B.G. Mumme Wholesale, Inc. Kenedy, Texas.

A fan from the Hampton- Williams Flower Shop and The Dallas Mortuary and Funeral Home

2403 Hall St. Dallas

For more information on Handley check out their website at http://www.historichandley.org/home

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Texas Folklore Society 2011

I’m just getting in from the 95th Annual Meeting of the Texas Folklore Society held this year at the Embassy Suites in San Marcos, Texas. I got to see some old friends and make some new ones. TFS meetings are really more like a family reunion. The meetings are held Easter weekend in a different city each year and new members are always welcome. Check out their website http://www.texasfolkloresociety.org/index.htm