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One of nine regional centers designated by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Southwest Regional Humanities Center at Texas State University-San Marcos promotes and facilitates the exchange of knowledge among individuals, communities, and institutions that focus on regional humanities issues across the four-state region of Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, and Texas. More...

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Academics: departments, programs, and centers at public and private colleges and universities.

Organizations: non-profit regional, state, and local historical and cultural associations, organizations, and societies dedicated to preservation and education.

Libraries, Museums, Collections & Archives, Galleries: pertaining to the Southwest and Southwestern Culture.

Destinations: open-to-the-public places of cultural or historical significance including parks and monuments.

Publications: references and journals in print and online.

Online Resources: online exhibits and collections of video, images, and manuscripts, plus virtual tours of museums, galleries, and historical sites.

Laboratories: researching Southwestern archeaology, anthropology, and ecology.


We gratefully acknowledge support from a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Challenge Grant. Views expressed on this website do not necessarily represent those of NEH.

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Now Available
Sensing Dobie's Shade: The Al Lowman Collection of J. Frank Dobie Publications in the Southwestern Writers Collection at Texas State University-San Marcos has been published in a limited edition of 100 copies.

 

Lonesome Dove Revisited
 

 
The Southwestern Writers Collection presents an ongoing exhibit that features props, costumes, photographs, and other items from the making of the CBS miniseries. The new Lonesome Dove Room opened Oct. 13, 2007, with even more “making of” materials on permanent display. Discover more about the Lonesome Dove Archives in the online exhibit.
 
 
  Photo © Laurence Parent, from Texas Mountains  published by University of Texas Press