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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.

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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.

Texas Literary Outlaws:
Six Writers in the Sixties & Beyond

At the height of the Sixties, a group of rowdy Texas writers came together, raising hell and creating memorable literature as they found their voices in opposition to Texas' conservative traditions. Making use of untapped literary archives, Southwestern Writers Collection assistant curator Steven L. Davis weaves a fascinating portrait of these "literary outlaws" who came of age during a period of rapid social change.