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Thank you for your interest in the Southwest Regional Humanities Center. Your gift to the Center will work in several ways to leverage program resources.

NEH Challenge Grant

Your donation will help the Center extend our endowment begun with an NEH Challenge Grant. More…

General Programs and Resources

Your gift will provide immediate funding for our various programs and resources, including web-based virtual tours of places of cultural or historical significance, lectures and workshops on regional issues, and K-12 educational support. Your gift will also help to support undergraduate and graduate scholarships in Southwest Studies.

How to Donate

Please help us build understanding of the Southwest, honor diversity, strengthen community, and celebrate the human spirit. You can make a tax-deductible donation online or by mail.

To donate online, use the Texas State University-San Marcos onling giving form, accessible below. If you require assistance, contact us at (512) 245-2224. Instructions:

  • To access the online giving form, click here (opens in a new window).
  • Click on the "Pride in Action University Campaign" button.
  • In the "Choose a Pillar" drop-down menu, select "Academic Excellence Pillar."
  • In the "University Area" drop-down menu, select "College of Liberal Arts."
  • In the "Department" drop-down menu, select "Center for the Study of the Southwest."
  • In the "Fund" drop-down menu, select either "Southwest Regional Humanities Center Discretionary" or "Southwest Regional Center."
  • Enter amount in the space provided and continue on to the next steps.

Or send your donation, payable to the Southwest Regional Humanities Center, to the following address:

Southwest Regional Humanities Center
Brazos Hall
Texas State University-San Marcos
601 University Dr.
San Marcos, TX 78666

Contact Tammy Gonzales at (512) 245-2224 or tg18@txstate.edu for more information.


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.

 
  Photo © Laurence Parent, from Texas Mountains  published by University of Texas Press