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[Letter from Thurman Gupton to John J. Herrera - 1980-07-30]

Description: Personal letter from retired Judge Thurman Gupton to John J. Herrera in reply to an earlier letter from Herrera catching up on their friendship. Gupton comments on Herrera's successful open-heart surgery performed by Dr. Denton Cooley and reminisces over the cases Herrera presented in his court. The letter's envelope is also included.
Date: July 30, 1980
Creator: Gupton, Thurman
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Booklet: Realidades Mexicanas and La Muerte Vive]

Description: Catalog of two exhibits from the Austin, Texas. One exhibit was called "La Muerte Vive" and the other was named "Realidades Mexicanas" and showed off Mexican and Mexican American artworks. The catalog also includes information about the Mexic-Arte Museum, the exhibits and other topics.
Date: 1985
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Mexic-Arte Museum

[Death Spectacular Show at Paramount Theater]

Description: Photograph of a stage filled with performers clothed in Day of the Dead costumes. In the background four performers (two male, two female) hold hands as if being pulled away from the action. Miscellaneous performers stand in the wings. In the foreground, two men in suits tussle with a figure costumed as a ram while a woman in white stands nearby. One man's hat has fallen to the ground; the woman wears a veil.
Date: 1986
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Mexic-Arte Museum

[Flyer: "Temptation," 1989]

Description: Flyer advertising "Temptation", a play by Vaclav Havel, held by the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas. The play ran on three weekends between November 9th to December 2nd in 1989.
Date: 1989-11-09/1989-12-02
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: Mexic-Arte Museum

[Postcard: Austin Annual, 1989]

Description: Postcard invitation to Austin Annual. The exhibition was held from September 15th, 1989 to October 21st, 1989 at the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas. A reception was held on September 15th, 1989 at 7 pm.
Date: 1989-09-15/1989-10-21
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Mexic-Arte Museum

[Altar to Sylvia Orozco's Deceased Father]

Description: Photograph of the altar to Sylvia Orozco's deceased father. Sylvia Orozco has two other women attending with her, one of whom is holding up a book that reads "Los Zapatos" by Diego Rivera 1989". There is a painting in the background where two men can be seen wearing sombreros. There is another man behind him, but he is cut off.
Date: 1989
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Mexic-Arte Museum

[Altar with Three Tiers]

Description: Photograph of a heavily decorated altar. There are three tiers and each level has flowers. The bottom tier also has small skulls sitting on the floor and a statuette on the right. The middle tier has skulls as well as a Catholic religious image. The top tier has two small skeleton figures, one in a white dress and veil and the other in a black tuxedo jacket. There is a cross above the pair.
Date: 1989
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Mexic-Arte Museum

[Art by Pio Pulido and All Billings

Description: Photograph of two people leaning against a wall with artworks hanging on it. To their left, there is a large abstract painting and on their right is a smaller painting with intricate designs. Further to their right, there are three more pieces, two of which are 3-dimensional. The artists who created the pieces are Pio Pulido and Al Billings.
Date: 1988
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 30.26679800797376 -97.74284850103072
Partner: Mexic-Arte Museum

[Artist in Residency Workshop]

Description: Photograph of an Artist in Residency workshop at SAMA. There is a white table with paper and other supplies scattered on it and another table in the background. There are numerous people attending the workshop, some children and some adults.
Date: 1986
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Mexic-Arte Museum

[Artist in Residency Workshop in Progress]

Description: Photograph of an Artist in Residency workshop at SAMA. There is a wall that has paper cut into shaped on it. There is a man painting a skeleton in a cloak playing a guitar onto the same wall. There are two more people in the foreground standing near a table with a mess of supplies piled on it.
Date: 1986
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Mexic-Arte Museum

[Book: Festival Cinco de Mayo]

Description: Book of community events and advertisements relevant to the Austin, Texas area. In the center, there is a schedule of events in celebration of Cinco de Mayo. Some advertisements in the book mention local law firms or services, and others are for political positions.
Date: 1988
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Mexic-Arte Museum

[Conference in Los Angeles]

Description: Photograph of three rows of people at the Open Dialogue Association of American Cultures in Los Angeles, California. The people in the first row are kneeling or sitting on the floor, the second row are sitting in chairs and the third row are standing.
Date: 1988
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Mexic-Arte Museum

[Costumed People Posing]

Description: Photograph of ten people in costumes and masks made to look like sugar skulls posing for the camera. There is one person in the front lying on their side. A few people in the back are not looking to the camera.
Date: 1986
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Mexic-Arte Museum
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