Photograph of Ace Reid, cartoonist and humorist from Kerrville, on the storytelling stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a cowboy hat, aviator sunglasses, and a plaid shirt, he is speaking into a microphone which he is holding.
Photograph of Ace Reid, cartoonist and humorist from Kerrville, on the storytelling stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a cowboy hat, aviator sunglasses, and a plaid shirt, he is speaking into a microphone which he is holding. Behind him a rocking chair and a small hay bale is visible.
Photograph of Allen Damron and Guich Koock on the storytelling stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. They are sitting on a square hay bale, Damron on the left and Koock on the right. Damron is playing guitar while Koock holds a microphone to his mouth.
Photograph of Ace Reid and Paul Patterson on the storytelling stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Patterson is standing on the right and speaking into a microphone while Reid is sitting on the left. They are both wearing cowboy hats. Behind them is a painted backdrop of a wooden house front.
Photograph of Arnold Griffin, from Devine, on the storytelling stage with Ace Reid and emcee Rosemary Davis at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. All three are sitting in rocking chairs, with Reid on the left, Griffin in the center, and Davis on the right. Behind them is a painted backdrop of a wooden house front.
Photograph of Arnold Griffin, from Devine, on the storytelling stage with Ace Reid at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a cowboy hat and a plaid shirt, Devine is in the foreground sitting in a rocking chair and speaking into a microphone. Reid is in the middle ground, also sitting in a rocking chair.
Photograph of an audience at the storytelling stage listening to Arnold Griffin at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. They are sitting on wooden benches under a shade canopy. A man in the background is standing and waving his hand toward the camera.
Photograph of Bea Garrison, from Utopia, telling a story onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a pioneer dress, a bonnet, and wire frame glasses, she is sitting in a rocking chair and is speaking into a microphone.
Photograph of Bea Garrison, from Utopia, telling a story onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a long gingham skirt and sitting in a rocking chair on the right, she is facing a young girl with pigtails who is sitting on a square hay bale on the left. Behind them is a painted backdrop of a wooden house front.
Photograph of Bill Corkery telling a story on the storytelling stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is sitting on a hay bale, wearing a cowboy hat and speaking into a microphone. In the left foreground, two young audience members are sitting on the edge of the stage. The backdrop of the stage is painted to look like a wooden house front.
Photograph of Bill Sallee telling a story onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Two young girls with pigtails are sitting on the edge of the stage in front of him; the one on the left is holding a small wooden box. Sallee is sitting in a rocking chair, holding a microphone in one hand and a cowbell in the other. He has curly, bushy hair and is wearing glasses.
Photograph of a boy fishing with a homemade fishing pole at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a t-shirt and jeans, the boy is holding a stick with fishing line attached to the end. He is fishing in a large metal tub, filled with water.
Photograph of the sheep from Swift Sheep Farm in Kingsbury, Texas at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the foreground, a shirtless boy wearing jeans is leaning over a sheep, laying his head on its back. On the other side of the sheep, a man in a cap is sitting in a lawn chair. Behind them is a pen containing many sheep.
Photograph of a boy playing with a handmade wooden toy at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is pulling on two strings, to which is attached a wooden pulley that moves up and down as he moves the strings.
Photograph of Bruce Montague demonstrating trick roping at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a cowboy hat, a striped shirt, jeans, and boots, he is trick roping with two lassos: one around his right ankle and a larger one around his hips.
Photograph of Bruce Montague lassoing a small boy at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Dressed as a cowboy the boy is standing on a circular platform. His arms, chest and legs are constrained, each with a different loop of the rope. In the right foreground, Montague is leaning forward to toss another lasso around the boy.
Photograph of Bruce Montague demonstrating trick roping at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Curled up into a ball, he is laying on his back on a circular platform while he lassos around himself.
Photograph of Bruce Strunk with a handcrafted gourd he made at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a cowboy hat, a button up shirt, and a bandanna around his neck, he is straddling a work bench with a raised work surface.
Photograph of Cindy Findley, from Edwards County, telling a story onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a cowboy hat, a patterned shirt, and leather chaps, she is standing and speaking into a microphone. A painted backdrop of a wooden porch is partially visible behind her. Iris Dunn is seated behind Findley on the left.
Photograph of Cindy Findley telling a story onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a cowboy hat, a patterned shirt, and leather chaps, she is standing at the center of a small stage in front of a tall chair, a square hay bale, and a painted backdrop of a house front. Sitting in a rocking chair on the right side of the stage is emcee, Rosemary Davis, wearing a long white dress and a wide-brimmed sun hat.
Photograph of Cindy Findley, from Edwards County, telling a story onstage at the opening ceremonies of the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a cowboy hat and chaps, she is standing in front of a tall wooden chair. Behind her on the right is emcee, Rosemary Davis. She is wearing a long skirt and a wide-brimmed sun hat.
Photograph of a couple dancing to the music of Wence Shimek Polka Band, from Lavaca County, at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Both of them are wearing plaid shirts and dark pants, and the man is wearing a cowboy hat. The band is partially visible onstage in the background.
Photograph of the Czech Folk Dancers of West at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A man and a woman in traditional Czech clothing are dancing together. The man is raising his arm to twirl the woman around. She is wearing a dress covered with sheer, light-colored fabric. Her blouse has large, puffy sleeves and she is wearing a crown of flowers. The man is wearing an ornately embroidered vest over a light-colored tunic that has big, loose sleeves. A crowd of spectators is visible in the background.
Photograph of David Howell, of Brazoria Militia, giving gunsmith lessons at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is crouched over a vice that is holding a gun stock, which he is carving.
Photograph of Debbie Morelock, from Brownwood, making a broom at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a blue gingham dress and a mob cap, she is sitting in a chair, working on a straw broom. Long bunches of straw are laying on the grass around her.
Photograph of Debbie Morelock, broom maker from Brownwood, carving a broomstick at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a mob cap and a pioneer dress, she is stripping bark off of the thin stick.
Photograph of Ed Bell, from Indianola, telling a story onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing an admiral's cap, he is sitting in a rocking chair and holding a microphone. A painted backdrop of a wooden house front is partially visible behind him.
Photograph of Ed Bell, from Indianola, telling a story onstage with the help of a young audience member at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing an admiral's cap, he is sitting in a rocking chair on the left and holding a microphone. A young girl wearing a plaid shirt and jeans is sitting in a rocking chair on the right and is speaking into a microphone. Behind them is a painted backdrop of a wooden house front.
Photograph of Eloise Roe making a basket at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Straddling a bench, she has just started the base of the basket while talking to a woman who is also sitting on the bench.
Photograph of emcee, Robert Thonoff, with Flo Baca of the Gil Baca Czech Band at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. They are both wearing traditional German clothing: Thonoff in an alpine hat, and Baca in an ornately decorated vest and bonnet. Thonoff is holding the microphone that Baca is speaking into.
Photograph of Flo Baca, of the Gil Baca Czech Band, playing tambourine at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. She is wearing a very colorful traditional dress with colors of red, yellow, black and white. Her peasant blouse has very large puffy sleeves.
Photograph of Emilie Bethke demonstrating how to make pickles and jelly at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a gingham dress and a bonnet, she is sitting down, slicing cucumbers into a bowl.
Photograph of three English peasants wearing off-the-shoulder dresses and mob caps at the opening ceremony of the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The woman in the center is holding an umbrella printed with the British flag.
Photograph of a female drummer for the Alabama-Coushatta Indian dancers at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a cap that says, "Indian Power," she is sitting in a chair and playing a Native American drum with furry mallets.
Photograph of two Philippine dancers performing with wicker hats onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The two women, one in the foreground and one in the background, are wearing long white dresses with large puffy sleeves. They are holding wicker hats decorated with artificial flowers.
Photograph of several festival visitors berm sliding at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Scattered about on a steep hill, they are using panels of cardboard to slide down. In front of the hill is a broad walkway where several visitors are milling about.
Photograph of Iris Dunn, from Bee County, telling a story onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a tea length skirt with ruffle eyelet trim, she is standing and speaking into a microphone. A painted backdrop of a wooden porch is partially visible behind her, as are two rocking chairs.
Photograph of a young Irish dancer at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a short skirt, and a cropped jacket with lace trim, she is dancing with her hands at her side. She has curly blond hair. Other dancers are visible onstage behind her.
Photograph of young Irish dancers at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The three girls are wearing short skirts, long-sleeved shirts, and dark vests. They are dancing with their hands at their side and their right legs pointed out in front of them.
Photograph of Jack F. "Spot" Baird, Professor of Possumology at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a safari hat, a patterned shirt, and overalls, he is holding up a tattered umbrella. An antique camera is hanging around his neck. In place of a flash, a candle is attached to the top of it.
Photograph of Jodie Aves, from Fredericksburg, demonstrating a spinning wheel at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing an apron with an image of a spinning wheel, she is sitting next to two young boys, showing them the raw fiber that will be spun into yarn.
Photograph of Kevin Fitzpatrick demonstrating trick roping at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a black cowboy hat, jeans, and boots, he is trick roping while standing on a circular platform. In the left foreground, a blonde girl is watching. In the background, some people are watching from a covered porch.
Photograph of Kevin Fitzpatrick demonstrating trick roping at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a cowboy hat, jeans, and boots, he is creating a lasso loop that children are attempting to step into.
Letter from Bobbie Whitehead to chapters of The Links, Inc. located in the western United States updating members about area business, including The Links Foundation, registration for the National Assembly, new chapters, and reminders about various deadlines.
Letter from Frances Marsh Ellis members of The Links, Inc. inviting them to attend arts workshops at the 23rd National Assembly. Members can learn about arts advocacy, watch a short film, and hear about different ways to exhibit and promote artwork. Also includes announcements about ordering plaques, job vacancies, and U.S. Savings Bonds.
Mailgram letter from Mario Marcel Salas, Rick Greene, and John H. Sanders from Organizations United for Eastside Development to the civil rights division at the United States Department of Justice. The organization leaders are writing to request an investigation into an incident between Amtrak security personnel and Charlene Mitchell and Mike Welch, who were allegedly drugged, attacked, and charged with public drunkenness.
Letter from Mario Marcel Salas, public information officer of Organizations United for Eastside Development, to Dan McKinnon, chairperson of Civil Aeronautics Board. Mr. Salas has written to request that South African Airways be denied permission to land in Houston in light of South Africa's civil rights violations and treatment of black South Africans.
Letter to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. Much of the letter is difficult to read, particularly because of its penmanship, but there appears to be some content of an explicitly sexual nature.
Link to Link is the national newsletter for the The Links, Inc., issued by the organization's president. It contains letters from the president as well as information about the national assembly, regional conferences, financial statements (including pledged donations), the organizational charter and bylaws, officers and elections, service programs, and other activities of The Links, Inc.
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