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Common Threads

Common Threads is the premier central exhibition for the UT San Antonio Institute of Texan Cultures at its new temporary home at Frost Tower, featuring thematic presentations of artifacts and…

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Conjunto musicians outside Lerma's Nite Club, 1602 North Zarzamora Street, San Antonio, Texas, early 1980s.   Credit: University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries Special Collections, San Antonio Light Photograph Collection, MS 359

Puro Conjunto: Border(less) Sound

Conjunto music is one of Texas’ most powerful cultural expressions—born from migration, working‑class life, and creative exchange. Shaped by German and Eastern European dance music and transformed by…

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Sharecropper Cabin

Truly a Texas treasure, the UTSA Institute of Texan Cultures’ sharecropper cabin is one of our most significant artifacts. In the summer of 1979, ITC staff and researchers visited the Brazos River…

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Mumentous

MUMENTOUS®: The Upsizing of a Texas Tradition

MUMENTOUS®: The Upsizing of a Texas Tradition is an artistic, sociological, and personal exploration of a deeply rooted and unique Texas high school tradition: the exchange and wearing of huge…

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