Texas

Records of the Center for Mexican American Studies (CMAS) founded in 1970 at The University of Texas at Austin. The collection documents the Center's programming activities (lectures, conferences, and symposia), CMAS publications, and its involvement with the Inter-University Program for Latino Research (IUPLR). Records include material from former directors, files on the Hopwood case and Texas' Top 10 Percent law, and audiovisual material documenting the Center's activities.

Corneil G. Curtis (1890-1963) spent his architectural career in Texas, first in Dallas, then Paris, Houston, and Austin. The collection consists of architectural drawings and specifications that document the work of Corneil Curtis.

Correspondence, research, written works, collected publications, audio recordings, video recordings, and teaching material reflect the life and work of David Montejano (1948 -). Montejano is a historian, sociologist, author, Mexican American activist and professor. Born in Del Rio, Texas, Montejano has held positions at University of New Mexico, University of Texas at Austin, and University of California Berkeley.

The Elgin-Butler Brick Company, with central operations at a 1,000-acre site in Butler, five miles east of Elgin, and sales headquarters in Austin, is a fifth-generation family-owned business that ships bricks nationwide and internationally. The collection contains architectural drawings for projects supplied with brick materials from the Elgin-Butler Brick Company between 1959 and 1980.

Ford, Powell & Carson is an architecture, urban planning, and historic preservation firm based in San Antonio, Texas. This collection contains project files, office records, and drawings related to work undertaken by the firm since 1967, as well as some material from the firm’s predecessor, O’Neil Ford & Associates before 1967. Record types include architectural drawings, project files, sketches, reports, master plans, office records, audiovisual material, and publications.

Papers of Dr. Gilberto Cárdenas, a former professor and director of the Center for Mexican American Studies (CMAS) at the University of Texas at Austin. The collection includes research materials for his work on Mexican immigration, Mexican agricultural workers, and Chicano activism.