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Full-Text Articles in Public History
Rattlers Remember -Stmu Oral Histories With Brian Zampier, Nicole Johnson
Rattlers Remember -Stmu Oral Histories With Brian Zampier, Nicole Johnson
Rattlers Remember
In this interview, Brother Brian Zampier discusses his knowledge and experience creating artworks displayed in the St. Mary’s sculpture garden. He also reflects on his time working for Brother Mel Meyer, a renowned painter and artist who donated much of his work to various institutions.
Rattlers Remember - Stmu Oral Histories With Earl Leistikow, Peter Coons
Rattlers Remember - Stmu Oral Histories With Earl Leistikow, Peter Coons
Rattlers Remember
In this interview, Earl Leistikow discusses the history of the Heritage House located in Pecan Grove. He explains the different uses the Heritage House has served over the decades, from being a space for faculty offices, computer center, and now a storage room. Leistikow also highlights various buildings across campus that are significant parts of St. Mary’s history.
Let’S Talk About Native American Histories At The Alamo, Gabriel Cohen
Let’S Talk About Native American Histories At The Alamo, Gabriel Cohen
Capstone Projects
This exhibit is intended to address an issue that is being hotly debated in San Antonio. The Alamo is one of the most recognizable monuments in the United States and has nurtured a rich and multicultural history for the last three centuries. Despite this diversity, the site only memorializes European American histories. Exhibit panels and programming at the Alamo encourage visitors to learn of the Anglo-Texan experience in Texas, provide a cursory and almost vilifying portrayal of Mexico and demonstrate a neglect for Texas Indian history. While working as a guide at the Alamo, I rationalized how to go about …
The House On Marcos Street, Danielle Garza
The House On Marcos Street, Danielle Garza
Capstone Projects
The House on Marcos Street, a house that’s been in my family for over forty years, is one of many homes in a neighborhood filled with generations of stories and memories that influence the community today. Many memories have been created in this small home -- from the realization of my ancestors’ dreams to the hardships of reality. The families within this neighborhood have seen joy and suffering just like my own family. This neighborhood is constantly changing, affecting the people who call this community home. Today this community changes through the increase of gentrification, the decrease of livable homes. …
History Reinvoked, John Cadena
History Reinvoked, John Cadena
Capstone Projects
For citizens of San Antonio’s Westside, growing up in the Barrio is just a way of life. In this environment, generations of families share similarities in their educational experiences. Children learn in the same classrooms as their parents and grandparents. They roam the same hallways, and sometimes learn from the same teachers. This was a result of industrialization and urbanization of San Antonio in the early twentieth century. Prompting construction of Sidney Lanier High School, Lanier was build based on an adaptation of John Dewey’s Theory of Vocational Education. Through what became known as the social efficiency model, the San …