With support of Friends, Musician Sara Hickman launches TSLAC summer Reading Club
Sara Hickman, the 2010-11 Texas state musician, launched the Texas State Library and Archives Commission's 54th annual Texas Reading Club summer reading program with a rousing May 23 performance for 220 third- and fourth-grade students. Her performance on the state Capitol lawn, just across from the Lorenzo de Zavala State Archives and Library Building, inspired young readers to "dig up a good book!"
This was the last of a series of spring events co-hosted by TSLAC and the Friends. They included two Genealogy After Dark tutorials in conducting family research using TSLAC's genealogy resources; captivating talks by former State Archivist Dr. David B. Gracy II, historian H.W. Brands and quilting appraiser and author Marcia Kaylakie, who spoke about symbolism in the "summer spread" attributed to Margaret Lea Houston, wife of General Sam Houston. The spread is from the collections of TSLAC's Sam Houston Regional Library Research Center in Liberty.
Capital campaign moves forward, upward
Contribute to phase II of the Capital Campaign for the Lorenzo de Zavala State Archives and Library Building
Funds raised during the next year will support the Texas State Library and Archives Commission's educational and outreach goals. Investment plans include specialized imaging equipment to digitize one-of-a-kind documents, records and photographs and place them online, and specialized housing and additional custom-made, temperature- and light-controlled exhibit cases to display treasures from the archives—maps, documents, flags and artifacts that tell the singular story of Texas. Donate Now!
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