#texasculture — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #texasculture, aggregated by home.social.
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Amanda Quraishi: Announcing the Launch of the 84000 Doors Oral History Project. “Last year I announced that I’d been accepted to a fellowship program housed at The Institute for Diversity & Civic Culture where I’d be doing an oral history project featuring the lived experiences of Texas Buddhists. I named it ‘84000 Doors’ after the Buddhist concept that there are infinite entry points to […]
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NBC DFW: Dallas Asian American Historical Society finds home for archive at library. “After years of collecting stories often left out of the history books, the Dallas Asian American Historical Society has found a permanent home to preserve them. The organization announced this month that it is partnering with the Dallas Public Library to house its growing collection of artifacts, photographs, […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/29/nbc-dfw-dallas-asian-american-historical-society-finds-home-for-archive-at-library/ -
Dallas Observer: African American Museum Unveils First of Many Big Upgrades in Multiyear Plan. “The lab’s new digitization equipment will allow the museum to establish an online archive — a years-long process key to making the museum’s cultural artifacts and primary source materials more accessible. The new lab will also feature an observation window so visitors can witness the […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/09/dallas-observer-african-american-museum-unveils-first-of-many-big-upgrades-in-multiyear-plan/ -
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: State Archives Announces Collections Newly Accessible Online. “The Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) has announced new and revised finding aids recently made available online, along with fresh uploads to the Texas Digital Archive, its repository of electronic items.” Too much here to summarize unfortunately.
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University of Houston: UH Libraries Announces the Suzanne Paul Collection. “Suzanne Paul (1945 – 2005) a native Houstonian and pioneering female photographer, has made a vast contribution to representing the arts of Houston and to recording Houston’s art history. Through pure creative impetus and respect for the arts in the city, Suzanne photographed the heartbeat of Houston’s art scene […]
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OutSmart: Preserving Houston’s LGBTQ History: OutSmart Archives Go Digital. “For decades, Doyle has worked to preserve queer history through his JD Doyle Archives, which now hold over 22,000 pages of publications, ephemera, and stories from across Texas and beyond. While he had every issue of OutSmart in his personal collection, digitizing them felt daunting.”