Texas Senate Resolution No. 683 naming Rosemary Catacalos Texas State Poet Laureate, April 24, 2013
Scope and Contents
Materials in this collection pertaining to Catacalos’s personal life include Catacalos’s birth certificate, school records, early childhood artwork, genealogical records pertaining to the Catacalos, Peñaloza and Ferreyro families, family correspondence, audio interviews with family members, photographs, personal journals, newspaper clippings and ephemera.
Materials pertaining to Catacalos’s literary career include press clippings, early newspaper columns and published works, photographs, correspondence and business records pertaining to her various posts (including SAISD Poetry in Schools, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Literature Program and Gemini Ink), teaching, poetry submissions and permissions, teaching notes, business accounting ledgers, notebooks and journals, handmade chapbooks and art books, VHS tapes, conference and event programs, artwork, ephemera and artifacts including Catacalos’s Rolodex and a lock of her hair. Backlog includes 113 books, magazines, journals and periodicals.
Folder titles preceding a semicolon reflect Rosemary Catacalos’s original titles.
Dates
- April 24, 2013
Creator
- From the Collection: Catacalos, Rosemary (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 5.5 Linear Feet
From the Collection: 11 boxes
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the The Wittliff Collections Repository
Collection organization
Citation
Cite Item
Texas Senate Resolution No. 683 naming Rosemary Catacalos Texas State Poet Laureate, April 24, 2013, Box: 4353, Folder: 6. Rosemary Catacalos Accessions, UPWC-24014. The Wittliff Collections.
Cite Item Description
Texas Senate Resolution No. 683 naming Rosemary Catacalos Texas State Poet Laureate, April 24, 2013, Box: 4353, Folder: 6. Rosemary Catacalos Accessions, UPWC-24014. The Wittliff Collections. https://archivesspace.library.txstate.edu/repositories/4/archival_objects/166698 Accessed March 15, 2025.