Multiple accessions from music writer, John T Davis include a wide expanse of Davis’s articles from 1980-2010, including articles from Davis’s music column in the Austin-American Statesman and extensive subject files. Also present are numerous files from SXSW and ACL, as well as manuscript drafts and other materials relating to Davis's book, Austin City Limits: 25 Years of Music.

The papers of reporter, photographer, and publisher, Sam Kindrick, span 1934-2018, and are arranged into three series: Photographs, Kindrick’s Personal Papers, and Action Magazine. The bulk of the collection relates to Action Magazine, a monthly newspaper Kindrick launched in 1975. Included are approximately 4,000 photographs from the publication, and a near-complete run of the paper. Kindrick’s personal papers include copies of his column from the San Antonio Express News, 1968-1974.

This collection was created and maintained by Joe Nick Patoski in the process of writing the biography of Tejano singer, Selena Quintanilla Perez. The collection is compiled of news clippings, manuscripts, interviews, photographs, court documents, notes, publicity materials, computer disks and ephemera.

Correspondence, printed material, financial documentation, interviews, photographic material, legal documentation, notes, creative works, audio and video recordings, and machine-readable records, created and maintained by Bill Crawford and Joe Nick Patoski, document the research, production, and promotion processes of their co-authored biography, Stevie-Ray Vaughan: Caught in the Crossfire.