Memorials -- Texas -- San Marcos.
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Aaron Hussey, undated
Aaron Hussey was the artist chosen to design the memorial. Materials include correspondence, project descriptions, design pictures, and survey responses.
Articles and ideas for crossroads, 2009-2010, undated
Includes articles about and brochures from various other memorials and historic sites.
Artist submissions, 2011
Contains 54 CDs of artist submissions. Discs are labeled with the artists' names. Also included are emails, resumes, and other documents related to the request for artist qualifications.
Background and San Marcos history, 1950s-2014
Includes publications discussing the desegregation of San Marcos schools (including Texas State), the renaming of LBJ and MLK Drives, the roots of San Marcos’s historically black Dunbar neighborhood, and the life of LBJ.
City of San Marcos and Hays County support of the memorial, 2008-2012, undated
Includes letters and emails voicing support for the Memorial from local organizations, such as the San Marcos Arts Council, the LBJ Museum (San Marcos), the Calaboose Museum, the Downtown Association of San Marcos, the San Marcos Convention and Visitors Bureau, and the Dunbar Heritage Association.
Intersection acquisition, 2008-2012, undated
Includes correspondence, funding applications, meeting agendas, and project update summaries.
LBJ-MLK crossroads project collection
Just south of Texas State University sits the only known intersection named after both Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) and Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK). The LBJ-MLK Crossroads Project culminated in a physical memorial installed in San Marcos, Texas in January 2014. This collection contains records regarding the creation and completion of the memorial.
Planning notes, 2008 - 2014
Contains planning notes organized by year.
Press coverage, 1997-2014, undated, bulk: 2008 - 2014
Includes programs from Crossroads and MLK events, city press releases, and articles related to the monument from mostly local newspapers, such as San Marcos Record, San Marcos Mercury, The University Star, and Austin American-Statesman.