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Architectural Documents
Over 400 drawings of local structures, including some historic documentation (HABS)
and restoration projects. Architects represented include Atlee B. Ayers; Robert
M. Ayers; Ralph Cameron; Bartlett Cocke; Ford, Powell, & Carson; Alfred Giles
& Guindon; J. Reily Gordon; Robert H.H. Hugman, and George Willis.
Archives and Special Collections
The archives documents the evolving history of the San Antonio Conservative Society.
It includes the past presidents' scrapbooks, 1924 - 1999; NIOSA scrapbooks, 1944
- 1986; newsletters, 1955 - present; yearbooks, 1924 - present; and 16.5 linear
feet of documents in vertical file form without formal finding aids. The Special
Collections consist of rare books and manuscripts documenting the history of San
Antonio or that of the San Antonio Conservation Society.
Books and Periodicals
Over 4800 volumes focusing on architectural history, historic preservation and urban
planning, architectural restoration techniques, and San Antonio and general Texas
history. The collection also includes San Antonio City Directories, 1877 - 1996,
although not every year is covered.
Clippings Files
Over 98 linear feet of articles, brochures, photocopied documents, and research
notes covering a variety of people, places, and things related to San Antonio. Click here to access the subject indexes for our Clipping Files and Texas Communities Files collections.
Historical Photographs and Postcards
7700 photographs, in addition to the Ernst Raba Collection of early San Antonio
views, the Dorothy Matthies Postcard Collection (early San Antonio, Galveston, and
Houston), and the Graham-Ford Collection of stereographs.
Maps
Approximately 374 maps depicting Texas, Bexar County, and San Antonio, c. 1687 to
1996. San Antonio maps include Augustus Koch's nineteenth century Bird's Eye Views
and a complete set of 1952 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps.
Oral History Tapes and Transcripts
Over one hundred tape-recorded interviews cover a range to topics from local and
Society history to historic preservation issues and strategies. Unbound transcripts
are available for the majority of recordings. Appointments to listen to recorded
interviews must be made in advance.