Identifier:
unknown
Title:
History is My Home: A Survey of Texas Architectural Styles
Description:
History is My Home: A survey of Texas Architectural Styles is a series of three filmstrip courses produced by the Texas State Historical Association in 1980. The three parts are: European Origins and the Early 19th Century, The Victorian Period, and The Twentieth Century. Along with three 35mm filmstrips and three audio cassettes, this course kit comes with study guides and brochures. As a whole, the series explains major architectural influences on buildings in Texas (with many examples from Austin), making the case that a lot can be learned about the history of Texas by understanding where the architectural styles came from and why they became dominant. First developed in the 1940’s, the filmstrip was a classroom educational technology that was comprised of a small roll of 35mm film that would be advanced one frame at a time through a projector, along with an audio recording that narrated the lesson. Filmstrip became an alternative to the more expensive 16mm educational films until it was replaced by videocassettes in the 1990s. You can read more about the history and technology of filmstrips here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filmstrip Unfortunately the Austin History Center does not have the equipment necessary to be able to view filmstrip programs. Additionally, the History is My Home filmstrips are beginning to deteriorate with the distinct beginnings of vinegar syndrome. So in the interest of access and digital preservation, the each frame of the filmstrips was scanned and the audio cassettes digitized to create a video representation of what it would be like to watch this form of instructional media. The three filmstrips in this course are combined into one video, but the table of contents below will allow viewers to select topics that might interest them. General Collection A KIT 720.876431Hi European Origins 00:00:00 – Introduction 00:01:58 - Pre European and arrival of the Spanish to Texas 00:02:45 – Building missions and presidios 00:03:19 – Mission San Jose, San Antonio 00:03:46 – The Alamo, San Antonio 00:04:08 – Log cabins and houses 00:06:12 – The frame house 00:07:00 – The European immigration to Texas 00:07:15 – The German influence 00:07:45 – Fachwerk construction 00:08:09 – The Alsatian influence 00:08:36 – Spanish influences in the Rio Grande Valley 00:09:58 – The Palisado 00:10:39 – Adobe 00:11:02 – Greek revival architecture 00:13:00 – The Victorian influence 00:13:23 – Review and Conclusion The Victorian Period 00:14:31 – Introduction 00:16:03 – The key aspects of Victorian architecture 00:16:19 – Gothic revival 00:17:15 - Romanesque revival 00:18:07 – Gingerbread and Jigsaw ornamentation 00:18:42 – The Littlefield House, Austin 00:19:27 – The Mansard roof 00:19:54 – The Victorian influence on commercial buildings 00:20:52 – The Driskill Hotel, Austin 00:21:12 – County Courthouses 00:21:51 – Review and Conclusion The Twentieth Century 00:23:03 – Introduction 00:24:11 – Flatiron Building, Fort Worth 00:24:20 – Commercial style architecture 00:25:00 – Modernistic architecture 00:25:25 – Texas Highway Department Building, Austin 00:25:57 – Normandie Arms, Austin 00:26:15 – Texas State Fair Complex, Dallas 00:27:00 – Recognizing architectural styles in commercial buildings 00:27:37 – Mission revival architecture 00:28:30 – The Bungalow 00:29:40 – International style architecture 00:30:27 – Identifying architectural styles in contemporary structures 00:32:49 – The challenge and importance of preservation
Date Created:
1980
Date Created Range:
1980s
Creator:
Texas State Historical Association
Collection:
AF
Subject:
Architecture
Subject:
Educational films
Publisher:
Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
Item Type:
Image
Format:
Filmstrips
Required citation:
[A KIT 720.876431Hi-HistoryIsMyHome], Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
Rights:
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