Materials from the MFA Exhibition "Draw Me Near" as shown at the Cora Stafford Gallery.

Texas Historical Commision Marker Located in the Terlingua, TX Cemetery. Text reads: "Villalba family tradition traces their lineage to Algiers where several generations were members of the Order of Santiago. In 1764, Federico's great-grandfather, Juan Villalba, traveled to New Spain (Mexico). He founded Rancho Villalba in 1773 near present-day Aldama, Chihuahua, where Federico Villalba was born in 1858. Federico left his family's ranch and moved to San Carlos near the U.S.-Mexico border. He set up a store, selling rope, leather goods and sundries; it soon became important in San Carlos, and eventually supplied the military in the area. In the early 1880s, Villalba expanded his business interests into Texas. He settled in an area he called Cerro Villalba and opened a store. In 1889, Federico married Maria Cortez and began purchasing land. In 1902, Villalba located an outcrop of cinnabar, a mineral that produces mercury, and became the first Hispanic in the county to file a mining claim. Villalba, Tiburcio de la Rosa, D. Alarcon, and William study entered into a partnership that covered six parcels of twenty-one acres each, including what became known as the study butte mine. The Associated Mining Community took on the mine's name (Study Butte), …

Grave in Terlingua Cemetery. Marker reads: "GONZO Mark J. Lemke Arrived: 1/5/56 Departed: 5/14/07 Live Life Large" Memorialized with buddah statues, prayer flags, flowers, an oar, assorted broken pottery.

Photograph of a replica of Stonehenge on the University of Texas of the Permian Basin campus, constructed in 2004.

Photograph of a replica of Stonehenge on the University of Texas of the Permian Basin campus, constructed in 2004.

A photograph of graduating students seated during the UNT Multicultural Center's La Raza ceremony. They are wearing graduation regalia and the stage is partially visible ahead of them.

A photograph of students and officials at the UNT Multicultural Center's La Raza ceremony. They are all wearing their regalia including caps, gowns, stoles, and cords. They are arranged in rows on the stage at the event and the projection screen is on behind them.

A photograph of the man presenting stoles on stage during the UNT Multicultural Center's People of Nia ceremony. Him and another woman are standing in front of the table with the stoles on it.

A photograph of a student receiving her stole during the UNT Multicultural Center's La Raza ceremony. She is wearing her green regalia and is standing with a man in front of the stole table as he puts one around her neck. A woman is holding the next stole and others are seated beside her.

A photograph of a young woman on stage during the UNT Multicultural Center's People of Nia ceremony. She is wearing her graduation regalia and is holding onto a microphone. The projection screen behind her lists all of the students receiving their special stoles.

A photograph of graduating students seated during the UNT Multicultural Center's People of Nia ceremony. They are wearing graduation regalia.

A photograph of a student wearing a stole during the UNT Multicultural Center's People of Nia ceremony. The screen shows a list of students that are receiving the stole. Two officials are on stage to put the stole on the student and there is a table and two chairs behind them.

A photograph of the stage and projection screen during the UNT Multicultural Center's La Raza ceremony. The backs of students heads are visible in the seats in front of the stage and there are people seated on the stage. The screen lists people that are receiving a stole from the group and uses the pattern as the border.

A photograph of students and officials at the UNT Multicultural Center's La Raza ceremony. They are all wearing their regalia including caps, gowns, stoles, and cords. They are arranged in rows on the stage at the event and the projection screen is on behind them.

A photograph of a man presenting a stole to a young woman on stage during the UNT Multicultural Center's People of Nia ceremony. They are standing in front of a table on the stage and are all wearing regalia.

A photograph of graduating students seated during the UNT Multicultural Center's People of Nia ceremony. They are wearing graduation regalia.

A photograph of a student walking across the stage during the UNT Multicultural Center's La Raza ceremony. He is wearing his green regalia with his new stole and is headed towards the microphone. People are seated in a group beside the table and podium on stage. The projection screen behind them has two paragraphs on it.

A photograph of a student speaker during the UNT Multicultural Center's People of Nia ceremony. He is wearing his regalia, including the group's stole, and is standing behind a large wooden podium on stage. There is a table with more stoles and two officials sitting in chairs beside it. There is also a list of names on the projection screen. The back's of students' heads are also in the bottom of the picture.

A photograph of a student receiving a stole during the UNT Multicultural Center's People of Nia ceremony. The screen shows a list of students that are receiving the stole. Two officials are on stage to put the stole on the student and there is a table and two chairs behind them.

A photograph of a man holding up a microphone during the UNT Multicultural Center's La Raza ceremony. He is wearing black regalia including the La Raza stole. There are more on the table behind him and a woman is picking them up to hand out to students. A group of professors and staff are sitting beside the table.

A photograph of graduating students seated during the UNT Multicultural Center's La Raza ceremony. They are wearing graduation regalia.

A photograph of people gathered on the stage and the projection screen during the UNT Multicultural Center's La Raza ceremony. The screen has a list of students on it and the border is a design similar to the stoles.

A photograph of people gathered on the stage and the projection screen during the UNT Multicultural Center's La Raza ceremony. The screen has a few paragraphs of text and an image on it. The borders are made with a pattern that resembles the stoles.

A photograph of a presentation screen during the UNT Multicultural Center's People of Nia ceremony. It has the design of their stoles around the border and reads "People of Nia - Ceremony - " with silhouettes of graduates throwing their caps at the bottom.