H.R. No. 1907

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Vaquero: Genesis of the Texas Cowboy will be on
	display at the State Capitol in Austin from May 6 to 9, 2013, and
	this exhibition of photographs by William D. Wittliff represents a
	fitting opportunity to pay tribute to the career of a celebrated
	Texas screenwriter, collector, and photographer; and
	WHEREAS, Born in Taft in 1940, Bill Wittliff spent his
	teenage years in Blanco before moving to Austin, where he studied
	journalism at The University of Texas; he worked for a time in
	publishing, and in 1964, he and his wife, Sally Wittliff,
	established Encino Press, which published volumes by Texas writers
	John Graves, Walter Prescott Webb, Larry L. King, Bud Shrake, Joe R.
	Lansdale, Stephen Harrigan, and others; and
	WHEREAS, Since the late 1970s, Mr. Wittliff has been one of
	the most successful screenwriters in the Lone Star State; he wrote
	the acclaimed film Raggedy Man, set in small-town Texas, and the
	screenplay for the iconic miniseries Lonesome Dove, as well as
	three movies starring Willie Nelson, Honeysuckle Rose, Barbarosa,
	and Red Headed Stranger; other important films he has scripted or
	coscripted include The Black Stallion, Country, Legends of the
	Fall, and The Perfect Storm; and
	WHEREAS, Mr. Wittliff is also a leading collector of Texas
	and Southwestern history and culture, and in 1986, he and his wife
	created the Wittliff Collections at Texas State University; the
	Southwestern Writers Collection was founded with Mr. Wittliff's
	gift of the archives of J. Frank Dobie, and the Southwestern and
	Mexican Photography Collection features work by many noted
	photographers; and
	WHEREAS, In the early 1970s, Mr. Wittliff was offered the
	opportunity to photograph one of the last traditional cattle
	roundups in Northern Mexico; over a period of three years, he took
	nearly 5,000 photographs of this now-vanished way of life, and 62 of
	the most striking images make up the Vaquero exhibition, which is
	touring the state throughout 2013 under the auspices of Humanities
	Texas; and
	WHEREAS, Mr. Wittliff's many awards include a Writers Guild
	of America Award and a Bronze Wrangler Award from the National
	Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum for Lonesome Dove, as well as
	another Bronze Wrangler Award for Legends of the Fall; he received
	the Distinguished Screenwriter Award from the Austin Film Festival
	in 1996 and the Texas Medal of Arts Award in 2007, and he was one of
	the first inductees into the Texas Film Hall of Fame; and
	WHEREAS, Bill Wittliff's profound love of Texas is matched
	only by his deep and subtle understanding of its heritage, and
	throughout his half-century career as a writer, photographer, and
	collector, he has presented the Lone Star State to his fellow Texans
	and to the world in all its richness and complexity; now, therefore,
	be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas
	Legislature hereby commend William D. Wittliff for his immeasurable
	contributions to the cultural vitality of Texas and extend to him
	sincere best wishes for continued success and happiness; and, be it
	further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
	prepared for Mr. Wittliff as an expression of high regard by the
	Texas House of Representatives.
	Aycock
	Straus M. Gonzalez of El Paso Oliveira
	Allen N. Gonzalez of El Paso Orr
	Alonzo Gooden Otto
	Alvarado Guerra Paddie
	Anchia Guillen Parker
	Anderson Gutierrez Patrick
	Ashby Harless Perez
	Aycock Harper-Brown Perry
	Bell Hernandez Luna Phillips
	Bohac Herrero Pickett
	Bonnen of Brazoria Hilderbran Pitts
	Bonnen of Galveston Howard Price
	Branch Huberty Raney
	Burkett Hughes Ratliff
	Burnam Hunter Raymond
	Button Isaac Reynolds
	Callegari Johnson Riddle
	Canales Kacal Ritter
	Capriglione Keffer Rodriguez of Bexar
	Carter King of Hemphill Rodriguez of Travis
	Clardy King of Parker Rose
	Coleman King of Taylor Sanford
	Collier King of Zavala Schaefer
	Cook Kleinschmidt Sheets
	Cortez Klick Sheffield of Bell
	Craddick Kolkhorst Sheffield of Coryell
	Creighton Krause Simmons
	Crownover Kuempel Simpson
	Dale Larson Smith
	Darby Laubenberg Smithee
	Davis of Dallas Lavender Springer
	J. Davis of Harris Leach Stephenson
	S. Davis of Harris Lewis Stickland
	Deshotel Longoria Strama
	Dukes Lozano Taylor
	Dutton Lucio III Thompson of Brazoria
	Eiland Marquez Thompson of Harris
	Elkins Martinez Toth
	Fallon Martinez Fischer Turner of Collin
	Farias McClendon Turner of Harris
	Farney Menendez Turner of Tarrant
	Farrar Miles Villalba
	Fletcher Miller of Comal Villarreal
	Flynn Miller of Fort Bend Vo
	Frank Moody Walle
	Frullo Morrison White
	Geren Munoz, Jr. Workman
	Giddings Murphy Wu
	Goldman Naishtat Zedler
	Gonzales Nevarez Zerwas
	______________________________
	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.R. No. 1907 was adopted by the House on May 8,
	2013, by a non-record vote.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House