Mark Updegrove, director of the LBJ Presidential Library, welcomes panel participants and guests to the LBJ Presidential Library.

Panel participants discuss the history of the state humanities councils at the LBJ Presidential Library. From left to right: Jamil Zainaldin, president of the Georgia Humanities Council; Marion Cott, former executive director of the Kansas Humanities Council; Esther Mackintosh, president of the Federation of State Humanities Councils; Robert C. Vaughan III, president of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities; Carole M. Watson, acting chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities; James F. Veninga, executive director emeritus of Humanities Texas; and Kristina A. Valaitis, former executive director of the Illinois Humanities Council.

Panel participants discuss the history of the state humanities councils.

Carole M. Watson and Michael L. Klein, Humanities Texas board chair, enjoy the lunchtime reception at the LBJ Presidential Library.

From left to right: Jamil Zainaldin, James F. Veninga, Catherine Williams, founding director of the Texas Humanities Resource Center and editor of Texas Journal of Ideas, History and Culture, and Ellen Parlette Vaughan visit during the lunchtime reception.

From left to right: former Humanities Texas board chairs J. Sam Moore Jr. and Maceo C. Dailey Jr. with Yvonne González, deputy director of Humanities Texas, at the LBJ Presidential Library.

Michael L. Gillette, executive director of Humanities Texas, and James F. Veninga converse during the lunchtime reception.

Esther Mackintosh with Humanities Texas staff members Melissa Huber and Eric Lupfer at the LBJ Presidential Library.

James F. Veninga with Everett L. Fly, former Humanities Texas board chair, during the lunchtime reception.

Humanities Texas staff members at the LBJ Presidential Library. From left to right: Lindsey Waldenberg, Sara Nezamabadi, Diana Mendoza, Liz James, and Sheena Moore.

Panel participants discuss the state councils' relationship with the Federation of State Humanities Councils and the National Endowment for the Humanities during the second panel session. From left to right: Robert C. Vaughan III, Esther Mackintosh, Jamil Zainaldin, Carole M. Watson, James F. Veninga, and Kristina A. Valaitis.

Julius Glickman, Humanities Texas board member and former board chair, addresses panel participants after the second panel session.

Betty Sue Flowers, former Humanities Texas board member and former director of the LBJ Presidential Library, addresses panel participants after the second panel session.

Maceo C. Dailey Jr., former Humanities Texas board chair, addresses panel participants after the second panel session.

From left to right: Maceo C. Dailey Jr., Julius Glickman, Everett L. Fly, Betty Sue Flowers, J. Sam Moore Jr., and James F. Veninga discuss the history of the Texas state council at the Byrne-Reed House.

J. Sam Moore Jr., James F. Veninga, and Michael L. Gillette discuss the history of the Texas state council at the Byrne-Reed House.

Michael L. Klein shares his experiences as a member of the Humanities Texas board.

Carole M. Watson shares remembrances of her time working with the Texas state council.

From left to right: Judy Diaz, former Humanities Texas staff member; Frances Leonard, former director of the Texas Humanities Resource Center; and Catherine Williams help to identify people in photographs from the Texas state council's archives.

From left to right: Frances Leonard, Catherine Williams, and Jamil Zainaldin celebrate at the Byrne-Reed House.

From left to right: Maceo C. Dailey Jr., Gene Alice Sherman, Max Sherman, Yvonne González, Kristina A. Valaitis, and Melissa Huber gather during the Byrne-Reed House reception.

From left to right: James F. Veninga; Judy Diaz, former assistant director for administration; and Erica Whittington, Humanities Texas staff member, enjoy the reception at the Byrne-Reed House.

From left to right: J. Sam Moore Jr., James F. Veninga, Julius Glickman, Michael L. Klein, Michael L. Gillette, Maceo C. Dailey Jr., Everett L. Fly, and Betty Sue Flowers gather at the Byrne-Reed House for the evening reception.

Guests gather at the Byrne-Reed House evening reception.