News
Top Stories 2009
- November 15
KUT 90.50 Radio
Spooky Investigation to Revive a Cemetery
- October 31
3rd Annual Murder, Mayhem, and Misadventure Walking Tours
Graveyard tour details Austin's early murders and untimely deaths
- September 14
Cemetery Investigation
- September 11
Found Bone is Identified as Human -
Picture
- September 9
Bone Found in Historical Cemetery
- July 11
Quarterly Meeting - Guest
speaker: Larry Jones with "The Evolution of Doomed Practices" --
A presentation of headstone conservation and repair.
2009 July
- July 9
Austin American-Statesman -
City felling 71 trees at Oakwood Cemetery
MyFox Austin -
71 Trees in Cemetery Coming Down
- July 6
News 8 Austin - Story & Video
Several trees cut down at Austin’s oldest cemetery*
News 8's Jenna Hiller shows us what some want to do to protect more historic trees from being removed in the historic cemetery.
News 8 Video
- June 29
News 8 Austin - Story & Video
City failed to maintain trees at East Austin cemetery*
News 8's Reagan Hackleman explains why the number of dead trees in one cemetery could grow bigger if the city doesn't step in and help out.
News 8 Video
- June 13
The George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center, in association with Save Austin’s Cemeteries, kicked off a weeklong event in observance of
Juneteenth*.
KUT 90.50 Radio - Groups Shine Spotlight on East Austin Cemetery
- June
SAC receives a generous grant from
"The Charles and Betti Saunders Foundation" -- Pat, Steve, Kate, and Ian Saunders
-- in the amount of $3,500.00!
Steve Saunders read our article in the Heritage Society of Austin's newsletter last year and was interested in what SAC is doing.
SAC will put this money toward the fees for the engineering design plans for the Oakwood Cemetery Chapel foundation repair, for which we are currently getting proposal bids.
- May 16 - The Statesman
Engraved Inspiration -- Cemetery provides direction for Cleaves' new CD and for his life
- May 9 Walking Tour -- News 8 Austin Reports
Cemetery tour offers glimpse into early days of Texas
- April 11
Guest Speaker: 3rd generation Austinite, Phil Baum discussed Jewish burial and cemetery customs for the April presentation. He is the chairman of the Congregation Beth Israel's cemetery committee and has four generations of relatives buried at Oakwood.
- January 10
Guest speaker: Matthew Magruder on Photography the Old-fashioned Way
Matthew demonstrated photography techniques using old-style cameras for two different types of photographs:
large 12" x 20" platinum/palladium contact prints and a late 1800s photographic process called Wet Plate Collodion
(also called Tintype/Ambrotype photography).
See Matthew's website:
Old-technique photography at Oakwood Cemetery
Also see our volunteer page for photo documentation how to's
