Search for Texas at
http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/
Alamo San Antonio Texas Building
Apollo Mission Control Center Houston Texas Building
Bastrop State Park Bastrop Texas District
Dealey Plaza Historic District DallasTexas District
East End Historic District GalvestonTexas District
ELISSA (Bark) Galveston Texas Structure
Espada Aqueduct San AntonioTexas Structure
Fair Park Texas Centennial Buildings DallasTexas District
Fort Belknap GrahamTexas Building
Fort Brown BrownsvilleTexas District
Fort Concho San Angelo Texas District
Fort Davis Fort DavisTexas District
Fort Richardson JacksboroTexas Building
Fort Sam Houston Fort Sam HoustonTexas District
Garner, John Nance, House UvaldeTexas Building
Governor's Mansion (Austin) AustinTexas Building
HA. 19 (Midget Submarine) Fredericksburg Texas Structure
Hangar 9, Brooks Air Force Base San AntonioTexas Building
Harrell Site South BendTexas Site
Highland Park Shopping Village Highland ParkTexas Building
J A Ranch (Goodnight Ranch) Palo DuroTexas District
Johnson, Lyndon Baines, Boyhood Home Johnson CityTexas Building
King RanchKingsville andTexas District
Landergin Mesa VegaTexas Site
Lexington, USS (Aircraft Carrier)Corpus ChristiTexas Structure
Lubbock Lake SiteLubbockTexasSite
Lucas Gusher, Spindletop Oil FieldBeaumontTexasSite
Majestic TheatreSan AntonioTexasBuilding
Mission ConcepcionSan AntonioTexasBuilding
Palmito Ranch BattlefieldBrownsvilleTexasDistrict
Palo Alto BattlefieldBrownsvilleTexasSite
Plainview SitePlainviewTexasSite
Porter FarmTerrellTexasSite
Presidio Nuestra Senora De Loreto De La BahiaGoliadTexasBuilding
Randolph Field Historic DistrictSan AntonioTexasDistrict
Rayburn, Samuel T,. HouseBonhamTexasBuilding
Resaca De La Palma BattlefieldBrownsvilleTexasSite
Roma Historic DistrictRomaTexasDistrict
San Jacinto BattlefieldHoustonTexasSite
Space Environment Simulation Laboratory, Chambers A and B HoustonTexasStructure
Spanish Governor's Palace San AntonioTexasBuilding
Strand Historic District GalvestonTexasDistrict
TEXAS (USS) HoustonTexasStructure
Texas State Capitol AustinTexasBuilding
Trevino-Uribe Rancho San YgnacioTexasBuilding
Woodland HuntsvilleTexasBuilding
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Texas Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks in Wikipedia
Our built environment is a major portion of our preserved history and culture.
Wikipedia has some interesting offerings:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_historic_civil_engineering_landmarks#Texas
Brooks AFB, Old Hangar 9, San Antonio
San Antonio River Walk & Flood Control System, San Antonio
Galveston Seawall and Grade Raising, Galveston
Acequias of San Antonio, San Antonio
El Camino Real (The Royal Road) Eastern Branch, San Antonio
Denison Dam, Denison
Texas Commerce Bank (formerly Gulf, now Chase) Building, Houston
San Jacinto Monument, Houston
International Boundary Marker #1, El Paso
Houston Ship Channel, Houston
http://www.texasce.org/docs/PastLandmarks.cfm
HISTORIC CIVIL ENGINEERING LANDMARKS OF TEXAS SECTION-ASCE
with years of dedication (Click on a project name that is in red to see more information about it.)
National CE Landmarks in Texas
Galveston Seawall and Grade Raising Galveston 2001
Hangar 9, Brooks AFB San Antonio 1998
Gulf Building (Texas Commerce Bank, now Chase Bank) Houston 1997
San Antonio's River Walk San Antonio 1996
Denison Dam (with Oklahoma Section) Red River 1993
The San Jacinto Monument East Harris County 1992
Houston Ship Channel Houston 1987
El Camino Real, Eastern Branch San Antonio 1986
International Boundary Marker No. 1 (with New Mexico and Mexico Sections) El Paso 1976
Acequias of San Antonio San Antonio 1968
Texas CE Landmarks
Bataan Memorial Trainway El Paso 2003
Hays Street Bridge San Antonio 2001
Highland Chain of Lakes Texas Hill Country 2000
Holly Pump Station and North Holly Water Treatment Plant Fort Worth 1992
Medina Dam Lake Medina 1991
Buchanan Dam Lake Buchanan 1990
Original Dallas Floodway Dallas 1989
Houston Street Viaduct Dallas 1989
Corpus Christi Seawall Corpus Christi 1988
El Camino Real, Central Branch El Paso 1988
Mills Building El Paso 1981
Paddock Viaduct Fort Worth 1976
Alamo Portland and Roman Cement Works(San Antonio Japanese Tea Gardens) San Antonio 1976
Franklin Canal El Paso 1976
Galveston Seawall and Grade Raising Galveston 1975
Waco Suspension Bridge Waco 1971
Historic Markers with Other Sections
International Boundary Marker No. 1 (with New Mexico and Mexico Sections) El Paso 1976
International Boundary Markerbetween the Republic of Texas andthe U.S. (with Louisiana Section) Logansport, LA 1980
Denison Dam (with Oklahoma Section) Red River 1993
Other sources:
Texas Almanac
see also: http://www.texasalmanac.com/history/highlights/landmarks/
Texas CE
http://www.austinasce.org/hh.htm (Austin Branch, Texas Section - History and Heritage Committee)
http://www.texasce.org/docs/AwardsNational.cfm (for national awards)
Consider adding to these lists or using them to augment your communites awareness of their history through civil engineering
Wikipedia has some interesting offerings:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_historic_civil_engineering_landmarks#Texas
Brooks AFB, Old Hangar 9, San Antonio
San Antonio River Walk & Flood Control System, San Antonio
Galveston Seawall and Grade Raising, Galveston
Acequias of San Antonio, San Antonio
El Camino Real (The Royal Road) Eastern Branch, San Antonio
Denison Dam, Denison
Texas Commerce Bank (formerly Gulf, now Chase) Building, Houston
San Jacinto Monument, Houston
International Boundary Marker #1, El Paso
Houston Ship Channel, Houston
http://www.texasce.org/docs/PastLandmarks.cfm
HISTORIC CIVIL ENGINEERING LANDMARKS OF TEXAS SECTION-ASCE
with years of dedication (Click on a project name that is in red to see more information about it.)
National CE Landmarks in Texas
Galveston Seawall and Grade Raising Galveston 2001
Hangar 9, Brooks AFB San Antonio 1998
Gulf Building (Texas Commerce Bank, now Chase Bank) Houston 1997
San Antonio's River Walk San Antonio 1996
Denison Dam (with Oklahoma Section) Red River 1993
The San Jacinto Monument East Harris County 1992
Houston Ship Channel Houston 1987
El Camino Real, Eastern Branch San Antonio 1986
International Boundary Marker No. 1 (with New Mexico and Mexico Sections) El Paso 1976
Acequias of San Antonio San Antonio 1968
Texas CE Landmarks
Bataan Memorial Trainway El Paso 2003
Hays Street Bridge San Antonio 2001
Highland Chain of Lakes Texas Hill Country 2000
Holly Pump Station and North Holly Water Treatment Plant Fort Worth 1992
Medina Dam Lake Medina 1991
Buchanan Dam Lake Buchanan 1990
Original Dallas Floodway Dallas 1989
Houston Street Viaduct Dallas 1989
Corpus Christi Seawall Corpus Christi 1988
El Camino Real, Central Branch El Paso 1988
Mills Building El Paso 1981
Paddock Viaduct Fort Worth 1976
Alamo Portland and Roman Cement Works(San Antonio Japanese Tea Gardens) San Antonio 1976
Franklin Canal El Paso 1976
Galveston Seawall and Grade Raising Galveston 1975
Waco Suspension Bridge Waco 1971
Historic Markers with Other Sections
International Boundary Marker No. 1 (with New Mexico and Mexico Sections) El Paso 1976
International Boundary Markerbetween the Republic of Texas andthe U.S. (with Louisiana Section) Logansport, LA 1980
Denison Dam (with Oklahoma Section) Red River 1993
Other sources:
Texas Almanac
see also: http://www.texasalmanac.com/history/highlights/landmarks/
Texas CE
http://www.austinasce.org/hh.htm (Austin Branch, Texas Section - History and Heritage Committee)
http://www.texasce.org/docs/AwardsNational.cfm (for national awards)
Consider adding to these lists or using them to augment your communites awareness of their history through civil engineering
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Ed Blackburn and the Texana Review
At http://www.texanareview.com/ Ed Blackburn has confected a warm and attractive pod cast, The Texana Review. And, well, it's useful also for those interested in history, literature, and the land, not a bad trifecta. Ed skillfully produces about a cast a week on the average. For example, he interviews Elmer Kelton (in 5 parts) and Joachim Jackson the Texas Ranger (the star and gun type not the ball hurlers). He considers a number of land and energy questions. But I guess my favorite is his early morning video of his neighbor's house being demolished because as you watch and listen all sorts of wonderment falls forth.
Texas and Global Warming - very briefly
http://www.nwf.org/globalwarming/pdfs/Texas.pdf
http://www.citizen.org/texas/global_warmi/
http://www.tamug.edu/labb/Global_Warming_Info.htm
http://texas.sierraclub.org/conservation/20070416.asp
http://www.environmenttexas.org/news-releases/global-warming
http://www.texaspolicy.com/pdf/2007-04-RR08-globalwarming.pdf
http://www.citizen.org/texas/Global_Warmi/Consequences/
http://dmcsystems.org/dmccp/dhkjsh78y98dkj/dmc/content/pages/instance1.php?id=Marston:+Global+Warming
http://www.esi.utexas.edu/spotlights/gwConference.html
http://www.citizen.org/texas/global_warmi/
http://www.tamug.edu/labb/Global_Warming_Info.htm
http://texas.sierraclub.org/conservation/20070416.asp
http://www.environmenttexas.org/news-releases/global-warming
http://www.texaspolicy.com/pdf/2007-04-RR08-globalwarming.pdf
http://www.citizen.org/texas/Global_Warmi/Consequences/
http://dmcsystems.org/dmccp/dhkjsh78y98dkj/dmc/content/pages/instance1.php?id=Marston:+Global+Warming
http://www.esi.utexas.edu/spotlights/gwConference.html
Houston Chronicle Houston History blog
Despite the assumption that Houston is built JUST SO somebody can igore yesterday, the venerable rag takes up the cause
http://www.blogs.chron.com/bayoucity-history
http://www.blogs.chron.com/bayoucity-history
North Texas Regional Library System blog, podcast
Good for professionals to glance at from time to time. A full description of the Dobie grants for small Texas libraries is there. There's also a note of a children's bookstore closing. Other more technical material serving librarians is chocked here.
Oh! There's a desciption of their podcasting project "Librarian Live," http://librarianlive.pbwiki.com/
Oh! There's a desciption of their podcasting project "Librarian Live," http://librarianlive.pbwiki.com/
Honeygrove Tx: setting of One Tree Hill tv show
Yes hear the sounds and music as OTH shoots in Honeygrove
http://www.othpodcast.com/media/Suffering_Version_FINAL_FINAL3.mov
http://www.othpodcast.com/media/Suffering_Version_FINAL_FINAL3.mov
Gunsmoke as radio before tv
Some folks have captured early radio shows like "Gunsmoke" before James Arness.
This episode features "Texas Cowboys"
http://calfkillerotrpodcast.blogspot.com/2007/06/texas-cowboys-gunsmoke.html
This episode features "Texas Cowboys"
http://calfkillerotrpodcast.blogspot.com/2007/06/texas-cowboys-gunsmoke.html
Passport to Texas via Parks & Wildlife Dept podcast
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has distributed radio show via its Passport to Texas. A variety of the are also posted as audios here.
http://passporttotexas.org/listen/
http://passporttotexas.org/listen/
Texas Observer blog
For a view from the left side of the river, try the Texas Observer's blog
http://www.texasobserver.org/blog/
http://www.texasobserver.org/blog/
Dallas New Books Blog
The Dallas Morning News ( a Belo production) has a book blog that often has Texana notes there within.
http://books.beloblog.com/
http://books.beloblog.com/
Thursday, February 08, 2007
Current Bibliographies of Texas Texana 2006
Will's Texana Annual: 2006 (issued March 2007) will contain a trio of current bibliographies of Texas.
The "Current Trade" bibliography contains about 800 citations of material about Texas published during 2006. The citations are spare, just author, title, place of publication, publisher, and date. The list includes non-fiction, fiction, children's, poetry, pictorials, etc. Some Spanish language material is included. Often the fiction and juvenile material is so labelled.
The "Current State Government" bibliography includes about 400 selections from the listings provided by the Texas State Library and Archives Commissions Clearinghouse program. Monograph and serials are included.
The "Current Dissertations & Theses" listing contains about 200 titles of more general interest, less technical.
The ANNUAL also includes a retrospection cumulation of the Monthly, and a directory of Texana depositories in Texas.
And a few other items.
The "Current Trade" bibliography contains about 800 citations of material about Texas published during 2006. The citations are spare, just author, title, place of publication, publisher, and date. The list includes non-fiction, fiction, children's, poetry, pictorials, etc. Some Spanish language material is included. Often the fiction and juvenile material is so labelled.
The "Current State Government" bibliography includes about 400 selections from the listings provided by the Texas State Library and Archives Commissions Clearinghouse program. Monograph and serials are included.
The "Current Dissertations & Theses" listing contains about 200 titles of more general interest, less technical.
The ANNUAL also includes a retrospection cumulation of the Monthly, and a directory of Texana depositories in Texas.
And a few other items.
Friday, January 26, 2007
Directory of Texana Depositories in Texas
The Directory of Texana in Texas" was developed part of "Will's Texas Annual," and companion to the Monthly and the Parlor blog is being compiled. First released in March 2007, on CD, USB Flash Drive, and paper. Deadline was, Valentine's Day, send info to willstexana@yahoo.com
At present the Directory contains about 800 institutions spread over 125 pages. It is arranged by city. Intended for electronic use, address, telephone, etc are not supplied here, rather the most up to date information will be on the web sites supplied. Each entry often, but not always, contains
City'sName: Institution, web site, Revelevant Department Name, more specific web site address, summary description of depository collection strengths (some a mere line, some an inch or two, and some a page in length).
If you are readers of "Will's Texana Monthly, you've noticed, I'm compiling a Will's Texana Annual, a cumulation of the Monthly with some extra added attractions, including a "Directory of Texana Depositories in Texas ," and a variety of other works totalling about 600 pages.
Does your local institution have a mentionable collection? What about your neighbors?
The Directory is presently intended to include those institutions with Texana "as a subject matter," although I vary. Some institutions are small, some large. My descriptions vary - from a mere institutional mention, or up to a page; some are mine as original, some are taken from web sites, and some offered upon query from the institutions.
One method I used to collect information was to use some pre-existing organizational lists: including the institutional membership of Archivists of the Houston Area, the RHRD depository list, the institutional membership list of the Texas Association of Museums, the list of Texas State government depositories, the list of contributors to TARO, the list of contributors to UNT's Portal to Texas history. I've queried TLA's ALHRT listserv and several other units of TLA, as well as the Metropolitan Archivists (of DFW), the San Antonio Regional Archivists, and the Austin Archivists Association, and the Border Regional Archivist Group (BRAG). I visited a number of public, special, and academic library web sites, but certainly not all. And etc.
While the list has lengthened, it is certainly not comprehensive. I choose to not apply "too strict" a definition of inclusion or exclusion. Yes, the broadest definition would be maybe several thousand, but well, even I wish to enjoy a separate life. I'll collect what I collect and go from there, there after.
If you wish to email to me a separate description of your collection, do please do so. It'd be helpful if a website were named. I'm at willstexana @yahoo.com
If you wish to direct me to other depositories or provide a description of those, please do so.
SAMPLE ENTRIES (unedited as of 1/25) see below
Alpine: Sul Ross State University Museum of the Big Bend http://www.sulross.edu/~museum/ . Includes artifacts of the Big Bend region, including the Native Americans, Spanish, Mexicans, and Anglo-Americans who inhabited the area. “For more than 70 years the Museum of the Big Bend has been collecting and exhibiting artifacts of the vast Big Bend region. Encompassing the Davis Mountains to the north and the borderlands of Mexico, the Big Bend has been inhabited for over 11,000 years. Throughout that time, four distinct cultures emerged and shaped the history and heritage of the region. Together with the Center for Big Bend Studies, the Museum of the Big Bend's goal is to capture this human history that reflects contributions of the Native Americans, the Spanish, the Mexicans and the Anglo-Americans. Today at the Museum of the Big Bend, both adults and children enjoy experiencing and learning about yesterday in the Last Frontier of Texas.”
Alpine: Sul Ross State University Bryan Wildenthal Memorial Library Documents Dept. This institution participates in the TSLAC State Government Publications Depository Program http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/statepubs/depositories.html.
ALVIN
Alvin: Alvin Museum Society Cummins-Smith House, Marguerite Rogers House Museum, Twin Oaks Cited by Tex Assn Museums
Alvin: Nolan Ryan Exhibit A baseball exhibit, chronicles the life and baseball career of Alvin's favorite son in many state-of-the-art exhibits. Cited by Tex Assn Museums
ALVORD
Alvord: Alvord Public Library / Portal to Texas History: Local history materials from town, church and business records from the late nineteenth and early twentieth Centuries. / View the Alvord Public Library materials.
If you get this information afterward, do still contribute the information in anticipation of the next edition.
Will Howard
willstexana@yahoo.com
At present the Directory contains about 800 institutions spread over 125 pages. It is arranged by city. Intended for electronic use, address, telephone, etc are not supplied here, rather the most up to date information will be on the web sites supplied. Each entry often, but not always, contains
City'sName: Institution, web site, Revelevant Department Name, more specific web site address, summary description of depository collection strengths (some a mere line, some an inch or two, and some a page in length).
If you are readers of "Will's Texana Monthly, you've noticed, I'm compiling a Will's Texana Annual, a cumulation of the Monthly with some extra added attractions, including a "Directory of Texana Depositories in Texas ," and a variety of other works totalling about 600 pages.
Does your local institution have a mentionable collection? What about your neighbors?
The Directory is presently intended to include those institutions with Texana "as a subject matter," although I vary. Some institutions are small, some large. My descriptions vary - from a mere institutional mention, or up to a page; some are mine as original, some are taken from web sites, and some offered upon query from the institutions.
One method I used to collect information was to use some pre-existing organizational lists: including the institutional membership of Archivists of the Houston Area, the RHRD depository list, the institutional membership list of the Texas Association of Museums, the list of Texas State government depositories, the list of contributors to TARO, the list of contributors to UNT's Portal to Texas history. I've queried TLA's ALHRT listserv and several other units of TLA, as well as the Metropolitan Archivists (of DFW), the San Antonio Regional Archivists, and the Austin Archivists Association, and the Border Regional Archivist Group (BRAG). I visited a number of public, special, and academic library web sites, but certainly not all. And etc.
While the list has lengthened, it is certainly not comprehensive. I choose to not apply "too strict" a definition of inclusion or exclusion. Yes, the broadest definition would be maybe several thousand, but well, even I wish to enjoy a separate life. I'll collect what I collect and go from there, there after.
If you wish to email to me a separate description of your collection, do please do so. It'd be helpful if a website were named. I'm at willstexana @yahoo.com
If you wish to direct me to other depositories or provide a description of those, please do so.
SAMPLE ENTRIES (unedited as of 1/25) see below
Alpine: Sul Ross State University Museum of the Big Bend http://www.sulross.edu/~museum/ . Includes artifacts of the Big Bend region, including the Native Americans, Spanish, Mexicans, and Anglo-Americans who inhabited the area. “For more than 70 years the Museum of the Big Bend has been collecting and exhibiting artifacts of the vast Big Bend region. Encompassing the Davis Mountains to the north and the borderlands of Mexico, the Big Bend has been inhabited for over 11,000 years. Throughout that time, four distinct cultures emerged and shaped the history and heritage of the region. Together with the Center for Big Bend Studies, the Museum of the Big Bend's goal is to capture this human history that reflects contributions of the Native Americans, the Spanish, the Mexicans and the Anglo-Americans. Today at the Museum of the Big Bend, both adults and children enjoy experiencing and learning about yesterday in the Last Frontier of Texas.”
Alpine: Sul Ross State University Bryan Wildenthal Memorial Library Documents Dept. This institution participates in the TSLAC State Government Publications Depository Program http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/statepubs/depositories.html.
ALVIN
Alvin: Alvin Museum Society Cummins-Smith House, Marguerite Rogers House Museum, Twin Oaks Cited by Tex Assn Museums
Alvin: Nolan Ryan Exhibit A baseball exhibit, chronicles the life and baseball career of Alvin's favorite son in many state-of-the-art exhibits. Cited by Tex Assn Museums
ALVORD
Alvord: Alvord Public Library / Portal to Texas History: Local history materials from town, church and business records from the late nineteenth and early twentieth Centuries. / View the Alvord Public Library materials.
If you get this information afterward, do still contribute the information in anticipation of the next edition.
Will Howard
willstexana@yahoo.com
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Texas History Teachers Conference at Huntsville Jan 2007
The 2nd Annual Texas History Conference
January 12 & 13, 2007
Education Service Center, Region VI
Huntsville, Texas
contact:
Bill Shuttlesworth, Social Studies Specialist, ESC Region VI
3332 Montgomery Road
Huntsville, Texas 77340
(936) 435-8338
bshuttlesworth@esc6.net
January 12 & 13, 2007
Education Service Center, Region VI
Huntsville, Texas
contact:
Bill Shuttlesworth, Social Studies Specialist, ESC Region VI
3332 Montgomery Road
Huntsville, Texas 77340
(936) 435-8338
bshuttlesworth@esc6.net
Will's Texas Calendar 2007
WILL’S TEXAS CALENDAR 2007
JANUARY
January 13-14, 2007: Southwest Book, Photo, and Paper Show in Austin. www.southwestbookshow.com .
January 20, 2007 Houston Museum District Open House www.houstonmuseumdistrict.org for 9 major institutions: Buffalo Soldiers National Museum, The Children's Museum of Houston, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, The Health Museum, Holocaust Museum Houston, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston Museum of Natural Science, Museum of Fine Arts, Pioneer Memorial Log House Museum,
and more than forty others. Ride a bus for free to get around.
January 22-27, 2007 “Angelo Civic Theatre will host the inaugural Feast of Santa Angela, celebrating the twin spirits of creativity and generosity that have shaped our city since its founding in the late 1860s. All throughout this momentous week there will be numerous opportunities to celebrate art, education, history and the spirit of giving that makes San Angelo a place like no other!” There’ll be books, arts, a celebration of Santa Angela, history, gourmet foods, a bloodless bullfight by high professionals, and an ecumenical worship service. Judged by its full press release from the Angelo Civic Theater, the week’s events are sensitive, insightful, and to the marrow what community is about. If you don’t get there ask Alicia Gibson - Event Chairperson - gibbermd@hotmail.com – to share what she did. She should be proud. www.angelocivictheatre.com WH
FEBRUARY
February: County Historical Commissions are preparing their annual reports for the Texas Historical Commission http://www.thc.state.tx.us/forms/ctycommissions/
February 1-2, 2007: Victoria College’s John W. Stormont Lectures on South Texas http://www.victoriacollege.edu/dept/socsci/
February 5-6 Texas Library Association Legislative Day, Registration - Hotel - Additional Information: http://www.txla.org/html/legis/legday.html
February 14-17, 2007: Southwest/Texas Popular & American Culture Associations in Albuquerque, NM at Hyatt Regency Albuquerque, 330 Tijeras, Albuquerque, NM 87102, Phone: 281. 455. 3289 http://www.h-net.org/~swpca
February 16-17, 2007: East Texas Historical Association Spring Meeting in Beaumont, Texas. http://www.easttexashistorical.org/events/springmeeting.html
February 17 – March 18: Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo. Possibly the largest historical re-enactment. Agriculture, education, entertainment, Western heritage. http://hlsr.com/
February 19, 2007: DRT Texas History Forum commemorates start of Alamo siege.
“The February 23rd History Forum features Paula Allen, Dr. Ron Tyler, and James Bevill. Dr. Tyler will speak on bird’s eye views of Texas cities and the online exhibit prepared by the Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, http://www.birdseyeviews.org/ . Paula Allen will compare San Antonio as it was in the 19th century with the city as it is now. James Bevill, Vice President of the Texas Numismatic Association, has been working with Dr. Bruce Winders, Historian and Curator at the Alamo, to create an exhibit about Republic of Texas currency and his presentation is titled “A Paper Trail across the Republic of Texas,”a visual journey through the paper money used by the Republic of Texas (1836-1846) in which he relates the currency to early politics, the location of the capital, and other significant events and key personalities of the period.” http://www.drtl.org/Newsletters/Vol4no1.pdf
MARCH
March 1-3, 2007: Texas Classroom Teachers Association Convention http://texasteacher.org/index.html
March 2, 2007: “Texas Week” http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ref/abouttx/txweek.html
March 8- 10, 2007: Texas State Historical Association’s 111th Annual Meeting - San Antonio http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/about/meeting/upcoming.html “This year, joint sessions with other historical organizations include the Texas Catholic Historical Society, http://www.onr.com/user/cat/TCHS.htm, Texas Oral History Association, http://www.baylor.edu/toha/, the Texas State Historical Commission, http://www.thc.state.tx.us/, the Texas Baptist Historical Society, http://www.bgct.org/texasbaptists/Page.aspx?&pid=1134&srcid=1087, Texas Archeological Society, http://www.txarch.org/, and Texas Parks & Wildlife, http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/ . Also scheduled are the Handbook of Texas workshop, the Quarterly and publications workshop, the business meeting, and various committee meetings. In addition, the Webb Society Annual Meeting http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/education/webb/ will take place Friday with chapter reports and the presentation of four papers.”
March 2, 2007: Texas Independence Day, Texas Flag Day, Sam Houston Day
March 11-17, 2007: http://sunshineweek.org/ The National Society of Newspaper Editors across the state and nation take this opportunity to test their and the government’s abilities to successfully request government documentation to highlight the Freedom of Information options and requirements.
March 23-24, 2007: Best Southwest BookFest in DeSoto http://www.bestsouthwestbookfest.org/
March 23-24, 2007 - Texas Map Society spring meeting in Nacogdoches. http://libraries.uta.edu/txmapsociety/futuremg.html
On March 24 2007: Glenwood Cemetery Honored Internees Honored by DRT. “The Daughters of the Republic of Texas District VI will be honoring up to 70 Citizens, Defenders and Veterans of the Republic of Texas who are buried at Glenwood Cemetery in Houston. This is one of the oldest cemeteries in Houston and includes notables such as Anson Jones, Thomas Lubbock, George Herman, Mrs. Augustus Allen and numerous other recognizable names from the Republic of Texas era. The ceremony will be held at Trinity Lutheran Church , 800 Houston Ave. (corner of Washington Ave. ) at 2 pm, Saturday, March 24, just a few blocks from Glenwood cemetery. Many living descendants of the honorees will be there. Please mark your calendar for March 24, 2007 and plan to attend this ceremony with us.” Anita Cooper, District VI Representative, DRT, ajcooper@cybergal.com , 409-945-6849.
March 24-25, 2007: 22nd Annual Goliad Massacre - Fort Defiance Living History Program. “A re-creation of the occupation of the fort by Col. Fannin and the Goliad Massacre. The only event of its kind in the State of Texas.” http://www.presidiolabahia.org/living_history.htm
March 30-31, 2007: West Texas Historical Association Annual Conference in Abilene. http://swco.ttu.edu/WestTexas/index.htm
APRIL
April 2007: National Poetry Month
April 5-7, 2007: Texas Folklore Society’s 91st Annual Meeting - in San Antonio at the Omni San Antonio. http://texasfolkloresociety.org
April 6-7, 2007: Junior Historians Annual Meeting & History Fair http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/education/jh/
April 11-15, 2007: Texas Library Association Annual Conference at the San Antonio Omni Hotel http://www.txla.org “Strong Libraries, Strong Communities”
April 12-14, 2007: Annual Historic Preservation Conference, sponsored by the Texas Historical Commission, in Austin at the Lakeway Inn and Conference Center http://webcalendar.thc.state.tx.us/home/index.asp
April 13-14, 2007: Texas Institute of Letters annual meeting in Dallas. NEW WEBSITE NOTICE! http://www.smu.edu/english/creativewriting/The_Texas_Institute_of_Letters.htm
April 13-15, 2007: Sons of the Repubilc of Texas, Annual Meeting, Corpus Christi, Texas, Radisson Hotel Corpus Christi Beach. http://www.srttexas.org/
April 14, 2007: Battle of San Jacinto Symposium in Houston at the UH Hilton, sponsored by the Friends of San Jacinto Battleground 281 496-1488 sjba@usa.net http://www.friendsofsanjacinto.org
April 15-21: National Coin Week (annually 3rd week of April) “Texas Numismatic Association and the Bellaire Coin Club collaborated with the Dallas Historical Society, the Friends of the San Jacinto Battleground and Sterling Bank to create a historical artifact and paper money exhibit on the Republic of Texas 1836-1846. This is Sterling Bank’s 6th annual Republic of Texas exhibit which celebrates Texas history.” (This exhibit at Sterling Bank in Houston on Gessner) Info: Submitted by James P. Bevill - Texas Numismatic Association-1st V.P 713-993-1505 - mercury225@sbcglobal.net
April 17 -20, 2007: Texas Association of Museums annual conference in Austin at the Doubletree. Theme: Becoming Somewhere: Museums in the Mix http://www.io.com/~tam/ Texas Association of Museum “represents over 260 museums and 600 individuals throughout Texas and across the nation. The largest state museum association in the nation, TAM provides a network among museums, improves the level of professionalism within the museum community, increases the use and enjoyment of museums by the public, and serves as an information clearinghouse about museums.”
April 19, 2007: The Texas Writers Conference is being held on the Schreiner University campus. Featured guest: Tim Hazell (Sweden/San Miguel de Allende, Mexico) is our featured artist / writer / performer. Writer in residence for a week. Details and schedules TBA. “The Texas Writers Conference features writers from all genres and is held each spring. This event gives the community, students, faculty and staff an opportunity to interact with writers from across the country. Writers showcased in the past include Sandra Cisneros, Joy Harjo, Robert Flynn, Red Steagall, Buck Ramsey, N’Tazake Shange, Kinky Friedman, Ish Kundawala and many more. The event includes afternoon workshops, an open mike, and an evening reading by the showcased writer or panel of writers.” http://www.schreiner.edu/conferences/writers.html
April 20-22, 2007 - Center for the Advancement and Study of Early Texas Art's 5th Annual Spring Symposium in Dallas, Texas at the Hilton Dallas Lincoln Center. http://www.caseta.org/news.html
April 21, 2007: San Jacinto Day Official Commemoration at the Battleground
April 21, 2007 - Permian Basin Historical Society Spring Meeting at the Petroleum Museum in Midland, Texas. http://www.permianhistoricalsociety.org/
April 21, 2007: 7th Annual North Texas Book Festival in Denton, at 321 E. McKinney, Denton Civic Center. http://www.ntbf.org/
April 22, 2007: Battle of San Jacinto Triathlon
April 24-25, 2007: The HoustonAssociation of Records Managers and Administrators (ARMA) Annual Conference “Making It Happen!” in Houston (actually in Stafford) at the Stafford Centre. http://conf.armahouston.org/
April 27, 2007: Western Writers Conference, Panhandle Plains Historical Museum, http://www.panhandleplains.org/calendar/april.php
April 27, 2007: Texas Women’s History Network, first annual conference, at Rice University.
April 27-29, 2007: Texas Old Missions and Forts Restoration Association – Spring Conference, “Out in the West Texas town of El Paso.” TOMFRA is almost fifty years old. http://www.tomfra.org/
April 28, 2007 - the 37th Annual Ranch Day at the National Ranching Heritage Center in Lubbock, Texas. http://www.depts.ttu.edu/ranchhc/home.htm.
April 26-28, 2007 - Texas Tech University Center for the Southwest and the College of Education, Bilingual Education and Diversity Studies Program - Conference on Hispanics in the Southwest.
April 27-28, 2007: Texas History Day, http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/education/thd/
MAY
May, 2007: National Preservation Month
May 4, 2007: Literary Lubbock- A Benefit Dinner and Evening with Southwestern Authors. http://www.ttup.ttu.edu/News/Literary%20Lubbock%20invite.pdf
May 5, 2007: Cinco de Mayo
May 5, 2007: Friends of Southwestern Art Annual Luncheon at Panhandle Plains Historical Museum http://www.panhandleplains.org/calendar/may.php
May 19, 2007: Looking for Mules in all the High Places: The Cochran County Historical Commission and Texas’ Last Frontier Museum, in collaboration with the Bailey County Historical Commission, Hockley County Historical Commission and the Muleshoe Heritage Center, will sponsor a nighttime stargazing party at the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge at Paul’s Lake, within the grounds of the refuge east of Highway 214. (H-Texas)
May 24-June 2, 2007: Kerrville Folk Festival in Kerrville.
May 30-June2, 2007: Society of Southwest Archivists Annual Meeting. In Oklahoma City. http://southwestarchivists.org/HTML/Meeting.htm
JUNE
June 1-2, 2007: Summer Houston Postcard & Paper Show, The Arabia Shrine Center, Houston Texas http://www.houstonshow.com/
June 8-10, 2007: Texas Folklife Festival. 36th Annual Texas Folklife Festival—Deep in
the Heart of Texans! www.texasfolklifefestival.org
June 8-9, 2007: Fort Worth Postcard & Paper Show, Lockheed-Martin Recrteation Center, Fort Worth Texas http://www.houstonshow.com/
June 9-16, 2007: Texas Archeological Society’s summer school will be conducted at Menard using the site of the mid1700’s Presidio de San Saba site. Dr. Tamra Walker leads.
June 12-16, 2007: Western Writers of American Annual Conference in Springfield, Missouri. http://www.westernwriters.org/2007_convention.htm
June 15–17, 2007: Agents & Editors Conference, Writers’ League of Texas http://www.writersleague.org/agents2006.htm .
June 19, 2007: Juneteenth: Emancipation Day http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ref/abouttx/juneteenth.html
June 23-24, 2007: Latino Book and Family Festival in Dallas/Fort Worth http://www.latinofestivals.com/
JULY
July 27-29, 2007: Mayborn Literary Non-fiction Writers Conference of the Southwest, featuring Joyce Carol Oates. Hilton DFW Grapevine, Texas http://www.mayborninstitute.unt.edu/mw_conf.htm
AUGUST
August 3-4: Rocky Mountain Book & Paper Show. Rocky Mountain Antiquarian Booksellers Association in Denver. http://www.rmaba.org/
August 3-5, 2007: Western Film Festival, Don Graham speaking. http://www.panhandleplains.org/calendar/august.php
August 10-11, 2007: German-Texan Heritage Society Annual Meeting and Convention, San Antonio, 512-482-0927.
August 27, 2007: Lyndon B. Johnson Day
SEPTEMBER
September 1, 2007 Brady: World Championship Barbeque Goat Cook-Off & Arts & Crafts Fair in Brady. Contact: dpcofc@hotmail.com .
September 1-2, 2007: 11th Annual Palomino Fest in Uvalde. www.palominofest.com
September 15, 2007: The Sons of the Republic of Texas requests your presence to honor Texian Navy Day at 11:00 AM at the Texas State Cemetery 909 Navasota Street - Austin, Texas. Keynote speaker will be The Honorable Jerry Patterson, Commissioner, Texas General Land Office, and Governor Perry's representative to the Texas Navy Association Board of Directors, Galveston, Texas. Contact David Hanover, Chairman, Texas Navy Committee, SRT: dhanover@suddenlink.net
September 15, 2007: Texian Navy Day Saturday, September 15, 2007, honoring the Texian Navy for its service to the Republic of Texas. (see: Texas Govt Code 662.051establishing September’s third Saturday of each September.
September 15-16, 2007: Austin Book and Paper Show. At the Wyndam Garden Hotel in Austin. 3401 S. I-35 (Woodward Exit).
September 20, 2007: Preservations Texas’ Preservation Roundtable, in Abilene. With the National Trust for Historic Preservation at the Abilene Preservation League’s headquarters. email info@preservationtexas.org or call 512.472.0102. http://www.preservationtexas.org/events/index.htm
September 20-23, 2007: Texas Pecan Festival in Groves.
September 22, 2007 - Chihuahuan Desert Fiesta / Franklin Mountains State Park Lone Star Legacy at Tom Mays Park. Focus on the animals and plants of the Northern Chihuahuan Desert. http://www.chihuahuandesert.org/ .
September 25-29, 2007: Abilene: 7th Annual West Texas Book & Music Festival in Abilene. www.abilenetx.com/apl . Aannual, 4th weekend in September.
September 27-19, 2007: East Texas Historical Association Fall Meeting at Fredonia Hotel in Nacogdoches. http://www.easttexashistorical.org/events/fallmeeting.html
September 28-30, 2007: Texas Association of Creative Writing Teachers. Annual Conference in San Angelo at Angelo State University. NOTICE NEW WEBSITE http://www.austincc.edu/tacwt/index.html (old sites: http://library.stmarytx.edu/tacwt/ http://www.tacwt.org/)
September 28, 2007: Texas Heritage Living History Day, as declared by the Texas Music Heritage Foundation, formerly down on the Guadalupe but now inside the city limits and all at the Schreiner University in Kerrville. Be looking for folks in period clothing and textiles, with odd accoutrements, playing old time heritage music and maybe dancing a jig or folklorico, riding horses, spouting funny talk, and causing a musical dust up or two. Just to get your attention. http://www.texasheritagemusic.org/
September 29-30, 2007: Latino Book & Family Festival in Houston. http://www.latinofestivals.com/
September 28-October 21, 2007: Texas State Fair http://www.bigtex.com
OCTOBER
October: Texas Archeology Month http://www.thc.state.tx.us/archeology/aatam.html
October: Archives Week in several locations in the state.
October 6, 2007: Permian Basin Fall Meeting in Stanton. http://www.permianhistoricalsociety.org/
October 3-6, 2007: Western History Association 47th Annual Meeting in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. http://www.umsl.edu/~wha/conf/confinfo.html
October 5-7, 2007: Friends of the Rosenberg Library Used Book Sale in Galveston.
October 6, 2007: Panhandle-Plains Folklife Festival. http://www.panhandleplains.org/
October 6-7, 2007: 14th Annual North Texas Book & Paper Show. Sponsored by the North Texas Booksellers Association. Will Rogers Memorial Complex in Fort Worth, Texas. Chris Wright at 972-937-6502 or email: bookshow@ntxbooksellers.org http://www.ntxbooksellers.org/
October 10 - 13, 2007: Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society Convention, Houston Texas - at the Houston Hilton Westchase. See http://www.sphtsannualmeeting.org/ for details on the convention and visit www.rosenbergrrmuseum.org
October 11 - 14, 2007: Austin Steam Train Association meeting, Austin, Texas.
October 12-13, 2007: Fire Ant Festival in Marshall.
October 18-21, 2007: 12th Annual Texas Butterfly Festival in Mission. www.texasbutterfly.com . Annual, 3rd weekend in October.
October 26-28, 2007: The Texas Archeological Society's 78th Annual Meeting will be held in San Antonio. http://txarch.org/
October 29, 2007: Celebration of the birth of Texas hero, Juan Seguin.
NOVEMBER
November? __, 2007: South Texas Historical Association Annual Fall Meeting. http://archives.tamuk.edu/STHA.html
November __, 2007: Museum of Printing History Annual Rare Book Fair, http://www.printingmuseum.org
November 1, 2007: Tea: A Lecture of History & Etiquette. Farmers Branch Historical Park. Contact: Barbara Judkins, 972-919-8731, barbara.judkins@farmersbranch.info
November 2-4, 2007: Bookworm Bash in Addison.
November 3, 2007 - Golden Spur Luncheon and 30th Annual National Golden Spur Dinner at the National Ranching Heritage Center in Lubbock, Texas. http://www.depts.ttu.edu/ranchhc/home.htm
November 3-4, 2007: Texas Book Festival http://www.texasbookfestival.org/
November 6-7, 2007: North Texas Book & Paper Show, in Fort Worth, with over 60 dealers showing Used and Rare titles in many specialties with a significant number showing Texana titles. http://ntxbooksellers.org/ Contact: bookshow@ntxbooksellers.org .
November 7-11, 2007: American Literary Translators Association 30th Conference will be in Dallas/Richardson, Texas http://www.literarytranslators.org/index.html
November 9-11, 2007: Texas State Reading Association 36th Annual State Literacy Conference. In El Paso, TX http://www.tsra.us/
November 9-10: 4th Annual Books on the Bosque. Sponsored by the Bosque Conservatory in Clifton.
November 10, 2007: 5th Annual Houston Book Fair. Museum of Printing History in Houston, 1324 W. Clay. http://www.printingmuseum.org/ 713 522 4652
November 11, 2007: Veterans’ Day, Celebrate Freedom Week
November 15, 2007: Awards for Excellence benefiting the Dallas Historical Society. http://www.dallashistory.org/about/calendar.htm
November 29 - December 1 & Dec. 6-8, 2007: 24th Annual Christmas Candlelight Tour of Homes in Jefferson.
November 21-December 31, 2007: Wonderland of Lights in Marshall.
DECEMBER
December 8, 2007: Bastrop’s Historic Homes Tour
December 9, 2007: Brazosport’s Holiday Tour of Homes
December 31, 2007: Marshall’s Wonderland of Lights last day.
JANUARY
January 13-14, 2007: Southwest Book, Photo, and Paper Show in Austin. www.southwestbookshow.com .
January 20, 2007 Houston Museum District Open House www.houstonmuseumdistrict.org for 9 major institutions: Buffalo Soldiers National Museum, The Children's Museum of Houston, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, The Health Museum, Holocaust Museum Houston, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston Museum of Natural Science, Museum of Fine Arts, Pioneer Memorial Log House Museum,
and more than forty others. Ride a bus for free to get around.
January 22-27, 2007 “Angelo Civic Theatre will host the inaugural Feast of Santa Angela, celebrating the twin spirits of creativity and generosity that have shaped our city since its founding in the late 1860s. All throughout this momentous week there will be numerous opportunities to celebrate art, education, history and the spirit of giving that makes San Angelo a place like no other!” There’ll be books, arts, a celebration of Santa Angela, history, gourmet foods, a bloodless bullfight by high professionals, and an ecumenical worship service. Judged by its full press release from the Angelo Civic Theater, the week’s events are sensitive, insightful, and to the marrow what community is about. If you don’t get there ask Alicia Gibson - Event Chairperson - gibbermd@hotmail.com – to share what she did. She should be proud. www.angelocivictheatre.com WH
FEBRUARY
February: County Historical Commissions are preparing their annual reports for the Texas Historical Commission http://www.thc.state.tx.us/forms/ctycommissions/
February 1-2, 2007: Victoria College’s John W. Stormont Lectures on South Texas http://www.victoriacollege.edu/dept/socsci/
February 5-6 Texas Library Association Legislative Day, Registration - Hotel - Additional Information: http://www.txla.org/html/legis/legday.html
February 14-17, 2007: Southwest/Texas Popular & American Culture Associations in Albuquerque, NM at Hyatt Regency Albuquerque, 330 Tijeras, Albuquerque, NM 87102, Phone: 281. 455. 3289 http://www.h-net.org/~swpca
February 16-17, 2007: East Texas Historical Association Spring Meeting in Beaumont, Texas. http://www.easttexashistorical.org/events/springmeeting.html
February 17 – March 18: Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo. Possibly the largest historical re-enactment. Agriculture, education, entertainment, Western heritage. http://hlsr.com/
February 19, 2007: DRT Texas History Forum commemorates start of Alamo siege.
“The February 23rd History Forum features Paula Allen, Dr. Ron Tyler, and James Bevill. Dr. Tyler will speak on bird’s eye views of Texas cities and the online exhibit prepared by the Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, http://www.birdseyeviews.org/ . Paula Allen will compare San Antonio as it was in the 19th century with the city as it is now. James Bevill, Vice President of the Texas Numismatic Association, has been working with Dr. Bruce Winders, Historian and Curator at the Alamo, to create an exhibit about Republic of Texas currency and his presentation is titled “A Paper Trail across the Republic of Texas,”a visual journey through the paper money used by the Republic of Texas (1836-1846) in which he relates the currency to early politics, the location of the capital, and other significant events and key personalities of the period.” http://www.drtl.org/Newsletters/Vol4no1.pdf
MARCH
March 1-3, 2007: Texas Classroom Teachers Association Convention http://texasteacher.org/index.html
March 2, 2007: “Texas Week” http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ref/abouttx/txweek.html
March 8- 10, 2007: Texas State Historical Association’s 111th Annual Meeting - San Antonio http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/about/meeting/upcoming.html “This year, joint sessions with other historical organizations include the Texas Catholic Historical Society, http://www.onr.com/user/cat/TCHS.htm, Texas Oral History Association, http://www.baylor.edu/toha/, the Texas State Historical Commission, http://www.thc.state.tx.us/, the Texas Baptist Historical Society, http://www.bgct.org/texasbaptists/Page.aspx?&pid=1134&srcid=1087, Texas Archeological Society, http://www.txarch.org/, and Texas Parks & Wildlife, http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/ . Also scheduled are the Handbook of Texas workshop, the Quarterly and publications workshop, the business meeting, and various committee meetings. In addition, the Webb Society Annual Meeting http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/education/webb/ will take place Friday with chapter reports and the presentation of four papers.”
March 2, 2007: Texas Independence Day, Texas Flag Day, Sam Houston Day
March 11-17, 2007: http://sunshineweek.org/ The National Society of Newspaper Editors across the state and nation take this opportunity to test their and the government’s abilities to successfully request government documentation to highlight the Freedom of Information options and requirements.
March 23-24, 2007: Best Southwest BookFest in DeSoto http://www.bestsouthwestbookfest.org/
March 23-24, 2007 - Texas Map Society spring meeting in Nacogdoches. http://libraries.uta.edu/txmapsociety/futuremg.html
On March 24 2007: Glenwood Cemetery Honored Internees Honored by DRT. “The Daughters of the Republic of Texas District VI will be honoring up to 70 Citizens, Defenders and Veterans of the Republic of Texas who are buried at Glenwood Cemetery in Houston. This is one of the oldest cemeteries in Houston and includes notables such as Anson Jones, Thomas Lubbock, George Herman, Mrs. Augustus Allen and numerous other recognizable names from the Republic of Texas era. The ceremony will be held at Trinity Lutheran Church , 800 Houston Ave. (corner of Washington Ave. ) at 2 pm, Saturday, March 24, just a few blocks from Glenwood cemetery. Many living descendants of the honorees will be there. Please mark your calendar for March 24, 2007 and plan to attend this ceremony with us.” Anita Cooper, District VI Representative, DRT, ajcooper@cybergal.com , 409-945-6849.
March 24-25, 2007: 22nd Annual Goliad Massacre - Fort Defiance Living History Program. “A re-creation of the occupation of the fort by Col. Fannin and the Goliad Massacre. The only event of its kind in the State of Texas.” http://www.presidiolabahia.org/living_history.htm
March 30-31, 2007: West Texas Historical Association Annual Conference in Abilene. http://swco.ttu.edu/WestTexas/index.htm
APRIL
April 2007: National Poetry Month
April 5-7, 2007: Texas Folklore Society’s 91st Annual Meeting - in San Antonio at the Omni San Antonio. http://texasfolkloresociety.org
April 6-7, 2007: Junior Historians Annual Meeting & History Fair http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/education/jh/
April 11-15, 2007: Texas Library Association Annual Conference at the San Antonio Omni Hotel http://www.txla.org “Strong Libraries, Strong Communities”
April 12-14, 2007: Annual Historic Preservation Conference, sponsored by the Texas Historical Commission, in Austin at the Lakeway Inn and Conference Center http://webcalendar.thc.state.tx.us/home/index.asp
April 13-14, 2007: Texas Institute of Letters annual meeting in Dallas. NEW WEBSITE NOTICE! http://www.smu.edu/english/creativewriting/The_Texas_Institute_of_Letters.htm
April 13-15, 2007: Sons of the Repubilc of Texas, Annual Meeting, Corpus Christi, Texas, Radisson Hotel Corpus Christi Beach. http://www.srttexas.org/
April 14, 2007: Battle of San Jacinto Symposium in Houston at the UH Hilton, sponsored by the Friends of San Jacinto Battleground 281 496-1488 sjba@usa.net http://www.friendsofsanjacinto.org
April 15-21: National Coin Week (annually 3rd week of April) “Texas Numismatic Association and the Bellaire Coin Club collaborated with the Dallas Historical Society, the Friends of the San Jacinto Battleground and Sterling Bank to create a historical artifact and paper money exhibit on the Republic of Texas 1836-1846. This is Sterling Bank’s 6th annual Republic of Texas exhibit which celebrates Texas history.” (This exhibit at Sterling Bank in Houston on Gessner) Info: Submitted by James P. Bevill - Texas Numismatic Association-1st V.P 713-993-1505 - mercury225@sbcglobal.net
April 17 -20, 2007: Texas Association of Museums annual conference in Austin at the Doubletree. Theme: Becoming Somewhere: Museums in the Mix http://www.io.com/~tam/ Texas Association of Museum “represents over 260 museums and 600 individuals throughout Texas and across the nation. The largest state museum association in the nation, TAM provides a network among museums, improves the level of professionalism within the museum community, increases the use and enjoyment of museums by the public, and serves as an information clearinghouse about museums.”
April 19, 2007: The Texas Writers Conference is being held on the Schreiner University campus. Featured guest: Tim Hazell (Sweden/San Miguel de Allende, Mexico) is our featured artist / writer / performer. Writer in residence for a week. Details and schedules TBA. “The Texas Writers Conference features writers from all genres and is held each spring. This event gives the community, students, faculty and staff an opportunity to interact with writers from across the country. Writers showcased in the past include Sandra Cisneros, Joy Harjo, Robert Flynn, Red Steagall, Buck Ramsey, N’Tazake Shange, Kinky Friedman, Ish Kundawala and many more. The event includes afternoon workshops, an open mike, and an evening reading by the showcased writer or panel of writers.” http://www.schreiner.edu/conferences/writers.html
April 20-22, 2007 - Center for the Advancement and Study of Early Texas Art's 5th Annual Spring Symposium in Dallas, Texas at the Hilton Dallas Lincoln Center. http://www.caseta.org/news.html
April 21, 2007: San Jacinto Day Official Commemoration at the Battleground
April 21, 2007 - Permian Basin Historical Society Spring Meeting at the Petroleum Museum in Midland, Texas. http://www.permianhistoricalsociety.org/
April 21, 2007: 7th Annual North Texas Book Festival in Denton, at 321 E. McKinney, Denton Civic Center. http://www.ntbf.org/
April 22, 2007: Battle of San Jacinto Triathlon
April 24-25, 2007: The HoustonAssociation of Records Managers and Administrators (ARMA) Annual Conference “Making It Happen!” in Houston (actually in Stafford) at the Stafford Centre. http://conf.armahouston.org/
April 27, 2007: Western Writers Conference, Panhandle Plains Historical Museum, http://www.panhandleplains.org/calendar/april.php
April 27, 2007: Texas Women’s History Network, first annual conference, at Rice University.
April 27-29, 2007: Texas Old Missions and Forts Restoration Association – Spring Conference, “Out in the West Texas town of El Paso.” TOMFRA is almost fifty years old. http://www.tomfra.org/
April 28, 2007 - the 37th Annual Ranch Day at the National Ranching Heritage Center in Lubbock, Texas. http://www.depts.ttu.edu/ranchhc/home.htm.
April 26-28, 2007 - Texas Tech University Center for the Southwest and the College of Education, Bilingual Education and Diversity Studies Program - Conference on Hispanics in the Southwest.
April 27-28, 2007: Texas History Day, http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/education/thd/
MAY
May, 2007: National Preservation Month
May 4, 2007: Literary Lubbock- A Benefit Dinner and Evening with Southwestern Authors. http://www.ttup.ttu.edu/News/Literary%20Lubbock%20invite.pdf
May 5, 2007: Cinco de Mayo
May 5, 2007: Friends of Southwestern Art Annual Luncheon at Panhandle Plains Historical Museum http://www.panhandleplains.org/calendar/may.php
May 19, 2007: Looking for Mules in all the High Places: The Cochran County Historical Commission and Texas’ Last Frontier Museum, in collaboration with the Bailey County Historical Commission, Hockley County Historical Commission and the Muleshoe Heritage Center, will sponsor a nighttime stargazing party at the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge at Paul’s Lake, within the grounds of the refuge east of Highway 214. (H-Texas)
May 24-June 2, 2007: Kerrville Folk Festival in Kerrville.
May 30-June2, 2007: Society of Southwest Archivists Annual Meeting. In Oklahoma City. http://southwestarchivists.org/HTML/Meeting.htm
JUNE
June 1-2, 2007: Summer Houston Postcard & Paper Show, The Arabia Shrine Center, Houston Texas http://www.houstonshow.com/
June 8-10, 2007: Texas Folklife Festival. 36th Annual Texas Folklife Festival—Deep in
the Heart of Texans! www.texasfolklifefestival.org
June 8-9, 2007: Fort Worth Postcard & Paper Show, Lockheed-Martin Recrteation Center, Fort Worth Texas http://www.houstonshow.com/
June 9-16, 2007: Texas Archeological Society’s summer school will be conducted at Menard using the site of the mid1700’s Presidio de San Saba site. Dr. Tamra Walker leads.
June 12-16, 2007: Western Writers of American Annual Conference in Springfield, Missouri. http://www.westernwriters.org/2007_convention.htm
June 15–17, 2007: Agents & Editors Conference, Writers’ League of Texas http://www.writersleague.org/agents2006.htm .
June 19, 2007: Juneteenth: Emancipation Day http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ref/abouttx/juneteenth.html
June 23-24, 2007: Latino Book and Family Festival in Dallas/Fort Worth http://www.latinofestivals.com/
JULY
July 27-29, 2007: Mayborn Literary Non-fiction Writers Conference of the Southwest, featuring Joyce Carol Oates. Hilton DFW Grapevine, Texas http://www.mayborninstitute.unt.edu/mw_conf.htm
AUGUST
August 3-4: Rocky Mountain Book & Paper Show. Rocky Mountain Antiquarian Booksellers Association in Denver. http://www.rmaba.org/
August 3-5, 2007: Western Film Festival, Don Graham speaking. http://www.panhandleplains.org/calendar/august.php
August 10-11, 2007: German-Texan Heritage Society Annual Meeting and Convention, San Antonio, 512-482-0927.
August 27, 2007: Lyndon B. Johnson Day
SEPTEMBER
September 1, 2007 Brady: World Championship Barbeque Goat Cook-Off & Arts & Crafts Fair in Brady. Contact: dpcofc@hotmail.com .
September 1-2, 2007: 11th Annual Palomino Fest in Uvalde. www.palominofest.com
September 15, 2007: The Sons of the Republic of Texas requests your presence to honor Texian Navy Day at 11:00 AM at the Texas State Cemetery 909 Navasota Street - Austin, Texas. Keynote speaker will be The Honorable Jerry Patterson, Commissioner, Texas General Land Office, and Governor Perry's representative to the Texas Navy Association Board of Directors, Galveston, Texas. Contact David Hanover, Chairman, Texas Navy Committee, SRT: dhanover@suddenlink.net
September 15, 2007: Texian Navy Day Saturday, September 15, 2007, honoring the Texian Navy for its service to the Republic of Texas. (see: Texas Govt Code 662.051establishing September’s third Saturday of each September.
September 15-16, 2007: Austin Book and Paper Show. At the Wyndam Garden Hotel in Austin. 3401 S. I-35 (Woodward Exit).
September 20, 2007: Preservations Texas’ Preservation Roundtable, in Abilene. With the National Trust for Historic Preservation at the Abilene Preservation League’s headquarters. email info@preservationtexas.org or call 512.472.0102. http://www.preservationtexas.org/events/index.htm
September 20-23, 2007: Texas Pecan Festival in Groves.
September 22, 2007 - Chihuahuan Desert Fiesta / Franklin Mountains State Park Lone Star Legacy at Tom Mays Park. Focus on the animals and plants of the Northern Chihuahuan Desert. http://www.chihuahuandesert.org/ .
September 25-29, 2007: Abilene: 7th Annual West Texas Book & Music Festival in Abilene. www.abilenetx.com/apl . Aannual, 4th weekend in September.
September 27-19, 2007: East Texas Historical Association Fall Meeting at Fredonia Hotel in Nacogdoches. http://www.easttexashistorical.org/events/fallmeeting.html
September 28-30, 2007: Texas Association of Creative Writing Teachers. Annual Conference in San Angelo at Angelo State University. NOTICE NEW WEBSITE http://www.austincc.edu/tacwt/index.html (old sites: http://library.stmarytx.edu/tacwt/ http://www.tacwt.org/)
September 28, 2007: Texas Heritage Living History Day, as declared by the Texas Music Heritage Foundation, formerly down on the Guadalupe but now inside the city limits and all at the Schreiner University in Kerrville. Be looking for folks in period clothing and textiles, with odd accoutrements, playing old time heritage music and maybe dancing a jig or folklorico, riding horses, spouting funny talk, and causing a musical dust up or two. Just to get your attention. http://www.texasheritagemusic.org/
September 29-30, 2007: Latino Book & Family Festival in Houston. http://www.latinofestivals.com/
September 28-October 21, 2007: Texas State Fair http://www.bigtex.com
OCTOBER
October: Texas Archeology Month http://www.thc.state.tx.us/archeology/aatam.html
October: Archives Week in several locations in the state.
October 6, 2007: Permian Basin Fall Meeting in Stanton. http://www.permianhistoricalsociety.org/
October 3-6, 2007: Western History Association 47th Annual Meeting in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. http://www.umsl.edu/~wha/conf/confinfo.html
October 5-7, 2007: Friends of the Rosenberg Library Used Book Sale in Galveston.
October 6, 2007: Panhandle-Plains Folklife Festival. http://www.panhandleplains.org/
October 6-7, 2007: 14th Annual North Texas Book & Paper Show. Sponsored by the North Texas Booksellers Association. Will Rogers Memorial Complex in Fort Worth, Texas. Chris Wright at 972-937-6502 or email: bookshow@ntxbooksellers.org http://www.ntxbooksellers.org/
October 10 - 13, 2007: Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society Convention, Houston Texas - at the Houston Hilton Westchase. See http://www.sphtsannualmeeting.org/ for details on the convention and visit www.rosenbergrrmuseum.org
October 11 - 14, 2007: Austin Steam Train Association meeting, Austin, Texas.
October 12-13, 2007: Fire Ant Festival in Marshall.
October 18-21, 2007: 12th Annual Texas Butterfly Festival in Mission. www.texasbutterfly.com . Annual, 3rd weekend in October.
October 26-28, 2007: The Texas Archeological Society's 78th Annual Meeting will be held in San Antonio. http://txarch.org/
October 29, 2007: Celebration of the birth of Texas hero, Juan Seguin.
NOVEMBER
November? __, 2007: South Texas Historical Association Annual Fall Meeting. http://archives.tamuk.edu/STHA.html
November __, 2007: Museum of Printing History Annual Rare Book Fair, http://www.printingmuseum.org
November 1, 2007: Tea: A Lecture of History & Etiquette. Farmers Branch Historical Park. Contact: Barbara Judkins, 972-919-8731, barbara.judkins@farmersbranch.info
November 2-4, 2007: Bookworm Bash in Addison.
November 3, 2007 - Golden Spur Luncheon and 30th Annual National Golden Spur Dinner at the National Ranching Heritage Center in Lubbock, Texas. http://www.depts.ttu.edu/ranchhc/home.htm
November 3-4, 2007: Texas Book Festival http://www.texasbookfestival.org/
November 6-7, 2007: North Texas Book & Paper Show, in Fort Worth, with over 60 dealers showing Used and Rare titles in many specialties with a significant number showing Texana titles. http://ntxbooksellers.org/ Contact: bookshow@ntxbooksellers.org .
November 7-11, 2007: American Literary Translators Association 30th Conference will be in Dallas/Richardson, Texas http://www.literarytranslators.org/index.html
November 9-11, 2007: Texas State Reading Association 36th Annual State Literacy Conference. In El Paso, TX http://www.tsra.us/
November 9-10: 4th Annual Books on the Bosque. Sponsored by the Bosque Conservatory in Clifton.
November 10, 2007: 5th Annual Houston Book Fair. Museum of Printing History in Houston, 1324 W. Clay. http://www.printingmuseum.org/ 713 522 4652
November 11, 2007: Veterans’ Day, Celebrate Freedom Week
November 15, 2007: Awards for Excellence benefiting the Dallas Historical Society. http://www.dallashistory.org/about/calendar.htm
November 29 - December 1 & Dec. 6-8, 2007: 24th Annual Christmas Candlelight Tour of Homes in Jefferson.
November 21-December 31, 2007: Wonderland of Lights in Marshall.
DECEMBER
December 8, 2007: Bastrop’s Historic Homes Tour
December 9, 2007: Brazosport’s Holiday Tour of Homes
December 31, 2007: Marshall’s Wonderland of Lights last day.
TSHA Texas History Awareness Workshop
"Topics will focus on teaching Texas history, working with our existing programs such as Junior Historians and/or Texas History Day, and other requested topics.
For more information, contact Terri Killen
by phone (512) 471-1525 or by e-mail."
See more at link
For more information, contact Terri Killen
by phone (512) 471-1525 or by e-mail."
See more at link
Texas Tides Teaching Project - National Council ... Social Studies
Texas Tides
"Texas Tides, originally called Tides in Early Texas History, was funded in 2002-2003 by a Texas Infrastructure Fund Board's (TIFF) LB-9-12 month competitive grant. Through this collaborative digital project, a platform was created for memory institutions, educators, and schools to work together to enhance learning experiences for students, to bridge gaps between academic disciplines, and to increase and promote virtual access to unique cultural collections. Highlights of the Tides in Early Texas History project include: " See more at above link.
OR
You can visit via SFASU the Texas Tides website
"Texas Tides, originally called Tides in Early Texas History, was funded in 2002-2003 by a Texas Infrastructure Fund Board's (TIFF) LB-9-12 month competitive grant. Through this collaborative digital project, a platform was created for memory institutions, educators, and schools to work together to enhance learning experiences for students, to bridge gaps between academic disciplines, and to increase and promote virtual access to unique cultural collections. Highlights of the Tides in Early Texas History project include: " See more at above link.
OR
You can visit via SFASU the Texas Tides website
TSHA Texas History Awareness Workshop July 2006
Texas State Historical Association
History Awareness Workshop
July 19-22, 2006, Lee College, Baytown
National History Day: In Pursuit of Excellence
"The Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) and The University of Texas Center
for Studies in Texas History are proud to announce a Summer 2006 History
Awareness Workshop, National History Day: In Pursuit of Excellence. The
statewide conference is designed to prepare teachers, students and parents to produce
outstanding research projects using the National History Day model. Held in
Baytown, the conference will take place on Wednesday, July 19th through Saturday,
July 22nd at Lee College in partnership with the Lee College Honors Program, Goose
Creek Consolidated Independent School District, and the TSHA."
See more at link
History Awareness Workshop
July 19-22, 2006, Lee College, Baytown
National History Day: In Pursuit of Excellence
"The Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) and The University of Texas Center
for Studies in Texas History are proud to announce a Summer 2006 History
Awareness Workshop, National History Day: In Pursuit of Excellence. The
statewide conference is designed to prepare teachers, students and parents to produce
outstanding research projects using the National History Day model. Held in
Baytown, the conference will take place on Wednesday, July 19th through Saturday,
July 22nd at Lee College in partnership with the Lee College Honors Program, Goose
Creek Consolidated Independent School District, and the TSHA."
See more at link
Will's Texana Annual: A compendium of Texas
Will's Texas Annual, offered first in March of 2007, is a cumulation and re-arrangement of columns in Will's Texana Monthy (a free e-journal for your asking at willstexana@yahoo.com) and with extra added attractions, total 600 pages. Available on CD, USB Flash Drive, and paper.
Part 1: The WTM columns constitute about 200 pages.
Part 2: A TRIO of "Current Bibliographies" of about 75 pages in length
New Current Trade Books" about Texas published during 2006, about 800 titles.
"New Texas Government Publications" recently acquired by the Texas State Library, about 400 titles.
"New Dissertations and Theses of 2006," about 200 titles.
Part 3:
A "Directory of Texana Depositories in Texas," about 800 institutions, libraries, archives, and museums, about 125 pages in length
Part 4:
Added Elements (a variety of about 50 pages)
Including "Map Notes," Archival Notes", a "List of Texas State Agencies, etc." and a "Directory of Texas County Historical Commissions."
Part 5:
Hot Words Appendix (a variety of about 100 pages)
Including "Web site maps of selected organization" (Texas Association of Museums, Texas Library Association, Texas State Historical Association), - "Notes on Local and State Government Information ," - templates for two online "Reference Source Bibliograhies (one from TLA and one from TSLAC), - "Notes on Radio, Television, and Film," - and a list of "Archival History" articles in the Handbook of Texas Online.
The Annual is available on CD, USB Flash, and in printed form.
Contact willstexana@yahoo.com
The Parlor is a companion to, yet different from, the Monthly and Annual
Part 1: The WTM columns constitute about 200 pages.
Part 2: A TRIO of "Current Bibliographies" of about 75 pages in length
New Current Trade Books" about Texas published during 2006, about 800 titles.
"New Texas Government Publications" recently acquired by the Texas State Library, about 400 titles.
"New Dissertations and Theses of 2006," about 200 titles.
Part 3:
A "Directory of Texana Depositories in Texas," about 800 institutions, libraries, archives, and museums, about 125 pages in length
Part 4:
Added Elements (a variety of about 50 pages)
Including "Map Notes," Archival Notes", a "List of Texas State Agencies, etc." and a "Directory of Texas County Historical Commissions."
Part 5:
Hot Words Appendix (a variety of about 100 pages)
Including "Web site maps of selected organization" (Texas Association of Museums, Texas Library Association, Texas State Historical Association), - "Notes on Local and State Government Information ," - templates for two online "Reference Source Bibliograhies (one from TLA and one from TSLAC), - "Notes on Radio, Television, and Film," - and a list of "Archival History" articles in the Handbook of Texas Online.
The Annual is available on CD, USB Flash, and in printed form.
Contact willstexana@yahoo.com
The Parlor is a companion to, yet different from, the Monthly and Annual
Will's Texana Monthly: An e-journal of Texas reviews, news, and electric observations
Will's Texana Monthly is now, with the January issue, a year old. It's a free e-journal distributed by email. If you wish to subscribe, email your interst to willstexana@yahoo.com. If you're interested in Texas, well ....
Will Howard started it after he retired from 30 years of Texana librarianship.
During 2006, we published 9 issues and took "vacation" during 3 months. WTM has various columns, some recur in every issue, others only as interest applies.
Lead articles by WTM readers or WTM staff often start the content.
The most regular column is "Reviews and Notes" for new books, CDs, movies, web sites, music, theater productions and including non-fiction, fiction, children's material, poetry, and even some droll boring stuff, etc.
"Quod Vide" is an occasional book review index to other journals.
"Portal to Texas History" is by Dreanna Belden at the University of North Texas focused on their special multi-institional, digital operation.
"Museum Matters" address some professional topic or spotlight some museum or collect museums by topic.
A "News, Calendar, Memoriam" is often included.
An "Awards" column sometimes appears.
"The DT's" brings to your attention something from the academic world of dissertations and theses, an oft overlooked source dimension.
"The Trade" reports some comtemporary or historical information on bookstores, publishing, manufacturing, or other related concerns.
"Natural Things" points to our natural physical environment, parks, etc.
"Roar, Chatter, and Murmurs" usually includes a bibliography on a topic of current interest.
"The Revival Shelf" by essay or review revives interest in older publications.
The Monthly is cumulated by Will's Texana Annual, a cumulation of the Monthly, plus a variety of extra added attractions.
"Will's Texas Parlor" is of course a different variation of observation, just stuff, usually on the web that I find of interest.
If you wish to send books etc. or review send them to 12618 Ashcroft, Houston, Texas, 77035.
If you wish to write a review or article sent it to willstexana@yahoo.com
Will Howard started it after he retired from 30 years of Texana librarianship.
During 2006, we published 9 issues and took "vacation" during 3 months. WTM has various columns, some recur in every issue, others only as interest applies.
Lead articles by WTM readers or WTM staff often start the content.
The most regular column is "Reviews and Notes" for new books, CDs, movies, web sites, music, theater productions and including non-fiction, fiction, children's material, poetry, and even some droll boring stuff, etc.
"Quod Vide" is an occasional book review index to other journals.
"Portal to Texas History" is by Dreanna Belden at the University of North Texas focused on their special multi-institional, digital operation.
"Museum Matters" address some professional topic or spotlight some museum or collect museums by topic.
A "News, Calendar, Memoriam" is often included.
An "Awards" column sometimes appears.
"The DT's" brings to your attention something from the academic world of dissertations and theses, an oft overlooked source dimension.
"The Trade" reports some comtemporary or historical information on bookstores, publishing, manufacturing, or other related concerns.
"Natural Things" points to our natural physical environment, parks, etc.
"Roar, Chatter, and Murmurs" usually includes a bibliography on a topic of current interest.
"The Revival Shelf" by essay or review revives interest in older publications.
The Monthly is cumulated by Will's Texana Annual, a cumulation of the Monthly, plus a variety of extra added attractions.
"Will's Texas Parlor" is of course a different variation of observation, just stuff, usually on the web that I find of interest.
If you wish to send books etc. or review send them to 12618 Ashcroft, Houston, Texas, 77035.
If you wish to write a review or article sent it to willstexana@yahoo.com
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Texas Council for the Social Studies
"President's PerspectiveThe TCSS conference in Fort Worth last month was a huge success with over 1300 social studies educators in attendance. Carolyne Creel, Taddie Hamilton and the tireless workers of the greater Fort Worth area local councils worked on this for over a year, overcoming obstacles including a change of hotel ownership. They also had to procure the use of the adjacent building (with the help of Pat Hardy) for additional space!"
See more at the link
See more at the link
UNT hosts Teaching of History Conference Sept. 16
August 17, 2006 UNT News Service
Department of History to host Teaching of History Conference on Sept. 16
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- She worked tirelessly for women's causes for 50 years, from 1851 to the early 1900s. She was a co-founder of the National Woman Suffrage Association and served as its first president. She was largely responsible for introducing a constitutional amendment for woman suffrage, which eventually became law as the 19th Amendment.
This may sound like a description of Susan B. Anthony, but it's actually facts about another, lesser-known activist for women's causes in the 19th and early 20th centuries -- Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Stanton is one of 10 historical figures who will be discussed during the University of North Texas' annual Teaching of History Conference on Sept. 16 (Saturday).
See more at link
Department of History to host Teaching of History Conference on Sept. 16
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- She worked tirelessly for women's causes for 50 years, from 1851 to the early 1900s. She was a co-founder of the National Woman Suffrage Association and served as its first president. She was largely responsible for introducing a constitutional amendment for woman suffrage, which eventually became law as the 19th Amendment.
This may sound like a description of Susan B. Anthony, but it's actually facts about another, lesser-known activist for women's causes in the 19th and early 20th centuries -- Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Stanton is one of 10 historical figures who will be discussed during the University of North Texas' annual Teaching of History Conference on Sept. 16 (Saturday).
See more at link
Thursday, December 21, 2006
the deskrat chronicles: site of the new bush library--the texas school book depository?
the deskrat chronicles: site of the new bush library--the texas school book depository?
Bringing up the question, "Would JFK approve?"
Bringing up the question, "Would JFK approve?"
Chicano Literature Latino Literature - Pluma Fronteriza
Chicano Literature Latino Literature - Pluma Fronteriza
If you've not been here, do give it a glance and maybe come back.
If you've not been here, do give it a glance and maybe come back.
Jim Lee's Texas
"The Texans were Mark Giminez, Ben Rehder, and Harry Hunsicker. The outsider was David Rosenfelt, a New Jersey guy who now lives in California."
Monday, November 27, 2006
Pearland Middle Class
The Pearland, Texas office of the Communities United to Strengthen America organization conducted a news conference recently, post elections. CUSA is a middle-class advocacy group. The universally recognized "squeeze on the middle class" is addressed in their specification of 7 points of interest:
providing access to affordable health care
controlling soaring college costs
cutting taxes for working families
repealing handouts to big oil
relieving middle-class debt
protecting workers' pensions
and
preserving social security.
CUSA, with a nearly one year-old history, has offices in a dozen locations in the nation, presently most active on the federal level. Their goals are certainly worth genuine interest by voters. CUSA's strength could be deepened should it chose to deepen its influence at the state level.
Pearland was chosen for the Texas presence because of its cohesive middle class characteristics.
providing access to affordable health care
controlling soaring college costs
cutting taxes for working families
repealing handouts to big oil
relieving middle-class debt
protecting workers' pensions
and
preserving social security.
CUSA, with a nearly one year-old history, has offices in a dozen locations in the nation, presently most active on the federal level. Their goals are certainly worth genuine interest by voters. CUSA's strength could be deepened should it chose to deepen its influence at the state level.
Pearland was chosen for the Texas presence because of its cohesive middle class characteristics.
balancing life: Book review: Education of a wandering man
balancing life: Book review: Education of a wandering man
If you read Texas westerns, you read some Louis L'Amour. Here's a bit about Louis.
If you read Texas westerns, you read some Louis L'Amour. Here's a bit about Louis.
WesternPulps
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WesternPulps/
Here's an interesting discussion group
"Description
This list is dedicated to the discussion of Western pulp magazines -- the characters, the authors, the stories, the paperback reprints, and anything else connected with Western pulps. Though the primary emphasis is on pulps, we also discuss non-pulp Western novels, movies, comics, etc. "
Here's an interesting discussion group
"Description
This list is dedicated to the discussion of Western pulp magazines -- the characters, the authors, the stories, the paperback reprints, and anything else connected with Western pulps. Though the primary emphasis is on pulps, we also discuss non-pulp Western novels, movies, comics, etc. "
Rough Edges: TCU Press Signing: Noah's Ride
http://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2006/11/tcu-press-signing.html
Interesting posts by Texas writer James Reasoner, visit occasionally.
Interesting posts by Texas writer James Reasoner, visit occasionally.
AMIGOS
http://www.amigos.org/
Many folks are familiar with AMIGOS, a long established service corporation that designs workshops and consults for libraries and museums.
If you don't know AMIGOS, here's your opportunity.
Many folks are familiar with AMIGOS, a long established service corporation that designs workshops and consults for libraries and museums.
If you don't know AMIGOS, here's your opportunity.
Digital Government Documents at University of North Texas
http://digital.library.unt.edu/govdocs/
Congressional Research Service Reports Archive
CyberCemetery
Gammel's The Laws of Texas Nineteenth-Century Texas Law Online
Texas Laws and Resolutions Archive
Texas Register Archive
Congressional Research Service Reports Archive
CyberCemetery
Gammel's The Laws of Texas Nineteenth-Century Texas Law Online
Texas Laws and Resolutions Archive
Texas Register Archive
Texas Register & Texas Administrative Code
From the Texas Secretary of State
http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/index.shtml
"...a weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the notice bulletin of state agency rulemaking. The Texas Register contains emergency, proposed, and adopted rules; notices of withdrawn and repealed rules; notices of rule review and other information submitted by state agencies for publication."
The Texas Administrative Code "....a compilation of all state agency rules in Texas. There are 16 titles in the TAC. Each title represents a category and relating agencies are assigned to the appropriate title."
Least subscription is $10 for a month.
For most current see University of North Texas electronic archive at
http://texinfo.library.unt.edu/texasregister/
http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/index.shtml
"...a weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the notice bulletin of state agency rulemaking. The Texas Register contains emergency, proposed, and adopted rules; notices of withdrawn and repealed rules; notices of rule review and other information submitted by state agencies for publication."
The Texas Administrative Code "....a compilation of all state agency rules in Texas. There are 16 titles in the TAC. Each title represents a category and relating agencies are assigned to the appropriate title."
Least subscription is $10 for a month.
For most current see University of North Texas electronic archive at
http://texinfo.library.unt.edu/texasregister/
Texas Bluebonnet Writing Project
From their webpage re children's education
"The Texas Bluebonnet Writing Project (TBWP) is UTA’s National Writing Project site. With more than 189 sites across the nation, the National Writing Project (NWP) implements the standards of No Child Left Behind by sponsoring workshops for over 100,000 teachers annually.
The NWP model is dedicated to the beliefs that teachers are the best teachers of other teachers, that effective professional development requires a continuum of in-service of programs, and that students ultimately benefit from research-based practices.
The NWP model is a bottom-up model of professional development. This means that NWP opportunities are created to address the needs, suggestions, and best practices of our teacher consultants. The professional development provided by the Bluebonnet Writing Project has been researched and implemented in classrooms across the metroplex.
TBWP is part of the National Writing Projects of Texas which is Texas’ state network of NWP sites.What We Do…
We offer professional development with strategies that incorporate Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) to enable a diverse student population to meet and/or exceed proficiencies on Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) and national standardized assessments."
"The Texas Bluebonnet Writing Project (TBWP) is UTA’s National Writing Project site. With more than 189 sites across the nation, the National Writing Project (NWP) implements the standards of No Child Left Behind by sponsoring workshops for over 100,000 teachers annually.
The NWP model is dedicated to the beliefs that teachers are the best teachers of other teachers, that effective professional development requires a continuum of in-service of programs, and that students ultimately benefit from research-based practices.
The NWP model is a bottom-up model of professional development. This means that NWP opportunities are created to address the needs, suggestions, and best practices of our teacher consultants. The professional development provided by the Bluebonnet Writing Project has been researched and implemented in classrooms across the metroplex.
TBWP is part of the National Writing Projects of Texas which is Texas’ state network of NWP sites.What We Do…
We offer professional development with strategies that incorporate Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) to enable a diverse student population to meet and/or exceed proficiencies on Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) and national standardized assessments."
African Painters | www.africanpainters.com: Kentecloth: Southwest Voices of the African Diaspora : the Oral Tradition Comes to the Page
African Painters | www.africanpainters.com: Kentecloth: Southwest Voices of the African Diaspora : the Oral Tradition Comes to the Page
The African Diaspora from the words of some Texans and Louisianians.
The African Diaspora from the words of some Texans and Louisianians.
ΛUSTIN ΛTHEIST ΛN�NYM�US: The Not So Amazing Faith of Texas
ΛUSTIN ΛTHEIST ΛN�NYM�US: The Not So Amazing Faith of Texas
Notes on God from Texas'other side. Otherwise, most find the book attractive.
Notes on God from Texas'other side. Otherwise, most find the book attractive.
Monday, November 13, 2006
Trinity Writers Workshop
http://www.trinitywritersworkshop.com
Serving the Dallas and Fort Worth region, out of Bedford.
Serving the Dallas and Fort Worth region, out of Bedford.
Thursday, November 09, 2006
The Rich Archival Imagination (AHA for SSA)
AHA (Archivists of the Houston Area) are preparing to host the SSA (Society of Soutwest Archivists) convention. Some of their ruminations have spilled onto their list-serv:
SSA 2008 Theme Ideas so far
“On the go – from the get-go.”
"From the Get-go to the Cutting Edge"
Diversity
Cutting edge
Opportunity
Philanthropy
Cradle of Culture
International
From Magnolia City to the Space City
Dare to Dream Big
Think Big, Think Global
Houston: Dream Big
Houston: Dream Global
Houston - The "Can Do" City
Bayou City: A Multicultural Mecca
Bayou City: From Immigrants to Elites
“Natural Partners: Museums, Libraries, Archives Working Together”
This is a take-off of the last Rare Book and Manuscript Session of ALA in Austin last spring. Lots of good things could still be said about it in connection with Houston and the region’s institutions and I don’t think all that many archivists from the area attended.
“Archival Education: A Continuing Process”
Learning about one’s profession never stops; mentoring; collaboration with other archivists; how new formats require new preservation techniques; what we can learn from other professions.
“The Intertwined Issues of Funding, Knowledge, and Outreach for Archivists”
We need money to do what needs to be done as archivists; We have to educate ourselves about the techniques of preservation to make accurate funding requests; We have to tell the public (including potential funders) about our archives; We have to raise funds for the archives; We need money to do what needs to be done as archivists; etc…
SSA 2008 Theme Ideas so far
“On the go – from the get-go.”
"From the Get-go to the Cutting Edge"
Diversity
Cutting edge
Opportunity
Philanthropy
Cradle of Culture
International
From Magnolia City to the Space City
Dare to Dream Big
Think Big, Think Global
Houston: Dream Big
Houston: Dream Global
Houston - The "Can Do" City
Bayou City: A Multicultural Mecca
Bayou City: From Immigrants to Elites
“Natural Partners: Museums, Libraries, Archives Working Together”
This is a take-off of the last Rare Book and Manuscript Session of ALA in Austin last spring. Lots of good things could still be said about it in connection with Houston and the region’s institutions and I don’t think all that many archivists from the area attended.
“Archival Education: A Continuing Process”
Learning about one’s profession never stops; mentoring; collaboration with other archivists; how new formats require new preservation techniques; what we can learn from other professions.
“The Intertwined Issues of Funding, Knowledge, and Outreach for Archivists”
We need money to do what needs to be done as archivists; We have to educate ourselves about the techniques of preservation to make accurate funding requests; We have to tell the public (including potential funders) about our archives; We have to raise funds for the archives; We need money to do what needs to be done as archivists; etc…
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Interview: Nancy Jo Jenkins, Coldwater Revival
http://disciplesteps.blogspot.com/2006/11/coldwater-revival.html
Camy's Loft: Giveaway and excerpt! COLDWATER REVIVAL by Nancy Jo Jenkins
Camy's Loft: Giveaway and excerpt! COLDWATER REVIVAL by Nancy Jo Jenkins
Review of Christian novel set in Coldwater.
Review of Christian novel set in Coldwater.
iUniverse: The New Face of Publishing
Try searching the event database and you'll find a variety of Texas events going back a few years
La Bloga: The Meaning of Chicano, The King of Things/El Rey de las Cosas & Announcements
La Bloga: The Meaning of Chicano, The King of Things/El Rey de las Cosas & Announcements
Re: "Chicano." The inquiry goes on.
The blog is actually a good one to monitor.
Re: "Chicano." The inquiry goes on.
The blog is actually a good one to monitor.
Jim Lee's Texas
Re: the re-issue by LSU of
Wakeful Anguish: A Literary Biography of William Humphrey (LSU Press, 2004).
Wakeful Anguish: A Literary Biography of William Humphrey (LSU Press, 2004).
Will's Texana Annual Builds on the Monthly
Will's Texana Annual
may be available in February for your purchase.
A Will’s Texana Annual is being prepared. The year’s columns will be grouped, edited, and augmented with additional information, totaling probably fewer than 200 pages. Included will be a lengthy, simple list of new 2006 titles, maybe 400 titles. We hope it will constitute a new phase in Texas bibliography.
Contribute information as you wish.
Remember to send information to be included in the ANNUAL. If you are personally aware of new titles of 2006, do please let us know. If you wish to perform a search by thought or hand or social conversation or by electronic means to discover new titles in your own collection, in a library, in a bookstore, in a periodical, in a newspaper, do let us know of your results.
If you’ve followed WTM, you realize that the focus is on the content of the material, not necessarily authorship. Is the volume ABOUT some aspect of Texas, modern or historical? It may be non-fiction, fiction, poetry, pictorial, children’s books, cookbooks etc.? Some technical books are okay. Have your neighbors produced a book on their own or by “publication on demand?” Is the publisher easy to discover; if not, is an address or email available? What is new in your community?
Some posting from the Texas Parlor will also appear there, probably expanded some.
Interested parties should contact
willstexana at yahoo.com or cell: 832-633-0595
may be available in February for your purchase.
A Will’s Texana Annual is being prepared. The year’s columns will be grouped, edited, and augmented with additional information, totaling probably fewer than 200 pages. Included will be a lengthy, simple list of new 2006 titles, maybe 400 titles. We hope it will constitute a new phase in Texas bibliography.
Contribute information as you wish.
Remember to send information to be included in the ANNUAL. If you are personally aware of new titles of 2006, do please let us know. If you wish to perform a search by thought or hand or social conversation or by electronic means to discover new titles in your own collection, in a library, in a bookstore, in a periodical, in a newspaper, do let us know of your results.
If you’ve followed WTM, you realize that the focus is on the content of the material, not necessarily authorship. Is the volume ABOUT some aspect of Texas, modern or historical? It may be non-fiction, fiction, poetry, pictorial, children’s books, cookbooks etc.? Some technical books are okay. Have your neighbors produced a book on their own or by “publication on demand?” Is the publisher easy to discover; if not, is an address or email available? What is new in your community?
Some posting from the Texas Parlor will also appear there, probably expanded some.
Interested parties should contact
willstexana at yahoo.com or cell: 832-633-0595
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Texas folksong sources
http://timpanogos.wordpress.com/2006/10/16/finding-folk-music-for-lesson-plans/
"Finding Folk Music for Lesson Plans" is the topic of this "Millard Fillmore's Bathtub" blog.
"Finding Folk Music for Lesson Plans" is the topic of this "Millard Fillmore's Bathtub" blog.
The June Franklin Naylor Award for the Best Book on Texas History
http://www.drtl.org/Naylor/Naylor.asp
Commentary on San Antonio Daughters of the Republic of Texas webpage
"The June Franklin Naylor Award for the Best Book for Children on Texas History, endowed by the family of June Franklin Naylor and sponsored by the Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, is given annually to the author/illustrator of the most distinguished book for children and young adults, grades K-12, that accurately portrays the history of Texas, whether fiction or nonfiction. A former schoolteacher and long-time resident of Odessa, Mrs. Naylor served as President General of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Inc., from 1989-1991."
The 2005 award was presented to Dr. Anne Bustard, author, and Kurt Cyrus, illustrator for their book Buddy: The Story of Buddy Holly.
2004 Recipient - Sally Senzell Isaacs, author of Cattle Trails and Cowboys, 1840-1890
Commentary on San Antonio Daughters of the Republic of Texas webpage
"The June Franklin Naylor Award for the Best Book for Children on Texas History, endowed by the family of June Franklin Naylor and sponsored by the Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, is given annually to the author/illustrator of the most distinguished book for children and young adults, grades K-12, that accurately portrays the history of Texas, whether fiction or nonfiction. A former schoolteacher and long-time resident of Odessa, Mrs. Naylor served as President General of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Inc., from 1989-1991."
The 2005 award was presented to Dr. Anne Bustard, author, and Kurt Cyrus, illustrator for their book Buddy: The Story of Buddy Holly.
2004 Recipient - Sally Senzell Isaacs, author of Cattle Trails and Cowboys, 1840-1890
Nearly impossible adventures in literature, cinema, & robust conservative thought!: No Country for Old Men
Nearly impossible adventures in literature, cinema, & robust conservative thought!: No Country for Old Men
Adam Walter recommends Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men over Blood Meridian. It moves faster, fuller characters. Or see the movie, in the making.
Adam Walter recommends Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men over Blood Meridian. It moves faster, fuller characters. Or see the movie, in the making.
CRITICAL MASS: The Critical I: A Conversation With Jerome Weeks
CRITICAL MASS: The Critical I: A Conversation With Jerome Weeks
Jerome Weeks, Dallas critic, is more interesting that comments from Bakerfield.
Jerome Weeks, Dallas critic, is more interesting that comments from Bakerfield.
Library Technology in Texas: Literature Map
Library Technology in Texas: Literature Map
I tried the Literature Map. It was fun, but not many Texans.
I tried the Literature Map. It was fun, but not many Texans.
Popular Culture and American Culture Associations - Southwest/Texas
http://www.h-net.org/~swpca/index.html
"If it's not popular, it's not culture," they say.
Inquires "related to Children's and Young Adult literature, culture, and the intersection of these items with popular culture are welcome."
Dr. Diana Dominguez
Dept. of English & Communication
U. of Texas-Brownsville/Texas Southmost College
80 Fort Brown
Brownsville, TX 78520
Email: gypsyscholar@rgv.rr.com
"If it's not popular, it's not culture," they say.
Inquires "related to Children's and Young Adult literature, culture, and the intersection of these items with popular culture are welcome."
Dr. Diana Dominguez
Dept. of English & Communication
U. of Texas-Brownsville/Texas Southmost College
80 Fort Brown
Brownsville, TX 78520
Email: gypsyscholar@rgv.rr.com
Comments on James Hymes "West Texas Literature"
http://americareads.blogspot.com/2006/08/literary-guide-to-west-texas.html
Lorna Dee Cervantes: Rigoberto Gonzalez, raulsalinas, Bobby Byrd, Yvette Benavidez & LDC @ Texas Book Festival Today - Austion Capitol Bldg., 3:30
Lorna Dee Cervantes: Rigoberto Gonzalez, raulsalinas, Bobby Byrd, Yvette Benavidez & LDC @ Texas Book Festival Today - Austion Capitol Bldg., 3:30
Her first day at the Texas Book Festival, 2006.
Her first day at the Texas Book Festival, 2006.
What is Texas literature?
http://apragmaticpolicy.wordpress.com/2006/10/16/what-is-texas-literature/
Tony Christini is author of Homefront and other works of fiction and criticism. He takes the thread and comments on much broader affairs.
Tony Christini is author of Homefront and other works of fiction and criticism. He takes the thread and comments on much broader affairs.
Back blogging
Sorry for the month's gap. Been busy finalizing and distributing the October "Will's Texana Monthly," then there was offered the opporutnity to write an article for the "Houston Review" on "Early Commemorations on the Battle of San Jacinto," then there was the murder jury trial that captured me for almost two weeks.
Long and Writing Road: Born in Texas?
Long and Writing Road: Born in Texas?
Bailey Stewart, writer of romantic comedies, provides a list of Texas dramatic celebrities.
Bailey Stewart, writer of romantic comedies, provides a list of Texas dramatic celebrities.
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Texas Heat by William Harrison
Huntsville, Texas: Texas Review Press, 2005. http://www.shsu.edu/~www_trp
After making this trial audio, the service provider notified me that they will no longer be providing this service. So, this audio, is not the improved version.
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