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Texas Institute of Letters April/May/June 2015 Texas Institute of Letters website: http://www.texasinstituteofletters.org/ Nan Cuba and Kathleen Winter Are Chosen Dobie Paisano Fellowships Winners Named Winners of the Dobie Paisano Writing Fellowships for 2015 are Nana Cuba and Kathleen Winter. The fellowships, sponsored by The University of Texas at Austin and the Texas Institute of Letters, allow writers to live and work at the Paisano ranch, J. Frank Dobie’s 254-acre retreat west of Austin. Nan Cuba, recipient of the Jesse Jones Fellowship, is the author of Body and Bread (Engine Books, 2013), winner of the PEN Southwest Award in Fiction and the Texas Institute of Letters Steven Turner Award for Best Work of First Fiction; it was also listed as one of “Ten Titles to Pick Up Now” in O, Oprah’s Magazine, was a “Summer Books” choice from Huffington Post, and the San Antonio Express-News called it one of the “Best Books of 2013.” Cuba co-edited Art at our Doorstep: San Antonio Writers and Artists (Trinity University Press, 2008), and published other work in such places as Antioch Review, Harvard Review, Columbia, and Chicago Tribune’s Printer’s Row. Her story, “Watching Alice Watch,” was one 1 of the Million Writers Award Notable Stories (storySouth), and “When Horses Fly” won the George Nixon Creative Writing Award for Best Prose from the Conference of College Teachers of English. As an investigative journalist, she reported on the causes of extraordinary violence in LIFE, Third Coast, and D Magazine. She received an artist residency at Fundación Valparaiso in Spain and was a finalist for the Humanities Texas Award for Individual Achievement. -
Development Plat Submittal Requirements
CITY OF HOUSTON Archaeological & Historical Commission Planning and Development Department PROTECTED LANDMARK DESIGNATION REPORT LANDMARK NAME: Emancipation Park AGENDA ITEM: III OWNER: City of Houston HPO FILE NO: 07PL46 APPLICANT: City of Houston Parks and Recreation Department DATE ACCEPTED: 07/30/07 LOCATION: 3018 Dowling Street, Houston, Texas 77004 HAHC HEARING DATE: 08/22/07 30-DAY HEARING NOTICE: N/A PC HEARING DATE: 08/30/07 SITE INFORMATION: A ten-acre parcel described as Lot No. 25 in the James S. Holman Survey, within the limits of the City of Houston, Harris County, Texas, on the south side of Buffalo Bayou and bordered by Hutchins Street, Tuam Avenue, Dowling Street, and Elgin Avenue. TYPE OF APPROVAL REQUESTED: Landmark and Protected Landmark Designation for Emancipation Park, including the Park Buildings. HISTORY AND SIGNIFICANCE SUMMARY: Emancipation Park, located in Houston’s Third Ward, is the oldest park site in the City of Houston. It was originally part of the land granted in 1839 to James S. Holman, who had served as Houston’s first mayor. The parcel was purchased in 1872 by a group of black community leaders for the celebration of Juneteenth (the anniversary of the emancipation of African-Americans in Texas on June 19, 1865), and it was donated to the City of Houston in 1916. For more than twenty years, Emancipation Park was the only public park in Houston open to African-Americans. In 1938-39, the Public Works Administration constructed on the park site a recreation center, swimming pool, and bathhouse, designed by prominent Houston architect William Ward Watkin. -
ETHJ Vol-36 No-2
East Texas Historical Journal Volume 36 Issue 2 Article 1 10-1998 ETHJ Vol-36 No-2 Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ethj Part of the United States History Commons Tell us how this article helped you. Recommended Citation (1998) "ETHJ Vol-36 No-2," East Texas Historical Journal: Vol. 36 : Iss. 2 , Article 1. Available at: https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ethj/vol36/iss2/1 This Full Issue is brought to you for free and open access by the History at SFA ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in East Texas Historical Journal by an authorized editor of SFA ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact [email protected]. VOLUME XXXVI 1998 NUMBER 2 HISTORICAL JOURNAL EAST TEXAS HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 1997..1998 OFFICERS Janles V. Reese : "'" President Patricia Kell '" '" Fmt Vice President Donald WiUett , Second Vice President Portia L. Gordon Secretary-Treasurer DIRECTORS Ronald C. Ellison.""" "'" Beaumont 1998 William Enger Athens 1998 Carolyn Ericson Nacogdoches '" 1998 Kenneth E. Hendrickson, Jr Wichita FaJls t 999 Clayton Brown Fort Worth 2000 TY Cashion Conunerce 2000 JoAnn Stiles Beaumont 2000 James Speer Nacogdoches ex officio Cecil Harper Spring ex-President Carol Riggs Lufkin ex-President EDITORIAL BOARD Valentine J. Belfiglio Garland Bob Bowman Lutkin Gama L. Christian Houston Ouida Dean Nacogdoches Patricia A. Gajda : 'TYler Robert L. Glover .Flint Bobby H. Johnson Nacogdoches Patricia Kell Baytown Max S. Lale Fort Worth Irvin M. May, Jr Bryan Chuck Parsons """"'" Yorktown Fred Thrpley , "'" ColIll11el'Ce Archie P. McDonald EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND EDITOR MEMBERSmP INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERS pay $100 annually LIFE MEMBERS pay $300 or more BENEFACTOR pays $100. -
Picturing Texans.Pdf
Picturing Texans An index to the portraits and photographs showing recognizable individuals published in Texas pictorial historical and genealogical references (mug books) before 1941. Version 1.0 1 June 2011 Introduction: Once upon a time, several decades ago, it occurred to me that an index to the portraits in early Texas mug books would have been handy for researchers and historians who were trying to flesh out and illustrate the history of the state. While there was hardly ever any difficulty finding usable images of Stephen, Sam, Jim, Davy, and lots of the other big time revolutionary guys, finding a portrait of a judge or a lumber dealer or a preacher, particularly a member of a minority group or from a small town, was much more difficult. While several excellent indexes were created during the Depression, including those of names found in mug books and newspapers, these rarely reported if the item included a portrait. Well, that was then and this is, oh yeah, the computer age. This index was created to help researchers locate images of Texans that they might find useful. The operable word in the previous sentence is “help.” This index was created over several months a few hours at a time. In most cases only one or two of the publications were available at any one time, and, anyway, I made no effort to compare images that purport to show the same person to see if the two are actually the same image or, for that matter, actually depict the same individual. The user will find many errors in the following entries. -
Development Plat Submittal Requirements
CITY OF HOUSTON Archaeological & Historical Commission Planning and Development Department PROTECTED LANDMARK DESIGNATION REPORT LANDMARK NAME: Emancipation Park AGENDA ITEM: III OWNER: City of Houston HPO FILE NO: 07PL46 APPLICANT: City of Houston Parks and Recreation Department DATE ACCEPTED: 07/30/07 LOCATION: 3018 Dowling Street, Houston, Texas 77004 HAHC HEARING DATE: 08/22/07 30-DAY HEARING NOTICE: N/A PC HEARING DATE: 08/30/07 SITE INFORMATION: A ten-acre parcel described as Lot No. 25 in the James S. Holman Survey, within the limits of the City of Houston, Harris County, Texas, on the south side of Buffalo Bayou and bordered by Hutchins Street, Tuam Avenue, Dowling Street, and Elgin Avenue. TYPE OF APPROVAL REQUESTED: Landmark and Protected Landmark Designation for Emancipation Park, including the Park Buildings. HISTORY AND SIGNIFICANCE SUMMARY: Emancipation Park, located in Houston’s Third Ward, was originally part of the land granted in 1839 to James S. Holman, who had served as Houston’s first mayor. The parcel was purchased in 1872 by a group of black community leaders for the celebration of Juneteenth (the anniversary of the emancipation of African-Americans in Texas on June 19, 1865), and it was donated to the City of Houston in 1916. For more than twenty years, Emancipation Park was the only public park in Houston open to African-Americans. In 1938-39, the Public Works Administration constructed on the park site a recreation center, swimming pool, and bathhouse, designed by prominent Houston architect William Ward Watkin, on the site. The buildings are important examples of PWA construction in Houston and have been used since their construction for after-school and summer programs for children, community meetings, and classes for youth and adults.