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March 3-5, 2016 Omni Mandalay Hotel at Las Colinas 120th120th AnnualAnnual MeetingMeeting MarchMarch 3-5,3-5, 20162016 OOmnimni MandalayMandalay HotelHotel atat LasLas ColinasColinas Annual Meeting Sponsors Graduate Student Mixer Gold Nancy and Ted Paup Frost Bank 7H[DV*HQHUDO/DQG2I¿FH Presidential Reception Silver Bud Light/Silver Eagle Distributers Nancy and Ted Paup Texas Independence Relay Reception Session Sponsor Nancy and Ted Paup Center for Greater Southwestern Studies, Women in Texas History Luncheon University of Texas Arlington Frances B. Vick Crinkstuff Ellen C. Temple Margaret Furse Platinum Texas Supreme Court Historical Society Dr. John Parker 7H[DV*HQHUDO/DQG2I¿FH Texas Folklore Society Exhibitors Abigail Press TCU Press Adobe Book Collection Texas A&M University Press Cradleboard Ranch Texas State Genealogical Society Craig Hokenson Bookseller Texas Tech University Press Crinkstuff The Book Collector Galvan Creek Postcards The Dust Jacket Hill College Press University of New Mexico Press Heritage Auctions University of North Texas Libraries Lone Star Chapter APG University of North Texas Press Marian Barber University of Oklahoma Press Southern Methodist University William P. University of Texas Press Clements Center for Southwest Studies William Allison Books Southern Methodist University DeGoyler Library TSHA is Proudly Supported by Bank of America Global Dr. Carlos R. Hamilton, Jr. The Rees-Jones Foundation Advisory Council Mr. M. Hauser Ms. Sarah Reveley Mr. James Bertz Heritage Auctions, Inc. Summerfield G. Roberts Mr. John C. Britt Mrs. Sarita A. Hixon Foundation Broadway Bank Houston Endowment Inc. Smithsonian Institution Mr. J. P. Bryan, Jr. Humanities Texas Strake Foundation Mr. H. Scott Caven, Jr. Inman Foundation The Summerlee Foundation Mr. James H. Clement, III Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson T. L. L. Temple Foundation Communities Foundation of The Kayser Foundation Texas Capital Bank Texas Mr. and Mrs. John J. Lendrum, Texas Presbyterian Foundation Mr. Peter Coneway III Mr. Ralph B. Thomas Mr. & Mrs. John Connally Locke Lord, LLP The University of Texas at Mr. Stephen C. Cook Mr. and Mrs. Red McCombs Austin Mr. Ross Crampton Mr. and Mrs. John McStay Mr. Julio C. Villarreal Trevino Mr. Oliver W. Crinkelmeyer Mr. George Morris Mr. John B. Walker Mr. Stewart Cureton National Christian Foundation Dr. William R. Weaver Dodge Jones Foundation Mr. John L. Nau, III The Gil and Dody Weaver The Elkins Foundation Mr. Patrick C. Oxford Foundation Ms. Caroline Forgason Dr. John M. Parker Mr. and Mrs. William P. Wright Mr. and Mrs. Tim J. Goff Ms. Kate Paxton Jr. Ms. Elizabeth Greenwade- The Honorable and Mrs. Qualls Thomas R. Phillips Mr. Ed Grusnis Texas Presbyterian Foundation Cover photo provided by Omni Mandalay Hotel at Las Colinas Welcome to the 120th Annual Meeting ow is the time to make plans to gather at the Omni Mandalay Hotel in Las Colinas, Nin Irving, for the Texas State Historical Association’s 120th Annual Meeting. The past year has been a transformative one for the organization in several areas. Most importantly, TSHA returned to The University of Texas at Austin, where the Association was founded in 1897 and operated for 108 years. We are grateful for the effort led by Past-President John Nau and Board member Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison with assistance from the Association Board, members and friends state-wide. The announcement was celebrated jointly by the University of Texas and TSHA on May 8 in the Governor’s Reception Room at the Capitol. CEO Brian Bolinger and many of the VWDIIPDGHWKHWUDQVLWLRQWR$XVWLQDQGKDYHVHWWOHGLQWRRI¿FHVRQWKH87FHQWUDOFDPSXV and at Lake Austin Boulevard. I hope you will join me in extending a welcome to our newest staff members, including Handbook Managing Editor Brett Derbes and Director of Development Collin Acock. Equally exciting is our renewed partnership with the History Department at UT. The TSHA Chief Historian will be a tenured member of the faculty, continuing our commitment to ensure the highest academic standards for programming and publications. As I write this letter, the search for the Chief Historian is actively in progress. Randolph B. Campbell, Regent’s Professor of History at the University of North Texas and the inaugural Lone Star Chair, will continue as Chief Historian through August 2016 to ensure a smooth transition. We owe a huge debt of gratitude to Mike for his careful stewardship and dedication to the mission of TSHA. I am also pleased to share that the Summerlee Foundation Chair in Texas History has been established in the History Department to support the work of the Chief Historian. This important milestone will be publically announced and formally hosted by University of Texas President, Gregory L. Fenves on December 14. The sustained leadership by the Summerlee Foundation in supporting Texas history and the TSHA is extraordinary. Their gift, in concert with the leadership donations which established the original Lone Star Chair, ensures the pivotal role of the Chief Historian as a productive scholar. TSHA Press published several important books this year, including Wests of Texas by Bruce M. Shackelford, now in its second printing. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly remains the scholarly journal-of-record for Texas History and this year received the Michael P. Malone Prize from the Western History Association for the best article on state history in North America. The 2016-17 Texas Almanac is hot off the press and brimming with current data about Texas in addition to special articles on Texas foodways and the growing Texas wine industry. Thanks to the assistance of the 84th Texas Legislature, we are now able to offer free digital copies of this widely used reference. The Handbook of Texas Online continues to grow bigger and better with the passage of time. Additional visual content is now incorporated and the Handbook staff continually works to add additional content layers. The latest Handbook spinoff, The Handbook of Texas Music, is now available on-line with the exciting added feature of supplementary audio clips. At the Annual Meeting we will formally announce the Handbook of Tejano History, which has been a year in the making. The latest spinoff project—the Handbook of Houston History—is well underway. 1 Our innovative programs for teachers and students at all levels support the Association’s mission to ensure that the next generation of Texans will appreciate our state’s rich and unique history. Newest among them is Texas Talks, a live web cast series featuring scholarly presentations on diverse Texas history topics. Members can also access the edited archives of each talk. The state-wide History Day competition continues to produce budding scholars. Eleven students from Texas went on to win top honors at the 36th Annual National History Day, a five day history event for students in grades six through twelve. Top awards included two First Place, two Second Place, and one Third Place finish for our student participants. This year’s program committee has once again done an outstanding job. Forty sessions will explore virtually every topic and era of Texas history. Sessions on military, political, religious, legal, labor, medical, environmental, business, sports, and Borderlands history offer topics for everyone. No fewer than ten sessions focus on Spanish, Mexican, or Tejano history. Seven sessions are devoted all or in part to women’s history. African American history, slavery, or civil rights are the subjects of ten sessions. There are sessions on the Texas Revolution and Republic, the Mexican War, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the cattle industry. Joint sessions with many other organizations round out our program. Special events begin on Thursday, March 3 with the Women in Texas History Luncheon, when the Liz Carpenter Award will be presented. On Thursday evening, the Presidential Reception will welcome incoming TSHA President Stephen C. Cook. On Friday, March 4, the Fellows Luncheon and Awards Banquet provides an opportunity to celebrate new scholarly publications in Texas history. That evening I will address you one last time as President at the Presidential Banquet. Highlights of this year’s meeting are an Appraisal Fair by Heritage Auctions and the addition of the Texas Booksellers Association to the Exhibit Hall. Throughout the meeting you can place bids in the Silent Auction, which includes private tours, rare books, maps, and unique objects. Publications by some of the region’s leading publishers of history and from rare book dealers will be for sale in the Exhibit Hall. Thank you to our TSHA staff who consistently do a stellar job in planning and executing the meeting. Please note the generous support provided to TSHA and the Annual Meeting by our sponsors, whose names are listed on the preceding page. We also appreciate the support of our long-time members and the new members who are joining at unprecedented rates. As we enjoy the company of colleagues and long-standing friends in Irving, please welcome and introduce yourself to new members and first time meeting participants. Thank you for your membership in TSHA and for attending the Annual Meeting. I hope you enjoy the sessions, the special events, the exhibit hall and the camaraderie that suffuses the gathering, and may this 120th assembly be a source of inspiration and renewed commitment to the study of Texas History. With Texas Pride, P. Lynn Denton TSHA President 2 Dear TSHA Members and Friends, e are proud to present the 120th consecutive Annual Meeting of the oldest learned Wsociety in Texas.
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