~ West Texas Historical Association ~
Caption: Lou Rodenberger graciously accepts the honor of being named "Fellow" as Bruce Glasrud and Tai Kreidler look on. Click on the Image to view a larger version.
This year's meeting was held in Canyon, Texas, from April 3-5, 2008. Next year's meeting will be held in Lubbock, Texas, from April 2-4, 2009.
Congratulations to
the 2008 award winners - Bill Neal, winner of the Rupert Richardson
Award for the Best Book on West Texas History
for
"Getting Away with Murder on the Texas
Frontier"; Allan
J. Kuethe and José Manuel Serrano Álvarez, winners of the
Percy Jones Award for Best Article for "The San Sabá
Presidio and Spain's Frontier Policy in North America";
Tracy Stewart,
winner for Best
Student Essay for "Founding
Mothers of Deaf Smith County." Also, this
year the distinction of "Fellow" was established and awarded
to three WTHA members - Paul Carlson, Lou Rodenberger and Arnoldo DeLéon
[see photo to right].
Some events coming this month:
May 1-3, 2008- Annual Historic Preservation Conference in Corpus Christi, Texas.
  
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Image 1: A
picturesque view of the bridge over White Woman
Creek near Darrouzett, Texas, as captured by Bob
Burton.
Image 2: Colorful cactus plants thriving in Palo Duro Canyon is photographed by Robin Clark. Image 3: Who says there's no wildlife in suburbia? Holle Humphries shot this photo of a wild turkey on the garage roof of a neighbor's house in the Tech Terrace subdivision of Lubbock, Texas. Click on the images to view a larger version. |
A Recent Publications and Presentations page has been added to spotlight WTHA members activities from 2006-2007. In the Bookstore section, you can view a listing of, as well as order copies of, books published by our membership.
Suzanne Campbell was featured in January 27th issue of the San Angelo Standard-Times on the book "Feast of Our Spirit," a book for which she was the lead writer. The book was distributed as part of the inaugural Feast of Santa Angela.
Noel Parsons will be inducted to the Texas Institute of Letters at the organization's April meeting.
At the March 2008 TSHA meeting, Bruce Glasrud was inducted as a Texas State Historical Association Fellow.
JoAnn Pospisil has been appointed as the director of the Baylor College of Medicine Archives.
John Miller Morris won the Robert Calvert Award for best new manuscript accepted for publication by Texas A&M Press.
Rob Fink is serving as a visiting professor of history at McMurry University.In February, Sylvia Gann Mahoney was a guest speaker at the 2008 Guy Caldwell Western Heritage Lecture at Hardin-Simmons University.
Paul Carlson recently gave a brown bag presentation on his latest book, "Slavery to Integration: Black Americans in West Texas," at the Abilene Public Library.
A gallery guide on the exhibit "The Pastel Range: Frank Reaugh, Ranch Historian" produced by the National Ranching Heritage Center and the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library won the Judge's Choice Award at the 2008 ADDY Awards, which was hosted by the Lubbock Advertisting Federation.
We would like to extend our condolences to the family of Mrs. Barbara Neal Ledbetter on her passing. Barbara wrote a lot on Texas topics and had submitted several articles to the Yearbook over the years. More information on her career can be found here.
Older news on WTHA members can be found here.
Picture This!
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Image 1: Session presenters from Saturday morning's East Texas Historical Association 2007 annual Meeting sit down for dinner at the Clear Creek Restaurant. Pictured are Troy Ainsworth and colleague Christina, Jennifer Spurrier and her husband, Walter, and Neil Kreidler. Tai Kreidler is the photographer. Image 2: Dr. Robert Carr presents Elmer Kelton with a personalized parking sign. Image 3: Ashley Pettiet-Richey, Janet Neugebauer and Travis Roberts at the Center for Big Bend Studies annual meeting. Image 4: The gang enjoys dinner in Paisano, Texas. |
Who Are We?
Caption:
Midland meeting, 2000
Our Association is active. Each year we hold a conference in a West Texas city. We visit, present papers, and exchange ideas and information. We publish a selection of papers in our annual Yearbook. Also, twice a year, we put out a newsletter highlighting people, places, and events throughout West Texas. In addition, the Association works cooperatively with other historical groups such as the East Texas Historical Association and the Texas Oral History Association.
Caption:
Former president Darlene Bellinghausen presides over a
session at the Midland meeting.
In addition, the WTHA promotes research and writing by giving cash awards. These include prizes for the best Year Book article, the best nonfiction and best fiction books on West Texas, and the best student article. The Association also provides research funds on a competitive basis.
Please
take time to look us over. Contact us if you would like to
attend our annual meeting, present a paper, preside over one
of the sessions, and submit one of your articles or books for
an award. If you are from West Texas, or if in your heart you
are a West Texan, we encourage you to become a member. Our
dues are inexpensive. Our journal is well-known,
and highly regarded. Our membership is international. And, the
hospitality is just right.
Tai Kreidler, Executive
Director
email:
tai.kreidler@ttu.edu
Throughout its long and
distinguished history, the WTHA has encompassed a wide range
of both professional and non-professional historians--from
lawyers and physicians to ranchers, business people, and
teachers. Although their interests vary, members share a
common desire to preserve the rich history of the West Texas
region for present and future generations.
Caption: Exhibits and silent auction at the 2000 Midland meeting.
P.O.
41041
Texas Tech
University
Lubbock, Texas
79409-1041
Ph. 806-742-9076 wthayb@ttu.edu
UPDATES
- The latest Cyclone newsletters are up.
- There are now 4 ways to search for articles in the Yearbook - by author, by title, by subject, and by volume.
- Recaps of the 2008 meeting and photographs are being added.
- Photos of WTHA members at the fall board meeting, at the ETHA meeting, and the CBBS meeting have been added.
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Submitting Articles For those planning to submit articles to the Yearbook, the Style Sheet Presentation has been added to the website. You can view it either in PowerPoint or html format. Also added is Dr. Carlson's presentation on Style Concerns. |
FREEZE FRAME
Lewis Earl and friends.
At the Frontier Texas Museum, some members take a photo op by a buffalo sculpture. Pictured are H. Allen Anderson, Patricia Clark, ?, Robert Hall, Cheryl Lewis and Travis Roberts Jr.
Historians on the Road- Tai
Kreidler, unidentified friend, Clint Chambers, Bryan Edwards, Paul
Carlson, Harry Bob Martin, Jack Becker, and Robert Carr on the top of
Soldier Mound in Dickens City. Click on the image to see a larger
version.
- Call for Papers
- Registration and Location
- Session program
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