San Antonio College Library

Presents a concise history of the state of Texas.

Collection of memoirs, stories, samples of journalism, and novel exerpts about Texas.

Gathers little-known facts about the history of Texas, including early settlers, the Mexican War, the foundation of colleges, and the start of military aviation at Kelly Field.

Women have long made significant contributions to Texas history. Only in recent years, however, has their part in that history begun to be told. The great strides made in Texas women's studies are reflected in this important new book of essays about women and their many roles in the history of our state. In October 1990 the Texas State Historical Association sponsored a conference, "Women and Texas History," which brought together some of the leading...

Collection of fourteen essays reflecting on aspects of Texas myths including wealth and power, the nature of the family, the "good life," the role of women, and the freedom heritage of African-Americans.

This book is a History of Van Horn, Texas and Culberson County. Of course there are many events and happenings that have transpired that I know nothing of, and since most of the people who have lived here in the past have gone to their heavenly home, or have moved away, it is impossible to contact them.

"This brief essay is about how The University of Texas came to create the Eugene C. Barker Texas History Center. Many talented people helped to make the institution a reality and this story is somewhat about them too. But the story is really about J. Evetts Haley and a little-known aspect of his controversial career, his many-sided and problematic relationship with The University of Texas."--The preface

Gone to Texas engagingly tells the story of the Lone Star State, from the arrival of humans in the Panhandle more than 10,000 years ago to the opening of the twenty-first century. Focusing on the state's successive waves of immigrants, the book offers an inclusive view of the vast array of Texans who, often in conflict with each other and always in a struggle with the land, created a history and an idea of Texas. Striking a balance between revisionist...