The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 51, July 1947 - April, 1948 Page: 263
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Texas Collection
there is nothing that is more stimulating to scholarly produc-
tivity. Especially is this true in the humanities and social sci-
ences, both of which are currently suffering considerable official
neglect.
The fact that the Texas State Historical Association has in the
last few years turned out several creditable volumes, and the
further fact that each printing has been sold out within a year,
most of them at a profit, indicate the possibilities of an insti-
tution-wide press.
If a University Press is not in existence in time to put its
imprint on the Handbook of Texas, it is going to miss a real
opportunity. And for the information of those who may be con-
sidering the subject, it may be added that the Association has
the funds on hand to publish the Handbook under its own
imprint. To put the matter in another way, the Association has
already proved by its publications that a press is much needed
and that its success is pretty well assured. If it is compelled to
publish the Handbook, as it is prepared to do, it will, by that
act have established a press and the prestige that ought to go
with it.
If I were director of a University Press (which I have no
intention of being), I would make the first project the publi-
cation of Oberholtzer's study of Texas birds, a monumental work
which will cost between $50,000 and $ioo,ooo. According to
Roy Bedichek this is a definitive work on the subject. It could
be made to pay back its cost and would launch the press on its
career. What is needed in setting up a University Press is vision
and courage half equal to the opportunities and the possibilities.
Many years ago Major George W. Littlefield gave a large sum
of money to the University, stipulating that it be used in writing
a definitive history of the South. Much time elapsed before the
work got under way, and in the meantime Louisiana State Uni-
versity launched a similar project. The problem was resolved
by making the proposed history of the South a joint under-
taking. The ten-volume history of the South was announced
recently, and the first volume by Professor E. M. Coulter came
off the press with the promise that other volumes would follow
at intervals of three or four months. It so happened that L. S. U.263
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 51, July 1947 - April, 1948, periodical, 1948; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101119/m1/331/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.