The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 58, July 1954 - April, 1955 Page: 163
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Texas Collection
or published between Oct. 1 of the preceding year and Sept. 30
of the year in which the award is given.
There is no word limit on the material submitted for the
award, which is for $1,ooo. The manuscripts may be either fiction
or non-fiction, poems, essays, short stories, novels, biography. The
authors do not have to be Texas residents, nor the publishers in
Texas.
Judges this year will be the first three winners of the award-
Dr. Eugene C. Barker, 26oo San Gabriel, Austin, author of The
Life of Stephen F. Austin, J. Evetts Haley, The Institute of Amer-
icanism, Tech Station, Lubbock, author of Old Fort Concho, and
Chris Emmett, 507 Williamsburg Place, San Antonio, author of
Shanghai Pierce. A copy of each entry must be sent to each judge
before September 30o and no entries will be returned.
The award is made, possible through the generosity of Sum-
merfield Griffith Roberts, Dallas oilman, whose eight great-grand-
parents were all residents of the Republic of Texas. He is a for-
mer executive committeeman of The Sons of the Republic of
Texas. Purpose of the award is to encourage the writing of good
literature about Texas in Texas by Texans and to stimulate this
endeavor the competition has been made open to all writers
everywhere.
For further information write: The Sons of the Republic of
Texas, 2412 Colcord Avenue, Waco, Texas.
Cleofas Calleros of El Paso, a member of the Trans-Pecos Over-
land Mail Committee and an active writer of Texas history, was
on February 22, 1954, invested with the insignias of knighthood
in the Order of Isabella the Catholic. The honor was conferred
by the Spanish government in recognition of Calleros' his-
torical writings. Calleros did research in various Spanish archives
during World War I and has written extensively on the Spanish
conquest of America as well as local studies of the El Paso area.
The Association joins with Calleros' many friends in appreciation
for this merited recognition.
The San Antonio Historical Association held its Fourteenth
Annual Dinner in the Pereaux Room of the St. Anthony Hotel
on January 15. Following the tradition of the organization, the163
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