The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 58, July 1954 - April, 1955 Page: 297
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7, and 8 to commemorate the organization of the county. Of
particular historical interest was "The Coryell Centurama," pre-
sented by the Coryell County Centennial Association, in which
several hundred persons participated in a twenty episode historical
pageant of the county's history.
Mrs. J. Bruce Duncan, Association vice-president, sent to the
office a souvenir program and two centennial newspapers; the
Gatesville Messenger of May 7, 1954, and the Coryell County
News for May 4, 1954. This valuable collection of Coryell County
history has been placed in the Eugene C. Barker Texas History
Center for future use by students in Texas history.
Miss Frances Donecker has presented to the Association a scrap-
book containing a forty-six page letter uncovered in New York in
1946 by Charlotte Seymour Day. The manuscript appears to be
a narrative; no signature and no date are given. The time of the
story is the year following the Mexican War, and the setting covers
territory between Indianola and San Antonio. This contribution
has been placed in the Archives Collection of the Eugene C.
Barker Texas History Center.
The Association has received from Mrs. Leslie Waggener, Jr.,
of Dallas, some additional papers belonging to Dr. Leslie Wag-
gener, Sr., first president of the University of Texas. The recent
contribution has been added to the collection given to the Asso-
ciation last year by Mrs. Waggener.
The Baylor Historical Society held its annual meeting on May
28 in the Union Building of Baylor University at Waco. Mrs.
F. O. Maxwell spoke at the luncheon and Mrs. Lily Russell pre-
sented a paper at the afternoon session on Stephen Decatur Rowe,
Baylor's first graduate.
Mrs. Richard E. Callender of College Station, a new member
of the Association, writes enthusiastically about the Junior His-
torian program. She also gives an interesting report of historical
activity on the Genealogical Records Committee of the Texas
Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Our Chapter Chairmen of the Daughters of the American Revolu-
tion are doing some work toward preservation of Texas records; we297
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