The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 60, July 1956 - April, 1957 Page: 169
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Texas Collection
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aging committee of the American School of Classical Studies in
Athens, Greece, and Phi Beta Kappa (president, Texas Alpha).
Dr. Battle was a charter member of the Association, and
he was a member of the committee to establish the Eugene C.
Barker Texas History Center. He contributed a number of arti-
cles to the Handbook of Texas and was the author of "A Concise
History of the University of Texas, 1883-1950," which appeared
in the April, 1951, number of the Quarterly.
Billie Mae Persons, curator of history at the Witte Museum
in San Antonio, spoke to the San Antonio Historical Association
at its February 17, 1956, meeting on "Foreign Elements in Texas
Dress before the Civil War." Miss Persons is presently working on
her master of arts thesis in history at the University of Texas.
The Visual Instruction Bureau, Division of Extension, Uni-
versity of Texas has drawn up for the Texas Collection the fol-
lowing annotated list of 16 millimeter films available on Texas.
ALONG THE TEXAS RANGE. to min, sd, b&w. 3041. ...... 1.50
This film gives a descriptive tour through the Big Bend National Park in
Western Texas, showing the natural beauties and the life of the goat herders
and cowboys who inhabit the region. Part of the park was donated by Mexico,
thus making it the first international park. (2oth Century Fox; TFC)
Texas-int, jh, sh, ad; National Parks & Reserves-int, jh, sh, ad.
LAST OF THE WILD WEST. 16 min, sd, b&w. 5397 ....... $2.75
A tour of the Big Bend National Park in Texas. Includes scenes of a petrified
forest, the deserted ruins of Fort Davis once garrisoned by Federal and Con-
federate troopers, and the other scenes of ghost towns of the Old West. Shows
how the United States and Mexico have cooperated in patrolling the border.
(RKO; McGraw-Hill)
Texas-jh, sh, col, ad; U.S. Description & Travel-jh, sh, col, ad.
LONE STAR ROUNDUP. 15 min, sd, b&w. 5396 ......... . . . $2.75
Filmed in Bosque County on the great central plains of Texas, this subject
deals with the life and activities on a modern "industrial" cattle ranch (the
Flat Top Ranch). The scientific methods and the conveniences provided for
the ranch hands contrast sharply with the notion most people derive of Texas
ranchers from western fiction. (RKO; McGraw-Hill)
U.S.-Description & Travel-jh, sh, col, ad; Texas-jh, sh, col, ad.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC-100 YEARS IN TEXAS, 11 min, sd,
color. C-544o . ......... ......... .. ...........$ .50
During a conversation between a youngster and his grandfather, himself a
retired Southern Pacific man, the history of the growth of a railroad along
with the growth of a state is unfolded. The film gives the highlights of
Southern Pacific expansion and its importance in the state and also the country.
(Southern Pacific Rwy)
Railroad-int, jh, sh, ad; Texas-int, jh, sh, ad.
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 60, July 1956 - April, 1957, periodical, 1957; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101163/m1/190/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.