The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 60, July 1956 - April, 1957 Page: 311
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Texas Collection
Dallas to the author of the manuscript which best portrays the
spirit of men and women who founded the Republic of Texas
and which is written or published between January 1 and De-
cember 31 of the year for which the award is given.
There is no word limit on the material submitted for the
award, which is for $i,ooo. The manuscripts may be either fiction
or non-fiction, poems, essays, short stories, novels, biography.
Judges this year will be the last three winners of the award--
Chris Emmett, 507 Williamsburg Place, San Antonio, author of
Shanghai Pierce, chairman; Dr. Llerena B. Friend, Barker Texas
History Center, University Station, Austin, author of Sam Hous-
ton: the Great Designer, and Mrs. Bessie Lee Fitzhugh, Box 1o92,
Route 9, Waco, author of Bells Over Texas. A copy of each entry
must be sent to each judge before December 31 and no entries
will be returned.
The award is made possible through the generosity of Sum-
merfield Griffith Roberts, Dallas, whose eight great-grandparents
were all residents of the Republic of Texas. He is a former execu-
tive committeeman of The Sons of the Republic of Texas and a
Knight of the Order of San Jacinto. 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.
Henry B. Bass of Enid, Oklahoma, a director of the Oklahoma
Historical Society, has presented a copy of the "Border Queen"
Historical Edition of the Caldwell (Kansas) Messenger, which
was published on April 30, 1956, as part of the 1956 Chisholm
Trail Celebration Drive. Texans figured prominently in the turbu-
lent early history of Caldwell, which was established in 1870-1871
as the Kansas terminal of the Chisholm Trail. Texas historians
as well as those of Kansas and Oklahoma, therefore, will be in-
terested in the eleven-section edition of the Messenger, which is
described as "the most complete history of Caldwell, Kansas, and
northern Grant County, Oklahoma, ever recorded in newspaper
form." The presentation copy of the Messenger has been depos-31x
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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/m1/340/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.