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ciation continues to be depleted at too fast a pace. The latest to go is J. P.
Bryan, who died this past June 9 at Hermann Hospital in Houston after
an extended illness. A native of Brazoria County, descended on the maternal
side from the family of Stephen F. Austin, James Perry Bryan was an in-
tense believer in the Texas heritage, who practiced even harder than he
preached. A discerning book collector, his works on Texas maps are par-
ticularly valuable and will be consulted so long as scholars survey the Texas
scene.
As regent of The University of Texas Bryan gave enormous support to
former president Harry H. Ransom, while the latter built up the inter-
nationally famed collection of rare books in the University's Special Col-
lections. Appropriately Bryan was buried at Peach Point, which Stephen F.
Austin would have appreciated. Besides his wife, Betty Bingham Bryan,
Bryan leaves two sons, J. P. Bryan Jr. of Houston and John Shelby Bryan
of New York City.
Another sad note. Robert Lee Williamson, associate professor of history
at The University of Texas at Arlington, whose big passive face has adorned
so many of the annual meetings of the TSHA over the past quarter-of-a-
century, will not be seen in the lobbies at future meetings. He died in Ar-
lington this past May 21 at the age of 52. He had written more than twenty
unsigned articles for the first edition of the Handbook of Texas, and his
article on "The Muzzle Loading Rifle: Frontier Tool," had been printed
in Essays on the American West, edited by Sandra Myres and others and
issued by the University of Texas Press in I969. He had also published
several reviews in the SWHQ, and had several of his poems published in
the Arlington Quarterly.
His survivors include his wife Lil, one of the supreme old-time hostesses
in academic circles, and his five children, Bruce, Mary Margaret, Kathe-
rine, Susan, and John.
French and Spanish documents located in the Natchitoches Parish
Clerk of Court's Office are currently being microfilmed. Papers belonging
to Louis Juchereau de St. Denis have already been copied, and all Natchi-
toches civil records prior to I900 will ultimately be filmed. Copies of these
records will be kept at the Clerk of Court's Office and at the Archives and
Records Service in Baton Rouge.
Stanford University Libraries have completed a microfilm edition of the
William R. Shafter Papers. The seven rolls of film include material relating223
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