The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 86, July 1982 - April, 1983 Page: 86
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Southwestern Historical Quarterly
the state, consisting presently of 5,000 items that cut across the entire
spectrum of media. In addition to these myriad activities, J. P. is cur-
rently working on a publication about the battle of Velasco, a project
begun by his great great uncle, Louis J. Wilson, and continued by his
father.
Clearly the presidency of the Association is in capable hands. To
J. P. and all his family we extend our congratulations as we look for-
ward to a fine new year.
Edward Clark, former United States Ambassador to Australia and
a member of the University of Texas Board of Regents from 1973 to
1979, was elected first vice-president of the Association at its annual
meeting last March. Clifton Caldwell, rancher and investor from Al-
bany and Dallas, was elected second vice-president.
New Executive Council members of the Association are C. B. Smith,
Sr., investor and long-time supporter of the Association; Charles G.
Downing, high sheriff of the annual auction and Texana collector;
and Clayton Williams, Sr., Fort Stockton rancher and oil man, and the
author of four books on Texas history.
Financial support for the Association is growing. Increasingly, mem-
bers, friends, foundations, and others are helping by funding projects
and contributing to the endowment. J. Conrad Dunagan contributed
$25,000 toward the establishment of the first of the Association's pro-
posed permanent junior research fellowships. The recipient of the
fellowship each year is to come from the University of Texas, Permian
Basin. For the next thirteen or fourteen years graduate students from
the Permian Basin institution will be working on the revised Hand-
book. After the completion of the Handbook in 1995, the J. Conrad
Dunagan Fellow each year will be involved in other Association re-
search projects.
The Texas Educational Association, a long-time supporter of the
TSHA, made a grant of $1o,ooo for the continuation of the Leadership
Award. The grant will enable the TSHA to continue making an
award of $1,ooo each year. In the letter of transmittal B. V. Thomp-
son asked that the award "be reserved for younger, emerging lead-
ers. .. ." The Texas Educational Association also made a grant of
$15,00ooo in support of the Handbook project. The National History
Day organization gave $io,ooo to help fund the Junior Historian His-
tory Day fairs in Texas. The History Day fairs have become one of the86
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