The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 92, July 1988 - April, 1989 Page: 368
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Southwestern Historical Quarterly
The DeGolyer Institute of Southern Methodist University announces
its annual prize for the best unpublished essay in American studies. Es-
says should be approximately 5,00ooo to 7,500 words in length and may
be on any subject within the interdisciplinary field of American studies.
The DeGolyer prize consists of a cash award of $500 and publication in
the Southwest Review. Entries must arrive no later than March 15, 1989,
and should be sent to Ronald L. Davis, DeGolyer Institute for Ameri-
can Studies, Southern Methodist University, Dallas 75275-0176.
Don E. Carleton, director of the Barker Texas History Center at the
University of Texas at Austin, has announced that the Center is now
keeping new public hours. The library is now open from 9:oo A.M. until
5:00 P.M., Monday through Saturday. The library formerly opened at
8:oo A.M. Don said the change is due to cutbacks in library staff.
Dust Jackets
The latest Book Club of California publication is of interest for sev-
eral reasons. Texas Argonauts: Isaac H. Duval and the California Gold Rush,
edited by Richard H. Dillon, was illustrated by Charles Shaw, one of the
most popular historical artists in Texas, and was designed and printed
by David Holman at the Wind River Press in Austin. The 92 x 131 inch
book contains Major Duval's reminiscences of his journey from Texas
to the Mother Lode mines along the Gila Trail.
Twenty-five years ago Dillon published The Gila Trail, the memoir of
Benjamin Butler Harris, a participant on the same journey. Dillon says
that Duval was as good an observer and natural writer as Harris and
that Texas Argonauts complements the Harris account in many ways.
Duval had served an apprenticeship as a plainsman and bear hunter in
the Arkansas Ozarks and as a scout-diplomat in the Texas Comanche
country before making the trip. Dillon has extensively annotated the
text and included an epilogue to explain Duval's post-California career
and his Civil War experience.
The handsome book, set in Centaur type by Mackenzie-Harris in San
Francisco and printed by letterpress, retails for $140 and is available
only through the Book Club of California. Charles Shaw's thirteen
paintings, illustrated in color in the book, are also being marketed by
the Club.
Continuing his interest in U.S. relations with Mexico, Association
member E. V. (Vic) Niemeyer, Jr., of the International Office at the368
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