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history committee. Shirley has also served on the advisory committee of
the Texas Book Festival since its inception in 1995.
As if her service on all of these committees and programs were not
enough, Shirley has also been an active researcher, author, and speaker.
She researched and wrote over twenty Texas historical marker narratives,
mainly for sites in Dallas County and Shackelford County. Shirley coau-
thored For 500 Years: The Shackelford County Courthouse, and coauthored a
cookbook of Caldwell family recipes entitled Mommy, What's for Supper?
She has written historical pieces for newspapers, and in 1974 wrote (with
Clifton) an introduction for Encino Press's reprint edition of the rare
1908 book Shackelford County Sketches by Don Biggers. Shirley not only
writes books-she sells them as well. Ten years ago, she opened The
Lynch Line, a bookstore specializing in Texas and local history, located in
Albany's Lynch building, which she owns and helped restore in the
1970s.
All of Shirley's accomplishments and activities have not gone unno-
ticed by the outside world. She has won awards and been honored for her
many contributions. She was a member of Mortar Board in college, and
was in two honorary fraternities. For three years in the mid-i 980s she won
the THC's John Ben Sheppard Award for Best County Historical Com-
mission Chairman. In 1986 Shirley was given two major awards by the Dal-
las County Historical Commission: The John Neely Bryan Award for the
"Most Significant Contribution to Preservation of Dallas County History"
and the Mark of Excellence Award for Leadership, Dedication, Restora-
tion, Preservation. She and Clifton received the Griffin Award from the
Historic Preservation League in Dallas, and she was given the Citation
Award by the Dallas Chapter of the American Institute of Architects in
1992. She received the Ruth Lester Award from the Texas Historical
Commission, and in 2ooo she was awarded the THC's Texas Award for
Historic Preservation. The Albany Chamber of Commerce gave her its
Cornerstone Award in 2oo001.
With all of these activities and accomplishments, the TSHA is extreme-
ly pleased to find a place in Shirley Caldwell's busy schedule for the next
year. We know that she will bring her love of Texas history, and her talents
as an organizer and problem solver, to bear on the Association. And we
will be a stronger organization thanks to her efforts. Shirley has already
amassed a lifetime of achievements. She has contributed much more than
her share to the causes and organizations that make the study, preserva-
tion, and appreciation of Texas history such an important part of our cul-
ture and out lives. With her knowledge, her experience, and her endless
energy, Shirley Caldwell will make her year as TSHA president one of
great vision and accomplishment.666
April
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