The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 47, July 1943 - April, 1944 Page: 295
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Texas Collection 295
valuable addition to Texiana and to the rare book collection. A
more extensive note on General Patterson will appear in the
April Quarterly.
Each year a large number of the members of the Association
request information on the Junior Historian writing contest.
The following announcement will make it possible for adults
to explain the contest to young persons and local school au-
thorities and to invite their attention to the essay contest and
its opportunities.
THE JUNIOR HISTORIAN WRITING CONTEST FOR 1944
$445 OFFERED IN PRIZES
The Junior Historian Writing Contest for 1944, sponsored by The Texas
State Historical Association, will close on April 1, 1944. The prizes offered
for writings on Texas subjects are as follows:
First prize .................................. $100.00
Second prize ................................. 75.00
Third prize................................. 50.00
Fourth prize................................. 25.00
Fifth prize ................................... 20.00
Sixth prize..................................15.00
Six honorable mention prizes ................... 10.00 each
A part of each award will be made in good current Texas books. Any prize
award will carry with it a signal distinction.
Again, as in the past, students may write upon any topic in Texas his-
tory, but contestants are urged to work upon some subject related to their
community or local history. The following paragraph will suggest some
topics that will be suitable subjects, but this list is suggestive and not
definitive.
For example, papers may be written upon cattle, cattle trails, ranching,
cowboy amusements, cattle rustling, fencing, saddles, boots, Stetsons,
Indians, Indian depredations, sheep and goats, nesters, the packing indus-
try, cutting horses, oil booms, the oil industry, farming, lumbering, busi-
ness enterprises, early industries, newspapers, transportation, exploration,
wildlife, flora, circuit riders, early churches, pioneer settlements, forts,
missions, stage stands and stagecoaches, sea stories, air stories, marine
life, natural history, expeditions, descriptions of scenic places, state parks
(any one), place name studies, grass (varieties and usage), timber, horses,
home life, social life, Texas artists, musicians, writers, or a biographical
sketch on any worth while, interesting, or picturesque Texan. The biograph-
ical sketch need not be of a historically prominent person but can be of
someone who has been significant or interesting to some local area.
The Association offers a special prize of $25 for the best paper having
to do with the Texas Gulf Coast area. This paper should tend to make
Texans conscious of our great extent of sea coast and its possibilities.
Another way of expressing the Association's interest is to say that we
have the feeling that Texans should no longer be insular in their thinking.
Papers here may deal with marine life, ships, canals, Texas foreign
trade, etc.
Also, another prize is offered through The Junior Historian by the Texas
Folk-Lore Society. This prize is for the best folk-tale or legend of Texas
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 47, July 1943 - April, 1944, periodical, 1944; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth146054/m1/326/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.