The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 49, July 1945 - April, 1946 Page: 438
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Southwestern Historical Quarterly
Dan Ferguson, Dallas, sends information that H. H. Pierce,
Menard, Texas, is preparing to publish a history of Menard
County. Ferguson also adds: "Note the hundredth anniversary
edition of the Matagorda County Tribune, August 23, 1945.
It prints for the first time John C. Marr's "History of Mata-
gorda County." It also contains an excerpt from Chris Em-
mett's forthcoming book, Shanghai Pierce-"Webster on Cattle
by G-!"
Probably hundreds of the members of the Association have
already noticed the "Centennial of Statehood" series of articles
by Dr. Eugene C. Barker now running in hundreds of Texas
newspapers. The genesis and purpose of the series are explained
in a letter from Annie Lee Shelton of the University of Texas
News Service.
October 2, 1945
Someone told us once that it would "take another hundred years to
correct the errors made in historical articles in 1936," . . . so, to forego
a similar occurrence in connection with the Centennial of Statehood, the
University of Texas News Service decided to release to all weekly news-
papers of the state a series of articles on the Centennial of Statehood.
We requested Dr. Eugene C. Barker to write the series, for, as all Texans
know, his name is synonymous with Texas history. He graciously con-
sented to our request.
Before we began the series, we wrote letters to all weekly newspapers
in the state and enclosed post cards for them to indicate whether they
did or did not want the stories by Dr. Barker. The response was over-
whelming. The day after we mailed the letters we had a telegram from
one newspaper editor saying "we want all the series," and almost as
quickly the cards came pouring back through the mail with "by all means
send us the stories!" or "wonderful idea!" or "thanks very much-good
idea." To date (October 2) 215 papers have asked for the articles. Per-
sonally, we feel that these sketches by Dr. Barker are about the finest
contribution the University of Texas News Service can make to the Cen-
tennial of Statehood observance, and we believe the entire state will profit
from them.
Sincerely yours,
ANNIE LEE SHELTON
Acting Director.
Any discussion of cattle brands gets the attention of Texans
immediately. The San Antonio Express of September 15, 1945,
carried the following editorial:438
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