Nesbitt Memorial Library Journal, Volume 10, Number 3, June 2001 Page: 183
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Since the publication of its first issue in November 1989, the Nesbitt Memorial
Library Journal has been distributed on a regular basis to its subscribers. Beginning
with volume 2, one issue of the journal was produced each January, May, and Septem-
ber. For what was largely a one-man operation, meeting that schedule took a prodi-
gious effort.
Some three years ago, your editor was elevated to the position of library direc-
tor, giving him authority over, and responsibility for, a great many additional things.
Since then, the amount of time I have been able to spend on the journal has declined
markedly, making this issue, which ought to have been published in September 2000,
more than six months late.
There appears to be no hope that I will ever again have the kind of time I once
had to work on the journal. Accordingly, we have made the decision to end regular
publication of the Nesbitt Memorial Library Journal. This issue (volume 10, number
3), which completes our obligation to our faithful subscribers, is likely to be the last
ever produced.
However, we remain committed to compiling and disseminating Colorado
County history, and we are considering the possibility of producing what amounts to
special issues of the journal and/or other types of publications in the future. It is even
possible that we will enter the field of electronic publishing. Even now, we are under-
taking the task of posting the existing issues of the journal on the Internet.
The quality of those issues would have been severely diminished had it not
been for the work of several writers, consultants, and volunteers. Principal among the
latter were Elizabeth Schoellmann, now of Waco, Dorothy Albrecht of La Grange,
Terry Ford of Houston, and Tracey Wegenhoft of Columbus. Louis Marchiafava, re-
tired director of the Houston Metropolitan Research Center, provided inspiration and
guidance. Esteemed historians Anders Saustrup, Barry Crouch, Randolph Campbell,
Paul Boethel, Donaly Brice, and Wolfram M. Von-Maszewski, and local historical
stalwarts Jim Kearney, Rollin Baker, Ernest Mae Seaholm, William H. Harrison, and
Joe Fling also provided valuable articles, advice, or assistance. So did the now de-
ceased Thurmond West, James H. Wooten, Myra Jane Draper, and Raymond Metzke.
We are grateful to them all.
Lastly, we should thank the artists and illustrators who helped make the journal
more attractive and distinctive. Among these were the acclaimed Texas painter Melissa
Miller, Texas history illustrators Charles Shaw and Jack Jackson, and local artists Ken
Turner, Bobbie Kilpatrick, Charles Ford, Pat Johnson, Lee Ruhmann, Sally Weeks,
James Orellana, and Tracey Wegenhoft.183
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