The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 42, July 1938 - April, 1939 Page: 398
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stand quite a little pressure from various directions about some
of their undertakings. I think it would be a service to the
State if your statement should appear in public print.
The statement in the January issue was in substance as follows.
For several years the Texas State Historical Association has been
receiving mail addressed to the Texas Historical Society. The
mail has been returned because the Texas State Historical Asso-
ciation has no information, other than the letters, of the existence
of such a society. The Texas State Historical Association has
no agents soliciting subscription, or purchase of back files.
To the above statement another may be added. People are
often imposed upon because of the innate human desire for perpe-
tuity. They pay good money to get their names, or the names of
their loved ones, carved on a marble slab, or their biographical
sketches written in a book which they must buy. Several years
ago a Texas woman was persuaded to pay $1500 for a sketch of
her husband and a reproduction of a photograph. Such books are
known among the profession as "mug books." Anyone can get
his "mug" in these books by paying for it.
On a recent visit to the University Club I saw an interesting
picture of Sam Houston and inquired from Mr. Fladger Tannery
about its origin. The picture shows Houston standing with arms
folded, dressed in boots, dark and unkempt clothes, long coat,
and white tie. Mr. Tannery supplied me with the letter dated
March 17, 1938, from Tom C. King to Ed Kilman of The Houston
Post. The letter follows:
Dear Ed:
I am in receipt of your letter of March 7, 1938, in which
you state Mr. Lloyd Gregory has handed to you two pictures
of General Sam Houston, which I recently mailed to him for the
morgue of your paper.
On a trip to Tennessee about three months ago, I came across
an old picture of General I-ouston and learning it was repro-
duced in 1925 or 1926, I went to the Photograph Gallery and
had a copy made for my personal use, not even knowing but
that the picture was not widely distributed in Texas. On check-
ing it with the Archives of the State Library and the University
of Texas I learned that the picture was unknown and on a
trip to Dallas I took it over to the office of Mr. Temple Houston398
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 42, July 1938 - April, 1939, periodical, 1939; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101107/m1/427/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.