The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 70, July 1966 - April, 1967 Page: 364
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Southwestern Historical Quarterly
at the end of this past October. Plans regarding it can be found
in its opening paragraphs and need not be repeated here, ex-
cept to reiterate that its purpose is to bring the family of the
Association into closer communication. Riding Line's ultimate
success therefore rests more with the membership than with the
central office of the Association. Not at all incidentally, the type
heads for Riding Line and for the Association's stationery letter-
head were designed by Miss Downs.
THE HANDBOOK OF TEXAS
When The Handbook of Texas was first published by the
Association in 1952, its appearance was hailed throughout the
nation as an unique and important endeavor. Nothing since has
dimmed the luster of that first appearance.
However, since the Handbook had hundreds of contributors,
some errors were bound to creep in. Moreover, many of the sub-
jects had never been looked at historically before, and so the mis-
takes that pursue any pioneering effort naturally appeared.
Almost at once Carroll set up a file for errors and additions. As
years passed, it became apparent that a supplemental volume was
needed, not only to correct the more egregious errors but to
update subjects of a continuing nature or on which new evi-
dence had been discovered. Also, new subjects such as the elec-
tronics industry and professional football had appeared in Texas,
and then there were all those people of prominence who had died
since 1950.
The third volume, for that is what it essentially is, currently
has first priority around the Association offices. It will not
represent a new edition, but an addition to the old edition.
Under present planning a complete new edition is a dozen
years away. Consequently correcting the spelling of great-aunt
Janie's name from Janey will have to await the second edition.
The file will continue to be kept 'and continually updated, but
in this supplement only major errors will be put right. Of
course, descendants could argue that spelling Aunt Janie's
name wrong represents error at its most major and horrendous,
and they may be correct. But Aunt Janie will have to survive
another dozen years to receive vindication.364
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