The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 97, July 1993 - April, 1994 Page: 10
754 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. ; 23 cm.View a full description of this periodical.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
1 o Southwestern Historical Quarterly
beginning of the twentieth century charitable organizations had formed
in most of the increasing number of Texas towns, with even more mem-
bers who were Southern in background. These developments fit into na-
tional trends of growing urban population and expanding ideas of
community.22 At the same time new national and international influ-
ences appeared with local chapters for the Y.M.C.A., the Salvation Army,
and the Red Cross. A prominent American historian, Robert Wiebe, de-
scribed the nineteenth-century United States as "a society of island com-
munities," meaning autonomous small towns and rural counties."2 He
believed that by the early twentieth century the nation had begun to
change to a more organized and less isolated society in larger cities.
Charitable activities in Texas began within those "island communities,"
and some autonomous efforts continued at the local level. But Texas
charities also participated in the development of broader structure in
growing urban areas as well as through national organizations. Recogni-
tion of this wide range of charitable activities thus broadens the stereo-
typical image of combative Texans. Furthermore, an understanding of
these charitable concerns provides insight into one of the major sources
for a sense of community in the Lone Star State.
ule of Free inhabitants, City of Galveston (microfilm, Southwest Collection, Texas Tech Universi-
ty, Lubbock); United States Eighth Census (1860), Galveston County, Texas, Schedule of Free
Inhabitants, City of Galveston (microfilm, Southwest Collection, Texas Tech University, Lub-
bock); and Walter Prescott Webb, H. Bailey Carroll, and Eldon Stephen Branda (eds.), The
Handbook of Texas (3 vols.; Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1952, 1976), I, 1o4,
204-205, 691, II, 620-621.
2 The statement on the background of charity group members in the late nineteenth century
is based on a comparison of leadership lists in the Dallas Weekly Herald, Dec. 30, 1876, with bio-
graphical information in Webb, Carroll, and Branda (eds.), Handbook of Texas, II, 566; Biographi-
cal Encyclopedia of Texas (New York: Southern Publishing Co., 1880), 193-194, 205-206; and
Philip Lindsley, A History of Greater Dallas and Vicznity (2 vols.; Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co.,
1909), II, 19, 395-
28 Robert H. Wiebe, The Search for Order, 1877-1920 (New York: Hill and Wang, 1967), xiii.
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Periodical.
Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 97, July 1993 - April, 1994, periodical, 1994; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth117154/m1/38/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.