The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 47, July 1943 - April, 1944 Page: 167
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Texas Collection
In summarizing the book, the Committee says further:
This is the only exclusively Regional book so far received from an
American school. It makes no attempt to portray the United States as
a whole, but offers a valuable document on Texas. The value rests in the
evidence presented: that the history and the legends of this one-time
independent Republic are vividly present in the minds of its young people.
We suggest that this book be given in exchange to whatever British
school has shown a similar predominant interest in local history or that
it be kept at the American Reading Room for loan to schools studying
"American Days," along with other books that would counterbalance the
image of old days (Indians, bad men, etc.) which foreigners too quickly
imagine to be still characteristic of the daily life in the United States
of America.
By doing very well what they set themselves to do, these young people
have produced one of the most "scholarly" compilations in this series;
and the subject is unusually interesting in, itself.
Especially timely is a recent pamphlet sent to the Associa-
tion, A Brief History of Civilian Defense in Wichita Falls by
D. L. Ligon. Professor C. F. Arrowood has been contemplating
the writing of a history of civilian defense in Texas; a series
of such pamphlets would make the work of the future historian
much easier. The record of what Texas is doing in wartime
should be preserved. The major topics treated by Mr. Ligon
are: (1) Organization and Administration, (2) Protective
Groups, (3) Non-Protective and Other Groups, (4) Our Schools
and Defense, and (5) Civilian Defense Directory. The pamphlet
is dedicated to "Director E. C. DeMontel and his faithful
workers." Prominent among the faithful workers should be
included Miss Mary Morris, Executive Secretary of the Head-
quarters Staff of the Office of Civilian Defense in Wichita County.
Director DeMontel is a prominent member of the Association
and a collector of Texana to whom the November, 1942, issue of
The Junior Historian was dedicated.
The Association is much interested in securing a copy of The
Corsicana Daily Sun for Thursday, September 21, 1922. Earl
Vandale, vice-president of the Association, secured in Corsicana
last spring eight of the nine installments of C. L. Jester's "Short
History of Navarro County and Corsicana" which ran in The
Sun between September 13 and 22, 1922. The September 21
number containing installment eight is, however, most elusive.
Probably numbers of persons kept clippings of these articles
and anyone who can supply copy for the missing installment
will render a real service toward the preservation of Texas167
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 47, July 1943 - April, 1944, periodical, 1944; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth146054/m1/185/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.