The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 49, July 1945 - April, 1946 Page: 127
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Texas Collection
autograph of George W. Smyth, both men of prominence in the Republic
and State of Texas.
The first Association of Baptists to be organized in Texas was the "Union
Baptist Association, begun and held in the Town of Travis in Western
Texas, October 8, 1840." It still survives, and to it have been added at least
250 more such associations. From the beginning the Union and other
Associations printed their minutes each year. The total number of such
minutes is not known, but it would probably run to between 7,500 and
10,000. The University of Texas is one among a few libraries in Texas that
collects these minutes, now having 962 pamphlets of which a lot of 120 was
acquired during the present quarter. This recent acquisition represents
minutes of Associations scattered over the state and for the period 1888-
1941. Association minutes deal with such subjects as education, missions,
orphanages, temperance, religious literature, and the internal government
of the Associations, and are useful sources of biographical material through
their obituary notices.
Harry Pennington, president of the Sons of the Republic of
Texas, has announced the following as winners of the James
Monroe Hill Texas History Essay Contest for 1945.
FIRST PLACE
Miss Edith McCrary
Clarendon High School
Clarendon, Texas
SECOND PLACE
Miss Mary Hill
El Paso High School
El Paso, Texas
THIRD PLACE
Miss Kathleen Garrett
Ball High School
Galveston, Texas
The subject for 1945 was "The Navy of the Republic of
Texas." Dr. Ira Thomas Taylor, county school superinten-
dent of Jackson County and a well-known local history enthus-
iast, was chairman of the Essay Committee.
Mr. Pennington has presented Miss McCrary, the first place
winner, with a year's membership in the Association. Also the
Sons have published Miss Crary's paper in an attractive pam-
phlet with an illustration of the Texas flagship, Austin, on the
cover. George A. Hill, Jr., a vice-president of the Association,
sponsors this contest each year.127
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