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Texas Historical Foundation Honors
Work of Outstanding PreservationistsDr. and Mrs. Clinton DeWolfe accepted the preservation
award from Jack Hightower on behalf of the Old
Blanco County Courthouse Preservation Society.A.C. Greene was honored with the Foundation's
Journalistic Achievement Award.Before a packed room, five Texans and
two organizations were singled out for their
efforts to preserve Texas heritage. THF
President Lewis Jones and General Counsel
Jack Hightower made the presentations
during the Annual Preservation Conference
in Austin on May 1.
Though they were not able to attend
the dinner, George and Cynthia Mitchell
of The Woodlands were named winners
of the Judge James E. Wheat Award,
which recognizes achievement in historical
preservation for business and industry.
The Mitchells have been the driving force
behind much of the restoration of historic
Galveston, including the Pier 21 complex,
and the Tremont and Galvez hotels.
A.C. Greene of Salado has used books,
poetry, drama, magazines, newspapers -- and
even opera -- to tell the stories of this state
and its people. The veteran writer was named
the first-ever recipient of the THF Journalistic
Achievement Award for his long and
distinguished writing career.
When it looked as though the small
central Texas town of Blanco would lose
its 1886 Second Empire-style courthouse,
Dr. and Mrs. Clinton DeWolfe and other
members of the Old Blanco County
Courthouse Preservation Society stepped
forward. Members raised money any waythey could -- from bake sales to grant solicitation
-- and saved the historic structure,
which serves the community today as
a civic center. These efforts gained the nonprofit
historical organization the Mary
Moody Northen Award.
Jewelry designer, photographer, and author
Dian Malouf of Dallas received the
John Ben Shepperd Jr. Craftsmanship
Award. In addition to her exotic jewelry,
which is sold around the world, Malouf has
documented the words and photographs of
some of this state's most reclusive cattlemen
and women in her book "Cattle Kings
of Texas."
Using the theme "Put Mr. Lincoln to
work for the Confederacy," the Texas Division
of the United Daughters of the
Confederacy in Sherman collected cannisters
of pennies, just one of the group's efforts
to raise money that was used to conserve
and restore Confederate and Union
battle flags. The UDC group won the
Deolece Parmelee Award recognizing
achievement in historical research.
Cynthia Harriman and Sherry Davis accepted
the award for the UDC chapter.
A citation of merit was also presented
to Leabeth Abt, a Nacogdoches teacher,
who researched and wrote a historical publication
to teach students about their city.Cynthia Harriman (center) and Sherry Davis accepted
for the United Daughters of the Confederacy.Dian Malouf won the John Ben ShepperdJr. Crafts- Leabeth Abt received a citation of merit for her
manship Award. historical education publication.HERITAGE * 24 * SUMMER 1999
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