The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 65, July 1961 - April, 1962 Page: 263
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James Horace Bass, Professor of History, has retired after twenty-
one years of service; Charles E. Wynes has been promoted to Assistant
Professor of History; Claude H. Hall, Associate Professor of History,
has returned after a year's leave of absence to teach at the University
of Virginia in the absence of Professor Edward Younger; Neil R. Stout,
who recently completed his doctorate at the University of Wisconsin,
and Harold Grant, advanced graduate student at Louisiana State Uni-
versity and former instructor at the Citadel, have been appointed
instructors of history. Haskell Monroe, instructor of history, completed
his doctoral degree in history at Rice University in June, 1961. Allan
C. Ashcraft, Assistant Professor of History, has recently published two
articles: "Sea Island Cotton in Texas," Cotton History Review, July,
1961, and "Corporal Hesse's Medal of Honor," Military Review,
May, 1961.
The May-June, 1961, issue of Texas Libraries is directed en-
tirely towards archives and state and local history, with James M.
Day, archivist of the Texas State Library as editor. Articles in-
cluded are: "Index to Census and Manuscript Microfilm Materials
in Texas State Archives," compiled by Irene Sanchez, and "Rec-
ords Management in Texas Government," by William Carlton.
The Texas State Program for Preservation of Our Historical
Heritage, headed by the Texas State Historical Survey Committee,
the Texas Historical Foundation, and the Texas Civil War Cen-
tennial Commission, issued News, an information sheet, on August
15, 1961. It contained the following noteworthy items:
New officers of the Texas State Historical Survey Committee and
Texas Historical Foundation are: Rupert N. Richardson, President;
Robert C. Wells of Kingsville, Vice President; and F. Lee Lawrence
of Tyler, Secretary-Treasurer. The following were named to the Survey
Committee and Foundation Board for six year terms ending in 1967:
Rupert N. Richardson, Mrs. J. E. Dudley of Abilene, Stuart McGregor
of Dallas, Mrs. John M. Bennett, Jr., of San Antonio, Mrs. Edward
Randall, Jr., of Galveston, and John Ben Shepperd of Odessa. John
T. Duncan of the Texas A 8c M College History Department is serving
as Assistant Director of the Historical Survey Committee this summer.
Governor Price Daniel has announced the appointment of the fol-
low new members to the Texas Civil War Centennial Commission:
Ray Kirkpatrick, Austin; Colonel Harold B. Simpson, Waco; Mrs. L.
J. Gittinger, San Antonio; John Ben Shepperd, Odessa; Mrs. John M.
Bennett, Jr., San Antonio, and Mrs. Edward Randall, Jr., Galveston.263
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