Texas Libraries, Volume 18, Number 1, January 1956 Page: CONTENTS

                                
Texas Library and
Historical      TexAS
Commission

John P. Morgan,
Chairman
L. W. Kemp
Walter E. Long
Edmund Heinsohn
Laura Aline Hobby
Guy B. Harrison, Jr.
"Tue Commission shall con-
trol and administer the State
Library . . . Mark historic
sites and houses and secure
their preservation . . . Main-
tain for the use and infor-
mation   of the members of
the Legislature, the heads of
the  several  State  depart-
ments and other citizens a
section of the State Library
for legislative reference and
information"  and  to  "give
the members of the Legisla-
ture such aid and assistance
in the drafting of bills and
resolutions as may be asked
. , Collect materials relating
to the history of Texas and
the  adjoining  States, pre-
serve, classify, and publish
the manuscript archives and
such other matters as it may
deem  proper, diffuse knowl-
edge in regard to the history
of Texas . . . Aid and en-
courage  libraries and  give
advice to such   persons as
contemplate  the   establish-
ment of public libraries, con-
duct library  institutes and
encourage library associations
. , . Establish and maintain
in the State Library a rec-
ords administration division
which shall manage all public
records of the State with the
consent and co-operation of
the heads of the various de-
partments and institutions."
-From Texas statutes.

Llm rries
VOLUME 18, NUMBER 1, JANUARY 1956
Contenhj
Domestic Services of Your Depart-
ment of Commerce E. M. Roeder           3
Index to Short Stories for Children       5
OUR PUBLIC LIBRARIES
Mary E. Bivins Memorial Library         6
LIBRARIES OVER THE STATE _               11
American Association of Library Trustees 12
TEXAS HISTORY
New Year's Address-1836                13
Annual Library Awards                    14
Fun with a Poetry Club
Mildred K. Blair       ------          16
Basic Book Collections    -----------    18
Ideas for Literary Exhibits in February 19
TEXAS STATE LIBRARY
Witt B. Harwell               State Librarian
William K. Peace           Assistant Librarian
Doris Connerly   Legislative Reference Librarian
John A. Hudson           Director of Extension
Editor: TEXAS LIBRARIES
Virginia Taylor                     Archivist
Marguerite Hester       Director of Processing
Adele Mitchell     General Reference Librarian
STATE BOARD OF
LIBRARY EXAMINERS
Witt B. Harwell          ex officio, Chairman
Alexander Moffit         ex officio, Librarian,
The University of Texas
Mary Rice      Librarian, Austin Public Library
Jo Battle         Librarian, Carson-Hutchinson
Regional Library
Juanima McLaughlin         San Antonio, Texas
TEXAS LIBRARIES is issued monthly except
July and August in the interest of the libraries of
Texas, and published by the State Library at the
Capitol. Opinions expressed in signed articles are
not necessarily those of the Texas Library and His-
torical Commission.