WTHA membership recent publications

Between 2006-2008, several of our WTHA members have been active in publishing and presenting papers. Below are a list of some of these activities. If you would like to have your publications listed, please email us.

Troy Ainsworth, historic preservation officer in El Paso:

"Boredom, Fatigue, Illness and Death: The U.S. National Guard and the Militarization of Texas-Mexico Border, 1916-1917," Center for Big Bend Studies annual meeting, November 10-11, 2006
"Civic Cathedrals on the High Plains, in the Trans-Pecos, and on the Edwards Plateau," Center for Big Bend Studies annual meeting, November 9-10, 2007

T. Lindsay Baker, director of the W. K. Gordon Center for Industrial History of Texas in Thurber, Texas:

"American Windmill: An Album of Historic Photographs ," University of Oklahoma Press, 2007

Paul Carlson, Professor and Director of The Center for the Southwest, Texas Tech University:

[with Bruce Glasrud and Tai Kreidler]. "Slavery to Integration: Black Americans in West Texas." Texas A&M Press, 2008
"Slavery to Integration: Black Americans in West Texas," Texas Authors Series presentation at the Abilene Public Library, February 19, 2008
"Buddy Holly, Beethoven, and Lubbock in the 1950s," Center for Big Bend Studies annual meeting, November 10-11, 2006
"Amarillo: The Story of a Western Town," TTU Press, 2006
The Ozark Trails and Early Highways in West Texas," Center for Big Bend Studies annual meeting, November 9-10, 2007

Mike Cox:

"The Texas Rangers: Wearing the Cinco Peso, 1821-1900." Forge Books, 2008

Patrick Dearen:

"Saddling Up Anyway: the Dangerous Lives of Old-Time Cowboys." Taylor Trade Publishing, 2006.
"Perseverance." Eakin Press, 2006.

Gloria Duarte:

"Gayle 'Western' Cunningham: From Local Cowgirl to Hollywood Movie Star," Center for Big Bend Studies annual meeting, November 10-11, 2006

Earl Elam, historian at the Texas Heritage Museum at Hill College and editor of of the Hill College Press:

"Reluctant Rebels: The Eleventh Texas Cavalry Regiment" (hardcover, dust jacket, illus., 6 x 9, 191 pp.), by Allen G. Hatley. I extensively edited and rewrote large sections of the manuscript. It is the first history of a Texas Civil War regiment that was formed in the ten counties in north Texas where the voters in 1861 did not vote for secession, thus "reluctant rebels"; the author has published other works on the Civil War and other topics.
"They Were There: Texan Veterans Remember World War II" (hardcover, dust jacket, illus., 6 x 9, 222 pp.) by Larue Harper Barnes. It is a compilation of memories of more than 50 WWII veterans from Johnson County, Texas; much of the content is direct quotes. The author, a retired social studies teacher has been a columnist for the Cleburne Times-Review since retiring about ten years ago and wrote a series of articles for the newspaper about the individuals. I edited the articles for publication as a book.
The next publication planned for Hill College Press is a book of mine with tentative title, "Almost Forgotten: The Wichita Indians in North Texas, 1750-1859."

Robert A. Fink, Professor of English and Director of Creative Writing at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas:

"Twilight Innings: A West Texas on Grace and Survival." Texas Texas University Press, 2006
Introduction for "Burning Wyclif" by Tom Satterlee, Texas Tech University Press, 2006
Introduction for "The Clearing" by Philip White, Texas Tech University Press, 2007
Introduction for "Wild Flight" by Christine Rhein, Texas Tech University Press, 2008

Glasrud, Bruce A., retired dean of Arts and Sciences at Sul Ross State University:

[Editor, with Merline Pitre] "Black Women in Texas History. Texas A&M University Press, 2008.
[with Paul Carlson and Tai Kreidler]. "Slavery to Integration: Black Americans in West Texas." Texas A&M Press, 2008
"The African American Experience in Texas: An Anthology." Texas Texas University Press, 2007
"Bibliophiling West Texas African American History," Center for Big Bend Studies annual meeting, November 9-10, 2007
"Unfinished Masterpiece: The Harlem Renaissance Fiction of Anita Scott Coleman." Texas Tech University Press, 2008

A. W. R. "Rusty" Hawkins, Ph.D. student at Texas Tech University

“Alson Asa Meredith, A Man on Fire,” Panhandle-Plains Historical Review, February 2007
“A Promise Kept: The Canadian River Municipal Water Authority,” West Texas Historical Association Yearbook 2005, published March 2006
“John C. Williams,” Panhandle-Plains Historical Review, published April, 2006
“Smoke on the Water: The Confederacy Retakes Galveston,” Blue & Gray Magazine, forthcoming article
“Confederate Victory at Sabine Pass,” Civil War Times Magazine, forthcoming feature article, August, 2006
“Toward Revolution: The Impact of Vladimir Lenin on the Thoughts and Deeds of Ho Chi Minh,” Vietnam Magazine, forthcoming feature article, August, 2006
“June 13-14, 1949: Vietnam is Named a State,” entry in Great Events in History: The 20th Century, 1941-1970, forthcoming.
“March 30, 1981: Hinckley Attempts to Assassinate President Reagan,” entry in Great Events from History: The Twentieth Century, 1971-2000, forthcoming.
“January 23, 1968: North Korea Seizes the Pueblo,” entry in Great Events from History: The Twentieth Century, 1941-1970, forthcoming
“Nathaniel Bedford Forrest,” entry in ABC-CLIO Military History Series, forthcoming
“The Battle of Nashville,” entry in ABC-CLIO Military History Series, forthcoming
“Ronald Reagan,” entry in the Encyclopedia of the Culture Wars, forthcoming
“Japan since World War II,” entry in the Encyclopedia of the Culture Wars, forthcoming
“From West Texas to West of Everything: The Panhandle’s Ties to the Secret Service,” in Accent West Magazine, June 2006 Issue

Elmer Kelton, prolific and noted writer of Southwestern novels:

"Hard Trail to Follow." Doherty, Tom Associates, LLC, 2008. 287 pages. $19.96, Book link
"The Rebels: Sons of Texas." St. Martin's Press, 2007. 304 pages. $19.96, Book link

Tai Kreidler, Deputy Director for Internal Operations for the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library:

[with Paul Carlson and Bruce Glasrud]. "Slavery to Integration: Black Americans in West Texas." Texas A&M Press, 2008

Marty Kuhlman:

"Barriers," Publishamerica.com

Bill Neal, retired trial lawyer after 40 years experience in the courtrooms of West Texas - 20 as a District Attorney and 20 as a defense attorney:

"Getting Away with Murder on the Texas Frontier: Notorious Killings & Celebrated Trials," TTU Press, November 2006. Winner of the 2007 Book of the Year by the National Association for Outlaw and Lawman History and finalist for the 2007 Western Writers of America Spur Award

Freedonia Paschall, Archivist at Texas Tech University:

[with Rob Weiner] "Nature Conquering, or Nature Conquered in 'The Wind'," a chapter in The Landscape of Hollywood Westerns: Ecocriticism in an American Film Genre. Univerity of Utah Press, 2007.

J'Nell L. Pate:

Edited "From Syria to Seminole: Memoir of a High Plains Merchant." Texas Tech University Press, 2006

Curtis Peoples, Assistant Archivist at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library:

"Soundscapes and Landscapes: The History of Sound Recording in West Texas," Center for Big Bend Studies annual meeting, November 10-11, 2006

Ashley Pettiet-Richey:

"The Music and the Mystique of the Lubbock Cotton Club: 1938-1980," Center for Big Bend Studies annual meeting, November 10-11, 2006

Lou Rodenberger:

"Jane Gilmore Rushing: A West Texas Writer and Her Work." Texas Tech University Press, 2006.

Christina Stephens:

"Mallet Ranch: What Was... What is... What the Future Can Be...," 2007

Kenneth L. Untiedt, Secretary-Editor of the Texas Folklore Society and teaches English at Stephen F. Austin State University:

Edited "Folklore: In All of Us, In All We Do." University of North Texas Press, 2007

Donald W. Whisenhunt:

"President Herbert Hoover." First Men, America's President's Series, Nova Science Publishers, 2007