Featured Collection: Census 2020

By Sean Wood, Library Assistant

Featured books currently on display highlight publications related to the U.S. Census from 1937 – present.

Every ten years, the United States Census Bureau conducts a census of population and housing. As the 2020 census begins, it is interesting to consider the variety of uses this accumulated data will have. The current Featured Collection focuses on the Census Bureau’s efforts over the years to retrieve, analyze, and distribute that data, as well as other institutions’ use of demographic information.

Our featured book display,”The U.S. Census,” includes questionnaires, signs, reports, guides, and maps from the Texas State Library and Archives collection. For information about the current census or pasts censuses, please visit www.census.gov.

U.S. Imports & Exports: Information Now Available on Compact Disks for Use on Your Personal Computer; TSLAC U.S. Document collection.

Although our reading room is currently closed to the public, a booklist of all featured titles is listed below. For more information about access to the titles on display, please contact TSLAC reference services at ref@tsl.texas.gov or call 512-436-5455.

Women-Owned Businesses 1972; TSLAC U.S. Document collection.

District profiles: congressional, state senate, and State Board of Education districts; TSLAC Texas Document collection

Title

Author

Call number

Collection

Census 2000 Island Areas Summary File

U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau

C 3.223/23-2:2000 PHC-4-08-USIA/CD

USD

LandView IV [electronic resource] ” the Federal geographic data viewer

U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Geography Division

C 3.301:L 23

USD

Making Indian Country Count: Native Americans and the 2020 Census

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Indian Affairs

Y 4.IN 2/11:S.HRG.115-210

USD

Beyond the Citizenship Question: Repairing the Damage and Preparing to Count ‘We the People’ in 2020

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Reform. Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Y 4.OV 2:116-52

USD

Getting Counted: the Importance of the Census to State and Local Communities Field Hearing

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Reform. Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Y 4.OV 2:116-30

USD

Hearing with Secretary of Commerce Wilbur L. Ross, Jr.

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Reform

Y 4.OV 2:116-11

USD

The Importance of Accurate Census Data to Small Business Formation and Growth

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Capital Access, and Tax

Y 4.SM 1:116-029

USD

Demographic Trends in the 20th Century

Hobbs, Frank

C 3.205/8-3:4

USD

Portfolio of United States census maps, 1950 : a selection of maps used in the publications of the 1950 censuses of population and agriculture.

U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Geography Division

C 3.950/2: M 32

USD

Questionnaire : quarterly interview survey : consumer expenditure surveys

U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census; U.S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics

C 3.272:CE-302/994

USD

¡Atencion! Se necesitan enumeradores para el censo de agricultura [picture]

Departamento de Comercio de los EE.UU., Negociado del Censo

C 3.270:EN 8/SPANISH OVER-X

USD

Current population survey. Income and poverty 1993

U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Data User Services Division

C 3.224/12-2:993

USD

United States census 2000 : making it count : address list review opportunity 1998.

U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census

C 3.2:C 73/10

USD

U.S. Imports & Exports. Information Now Available on Compact Disks for Use on Your Personal Computer

U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census

C 3.2:EX 7/6

USD

Estimates of population and per capita income compared with numbers from the 1980 census of population and housing for Texas counties and incorporated places : containing figures derived by the US Bureau of the Census

Texas State Data Center

I1150.7 D262 NO.85-3

TXD

Redistricting, Part One: The 1990 Census

Vargas, Tom

L1801.7 H816 NO.158

TXD

Redistricting, part 2 : the 1980 census

Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Study Group

L1801.7 H816 NO.49

TXD

Census 2010 : implications for Texas

Howe, Tom

L1801.7 H816SEF NO.81-10

TXD

Redistricting by the numbers : issues for census 2000

Graves, Patrick K.

L1801.7 H816SEF NO.76-20

TXD

The status of women and girls in Dallas County : a comparative analysis from the 2000 census

Weinstein, Bernard L.

Z N700.8 ST29WO

TXD

The demography of the Texas elderly population

Saenz, Rogelio

Z TA455.7 T226 NO.95-1

TXD

Patterns of ethnic change in Texas 1980 to 1990 : the 1990 census

Murdock, Steve H.

Z TA455.7 T226 NO.91-2 V.2

TXD

Patterns of ethnic change in Texas 1980 to 1990 : the 1990 census

Murdock, Steve H.

Z TA455.7 T226 NO.91-2 V.1

TXD

1980 Census Tracts. Austin. Tex., Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area

U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census

C 3.223/11:980/80/MAPS

USD

1960 Census of Housing. Texas. State and Small Areas

U.S. Bureau of the Census

C 3.224/3:960/45

USD

District profiles : congressional, state senate, and State Board of Education districts

Texas. Legislature. Legislative Council

L1400.7 IN2 NO.88-5C

TXD

Your daily expenses : help us learn about the buying habits of people in the United States

U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau

C 3.272:CE-801/2005

USD


Statistics in Schools and the 2020 census (Administrator guide) [Administrator guide].

Statistics in Schools, [U.S. Census Bureau]

C 3.2:SCH 6/2

USD

Pocket Data Book. USA 1976

U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census

C 3.134/3:

USD

U.S. Industrial Outlook 1977

U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Industrial Economics

C 57.18:977

USD

Frozen Cooked Food Survey

U.S. Dept. of Commerce

C 57.2 : F 73

USD

Texas county population changes in the 1970’s

Skrabanek, R. L.

Z TA455.7 T226 81-5

TXD

Electronic Data Processing Equipment for Census ’70

U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census

C 3.2:EL 2/2

USD

Women-Owned Businesses 1972

United States. Bureau of the Census

C 3.250:72

USD

Mastering census & military records 2nd edition.

Quillen, W. Daniel

929.10285 Q414m

GEN-ReadyRef

Religious Bodies: 1936 – Selected Statistics for the United States by Denominations and Geographic Divisions

U.S. Bureau of the Census

C 3.35:936 A

USD

Estimated impacts of the 2010 census on the Texas transit funding formula

Eschbach, Karl

T1311.7 R311 NO.6199-1

TXD


 A timeline of census history [2019 edition].

U.S. Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau

C 3.2:T 48/2019

USD

Red River County in 1890 : the year of the missing census

Lee, Johnie, compiler

976.4212 L513r

GEN

U.S. Census jobs opening in your area! : work for the U.S. Census Bureau and be part of the 1990 census : take a temporary job that counts for YOUR community

U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census

C 3.2:J 57/3

USD

Households, Families, and Children: a 30-Year Perspective

Lugaila, Terry

C 3.186:P-23/181

USD

How We Live: Then and Now

Linden, Fabian

C 3.2:L 74

USD

Data.census.gov: Census Bureau’s new data dissemination platform : frequently asked questions and release notes

U.S. Census Bureau

C 3.2:D 26/14

USD

Your guide to the 2020 Census : how to respond to the 2020 Census paper questionnaire Large print.

U.S. Census Bureau

C 3.6/2:R 31/LARGE

USD

Health insurance coverage by type of coverage and state : 2018

Conway, Douglas

C 3.297/3:18-03

USD

Explore Census Data

U.S. Census Bureau

C 3.300/2

USD

2020 Census : actions needed to address key risks to a successful enumeration

U.S. Government Accountability Office

GA 1.5/2:GAO-19-588 T

USD

2020 census: status update on early operations : a report to congressional requesters

U.S. Government Accountability Office

GA 1.41:GAO-20-111 R

USD

Privacy impact assessment for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) immigration-related information sharing with U.S. Census Bureau

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

HS 1.2:C 33

USD

The American Community Survey : development, implementation, and issues for Congress

Williams, Jennifer D.

LC 14.23:R 41532

USD

Featured Collection: Camels in Texas

by Traci Reece, Reference Librarian


The current Featured Collection book display in the Reference Reading Room, “Camels in Texas,” was inspired by a recent reference request about a near fatal camel expedition in the Big Bend area.

Eager to identify military supply routes from Texas to California, U. S. Secretary of War Jefferson Davis convinced Congress to approve the purchase and import of camels in 1855 for use on the harsh western frontier. This was the beginning of the “Camel Experiment” in Texas. The camels that arrived at Indianola, Texas in 1856 were housed with their handlers at Camp Verde in Kerr County. Despite successful expeditions throughout West Texas, the camels’ general unpopularity and the onset of the Civil War brought an end to the camel experiment. After Confederate forces captured Camp Verde in Spring 1861, many of the camels were left to roam and fend for themselves and eventually succumbed to hunger and slaughter. Read more about the fate of these members of the “U.S. Camel Corps” in publications available from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission collections.


Tom Lovell, “Camels in Texas,” Oil on Canvas, 37″ x 57″. From Permian : a continuing saga, Elmer Kelton and Tom Lovell, Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, 1985. 

Our featured collection, “Camels in Texas,” will be on display in the Reference Reading Room in the Lorenzo de Zavala Texas State Archives and Library building at 1201 Brazos St. Austin, Texas 78701 through March 2020.

See below for a list of titles with links to our online catalog and other electronic resources. For more information about the books and other materials available at the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, or to send a reference request, please email ref@tsl.texas.gov or call 512-436-5455.

TITLE

AUTHOR

CALL NUMBER

COLLECTION

The American camel experiment, a reappraisal

Connelly, Thomas L. Southwestern Historical Quarterly v.69, pp 442-462.

976.406 SO8 v.69                                                     

MAIN and online through The Portal to Texas History

Camel trek

Regan, Rex

813.5 R261c

MAIN

The camels are coming

Earney, Ann. The Texas Historian, v. 38 no. 2, pp 14-22.

976.406 J959 V.38

MAIN and online through The Portal to Texas History

Camels in Texas

San Jacinto Museum of History Association

976.405 SA52

MAIN

Camels to California; a chapter in Western transportation

Fowler, Harlan Davey

979 F829

MAIN

Camels: overcoming West Texas’s harsh geography

Mudambi, Aradhana. The Texas Historian, v.55 no.2, pp 1-3.

976.406 J959 V.54-55

MAIN and online through The Portal to Texas History

Fort Davis, Texas, 1583-1960

Scobee, Barry

976.4934 Sco15f

MAIN

Kerr County, Texas, 1856-1976

Watkins, Clara

976.4884 W322K

MAIN

Noble brutes : camels on the American frontier

Boyd, Eva Jolene

636.2 B692N

MAIN

Old Camp Verde : the home of the camels : a romantic story of Jefferson Davis’ plan to use camels on the Texas frontier

Hunter, J. Marvin (John Marvin)

357 H917O

MAIN

Old forts of the Southwest

Hart, Herbert M.

355.7 H251 V.2

MAIN

Operation Camel: An experiment in animal transportation in Texas, 1857-1860

Lammons, Frank Bishop. Southwestern Historical Quarterly, v. 61, pp 20-50.

976.406 SO8 v.61                                                       

MAIN and online through The Portal to Texas History

Permian : a continuing saga

Kelton, Elmer

665.5074 K299p OVER-L

MAIN

Robert E. Lee in Texas

Rister, Carl Coke

923.5 L515r

 

Texas camel tales; incidents growing up around an attempt by the War Department of the United States to foster an uninterrupted flow of commerce through Texas by the use of camels

Emmett, Chris

976.4 EM64 1969

MAIN

True tales of the Texas frontier : eight centuries of adventure and surprise

Williams, C. Herndon

976.49 W670t

MAIN

The U.S. Camel Corps : an Army experiment

Faulk, Odie B.

357 F273U

MAIN

United States Congressional serial set. 881.

United States. Government Publishing Office.

Y 1.1/2:SERIAL 881

USD and online through Internet Archive

Uncle Sam’s camels : the journal of May Humphreys Stacey supplemented by the report of Edward Fitzgerald Beale (1857-1858)

Stacey, May Humphreys

917.64 ST12u 1970

MAIN

Featured Collection: Hindsight Is 20/20

By Tonia Wood, Senior Reference Archivist

The current Featured Collection book display in the Reference Reading Room, “Hindsight Is 20/20” offers lessons from events of the past.

The end of one year and the beginning of the next is often a time for reflection and planning. “Hindsight is 20/20” is a fitting theme for the first Featured Collection of 2020. You can explore these and other questions using TSLAC library resources:

  • What have we as a state or nation learned from earlier wars, disasters and crises?
  • How have our past ideas of the future been fulfilled?

The following list of publications, many on view through January 2020 at the Lorenzo de Zavala building, room 109, is just a small sampling of what is available in our collections. Please note that some of the items are only available online.

Two U.S. government publications included in the featured collection display, “Hindsight Is 20/20.”

Click on a title to access the catalog record which contains links to online resources. To search for additional publications, check out our catalog at www.tsl.texas.gov/catalog.

Title

Author

Call number

Collection

9/11, ten years later : insights on al-Qaeda’s past & future through captured records : conference proceedings

Fenner, Lorry M.

D 5.417/2:AL 7

USD

A Look at “The end of history?”

Jensen, Kenneth M. (Kenneth Martin)

Y 3.P 31:2 H 62 [microfiche]

USD

A plea for justice : the Timothy Cole story

McKinley, Fred B.

345.73 M215p

MAIN

A raid too far : Operation Lam Son 719 and Vietnamization in Laos

Willbanks, James H.

ZTA475.8 W663ar

TXD

Al-Qaida after ten years of war : a global perspective of successes, failures, and prospects

Cigar, Norman L.

D 214.2:AL 1

USD

Archaeology, history, and Custer’s last battle [computer file] : the Little Big Horn reexamined

Fox, Richard A.

Available online

E-BOOK

Austin, Texas, the future great manufacturing center of the South : the healthiest city in the South ; facts for the consideration of tourists, home-seekers, investors, manufacturers and merchants

Commercial Club, Austin, Tex.

976.431 C736a

MAIN

Beyond Texas through time : breaking away from past interpretations

Buenger, Walter L. (Walter Louis)

Z TA475.8 B862be

TXD

Black Reconstruction in America : an essay toward a history of the part which black folk played in the attempt to reconstruct democracy in America, 1860-1880

Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt)

973.8 D852 1966

MAIN

Command decisions

Blumenson, Martin

D 114.2:D 35/987

USD

Contested empire : rethinking the Texas Revolution

Haynes, Sam W. (Sam Walter)

Z TA475.8 C767

TXD

Convicted by juries, exonerated by science : case studies in the use of DNA evidence to establish innocence after trial

Connors, Edward F.

J 28.24/3:C 76/2

USD

Cook & Peary [computer file] : the polar controversy, resolved

Bryce, Robert M.

Available online

E-BOOK

Cuatro Vientos : a reconsideration of seven prehistoric sites in the lower Rio Grande plains of south Texas, Webb County

Carpenter, Steve

A1900.7 P422 NO.3755

TXD

Custer in cyberspace [electronic resource]

Gompert, David C.

Available online

USD

Essays on the Mexican Revolution : revisionist views of the leaders

Beezley, William H.

Z UA100.8 B393E

TXD

Federal participation: HemisFair ’68

United States. Department of Commerce

917.303 H373 1968

MAIN

Houston strong : Hurricane Harvey, lessons learned and the path forward : field hearing before the Committee on Homeland Security, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifteenth Congress, second session, April 9, 2018

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Homeland Security

Y 4.H 75:115-56

USD

I cannot forget : imprisoned in Korea, accused at home

Moore, Johnny

Z TA475.8 M784ic

TXD

If you’d only called us sooner : a guide to tenant-landlord counseling

Wattles, Chuck W.

C2400.5 IF1

TXD

Justice without law : a reconsideration of the “Broad Equitable Powers” of the Federal Courts

United States. Department of Justice. Office of Legal Policy

J 1.96:L 41

USD

Lee’s mistake [electronic resource] : learning from the decision to order Pickett’s Charge

Gompert, David C.

Available online

USD

Living lessons from the New London explosion

Jackson, R. L.

614.83 J137

MAIN

Myth, memory, and massacre : the Pease River capture of Cynthia Ann Parker

Carlson, Paul Howard

Z TT422.8 C197my

TXD

O’Neil Ford on architecture

Ford, O’Neil

Z UA380.8 F754on

TXD

Out of control : lessons learned from the Superconducting Super Collider : a staff report

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

Y 4.EN 2/3:103-S

USD

Pipe dreams [electronic resource] : greed, ego, and the death of Enron

Bryce, Robert M.

Available online

E-BOOK

Report of the high school explosion and disaster of London, Texas

 

614.83 H537s

MAIN

Report on postwar findings about Iraq’s WMD programs and links to terrorism and how they compare with prewar assessments : together with additional and minority views

United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Intelligence

Y 1.1/2:SERIAL 15015

USD

Sixty years of NASA leadership in human space exploration : past, present, and future : hearing before the Subcommittee on Space, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifteenth Congress, second session, September 26, 2018

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (2011). Subcommittee on Space, author.

Y 4.SCI 2:115-74

USD

Submarine warfare, offensive and defensive : including a discussion of the offensive torpedo system, its effects upon iron-clad ship systems, and influence upon future naval wars

Barnes, John S. (John Sanford)

623.45 B262

MAIN

Texans and war : new interpretations of the state’s military history

Mendoza, Alexander

Z TA475.8 M522te

TXD

Texas energy sector : past and future

Prozzi, Jolanda

T1311.7 R311 NO.6513-1B c.2

TXD

The 75 greatest management decisions ever made

Crainer, Stuart

Available online

E-BOOK

The federal response to Hurricane Katrina : lessons learned

United States. Executive Office of the President

PREX 1.2:K 15

USD

The future is past : regulation and reform in controlling urban land use

Stach, Patricia Burgess

Z UA150.8 F989

TXD

The senator and the sharecropper’s son : exoneration of the Brownsville soldiers

Weaver, John Downing

355.1332 W379S

MAIN

The Texas City disaster : facts and lessons

National Board of Fire Underwriters

976.4139 N213t

MAIN

There was a woman : La Llorona from folklore to popular culture

Perez, Domino Renee

Z UA380.8 P415TH

TXD

Thucydides was right : defining the future threat

Gray, Colin S.

Available online

USD

Urban Texas: past-present-future : a report

Harris, Joe B.

U1500.8 UR1

TXD

War and the environment : military destruction in the modern age

Closmann, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)

Z TA475.8 C624wa

TXD

West Fertilizer, off the grid : the problem of unidentified chemical facilities : hearing before the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies of the Committee on Homeland Security, House of Representatives, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, first session, August 1, 2013

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Homeland Security. Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies

Y 4.H 75:113-30

USD

What went wrong at Enron [electronic resource] : everyone’s guide to the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history

Fusaro, Peter C.

Available online

E-BOOK

When the news went live : Dallas 1963

Huffaker, Robert

973.922 W574

MAIN

Featured Collection: Texas Visions and Voices

By Gina Watts, Reference Librarian

To celebrate the Texas Center for the Book’s 2019 Texas Great Read selection, “What Do You Do with a Voice Like That? The Story of Extraordinary Congresswoman Barbara Jordan” by Chris Barton and illustrated by Ekua Holmes, our new featured collection focuses on the subject of that book, Barbara Jordan.

Featured Collection: Texas Visions and Voices on display in the Reference Reading Room.

Jordan, a former Texas Senator and Representative in the U.S. Congress, was a skilled orator known for her deep, very recognizable voice. The video on the Texas Great Read page provides an excellent sampling.

Along with books about the notable Texan, the featured collection includes titles in which the authors have employed the use of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission’s diverse and fascinating collections, especially those with audiovisual components.

Take a look through the Visions and Voices of Texas titles below:

Barbara Jordan
James Haskins
328.73092 J761H
Main

Barbara Jordan, a self-portrait
Barbara Jordan and Shelby Hearon
923.2764 J761b
Main

Barbara Jordan : American hero
Mary Beth Rogers 
923.2764 J761r
Main

Barbara Jordan : freedom medalist and Texas treasure
Crystal Sasse Ragsdale
P2350.8 B232
Texas Documents

Barbara Jordan : speaking the truth with eloquent thunder
Barbara Jordan and Max Sherman
Z UA380.8 J761BA 
Texas Documents

Breaking the ice : the racial integration of Southwest Conference Football
Richard Pennington  
796.332 P384B
Main

Houston Cougars in the 1960s : death threats, the veer offense, and the game of the century
Robert Jacobus
Z TA475.8 J159ho
Texas Documents

Thursday night lights : the story of Black high school football in Texas
Michael Hurd
Z UA380.8 H934th 
Texas Documents

Tomlinson Hill : the remarkable story of two families who share the Tomlinson name – one white, one black
Chris Tomlinson
305.896 T597t 
Main

Wil the thrill : the untold story of Wilbert Montgomery
Edward J Robinson
Z TT422.8 R561wi 
Texas Documents

The Carrasco tragedy : eleven days of terror in the Huntsville prison
Aline House
365.641 H816C 
Main

Eleven days in hell : the 1974 Carrasco prison siege in Huntsville, Texas
William T Harper
Z N745.7 C868crj NO.3
Main

Texas state parks and the CCC : the legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps First edition.  
Cynthia A Brandimarte 
Z TA475.8 B733te
Texas Documents

Fighting their own battles : Mexican Americans, African Americans, and the struggle for civil rights in Texas
Brian D Behnken
305.8 B395f  
Main

Landscapes of exclusion : state parks and Jim Crow in the American South
William E O’Brien
305.8 OB69LA
Main

Who gets a childhood? : race and juvenile justice in twentieth-century Texas
William S Bush
364.36 B963w
Main

Parks for Texas : enduring landscapes of the new deal
James Wright Steely 
333.783 St325p
Main

Please pass the biscuits, Pappy : pictures of Governor W. Lee “Pappy” O’Daniel
Bill Crawford
976.4063 OD1p
Main

Ten dollars to hate : the Texas man who fought the Klan
Patricia Bernstein 
Z TA475.8 B458te 
Texas Documents

The featured collection display is on view in the Reference Reading Room in the Lorenzo de Zavala Texas State Archives and Library building at 1201 Brazos St. Austin, Texas 78701. For more information about the books and other materials available at the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, contact the Reference staff at ref@tsl.texas.gov or 512-436-5455.

“Texas Women: ‘Gutsy’ and ‘Wise’ ” Collection on Display in the Reference Reading Room

By Taylor Fox, Reference Librarian

The current Featured Collection on display in the Texas State Library and Archives Reference Reading Room highlights books about Texas women.

Our newest featured collection is on display in the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) Reference Reading Room. “Texas Women: ‘Gutsy’ and ‘Wise ” highlights selections from our published holdings on the history of Texas’ trailblazing women. Works on suffragists, fearless pilots, activists and political firsts provide a glimpse into the stories of women who made Texas history. The display complements the new lobby exhibit, “Women’s Power, Women’s Vote.”

June 28, 2019 marks the 100-year anniversary of Texas’ ratification of the 19th Amendment, which made legal a woman’s right to vote. Artifacts, documents, photographs and more publications from our collections on women’s suffrage and women in Texas history are featured in “Women’s Power, Women’s Vote.” The lobby exhibit opened June 17 and will run through March of 2020.

Below is the complete list of titles you’ll find on our featured collection shelf this month. To search for these books and more, visit our catalog at www.tsl.texas.gov/catalog. If you are interested in checking out a title from this display, please visit the Reference Desk in room 109.

The woman movement in America : a short account of the struggle for equal rights
Squire, Belle
301.412 SQ58
Main

Report of the Governor’s Commission on the Status of Women
Texas Governor’s Commission on the Status of Women
305.4 T312R
Main

Women and Texas history : selected essays
Downs, Fane
305.4 W8423
Main

Capitol women : Texas female legislators, 1923-1999
Jones, Nancy Baker
328.764 J722c
Main

Miriam “Ma” Ferguson : first woman governor of Texas
Alter, Judy
920.7 F381m
Main

A woman of Texas : Mrs Percy V. Pennybacker
Richmond, Rebecca
920.7 P385r
Main

Ann Richards : “a woman’s place is in the dome”
Stumpff, April D.
920.7 R390a
Main

Unflinching courage : pioneering women who shaped Texas
Kay Bailey Hutchison
920.72 H973u
Main

Let me tell you what I’ve learned : Texas wisewomen speak
Pierce, Paula Jo
920.72 P611L
Main

We can fly, stories of Katherine Stinson and other gutsy Texas women
Rogers, Mary Beth
920.7209764 R632W
Main

Las Tejanas : 300 years of history
Teresa Palomo Acosta and Ruthe Winegarten
976.40046872 AC72t
Main

Women in Texas : their lives, their experiences, their accomplishments
Crawford, Ann Fears
976.4042 C856W
Main

Texas women, a celebration of history
Rogers, Mary Beth
976.4042 T312
Main

Citizens at last : the woman suffrage movement in Texas
edited by Ruthe Winegarten and Judith N. McArthur
Z TA475.8 C498 c.2
TXD

A Texas suffragist : diaries and writings of Jane Y. McCallum
Janet G. Humphrey
Z TA475.8 M124te c.2                                            
TXD

Latina legislator: Leticia Van de Putte and the road to leadership
Navarro, Sharon Ann
Z TA475.8 N228La c.2
TXD

Southern Black women in the modern civil rights movement
Glasrud, Bruce A. (ed.)
Z TA475.8 So88BL c.2
TXD

A love letter to Texas women
Bird, Sarah
Z UA380.8 B532Lo c.2
TXD

Texas through women’s eyes : the twentieth-century experience
Judith N. McArthur and Harold L. Smith
Z UA380.8 M118TE c.2                                 
TXD

No Mexicans, women, or dogs allowed : the rise of the Mexican American civil rights movement
Orozco, Cynthia
Z UA380.8 OR68NO c.2
TXD

Women on the Texas frontier : a cross-cultural perspective
Malone, Ann Patton
Z UA590.7 SO89 NO.70 c.2
TXD

Rosie the Riveter / World War II home front
National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior
I 29.21: R73
USD

Woman suffrage: argument submitted by the National Antisuffrage Association in opposition to the adoption of the socalled Susan B. Anthony proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States extending the right of suffrage to women (Senate document no. 408)
National Antisuffrage Association
Serial Set 6952
USD

Featured Collection: True Crime

True Crime books on display at the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Our newest Featured Collection on display in the reference reading room offers stories of true crime in Texas. Selected titles highlight some of the most notorious cases in Texas history. Journalist Steve Sellers exposes a sheriff’s department in East Texas whose officers abused drivers and the legal system in, “Terror on Highway 59.” Winner of the 1977 Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime, Thomas Thompson’s “Blood Money” details the mystery surrounding the death of a Houston socialite and the subsequent murder of her husband. Read about deeply reported and compelling events like these in the other books on view.

To search for these books and more, check out our catalog at www.tsl.texas.gov/catalog. If you are interested in checking out a title on our Featured Collection shelf, please visit the reference desk in room 109. Below is the complete list of titles you’ll find on our Featured Collection shelf this month.

Title

Author

Call No.

Collection

Selena: como la flor

Patoski, Joe Nick

782.42164 P274s

Main

The man with the candy; the story of the Houston mass murders

Olsen, Jack

364.1523 OL8

Main

Bad boy from Rosebud: the murderous life of Kenneth Allen McDuff

Lavergne, Gary M.

364.15 L388b

Main

Blood aces: the wild ride of Benny Binion, the Texas gangster who created Vegas poker

Swanson, Doug J.

364.1092 Sw24b

Main

Blood and money

Thompson, Thomas

364.1523 T378B

Main

Evil among us: the Texas Mormon missionary murders

Driggs, Ken

364.15 D832e

Main

Fetch the devil: the Sierra Diablo murders and Nazi espionage in America

Richmond, Clint

364.1523 R414f

Main

Legends & lore of the Texas Capitol

Cox, Mike

725.11028 C839L

Main

Poison for profit

McKinnon, Mac B. (Mac Byrton)

364.1523 M216p

Main

Ten Deadly Texans

Yadon, Laurence J.

364.1092 Y106t

Main

Terror on highway 59

Sellers, Steve

070.924 SE48T

MAIN

The bridge: a true account of the most horrible crime in the history of Fayette County, Texas

Freudenberg, Gene L.

976.4251 F895b

Main

The Carrasco tragedy: eleven days of terror in the Huntsville prison

House, Aline

365.641 H816C

Main

The day Kennedy died

Wise, Dan

923.173 K3835w

Main

The midnight assassin: panic, scandal, and the hunt for America’s first serial killer

Hollandsworth, Skip

364.152 H719mi

Main

The Zani murders

Fero, Kelly

364.1523 F399Z

MAIN

True stories of crime from the District attorney’s office

Train, Arthur Cheney

920.7 T682t

Main

Texas Monthly on– Texas true crime

Smith, Evan

Z UA380.8 T312TR

TXD

A sniper in the tower: the Charles Whitman murders

Lavergne, Gary M.

Z N745.8 SN36 1997

TXD

Death on the lonely Llano Estacado: the assassination of J.W. Jarrott, a forgotten hero

Neal, Bill

Z N745.8 N25de

TXD

Eleven days in hell: the 1974 Carrasco prison siege in Huntsville, Texas

Harper, William T.

Z N745.8 H234el

TXD

No hope for heaven, no fear of hell: the Stafford-Townsend feud of Colorado County, 1871-1911

Kearney, James C.

Z N745.8 K214no

TXD

The girl in the grave: and other true crime stories

Stowers, Carlton

Z S850.8 ST79gi

TXD

The trials of Eroy Brown: the murder case that shook the Texas prison system

Berryhill, Michael

Z UA380.8 B459TR

TXD

Featured Collection: National Parks

By Maria Barker, Access Librarian

The new Featured Collection on National Parks is on display. If you are looking for a taste of the great outdoors or want to learn more about the history of the National Parks program and parks across the country, the current display is here to deliver. Our selection includes publications from the Texas document, US document, and Main collections.

My wild life : a memoir of adventures within America’s national parks, Wauer, Roland H., Texas Tech University Press, 2014. Call#: Z TT422.8 W356my

To search for these books and more, check out our catalog at www.tsl.texas.gov/catalog. If you are interested in checking out a title on our Featured Collection shelf, please visit the Reference Desk in room 109. Below is the complete list of titles you’ll find on our Featured Collection shelf this month.

Selections from the Texas State Library and Archives Collections:

599.097649 SCH56M
The mammals of Trans-Pecos Texas : including Big Bend National Park and Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Schmidly, David J.
MAIN
36237000391850

917.8 Y31
Your western national parks : a guide
Yeager, Dorr G. (Dorr Graves)
MAIN
36237003043920

T1300.8 C146RE
El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail
Texas Historical Commission.
TXD
36237003008436

Z TA475.8 C547en
Enjoying Big Bend National Park : a friendly guide to adventures for everyone
Clark, Gary
TXD
36237003482177

Z UA220.7 G941 NO.26
Guide to the Permian Reef Geology Trail : McKittrick Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, West Texas
Bebout, Don G.
TXD
36237001513809

Z TT422.8 W356my
My wild life : a memoir of adventures within America’s national parks
Wauer, Roland H.
TXD
36237003650864

I 29.2:M 56/5
Balcony House : a history of a cliff dwelling, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
Fiero, Kathleen
USD
36237504217981

I 29.86/4:AC 1/2
Cultural landscape report for the historic motor road system, Acadia National Park
Killion, Jeffrey
USD
36237505654596

I 29.2:F 94/2
Fruitful legacy : a historic context of orchards in the United States, with technical information for registering orchards in the National Register of Historic Places
Dolan, Susan
USD
36237506212212

I 29.2:M 97                                                              
Museum curatorship in the National Park Service, 1904-1982
Lewis, Ralph H.
USD
36237503346377

I 29.2:P 21/11
Parks for America : survey of park and related resources in 50 states, and preliminary plan.
United States Department of the Interior. National Park Service
USD
Pending cataloging

I 29.2:N 19/4                                                           
Presenting nature : the historic landscape design of the National Park Service : 1916 to 1942
McClelland, Linda Flint.
USD
36237503410249

I 29.2:T 64/3/2012
The most striking of objects : the totem poles of Sitka National Historical Park
Patrick, Andrew author.
USD
36237507278022

I 29.2:AR 7/5                                                           
Treasured landscapes : National Park Service art collections tell America’s stories
National Center for Cultural Resource Stewardship and Partnerships (U.S.). Museum Management Program, publisher.
USD
36237507968507

I 29.2:C 54/2
Where we found a whale : a history of Lake Clark National Park and Preserve
Fagan, Brian
USD
36237505971644

Featured Collection: Textiles and Apparel

Information Services staff invite you to enjoy our updated Featured Collection display, on view through January 2019 at the Lorenzo de Zavala building, room 109.  To coincide with the colder winter months, the selection celebrates the textiles and apparel industry for producing the fabrics and garments which warm us.  Below is a summary of materials featured in the display.

Call No. Title Author Collection
391.04 R424 $10 horse, $40 saddle : cowboy clothing, arms, tools, and horse gear of the 1880’s Rickey, Don Main
Z TT422.8 P416fi A perfect fit : the garment industry and American Jewry (1860-1960) Goldstein, Gabriel M. TXD
Z TT422.8 AM65SE 2003 A separate sphere : dressmakers in Cincinnati’s golden age, 1877-1922 Amnéus, Cynthia TXD
Z TT422.8 H551AM American menswear : from the Civil War to the twenty-first century Hill, Daniel Delis TXD
Z TT422.8 H551AS As seen in Vogue : a century of American fashion in advertising Hill, Daniel Delis TXD
746.43 H839a AwareKnits : knit & crochet projects for the eco-conscious stitcher Howell, Vickie Main
Z TT422.8 C623 Clothing and textile collections in the United States : a CSA guide Queen, Sally TXD
I 29.2:C 62 Clothing for ladies and gentlemen of higher and lower standing : a working pamphlet to aid the imitators of New England citizens of the eighteenth century Hicks, Marjorie USD
SI 1.28:42 Cutting a fashionable fit : dressmakers’ drafting systems in the United States Kidwell, Claudia Brush USD
391 K811D Dress clothing of the Plains Indians Koch, Ronald P. Main
Z TT422.8 B431EM Embroiderers of Ninhue : stitching Chilean rural life Benavente, Carmen TXD
Z TT422.8 C150fo Forbidden fashions : invisible luxuries in early Venetian convents Campagnol, Isabella TXD
Z TT422.8 G195AR M. de Garsault’s 1767 Art of the shoemaker : an annotated translation Garsault, François A. de (François Alexandre) TXD
Z TT422.8 C654ma Managing costume collections : an essential primer Coffey-Webb, Louise TXD
D 101.11:10-3530-203-20 P Organizational maintenance repair parts and special tools lists : textile repair shop, trailer mounted (York Astro model D8700477, FSN 3530-819-2008; Army model SPV 35) (York Astro model D8700540, FSN 3530-900-8352) … clothing repair shop, trailer mounted (York Astro model D8700337, FSN 3530-819-2007, Army model SPV 34) United States. Department of the Army USD
SI 1.28:49 Technology in miniature : American textile patent models, 1819-1840 Janssen, Barbara Suit USD
745.5 M381 1946B The book of Indian-crafts and costumes Mason, Bernard Sterling Main
391.2 T768 The First Ladies in fashion Truett, Randle Bond Main
Z TT422.8 M421SU The sunbonnet : an American icon in Texas Matheson, Rebecca Jumper TXD
Z UA380.8 R79WE Weaving and dyeing in highland Ecuador Rowe, Ann P. TXD
Z TT422.8 M421yo Young Originals : Emily Wilkens and the teen sophisticate Matheson, Rebecca Jumper, TXD

Please see a librarian in room 109 if you are interested in checking out any of the circulating materials.

NASA Turns 60 – Featured Collection in the Reference Reading Room

By Stephanie Andrews, Library Assistant

ARIS invites you to check out the newest featured book display now up in the Reference Reading Room. NASA Turns 60 features publications from our MAIN, Texas Documents, and U.S. Documents collections. From its humble beginnings as the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, explore our out-of-this-world resources that examine the founding and history of this exciting federal agency.

To search for these books and more, check out our catalog at www.tsl.texas.gov/catalog. If you are interested in checking out a title on our Featured Collection shelf, please visit the Reference Desk in room 109. Below is a complete list of titles you’ll find on our Featured Collection shelf for October and November.

522 EV15B
Big and bright : a history of the McDonald Observatory
Evans, David Stanley
Main

522.2919 Sc83a
Adventure in space : the flight to fix the Hubble
Scott, Elaine
Main

523 Sc83c
Close encounters : exploring the universe with the Hubble Space Telescope
Scott, Elaine
Main

629.4 B743o
Our Space Program
Bredeson, Carmen
Main

629.40973 N1
NASA factbook; guide to National Aeronautics and Space Administration programs and activities
Renetzky, Alvin
Main

629.45 K863f
Failure is not an option : mission control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and beyond
Kranz, Gene
Main

Z UA380.8 P281we
We could not fail : the first African Americans in the space program
Paul, Richard
TXD

Z UA380.8 W736La OVER-T
Last launch : Discovery, Endeavor, Atlantis
Winters, Dan
TXD

Z TA475.8 H883DE
The Development of Propulsion Technology for U.S. Space-Launch Vehicles, 1926-1991
Hunley, J. D.
TXD

Y 4.SCI 2:115-04
NASA: past, present, and future : hearing before the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifteenth Congress, first session, February 16, 2017
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
USD

NAS 1.2:K 38
Kennedy Space Center Story
Harris, Gordon L.
USD
Some items have been held behind the desk due to fragility or rareness of the item. The following items can be requested from the Information Services staff at the Reference Desk in room 109.

NAS 1.86:ST 2/DVD
Journey to the Stars
Emmart, Carter
USD

NAS 1.86:IM 1/CD
The First Forty Years: A Collection of Selected Images
Goddard Space Flight Center. Office of Public Affairs.
USD

NAS 1.86:AP 4/2/2004/CD
Remembering Apollo 11: The 35th Anniversary Data Archive CD-ROM
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. History Office.
USD

NAS 1.86:SU 7/5/DVD
Mysteries of the Sun
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
USD

NAS 1.86:P 23/DVD
NASA’s Earth Observatory presents: National Parks–from Space
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
USD

NAS 1.2:T 69/2/KIT
Space Travel Hazards [game]: How Safely Can You Travel Through Space?
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
USD

 

Featured Collection: Secret Societies in Texas

By Taylor Fox, Reference Librarian

Our newest featured collection is now on display in the Reference Reading Room. Secret Societies in Texas features publications from our Main and Texas Documents collections on the history of these organizations in Texas and the south. From Freemasons to the Woodmen to the Oddfellows, and more, we hope you find this collection intriguing.

Our mascot, Lorenzo the Gargoyle, has also gotten into the spirit and will be dressed up for the duration of the display:

Call No. Title Author Collection
366 D297h History of the Improved Order of Red Men and Degree of Pocahontas, 1765-1988 Davis, Robert E. MAIN
366.1 C245 1958 Masonry in Texas : background, history, and influence to 1846 Carter, James David MAIN
366.1 C245e 1846-61 Education and Masonry in Texas, 1846 to 1861 Carter, James David MAIN
366.1 C245h History of the Supreme Council, 33° : mother council of the world, ancient and accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Southern Jurisdiction, U.S.A., 1861-1891 Harris, Ray Baker MAIN
366.1 H55h History of Austin Lodge Number 12, Ancient, Free, and Accepted Masons Hill, C. L. MAIN
366.1 M199 1946 V.1-3 Encyclopedia of freemasonry Mackey, Albert Gallatin MAIN
366.1 W119m Masonic dictionary, Republic of Texas : [with identifying record of those master Masons who participated in the Texas revolution or rendered worthwhile service towards the success of the Republic of Texas Wade, Houston MAIN
366.1 Z85s A short history Grand Commandery Knights Templar of Texas Zumwalt, J. Lee MAIN
366.3 W154o Odd fellowship in America and in Texas Walker, William Henry MAIN
366.3 W832a Album of Odd Fellows homes Wolfe, Joseph M. MAIN
366.4 L586 1941 Rosicrucian questions and answers : with complete history of the Rosicrucian Order Lewis, H. Spencer MAIN
366.973 W553 Handbook of secret organizations Whalen, William Joseph MAIN
366.9764 C245 The first century of Scottish Rite masonry in Texas, 1867-1967 Scottish Rite (Masonic order) MAIN
368 L329W The Woodmen story : our first 100 years

 

Larson, Leland A. MAIN

 

370.9764 C245 Education and Masonry in Texas to 1846 Carter, James David MAIN
973.7 K675D Dark lanterns : secret political societies, conspiracies, and treason trials in the Civil War Klement, Frank L. MAIN
973.713 K243kn Knights of the Golden Circle : secret empire, southern secession, Civil War Keehn, David C. MAIN
Z UA380.8 AD32as c.2 As above, so below : art of the American fraternal society, 1850/1930 Adele, Lynne TXD