SAN ANTONIO PUBLIC LIBRARY
South Texas
Researcher
Volume 6, Number 2
February 2008
November 2006
Inside This Issue
Introduction
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News and Calendar
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Books
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Websites
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Note: the South Texas Researcher is also now available on the San
Antonio Public Library’s web site (www.sanantonio.gov/library/) under “News &
Events” then “News & Newsletters.”
Please remember that the purpose of this newsletter is to keep librarians,
historians, archivists, genealogists, archaeologists, educators at all levels, and
those in other allied fields informed of what is going on that may be helpful in
these fields so they may pass this information on to other interested parties in their
locations.
South Texas is being broadly
defined as beginning in Val Verde
County in the west; moving east
to Austin (Travis County); and
then southeast through Caldwell,
Lavaca, Jackson, and Calhoun
counties to the Gulf of Mexico.
I am willing to include important events or acquisitions from other areas, in some
instances, if they may be of particular usefulness to those in our area. News from
our neighboring Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, and Coahuila would
also be welcome.
If you have items you or your organization would like others to know about,
please e-mail the address at the end of this newsletter.
Feel free to forward this communication to anyone who might be interested.
Thank you!
News and Calendar of Events
Texana/Genealogy Class Schedule
San Antonio Public Library
All classes are on Saturdays from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m.
Programs are free and held at the San Antonio Central Library,
600 Soledad, San Antonio, Texas, 78205.
To register (so we have enough handouts) or for information please
call the Texana/Genealogy Department at (210) 207-2500 (ask for
Texana) or E-mail: genealogydesk@sanantonio.gov
February Class Schedule
February 2
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Beginning Genealogy
Census Introduction
Religious Records
Vital Records
Maps
Courthouse Records
Immigration/Naturalization
Military Records
All programming is subject to change — Please call ahead to register and verify
dates and times.
Beethoven Männerchor
Where: Beethoven Halle und Garten 422 Pereida Street, San Antonio, Texas
When:
February 1
February 1
Southtown First Friday (Open to the public)
Featuring Lil Bit and the Customatics
(Country Swing/Rockabilly)
Fasching. 7:30 p.m. (Open to the public)
Additional information: 210-222-1521 or http://www.beethovenmaennerchor.com
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News and Calendar of Events (cont.)
Texana/Genealogy Department Internet Classes
All classes are on Mondays from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m.
Programs are free and held at the San Antonio Central Library,
600 Soledad, San Antonio, Texas, 78205.
To register (so we have enough handouts) or for information please
call the Texana/Genealogy Department at (210) 207-2500 (ask for
Texana) or E-mail: genealogydesk@sanantonio.gov
February Class Schedule
February 4
Cyndislist & Heritage Quest
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Los Bexareños Genealogy Society
Meetings are normally held at 9:30 a.m. every first Saturday of the month on
the first floor, Main Auditorium, of the San Antonio Public Library, 600
Soledad Street, San Antonio, Texas. Visitors are always welcome to attend.
Membership is not required. Speakers at the meetings are people with a
passion for history, professional historians, genealogists, archaeologists and
researchers.
The next meeting of Los Bexareños will be
on Saturday, February 2, 2008.
Meeting Date: February 2, 2008
Speaker: Frank S. Faulkner, Jr.
Topic: His Book: "Historic Photos of San Antonio"
Mr. Faulkner will discuss the genesis of the book, specific photos of early
San Antonio, and his thoughts concerning the book. He is currently the
manager of the Texana/Genealogy Department at the San Antonio Public
Library downtown.
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News and Calendar of Events (cont.)
Help for the beginning genealogist
The Society assists individuals in getting started with genealogical
research through beginner's workshops. Beginners also receive assistance
from the more experienced members of the Society.
Note: The Los Bexareños Library at the Casa Navarro Historical Site is
now closed due to relocation. The Library will be closed until a new location
can be found. We will announce any change in status.
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German Genealogy Seminar
Saturday, February 16
9:00 am – 3:30 pm
Blinn College Student Center
Topics:
 “All I Know is Great Grandpa Came From Germany” by genealogist
Liz Hicks
 “Breaking Through the Saltwater Curtain” by author W.M. VonMaszewski
 “Sources for German Genealogical Research at Clayton Library” by
Clayton Library manager Susan Kaufman
 “Texas Courthouse Genealogical Resources” by County Clerk Beth
Rothermel & District Clerk Vickie Lehmann
Registration: $35 for GTHS members; $40 for non-members. Add $5 if
paying at the door. Doors open at 8:00 am. Lunch and snacks are
included.
For more information, contact the German-Texan Heritage Society at 866-482-4847,
info@germantexans.org or visit www.germantexans.org.
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News and Calendar of Events (cont.)
San Antonio Museum of Art
11th Annual Mays Seminar:
The Alchemy of Glass
Saturday, February 16, 2008, 9:30am-3:30 pm
Reopening of the Greek and Roman Galleries
Sunday, March 2, 2008
200 West Jones Ave
San Antonio, TX 78215
(210) 978-8100
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Witte Museum
Lens on South Texas: Photographs from the Witte Museum Collection
September 13, 2007 through August 2008
Good Night: Quilted Treasures from the Witte Museum Collection
Through March 30, 2008
Our Body: The Universe Within
January 26 through May 26, 2008
3801 Broadway
San Antonio, Texas 78209
(210) 357-1900
http://www.wittemuseum.org
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McNay Art Museum
ARTMATTERS 12: Jane Hammond, 12 September – January 6, 2008
Alameda Ayer: Photographs by Trish Simonite, 12 September- Jan. 6, 2008
6000 North New Braunfels
San Antonio, Texas 78209
(210) 824-5368
http://www.McNayArt.org
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News and Calendar of Events (cont.)
Amon Carter Museum (Ft. Worth)
Intimate Modernism: Fort Worth Circle Artists in the 1940s
A magnificent exhibition at the Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth
opening February 16, 2008 with these lectures and books
Saturday, February 16, 11:00 AM
Lecture
Continuity and Change: Collecting the Fort Worth Circle
Scott Grant Barker, cultural historian, and
Jane Myers, senior curator of prints and drawings,
Reservations are required; seating is limited.
Please call 817.989.5057 by February 13 to register; confirmation will be sent.
New Book!
Intimate Modernism: Fort Worth Circle Artists in the 1940s
130 full-color reproductions, succinct biographies, accompanied by photographs,
of each of the eleven artists of the Circle. 224 pp. 9.5 by 11 in.; 130 four-color
and duotone reproduction throughout
$39.95 (hardcover only)
Rare, limited-edition of Intimate Modernism.
Only 100 copies are available. Each clothbound book, housed in a cloth slipcase,
is accompanied by a restrike print (produced under the Carter's careful scrutiny)
from an extant plate created by Dickson Reeder, who was the leader of the band
of creative spirits who formed the Fort Worth Circle.
$350.00
These are important events for everyone with an interest
in the best of Early Texas Art and should not be missed.
Amon Carter Museum, 3501 Camp Bowie Blvd. Fort Worth Texas, 76107
817-738-1933; Bookstore 800-573-1933
Transcribers Needed
Volunteers are needed to help transcribe recorded oral histories.
Please contact Frank Faulkner at frank.faulkner@sanantonio.gov for more
information.
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Research in Texana/Genealogy
Journals on Microfilm
Available in the Texana/Genealogy Department
Below is a list of journals available on microfilm in the Texana/Genealogy
Department of the San Antonio Public Library. Those which are continued with a
current subscription are marked with an astrisk (*). Texana/Genealogy receives
almost 400 current titles and has many titles (in paper) that have ceased
publication. So, if you are interested in a title you don’t see here, please contact
us for availability.
ABSTRACTS OF FOLKLORE STUDIES. V. 1-13 (1963-1975)
AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST. V.46-60 (1944-1958), 97-103 (1995-2001)
AMERICAN ANTIQUITY. V. 59-61 (1994-1996)
AMERICAN HISTORY ILLUSTRATED. V. 1-28 (1966-Feb. 1994)
AMERICAN HOME. V. 1-81 (Oct. 1928-Feb. 1978)
AMERICAN MERCURY. V. 1-92 (1924-1964)
AMERICAN NEPTUNE. V. 1-47 (1941-1993)
AMERICAN WEST. V. 1-27 (Win. 1964-Fall 1990)
AMERICAN WHIG REVIEW. V. 1-16 (1845-1852)
ANTHROPOLOGICAL QUARTERLY. V. 67-69 (1994-1996)
ANTIQUARIES JOURNAL. V. 71 (1991)
ANTIQUARY. V. 1-51 (1880-1915)
ARENA. V. 1-41 (Dec. 1889-Aug. 1909)
ATHENAEUM. 1894-Feb. 1921
*AUSTIN GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY. Nov. 1960-1990
BANDWAGON. May 1957-1972
BILLBOARD. 1 Nov. 1894-29 March 1927
BLACKWOOD’S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE. V. 1-14 (Apr. 1817-1823),
164-178 (July 1898-1905)
BLACKWOOD’S MAGAZINE. V. 179-207 (1906-1920), 293-328 (1963-1980)
*BLUEGRASS ROOTS. V. 1-11 (1973-1984)
CHAMBER’S EDINBURGH JOURNAL. V.1-17 (Feb. 1832-1900)
CHATAQUAN. V. 1-72 (Sept. 1880-Mar. 23, 1914)
*CHRONICLES OF OKLAHOMA. V. 1-68 (1921-1990)
*CIVIL WAR HISTORY. V. 1-39 (1955-1993)
*CIVIL WAR TIMES ILLUSTRATED. V. 1-32 (1962-1994)
CLIPPER. 7 May 1853-11 July 1923
COLLIER’S. V. 8-54 (Oct. 20, 1891-Mar. 13, 1915)
CURRENT ANTHROPOLOGY. V. 1-34 (1960-1993)
CURRENT HISTORY & FORUM. V. 1-53 (Dec. 1914-June 1941)
D, THE MAGAZINE OF DALLAS. 1976-1991
DALLAS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY. 1955-1988
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINE, 1973-1993
DeBOW’S REVIEW. 1846-June 1880
ECLECTIC MAGAZINE. V. 1-63 (1844-1864), 1894-1895
ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW. V. 1-108 (1886-1993)
ETHONOHISTORY. V. 36-43 (1989-1996)
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FILSON CLUB HISTORY QUARTERLY. V. 47-67 (1973-1993)
FOOTPRINTS (FORT WORTH). 1957-1990
FORUM. V. 1-83 (March 1886-June 1930)
FORUM AND CENTURY. V. 84-103 (July 1930-June 1940)
GODEY’S MAGAZINE. V. 1-137 (July 1830-Aug. 1898)
HARPER’S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. V. 1-68 (June 1850-May 1884),
81-101 (June 1890-Nov. 1900)
HARPER’S MONTHLY MAGAZINE. V. 102-128 (Dec. 1900-May 1914)
*HISPANIC AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW. V. 37-73 (1957-1993)
HISTORIC PRESERVATION. V. 46-48 (1994-1996)
*ILLINOIS STATE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY. 1969-1993
JOURNAL OF ARIZONA HISTORY. V. 31-33 (1990-1992)
*JOURNAL OF LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES. V. 14-33 (May 1982-Nov. 2001)
*JOURNAL OF MISSISSIPPI HISTORY. V. 41-55 (1979-1993)
JOURNAL OF NEGRO EDUCATION. V. 1-70 (Apr. 1932-Fall 2001)
*JOURNAL OF NEGRO HISTORY. V. 1-85 (1916-Fall 2000) [continued as Journal
of African American History]
*JOURNAL OF THE EARLY REPUBLIC. V.1-13 (1981-1993)
*JOURNAL OF THE SOUTHWEST. V. 29-35 (1987-1993)
JUDISCHE FAMILIEN-FORSCHUNG. V. 1-14 (1925-1938)
LIBERTY. V. 1-28 (1924-1950)
LIFE. V. 1-73 (Nov. 1936-1972)
LIFE. V. 1-23 (Oct. 1978-May 2000)
LITERARY DIGEST. V. 1-75 (Mar. 1890-1922)
LIVING AGE. V. 1-2 (1844)
LITTELL’S LIVING AGE. V. 2-211 (1844-1896)
LIVING AGE. V. 212-360 (1897-Aug. 1941)
LOOK. V. 1-35 (Feb. 1937-Oct. 1971)
MAGAZINE OF AMERICAN HISTORY. V. 1-30 (1877-Sept. 1893)
*MATERIAL CULTURE. V. 16-25 (1984-1993)
*MILITARY COLLECTOR AND HISTORIAN. V. 1-45 (1949-1993)
*MILITARY IMAGES. V. 10,11,13
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY HISTORICAL REVIEW. V. 7-28 (June 1920-Mar. 1942)
NEGRO HISTORY BULLETIN. V. 1-57 (Oct. 1937-June 1993)
*NEW MEXICO HISTORICAL REVIEW. V. 25-68 (1950-1993)
*NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.
V. 23-65 (1892-1934)
NORTH BRITISH REVIEW. V. 1-53 (May 1844-Jan. 1871)
*NORTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL REVIEW. V. 1-70 (1924-1993)
OLD NORTHWEST. V. 3-16 (Mar. 1977-Win. 1992)
OUT WEST MAGAZINE. June 1894-1916
PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN SOCIETY. V. 1-43 (1891-1934)
*PENNSYLVANIA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY.
V. 1-99. (1877-1975), 113-117 (1989-1993)
*PRESERVATION. July 1996-1997
*PROLOGUE: THE QUARTERLY OF THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES.
V. 23-25 (1991-1993)
QUARTERLY REVIEW. V. 1-188 (1809-1898)
*REGISTER OF THE KENTUCKY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 1903-1990
*REGISTER OF THE NEW ENGLAND HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL
SOCIETY. V. 1-136 (1847-1982)
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*REVISTA MEXICANA. Aug. 1915-25 Jan. 1920
SCRIBNER’S MAGAZINE. V. 1-105 (1887-May 1939)
SCRIBNER’S MONTHLY. V. 5-22 (Nov. 1872-Oct. 1881)
SMART SET. V. 1-86 (1900-1930, missing May 1917-Apr. 1921)
*SOUTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. V. 83-94 (1982-1993)
SOUTHERN BIOVOUAC. Sept.1882-May 1887
SOUTHERN FOLKLORE QUARTERLY. V. 1-45 (1937-1981)
SOUTHERN FOLKLORE, v. 46-54 (1989-1997)
SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER. V. 1-38 (Aug. 1834-June 1864)
SOUTHERN QUARTERLY REVIEW. V. 1-30 (1842-Feb. 1857)
*SOUTHWEST REVIEW. V. 1-20 (June 1915-Sum. 1935), 54-57
(Win. 1969-Aut. 1972), 60-72 (Win. 1972-Aut. 1987)
*SOUTHWESTERN HISTORICAL QUARTERLY. V. 1-17 (July 1897-April 1914)
*TENNESSEE HISTORICAL QUARTERLY. V. 31-52 (1972-1993)
TEXAS BUSINESS REVIEW. V. 1-73 (1927-2002)
*TEXAS OBSERVER. V. 27-93 (1954-2001)
TEXAS REPORTS. 1846-1886
*TEXAS STUDIES IN LITERATURE & LANGUAGE. V. 19-25 (1977-1983), 29-31
(1987-1989), 37 (1995)
THEATRE ARTS. 1916-1964
TWENTIETH CENTURY. V. 1-162 (1877-1957)
U. S. DEMOCRATIC REVIEW. V. 1-43 (Oct. 1837-Oct. 1859)
*VIRGINIA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY. V. 1-101 (1893-1985)
*WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY.
V. 1-17 (1974-1992)
WESTMINSTER REVIEW. V. 1-181 (1824-Jan. 1914)
WHITE TOPS. May 1927-1938
*WILLIAM AND MARY QUARTERLY. (3rd Series). 1944-1993
WORLD’S WORK. V. 1-61 (Nov. 1900-1932)
UNITED STATES ARMY AND NAVY JOURNAL. (1863-Aug. 1921)
AMERICAN ARMY AND NAVY JOURNAL. (Sept. 1921-Aug. 1924)
ARMY AND NAVY JOURNAL. (Sept. 1924-May 6, 1950)
ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE JOURNAL. (13 May 1950-10 Mar. 1962)
ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE JOURNAL & REGISTER.
(17 Mar. 1962-27 June 1964)
JOURAL OF THE ARMED FORCES. (4 July 1964-29 June 1968)
ARMED FORCES JOURNAL. (6 July 1968-Jan. 1973)
ARMED FORCES JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL. (Feb. 1973- July 1993)
(filed as Army, Navy Journal)
From the Theatre Archives
[None this month]
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Web Sites of Interest
http://www.sizes.com/indexSR.htm
The Main Index at Sizes.com is a mixture of useful information. For instance,
there are sections for “Time and Calendars,” “Chronologies,” units of
measurement, clothing through the ages, customs, and much more.
http://www.refdesk.com
Refdesk.com, like the above site, is a useful collection of links to such items as
current news, dictionaries, online translation services, search engines, crosswords,
currency converters, and much more.
http://www.stevemorse.org
Stephen Morse website is an excellent and improved search engine for the Ellis
Island and Castle Garden databases. Also available for searching are calendars,
telephone books, foreign alphabets, and more.
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Please submit information and articles to the above e-mail.
For the:
March 2008 issue by 15 February
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May 2008 issue by 15 April
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