SOURCES OF INFORMATION ABOUT TEXAS
Please note that this list is a working document only; some titles included are
merely indicative of types of materials available. This compilation was done by
Lois Bebout and Lyn Benton, using suggestions from the staffs of the University
of Houston and the Deer Park Public libraries.
LIBRARIES AND LIBRARY RESOURCES
Directory of information networks in Texas. 1971.
Texas special libraries directory.
Texas Library Association. Membership directory. (special issue of Texas library
journal)
Texas public library statistics.
The Texas list.
(also other union lists, e.g., R.I.C.E.'s oceanography and Winchell lists;
Newspaper resources of Southeast Texas, the TALON list)
Holley, E.G. and D. Hendricks. Resources of Texas libraries. 1968.
(also studies done in 1965 by L. Radoff, S. Silversteen, and E.P. Lillard on public
libraries, senior college and university libraries and junior college libraries
respectively; the St. John report (1967)
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
Winkler, E.W. Check list of Texas imprints. v.1, 1845-1860; v.2, ed. by E.W. Winkler
and L. Friend, 186l-1876. 1949-1963.
Streeter, T.W. Bibliography of Texas, 1795-1845. 1955.
Dickey, Imogene B. Early literary magazines of Texas. 1970.
(also such publications as Wagner's The Spanish Southwest, 1542-1794; Rader's
South of forty, Adam's The Rampaging herd)
Texas state documents; documents received by Texas State Library during (monthly).
(also lists of publications of various state agencies, e.g. the Water Development
Board)
HANDBOOKS, DIRECTORIES, ETC.
Arbingast, S.A. Atlas of Texas. 1967.
The Texas almanac.
The Handbook of Texas. 2v. 1952.
Guide to Texas state agencies. 4th ed. 1973.
Directory of Texas manufacturers.
Texas museums directory.
Governmental guide. Texas edition. 1972.
Writers Program. Texas. Texas; a guide to the Lone Star State. New rev. ed. 1969.
Atkinson, M.J. Indians of the Southwest. 4th ed. 1963.
Nature guides, e.g. Andrews's Seashells of the Texas coast (1971); Rickett's
Wildflowers of the United States, v.3: Texas (1969), Vine's Trees, shrubs,
and woody vines of the Southwest (1960)
HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY
Who's who in Texas today. 1968.
(also Texas women of distinction (1962); Men of achievement. Texas edition (1958))
The Texas almanac, 1857-1873, a compendium of Texas history. 1967.
Wallace, E. and D. Vigness. Documents of Texas history, v.1, 1528-1846. (1960)
Histories, e.g., Dixon's Heroes of San Jacinto, Tinkle's Six missions of Texas.
PERIODICALS
-INDEX.
Texas '70.
(also periodicals devoted to Texas, e.g., Texana, Texas business review)
LAWS
Vernon's Texas statutes and codes annotated.
MISCELLANEOUS
Publications of various agencies and organizations, e.g., Texas Research League,
Texas Municipal League, Texas Education Agency, Texas University Bureau of
Economic Geology, Texas University Bureau of Business Research.
Sept. 1972
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