The National History Day structure in Texas is divided into regional or district contests. Please check the list below to see if your school district holds a contest and contact your district's history day coordinator. If your school district is not listed, please contact the regional coordinator in your city or nearest to your community. If you are unsure which district or region you should contact or if you have questions about any aspect of the National History Day program, please contact the state coordinator for Texas History Day.
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| DISTRICT CONTESTS AND COORDINATORS |
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| Aldine Regional History Day (Aldine ISD only) |
| Event Date: |
March 7, 2008 |
| Location: | Aldine Middle School |
| Coordinator: | Deborah Johnson
Program Director for Social Studies
Aldine ISD
14909 Aldine Westfield Road
Houston, Texas 77032
(281) 985-6409
(281) 985-6444 (fax)
dljohnson@aldine.k12.tx.us |
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| | Shirley Worden
Program Director Social Studies
Aldine ISD Resource Center
14909 Aldine Westfield Road
Houston, Texas 77032
(281) 985-6127
(281) 985-6444 (fax)
sworden@aldine.k12.tx.us |
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Houston Regional History Fair
(Houston ISD only) |
| Event Date: |
February 12, 2008 |
| Location: |
HISD Administration Building
and
HISD Doris Miller Center |
| Website: |
www.hisdsocialstudies.org |
| Coordinators: |
Angela Miller
Social Studies Manager, Secondary
Curriculum Department
Houston ISD
4400 W 18th St
Houston, Texas 77092-8501
(713) 556-6823
amiller2@houstonisd.org |
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| | Michael Dorsey
Social Studies Manager, Elementary
Curriculum Department
Houston ISD
4400 W 18th St
Houston, Texas 77092-8501
713) 556-6823
mdorsey@houstonisd.org |
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| REGIONAL CONTESTS AND COORDINATORS |
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| North and East Texas |
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| Commerce and East Texas Regional History Fair |
| Event Date: |
March 24, 2008 |
| Location: | Sam Rayburn Memorial Student Center
Texas A&M University-Commerce
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| Coordinator: | Ricky Dobbs
Department of History
Texas A&M-Commerce
PO Box 3011
Commerce, Texas 75429
(903) 886-5226
ricky_dobbs@tamu-commerce.edu |
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| Dallas-Metroplex History Day |
| Event Date: |
February 23, 2008 |
| Location: |
Fair Park, Dallas |
| Coordinators: |
Stephen S. Cure
Texas State Historical Association
P.O. Box 28527
Austin, Texas 78755
(512) 697-1200
(512) 697-1201 (fax)
SteveCure@TSHAonline.org |
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| Fort Worth and Arlington Regional History Day |
| Event Date: |
March 1, 2008 |
| Location: | University of Texas at Arlington |
| Coordinator: | Juliann Warner
James Martin High School
4501 West Pleasant Ridge
Arlington, Texas 76016
(817) 561-8779 or 8600
jwarner@aisd.net |
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| Stephen F. Austin State University Regional History Day |
| Event Date: |
February 22, 2008 |
| Location: | SFASU University Center |
| Coordinator: |
Perky Beisel
Department of History, SFASU
P. O. Box 13013
Nacogdoches TX 75962
(936) 468-2093
pbeisel@sfasu.edu |
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| Northwest Texas |
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| McMurry University Regional History Day |
| Event Date: |
February 15, 2008 |
| Location: | McMurry University |
| Coordinator: |
Rob Fink
Department of History
McMurry University
McM Station Box 638
Abilene, TX 79697
(325) 793-4698
finkr@mcm.edu |
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| Panhandle-Plains Regional History Day |
| Event Date: |
February 23, 2008 |
| Location: | Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum |
| Coordinator: | Millie Vanover
Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum
WTAMU Box 60967
Canyon, TX 79016
(806) 651-2249
mvanover@pphm.wtamu.edu |
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| North Texas Regional History Fair |
| Event Date: |
February 23, 2008 |
| Location: | Kirby Middle School |
| Coordinator: | Imma Jeanne Alexander
Wichita Falls ISD Social Studies Supervisor
P. O. Box 97533
Wichita Falls, TX 76307-7533
(940) 720-4991
Fax: (940) 720-3255
ialexander@wfisd.net |
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| South Plains Regional History Day |
| Event Date: |
February 2, 2008 |
| Location: | National Ranching Heritage Center |
| Coordinator: | Christy Lemons
Manager, Education Programs
National Ranching Heritage Center
3121 4th Street
Box 43200
Lubbock, TX 79409-3200
806-742-0498
christy.lemons@ttu.edu |
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| Houston and Gulf Coast |
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| Bluebonnet Regional History Fair |
| Event Date: |
March 5-6, 2008 |
| Location: |
O'Donnell Middle School |
| Coordinator: | Doni King
Social Studies Specialist
Alief ISD
14041 Alief Clodine
Houston, TX 77082
(281) 498-8110 x5391
doni.king@aliefisd.net
Greg Byers
Social Studies Coordinator
Alief ISD
12302 High Star
Houston, TX 77072
(281) 498-8110 x3540
greg.byers@aliefisd.net
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| Lee College Regional History Day |
| Event Date: |
February 29-March 1, 2008 |
| Location: | Lee College |
| Coordinators: | John Britt
Lee College
P.O. Box 818
Baytown, Texas 77522
(281) 425-6375
jbritt@lee.edu |
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Toni Shuman
Social Studies Coordinator
Goose Creek CISD
4544 I-10 East
Baytown, Texas 77521
(281) 421-3233
tgshuman@gccisd.net |
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| Fort Bend Regional History Fair |
| Event Date: |
February 22-23, 2008 |
| Location: | Sartartia Middle School |
| Coordinator: | Susan Voradakis
Social Studies Coordinator
Fort Bend ISD
16431 Lexington Boulevard
Sugar Land, Texas 77479
(281) 634-1000
susan.voradakis@fortbend.k12.tx.us |
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| Montgomery College |
| Event Date: |
February 9, 2008 |
| Location: | Montgomery College |
| Coordinator: | Betsy Powers
3200 College Park Drive
Conroe, TX 77384
(936) 273-7036
betsy.j.powers@lonestar.edu |
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| Central Texas |
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| Cen-Tex History Fair |
| Event Date: |
February 2, 2008 |
| Location: | O. Henry Middle School |
| Website: |
http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu
/johnson/education.hom/education-main.shtm |
| Coordinator: |
Marsha Sharp
Education Specialist
LBJ Library and Museum
2313 Red River
Austin, Texas 78705
(512) 721-0195
marsha.sharp@nara.gov |
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| San Antonio Regional History Fair |
| Event Date: |
February 29-March 1, 2008 |
| Location: |
MacArthur High School
2923 E. Bitters Road
San Antonio TX 78217 |
| Website: |
http://colfa.utsa.edu/hist/historyfair/ |
| Coordinator: |
David Hansen
Department of History
The University of Texas at San Antonio
david.hansen@utsa.edu |
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| Brazos Valley Regional History Fair |
| Event Date: |
February 8, 2008 |
| Location: | Star of the Republic Museum |
| Coordinator: | Anne McGaugh
Curator of Education
P.O. Box 317
Washington, TX 77880
(936) 878-2461 ext. 237
(936) 878-2462 (fax)
amcgaugh@blinn.edu |
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Heart of Texas Regional History Fair
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| Event Date: |
February 7-8, 2008 |
| Location: | Bill Daniel Student Center
Baylor University |
| Website: |
www.baylor.edu/historyfair |
| Coordinators: | Elinor Mazé, President
Institute for Oral History, Baylor University
One Bear Place # 97271
Waco, Texas 76798-7271
(254) 710-6289 |
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| | Dena Martin
Heart of Texas Regional History Fair
Baylor University
One Bear Place #97203
Waco, Texas 76798
(254) 710-3783
(800) 583-3169 ext. 2
(254) 710-3624 (fax)
Dena_Martin@baylor.edu |
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| South Texas |
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| Rio Grande Valley Regional History Fair |
| Event Date: |
February 16, 2008 |
| Location: | University of Texas-Pan American Student Union |
| Coordinator: | Michael Faubion
University of Texas-Pan American
Department of History and Philosophy
SBS 309
1201 West University
Edinburg, Texas 78539
(956) 381-3561
mfc83b@panam.edu |
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| Coastal Bend Regional History Fair |
| Event Date: |
March 1, 2008 |
| Location: | Texas A&M University-Kingsville Student Union |
| Coordinator: |
Lois Jaimes
John E. Conner Museum
Texas A&M University
700 University Blvd., MSC 134
Kingsville, Texas 78363
(361) 593-2828
kalmj00@tamuk.edu |
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| West Texas |
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| Big Bend Regional History Fair |
| Event Date: |
March 31, 2008 |
| Location: | Sul Ross University |
| Coordinator: | Caroline Fox
Alpine Middle School
801 Middle School Drive
Alpine, Texas 79830
(915) 837-7720
cfox@alpine.esc18.net |
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| El Paso History Day |
| Event Date: |
February 9, 2008 |
| Location: | Union Building -- University of Texas at El Paso |
| Coordinator: | Charles Martin
Department of History
Liberal Arts Bldg., Room 320
University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, Texas 79968
(915) 747-7055
mcharles@utep.edu |
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| Midland and Permian Basin History Fair |
| Event Date: |
March 1, 2008 |
| Location: | Robert E. Lee Freshman High School |
| Coordinator: | Cindy Truitt
Robert E. Lee High School
3500 Neely Avenue
Midland, Texas 79707
(432) 689-1631
ctruitt@esc18.net |
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| STATE CONTEST AND COORDINATORS |
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| Texas History Day |
| Event Date: |
Saturday & Sunday, May 3-4, 2008 |
| Location: | Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum &
The University of Texas at Austin |
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| K-12 Student Programs Coordinator: |
Vacant
Texas State Historical Association
P.O. Box 28527
Austin, Texas 78755
(512) 697-1200
(512) 697-1201 (fax) |
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| Director of Educational Services: | Stephen S. Cure
Texas State Historical Association
P.O. Box 28527
Austin, Texas 78755
(512) 697-1200
(512) 697-1201 (fax)
SteveCure@TSHAonline.org |
2008 National History Day
