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Vol. XLV APRIL, 1942 No. 4
PUBLISHED BY
THE TEXAS STATE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
AUSTIN, TEXAS
THREE TYPES OF
HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION
EUGENE C. BARKER
A Comanche Prisoner in 1841 . . . . Col. Wilson T. Davidson
Texas County Histories (Concluded) . . H. Bailey Carroll
Texas Collection Walter Prescott Webb
Letters and Documents
Affairs of the Association
Book Reviews
Book Notes and Acknowledgments
Contributors
Index
1897—The Oldest Learned Society in Texas—lB97
PRESIDENT:
Harbert Davenport
VICE-PRESIDENTS
Herbert Gambrell
P. I. Nixon
George A. Hill, Jr.
Earl Vandale
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Walter P. Webb
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CORRESPONDING SECRETARY:
Charles W. Ramsdell
Mrs. Coral Horton Tullís
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL:
President Harbert Davenport
Vice-President P. I. Nixon
Ex-President W. E. Wrather
Recording Secretary and Librarian
Vice-President Herbert Gambrell
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Walter P. Webb
Vice-President George A. Hill, Jr
Treasurer Charles W. Ramsdell
State Librarian Fannie Wilcox
Vice-President Earl Vandale
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Asbury, Prof. S. E.
Barker, Prof. Eugene C.
Biesele, Prof. R. L.
Bolton, Prof. Herbert Eugene
Casis, Prof. Lilia M.
Castaneda, Dr. Carlos E.
Clark, Prof. J. L.
Cox, Prof. I. J.
Crane, Judge R. C.
Curlee, Miss Abigail
Davenport, Mr. Harbert
Dunn, Dr. William Edward
Dobie, Prof. J. Frank
Elliott, Dr. Claude
Emmett, Mr. Chris
Estill, Prof. H. F.
Gambrell, Prof. Herbert P.
Garrett, Dr. Kathryn
Geiser, Prof. S. W.
Hackett, Prof. Chas. W.
Haley, Mr. J. Evetts
Hill, Mr. George A., Jr.
Holden, Prof. W. C.
Kemp, Mr. L. W.
Miller, Prof. E. T.
Neu, Dr. C. T.
Nixon, Dr. P. I.
Potts, Dr. C. S.
Powell, Dr. Anna
Ramsdell, Prof. Chas. W.
Raymond, Dr. Dora Neill
Richardson, Prof. Rupert N.
Schmitz, Rev. Joseph
Schoen, Dr. Harold
Shelby, Miss Charmion
Smither, Miss Harriet
Tucker, Mr. Philip C. 3rd
Villavaso, Mrs. Ethel Rather
Webb, Prof. W. P.
West, Miss Elizabeth H.
Williams, Dr. Amelia
Williams, Judge O. W.
Winkler, Mr. Ernest Wm.
Wrather, Mr. W. E.
Zavala, Miss Adina de
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Arnold, Mr. M. L.
Baker, Mr. Hines H.
Beazley, Miss Julia
Blount, Mrs. Guy
Bobbitt, Mr. R. L.
Buchanan, Mr. A. A.
Carroll, Mr. H. Bailey
Carroll, Mr. J. Speed
Cartwright, Mr. and Mrs. J. I.
Clark, Mr. J. F.
Courchesne, Mr. A.
Cox, Mr. I. J.
Crane, Mr. R. C.
Curlee, Miss Abigail
Davidson, Mr. W. S.
Dealey, Mr, George B.
Deussen, Mr. Alexander
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Driscoll, Mrs. Clara
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Farrish, Mr. W. S.
Fortman, Mr. Henry F.
Gilbert, Mr. Harvey Wilbarger
Gilbert, Mr. John N.
Gleason, Rev. Joseph M.
Graves, Mr. Ireland
Gutsch, Mr. Milton K.
Hanrick, Mr. R. A.
Harris, Mr. Beverly D.
Hefley, Mr. W. T.
Hutcheson, Judge J. C, Jr.
Hyde, Mr. James H.
Jones, Mr. Roland
Magruder, Mrs. Hamilton
Maresh, Dr. Henry R.
Milbry, Mrs. C. H.
Moody, Col. W. L.
Moore, Mrs. John M.
Morehead, Mr. C. R.
Morris, Mr. J. S.
Parten, Mr. J. R.
Pew, Mr. John G.
Powell, Miss Anna
Randall, Dr. Edward
Scarbrough, Mr. and Mrs. Lem
Schmidt, Mr. John
Sinclair, Mr. J. L.
Staiti, Mrs. H. T.
Stone, Mr. Hugh Lamar
Streeter, Mr. Thomas
Tenney, Rev. S. M.
Thompson, Mr. Brooks
Timm, Mr. C. A.
Todd, Mr. Chas. S.
Waggener, Mr. Leslie
Walker, Mr. J. A.
Webb, Mr. Mack
West, Miss Elizabeth
Willacy, Mr. John G.
Williams, Judge O. W.
Williamson, Judge J. D.
Wythe, Mr. George
Young, Mr. Eldon
Kenyon College
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Sustaining Members follows:
Rarker, Mr. Eugene C.
Blaffer, Mr. R. L.
Clayton, Mr. W. L.
De Golyer, Mr. E.
Denman, Mr. Leßoy
Francis, Mr. W. H.
Hager, Mr. Dilworth S
Hill, Mr. George A., Ji
Hughes, Mr. J. K.
Hutcheson, Mr. Palmer
Karcher, Mr. J. C.
Maercky, Mr. P. George
Perry, Mrs. Hallie Bryan
Russ, Mr. Leon F.
Moss, Mr. H. S.
Shepherd, Mr. James L., Ji
Smith, Mr. E. L.
Suman, Mr. John R.
Stark, Mr. H. J. L.
Webb, Mr. W. P.
Weiss, Mr. W. C.
Wheelock, Mr. Lloyd
Wilson, Mr. W. D.
Wrather, Mr. W. E.
American Liberty Oil Company
Houston Oil Company
CONTENTS
Three Types of Historical Interpretation ------
„-■.- Eugene C. Barker , - 323
A Comanche Prisoner in 1841 - Col. Wilson T. Davidson - - 335
Texas County Histories (Concluded) - H. Bailey Carroll - - 343
Texas Collection Walter Prescott Webb - - 362
Letters and Documents ------ 378
Affairs of the Association 383
Book Reviews: Burnett, The Continental Congress; Debo, The
Road to Disappearance; Murphy, Henry de Tonty: Fur
Trader of the Mississippi; Brooks, Diplomacy and the Bor-
derlands: The Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819; Perkins, Hands
Off: A History of the Monroe Doctrine; Abernethy, Three
Virginia Frontiers; Dyer, "Fightin' Joe" Wheeler; Redfield,
The Folk Culture of Yucatan ---- - 384
Book Notes and Acknowledgments - • - - 396
Contributors - - - - - - - -_.__ 399
Index to Volume XLV - -- 401
THE SOUTHWESTERN HISTORICAL QUARTERLY
Vol. XLV APRIL, 1942 No. 4
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