J. P. Bryan, Jr.

J. P. BRYAN, JR., whose roots in the Association run deep, was president for the year 1982–1983; his father, J. P. Bryan, Sr., was president from 1965 to 1967; and another family member, Guy M. Bryan, was a vice president from 1897, when the Association began, until his death in 1901. Bryan's roots also run deep in the history of the state, going back to Emily Austin Bryan Perry, sister of Stephen F. Austin, the "Father of Texas."

TSHA Publications

At the Heart of Texas: One Hundred Years of the Texas State Historical Association, 1897–1997 "History like that of Texas is rare. . . . Is it not discreditable to the people of Texas, that they should leave the collection of...