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Great publications from our members and award recipients.

These books were authored by members of TSHA or received one of TSHA’s book awards. They are provided here for reference and support of the historical content they contain.

List of Publications (120 total) Page 9 of 10

The First Polish Americans: Silesian Settlements in Texas

This award-winning history was the first to provide a detailed and well-documented account of the first organized Polish immigrant communities in America. Author T. Lindsay Baker, who conducted some of his research while a Fulbright lecturer at the Technical University of Wrocaw, tells the story of the settlements founded in Texas in the mid-1850s.

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By T. Lindsay Baker

Recipient of the Coral Horton Tullis Memorial Prize for Best Book on Texas History.

Texas Log Buildings: A Folk Architecture

Once too numerous to attract attention, the log buildings of Texas now stand out for their rustic beauty. This book preserves a record of the log houses, stores, inns, churches, schools, jails, and barns that have already become all too few in the Texas countryside. Terry Jordan explores the use of log buildings among several different Texas cultural groups and traces their construction techniques from their European and eastern American origins.

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By Terry G. Jordan

Recipient of the Coral Horton Tullis Memorial Prize for Best Book on Texas History.

The Handbook of Texas (editor)

By Eldon Stephen Branda

Recipient of the Coral Horton Tullis Memorial Prize for Best Book on Texas History.

Restoration of Old Main Hall and Georgia Burleson Hall

By Baylor University

Recipient of the Coral Horton Tullis Memorial Prize for Best Book on Texas History.

The Big Bend, A History of the Last Texas Frontier

Since it first appeared in print twenty years ago, Ron C. Tyler's The Big Bend: A History of the Last Texas Frontier has become a classic. Not only does it tell the fascinating social and economic history of the region from the time of the Spanish explorers through its designation as a national park in the 1970s, but it also serves as an interesting background guide to this increasingly popular region.

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By Ron Tyler

Available for purchase at Legacy of Texas .

Recipient of the Coral Horton Tullis Memorial Prize for Best Book on Texas History.

Papers Concerning Robertson's Colony in Texas

By Malcolm D. McLean

Recipient of the Coral Horton Tullis Memorial Prize for Best Book on Texas History.

The Henkel Square Historical Restoration Project

By Mrs. Charles Bybee

Recipient of the Coral Horton Tullis Memorial Prize for Best Book on Texas History.

The Schiwetz Legacy: An Artist's Tribute to Texas, 1910-1917

By E. M. "Buck" Schiwetz