The Junior Historian, Volume 25, Number 1, September 1964 Page: Front Inside
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THE TEXAS STATE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
1897-THE OLDEST LEARNED SOCIETY IN TEXAS-1897
Pritdent:
GEORGE P. ISBELLVice-Presidents:
J. P. BRYAN
.JOSEPH SCHMITZ SEYMOUR V. CONNOR
WAYNE GARDDirector:
H. BAILEY CARROLL
Cor. Sec. and Treas.:
MRS. CORAL HORTON TULLISTHE JUNIOR HISTORIAN
Published by
The Texas State Historical Association
Eugene C. Barker Texas History Center
Box 8059, University Station
University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712
Editor:
II. HAIILEY CARROILFRANCES V. PARKER
DAVID B. GRACY, IIAssociate Editors:
ALWYN BARRWILLIAM T. FIELD
BARBARA CUMMINGS"No man is fit to be entrusted with the control of the PRESENT
who is ignorant of the PAST, and no People who are indifferent
to their PAST need hope to make their FUTURE great."
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HISTORY LIGHTS THE PATH OF THE FUTURE
by JOHN CONNALLY
Governor of TexasTexas has recently taken broad new steps to
preserve historical sites and records. In so do-
ing, an opportunity has been given those who
are interested in history to make an even great-
er contribution to the Texas heritage.
I refer to the new historical preservation
laws enacted by the last legislature, following
my recommendation in January, 1963.
Before those laws were passed county mu-
seums displaying the history of the area were
few and far between. It was generally necessary
that benefactors donate a building and equip-
ment. Since the enactments, counties them-
selves can purchase buildings and the items and
collections that might otherwise be destroyed
by negligence and apathy. Just in this short
time, there has been a 100 per cent increase in
the establishment of county museums.
In the past, only the state erected official his-
torical markers and monuments. Currently, the
state, counties, cities, and local groups and in-
dividuals can purchase uniform historical mark-
ers whose inscriptions have been approved bythe Texas State Historical Survey Committee
to insure historical accuracy. More than one
hundred such marker inscriptions have been
submitted.
And to insure that the tangible history of
Texas be preserved, two laws cover vandalism
and all its forms, whether to historical sites,
markers, or property.
To provide official guidance for the historical
preservation program in the counties, the law
provides that every county judge appoint a
county historical survey committee. These com-
mittees are to work with all historical groups
in the counties, to join all efforts in a program
to research, record, recognize, and educate.
All of us realize, of course, that full use can
be made of these laws only if enough people
are interested in preserving the tangible record
of our history. There is an urgent need to stop
the unnecessary waste of our past. It is vital
that competent historians of all ages are given
the opportunity to preserve our history which
lights the path of the future.
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