Texas Centennial Collection

Collection

Identifier: THR/01/2015.s098

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Texas Centennial Collection (1934-1937; 11 boxes) contains newspapers from various Texas newspapers in celebration of 100 years of Texas independence. This collection is primarily comprised of newspaper clippings and press releases. There are newspaper clippings, as well as full editions of local Texas newspapers. There is a large number of press releases from the Texas Centennial Commission chronicling the different events surrounding the Texas Centennial celebration in 1936-1937. The Texas Centennial was officially celebrated in 1936, marking 100 years of independence from Mexico.The idea for this celebration originated from James Hogg and later saw a formation of the Texas Centennial Commission in 1934 and other organizations in charge of local celebrations. The city of Dallas won the bid for being the host city, outbidding Houston and San Antonio. There were statewide celebrations that began in 1935, taking the form of pageants, carnivals and other festive ceremonies. This collection was put together by the previous Special Collections Librarians of SHSU with donations from J.L. Clark, Martinus Stogaard and others.

Dates

1924 - 1957

Conditions Governing Use

The materials represented in this finding aid have been made available for research, teaching and private use. For these purposes, you may reproduce (print, make photocopies, or download) these items without prior permission on the condition that you provide proper attribution of the source in all copies. Please contact the Newton Gresham Library's Special Collections and University Archives department to request permissions to reproduce materials for any other purpose, or to obtain information regarding the copyright status of a particular digital image, text, audio or video recording.

Extent

11 boxes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

This collection consists of newspapers, scrapbooks, press releases, programs and other material created between 1934 and 1937 to commemorate 100 years of Texas independence. The materials in this collection are arranged by material type and in chronological order. This collection is housed in eleven archival (11) boxes, including flat and oversized boxes, and is located on the SHSU Special Collection’s manuscript shelves.