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Latest WTHA News
Welcome to the West Texas Historical Association Web page. Please feel free to browse our site and get to know us. Our executive and editorial offices are located at Texas Tech University. 2020 WTHA Annual Meeting: Notice: Due to the ongoing situation with the COVID-19 outbreak, it is with heavy heart that the April 3-4, 2020 annual WTHA meeting has been canceled.
Other News
A calendar of upcoming events
[2020-2021 meetings, workshops, and links to related organizations and societies] is available for your convenience.
If you have events you would like added to our calendar, please email us.
Upcoming events in March-April of 2020: March 5-7, 2020 - The theme of the 52nd Annual Comparative Literature Symposium is “Indigeneity” and will feature keynote speaker Donald Blakeslee. The free event is open to the public and will be held on the Texas Tech University campus and the LUHCA Firehouse Theatre. Austin, Texas. Link March 16-18, 2020 - Historical Society of New Mexico Conference in Silver City, New Mexico. Link March 27-28, 2020 - 9th Annual Conference for the Texas Oral History Association will be held in Waco, Texas. Link March 27-28, 2020 - Texas Institute of Letters annual award ceremony and banquet in Georgetown, Texas. Link April 3-4, 2020 - 97th annual meeting of the West Texas Historical Association in Lubbock, Texas. April 4, 2020 - Southwestern Federation of Archaeological Societies 56th Symposium at Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum in Canyon, Texas. April 9, 2020 - 104th annual meeting of the Texas Folklore Society in San Antonio, Texas. Link April 13-16, 2020 - Texas Association of Museums annual meeting in Bryan-College Station, Texas. Link April 24-25, 2020 - Annual meeting of the Central Texas Historical Association in College Station, Texas. Link Older news on WTHA members can be found here and on WTHA's Facebook page. Donations sought:
Who Are We?
The West Texas Historical Association has always been an organization committed to people who are interested in the history of West Texas. Because of our open-membership policy our association has been filled by a healthy cross-section of lay and professional historians. These include teachers, students, business people, farmers, ranchers, and engineers who have contributed to the growth of the organization. In addition, our membership has had solid institutional support from colleges, universities, libraries, museums, county historical groups, and corporations throughout the region and across the nation.
Our Association is active. Each year we hold a conference in a West Texas city. We visit, present papers, and exchange ideas and information. We publish a selection of papers in our annual scholarly journal, the West Texas Historical Review. Also, twice a year, we put out a newsletter highlighting people, places, and events throughout West Texas. In addition, the Association works cooperatively with other historical groups such as the East Texas Historical Association and the Texas Oral History Association.
In addition, the WTHA promotes research and writing by giving cash awards. These include prizes for the best West Texas Historical Review article, the best nonfiction and best fiction books on West Texas, and the best student article. The Association also provides research funds on a competitive basis.
Tai Kreidler, Executive Director
A Brief History
The West Texas Historical Association was organized in 1924 in Abilene at
Simmons College (as Hardin-Simmons University was then called). In 1996, the WTHA moved its editorial offices to
Lubbock and Texas Tech University, and in 1998 it moved its executive offices there as well. Since 1924 the
association has held an annual meeting and published its scholarly journal, West Texas Historical Review
(formerly the WTHA Year Book.) Officers and board members of the organization are all dedicated volunteers.
Throughout its long and distinguished history, the WTHA has encompassed a wide range of both professional and non-professional historians-- from lawyers and physicians to ranchers, business people, and teachers. Although their interests vary, members share a common desire to preserve the rich history of the West Texas region for present and future generations. Pictured right: The book dealers tables and silent auction at the 2000 Midland meeting. |
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