Texas State Historical Association

The Texas State Historical Association or abbreviated TSHA, is a non-profit educational organization, dedicated to documenting the rich and unique history of Texas. It was founded on March 2, 1897. As of November 2008, TSHA moved from Austin to the University of North Texas in Denton.

The executive director is J. Kent Calder. The association president (2011-2012) is Merline Pitre; the preceding president is Dianne Garrett Powell (2010–2011). Other past presidents are the late Robert A. Calvert (1989–1990) of Texas A&M, Alwyn Barr (1992-1993) of Texas Tech University, and Jerry D. Thompson (2001–2002) of Texas A&M International University in Laredo..

Among the many TSHA fellows is Paul H. Carlson (1992), Texas Tech professor emeritus and a specialist in Texas and the American West.

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Publications

The organization produces three educational publications:

Educational programs

Research services

The organization publishes the New Handbook of Texas which is a six-volume multidisciplinary encyclopedia of Texas history, culture, and geography. In addition, the Handbook of Texas Online is provided by TSHA for internet historical research of Texas.

See also

Texas portal
History portal

External links