Volume 59, Number 2: Winter 2023

In this volume, Robert Caldwell (University at Buffalo) examines the significance of the Native American tipi icon in early Spanish maps of the region. Joshua S. Haynes (Sam Houston State University) demonstrates how Indigenous groups of the greater Gulf applied traditional internal politics in their diplomacy with European interests. By applying data gathered from tree ring analysis, Fior D. García Lara (University of Texas at El Paso) shows how extreme weather influenced Native immigration along the Sabine borderlands. Jessica Nava (Lamar), winner of the 2023 Dr. Andrew J. & Betty H. Johnson Editor's Prize, writes about early obstetric care in Southeast Texas.
     

Jessica Nava wins
2023 Dr. Andrew J. & Betty H. Johnson Editor's Prize

The Texas Gulf Historical Society awards Jessica Nava the 2023 Dr. Andrew J. and Betty H. Johnson Editor's Prize for the best essay written by a Lamar University history major about Southeast Texas the the Texas Gulf. Nava's winning essay is "Mommas, Miracles, and Makeshift Healthcare: The History of Obstetric Care in Rural Southeast Texas." It will be considered for publication in upcoming volume of The Texas Gulf Historical and Biographical Record.

The Record Digitized--Now Available

The Texas Gulf Historical Society has partnered with the Portal to Texas History to digitize past issues of The Record. Volumes 1 (1965) through 56 (2021) are now available and fully word-searchable. The Portal is a crucial online resource offered by the University of North Texas Libraries. This partnership makes The Record accessible to scholars worldwide and preserved for future researchers. The Society will make more recent volumes available soon.

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