Volume 57: 2021

After a long delays caused by COVID-19 disruptions, we present Volume 57. Within, Tina M. Kibbe examines the career of Beaumont physician Dr. Edward D. Sprott Jr. and his fight for African American civil rights and equal access to quality healthcare. Hope Flores—winner of the 2020 Johnson’s Editor Prize—shows how the effort to integrate public housing in Vidor, Texas, sparked national controversy and illustrated the need for reform. Herman L. McElroy Jr.—winner of the 2021 Johnson’s Editor Prize—argues that the killing of James “Mooney” Allen does not easily fit within traditional definitions of lynching in Texas and the United States. Finally, The Record staff offers a photo-essay documenting the day in 1907 when the Forepaugh and Sells Brothers Circus came to Beaumont.

Texas Gulf Historical Society Meeting October 18, 2022

The Society will convene its fall meeting on Tuesday at 7:00 pm on October 18, 2022, at the McFaddin-Ward House Visitor Center. Dr. Tina Kibbe of Lamar University will talk about "Building a Healthier Community: Dr. Edward Sprott Jr, Equal Rights, and Healthcare in Beaumont." Dr. Kibbe most recently published an article about Dr. Sprott in volume 57 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 47 (2011) 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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