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The article presents the text of an address by George Cooper, the past President of the East Texas Historical Association. He talks about John Nance Garner, a South Texan who was designated the point man on the Emergency Banking Bill of 1933 by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He discusses Garner's involvement in the banking business, including his acquisition of the First State Bank of Uvalde in 1913. Also discussed are issues facing the banking industry in Texas during this period.

The article offers information on Temple Industries, a maker of multiple forest products in the post-war years, primarily located in Diboll and Pineland, Texas. It discusses women's participation in the timber products industry during this period. It notes that female workers remained in the same gendered system, and were not provided with many opportunities for advancement.

The article discusses the economic conditions in Galveston, Texas in 1880. It offers information on the island's port which provided Galveston enough revenue to be considered the wealthiest city in the world in 1891. It provides an analysis of data about the ethnic composition, marriage patterns, and household structure of the men who were most closely tied to the island's export sector during this period.

The article tells the story of Horace Dan Bennett and Mary Juarene Brown, a young couple who were separated and suffered loss during World War II. They were neighbors in the small central Texas town of Crawford, and had planned to marry, but Horace died during the war. It describes Horace's life as a pilot for the U.S. Army until his plane sank into the Pacific near Japan. Also discussed are the ways Juarene has remembered and honored him through the years until she died.

The article discusses how the Civil Works Administration (CWA) has helped Anderson County, Texas from 1933-1934 during the height of the Great Depression. The CWA was created by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt as an immediate relief activity that would provide unskilled or low skilled workers with means to earn money. An analysis of the work accomplished by men and women in Anderson County in the early days of federal programs to relieve unemployment is provided.

The article discusses the history of the city of Waskom in Harrison County, Texas. Topics covered include the signing of the Louisiana Treaty of Cession in 1835, an 1835 survey map that designates various head rights within the Department of Nacogdoches, and boundary problems between the Republic of Texas and Mexico from 1836 to 1845.

The article discusses the earliest evidence of the origins of Trammel's Trace in Texas that appeared on maps from the early 1800s. Topics mentioned include a map drawn by a Spanish priest in 1807 named Puelles, the march of Spanish soldiers to the Red River from Nacogdoches to intercept a U.S. expedition that explores the boundary between Spain and the U.S. in 1803, and the formation of boundaries of Rusk County, Texas by commissioners in 1843.

The article discusses the history of slavery in Texas and how it compared to other regions in the U.S. in terms of slavery. Topics include the conditions of slaves and their masters in the sugar plantations in Texas Low Country, the attitudes and relationship between plantation owners and the enslaved, and comparisons of the low countries of Texas and South Carolina.

The article discusses the history and the role of the U.S. confederate officer from during the American civil war Major Franklin A. G. Gearing. Topics include the history of Gearing in Texas and how the state had disappointed him, how Gearing had left his family and the history behind the picture taken by him in a Confederate lieutenant's uniform.

The article discusses the history of the Legion of Thomas Neville Waul, the commissioned Colonel in the Army of the Confederacy, in Washington County, Texas. Topics covered include the formation of the Legion in 1862, journey to Vicksburg town above the Mississippi River, and the loss of the Confederate at Corinth, Texas. Also mentioned are the battles fought by the Legion.

The article discusses the shooting death of Texas Revolution leader and businessman Samuel Rhoads Fisher in Matagora, Texas in 1839. Particular focus is given to the author's research on the murder and its possible connection to the social circle of politician and solider Sam Houston. Details on Fisher's feud with politician Albert Clinton Horton, and on Horton's connections to Fisher's accused murder, Albert G. Newton, are presented.

The article discusses the history of Trinidad de Salcedo, a Spanish villa in east Texas occupied by soldiers and civilians during the early 19th century. According to the author, the villa's residents were ethnically, nationally, and professionally diverse and played a significant role in the political and military history of late colonial Texas. It is suggested that the presence of both military and civilian personnel in the villa made it more successful than other Spanish settlements.

The article discusses the relationship between slavery and the cattle industry in East and West Texas during the 19th century. Particular focus is given to the historiography of slavery and the cattle industry. The author argues that the livestock industry was a profitable alternative to the plantation economy and critiques historian Charles W. Ramsdell's claim that slavery would not have expanded into the western parts of Texas had it not been abolished during the U.S. Civil War.

The article discusses the history of Milam County, Texas. Particular focus is given to the development of the county's infrastructure and economy, including its railroad system and coal mining industry. Details on business and government in the town of Rockdale, Texas are presented. Other topics include oil well drilling in Milam county and changes in the county's population.

The article looks at pro-slavery sentiments in Brazoria County, Texas, from the mid-19th-century to the end of the U.S. Civil War. Particular focus is given to evidence drawn from local newspapers. According to the author, resident slaveholders made arguments similar to those in other Southern states, including religious, economic, and racist defenses of slavery and arguments about legality and property rights. It is suggested that these arguments were directed at fellow slaveholders.

The article offers a biographical profile of 19th-century Texas attorney and politician Leroy W. Cooper, presenting him as an example of a Texan who became a Republican Party member during the post-war Reconstruction period, in seeming contrast to his pre-war ownership of slaves and his service in the Confederate armed forces as well as in the Confederate state legislature. Topics include the term scalawag, Cooper's post-war position as a judge, and the effort of Texas Democrats to remove him.

A biography of Texas singer Carolyn Hester is presented. She was born in Waco, Texas, in 1937. She performed in the church choir of The First United Methodist Church in Dallas, Texas, took guitar lessons from country musician Johnny Giles, and pursued an acting and singing career in New York City. She toured with a folk music circuit in the 1950s, married Irish-Cuban writer Richard Fariña, and signed a recording contract with Columbia Records. She continued to perform in the 21st century.

The article discusses the economic and social transition of Bowie County, Texas, from 1860 to 1870. It examines the demographics of Bowie County, the migration of African Americans from Bowie County following the emancipation of slaves, and the difficulties experienced by Bowie County's agricultural economy. The article also examines the aristocratic planter class of Bowie County, race-based violence, and religious life.

The article discusses the history of the Texas Volunteer Guard (which was the precursor to the Texas National Guard) infantry unit known as the Stone Fort Rifles, which was comprised of white males who were largely from Nacogdoches County, Texas, from 1887 to 1907. The relationship between industrialization and masculinity in Nacogdoches County, including its impact on the formation of the Stone Fort Rifles, is discussed. The role that the Stone Fort Rifle infantry (which, in 1898, became Company B of the Second Texas Volunteer Regiment) played in the Spanish-American War is also discussed. An overview of the Stone Fort Rifles' officers is provided.

The article discusses the history and administration of the Texas prison system, focusing on prisons for men. It examines prison administration, prisoner abuse, and the convict lease system. The author comments on the construction of the Texas State Penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas. Several prison administrators are considered including George J. Beto, O.B. Ellis, and Marshall Lee Simmons. Other topics include prison reform, prison investigations, and the lawsuit Ruiz v. Estelle, brought by prisoner David Ruiz against Texas prison director W.J. Estelle.

A biography of petroleum landman and stockbroker Sue Caroline Birdwell-Alves is presented. It examines her childhood in San Antonio, Texas and her college education at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, where she majored in home economics. Topics include Birdwell-Alves' work for the financial firm Howard Weil Lahouisse & Friedricks, her views on feminism and feminist Betty Freidan, and professional dress for women.

The article discusses the socioeconomic and demographic makeup of Company D, or the Bass Grays, of the Seventh Texas Infantry Regiment, Confederate States Army, during the U.S. Civil War. The unit's formation in Harrison County, Texas is briefly discussed, as is its wartime service. Then, the men's age, marital status, place of birth, occupation, slaveholding status and other factors are discussed. This information is used to discuss possible motivations for the men's volunteering for military service, the differences between officers and enlisted men, and the war's effect on the company and its soldiers.

The article discusses the cotton trade in East Texas during the U.S. Civil War, especially the actions of the Cotton Bureau of the Trans-Mississippi Department of the Confederate Army. The government sale of cotton to pay for imported Confederate supplies is discussed, as is the requirement that Texas cotton planters sell half their crop to the government for this purpose, or have all their cotton impressed. Other topics discussed include the economic impact of the Union naval blockade, and the sale of cotton across the Rio Grande.

The article explores the effects of malaria and yellow fever on the Western portions of the Confederate States during the U.S. Civil War. It notes that mosquito-borne illnesses were most prevalent in Arkansas and Texas, noting the rate of epidemics experienced during the war. Particular focus is given to the influence of the threat of disease regarding military strategy and decision-making among Union and Confederate military commanders. The connection between yellow fever and malaria to the military stalemate which developed in Texas and the invasion of Missouri from Arkansas is also discussed.

The article lists the books received by the journal "East Texas Historical Journal" including "Hurricane Audrey: The Deadly Storm of 1957," "1001 Greatest Things Ever Said About Texas" and "New Texas History Movies."

Information about the topics discussed at the 2006 fall meeting of the East Texas Historical Association (ETHA) held in Nacogdoches from September 21-23 is presented. Jeff Guinn delivered an address which outlined the evolution of the holiday methology from its Old World origins. The Association presented awards for publishing, scholarship and teaching at its Saturday luncheon. Dr. Linda Hudson was also honored as a Fellow of the ETHA during the luncheon.

Information about the spring meeting of the East Texas Historical Association at the Holiday Inn Select in Texas on February 14-16, 2008 is presented. The attendance was high and it began with a welcome presentation by Gordon Jones, San Augustine native and former radiologist. The meeting was highlighted with twenty sessions ranging from the history of the Tyler Rose Festival to the unique development of sacred harp singing.