Texas Parlor
My blogs
| Industry | Publishing |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Bibliographer |
| Location | Houston, Texas |
| Introduction | Texana librarian 30 years. Degrees:Lon Morris College, SFASU, UT. Edited S'western Lib Assn booklet on kid's books, founded TxStLiby’s subject index to state government publications monthly checklist, founded Texas Bibliographical Soc's "Texas Current Bibliography", compiled Amarillo PL's Bush/FitzSimon Bib, wrote Texana column in "Texas Library Jl", taught UT’s Library School on contemporary American publishing, conducted workshops on Texana, conservation, book arts, publishing, and archival matters, published "Arthur’s Austin ABC: Arturo en Austin: un abecedario" & "The Austin Almanac," Librarian of Houston PL's Texas Room 18 yrs, retired Dec 2005. |
| Interests | Texas Library Assn, Archives & Local History Roundtable, Battle of San Jacinto Symposium, Museum of Printing History Coll Mgmt Cmte and Book Fair, Houston Review Advisory Board, Archivists of Houston Area, Harris County Historical Commission |
| Favorite movies | Formerly, Travis County Historical Commission, Travis County Sesquicentennial Committee, Sesquicentennial Wagon Train, Austin Sesquicentennial Cmte, Austin Folk Festival, Austin FloraRama |
| Favorite music | Bibliographers, V O King, C W Raines, E Winkler, H R Wagner, L B Friend, T W Streeter, N L Benson, R F Adams, J F Dobie, R Morrison, J Dykes, M Tucker, D Laird, A Lowman, D Sloan, J Jenkins, A C Greene, J Q Anderson, E W Gaston |
| Favorite books | More Bibliographers, I Dickey, J W Lee, M Major, T M Pearce, L W Payne, R Smith, D Graham, W Pilkington, S Vestal, A Skinner, N Kanellos, M Sibley, H B Carroll, C Elliot, D H Winfrey, J M Day |