Below is a list of the materials received by and added to the collection of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library during the second half of 2011. For additional information about these and other items in our collection, please consult the library’s online catalog.
Books, Non-Fiction
San Antonio in Pictures
The Saga of Catarina: A Patchwork Quilt of Memories, The History of a Little Town in South Texas, written and compiled by Dorothy Mainland Brown, M.D.
Castroville Garden Club’s Seventh Historical Pilgrimage to Pioneer Homes of Castroville, Texas, by the Castroville Garden Club
Texans One and All, by John L. Davis
Archaeological Monitoring of Subsurface Electrical Lines at Fort McKavett State Historical Site (41MN2), Menard County, Texas, by Nathan DiVito and Kristi Miller Ulrich
Texas 1836: Musical Echoes from the Alamo, Followed by San Antonio Roze, by Gérard Dôle, translated by Anita Conrade
Where the West Begins: Debating Texas Identity, by Glen Sample Ely, foreword by Alwyn Barr
Archaeological Investigations and Construction Monitoring at the Bexar County Justice Center Expansion Project, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, by Antonia L. Figuero
The Alamo Master Plan Report: Revised May 2011, Prepared for the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, prepared by Ford, Powell & Carson in association with TBF Partners
Thunder Across the Swamp: The Fight for the Lower Mississippi, February-May, 1863, by Donald S. Frazier
The Cause of Liberty, by Raymond Alan Gardner
The Peter Harrison & Amanda Williams Family in Texas, by Elaine Harrison McReynolds
Archaeology Monitoring Associated with the South Texas Heritage Center at the Witte Museum in Bexar County, Texas, by Bruce K. Moses and Kristi M. Ulrich
National Register of Historic Places Eligibility Testing of 41WN120 at the Helton San Antonio River Nature Park in Wilson County, Texas, by Cynthia M. Muñoz with a contribution by Raymond P. Mauldin
Grasses, Pods, Vines, Weeds: Decorating with Texas Plants, by Quentin Steitz
Texas: A Historical Atlas, by A. Ray Stephens, cartography by Carol Zuber-Malliso
Intensive Survey Associated with Improvements to the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, by Jennifer L. Thompson
Intensive Survey and Testing Associated with the Rediscovery of the Acequia Madre (41BX8) and Alamo Dam, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, by Kristi M. Ulrich with a contribution by Maria Watson Pfeiffer
Books, Fiction
A Line in the Sand: River of Blood, by Richard Brighton
Poetry
What Harvest: Poems on the Siege and Battle of the Alamo, by Floyd Collins
Periodicals
Baysider, published by the Bayside Historical Society
Electronic Resources
DRT Oral History Project: Interviews of Various Daughters of the Republic of Texas and others, by the DRT Library Committee
