1. Finishing the Fifties.
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SOCIETIES ,FOLKLORE ,MEETINGS ,PUBLISHING - Abstract
This article deals with the activities of the Texas Folklore Society from 1957 to 1962. Hermes Nye was the society's president in 1957 and was in the midst of one of his most exciting folkloring times. The society's meeting was held in Dallas on April 12-13. The 1957 meeting was scheduled by tradition to meet in Austin. The meeting lasted for two days, only twelve papers were presented. A definite sign of the times was a resolution passed at the 1957 Dallas business meeting, which occurred in those early days of desegregation. The society's publication for 1957 was Madstones and Twisters, which did not come out until the spring of 1958 and caused a minor flap among the editors because of its tardiness. The extra book published by the society for 1958 was Américo Paredes' With His Pistol In His Hand published by Frank Wardlaw at The University of Texas Press. In 1959, the society's meeting was held on March 27 to 28 in Austin. The society's publication for 1959 was And Horns on the Toads. The program of the 1960 meeting consisted of two sessions of eleven papers.
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- 1994