The Handbook of Texas (ISBN 0-87611-151-7) is a comprehensive encyclopedia of Texas geography, history, and historical persons published jointly by the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) and the General Libraries at The University of Texas at Austin. An encyclopedia (or '''encyclopædia''') is a comprehensive written Compendium that contains Information on either all branches of Knowledge Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. The Texas State Historical Association or abbreviated TSHA, is a Non-profit educational organization dedicated The original Handbook was the brainchild of TSHA President Walter Prescott Webb of The University of Texas history department. Walter Prescott Webb ( April 3, 1888 &ndash March 8, 1963) was a 20th century U History is the study of the past particularly the written record Those who study history as a Profession are called Historians Etymology It was published as a two-volume set in 1952, with a supplemental volume published in 1976. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
In 1996, the New Handbook of Texas was published, expanding the encyclopedia to six volumes and over 23,000 articles. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) In 1999, the Handbook of Texas Online went live with the complete text of the print edition, all corrections incorporated into the handbook's second printing, and about 400 articles not included in the print edition due to space limitations. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar)
Entry examples
The Handbook includes entries on general topics, like this: Texas since World War II; biographies such as this: Samuel Houston; and geographical entries like this: Waco, Texas.
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