Records, 1974-1994

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Records, 1974-1994

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University of Texas at Austin. General Libraries

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Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center

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Gooch, William D.

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Hitt, Raymond.

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Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Administrative Division.

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The Texas State Library and Archives Commission began its long history as the National Library of Texas. In 1839, under President Mirabeau B. Lamar, the Third Congress appropriated $10,000 for books to be housed in the office of the Secretary of State. The first purchase of this appropriation was $300 paid to Ashbel Smith for his Edinburgh Encyclopedia. During the remainder of the Republic period and until after the Civil War, an occasional appropriation was made for book purchases ...