Reference work first published in 1857
The Texas Almanac
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/65/2006-2007texasalmanac-cover.jpg) Cover of the
2006-2007 Texas Almanac
(sesquicentennial)
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Author
| Multiple
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Cover artist
| John Collier (2006-2007 ed.)
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Language
| English
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Subject
| Texas
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Genre
| Reference
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Publisher
| Texas State Historical Association
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Publication date
| 1857
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Publication place
| United States
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Media type
| Book (electronic edition available)
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Pages
| ~700
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ISBN
| 978-0-914511-38-0
(2006-2007 ed.)
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OCLC
| 80720995
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The
Texas Almanac
is a biennially published
reference work
providing information for the general public on the history of the US state of
Texas
and its people, government and politics, economics,
natural resources
,
holidays
, culture, education,
recreation
,
the arts
, and other topics. Detailed information on each of the state's 254
counties
is provided, along with analytical essays on a variety of topics unique to each edition; for example, topics in the 2006-2007 edition include the state's
film industry
and the history of
Lebanese
and
Syrian
immigration to Texas. As with many other
almanacs
, an extensive
astronomical
calendar is included. The present publisher is the
Texas State Historical Association
, which acquired the Texas Almanac as a gift from the
A. H. Belo Corporation
on May 5, 2008.
History
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The
Galveston News
published the first edition in 1857, scarcely a decade after the
Republic of Texas
joined the United States. This early version was published annually through 1873, with the sole exception of the year 1866. During the
Civil War
years, the document consisted of a
pamphlet
of fewer than 70 pages, published in
Houston
(1862) or
Austin
(1863?65) due to Galveston's being
blockaded
by
Union Army
forces during that period. From 1867 through 1873, publication resumed in Galveston, although the name of the book was changed in 1869 to
The Texas Almanac and
Emigrant
’s Guide to Texas
. Following the 1875 death of the publisher, the
Almanac
ceased publication for almost 30 years, until
George Bannerman Dealey
was sent by the Galveston paper to establish a branch in
Dallas
and decided that resuming the
Almanac
would foster investment in the state's growing economy.
[1]
From 1904 through 1929, the
Almanac
was published more or less annually, with breaks in publication due to events such as
World War I
. Beginning in 1929 with
the Great Depression
, publication was switched to a biennial cycle; this change was not reflected in the title until the 1941-1942 edition. Special editions were created for the occasions of the 100th anniversary of the
Almanac
, the death of G. B. Dealey, the coinciding 110th anniversary of the
Almanac
and 125th anniversary of Belo Corporation, the Texas
Sesquicentennial
celebrating 150 years of independence from
Mexico
, and the sesquicentennial of the
Almanac
, which was the first full-color edition. In 2006,
Southern Methodist University
issued a
limited edition
reprint
of the 1936
Texas Almanac
, which commemorated the
centennial
of Texas' independence.
[2]
Electronic and supplementary works
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An electronic edition,
Texas Almanac Online
, is published by
Thomson Gale
; the electronic edition is not available online to the general public, but only through subscribing institutions such as public libraries.
[3]
Belo Corporation also publishes an educators' guide to the
Texas Almanac
.
Notes
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External links
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