In 1909, Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, celebrated its first Homecoming. It was the largest gathering of alumni, students and faculty in the 35-year history of the school. Early Price and her friends were there. She was not, however, an ordinary student. Her father had been a founding partner is the law firm of Fisher, Makemson and Price which is credited with having established the Texas State Bar Association. Her uncle had been on the committee that convinced the Methodist Conference to choose Georgetown over many other contenders as the site for its new university. Her great uncle was one of the first state judges and a wealthy real estate baron who gave land to the new university. Several of her family were married to faculty members at Southwestern and Early, her sister and cousin were founders of Alpha Delta sorority there. This is her story, based on an extensive collection of over five hundred saved letters found by her granddaughter that describe the Price family's close ties to each other, the town they helped build and the university that shaped their lives a hundred years ago.
An abandoned box of documents found in a dark closet has been painstakingly compiled into a full color memoir laid out in the manner of a scrapbook kept by a young girl in the early 1900s. The title is taken from the hymn, "Blest Be the Tie" sung at Southwestern's first Homecoming in 1909--a song that describes Price's close association with her family, the town she called home and her deep attachment to the school she loved. Southwestern's 100th homecoming was held in November 2009. Visit the author's website at thetiesthatbindgeorgetowntexas.com to see book events during Homecoming as well as more photos and information.
Features of the book include:
More than 150 full color pictures
Historical information about the area not found in any other existing publication
130 old Georgetown families mentioned
Period photographs, vintage postcards, newspaper clippings, greeting cards, original letterhead and announcements all reproduced to illustrate the story
Background information about Georgetown, Southwestern University, early Texas and Mexico in the years immediately preceding the Mexican Revolution
The limited edition book published in conjunction with Southwestern Universtiy's centennial Homecoming in November, 2009, includes a commemorative tasseled bookmark and is suitable for readers of all ages.
A great gift for lovers of all things Texas!
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In reading the inmost thoughts in letters and other private documents, the reader feels as if he knows persons from long ago better than his own contemporaries whose thoughts are often presented in opaque fashion because of our modern desire to avoid committment. We are no longer a letter-writing society, either in fact or in not having cultivated the mind-set of letter writers. For all the ubiquity of emails, they do no compare with letters of the past. Letters were written with the knowledge that the contents were, in a sense, committed thoughts, authentic expressions of our mental processes. They might even be called mini-essays; they were literature.
The letters reproduced in The Ties That Bind provide an inside look into the first decade of the 20th century in Texas seldom obtained from narrative histories covering that period. One of the remarkable features of the book is that it has a central motif. The love story provides a thread that pulls the reader along until the end with features of the social history of the times that are quite fascinating. Mrs. Walsh did exactly right in letting the letters themselves tell the story and is to be congratulated for preserving and bringing this collection to light. it will be a treasure for future generations of Texans. --Dr. William B. Jones, 35-year Professor of History Emretitus, Excecutive Vice Present Emeritus - Southwestern University
I receive a lot of books for consideration and I must say that this title is among the most impressive works I've received in over ten years in this position. The book is outstanding in both content and design. The wealth of first-hand historical documentsalong with the colorful photographs and postcards bring the Texas of one hundred years ago to vivid and vibrant life. --Manager, Barnes & Noble Round Rock, Texas
A wonderful tribute to family and an important reference for people doing research on Georgetown. The index will be invaluable for those whose time is limited, but I'll bet not many will be able to resist taking a long, slow look at this beautiful book. --Judy Fabry, Assistant to the Director of the Georgetown Public Library
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine (New). No Jacket. First Printing. 278pp.+index; HB beige w/brwn.; NEW! fine condition w/clean,tight pgs. "The story of a Texas family, the town they loved, and the university that shaped their lives" Written as a scrapbook by a young girl in the early 1900s, w/postcards, photos, newspapers, & other ephemera as illustrations. signed by Louise Walsh & includes tasseled bookmark, homecoming invite&map, and family tree. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 010462
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