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Jody Payne (left) posing with Devall Hick (2nd from left), Kenny Smith (right), and an unknown woman (2nd from right) on the stage of an unidentified venue

This law established the normal school in San Marcos, now Texas State University.

Materials include one complete and one incomplete draft of House Bill 696 of the 26th Regular Session of the Texas Legislature (1899). The summary of the proposed bill reads: "An act to provide for establishing, governing, and maintaining a State normal school at San Marcos as to be known as the 'Southwest Texas Normal School.'" A subsequent version of this text became SB260, the legislation that officially authorized the creation of the institution now known as Texas State University.

Select excerpts: 26th Legislature, 1899, text of S.B. No. 260, page 175: An Act to provide for ... normal school to be located at San Marcos; 27th Legislature, 1901, text of S.B. No. 142, pages 33-35: An Act to provide for the organization, control, management and active operation of the Southwest Texas State Normal School.

Excerpt. Pages 570-575 regard state teachers colleges.

Paper presented in the Conference Upon Problems of Educational Administration in Texas, Austin, TX.

Excerpt. Pages 701-705 regard state teachers colleges.

A group of laws compiled by C.E. Evans regarding the establishment and maintenance of the teachers colleges in the State of Texas.

John Matthew (J.M.) Cape II (1924-2013), grandson of early San Marcos settler John Matthew Cape, was born in his family home on the banks of the San Marcos River. He joined the family cotton business, working for 43 years as a cottonseed broker. Cape discusses growing up in San Marcos, his family’s business, the history of cotton in Texas including farms, mills, and gins, the current state of cotton oil production, and some of the changes he’s witnessed in the city and the surrounding areas.

Cover story on Ben Dorsey.

Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Jubal Clark, John T. Floore, Bong Soo Han, Sam Houston, Harry Jersig, Augie Meyer, Jack Mikulenka, Willie Nelson, Olly Otten, San Pedro, Ray Price, Charlie Pride, T. Gosney Thornton, Kenneth Threadgill, Jerry Waddell, Duke Wayne, John Wayne, Peter Yarrow.

Cover story on B.W. Stephenson.

Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Maggie Bell, Bill Browder, Boz Burrell, Johnny Bush, Hondo Crouch, Wayne Harper, Bill Hearne, Bo Jangles, Waylon Jennings, Harry Jersig, Guich Koock, Kris Kristofferson, John McLaughlin, Tom Nall, Willie Nelson, San Pedro, Slim Pickins, Mick Ralphs, Paul Rodgers, Ray Smith, Rusty Wier, Bob Wills.

Cover story on Leon Russell, Kinky Friedman.

Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Joe Bob, Bobby Burns, Joe Bob Burris, Rick Casual, Hondo Crouch, Charlie Daniels, Lenny Erker, Willie Nelson Family, Rex Foster, Vance Jackson, Bo Jangles, Jerry Jeff, Doug Kershaw, Kris Kristofferson, Mouse Maddox, Mary McCreary, Augie Meyer, Frank Miller, Jody Payne, George Ramirez, Willis Allen Ramsey, Carl Schwartz, John Sebastian, Sean Seman, Bea Spears, Larry Trader, Rusty Wier.

Cover story on Willie Nelson Picnic, Gina Bon Bon.

Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Johnny Bush, David Allan Coe, Joe Gonzales, Jim Haley, Alex Harvey, John Hess, Mark Hess, Liberty Hill, Lem Hunter, Bo Jangles, Club Bo Jangles, Jerry Jeff, Bobby Kinser, Alvin Lee, Darrell McCall, John Mendoza, Larry Palmer, Leon Russell, Rusty Wier, Don Williams, Michael York, Dee Zimmer.

Cover story on Ray Wylie Hubbard, Freddie King, Charlie Daniels, Rod Steward, Ron Wood.

Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Lindsay Bloom, Ronnie Branham, Peter Cedarstacker, Hondo Crouch, Sam Davis, Joanne Dru, Sam Gregg, Tom T. Hall, Darrell Harkins, Nora Hawes, Dale Jackson, Jerry Jeff, Jeri Jo, Jeri Jo Jones, Augie Meyer, Plum Nelly, Willie Nelson, Charlie Rich, Ripper Rodrigo, Leon Russell, Allegani Jani Schoefield, Mussle Shoals, Benny Thurman.

Cover story on Ira Nelson (father of Willie Nelson), Navajo silversmiths.

Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Carmen Alvarez, Leo Long Arrow, Tom Tiny Arrow, Toby Buster, Joe Cocker, Hondo Crouch, Chan Davila, Rick Derringer, Pete Van Flagg, Shorty Fry, Genoveva Gutierrez, Ron Houston, Kris Kristofferson, Bob Marsh, Jack Mikulenka, Marge Mistos, Rob Moorman, Pop Nelson, Ron Rose, Tex Schoefield, Old Shinny, John Stuckey, Rusty Swanson, Robert Thomason, Zeke Varnon, Jerry Jeff Walker, Bob Wills, Frank Zappa.

Cover story on Kinky Friedman, David Allen Coe.

Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: David Allan, Willis Allen, Malcolm Bell, Allan Coe, David Allan Coe, David Crosby, Hondo Crouch, Mario Dehoyos, Wick Fowler, Jimmy Fuller, Dennis Glaser, Tompall Glaser, George Hays, Stan Kenton, Bob Marsh, Dave Mason, Tom Mathis, Augie Meyer, Robert Miller, Joker Moon, Willie Nelson, Raymond Russell Park, Freddy Parker, San Pedro, Willis Allen Ramsey, Terry Reid, Ron Singletary, H. Allen Smith, Rod Stewart, Romy Vela, Wild Waldo, Leslie West, Buzz Williams, Will Wright.

Cover story on Sam Kindrick.

Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Bon Bon, Gina Bon Bon, Johnny Bush, Johnny Cash, Peter Cedarstacker, Patsy Coleman, Jessi Colter, Hondo Crouch, Jim Cunningham, Jack Daniels, Joe Dienger, Sandy Ellison, Kent Finlay, Fanne Foxx, Tompall Glaser, Ronnie Groesbeck, Tom T. Hall, Darrell Harkins, Debbie Harvey, Ernie Hosley, Waylon Jennings, Harvey Kagan, Silvia Laserena, Bubba Littrell, Augie Meyer, Willie Nelson, San Pedro, Douglas Quintet, Jim Reeves, Ladd Roberts, Linda Ronstadt, Bill Shore, Rod Stewart, James Taylor, Jerry Jeff Walker, Rusty Wier, Bob Wills, Harry Wurzbach.