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- Title: Introduction: The William P. Clements Center for Southwest History (Editorial)
- Author : Journal of the Southwest
- Release Date : January 22, 2004
- Genre: Social Science,Books,Nonfiction,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 182 KB
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All of the essays in this special issue of the Journal of the Southwest came from the pens of former fellows of the William P. Clements Center for Southwest History at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Dallas may not be included in everyone's definition of the Southwest, but Dallas's premier university is deeply invested in the region no matter how one defines it. Southern Methodist University's DeGolyer Library contains one of the nation's finest collections of imprints on the southwestern states, from California to Texas, and the north Mexican states from Baja California to Tamaulipas. The Jerry Bywaters Special Collections in the university's Hamon Arts Library contains papers and works of art by Texas artists, many of whom worked far to the west of Texas. SMU-in Taos, with its campus at the site of reconstructed Fort Burgwin high above Taos, New Mexico, houses a vibrant summer school that utilizes the region itself as a classroom. The university's William P. Clements Department of History trains doctoral students whose research interests lie exclusively in the Southwest. The William R Clements Center for Southwest Studies, which obtains most of its funding from the History Department, supports regionally focused research and publication in the humanities and social sciences. The Clements Center for Southwest Studies, which opened its doors in 1996, sponsors research at advanced levels in a variety of ways. First and foremost, it awards annual residential research fellowships to winners of intense national and international competitions. The Center initially supported two residential fellows per year; since 1999 it has supported three per year. From 1996 through the spring of 2004, twenty-one research fellows have spent an academic year at the Center. They have received a monthly stipend, a research allowance, and a nurturing place to work away from the pressures of classrooms and committees. In short, Center fellows have received that most precious of gifts for scholars: uninterrupted time for sustained thought. For that gift, we have all been grateful to Governor Bill Clements, who endowed the History Department and the Center, and to other generous donors and foundations who have provided substantial financial support to Bill Clement's vision.