Bill Text: TX HR2049 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled


Bill Title: Commemorating the signing of the memorandum of understanding between the Center for Big Bend Studies, the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, and the city of Ágreda, Spain.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-05-29 - Reported enrolled [HR2049 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HR2049-Enrolled.html
 
 
  H.R. No. 2049
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
 
         WHEREAS, The Center for Big Bend Studies at Sul Ross State
  University has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the
  Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia of Mexico and the
  city of Ágreda, Spain, to pursue archaeological and historical
  research; and
         WHEREAS, SRSU has enjoyed a relationship with Mexican
  research institutions since the 1930s, and the CBBS renewed this
  relationship on July 18, 2017, by signing a memorandum of
  understanding with INAH, the federal agency that oversees all
  archaeological research in Mexico; this agreement seeks to secure
  viable archaeological and historical research areas in Big Bend
  National Park in southwest Texas and the La Junta de los Rios region
  of northern Mexico; and
         WHEREAS, On April 12, 2019, the CBBS also executed an MOU with
  the city of Ágreda; situated in the Soria province of Spain, Ágreda
  was the home of Sor María de Jesús, the 17th century abbess of the
  Convento de la Concepción popularly known as "the Lady in Blue"; her
  inspirational writings were brought to Texas by Franciscan friars,
  and one of them, Antonio de Olivares, founded Mission San Antonio de
  Valero, now known as the Alamo, on May 1, 1718; the mission's
  original location at San Pedro Springs Park in San Antonio has been
  recognized by CBBS, INAH, the city of Ágreda, and other entities;
  and
         WHEREAS, Early research into the Spanish, Mestizo, and
  Mexican history of Texas was conducted by Herbert Eugene Bolton in
  the Spanish archives in Mexico City, and his textbook, With the
  Makers of Texas: A Source Reader in Texas History, influenced the
  work of Adina de Zavala, an early member of the Daughters of the
  Republic of Texas; in addition to leading the effort to save the
  Convento at the Alamo from destruction in 1908, she helped found the
  Texas Historical Commission and published a book based on Bolton's
  research titled History and Legends of the Alamo and Other Missions
  In and Around San Antonio; and
         WHEREAS, Bolton's research also influenced the work of
  J. Charles Kelley, a pioneering archaeologist of the Borderlands
  region who first conceived of a center for Big Bend studies in the
  1930s; after the founding of the INAH in 1939, he worked with the
  institute on several large-scale excavations in Chihuahua and
  Zacatecas between 1949 and 1993, and as an adjunct professor at Sul
  Ross, he helped establish the CBBS in 1987, freely sharing his
  lifetime of accumulated knowledge with other researchers; and
         WHEREAS, The history of the Big Bend region is inextricably
  linked to the histories of Spain and Mexico, and the research
  agreements between CBBS, INAH, and the city of Ágreda will provide
  invaluable insight into the proud legacy of the Spanish and Mestizo
  founders of Texas; now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas
  Legislature hereby commemorate the signing of the memorandum of
  understanding between the Center for Big Bend Studies, the
  Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia of Mexico, and the
  city of Ágreda and extend to all involved sincere best wishes for
  success in their important work; and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That official copies of this resolution be prepared
  for CBBS, INAH, and Ágreda as an expression of high regard by the
  Texas House of Representatives.
 
  Nevárez
 
  ______________________________
  Speaker of the House     
 
         I certify that H.R. No. 2049 was adopted by the House on May
  27, 2019, by a non-record vote.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
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