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 |
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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 | ||
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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. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||