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Joyce Gibson Roach Historical Research Collection:A Guide
Biographical NoteJoyce Gibson Roach, teacher, folklorist, author, was born in Cleburne, Texas in 1935. She grew up in Jacksboro, graduating from Jacksboro High School in 1954. Roach holds bachelors and masters degrees from Texas Christian University and did post-graduate work at the University of North Texas. Roach taught in Fort Worth and Keller ISDs, and has been an adjunct faculty member at TCU. Her numerous awards for non-fiction works include three Spur Awards from the Western Writers of America and the Carr P. Collins prize from the Texas institute of Letters. Roach is a Fellow in the Texas Folklore Society, Texas State Historical Association, and the Clements Center for Southwestern Studies at Southern Methodist University, and is a member of the Texas Institute of Letters. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and ContentsCorrespondence, photographs, ledgers, newspaper clippings, printed materials, maps, ephemera. This collection is comprised of materials that Roach collected on her home town of Jacksboro, Texas; the 50th reunion of the Jacksboro High School Class of 1954; and research and original materials collected for her book, Wild Rose: A Folk History of a Cross Timbers Settlement, Keller, Texas. Return to the Table of Contents RestrictionsAccessOpen for research. Return to the Table of Contents
Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationProvenanceGift of Joyce Gibson Roach, 2008. CitationJoyce Gibson Roach Historical Research Collection, Unprocessed mss. 2008-29, Box Number, Folder Number, Special Collections, The University of Texas at Arlington Library. AcquisitionGift, 2008. Accessioned as number 2008-29. Return to the Table of Contents |
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