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| left to right: George Cooper, Light Cummins, Victoria Cummins, and Cynthia Brandimarte |
Vicki and I had the pleasure of participating this year in the Annual Texas New Deal Symposium which has met annually for the last seven years. This active group of scholars was organized and is spearheaded by George Cooper. It draws several dozen scholars together each summer, each of whom are actively researching and publishing on some aspect of the New Deal in Texas. I recall very fondly giving the keynote address at the first meeting of this symposium back when it first met at the Audie Murphy Museum in Greenville. This year Texas Wesleyan University hosted the group, thanks largely to the efforts of Dr. Brenda Matthews of the TWU History Department. Dr. Matthews has been a stalwart member of the group since its founding. Click Here for a TWU press release about this event. Vicki and I, as seen above, participated as panelists in a session dealing with New Deal art and Federal support for art in Texas. The Texas New Deal Symposium is sponsored by the East Texas Historical Association. Pictured below is Dr. Scott Sosebee, executive director of the ETHA, welcoming the participants to the symposium. 
