"At the 50th anniversary celebration of then Texas A&I University, Dr. George Coalson, chairman of the history department, accepted for his department the task of writing the history of the school for its 75th anniversary celebration. Unfortunately, Dr. Coalson, who had first come to the school as an undergraduate in 1946, and later returned as a professor in 1955, died before he could begin the project. Thus in 1996 as the 75th anniversary approached, University President Manuel Ibáñez approached us, Leslie Gene Hunter, Regents Professor of History, and Cecilia Aros Hunter, archivist at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, to write the official history of the school. He set no limits, no boundaries. He asked us to look at the documents and produce a history that would tell the story of the successes, failures, and struggles of the university."

-- "Preface," Texas A&M University-Kingsville, 6.

       Arcadia Publishing, an imprint of Tempus Publishing Inc. has just published Cecilia Aros Hunter and Leslie Gene Hunter, Texas A&M University-Kingsville in "The College History Series." It was published on September 15, 2000 on the occasion of the Rededication of Manning Hall (the Main Building) in celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the University. The price of the book is $34.99 (plus tax).  It is available from the John E. Conner Museum, P.O. Box 2172, Station 1, Kingsville, Texas 78363.  361-593-2810.  It is also available here at the South Texas Archives, at the University bookstore, or from Amazon.com.