Book Signing and Reception for Dr. Ron Brown's
New Deal Days: The CCC at Mesa Verde

Dr. Ron Brown, dean of the University College at Texas State, is also a historian of the American West with a particular interest in oral history. For a number of years he has taught a graduate seminar in oral history, and lately has worked with the Center for Texas Music History to produce student-conducted historical interviews of Texas musicians. He has also been at work with Duane A. Smith on an oral history project concerning the Civilian Conservation Corps work at Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado during the Great Depression. Please come celebrate the publication of Dr. Brown’s book on the subject, New Deal Days: The CCC at Mesa Verde, on Thursday, October 26, 2006, from noon to 1 p.m. in the Swinney Conference Room in Taylor Murphy Hall. Books will be available for sale and light refreshments will be served. For more information, contact Dr. Frank de la Teja, at 5-2142 or delateja@txstate.edu

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