Texas A&M University Press (also known informally as TAMU Press) is a scholarly

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associated with

Texas A&M University Texas A&M University (Texas A&M, A&M, TA&M, or TAMU) is a public university, public, Land-grant university, land-grant, research university in College Station, Texas, United States. It was founded in 1876 and became the flagship institution of ...

. It was founded in 1974 and is located in

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, in the United States.

Overview

The Texas A&M University Press was founded in 1974 under the direction of

president and chancellor Jack K. Williams. The first director of the press, Frank H. Wardlaw, had previously helped to establish the

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and the

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. From its founding, the press has operated as a university department, reporting directly to the university president. The press is expected to "further the objectives of the university through publications devoted to advancing knowledge among scholars and to enriching the cultural heritage of the Southwest." The original press offices were destroyed by a fire in February 1979. They were replaced in 1983 with the construction of the John H. Lindsey Building. This allows for offices, the warehouse, and a shipping area to be consolidated under one roof. The press is funded by book sales, an endowment, and financial support from Texas A&M University.

Works

In September 1975, the press published its first work, Elizabeth A. H. John's ''Storms Brewed in Other Men's Worlds''. Within a decade, the press had begun publishing over thirty titles a year. The press has published works in several series designed to feature regional history. Among these are the Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, which concerns aspects of Texas A&M's history, the Montague History of Oil Series, the Texas A&M Southwestern Studies Series, and the Clayton Wheat Williams Texas Life Series. Additionally, the press has developed a series featuring regional art, the Joe and Betty Moore Texas Art Series, one dealing with regional literature (the

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Southwestern Studies in the Humanities), and the Louise Lindsey Merrick Texas Environment Series and the W.L. Moody, Jr. Natural History Series, which cover natural history. Fiction and nonfiction of the 19th and 20th centuries are also reprinted as part of the Southwest Landmarks series. The press has also published works dealing with military history, architecture, business history, chemistry, economics, veterinary medicine, nautical archeology and engineering. Apart from its own publications, the press also distributes books from various other

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es, including

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, the

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, and

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, as well as books from the

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