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xiii A C K N O W L E D G M E N T S Iwould foremost like to thank my friend and mentor Linda Ferreira-Buckley for her guidance and support. She is the model of professional deportment for more scholars and teachers than she knows. Davida Charney offered early encouragement for the project, and Kate Adams, Trish RobertsMiller , John Ruszkiewicz, and Helena Woodard provided expert readings and advice. I am particularly grateful to Southern Illinois University Press reviewers Lucille Schultz and Susan Kates for their insightful feedback; this work is richer because of their guidance. My editor, Karl Kageff, was a calm and steady presence throughout. The Spencer Foundation, the East Texas Historical Association, and California State University, Los Angeles, provided generous financial assistance. Without librarians and archivists, archival historians would not exist. Jim Conrad of Texas A&M University–Commerce and Ann Barton and the library staff of Texas Woman’s University guided me through their collections and undoubtedly undercharged me for the many pounds of photocopies they patiently made and mailed. The archival staff of the Library of Congress assisted me in examining the Melvin B. Tolson Papers, and Christina Wolf at Oklahoma City University and Cindy Von Elling at Kansas State University helped me track down important source material. Over the years, many friends and colleagues have offered advice and support, including Hema Chari, Sharan Daniel, Marilyn Elkins, Jan Fernheimer , Julie Garbus, Catherine Hobbs, Lynda Nuss, Liz Rohan, and Lisa Wittenberg Hillyard. My mother, Sarah Gold, taught me how to read when I was four years old, and I haven’t stopped since. Both she and my sister, Paula Gold, have encouraged me throughout my professional career. Priscilla Hohmann has supported me through two years of writing and revision, xiv Acknowledgments celebrating every step forward. Her faith, generosity of spirit, and genuine joy on my behalf have made the last part of the journey possible. Earlier versions of portions of this book were previously published in College English (“‘Where Brains Had a Chance’: William Mayo and Rhetorical Instruction at East Texas Normal College, 1889–1917,” copyright 2005 by the National Council of Teachers of English, reprinted with permission); College Composition and Communication (“‘Nothing Educates Us Like a Shock’: The Integrated Rhetoric of Melvin Tolson,” copyright 2003 by the National Council of Teachers of English, reprinted with permission); and Rhetoric Review (“Beyond the Classroom Walls: Student Writing at Texas Woman’s University, 1901–1939,” copyright 2003 by David Gold, reproduced by permission of Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, http://www.taylorandfrancis.com). Archival materials appear courtesy the Melvin B. Tolson Papers, Library of Congress; the Woman’s Collection, Texas Woman’s University; and the Texas A&M University–Commerce Archives. R H E T O R I C A T T H E M A R G I N S ...

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