Hungarian Heritage Review, 1987 (16. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1987-03-01 / 3. szám
Hungarian-JVmmcana WORK-IN-PROGRESS REPORT: HUNGARIAN TEXANS- by -JAMES PATRICK McGUIRE —photo courtesy of Mrs. Josie R. Finger of D’Hanis, Texas, and the Institute of Texan Cultures, San Antonio, Texas. The Rudolph Schorobiny House at Quihi, Medina County, Texas. Today, the roof has fallen in and part of the stone walls are crumbled into piles. The house is seen from the back, one-story kitchen with own fireplace. The front had a porch, main room with attic loft, and a full cellar beneath. It was constructed (circa 1846-1850) of red sandstone, plastered over. The Schorobinys are buried in a nearby cow pasture. When Hungarian Heritage Review editor Paul Pulitzer asked for a work-in-progress preview of the Hungarian Texan research project sponsored by the San Antonio Hungarian Association and the University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures at San Antonio, I immediately thought of the trials and pitfalls encountered during the past eighteen months. As a non- Hungarian reader, albeit trained Texas historian, I undertook this new project with a great deal of enthusiasm, bolstered by the supportive members of the San Antonio Hungarian Association (SAHA) who made me an honorary member of their club. Resources concerning Hungarians in Texas are slim, indeed. No one has ever collected data on this seemingly small minority in our population (now the second largest in the USA). No scholar has previously sought to account for any settlement, contribution and influence of this Central European group which began arriving in —continued next page 10 HUNGARIAN HERITAGE REVIEW MARCH 1987
