Scope and Contents The Martin A. Row Collection (1766-1957; nine boxes) contains materials belonging to attorney Martin A. Row. The collection includes legal briefs and arguments concerning Sun Oil Company as well as Martin A. Row’s professional notes on Padre Island and photographs of the Texas coast. The collectionalso contains Martin A. Row’s personal books and a small amount of his professional correspondence concerning the Texas Tidelands case. The Tidelands controversy between the United States and Texas...

Scope and Contents The Robert A. Gammage Collection (1956-2016; fifty five boxes) contains materials relating to the personal life and political career of Robert A. Gammage. These materials include documents, articles,publications, campaign materials, advertisements, audiocassettes, videocassettes, photographs, and correspondence. This collection has educational certificates and documents related to Robert A.Gammage’s formal education. The collection contains many books and publications on past U.S. and Texas...

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The Ruiz v. Estelle collection (1976-1982; five boxes) documents the history of a major class action lawsuit against the Texas Department of Corrections entitled Ruiz v. Estelle. The collection also includesmaterials from the case Guajardo v. Estelle.

Scope and Contents The Sanford Bates Papers (1906-1972; fifty two boxes) documents the life of one of the country’s most influential criminologists and prison administrators. These materials depict Sanford Bates’ personal lifeand career as a practicing lawyer in Boston, member of the Massachusetts Legislature and Senate, first Massachusetts Department of Corrections Commissioner, and first Director of the Federal Bureau ofPrisons. Sanford Bates also served as the Executive Director of the Boys Clubs of...

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The collection includes a single page of court hearing notes concerning testimony of Severo Mallet-Prevost, New York City Counsel for New York Bankers. The notes include minor information on the J.D. Emery Co, Brown Bros. & Co, James Brown, and Sam D. Spellman.

Scope and Contents The manuscript collection begins with the personal papers of Henderson Yoakum, who wrote the first comprehensive history of Texas. They include a muster roll from his Cherokee campaign, discharge orders and payment authorizations for his troops, as well as Yoakum’s license to practice law. The Texana Documents collection also contains papers and letters related to early Texas, primarily focusing on annexation issues, during the period from 1842-1845. In the Correspondence section, Governor...