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The collection is composed of a Brief in Opposition of the subpoena issued to Richard Nixon, a Reply Brief that highlights the key points in the Brief in Support, a Brief in Opposition to Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgement, and a thesis by Harry Edward Casey, titled “Executive Privilege and the White House Tapes Dispute”. For more information, see the Watergate Clippings Collection (THR/01/2014.s100).

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The Presidential Speech Collection is comprised of several speeches given to the United States Congress, House of Representatives, and other governmental agencies by early United States Presidents (JamesMadison, James Monroe, John Adams, James K. Polk, John Quincy Adams, and James Buchanan).

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This collection contains pamphlets, titled “Retired Army Personnel Bulletin”, which was later shortened to “Retired Army Bulletin”. Pamphlets were published and circulated by the United States Department of the Army.

Scope and Contents The materials that make up the first series are a part of efforts made to acquire Sam Houston (the man) related materials. Correspondence between Mr. Paul Culp and various University and College libraries make up a large part of this series. There are also catalogues and other lists showing Sam Houston-related holdings. The second series consists entirely of materials related to Sam Houston’s Centennial Celebrations including brochures, invitations and newspaper clippings. Many of these...

Scope and Contents The General Sam Houston Correspondence and Historic Documents (1828-1925; 2 boxes) range from a pre-Texas letter written by Sam Houston to a friend in South Carolina in 1828, to newspaper articles describing Houston’s position on the issue of secession. There are fifty-six individual items including military orders, political appointments, authorizations of payments to individuals for service to the Republic and documents concerning payment to Indian Agents. The collection also includes...

Scope and Contents These twelve documents constitute a significant collection of official materials relating to the history of Texas when Mexico was rebelling against the mother country Spain and subsequently found itself facing rebellion by its Texas Colonists. Bangs’ career as a printer is intimately involved with the development of Mexico’s independence from Spain’s and later, Texas’ independence from Mexico makes the known surviving pieces of immense value to historians.The ten-year time frame of these...

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The collection is composed of 37 folders. The majority of the folders contains at least one copy of a booklet about the Texas Annexation.

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This collection contains campaigns, pamphlets, maps, correspondence, bibliographies, and miscellaneous items from the Civil War.

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The World War I Pamphlet Collection (1914-1927; three boxes) contains pamphlets relating to World War I. The pamphlets in the collection contain information on the Red Cross, the World Peace Foundation, and military operations during World War I.