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The materials focus on Sam Rayburn and his contributions to education. The collection contains correspondence, brochures, and newspaper articles.

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 Sexton Family Papers document the career of Texan Attorney, Confederate Legislator, Texan Supreme Court Judge, and United States Commissioner, Franklin Barlow Sexton. The materials consist of personal, professional, state, and federal legal documents covering subjects such as correspondence, deeds, receipts, payment requests, land dealings, and settlement cases. The Newspaper clippings cover topics on agriculture, national defense, oil in Texas, poetry, churches, and Texas history.

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This collection contains materials pertaining to the Stovall family of Houston, Texas. Series 1 features materials related to the Stovall family’s Masonic activities. Series 2 contains personal and educational materials from Pamela Stovall’s childhood, and Series 3 contains photographs and oversized items.

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This collection consists of a publication containing correspondence between Fort Brown, Texas and Mexican authorities after the death of Maj. Gen. Canales, General-in-Chief of the Division Canales, Army of Mexico.

Scope and Contents The Texas Probation and Parole Association and Texas Correctional Association Collection (1939-1988;three boxes) contains materials documenting the organizational activities of the Texas Probation and Parole Association and Texas Correctional Association. The collection contains minutes from the Texas Probation and Parole Association’s annual meetings, newsletters, and information on the organization’sguidelines and by-laws. The collection contains Texas Probation and Parole Association...

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This collection contains ephemera related to the Huntsville Study Club. It includes a brief history of the club, newspaper clippings, yearly programs, ledger books, scrapbooks, and other miscellaneous materials.

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...

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The collection contains materials such as correspondence and printed documents relating to the transcription of “Memoirs of a Country Boy” by Thomas Anders.