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Convict labor -- Texas

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Grover McCormick, Sr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2013.s018
Scope and Contents The materials that make up this collection represents Grover McCormick’s personal and professional life. Most of the correspondence is between McCormick and his mother Nancy. There are also several letters between McCormick and his children, cousin and his sister Lucia. The first scrapbook contains a hand written timeline of the Ashcraft v. Tennessee case of 1944 and clippings with information on other important cases including McCormick's work with Jerry Lee Lewis.The second scrapbook is...
Dates: 1886 - 1968

Sanford Bates Collection

 Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2012.s004
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...
Dates: 1840 - 1972

Texas Penitentiary Railroad Bond

 Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2024.s277
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one State of Texas Penitentiary Railroad Bond with four attached $500 coupons all marked as paid. The bond was issued to the Texas Prison System for the creation of a railroad line between the towns of Rusk and Palestine.

Dates: 1909-08-15