This collection contains numerous letters written to Ben Wacker from Texas political figures. These letters generally contain information on the recipients views concerning anti-communism, international relations and Texas water policy. Little can be determined from this collection about the life of Ben Wacker.
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Ben Wacker Collection. Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston
Public Library.
Donated by: Ben Wacker, September 13, 1976.
Processed by: Charles Stephenson,
completed June 2, 2006.
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Series 1: Correspondence |
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Price Daniel Correspondence, 1952-1963 |
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Letter: Introduction of General Eisenhower; radio broadcast by Price Daniel, 10/21/1952 |
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Letter: Presidential Race, 10/28/1952 |
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Letter: Election, 11/12/1952 |
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Letter: Intention to register as a Democrat, 11/24/1952 |
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Letter: intention to rejoin Daniel Family when Congress adjourns, 7/29/1953 |
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Letter: views on Russian privileges in United States and outlawing Communist Party in the United States, 11/13/1953 |
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Letter: “Common sense” program of our Nation’s financial recovery, 11/3/1953
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Letter: The President’s legislative proposals, 1/11/1954 |
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Letter: War in Indo-China, 4/14/1954 |
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Letter: Dispute between Senator McCarthy and Secretary of the Army Stevens;
General Chenault and Indo-China situation, 5/4/1954
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Letter: Narcotics investigation; encouragement to enter Governor’s race, 1/16/1956
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Letter: Presidential veto of Harris-Fulbright Bill; intention to enter Governor’s race, 3/2/1956 |
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Letter: thanks for support in Governor’s race, 3/27/1956 |
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Newsletter to Friends and Supporters in his race for governor, 6/6/1956 |
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Letter of appreciation; 7/7/1956 |
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Letter: Explanation of his position on States’ rights and conservatives remaining in Democratic Party, 10/8/1956 |
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Letter: suggestion for water pipeline and a hand-written note,
3/25/1957 |
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Letter: Tidelands issue,
5/29/1958 |
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Letter: from John Goldman, Administrative Assistant to Governor Daniel on water resources and issuance of State bonds, 7/23/1958 |
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Christmas card: photograph of Daniel Family standing in front of Governor’s Mansion, Austin, Texas |
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Invitation to Citizens of Austin to attend inaugural festivities, 1/17/1961 |
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Invitation to Governor’s inaugural, 1/20/1959 |
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Letter: best wishes, 2/27/1963 |
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Letter: Resignation from Senate and election of his successor in the Senate, 11/29/1965 |
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Christmas greeting from Price Daniel Family with family photograph, 12/19/1965 |
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Letter: major water problems and need for corrective legislation, 12/31/1965 |
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Lyndon Johnson Correspondence, 1957-1965 |
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Letter: Thanks for the suggestion to the Editor, The Austin-American, Austin, 6/18/1947 |
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Letter: Thanks for offer of services to Economic Cooperation Administration, 4/29/1948 |
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Letter: Letter from Walter Jenkins, Assistant to Lyndon B. Johnson, and application to Economic Cooperation Administration; Johnson’s campaign in Austin, 5/14/1948 |
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Letter: Houston Post endorsement, 8/11/1948 |
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Letter: Thanks for letter, 9/9/1948 |
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Letter: Thanks for help during Johnson’s campaign, 9/10/1948 |
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Letter: Democratic Nominee; one man should be declared winner in the election, 10/5/1948 |
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Letter: Thanks for campaign assistance, 10/8/1948 |
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Letter: “GI Bill of Rights” and appreciation of suggestions, 10/9/1948 |
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Letter: Request for result of meeting in Temple, Texas, 10/19/1948 |
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Letter: Concerns “matter that needs correcting,” 10/12/1948 |
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Letter: Texas State Network; Mr. Truman’s growth of stature, 10/26/1948 |
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Letter: Opportunity for overwhelming victory in November, 10/26/1948 |
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Letter: Democratic majority, 10/29/1948 |
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Letter: Democratic victory, 11/3/1948 |
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Letter: General election analysis, 11/9/1948 |
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Letter to Lyndon Johnson: Weak top strata governing body, 5/6/1949 |
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Letter: Compilation of statements of interest, 3/5/1953 |
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Excepts from statements before Senate Democratic Conference by Lyndon Johnson, 1/2/1953 |
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Letter: Hope of peace lies in economic and military strength; Soviet plot in regard to Iran; Schedule of radio broadcasts on Texas Radio Stations, 4/27/1953 |
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Letter: Management of States’ Rights, 6/9/1953 |
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Letter: Korean truce negotiations, 6/26/1953 |
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Letter: Texas water problem; pipeline for water, 7/16/1953 |
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Letter from Arthur C. Perry, Assistant to Senator Johnson; forwarding letter, 8/7/1953 |
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Letter: Break between Red China and the Soviet Union to ease world tensions, 8/10/1953 |
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Letter: Texas people’s approval of Senator Johnson, 1/12/1954 |
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Letter: Keeping informed of issues facing people of Texas, 3/16/1954 |
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Letter: Re-election support, 4/22/1954 |
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Letter: Rooting out subversive elements, 5/17/1954 |
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Letter: Charges against Senator McCarthy; Select Committee, 11/9/1954 |
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Note: Thanks for recovery wishes, 1/27/1955 |
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Letter from Arthur C. Perry, Administrative Asst. to Lyndon Johnson: Far East concerns; 2/10/1955 |
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Letter: Letter of thanks 6/14/1955 |
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Letter from Lady Bird Johnson: thanks for message to Lyndon Johnson; 7/9/1955 |
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Letter from Lady Bird Johnson; thanks for letter; 7/25/1955 |
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Letter from Lyndon Johnson: views on political situation; 8/30/1955 |
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Letter: Democratic Party in Texas; 11/28/1955 |
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Letter: Letter of thanks; 1/6/1956 |
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Letter: Foreign spending; 1/17/1956 |
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Holiday greetings from The Johnsons |
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Letter: Gas bill; State’s Rights; free enterprise; 2/24/1956 |
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Letter: Democratic Nomination ; 3/28/1956 |
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Letter: Letter to State Department; 7/19/1956 |
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Letter: Proposal to send jet planes to Yugoslavia; Letter to Lyndon Johnson from Secretary of State; 7/31/1956 |
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Letter: Suez Canal; 8/13/1956 |
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Letter: Recognition of Ben Wacker’s protest of plane shipment to Yugoslavia; 8/17/1956 |
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Letter: Congress “working at odds with the Administration” 11/13/1956 |
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Letter: Dock strike; 11/26/1956 |
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Letter: Concern over events in Europe and Middle East; 12/4/1956 |
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Letter: Firm United States policy in Middle East; 1/4/1957 |
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Letter: Study of President Eisenhower’s proposals regarding Middle Eastern policy; 1/7/1957 |
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Letter; Congressional vigilance on the President’s budget; 1/22/1957 |
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Holiday greetings from the Johnsons |
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Letter: Communists in the Middle East; 2/15/1957 |
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Letter: Sir Winston Churchill’s
famous “Iron Curtain” speech in Missouri; 2/20/1957 |
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Letter: The President’s Middle East Policy; 3/12/1957 |
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Letter: Bermuda conference and Vice-President’s trip abroad; 3/29/1957 |
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Letter: Heavy governmental spending and high taxes; cutting budget; Statement by
Lyndon Johnson; 5/3/1957 |
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Letter Land lease on Belton reservoir to Central Texas Area Girl Scouts, 5/18/1957 |
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Letter: National debt; 5/29/1957 |
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Letter: Foreign aid; 4/10/1957 |
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Letter: Private Girard; Presidential decision as Commander in Chief of our Armed Forces; 6/17/1957 |
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Letter: World problems; 6/18/1957 |
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Letter: Disarmament; San Antonio speech; 7/9/1957 |
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Letter: Assistance to Mr. and Mrs. Wacker on their case with the Department of the Army; 10/28/1957 |
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Letter: Reassignment of Master Sergeant Harry W. Wacker; 12/2/1957 |
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Letter: American troops in Lebanon; 7/22/1958 |
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Letter: Partisanship; 1/8/1958 |
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Letter: World peace; 1/9/1958 |
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Letter: Clipping from “Houston Chronicle” 1/17/1958 |
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Letter: Federal pay raise legislation; 2/18/1958 |
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Letter: Foreign policy; 7/3/1958 |
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Letter: Friendship; 9/20/1958; |
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Letter: Clipping of honor bestowed upon Lyndon Johnson; 10/23/1958 |
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Letter: Copy of speech given to San Antonio Rotary Club; 11/14/1958 |
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Letter: Communist Party in America; Address to New York State Publishers Association, 2/2/1959 |
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Letter: Policies with Soviet Union; 3/7/1959 |
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Holiday greetings from the Johnsons |
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Letter Policies with Russia; 3/30/1959 |
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Letter: Congressional labor legislation; Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959; 7/20/1959 |
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Letter: Congressional cut for Mutual Security over four-year period; 7/31/1959 |
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Letter: Strike newsletter; 8/6/1959 |
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Letter: Pecan trees 3” to 60’ in diameter; copy of a letter from Secretary of the Interior to Senator Johnson; 10/12/1960 |
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Letter: Lend-lease debt settlement; 2/19/1960 |
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Letter: Message of sympathy from the Vice-President; 2/28/1961 |
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Letter: Official contact; 7/28/1961 |
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Letter Stories about Speaker Sam Rayburn in Houston Press; 11/22/1961 |
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Letter: William S. White column; 12/21/1961 |
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Letter: Letter of thanks for “observations and suggestions; 2/22/1962 |
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Letter: Bashir Ahmed editorial from Houston Chronicle; 3/30/1962 |
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Letter: Sassafras roots; drinking sassafras tea as a spring tonic; 4/30/1962 |
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Letter: Sassafras roots; note from Bill Porterfield; 5/20/1962 |
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Letter: Letter to Houston Chronicle by Miss Dorothy Bristow; 5/28/1962 |
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Letter: Coffee at Rice Hotel; 8/22/1963 |
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Thank you card; Presidential election |
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Letter of thanks : Johnson’s 30th wedding anniversary; 12/9/1964 |
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Letter: Thanks from Presidential Secretary; 2/2/1965 |
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Letter: Presidential visit to congratulate the Astronauts; 6/19/1965 |
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Letter: Newspaper Article; LBJ in Amazing Lead.; 2/7/1965 |
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Letter: Letter of thanks on complex and vital issues; 9/22/1964 |
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Ben Wacker Personal Correspondence, 1948-1964 |
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Letter from Drew Pearson; 7/23/1948 |
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Letter to John D. Rockefeller: Rockefeller’s donation to United Nations Organization; Powered Politicians; War; Faded date |
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Letter from Oscar Holcombe, Mayor: investigation for L. D. Morrison, Chief of Police; 11/28/1952 |
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Letter from Alan Davidson, Private Secretary to British Ambassador: Reception of letter; 12/15/1952 |
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Letter from John Connally: service to people of Texas; 2/18/1953 |
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Letter from Harry J. O’Connell, Executive Secretary to New York Governor Dewey; 2/23/1953 |
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Letter of appreciation from Jesse Jones; 7/21/1953 |
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Letter from Thomas E Stephens, Secretary to the President of the United States; 8/14/1953 |
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Letter from Assistant to the President of the United States: United Nations General Assembly; 12/21/1953 |
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Letter from Roy Hofheinz: Crime; Chief of Police L. D. Morrison; 12/10/1953 |
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Letter from John Connally: World Situation ; France and Indo-China; Failure to ratify the E. D. C. Treaty for defense of Western Europe; 6/14/1954 |
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Letter from R. E. Smith: Thanks for his interest; 11/22/1954 |
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Letter from Jarrard Secrest; Dormant bond fund bill; 2/23/1955 |
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Letter from Hall E. Timanus: State Democratic Executive Committee meeting, Rice Hotel; 3/19/1956 |
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Letter from Sam Rayburn: Lyndon Johnson, Presidential Candidate; 12/18/1956 |
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Letter from W. A. Parish; Insect control; Bird and Bee Life; 9/3/1957 |
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Letter from Alfred Wacker, Gersbach-Wacker Company: local watershed; Orval Faubus; Racial problems; Republicans; 10/8/1957 |
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Letter from Mrs M. C. Collins, Secretary to Mr. Parish: letter to Mr. W. A. Parish; 10/14/1957 |
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Letter from Jane M. Lagler, Clerk to the Speak, House of Representatives: Dedication of Sam Rayburn Library; 10/18/1957 |
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Letter from W. A. Parish: Mr. T. A. Standish, Superintendent of Research Department;
10/22/1957 |
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Letter from Homer Thornberry, House of Representatives: claim of Mr. Method J. Lett; 10/23/1957 |
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Letter from Henry Ford: Walter Reuther letter; 10/28/1957 |
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Letter from Oscar Holcombe: Support for mayor; Window sticker; 11/2/1957 |
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Letter from J. K. Knight, Bartlett, Texas: Billie Stockton, Colorado School of Correction; 11/13/1957 |
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Letter from Cousin Annie: Names of the Koebelins; 12/20/1957 |
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Letter from Billy Stockton, Colorado School of Corrections; 12/31/1957 |
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Letter from Leslie E. Moore: return of closing fee of $1; 1/18/1958 |
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Letter from James G. Donovan: Continuation of Fulton Lewis, Jr., news program; 1/20/1958 |
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Letter from W. V. Houston, President, Rice Institute; 1/21/1958 |
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Letter from Bernard M. Baruch: Restriction of atomic energy for peaceful purposes; 2/15/1958 |
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Letter from W. D. Bedell, Asst. Executive Editor, The Houston Post; 2/22/1958 |
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Letter from Kay Gorman, Isaac Insurance Agency; 3/11/1958 |
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Letter from T. A. Standish, Supt., Rate & Research Dept.; 3/13/1958 |
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Letter from George Fuermann, The Houston Post; 4/4/1958 |
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Letter from H. A. Harrell, Local Federal Savings & Loan Assn: Address of Dr. W. I. Huddle; 4/9/1958 |
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Letter from Cecil Harris, The Gersbach-Wacker Company: 4/16/1958 |
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Letter from J. Edgar Hoover, United States Department of Justice: Hoover’s book, “Masters of Deceit”; 5/19/1958 |
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Letter from Max E. Peck, Rice Hotel: stationery and discourteous employee; 5/28/1958 |
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Letter from Preston: Newspaper article on Lyndon Johnson by Drew Pearson; discovery of oil in La Salle County; 8/23/1958 |
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Letter from Billy Stockton: letter of thanks and a request for a loan; 9/4/1958 |
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Letter from George Carmack, The Houston Press: Letter from Paul Boesch; 11/20/1958 |
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Letter from Senator John F. Kennedy: Thanks for support; 1/17/1961 |
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Invitation to the inaugural of John F. Kennedy, President of the United States and Lyndon Baines Johnson, Vice President of the United States; 1/20/1961 |
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Letter from J. F. Schafly, Jr.: Attachment: Report of the American Bar Association Special Committee on Communist Strategy, Tactics and Objectives; 3/23/1960 |
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Letter from Leonard Baca: Land values; 10/20/1960 |
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Letter to Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Baca: Land values; 10/18/1960 |
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Letter to Dave Shanks: Dam on the Colorado River; 10/10/1960 |
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Letter from Rep. Albert Thomas: Columbus Bend Dam Project; Congressional control of spending; 6/30/1961 |
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Letter from Alfred Wacker, Vice-President, The Gersbach-Wacker Company:
Dam on Colorado River; watershed and floods; R. E. A.;
7/8/1961 |
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Letter from Selma: personal note; 7/9/1961 |
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Letter from Ann Landers: Letter of thanks; (date missing) |
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Letter from Mildred and Leonard Baca: Efforts to stop dam at Langforth; 1/13/1962 |
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Letter from Joe Weingarten: Institute for World Peace; 1/1962 |
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Note from Rep. Albert Thomas: Armed strength; Space Laboratory and Harris County; 1/3/1962 |
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Letter from Senator John G. Tower, 2/22/1962 : John Birch Society; Entry in Congressional Record on Robert Welch, 2/6/1962 |
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Letter from Governor John Connally: Columbus Bend Dam; 1/28/1963 |
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Personal letter from Selma; 7/10/1963 |
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Letter from George Carmack, The Houston Post; President Johnson’s barbecue for German Chancelor; 1/7/1964 |
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Letter from George Carmack, The Houston Press; Note of thanks; 4/8/1964 |
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Note of appreciation from George Fuermann, The Houston Post; 12/30/1964 |
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Note of appreciation from family of General of the Army Douglas Mac Arthur; 4/21/1964 |
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W. R. Pogue Correspondence, 1959 |
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Letter: Washington problems; 1/31/1959 |
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Letter: Thanks for views; 2/11/1959 |
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Letter: Movement to elect Lyndon Johnson President of the United States; 2/20/1957 |
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Letter: Welcoming suggestions; 2/21/1959 |
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Letter: Governmental problems; Foreign aid program; Government spending; 2/24/1959 |
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Letter: Houston Chronicle editorial on governmental control; 3/4/1959 |
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Letter: Article by Fulton Lewis, Jr. on wheat allotment; farmers balancing production; 3/5/1959 |
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Letter: Fair exchange; 3/13/1959 |
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Allan Shivers Correspondence, 1952 |
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Letter: Letter of appreciation for support; 9/20/1952 |
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Letter: Presidential campaign; 11/28/1952 |
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Letter: Conservation and irrigation; 4/24/1953 |
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Letter: Water conservation; 7/2/1953 |
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Letter: Water Resources Committee; Senator Dorsey Hardeman; 10/14/1953 |
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Letter: Duval County; 2/11/1954 |
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Letter: Board of Water Engineers; 3/8/1954 |
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Letter: Judge Woodrow Laughlin’s removal and his successor; 3/23/1954 |
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Letter: Duval County; Judge A. S. Broadfoot citizens’ rights; 4/12/1954 |
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Letter: Board of Water Engineers; 3/8/1954 |
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Letter: Land Commissioner: Earl Rudder; 1/12/1955 |
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Letter: Segregation in public schools; State Legislature; Texas Education Agency; 6/8/1954 |
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Letter: Campaign for Governor; 7/14/1954 |
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Letter: Letter of thanks; Campaign for Governor; 8/8/1954 |
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Letter: Governor of Texas; 6/29/1955 |
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Letter: Political situation; 12/13/1955 |
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Letter: Democratic Party in middle-of-the-road; Tidelands Issue; State Democratic Executive Committee; 3/16/1956 |
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Letter: Constitutional Government and states’ rights; 5/2/1956 |
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Letter: Centralized government; 2/29/1956 |
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Letter: Precinct conventions; 5/23/1956 |
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Letter: Southern Governors Conference; 9/11/1956 |
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Letter: Letter of thanks; Country’s welfare; 11/19/1956 |
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Memo from Fred W. Shield, Hugh Prather, Jr. and Weldon Hart: Dallas banquet; 11/26/1956 |
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Letter: Tenure in public office; water problem; 12/20/1956 |
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Letter: Senate vacancy; 1/7/1957 |
