urn:taro:houpub.00120 Joe H. Eagle Papers MSS.0073 Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library

500 McKinney St. Julia Ideson Building, 2nd Floor Houston, TX, 77002 832-393-1662

This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2013-05-07T14:39-0500 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Eagle, Joe Henry, 1870-1963 Joe H. Eagle Papers1908-1955MSS.0073 4.0 Linear feet, 5 boxes Materials are in English. Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library Biographical Note

Joe Henry Eagle was born in Tompkinsville, Kentucky, on January 23, 1870. He moved to Houston in 1895 and served six terms in Congress as a Democrat from 1913 to 1921 and from 1933 to 1937. While in the House of Representatives, Eagle secured the establishment of Ellington Air Force Base in 1917 and an appropriation of four-million dollars to deepen and widen the Houston Ship Channel in 1919. In 1936, he ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for United States Senator against Morris Sheppard, then retired from Congress for a second time to practice law in Houston until 1957. Eagle died on January 10, 1963.

Scope and Contents

Except for one lengthy letter to John Henry Kirby in 1908, the Eagle Papers generally cover the period from 1933 to 1955 and include political, business, and personal correspondence. The 1936 Senatorial campaign is documented as well as congressional patronage for postal jobs. Correspondence concerning the effort to eliminate Victor Gluck from the post office as a suspected Communist sympathizer is particularly interesting.

Arrangement

The Joe Eagle Papers are organized by subject of the correspondence and within that grouping, chronologically. The last box contains scrapbooks.

Access Restrictions

None.

Use Restrictions

Permission to publish or reproduce materials from the Joe H. Eagle Papers must be obtained from the Houston Metropolitan Research Center or the appropriate copyright holder.

Preferred Citation

Joe H. Eagle Papers. Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library.

Acquisition Information

Donated by the Texas Gulf Coast Historical Association, 1977.

Processing Information

Processed by Pam Barron, 1979.

Index Terms Eagle, Joe Henry, 1870-1963 Anti-communist movements--United States--History--20th century Legislators--United States Politics--Texas--Houston Personal Correspondence 1 1 Letter to John Henry Kirby, 1908 1 2 Personal Correspondence, 1935 1 3 Personal Correspondence, 1936-1938 1 4 Personal Correspondence, 1939-1941 1 5 Personal Correspondence, 1941-1943 1 6 Personal Correspondence, 1944-1946 1 7 Personal Correspondence, 1947-1950 1 8 Personal Correspondence, 1951-1954 1 9 Personal Correspondence, 1954-1955 Business and Legal Papers 2 10 1924-1934 2 11 1935 2 12 1936-1937 2 13 1938-1939 2 14 1940-1942 2 15 1943-1955 Political Correspondence 3 16 Political Correspondence, 1935-1937 3 17 Political Correspondence, 1938-1940 3 18 Political Correspondence, 1941-1955 3 19 Correspondence with Adolph Blieden, January - March 1935 3 20 Correspondence with Adolph Blieden, April - August 1935 Miscellaneous Materials and Scrapbooks 4 21 Invitations and Letters of Recommendation 4 22 Miscellaneous Correspondence 4 23 Clippings and Campaign Materials 4 24 Miscellaneous Business and Legal Documents 4 25 Miscellaneous Political Documents and Speeches Scrapbooks 5