urn:taro:rice.wrc.00046 Guide to the Billie Carr political papers, 1956-2003 Inventory prepared by Joan Ferry, Woodson Research Center
Rice University, Houston, Texas
2003 Finding aid encoded by Mandy York, Fondren Library June 26, 2003 Finding aid written in English. 11162004 Date range changed by Amanda York Focke, WRC staff, Nov. 16, 2004. Collection Summary Woodson Research Center,
Fondren Library, Rice University, Houston, TX
Carr, Billie, 1928-2002 Billie Carr political papers 1956-2003 12 cubic feet The papers of Billie Carr, political organizer in the liberal wing of the Democratic Party, include correspondence, office files, photographs, and memorabilia pertaining to her work in the Harris County Democrats, Texas Democrats, Democratic National Committee, New Democratic Coalition, and Billie Carr & Associates. MS 373 Biographical Note

Billie McClain Carr (later known as “The Godmother” for her work on behalf of the liberal wing of the Democratic Party) was born in Houston, Texas, June 1, 1928. She grew up near downtown Houston, graduated from Sam Houston High School in 1946, and married three months later; she had three sons, and over the years took courses at South Texas College and the University of Houston.

Carr’s activities as a political organizer began in 1952, when political issues in Texas stirred her to run for Democratic chairman of her precinct and she unexpectedly won. Soon afterward she became a protégé of Frankie Randolph, a leader and benefactress of liberal causes who helped found the Harris County Democrats (a liberal precinct organization) in 1953. She taught Carr the art of grass roots political organizing, and over time Carr assumed a leadership role in Harris County Democrats and began to establish a statewide reputation as an organizer, convention strategist, and spokesperson for the statewide liberal coalition.

In 1954 Carr was elected a member from her precinct to the Harris County Democratic Executive Committee, serving in that capacity until 1972; she was also Harris County’s member on the Texas State Democratic Executive Committee from 1964 to 1966. She was a leader in efforts to achieve proportional liberal participation in presidential conventions and became nationally known in the Democratic Party for taking a rump delegation to the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago, an action which helped initiate a party-wide set of reforms abolishing the use of the unit rule by which conservative Democrats had been able to minimize the election of liberals as delegates to presidential conventions.

As a liberal activist and strategist, Carr also fought for civil rights. She protested the Vietnam War and fought for women’s rights in the 1970s, and for gay rights in the 1980s. She helped organize the 1966 campaign leading to the election of Barbara Jordan, the first black woman elected to the Texas Senate, and was later described by U. S. Rep. Mickey Leland as “the grand old lady of liberal politics” for her efforts in helping a number of minority candidates (including himself) win political office. She later established a business, Billie Carr & Associates, specializing in campaign and other political services.

In 1972 Carr was elected to serve as a member of the Democratic National Committee (a position she held until 2000); there she was elected “whip” for the progressive-reform caucus and in June 1981 was elected chair of the newly-formed Progressive-Liberal Caucus. At various periods she also served on the Credentials Committee, the Platform Advisory Committee on Older Citizens, and the Executive Committee.

Billie Carr died in Houston on September 9, 2002.

 Scope and Contents

The Billie Carr Papers total 12 cubic feet of material, arranged in 22 boxes and dated 1956-2003. Materials include correspondence, office files, photographs, and memorabilia pertaining to her liberal activist work in the Harris County Democrats, Texas Democrats, Democratic National Committee, New Democratic Coalition, and Billie Carr & Associates. Correspondents such as local and national level political figures include Bob Bullock, President Jimmie Carter, President Bill Clinton, Vice President Al Gore, Ed Cogburn, Chris Dixie, Calvin Guest, Sen. Edward Kennedy, Mickey Leland, and Robert Strauss. Subjects of correspondence range from specific political issues to brief social notes.

Arrangement of the Papers

The Billie Carr Papers are arranged in 7 series:

Series I. Billie Carr – Personal Files, 1969-2003, 1.5 linear ft. Series II. Harris County Democrats. 1956-2003; 3.5 linear ft., 7 boxes. Series III: Texas Democrats, 1971-2002, 2.5 linear ft., 5 boxes Series IV. Democratic National Committee, 1972-2000, 1.8 linear ft., 2.8 boxes. Series V. New Democratic Coalition, 1973-84, 2 linear inches. Series VI. Billie Carr & Associates, 1976-95, 0.5 linear ft.,1 box Series VII. Memorabilia, 1950s-2002, 2 linear ft., 4 boxes. Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions; this material is open for research.

 Use Restrictions

Permission to publish from the Billie Carr papers must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.

 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Bullock, Bob – Correspondence. Carter, President James E. (Jimmie) – Correspondence. Clinton, President William J. – Correspondence. Cogburn, Ed – Correspondence. Dixie, Chris – Correspondence. Gore, Vice President Albert, Jr. – Correspondence. Guest, Calvin – Correspondence. Kennedy, Sen. Edward M. – Correspondence. Leland, Mickey – Correspondence. Strauss, Robert – Correspondence. Subjects (Organizations) Harris County Democrats. Texas Democrats. Democratic National Committee. New Democratic Coalition. Billie Carr & Associates. Subjects Political parties – Texas. Political parties – United States. Women -Texas- Personal and other papers--19th-20th centuries. Women in politics. Women politicians. Women and democracy. Women social reformers. Subects (Places) Harris County (Tex.) – Politics and government. Texas – Politics and government. United States – Politics and government. Document Types: Correspondence. Photographs. Scrapbooks. Newsclippings. Invitations. Related Material

Walter Gardner Hall Papers, 1923-1979, MS 280, Woodson Research Center

Frankie Carter Randolph Papers, ca. 1900-1975, MS 372, Woodson Research Center

Texas Politics Oral History Program, 1973-1994, MS 259, Woodson Research Center

Albert Thomas papers, 1937-1965, MS262, Woodson Research Center

 Preferred Citation

Billie Carr papers, 1956-2003, MS 373, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University

Acquisition Information

The original collection of Billie Carr’s papers was received from Billie Carr in March 1983. Addenda were received 1988 and 2004 from Prof. Chandler Davidson of Rice University; , 2002 from Stacey McLain; and 2003 from Jennifer Carr.

Processing Information

Original folder titles and office file organization (as indicated by color-coded folders) have been retained. Loose material (the bulk of the collection) has been organized to conform as closely as possible to the method of arrangement evidently intended.

 Detailed Description of the Collection

Series I. Personal Files, 1969-2003 1.5 linear ft., 3 boxes Subseries A: Biographical Material 11 Biographical material 12 Research Proposal, Center for the American Woman and Politics; March 27, 1974 13 Book Stuff [for proposed autobiography] 14 Billie Carr – Scrapbook [contents removed from ring binder, two photos removed to Photographs] 15 Memorials and tributes from family and friends Subseries B: Correspondence 16 Billie Carr Personal Incoming; 1981-82 17 Billie Carr Personal 18 Correspondence – Personal – BC Fundraising 19 Personal – Love & Hate Mail 110 Love & Hate Mail, 1973-78 111 Billie Carr – Outgoing; 1983 112 Incoming Correspondence, 1987 113 Incoming Correspondence, 1991-92 114 Letterhead 115 Inauguration [President Jimmie Carter, Vice President Walter Mondale] 116 Letters from Candidates, etc. 117 Issues 118 Gays 119 National Women’s File 120 Racism Workshop; 1997 121 Correspondence – prominent political figures 122 Bob Bullock 123 Clinton [President William J.] 124 Ed Cogburn 125 Robert Kennedy, Jr. 126 Frankie Randolph 21 Correspondence, 1960s 22 Correspondence, 1974 23 Correspondence, 1975 24 Correspondence, 1976 25 Correspondence, 1977 26 Correspondence, 1978 27 Correspondence, 1979 28 Correspondence, 1980 29 Correspondence, 1981 210 Correspondence, 1982 211 Correspondence, 1983-84 212 Correspondence, 1985 213 Correspondence, 1986 214 Correspondence, 1987-88 215 Correspondence, 1990-91 216 Correspondence, 1992 31 Correspondence, 1993-94 32 Correspondence, 1995-96 33 Correspondence, 1997 34 Correspondence, 1998-1999 35 Correspondence, 2000-2002 36 Correspondence, undated 37 Newsletters 38 Miscellaneous publications 39 Clippings 310 Billie Carr – News Files, 1986-96 Series II. Harris County Democrats, 1956-2003 3.5 linear ft., 7 boxes. Subseries A: Harris County Democratic Executive Committee

This subseries includes correspondence and general chronological office files.

 41 Harris County Democratic Executive Committee By-Laws 42 Harris County Democratic Executive Committee Membership Lists, 1973- 1978 43 General – Minutes [Executive Committee]; 1971 – 1973 44 Filing Fees 1974; Democratic Executive Committee – B. W. [Bill Williams] 45 Harris County Democratic Executive Committee, 1978-82 46 Harris County Democratic Executive Committee, 1990s 47 Democratic Executive Committee Questionnaire 48 Harris County Democratic Executive Committee Sheet [Sub-Committee Solicitation Form] 49 Harris County Democratic Executive Committee – undated material Subseries B: Harris County Democrats – Correspondence 410 Harris County Democrats – History and Constitution 411 Harris County Democrats General – Correspondence 1972-73 Outgoing 412 Harris County Democrats General – Correspondence 1972-74 Incoming 413 Harris County Democrats, Correspondence, 1974-75 414 Harris County Democrats, Correspondence, 1976 415 Harris County Democrats, Correspondence, 1977 416 Harris County Democrats, Correspondence, 1978 417 Harris County Democrats, Correspondence, 1979 418 HCD – Outgoing; 1981-1983 419 Billie Carr Incoming; 1981-82 420 Harris County Democrats, Correspondence, 1980-87 421 Harris County Democrats, Correspondence, 1990-96 422 Harris County Democrats, Correspondence, 1997-99 423 Harris County Democrats, Correspondence, 2000-2002 and undated Subseries C. Harris County Democrats - Subject Files

This subseries includes formats such as brochures, political flyers, scattered correspondence, and notes.

 51 Activities in Houston; 1982 52 ADA List [Americans for Democratic Action] 53 Affirmative Action – 1975-1978 54 Application for Executive Committee 55 Attendance Lists; 1974-76 56 Attorneys 57 Billie Carr Birthday Bash – Correspondence; 1975 58 Billie Carr: Don’t Default to the Bastards: Organize! 59 Billie Carr Expense Fund 510 Billie Carr’s Political Directory (four folders) 511 Brochures, handbooks, organizational material 512 1980 Budget File 513 Canvassing instructions 514 Cardpushers Captain’s Instruction Sheet 515 Carter Presidential Campaign, 1976 516 Castillo [Leonel]; 1981 517 Celebration of Peoples Committee, Bette Graham, Chairman; April 1975 518 Challenge Committee - Rules of Procedure, 1978 519 Changes to computerized mailing lists, 1975-1976 520 Churches in Houston 521 Citizens against Nuclear War (CAN), 1983 522 City Candidates, 1982 523 City Election Results, 1977, 1981 524 City of Houston General Election Results, November 4, 1981 525 City Officials, 1980-1982 61 Committees – HCD 1975 62 Contested Precinct Races by Senate District, 1978 63 Convention Delegates by Senate District - 1978 64 Counties by State Senate District, 1976 65 County Incoming Mail, 1982 66 Delegates – Seventh State Senate District (no date) 67 1982 Delegates Allocated to State 68 1982 Delegates & Alternates 69 Democratic Committeemen and Committeewomen, July 1, 1982 610 Democratic County Chairperson Election, 1977 611 Democratic Delegate Questionnaire (Jimmy Carter years) 612 Democratic Fun Fest – 1977, 1978 613 Democratic Party Precinct Forms – 1978 614 Democratic Party of Texas – Precinct Convention Minutes, May 1978 615 Democratic Precinct Convention Handbook, compiled by Carr and Hauge 616 Democratic Primary Election Results, 1976 617 Democratic Socialists Notes, May-December 1982 618 Democrats – Clubs [Houston]; no date 619 District 7 Club; 1977-78 620 District 7 Coalition; 1976 621 District 7 Precinct Chairmen; no date 622 District 7 Precinct Convention Minutes; 1978 623 District 7 Senatorial District Convention Minutes, May 1978 624 State Senatorial District 9 Delegates (no date) 625 District 13 Convention Minutes, May 1978 626 District 13 Democrats 627 District materials (miscellaneous) 71 Districts within each County; 1981-82 72 Ed Cogburn Campaign; 1993-94 73 Election code (1973?) 74 Election Judges – Additions/Replacements January 1975 75 Endorsements; 1997 76 Filing Form – 1978 [Harris County] 77 Fort Bend County [and Harris County]; 1978 78 Free Choice Democrats 79 General Election Results – 1974 [Harris County] 710 General Election Voters Guide, November 2, 1982 711 General – Reference Lists 1972-73 Liberal Committeemen 712 General Reference Lists, Guides; 1972-73 713 Get-Out-the-Vote Program, Proposal for; 1978 714 GOTV ’88 [Get-Out-the-Vote] 715 Guidelines for Voter Registration 716 Hand Tabulation of HCD Data 717 Happy Hour labels & candidates; February 24, 1978 718 Harris County Candidates in the May 6, 1978 Democratic Primary 719 Harris County Council of Organizations; 1980 720 Harris County Democrat newsletter; October 15, 1975 721 Harris County Democratic Party, 1988-89 [removed from yellow binder] 722 Harris County Democratic Party, State Senate District 17, Precinct Workbook; September 6, 1998 [removed from binder] 723 Harris County Democrats “Demo Activists” [list] 724 Harris County Democrats District Convention Minutes; May 13, 1978 725 Harris County Democrats – Filings ’78 [1978 Democratic Primary] 726 Harris County Democrats Newsletters; 1977, 1978 727 Harris County Democrats Nominating Committee, 1977-79 728 Harris County Democrats office space 729 Harris County Democrats organizational material 730 Harris County Democrats Re-Organizational Plan [Pre-1978] 731 HCD Bob Hauge 732 HCD Calendar of Events; 1982 733 HCD Office Projects 734 HCD Poll 735 HCD Screening Report, October 5, 1981 81 Headquarters [Harris County Democrats]; November 1976 82 Houston Independent School District; 1977 83 Houston Transportation Advisory Group; 1977-78 84 Interview responses for Harris County Democrats Planning Committee survey 85 Inventory of files [incomplete] 86 Issues – County; February 1982 87 Judges Who Cancelled; 1982 88 League of Women Voters Precinct Guide (1977) 89 Letters from John Odam; 1982 810 Letters from Mike Andrews; 1982 811 Liberal Executive Committeemen; March 1977 812 List of Harris County Elected Officials; no date 813 Lists – Computer [precincts]; August 1997 814 Manual of Voting Precincts; 1976, 1977 815 Moderate Progressive [MOD/PRO] Convention Caucus; 1978 816 Names – County; 1981-82 817 New Voter Registration; 1978 818 Newsletters 819 1974 – Offices open for elections 820 Open Party Caucus – September 1974 821 Organizational material 822 Party Officials [Democratic Executive Committeeman Candidates]; no date 823 Party Stuff; 1997-98 824 Payroll for period 10/23 through 11/1 [1976] 825 Petitions supporting Carr’s re-election to Democratic National Committee (c. 1976) 826 Phone Banks – Democratic Party; 1978 827 Political Advertisements from HCD 828 Political Directory, 1992-93 [removed from purple binder] 829 Political Directory [incomplete] 830 Polling Places – 1976 General Election 831 Polling Places, 1982 Polling Places of an Official Nature, Schools, Parks, Fire Stations [removed from corrugated folder-file], labeled as follows: 91 Polling places (general); 1982 92 Aldine ISD [Independent School District]; 1982 93 Alief ISD; 1982 94 Channelview ISD; 1982 95 Clear Creek ISD; 1982 96 Cypress-Fairbanks ISD; 1982 97 Deer Park; 1982 98 Fire Departments – Houston City; 1982 99 Goose Creek ISD; 1982 910 Houston Independent School District 911 Huffman ISD; 1982 912 Humble ISD; 1982 913 Katy ISD; 1982 914 Klein ISD; 1982 915 La Porte ISD; 1982 916 Libraries – Harris County 917 Libraries, Houston (City); 1982 918 North Forest ISD; 1982 919 Parks – Houston (City); 1982 920 Pasadena ISD; 1982 921 Sheldon ISD; 1982 922 Spring ISD; 1982 923 Spring Branch ISD; 1982 924 Primary Election Expenses and Estimates; 1980, 1982 925 Voting Machines; 1982 926 Precinct Caucus Attendance Sheets [blank forms] 927 Precinct Chairmen, not Harris County 928 Precinct Chairmen by Legislative District, January 1974 929 Precinct Changes for 1978 930 Precinct Judges; 1978 931 Precinct Organizing Manuals; c. 1956, 1975 932 Precinct Materials, 1972-2002 933 Precinct Materials, undated 101 Precinct 316 List of Voter Registrations 102 Precincts by Race, Ethnicity (no date) 103 Precincts by Senate Districts; March 1982 104 Precincts – HCD Breakdown, 1977 105 Precincts within the Houston City Limits 106 Public poll for city elections 107 Republican candidates [Harris County]; May 1974 primary 108 Results of Primary – 1974 109 Road Maps – Houston (1974, 1977, 1980) 1010 “Samples” 1011 Screening Committee 1974 1012 Screening Committee 1976 – Primary Election 1013 Screening for Democratic Primary Election, May 3, 1986 1014 Senate District 13 – 1982 Delegates 1015 Share in American Democracy brochure; 1958 1016 Sign-in Sheets 1017 Steering Committee 1975 1018 Summary of Vote Projections – Allee 1019 Tally Fri 10/29 [Telephone survey, 1976] 1020 Taxation, City of Houston 1021 Texas ACORN (Association for Community Organizations for Reform Now] 1022 Texas Democrats Attendance Sheets; 1976-78 1023 Texas Democrats Senatorial District Information 1024 Texas Senate District 7 1025 “Things to Do” and tablet of personal reminders 1026 Voter Registration; 1976 1027 Women in Action; 1982 1028 Women’s Advocates, Inc. 1029 Women’s Center; 1982 [Houston Area] 1030 Women’s Political Caucus; 1982 1031 Women’s Rights; 1982 1032 World Map, 1980 Series III. Texas Democrats, 1971-2000 2.5 linear ft., 5 boxes Subseries A: State Democratic Executive Committee (SDEC), 1974-2000 0.40 lin. feet, .8 box. 111 Correspondence, 1974 112 Correspondence, 1975 113 Correspondence, 1976-77 114 Correspondence, 1978 115 Correspondence, 1979 116 Correspondence, 1980-84 117 Correspondence, 1985 118 Correspondence, 1994, 1996 119 Correspondence, 1997-99 1110 Correspondence, undated 1111 SDEC Badges – Order Form 1112 SDEC Committees; 1998-2000 1113 SDEC Committees and General Duties 1114 SDEC Committees and General Rules 1115 SDEC Incoming; 1981-1983 1116 SDEC Proxy Form 1117 SDEC Radio Spots; 1982 1118 Meetings of SDEC; 1981-1983 1119 Mod-Pro [Moderate-Progressive] Caucus SDEC Telephone List B. General Correspondence, 1971-2000 0.75 linear feet, 1.2 boxes 1120 Texas Democrats – History and Structure 1121 State Incoming; 1981-82 1122 State Outgoing 1123 1971 1124 1972 1125 1973 1126 1974 121 1975 122 1976 123 1977 124 1978 125 1979 126 1980 127 1981 128 1982 129 1983-84 1210 1985-86 1211 1990-94 1212 1996 1213 1997 1214 1998-2002 1214 Undated Subseries C. Subject Files, 1974-2000 1.5 linear ft., 3 boxes

This subseries includes formats such as brochures, political flyers, scattered correspondence, and notes.

 131 Addresses – State of Texas 132 AFL-CIO 133 AFSCME Newsletters [American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees}; 1982 134 “An Action Strategy for the Rebuilding of the Texas Democrats” [by Billie Carr; pre-1980] 135 Application for meetings 136 Attendance Sheets – Texas Democrats; 1975 and undated 137 Billie Carr Birthday Bash – June 1975 (‘Review for 1978’) 138 Billie Carr Expense Fund 139 Black Caucus Information (early 1980s) 1310 Brazoria Women’s Club 1311 1976 Campaign Memorabilia 1312 Candidates and Nominees in May and November 1978 elections 1313 Challenge to the Texas Delegate Selection Plan for 1976 and the Presidential Primary Bill 1314 Computer Info. Secretary of State; 1980 1315 County Chairs of Texas Democratic Party, 1998-2000 1316 Cumulative Report; May 3, 1982 1317 Dallas County Democratic Executive Committee, 1976 1318 Delegate candidates in Senatorial Districts for Democratic Primary; March 1976 1319 Delegate Selection; 1980 1320 1974 Delegates to County Conventions – Numerical List 1321 Delegates to National Convention (no date) 1322 Democratic Party of Texas Precinct Convention Minutes; May 1, 1976 1323 Democratic Party Precinct Manual; March 1982 1324 2000 Democratic Party Primary Official Canvass Report; March 14, 2000 1325 District 15 1326 Lloyd Doggett File 1327 Fiscal Notes; May, July 1978 1328 Forms for Democratic Party of Texas District Convention Minutes 1329 Get-Out-the-Vote [GOTV]; October 1976 1330 Goals and Election Goals; 1982 1331 Handbook for Volunteer Deputy Registrars; 1978 1332 Jim Hightower 1333 Bill Hobby 1334 Inaugural Invitation Lists [Carter-Mondale, 1976 Presidential election] 1335 Input Sheet 1336 Invitation Names 1337 Issues – State 1338 Letter 1982 September Convention 1339 Letters from John Hill; March 1978 1340 Letters from Slagle; 1982 1341 Gary Mauro, Texas Land Commissioner; 1982 1342 Members of State Democratic Committee and National Committee Members (no date) 1343 Newsletter [Texas State Employees Union]; 1982 1344 Open Party Caucus; August 17, 1974 141 Party Platform; 1982 142 Personal Letter Samples 143 Petition Forms 144 Precinct Convention Minutes, Democratic Primary Election, May 6, 1978 145 “A Program for Texas Democrats” [by Billie Carr and Ed Cogburn] 146 Progressive Democratic Coalition – Open Caucus, Attendance Sheets; September 25, 1974 147 Republican Presidential Delegate Candidates in 1976 Primary 148 Resolutions 149 Resolutions Adopted by the 1978 Democratic State Convention 1410 Rules of the Democratic Party of Texas; February 1976 1411 Rules of the Democratic Party of Texas; March 1978 1412 Rules of the Democratic Party of Texas; January 1980 1413 Secretary of State Register [Texas Register]; November 1981 1414 Senate District Goals; 1982 1415 Bob Slagle; 1981-82 1416 Bob Slagle Memorandum 1417 Solar Energy Proposal [c. 1977] 1418 State Convention (1978) 1419 State Democratic Party Convention – Mexican-American Democrats; 1976 1420 State Election Code 1421 State Files material 1422 State Senate District 1 1423 State Senate District 2 1424 State Sixty-Sixth Legislature, Roster; 1979-1980 1425 Statement of Comptroller Bob Bullock in Response to the Travis County Grand Jury Report (1978) 1426 Statewide and Multi-County Races; June 1982 1427 State-wide Delegates and Delegate Candidates, 1976 Election 1428 Texas AFL-CIO; 1977, 1978 1429 “Texas Conventions: Past, Present, Future” (by Billie Carr) 151 Texas Delegate Selection Plan for 1978 Democratic Nat’l. Party Conference 152 Texas Dem Poll [pre-1980] 153 Texas Democratic Convention, June 9-10, 2000 [includes salute to Billie Carr] 154 Texas Democratic County Chairmen (no date) 155 Texas Democratic Open Convention Proposal; 1978 156 Texas Democratic Party Clubs 1998 157 Texas Democratic Party National Delegate Selection Plan for 1984 158 Texas Democratic Party National Delegate Selection Plan for 2000 159 Texas Democratic Party Participation Program; February 1978 1510 Texas Democratic Party Rules Amendments; 1977 1511 Texas Democratic Party Stationery 1512 Texas Democratic Party’s Delegate Selection Plan for 1980 1513 Texas Democrats (Progressive Mod-Pro) Sign-in Sheets; 1977-78 1514 Texas Democrats Senate Caucus Report Forms 1515 Texas Democrats Steering Committee (no date) 1516 Texas Dems Financial Information; March 10, 1980 1517 Texas Dems Incoming; 1982 1518 Texas Dems Issues 1519 Texas Dems Outgoing; 1982 1520 Texas Dems Statement of Revenues and Expenditures; September-November, 1981 1521 Texas Dems Straw Polls; February 28, 1982 1522 Texas Federation of Democratic Women; 1983 1523 Texas Humanist; November/December 1982 1524 Texas Media Guide ; 1982 1525 Texas State Democratic Committee, 1974 1526 Texas State Democratic Convention; Austin, September 17, 1974 1527 Texas State Democratic Convention; September 17-18, 1976 1528 Texas State Employees Union 1529 Texas State Get-Out-the Vote Program 1530 TX DEM RALLY – Mar. 4 [1978] 1531 U.S. Senator John Tower of Texas 1532 Uncommitted Caucus – Presidential election, 1976 1533 Unofficial Ballot – General Election; June 29, 1982 1534 Women’s Caucus; 1982 1535 “A Working Democratic Team Right for Texas,” 1978 1536 Young Democrats; July 1982 1537 Young Democrats Report Series IV. Democratic National Committee, 1972-2000 1.8 linear ft., 2.8 boxes. Subseries A. Democratic National Committee Correspondence, 1972-2000 1.25 linear ft., 2.5 boxes Sub-subseries 1: Chronological correspondence, 1971-2000 161 1972-73 162 1974 163 1975 164 1976 165 1977 166 1978 167 1979 168 1980 169 1981 1610 1982 1611 1983-84 1612 1985-86 1613 1992-96 1614 1997 171 1998 172 1999 173 2000 174 Undated. Sub-subseries 2: Correspondence by name or organization, 1976-1998 175 Amendments, 1982 Democratic National Party Conference 176 Billie Carr – DNC File; 1982-83 177 Billie Carr – DNC Incoming; 1980-82 178 Billie Carr – DNC Incoming; 1983 179 Billie Carr – DNC Outgoing; c. 1978-1984 1710 Billie Carr, Letterhead stationery, Democratic National Committee 1711 Billie Carr – Democratic National Committee; 1988-89 [Removed from binder] 1712 Billie Carr Reports . . . (September 1982) 1713 Democratic National Committee Fall Meeting – 1997 1714 Democratic Party Charter and By-Laws; 1976 1715 Democratic Party Conference, Philadelphia; June 1982 181 DNC Commission on Presidential Nominations, Membership List 182 DNC Executive Committee, 1997-98 183 DNC Women’s Caucus; October 8, 1993 184 Hunt Commission Report [Commission on Presidential Nomination] (1982?) 185 National Directory of Women Elected Officials, 1982 186 NDC Liberal Caucus – Attendance Files; 1982-83 187 Report of the Commission on Presidential Nomination; 1982 188 Statements to Hunt Commission Subseries B: Democratic National Conventions, 1976-2000 189 1976 (New York City) 1810 1980 (New York City) 1811 1984 (San Francisco) 1812 1988 (Atlanta) 1813 1992 (New York City) 1814 1996 (Chicago) 1815 2000 (Los Angeles) 1816 Current Work [Democratic National Convention, August 2000] Series V. New Democratic Coalition, 1973-84 2 linear inches 1817 Correspondence, 1973-77 1818 Correspondence, 1978 1819 Correspondence, 1979-83 1820 Correspondence, undated 1821 National New Democratic Coalition, Correspondence, 1975-84 Series VI. Billie Carr & Associates, 1976-1995 .5 linear ft.,1 box 191 Billie Carr & Associates 192 BC & A Computer Information 193 BC & A Incoming correspondence (1982-83) 194 BC & A Tapes 195 The Campaign Company 196 Candidates Campaign Info. 197 Competitors of BC & A 198 Correspondence, 1976-79 199 List of Liberals or Progressives (1980) 1910 Mail out bids 1911 Miscellaneous Files (1981-82 and undated) 1912 Mitchell Group, Inc. 1913 Orders, forms 1914 Precincts with opposition 1915 Sample Mail 1916 Statements for work done (1982-83) 1917 Sworn Statements 1918 Unofficial Ballot – Bob Hauge (1982) 1919 1982 Voter’s Guide on Women’s Issues 1920 Billie Carr’s Political Directory (removed from binder); 1986 and undated 1921 Billie Carr’s Political Directory (removed from binder); 1994-95 Series VII. Memorabilia, 1950s-2002 2 linear ft., 4 boxes. Subseries A: Invitations, 1960s-2002 201 Presidential Inauguration (Clinton/Gore), 1993 202 Presidential Inauguration (Clinton/Gore), 1997 203 Invitations, 1960s-1970s 204 Invitations – 1980-84 205 Invitations – 1985-87 206 Invitations – 1993-96 207 Invitations – 1997-99 208 Invitations – 2000-02 and partial dates Subseries B: Cards, n.d. 211 Presidents and Vice Presidents 212 Governors and Congressmen 213 Democratic National Committee 214-6 General Subseries C: Photos 217 Photos from scrapbook 218 Presidential, Vice Presidential 219-10 Photos – General 2111 3 compact discs of scanned photos, originals of which have been retained by Billie Carr’s family Subseries D. Memorabilia, n.d. 22 Name badges, political pins, posters, bumperstickers 23 Oversize photos, Awards and plaques