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Series I: Court cases, city/state demographic data, preparation material for trial

Series II: Reports, data sheets, tables, correspondence, notes, photographs, audio tapes

Series III: Printed matter, publications, newsletters - includes correspondence regarding Davidson's books and Davidson's 1968 dissertation

Series IV: Correspondence, letters, cases, addenda

Guide to the Chandler Davidson Voting Rights Papers


Descriptive Summary
	Creator	Davidson, Chandler
	Title	Chandler Davidson Voting Rights Papers
	Dates:	1961-2006
	Abstract:	The Chandler Davidson Voting Rights papers collection includes research material, demographic data, reports, trial materials, correspondence, letters, information about court cases, and several essays and books relating to voting rights in the United States.
	ID	MS 528
	Extent	20 boxes
	Language	Materials are in English.
	Repository:	Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University, Houston, TX

Biographical Sketch

Chandler Davidson, Research Professor and Tsanoff Chair of Public Affairs Emeritus, taught at Rice from 1966 to 2003 and still occasionally teaches despite his emeritus status. He was a founding member of the Department of Sociology and served as departmental chair for fourteen years between 1979 and 2003. In the latter part of his career, he had a joint appointment with the Department of Political Science. Davidson has won five university-wide teaching prizes, including Rice's top award, the George R. Brown Excellence in Teaching Prize. In addition to many articles appearing in academic journals and popular magazines, he has written or edited a number of books. In the early 1990s he and Professor Bernard Grofman of the University of California at Irvine directed a major scholarly effort to assess the impact of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in the South. Funded by the National Science Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation, the project involved almost thirty political scientists, historians, sociologists, and voting rights lawyers. The resulting book, "Quiet Revolution in the South" (Princeton University Press, 1994), was co-edited by Davidson and Grofman and won the Richard Fenno Prize awarded by the American Political Science Association for the best book published on legislative behavior that year. Davdson's work on voting rights has been cited several times in U.S. Supreme Court opinions. He is writing a book on hierarchies of respect in America. He is also continuing research on minority voting rights.

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Scope and Contents

The Chandler Davidson Voting Rights papers collection includes research material, demographic data, reports, trial materials, correspondence, letters, information about court cases, and several essays and books relating to voting rights in Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and California from 1961 to 2006.

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Arrangement

		Series I: Court cases, city/state demographic data, preparation material for trial
		Series II: Reports, data sheets, tables, correspondence, notes, photographs, audio tapes
		Series III: Printed matter, publications, newsletters - includes correspondence regarding Davidson's books and Davidson's 1968 dissertation
		Series IV: Correspondence, letters, cases, addenda

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Restrictions

Access Restriction

This material is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Permission to publish material from the Chandler Davidson Voting Rights collection must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center.

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Index Terms

	Subjects (Persons)
		Antunes, George Edward
		Brischetto, Robert R.
		Bullock, Charles S. III
		Byrd, W. Lee
		Davies, Race D.
		Grofman, Bernard
		Hewitt, Gerald J.
		Howard, Oliver
		Jones, Ray
		Mattox, Jim
		Morris and Turnage
		McManus, Susan
		McNeil, Frank
		Murray, Richard
		O'Rourke, Timothy Gerald
		Palmer, Bruce
		Rabinovitz, Francine
		Richards, Ann
		Rossinow, Douglas C.
		Smith, Griffin Jr.
		Vera, Alberto
	Subjects (Organizations)
		Citizens for Better Government - Abilene, TX
		Greater Houston Civic Council
	Subjects
		Depostions -- United States
		Suffrage -- United States
	Formats
		Audiotapes
		Correspondence
		Interviews
		Legal documents
		Newsclippings

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Series I: Court cases, city/state demographic data, preparation material for trial
		Abilene, TX
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1	1	Charter revision(see also box 2) 1962
	2	Oliver Howard deposition 1982
	3	Charter revision, W. Lee Byrd (see also box 2) 1962
	4	Board and commissions 1979
	5	Community development
	6	Ordinances
	7	Ordinances
	8	Public housing
	9	Housing, deed restrictions
	10	Housing
	11	Housing
	12	Flooding, Goodlow residents
	13	City health
	14	Referendum, public housing 1968
	15	Employment
	16	Maps, census tracts data
box	folder
2	1	1979-1982
	2	Elections
	3	Finished studies
	4	"Margin of Victory
	5	Citizens for Better Government (CBG) beginnings 1963
	6	CBG
	7	CBG
	8	CBG articles 1980-1981
	9	Single Member District (SMD) referendum 1978, 1981
	10	SMD
	11	SMD lawsuit 1980-
	12	Referendum survey 1979-1981
	13	Election statistics 1979-
	14	Post-1982 developments
	15	City charter amendments
	16	Charter, history 1911-
	17	City charter change (1911), Bruce Palmer testimony
	18	Charter revision 1962
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3	1	Testimony, Chandler Davidson May 13, 1982
	2	Testimony, Chandler Davidson May 13, 1982
	3	Testimony, Chandler Davidson
	4	Trial notes
	5	Trial notes
	6	Demographic data
	7	Demographic data
	8	Testimony, Chandler Davidson
	9	Spanish language survey
	10	Field notes
	11	Field notes
	12	Ethnic relations
	13	Ethnic relations
	14	News clippings 1982
	15	Election, clippings 1983
	16	Election, clippings 1984
	17	Clippings 1985
	18	Referenda
	19	Defendant's arguments
	20	Junior College District
box	folder
4	1	Deposition, Chandler Davidson
	2	Maps, census data
	3	Street survey
	4	Transportation
	5	Velasquez v. City of Abilene
		Houston, TX
box	folder
4	6	Greater Houston Council briefs 1977-
	7	"Dilution Trial," George Antunes
	8	"Dilution Trial," George Antunes
	9	"Dilution Trial," George Antunes
	10	"Dilution Trial," Davidson
	11	"Dilution Trial," Davidson
	12	"Dilution Trial," Davidson
	13	"Dilution Trial," Davidson
	14	Houston City Council, history, charter 1966
	15	Post-trial developments 1977
	16	Post-trial developments 1977
	17	Clippings, voting results 1979-1993
box	folder
5	1	Voting Rights Act 1970s
	2	Greater Houston Civic Council, "Dilution" trial briefs
	3	Greater Houston Civic Council, "Dilution" trial briefs
	4	News clippings
	5	News clippings - Houston, TX
	6	Trial data - Houston, TX
	7	Demographic data - Houston, TX 1976
	8	Houston, TX
	9	Houston, TX
	10	Houston, TX
	11	Houston, TX
	12	Houston, TX
	13	Houston, TX 1977
	14	Clippings, Houston, TX 1979-1995
	15	Testimony - Dr. Susan McManus 1976
	16	Testimony - Dr. Susan McManus 1976
	17	Testimony - Dr. Susan McManus - Greater Houston Civic Council 1976
	18	Clippings, obituaries 1990-2005
	19	Testimony - Davidson
	20	Testimony - Davidson
	21	Testimony - Davidson
box	folder
6	1	Testimony November 12, 1976
	2	Statements and affidavits 1979
	3	Exhibits
	4	Exhibits Volume I
	5	Exhibits Volume II
		Lubbock, TX
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6	6	Deposition - Rev. Ray Jones, et al v. City of Lubbock 1982
	7	Deposition - Rev. Ray Jones, et al v. City of Lubbock 1982
	8	Clippings, briefs, judgments 1982
		Midland-Odessa, TX
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6	9	Deposition - LULAC, et al v. Midland ISD, et al 1985
	10	Notes, clippings, judgments
	11	LULAC, et al v. Jim Mattox, et al 1990
		Paris, TX
box	folder
6	12	Notes, briefs 1981
		Port Arthur, TX
box	folder
6	13	Hofeller exhibits
	14	Notes, ordinances
	15	Deposition - Susan A. McManus, City of Port Arthur, TX v. USA October 6, 1980
	16	Deposition - Susan A. McManus, City of Port Arthur, TX v. USA November 23, 1980
	17	City of Port Arthur, TX v. USA 1980-1981
	18	City of Port Arthur, TX v. USA 1980-1981
	19	Deposition - City of Port Arthur, TX v. USA 1980-1981
		Wichita Falls, TX
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6	20	Field notes 1979
	21	Notes, clippings
		Mississippi
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7	1	Notes, clippings
	2	Hinds County
	3	Jackson, MS
	4	Jackson, MS
	5	Jackson, MS
	6	Jackson, MS
	7	Morris and Turnage law firm
		Alabama
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7	8	Birmingham, AL
	9	Birmingham, AL
	10	Birmingham, AL
	11	Mobile, AL
	12	Testimony - Chandler Davidson, Mobile, AL March 16, 1981
	13	Deposition - Chandler Davidson, Mobile, AL March 16, 1981
	14	Testimony - Chandler Davidson, Mobile, AL March 16, 1981
	15	Briefs - Mobile, AL
	16	Briefs - Mobile, AL
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8	1	Schools - Mobile, AL
	2	Voter turnout - Mobile, AL
	3	Polarization - Mobile, AL
	4	Notes - Mobile, AL
	5	Demographics - Mobile, AL
	6	Montgomery, AL
	7	Opelika, AL 1984-1985
	8	Selma, AL
	9	Selma, AL
	10	Deposition - USA v. Dallas County Commission 1986
		Illinois
box	folder
8	11	Clippings, notes - Springfield, IL
	12	Clippings, notes - Springfield, IL
	13	Clippings, notes - Springfield, IL
	14	Charles S. Bullock III - Springfield, IL 1986
	15	Charles S. Bullock III - "Racial Voting Patterns in Springfield, IL" December 1986
	16	Charles S. Bullock III - Testimony - Springfield, IL december 23, 1986
	17	Charles S. Bullock III - Deposition - Springfield, IL 1986
	18	Charles S. Bullock III - Deposition - Springfield, IL 1986
	19	Charles S. Bullock III - Deposition - Springfield, IL August 27, 1986
box	folder
9	1	Depositon - Chandler Davidson - Springfield, IL 1986
	2	Depositon - Chandler Davidson - Springfield, IL August 22, 1986
	3	Testimony - Chandler Davidson - Springfield, IL December 18, 1986
	4	Testimony - Frank McNeil v. City of Springfield 1986
	5	Depositon - Susan McManus - Springfield, IL October 6, 1986
	6	Depositon - Susan McManus - Springfield, IL December 30, 1986
	7	Depositon - Susan McManus - Springfield, IL December 30, 1986
	8	"Racial Voting Patterns in Springfield, IL" 1986
	9	Clippings - Springfield, IL
	10	Peoria, IL 1987
		Pittsburgh, PA
box	folder
9	11	Deposition - Chandler Davidson 1987
	12	Depositon - Metropolitan Pittsburgh Crusade for Voters v. the City of Pittsburgh 1987
	13	Clippings, materials 1985-1987
		California
box	folder
9	14	Expert affidavits - Stockton, CA
	15	Expert affidavits - Stockton, CA
	16	Expert affidavits - Stockton, CA
	17	Briefs, decisions - Stockton, CA 1988
	18	Rabinovitz, Franicine F. - Stockton, CA 1988
	19	Hewitt, Gerald J., "Interim Report on Racial and Ethnic Discrimination in Stockton, CA" 1988
box	folder
10	1	Rabinovitz, Francine F. - Stockton, CA
	2	Depositions, testimony - Stockton, CA 1988
	3	Depositions, testimony - Stockton, CA 1988
	4	Depositions, testimony - Stockton, CA 1988
	5	Chicano Federation of San Diego and Mirna Perez v. the City of San Diego

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Series II: Reports, data sheets, tables, correspondence, notes, photographs, audio tapes
box	folder
10	6	Race Davies reports
	7	Photos: "Race and Class in Texas Politics"
	8	Black/Hispanic Coaliton
	9	Black/Hispanic Coaliton
	10	Black/Hispanic Coaliton
	11	"Comments on the City of Houston Submission to the US Department of Justice with Regard to Annexation and At Large Elections of Council," clipping, Richard Murray 1979
	12	Data sheets, articles, correspondence
	13	Bernard Grofman 1988, 1990
	14	"Findings Involving Dilution in the 20 County Area Comprising the 13th Appelate District" 1989
	15	"Dirty Data Set"
	16	Cuban demographics
	17	Minority candidates
	18	Bob Brischetto - notes
	19	Susan McManus
	20	Susan McManus 1979
	21	Vera v. Richards, other expense logs 1981-1994
	22	Chandler Davidson - deposition, "Kirksey v. Banks" 1984
	23	Correspondence 1978
	24	Data set 1990
box	folder
11	1	Correspondence, clippings, articles, photographs 2006
	2	Sharon [Brerd?] projects 1991
	3	National Science Foundation - Brischetto data 1989, 1991
	4	Tables, data sets - Texas
	5	Tables, correspondence - Texas
	6	Data, tables
	7	Census data 1990
	8	"Complete Listing of Objectives Pursuant to Sections of the Voting Rights Act of 1965"
	9	"Texas Cities that Adopted Districts Through Litigation"
	10	Correspondence, phone calls 1990-1991

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Series III: Printed matter, publications, newsletters - includes correspondence regarding Davidson's books and Davidson's 1968 dissertation
box	folder
11	11	Leadership Conference Education Fund - Civil Rights Monitor 1986-1989
	12	Representation and Electoral Systems 1987-1990
	13	NVRI Update - Newsletter of the National Voting Rights Institute
	14	Voting Rights Review
	15	Southwest Voters Research notes
	16	Political Trend Letter
	17	News, Voter Education Project
	18	New Perspective, US Commission on Civil Rights
	19	Focus May 1985-January/February 2004
	20	Race and Class in Texas Politics, Princeton University Press 1989
	21	Quiet Revolution, Princeton University Press - correspondence
	22	Quiet Revolution - correspondence 1992-1993
	23	Quiet Revolution - correspondence 1992-1993
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12	1	The Rise of Racial Gerrymandering in Houston
	2	"Pickets, Politics and Power - The Farm Worker Strike in Starr County"
	3	"Minority Representation on City Councils"
	4	"Stand-ins in Austin" 1961-1962
			Audio cassette
	5	Bossier Parish School Board documents
	6	"The Most Powerful Texans" - Harry Hurt III, and "Empire of Paper" - Griffin Smith, Jr.
	7	"The Politics of Authenticity" - Doug Rossinow 1998
	8	Articles and reports 1995-1999
	9	Davidson testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee/Subcommittee on the Constitution February 24, 1982
	-	"Race and Class in Texas Politics" - Chandler Davidson
	-	"Quiet Revolution in the South: The Impact of the Voting Rights Act 1965-1990" - Chandler Davidson and Bernard Grofman, editors
	-	North Carolina Law Review - Volume 79, Number 5 June 2001
	-	"Controversies in Minority Voting: The Voting Rights Act in Perspective" - Bernard Grofman and Chandler Davidson, editors
	-	"Biracial Politics: Conflict and Coalition in the Metropolitan South" - Chandler Davidson
	-	"Minority Vote Dilution" - Chandler Davidson, editor
	-	Dissertation: "Negro Politics and the Rise of the Civil Rights Movement in Houston, Texas" - Chandler Davidson September 1968
	-	"Protecting Minority Voters: The Voting Rights Act at Work 1982-2005" - a report by The National Commission on the Voting Rights Act February 2006
	-	Highlights of Hearings of the National Commission on The Voting Rights Act 2005 - A Supplement to "Protecting Minority Voters" February 2006
	-	Conference materials: Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and Southern Regional Council Voting Rights Act 30th Anniversary Conference - New Orleans, LA October 27-29, 1995
	-	Sallyport Winter 2003Winter 1996
	-	Sallyport Winter 2003
	-	Sallyport Fall 2005

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Series IV: Correspondence, letters, cases, addenda
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13	1	Voting Rights Act correspondence 1988-1989
	2	Voting Rights Act correspondence 1988-1989
	3	Voting Rights Act correspondence 1988-1989
	4	Voting Rights Act conference - Sheraton Houston Place October 1988
	5	Voting Rights Act Proposal to Center for Study of Institutions/Values 1988
	6	Voting Rights Panel - APSA meeting, Chicago Fall 1987
	7	Brookings Institution Conference 1988-1989
	8	Voting Rights Act accounting 1988-1989
	9	NSF proposal
	10	NSF proposal
	11	Grofman reimbursements
	12	NSF grant application 1988
	13	Voting Rights Act: Brookings correspondence 1989-1990
	14	Voting Rights Act Conference May 1990
	15	Voting Rights Act: NSF addresses
	16	Voting Rights Act: Brookings addresses
	17	Budget - 869 3 103 NSF 1989-1990
	18	Voting Rights Act book
	19	Voting Rights Act - contracts for projects
	20	Voting Rights Act - email/bitnet addresses
	21	Voting Rights Act - handouts
	22	Voting Rights Act - hotel information
	23	Voting Rights Act - list of contributors
	24	Voting Rights Act - mailouts
	25	Voting Rights Act - progress report 1989
	26	Voting Rights Act - LBJ School proposals
	27	Voting Rights Act - reception at Farnsworth October 14, 1988
	28	Voting Rights Act - Conference set up infiormation 1990
	29	Voting Rights Act - NSF proposal questionnaire 1990
	30	NSF correspondence
	31	Voting Rights Act - correspondence 1988-1990
	32	Voting Rights Act - budget/expenses
	33	Voting Rights Act - NSF contributors
	34	Articles, correspondence, notes 1990
	35	Extension of the Voting Rights Act - hearings 1975
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14	1	Objection letters - various states (copy) 2004
	2	Alabama (copy) pre-1980
	3	Alabama (copy) 1980-1989
	4	Alabama (copy) 1990-2003
	5	Alaska (copy)
	6	Arizona (copy)
	7	California (copy)
	8	Florida (copy)
	9	Georgia (copy) pre-1980
	10	Georgia (copy) 1980-1991
	11	Georgia (copy) 1992-2003
	12	Louisiana (copy) pre-1980
	13	Louisiana (copy) 1980-1991
	14	Louisiana (copy) 1992-2003
	15	Mississippi (copy) pre-1980
	16	Mississippi, part 1 (copy) 1980-1989
	17	Mississippi, part 2 (copy) 1980-1989
	18	Mississippi, part 1 (copy) 1990-2003
	19	Mississippi, part 2 (copy) 1990-2003
	20	New Mexico (copy)
	21	New York (copy)
	22	North Carolina (copy) pre-1986
	23	North Carolina (copy) 1986-2003
	24	South Carolina (copy) pre-1980
	25	South Carolina (copy) 1980-1989
	26	South Carolina (copy) 1990-2003
	27	South Dakota (copy)
	28	Texas, part 1 (copy) pre-1980
	29	Texas, part 2 (copy) pre-1980
	30	Texas (copy) 1980-1989
	31	Texas, part 1 (copy) 1990-2003
	32	Texas, part 1 (copy) 1990-2003
	33	Virginia (copy)
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15	1	Alabama pre-1980
	2	Alabama 1980-1989
	3	Alabama 1990-2003
	4	Alabama - non objections
	5	Alaska
	6	Alaska - non objections
	7	Arizona
	8	Arizona - non objections
	9	California
	10	California - non objections
	11	Florida
	12	Florida - non objections
	13	Georgia, part 1 pre-1980
	14	Georgia, part 2 pre-1980
	15	Georgia 1980-1991
	16	Georgia 1992-2003
	17	Georgia - non objections
	18	Louisiana pre-1980
	19	Louisiana 1980-1991
	20	Louisiana 1992-2003
	21	Louisiana - non objections
	22	Mississippi pre-1980
	23	Mississippi, part 1 1980-1989
	24	Mississippi, part 2 1980-1989
	25	Mississippi, part 1 1990-2003
	26	Mississippi, part 2 1990-2003
	27	Mississippi - non objections
	28	New Mexico
	29	New York
	30	New York - non objections
	31	North Carolina pre-1986
	32	North Carolina 1986-2003
	33	North Carolina - non objections
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16	1	South Carolina pre-1980
	2	South Carolina 1980-1989
	3	South Carolina 1990-2003
	4	South Carolina - non objections
	5	South Dakota
	6	Texas, part 1 pre-1980
	7	Texas, part 2 pre-1980
	8	Texas 1980-1989
	9	Texas, part 1 1990-2003
	10	Texas, part 2 1990-2003
	11	Texas - non objections
	12	Virginia
	13	Virginia - non objections
	14	Objection letters - various states 2003-2004
	15	Vera vs. Richards 1993-1994
	16	Vera vs. Richards - letters, notes, reports
	17	Vera vs. Richards - letters, notes, reports, clippings
	18	Vera vs. Richards - reports, research
	19	Marylanders for Fair Representation, Inc. vs. William Donald Schaefer, and NAACP vs. William Donald Schaefer
	20	Deposition - Ruth O. Shaw and James Arthur "Art" Pope vs. James B. Hunt, Jr. and Ralph Gingles December 17, 1993
	21	Deposition - Timothy Gerald O'Rourke
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17	1	Sparks v. Griffin - brief of appellants 1969
	2	Gordon v. Lance decision June 1971
	3	White v. Weiser June 18, 1973
	4	White v. Regester syllabus June 18, 1973
	5	Greater Houston Civic Council, Inc. v. Mann 1977
	6	United States v. White 1978
	7	City of Port Arthur v. United States 1981
	8	United States v. Marengo County Commission 1984
	9	Gingles v. Edmisten - memorandum opinion January 27, 1984
	10	McCord v. the City of Fort Lauderdale 1985
	11	Martin v. Allain (Governor of MS) 1986-1987
	12	McNeil v. the City of Springfield 1986-1987
	13	Dillard v. Crenshaw County 1986
	14	Jerome Gray February 26, 1986
	15	Analysis of Thornburg v. Gingles (June 30, 1986) - Joint Center for Political Studies July 14, 1986
	16	Thornburg v. Gingles syllabus
	17	Gomez v. the City of Watsonville decision July 1988
	18	Harris v. Graddick and Chisom v. Roemer decisions - Legal Defense Fund July 12, 1988
	19	Clark V. Edwards decision August 1988
	20	Record in Graves v. Barnes / White v. Regester - George Korbel September 23, 1988
	21	Solomon v. Liberty County (FL) Commission decision September 1988
	22	United States/Crum v. Dallas Commission/James P. Turner - Selma AL 1989
	23	Collins v. City of Norfolk decision August 1989
	24	Mack v. Russell County Commission and Etowah County Commission 1990-1993
	25	Chisom v. Roemer and HLA v. Attorney General of Texas briefs 1990
	26	Hines v. Callis decision September 1992
	27	Richards v. Quiroz - Corpus Christi, TX 1993
	28	Hines v. Mayor and Town Council of Ahoskie, NC decision July 1993
	29	Dillard v. City of Greensboro 1994
	30	United States v. Hays / State of Louisiana v. Hays 1995
	31	Cane v. Worcester County, MD - unpublished decision June 1995
	32	Bush v. Vera 1996
	33	Voting Rights and record of Judge Anthony M. Kennedy
	34	Notes, correspondence, reports - VRA reauthorization
	35	A National Survey on the Impacts of Head Start Centers on Community Institutions - Summary Report May 1970
	36	Dictionary of American Negro Biography 1982
	37	House Research Organization - Redistricting Part Three: The Voting Rights Act April 22, 1991
	38	Bibliography on Political Consequences of Minority Officeholders November 27, 1991
	39	Remarks of Gerlad Hebert, Deputy Chief - Voting Section, Civil Rights Division - United States Department of Justice before the Federal Bar Association (Houston chapter) March 19, 1992
	40	Redistricting News Update - Leadership Conference Education Fund Fall 1991-Spring 1993
	41	Fraga and Ocampo 2005-2006
	42	Testimony/correspondence - Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, VRA reauthorization May-June 2006
	43	Testimony/correspondence - Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, VRA reauthorization May-June 2006
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18	1	The Black Squint of the Law: Racism in South Carolina - Orville Vernon Burton
	2	Summary - Protest is Not Enough: The Struggle of Blacks and Hispanics for Equality in Urban Politics - Browning, Marshall, and Tabb
	3	A Standard Analysis of the Dissimilarity Index and Two Alternate Indexes - George S. Tracey, Department of Experimental Statistics, Louisiana State University
	4	The Evolution of Black Politics in New Orleans: From Protest to Powerbrokers? - Dr. Monte Piliawsky and Dr. Paul J. Stekler
	5	Chapter 6: Traditional Redistricting Principles, Texas Style - J. Morgan Kousser
	6	The Transformation of Democratic Party Politics in Texas and Harris County - a thesis prepared by Colin Joseph Carl April 1965
	7	The Black Ghetto in Houston - Saul Friedman, The Houston Review Spring 1979
	8	Bolden case analysis - Edward Still October 1981
	9	Public Policy in Texas - Bedickek and Tannahill 1982
	10	The Struggle for Hispanic Political Rights (revised draft) - Joaquin Avila June 1983
	11	Implementing Equality: The Voting Rights Act and Its Impact on Municipal Government - Margaret K. Purser 1987
	12	Academic Freedom and Expert Witnessing: Historians and the Sears Case - Texas Law Review June 1988
	13	The Voting Rights Act Today - Bill Montague, ABA Journal August 1, 1988
	14	The Quiet Revolution in Minority Voting Rights - Laughlin McDonald, Vanderbilt Law Review May 1989
	15	Racial Bloc Voting and Political Mobilization in South Carolina - James W. Loewen, The Review of Black Political Economy v19n1 Summer 1990
	16	Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and Judicial Elections: Application and Remedy - Pasquale A. Cipolline, University of Chicago Law Review 1991
	17	Black/White Voter Registration Disparities in Mississippi: Legal and Methodological Issues in Challenging Bureau of Census Data - Lichtman and Issacharoff, The Journal of Law and Politics v7n3 Spring 1991
	18	Who Should Rule and Govern? Local Legislative Delegations, Racial Politics, and the Voting Rights Act - Binny Miller, Yale Law Journal October 1992
	19	A General Theory of Vote Dilution - Lichtman and Hebert, La Raza Law Journal v6n1 1993
	20	The Intolerable Costs of Affirmative Action - Barry R. Gross, Reconstruction v2n3 1994
	21	Grounds Other than Race: An Examination of the Motivation of Recent Congressional Reapportionments in Texas - J. Morgan Kousser, A Declaration for Vera v. Richards June 21, 1994
	22	Yes, But What Have They Done to Black People Lately? The Role of Historical Evidence in the Virginia School Board Case - Peyton McCrary, Chicago Kent Law Review v70n3 1995
	23	Reaffirmation or Requiem for the Voting Rights Act? A Public Policy Alert from the ACLU May 1995
	24	The Detriments of Hispanic Representation in Municipal Government - Tim R. Sass June 1995
	25	A Shield or Sword? Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act and the Argument for the Incorporation of Section 2 - Heather K. Way, Texas Law Review v74n6 May 1996
	26	Rearguard and Vanguard: A Study of Two Fringe Groups in the Houston Negro Movement - a dissertation proposal
	27	Causes and Consequences of Racial/Socioeconomic Disparities in Dallas County, Alabama
	28	Notes - At-Large Elections and Minority-Group Representation: A Re-Examination of Historical and Contemporary Evidence - Davidson and Korbel
	29	Draft and final - At-Large Elections and Minority-Group Representation: A Re-Examination of Historical and Contemporary Evidence - Davidson and Korbel
	30	The Oil Patch: Roughnecks and Operators and a Forgotten Frontier - Harper's Magazine August 1964
	31	America's Dirty War - The Nation / What are We Tied to in Vietnam? November 2, 1964
	32	The Complete Bourgeois: A Study of the Spirit of Capitalism in the Works of Marx, Weber, Sombart, and Veblen January 1965
	33	The Texas County Editor review - Trans-action October 1967
	34	A Summer Program for Minority Students in a Medical Setting - A Progress Report - Davidson and Creson, Texas Reports on Biology and Medicine v29n4 Winter 1971
	35	Houston Elects a Mayor - Davidson and Longshore, New South Spring 1972
	36	Ethnic Attitudes as a Basis for Minority Cooperation in a Southwestern Metropolis - Social Science Quarterly March 1973
	37	Draft - Response to Lawrence Rice, "A Reappraisal of the Poll Tax in Texas" November 1973
	38	Wonder Bread and Hog Jowels: New Politics in the Old South, The Nation September 28, 1974
	39	Davidson on Nonpartisan Elections and the Case for Party Politics - Contemporary Sociology March 1975
	40	On the Culture of Shiftlessness - Dissent magazine Fall 1976
	41	Upper Class Mobilization of Bias in Houston April 1978
	42	Houston: The City Where the Business of Government is Business 1979 (?)
	43	Padover: for Marx an Epitaph like Claudius - Houston Chronicle January 21, 1979
	44	Letter to Drew S. Days III, Assistant Attorney General March 27, 1979
	45	Reforming a Reform: The Attack on Multimember Districts - Perspectives on the American South 1981
	46	Index to the Legislative History of the Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1982 (draft)
	47	Slating Groups and Vote Dilution: A Case Study of Party Politics in a 'Nonpartisan' City (penultimate draft) October 1982
	48	Minority Vote Dilution - An Overview - Institute for Policy Analysis reprint 85-1 1984
	49	Book review: The Voting Rights Act and Vote Dilution, ed. Chandler Davidson - Georgia Law Review v 19:459 1985
	50	Letter - New Perspectives Fall 1985
	51	Partisan in Sheep's Clothing: The Ambiguous Legacy of Municipal Reform 1986
	52	Ethnic Jokes: An Introduction to Race and Nationality July 1987
	53	Rice Thresher March-April 1992
	54	Briefing Paper: The Republicans Go to Court April 1992
	55	The Voting Rights Act: Protecting the Rights of Racial and Language Minorities in the Electoral Process - Chicano-Latino Law Review v13 Summer 1993
	56	The Voting Rights of African Americans in Texas, 1865-1994 June 1994
	57	Blacks and Politics - for the Texas Handbook, 2nd edition 1994/1996
	58	Table z, Chapters 2-9 - Supplementary unpublished data to be used in conjunction with Quiet Revolution: The Impact of the Voting Rights Act in the South 1965-1990 1994
	59	Davidson-Grofman Quiet Revolution data set December 1994
	60	Davidson-Grofman Quiet Revolution data set December 1994
	61	Quiet Revolution in the South - letter to the editor regarding Carol Swain critique
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19	1	Voting Rights and the Second Reconstruction: The Rocky Road to the Present Winter 1994
	2	Underrepresentation of Minorities in American Politics: The Problem That Will Not Go Away - review of Proportional Representation and Election Reform in Ohio 1995
	3	The Politics of Race: Review of Quiet Revolution in the South - Richard H. Pildes, The Harvard Review v108n6 April 1995
	4	Barbara Jordan Memorial Service Speech February 7, 1996
	5	Summary remarks and Meet the Author Series - Stanford Univeristy Conference on Race October 1999
	6	A Thought Experiment Before the Next Redistricting Round Begins - Stanford University Conference on Race November 11-13, 1999
	7	Teaching Across the Millennia: A Rice Professor Talks About His Trade - speech to the Society of Rice University Women January 24, 2000
	8	White Gerrymandering of Black Voters: A Response to Professor Everett - North Carolina Law Review June 2001
	9	Taking Democracy Seriously: Thoughts on America a Year After 9/11 September 11, 2002
	10	Republican Ballot Security Programs: Vote Protection or Minority Vote Suppression - Or Both? - A report to the Center for Voting Rights and Protection September 2004
	11	Book review - Voting Rights the Second Time Around: Happy Ending or Prologue to a Third Try? - Election Law Journal v4n3 2005
	12	Questions About the Conventional Wisdom - delivered at Duke University April 2006
	13	Renewing the Non-Permanent Features of the Voting Rights Act - Focus magazine July/August 2006
	14	Vote Caging as a Republican Ballot Security Technique - Davidson, Dunlap, Kenny, and Wise - William Mitchell Law Review v34n2 2008
	15	Tear sheets, articles, notes, letters 1969-
	16	News clippings 1974-
	17	Correspondence, notes, reports 1991-
	18	Congressional testimony 1994
	19	Testimony, notes, correspondence - United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration February 2008
	20	Houston Breakthrough October 1977 April 1978 November 1980
	21	The Texas Observer 1962
	22	The Texas Observer July 16, 1971 December 27, 1974 June 18, 1976 September 9, 1977 December 30, 1977 June 9, 1978 December 28, 1979 October 17, 1980 September 17, 1993 October 28, 1994
	-	Dissent Fall 1972
	-	Dissent Winter 1973
	-	Social Problems December 1974
	-	25 Years of Dissent - compiled by Irving Howe 1979
	-	Social Science Quarterly v60n2 September 1979
	-	The Journal of Politics v43n4 November 1981
	-	Illinois Issues August/September 1987
	-	Democracy in the 1990s: Voting in the United States - A Symposium October 28-29, 1990
	-	Reconstruction v2n3 1994
	-	Protecting Minority Voters: The Voting Rights Act at Work 1982-2005 February 2006
		Maria Velasquez v. City of Abilene audto cassette tapes
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20	1	Welch/McCann/Davidson August 1979
			audio cassette tape
	1	Phone call to Del. - Taebel October 22, 1979
			audio cassette tape
	1	Howard Cover October 31, 1979
			audio cassette tape
	1	Ken Deckard, Abilene Jn 18, 1980
			audio cassette tape
	1	Ellis Barrerra July 8, 1980
			audio cassette tape
	1	Interview: Jack Gressett - William L. Garrett April 6, 1982
			audio cassette tape
	1	Benjamin and Amelia Aguirre May 5, 1982
			audio cassette tape
	1	Benjamin and Amelia Aguirre May 5, 1982
			audio cassette tape
	2	J. Morgan Jones, Ralph Hooks, Jesse Harris
			audio cassette tape
	2	Jesse Harris, Fred Lee Hughes
			audio cassette tape
	2	Brian Bradbury
			audio cassette tape
	2	R. Richardson, John Stevens, Amelia Aguirre (?)
			audio cassette tape
	2	J.O. Perry, Don Watts
			audio cassette tape
	2	Don Watts, Mrs. Harris
			audio cassette tape
	2	Leo Scott, Armstrong
			audio cassette tape
	2	Armstrong, Gresham
			audio cassette tape
	3	Gresham, Bill Thomas
			audio cassette tape
	3	Maria Velasquez
			audio cassette tape
	3	Wilton Turnerhill, Wally Gutierez
			audio cassette tape
	3	Maxey
			audio cassette tape
	3	Leroy Rutledge, Robert English
			audio cassette tape
	3	Rev. Moreland, Ken Decker
			audio cassette tape
	3	Joe Leal
			audio cassette tape
	3	Joe Alcorta
			audio cassette tape
	4	Joe Alcorta
			audio cassette tape
	4	Josie Villareal
			audio cassette tape
	4	Josie Villareal (tornado damage)
			audio cassette tape
	4	Dr. Beyer - Bio. Dept.
			audio cassette tape
	4	Prof. A.F. Edwards
			audio cassette tape
	4	Don Wills
			audio cassette tape
	4	Frank Gibson
			audio cassette tape
	4	Dave Allred
			audio cassette tape
	4	Dr. Boston, Mike Pistaccio, Robinson
			audio cassette tape
	4	Robinson
			audio cassette tape
		Compact discs
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20	5	Office of Senator Leahy: Judiciary Committee Hearing, Voting Rights Act Reauthorization (1/3) May 9, 2006
			compact disc
	5	Office of Senator Leahy: Judiciary Committee Hearing, Voting Rights Act Reauthorization (2/3) May 9, 2006
			compact disc
	5	Office of Senator Leahy: Judiciary Committee Hearing, Voting Rights Act Reauthorization (3/3) May 9, 2006
			compact disc
	5	DOJ Observer reports
			compact disc
	5	Protecting Minority Voters - Map PDFs February 2006
			compact disc
	5	Final DBFs of maps
			compact disc
	5	Objection letters/move info. - DOJ
			compact disc
	5	Copy of objection letters - DOJ
			compact disc

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Guide to the Chandler Davidson Voting Rights Papers

Descriptive Summary

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Contents

Arrangement

Restrictions

Access Restriction

Use Restrictions

Index Terms

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Acquisition Information

Detailed Description of the Collection

Series I: Court cases, city/state demographic data, preparation material for trial

Series II: Reports, data sheets, tables, correspondence, notes, photographs, audio tapes

Series III: Printed matter, publications, newsletters - includes correspondence regarding Davidson's books and Davidson's 1968 dissertation

Series IV: Correspondence, letters, cases, addenda