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A Guide to the Robert Lynn Batts Papers, 1820-1935, 1949
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Creator |
Batts, R. L. (Robert Lynn),
1864-1935. |
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Title |
Batts (Robert Lynn) Papers |
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Dates: |
1820-1935, 1949 |
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Abstract |
Papers of R.L. Batts relate to his
career as attorney, judge, professor of law and member of the Board of Regents of
the University of Texas. |
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Extent |
6 ft., 4 in.; manuscript, letterpress,
typescript, printed. |
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Language |
English. |
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Repository |
Center for American
History, The University of Texas at Austin |
Robert Lynn Batts (1864-1935) was born on November 1, 1864 in Bastrop, Texas. In
1886, he received an LL.B. from University of Texas and went into private practice
from 1886-1891. From 1891-1893, he was an assistant state attorney general of Texas
and then a law professor at the University of Texas in Austin from 1893 to 1900.
After returning to private practice from 1900-1917, Batts was nominated by President
Woodrow Wilson to be a federal judge to the United States Court of Appeals for the
Fifth Circuit and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on January 17, 1917. Batts resigned
this position in 1919 and that year became general counsel to Gulf Oil. Robert Lynn
Batts died on May 19, 1935.
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Papers concerned with the career of Batts (1864-1935), attorney, judge, educator,
relate to land transactions; early history of Bastrop; Batts's activities as an
attorney in Bastrop and Austin; his association with The University of Texas as a
law student, a professor of law, and a member of the Board of Regents; and his
professional activities as Texas counsel in the Waters-Pierce case, as United States
judge of Circuit Court of Appeals, and as general counsel for the Gulf Petroleum
Company. Materials dealing with The University of Texas concern the constitutional
amendment fight of 1913-1914 over state tax to support both The University of Texas
and Texas A & M College, the Ferguson Controversy, and recommendations for the
selection of presidents. Papers include correspondence, reminiscences, college
papers, minutes, deeds, plats, surveys, account papers, bonds, and legal papers.
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Subjects (Persons) |
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Batts, R. L. (Robert Lynn),
1864-1935--Archives |
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Benedict, Harry Yandell,
1869-1937. |
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Ferguson, James Edward,
1871-1944. |
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Gregory, Thomas Watt,
1861-1933. |
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Subjects (Organizations) |
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Gulf Oil Company. |
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Texas A& M University |
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Texas. Agricultural and Mechanical
College, College Station. |
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University of Texas. |
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University of Texas. Board of
Regents |
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Waters-Pierce Oil Company. |
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Subjects |
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Gas industry--Texas. |
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Judges--Texas |
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Oil fields--Texas. |
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Petroleum industry and
trade--Texas. |
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Places |
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Austin (Tex.) |
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Big Lake Oil Field (Tex.) |
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Bastrop (Tex.) |
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Central West Texas Oil Field
(Tex.) |
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Texas |
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Robert Lynn Batts Papers, 1820-1935, 1949, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History,
The University of Texas at Austin.
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Inventory: |
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| 2E81 |
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Correspondence, 1848-1919 |
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| 2E82 |
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Correspondence, 1920-1928 |
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| 2E83 |
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Correspondence, 1929-1930 |
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| 2E84 |
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Correspondence, 1931-1932 |
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| 2E85 |
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Correspondence, 1932-1949
and undated |
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Letter Presses, 1888-1892, 1924-1925 |
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| 2E86 |
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Letter presses, 1925-1927, 1927-1930 |
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| 2E87 |
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Letter presses, 1930-1933, 1933-1935 |
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| 2E88 |
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Personal correspondence, 1886-1937 |
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Expenses of hunting trips, 1923-1935 |
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Undated personal correspondence |
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Addresses and writings, 1896-1919, 1922-1934 |
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Addresses and writings, undated |
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| 2E89 |
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Correspondence (incomplete) undated |
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Legal and business documents, 1820-1869, 1870-1899 |
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| 2E90 |
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Legal and business documents, 1900-1937 |
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Legal and business documents, undated |
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College papers, 1885-1886 |
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College papers, undated |
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| 2E91 |
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Minutes, reports (other than) 1911-1932 |
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Budgets, 1927-1935 |
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Legislation oil lands, leases, and data |
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Legal bonds buildings and expansion |
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Newspaper clippings and other printed material |
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Personal account books, 1920-1929 |
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Personal and legal accounts, 1888-1925 |
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Legal accounts and notes, 1835-1894 |
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Legal, State of Texas vs. Warren Moore, Gregory and Batts Legal,
1919-1925 and
undated |
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| 2F301 |
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Stephen F. Austin map of Texas, binding only 1835 - |
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| OD1281 |
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Stephen F. Austin map of Texas with parts of adjoining states,
St.
1115c 1835, |
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| 3G211 |
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Correspondence, 1924,
1926-1927, 1929, 1931, 1933-1935, and undated |
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University budgets, 1929-1930, 1930-1931, 1931-1932 |
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University legislation and appropriations, 1929-1931, 1935 |
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University construction, buildings, and grounds, 1927-1934 |
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University lands, oil, trusts, and investments, and miscellaneous 1927-1929, 1931-1934, undated
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| 3G212 |
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University lands, oil, trusts, and investments: oil and gas
royalty audits, 1926-1932 |
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| 3S108 |
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Photographs |
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| 3S165 |
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Oversize materials |
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| OD1273 |
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Oversize materials |
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| 2.325/A74d |
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Houston Daily Post clipping,
1882 |
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Receipts from Acme Wire and Iron Works
1936 |
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Personal correspondence and notes, 1922,
undated |
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Letter to Matthews, probably 1856 |
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Name Index, undated |
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| SRH |
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Maps in CAH map collection: |
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Geological Map of Texas by the UT Bureau of Economic Geology,
color, 1919 |
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Asia and Adjacent Regions, National Geographic Society,
color, 1933 |
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