Main Version | Raw XML File (687k)
University of Texas, Center for American History

A Guide to the John R. Beasley Papers, 1884-1981


Descriptive Summary

CreatorBeasley, John R., 1882-1970.
TitleJohn R. Beasley Papers
Dates: 1884-1981
AbstractPapers collected by John R. Beasley, Bee County, Texas, attorney and mayor of Beeville, focus primarily on his advocacy for environmental protection of the Texas Gulf Coast and the creation of Padre Island National Seashore.
Accession No.91-311
Extent45 ft., 2 in.
LanguageEnglish.
RepositoryCenter for American History, The University of Texas at Austin

Biographical Note

Beasley was a Bee County attorney whose avocation was the study of the Texas Gulf Coast and the protection of its waters and marine life; was Beeville's first mayor after incorporation in 1908 and who, in the 1960s, campaigned against the construction of a bypass around Beeville. As founder and sole member of the organization Independent Texas Coastal Research for the Common Good, he corresponded with elected officials, government agencies, marine biologists, sportsmen, and outdoor editors of major Texas newspapers espousing his causes. He wrote briefs in protest of applications for shell dredging permits and lobbied against all forms of commercial interests that he believed were detrimental to the ecosystems of the Gulf of Mexico. In the course of his work, he amassed this large collection of research materials, most of which he meticulously indexed.

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, notes, literary productions, reports, printed materials, maps, charts, tables, photographs, and clippings document John R. Beasley's interest in the Texas coast of the Gulf of Mexico and his advocacy for the protection of the environment and marine life of the area. Much of the material reflects his extensive campaign against oyster shell dredging operations in the Texas bays. Other materials are evidence of his collaboration with sport fishing enthusiasts against commercial fishing interests. His work for the National Seashore designation for Padre Island is documented by correspondence with Senator Ralph Yarborough, sponsor of the successful legislation, and other materials. Some personal papers such as reminiscences of fishing trips are included in the collection.

 

Organization
Organized into two series: I. Indexes to research materials. II. Research materials.
Research materials (II.) organized according to subjects and numbering system in correspondence indexes: 1. Work (general) files. 2. Mudshell (oyster shell dredging). 3. Desk files (general, highway bypass, active). 4. Dittos (mimeographs). 5. Clipboards (miscellaneous). 6. Library. 7. Pictures (photographs). 8. Maps.
Original order maintained. Indexes are those that Beasley created for each group of materials. Finding aid reflects the numbering system and subject access of the indexes.

Arrangement
Arrangement within files is chronological by type of material.

Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Unrestricted access.

Use Restrictions

Portions of this collection are stored remotely; advance notice required for retrieval; contact repository for retrieval.

Index Terms

Subjects (Persons)
Beasley, John R., 1882-1970--Archives.
Yarborough, Ralph Webster, 1903-.
Subjects (Organizations)
Independent Texas Coastal Research for the Common Good.
Subjects
Fisheries--Research--Mexico, Gulf of.
Fishing--Texas--Mexico, Gulf of.
Highway bypasses--Texas--Beeville.
Marine resources conservation--Texas--History--Sources.
Ocean mining--Environmental aspects--Mexico, Gulf of.
Shell deposits--Texas--Mexico, Gulf of.
Places
Beeville (Tex.)--History--Sources.
Gulf Coast (Tex.)--History--Sources.
Laguna Madre (Tex.)--History--Sources.
Padre Island National Seashore (Tex.)--History--Sources.
Texas, South--History--Sources.

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

John R. Beasley Papers, 1884-1981, Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

Acquisition Information

On John R. Beasley's death, the collection passed to the U. S. National Marine Fisheries Service, Port Aransas Laboratory; in 1978 transferred to the University of Texas, Port Aransas Marine Science Institute, and in 1991 to the University of Texas at Austin, Center for American History.

Detailed Description of the Collection

 

Indexes to research materials:

box
91-311/1Work files
box
91-311/2Mudshell files
Desk files:
General
Bypass
Active
Dittos [mimeographs]
Clipboards
box
91-311/3Pamphlets
box
91-311/4Library
box
91-311/5Pictures [photographs]
Maps:
General
Coast


 

Research Materials:

box
91-311/6Work files:
Correspondence, clippings, notes, literary productions, reports, pamphlets, and other materials:
1. Menhaden, 1948-1968 and undated
2. Marine traffic theory, 1960 and undated
3. Fish traps, 1949-1950, 1960 and undated
4. Lobsters, 1961-1964 and undated
5/6. Roy Swann, Outdoor Editor, Corpus Christi Caller, 1953-1968 and undated
7. Islands, 1960-1968
8. Luttes case [J. W. Luttes vs. State of Texas], 1959 and undated
9. Winter fishing, 1957-1958 and undated
10. North Carolina [fish and fishery], 1958
South Carolina [fish and fishery], 1955-1964 and undated
Knots [tying], 1950-1968
11/12. John C. Pearson, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 1926-1950, and undated
13. Dredging, 1958-1969 and undated
14. Migration, 1958-1962 and undated
box
91-311/715-18. Trees, 1953-1969 and undated:
19. Georgia [fish and fishery], 1952-1966
20. Great Lakes, 1937-1968 and undated
box
2.325/OD4 folder 2Hand drawn map, undated
box
91-311/721. Birds (whitewing doves), 1945-1966
22. Gulf Stream, 1956-1960 and undated
23. J. L. Baughman, 1941-1959
box
91-311/824. Sportsmen's Clubs of Texas, Inc. (SCOT), 1955-1968
25. Foreign states: Fishing regulations, 1937-1960
26. Fish associations:
General, 1940-1960
Texas Shrimp Association, 1962-1965 and undated
C. W. Gibson, Lone Star Fish and Oyster Company, Corpus Christi, 1937-1943
27. Harv Boughton, Outdoor Editor, Houston Post, 1957-1962 and undated
28. Brownsville Herald /House Bill No. 24, 1953-1960 and undated
29. Howard T. Lee, Director of Marine Fisheries, Rockport, Texas, 1957-1962
30. Pelican, 1957-1968
Artificial propagation, [empty folder] 1962-1963 and undated
H. Dickson Hoese, [folder annotated but empty] undated
box
91-311/931. Fred Maly, Outdoor Editor, San Antonio Light, 1952-1964 and undated
32. 1934 Report of the [Texas] Legislative Investigating Committee on Salt Water Fisheries and Marine Taxation, 1934-1961 and undated
33. Russia [fish and fishery], 1961-1964
Jim Ballard articles on the Winona, undated
34. "The Hole," 1962-1969
35. Hurricanes, 1928-1969
box
2.325/OD4 folder 2Pilot Chart of the Central American Waters, June 1928, June 1954
box
91-311/936-38. Florida [fish and fishery], 1953-1967
box
2.325/D39b folder 2Poster, "Attention all anglers," advocating vote for act prohibiting netting in and around inlets of Palm Beach County, undated
box
91-311/939-41. Law enforcement/law violations, 1940-1968 and undated
box
91-311/1042. Government documents, 1953-1968
43. Tuna, 1957-1966
44. Trotline, 1955-1966
45. Herrington [missing]
46. Organization [sport fishing], 1939-1964
47. Licenses [saltwater fishing], 1949-1963
48/49. Laboratory, Marine, Texas Fish and Game Commission, Rockport, Texas, 1955-1966 and undated
50. Whiting, 1959-1960
51. Trends, Fishery, 1941-1963
52. Great Slave Lake (Canada), 1956-1959
53. Washington (State) [fish and fishery], 1954, 1958
54. Fish ponds, 1958-1967
55. E. Alan Lohse, geologist, [annotated but empty folder] undated
box
2.325/OD4 folder 2Annotated outline map of environments between the 10-fathom contour and the bayline of the northwest Gulf region of Texas, undated
box
91-311/1056. Beeville, Texas, 1963-1968
box
91-311/1157/58. Mullet, 1941-1968 and undated
59. Life/food chain, 1958-1968 and undated
60. Flounder, 1946-1968 and undated
61. Depletion/decline in abundance, 1932-1962 and undated
62-64. Mudshell, 1950-1968 and undated:
Correspondence, legal documents, and typescripts
box
91-311/12Notes and clippings
65. Percy Viosca, Jr., Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission, 1940-1957 and undated
66. Ernest G. Simmons, Marine Biologist, Texas Game and Fish Commission, 1950-1969 and undated
67. Maps, 1950-1964:
box
2.325/D39b folder 1Fishing guide maps
Index A-2, and Index D-1, Hydrographic 1959,
Office nautical charts, 1956
box
2.325/OD4 folder 2Oversize maps (6)
box
91-311/1268. Cecil Reid, Chief Marine Biologist, Texas Game and Fish Commission, 1954-1968
box
91-311/1369. Trawls, 1941, 1951-1964
70. Pollution/Pesticides, 1955-1969
box
2.325/OD4 folder 1Map, flooded area, Brownsville, Texas, 1947
box
91-311/1371. J. B. Arnold, Director, Coastal Division, Texas Game, Fish, and Oyster Commission, 1941-1942, 1964
72. H. D. Dodgen, Executive Secretary, Texas Game and Fish Commission, 1946-1968 and undated
73. Everett T. Dawson, Director of Information and Education, Texas Game and Fish Commission, 1958-1963
74-76. Texas Game and Fish Commission, [see also Work File 166]: 1945-1967 and undated
Correspondence, printed material, reports, and typescripts
box
91-311/14Notes and clippings
77. A. E. Wood, Chairman, Texas Game, Fish, and Oyster Commission, 1941
78. Fish barriers, 1958 and undated
79. Rockport, Texas, 1939, 1953-1969 and undated
80. Fishery economics, 1955-1961 and undated
81. Sardines and anchovies, 1953-1966 and undated
82. Saltonstall-Kennedy Act and other legislation for federal aid for fish and wildlife restoration projects, 1957-1964
83. Louisiana [fish and fishery], 1953-1968
84. Intracoastal waterway, 1958-1964
84a. Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association, 1965
85. Lake Sheldon, 1958-1964 and undated
Eighth Pass, 1952-1962
86. Measurements [of fish], 1957-1963
87. Joseph P. Breuer, 1953-1966
box
91-311/1588. Habitat of shore fishes, 1959
89. Birds, 1957-1968
Angling, most popular sport, 1960
90/91. General correspondence, 1953-1961
92. References [bibliographies, citations, lists], 1925, 1955-1968
93. Dan Klepper/Wes Mabrito [San Antonio Express], 1957-1961
Rockport cut-off, 1958
94. Management administration [of fisheries], 1950-1964
95. Freezes, 1939-1962
96. Redfish range, 1960-1964
Foreign fishermen, 1966-1970
Producers of shell, undated
97. Mexican lagoon, 1936-1961
98. American Fisheries Society, 1960-1967
box
91-311/1699. Market sizes and reports, 1958-1962
100. Miscellaneous, 1953-1956 and undated
101. Hunting trips, 1955-1967
box
91-311/111Photographs of hunting trips, 1948, 1954 and undated
box
91-311/16102. Maryland/Virginia [fish and fishery], 1953-1963
103. Parks, 1954-1967
103a. Cape Hatteras/Everglades parks, 1959-1962
box
2.325/D39b folder 1Map, Everglades National Park, April 1957
box
91-311/17104/105. Book [JRB manuscripts, notes], and book publishing data, 1953-1968 and undated
106. Boats [the Winona and others], 1948-1962 and undated
box
2.325/OD4 folder 2Atlas of nautical charts, Atlantic coast, 1962
box
91-311/17107. Industrial fish/fisheries, 1959-1969 and undated
box
91-311/18108. Bolivar Project/Rollover Pass, 1953-1959
109. Mexican coast, 1940-1966
110. Dewey Miles, 1952, 1962
Rockefeller Foundation report, 1965
111. Points and things of interest [kelp and other subjects], 1941-1967
112. Henry Hildebrand, Department of Marine Biology, University of Corpus Christi, 1953-1969
113. W. Armstrong Price, Department of Oceanography, Texas A & M University, 1953-1961 and undated
Matagorda Pass, 1964
114. Massachusetts [fish and fishery], 1958-1961
115. Hart Stilwell, outdoor writer, 1940-1966 and undated
Terrance Leary, 1959, 1966 and undated
box
91-311/19116. Ben Vaughn, Jr., Commissioner, Texas Game and Fish Commission, 1957-1960
117. Story behind the story [relating to Texas State Representative J. W. Cooper's gill netting bill for Laguna Madre], 1953-1958 and undated
118. Fresh water from salt water [desalinization, raising salt water fish in fresh water, and related topics], 1954-1968 and undated
119. Juvenile delinquency, 1956-1961
120. Red snapper, 1955-1966
121. Red tide, 1956-1961 and undated
122. Plankton, 1956-1961
123. Conservation, 1939-1963
123b. Billy Wilson, Outdoor Editor, Bay City Tribune, 1965-1966
124. Trout, 1949, 1956-1965 and undated:
Correspondence and typescripts
box
2.325/OD4 folder 2Standard Oil Company highway and pictorial map of Florida, 1953
box
91-311/20Notes and clippings
125. Exploitation, 1953-1966 and undated
126. Catfish [saltwater], 1955-1969 and undated
127. Fish characteristics, 1949-1968 and undated
128. Gulf productivity and water depths, 1953-1966
box
2.325/OD4 folder 2Map, "Deep Water Fishing Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi River to Rio Grande, 58 Wrecks, 39 Oil Rig Platforms," Robert Markley, 1961
box
91-311/20129. Port Mansfield, 1957-1963 and undated:
Correspondence, hearing transcripts
box
91-311/21Notes and clippings
Boca Chica, 1968
130. United States fisheries, 1959-1969 and undated
131. Recreation, 1955-1968 and undated
132. Valley Sportsmen Club [Harlingen, Texas], 1956-1966 and undated
133. Speech file, undated
134. Laguna Madre Sportsmen's Association, 1955-1964 and undated
135. Coastal plains [city and county population], 1950-1968
Manta [ray], undated
136. Reefs and banks, 1958-1962 and undated
Man and boy, 1957
box
91-311/22137. Alabama [commercial fishing], 1951-1967
138. Brief: To close bays to netting and take game fish off market, undated
139/140. Shrimp, History [of species and industry, combined with former Work File #202 covering "Shrimp emergency," "Rehabilitation," "Antinetting"], 1939-1961
box
91-311/23141. Alaska Highway, 1957, 1968, and undated
box
2.325/OD4 folder 2Road map, Alaska and Northwestern Canada, 1956
box
91-311/23142. Artificial reefs, 1942-1969
143. Lamprey/remora, 1956-1963
144. Halibut, 1949-1968 and undated
145. Haddock, 1958-1960
146/147. Angler/sport fishing catches, 1954-1967
Meteorology, undated
148. Padre [Island, campaign for National Seashore designation], 1959-1963 and undated:
Correspondence, printed material, typescripts, and notes
box
2.325/D39b folder 1Map of Padre Island National Seashore, 1962
box
91-311/24Clippings
149. Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, 1960-1967
Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission, 1957-1960 and undated
150. New Jersey [fish and fishery], 1954-1965
151. Worms: Borer and teredo, 1957-1962 and undated
152. Pictures, 1957-1964:
box
91-311/111Miscellaneous photographs (14) and 1 negative
box
2.325/D39b folder 2Illustrations of saltwater game fish from Life magazine, 4 leaves, 1957
box
91-311/24153/154. Importance of bays, 1959-1964 and undated
San Antonio Bay, 1968
Mud flats/mud in bays, 1957-1965 and undated
155. Photosynthesis, 1963, 1968
156. Quotations [relating to fishing], 1950-1969
box
91-311/25157. J. R. Beasley: Personal papers, 1898, 1952-1970 and undated
box
2.325/D39b folder 2Unidentified architectural sketch, undated
box
91-311/25158. California [fish and fishery], 1940-1960, 1968 and undated
box
2.325/OD4 folder 2Striped bass fishing maps, 1948, 1952
Map of Suisun Bay, 1946
box
91-311/25Salton Sea, California, 1960-1965
159. Sharks, 1958-1967 and undated
160. Gear, 1947-1968 and undated
box
2.325/D39b folder 2Handwritten chart, Atlantic states, 1951-1959
Handwritten chart, Texas, undated
box
91-311/26161. Salmon, Atlantic, 1954-1967 and undated
162. Whales, 1957-1967
163. Trips [reminiscences of fishing trips of JRB], 1936-1959
164. Coastlines, 1959
165. Weather, northers, 1930-1965 and undated
166. Texas Game and Fish Commission, [see also Work File 74-76] 1956-1963 and undated
167. Grand Banks, 1960 and undated
Rosefish, 1957-1960
168. Belden Survey [salt-water fishing, Texas], 1957-1961 and undated
169. Biologists and marine biologists, 1940-1969 and undated
170. Los Presos, [Mexico fishing trip], 1940
171. Important dates [19th/20th century], 1959-1966 and undated
172. Port O'Connor/Decro's Point/Cavallo Pass, 1955-1962
173. International Oceanographic Foundation, 1956-1967 and undated
174. Fish hatcheries, 1957-1961 and undated
175. John Q. Stewart, 1961-1962
176. Polar bear, 1958
Sea otter, 1966-1968
box
91-311/27177. SAOTA (Shrimp Association of the Americas), 1960
178. U. S. imports, Canada [missing]
179. John Young [United States Congressman], 1959-1965 and undated
180. Codfish, 1957-1961 and undated
181. Fish mortality (includes fish kills, fluctuation levels), 1958-1968 and undated
182. Words, technical, 1962 and undated
183. Sentiment in fishing, 1957-1962 and undated
184. North Carolina [see also Work File #9], 1958-1961 and undated
box
2.325/D39b folder 1Map, undated
box
91-311/27185. Clams/scallops/mussels, 1955-1967 and undated
Citizens' poverty in south and southwest Texas, 1966
186. Betty Allen, newspaper columnist, Port Isabel, Texas, 1953-1960 and undated
187. Politics, 1962, 1964
188. Fish abundance, 1948-1961 and undated
189. Texas Legislative Council, 1954-1964
190. Shad, 1953-1957 and undated
191. Lakes/reservoirs, 1957-1967 and undated
192. International compacts and commissions, 1958
193. Nueces Bay, 1958-1964
194. Tarpon, 1930-1974 and undated
box
91-311/111Photographs of maps and charts, 1958, 1970 and undated
box
91-311/28195. Leroy Wieting, Texas state representative, 1963-1969
196. Dogfish, 1959-1967
197. Historical: People, 1953-1962 and undated
198. Historical: Fish, 1961 and undated
199. Porpoise, 1942-1967 and undated
200. Laws: Texas fish and game legislation, 1954-1959 and undated
201. Silt theory, 1939-1966 and undated
202. Rehabilitation - Anti-sale [missing]
203. Eight acres - Little Bay [missing]
204. Protection, 1958 and undated
205. Crabs, 1959-1967 and undated
box
91-311/29206. Fish food, 1956-1963
207. Bait fisheries, 1956-1963 and undated
box
2.325/D39b folder 2Hand drawn map of Florida, undated
box
91-311/29208. Corpus Christi Pass, 1939-1968 and undated
209. Axioms [relating to fish], 1958-1960 and undated
210. Affidavits: Accounts of elderly South Texans' fishing experiences in Gulf coastal waters, 1926-1962 and undated
box
91-311/111Two snapshots from fishing expedition, September 1938
box
91-311/30211. [not used]
212. Surveys [fishing], 1949-1966 and undated
213. Jetties and jetty fishing/Can we have jetty passes? 1957-1967 and undated
214. Physical features [of Texas Gulf coast], 1953-1965 and undated
box
91-311/31215. Oysters, 1953-1966 and undated
216. Mexican imports [fishery products], 1937-1962 and undated
box
2.325/D39b folder 2Charts (2), imports from Mexico covering years 1935-1954
box
91-311/31217. Catalogs [office supplies and equipment, fishing nets], 1963-1967 and undated
218. Cedar Bayou, 1940-1966 and undated
box
91-311/32219. Port Isabel, 1954-1968 and undated
220. Laguna Madre, 1939, 1954-1965 and undated
box
2.325/OD4 folder 2Map, "Laguna: a Mosaic of Texas Land Office Maps," undated
box
91-311/32221a. Aransas County Commission rule, 1963-1964 and undated
box
2.325/OD4 folder 2Texas Highway Department map, Aransas County, showing areas affected by rule 1956,
box
91-311/32221b. Bay areas, 1955-1967 and undated
222. Catfish, Freshwater, 1969
222/223. Salt-water Sportsman: Correspondence with Frank Woolner and others, 1956-1965 and undated
box
91-311/111Photographs of fishing trip to Mexico, 1958
box
91-311/32224. Anti-netting campaign, 1958-1963 and undated
box
91-311/33225/226. Future outlook, 1954-1967 and undated
226. Geology [of Gulf of Mexico], 1964-1967
227. Tamiahua Lagoon [Vera Cruz, Mexico], Mileage chart, undated
box
2.325/D39b folder 1Plats (3 copies), 1959
box
91-311/33228. Los Terminos Lagoon/Laguna de Terminos/Carmen, Mexico, 1959-1968
229. San Andres Lagoon, 1953-1958
box
3So38 folder 2Maps (2), 1956
box
91-311/33230. Bills, Legislative, 1955-1959 and undated
231/232. La Pesca, 1956-1967 and undated
box
3So38 folder 2Maps (4), La Pesca, Tamaulipas, Mexico, 1956
box
91-311/33233. Propaganda, 1956-1962 and undated
234/235. Dr. J. E. Bauer and Copano Sportsman Club, 1956-1969 and undated:
Correspondence
box
91-311/34Club records, notes, and clippings
236. Galveston/Galveston Laboratory, Bureau of Commercial Fisheries/Clear Lake, 1960-1968 and undated
237. Bills, Legislative, 1957 and undated
237a. Legislation, 1957-1965 and undated
238. Striped bass, 1931-1963 and undated:
Correspondence, typescripts, printed material, and notes
box
2.325/OD4 folder 2Map, Striped Bass Fishing Map, California, 1948
box
91-311/35Clippings
239. Roads, 1951-1968 and undated:
box
2.325/D39b folder 1Map, Texas, interstate highway construction progress, 1967
box
2.325/D39b folder 2Automobile insurance policy, Mexico, March 26, 1960
box
2.325/OD4 folder 2Large map showing highway system, composed of portions of several 1948 Texas Highway Department maps of south Texas counties
Diagram, highway intersection, Alice, Texas; handwritten notes attached, undated
box
91-311/35240. Fish as food, 1954-1969 and undated
241. Geology, 1958-1962
box
91-311/36242. Snook, 1949-1963 and undated
243. Ocean perch, pompano, other fisheries catches, 1947-1968 and undated
244. Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, 1954-1961 and undated
box
91-311/37245. Early times [historical information about South Texas Gulf coast area], 1949-1968
246. Commercial fisheries and fishermen, 1949-1964 and undated
247/248. Drum contract fishing, 1957-1967 and undated:
Correspondence
box
91-311/38Reports, statistics, typescripts, notes, and clippings
box
2.325/D39b folder 2Charts, contract fishermen and equipment, 1959-1960
box
91-311/38249. Drum (general information), 1940, 1954-1961 and undated
box
91-311/39250. Portuguese man-of-war, 1952, 1960
W. T. Hunt/Bayshore Rod, Reel, and Gun Club, 1958-1968
251. Porgy [or] scup, 1962, 1968 and undated
252. Croaker, 1954-1962 and undated
253. Dr. Clarence P. Idyll, Marine Laboratory, University of Miami, 1959-1963 and undated
254. William Patman, state senator, [see also Work file 296] 1950, 1963 and undated
255. Stingrays, 1962-1966 and undated
Duck blinds, 1957 and undated
256. Fish value, 1960 and undated
257. Corpus Christi high bridge, 1950-1968
258. Scow, 1960 and undated
259. Sea turtles, 1960-1967 and undated
260. Names of fish, 1962 and undated
Sea Secrets, undated
261. Things to look up, undated
262. Causeways, 1959-1968 and undated
263. Causeway theory, 1953-1958
264. Oil wells and explosion theory [empty folder]
265. Tagging, 1957-1968 and undated
box
2.325/D39b folder 2Broadside advertisement, Schlitz Brewing Company Florida Fishing Derby, 1962
box
91-311/40266. Continental shelf, 1956, 1961 and undated
267. Patricia Pew (Mrs. E. B. Simpson), 1956-1959 and undated
Texas catches of trout, redfish, drum, 1966-1967
268. Coastal charts, 1954-1963
box
2.325/D39b folder 2U. S. Navy Hydrographic Office publications list 1960
box
91-311/40269. Fish come up coast [fish migrations], 1958-1964 and undated
270. Bureau of Sports Fisheries/Sportmen's Clubs, 1960-1967 and undated
271. Fish stocks and populations, 1955-1963
Congressman Bob Eckhardt, 1968 and undated
272. World records [fish and game], 1942-1967 and undated
273. Shrimp fishery, [see also Work file 288] 1956-1963 and undated
California Hole, 1965
273a. California, 1961-1967
274. Dick Vaughan, 1958-1964 and undated
275. E. W. Newman, Houston attorney, 1960-1963 and undated
276. Range: Redfish, trout, drum, 1953-1964 and undated
277. Oil, parasites, virus, 1958-1963 and undated
Vietnam, November 16, 1966
278. Matagorda/Matagorda Bay, 1959-1968 and undated
279. South Texas Chamber of Commerce, 1958-1964
280. Louis Rene Rivas theory, 1955-1964
box
91-311/41281. Suggestions: Things to be done, 1955-1968
282. Charles E. Jackson/sports fishing vs. commercial interests, 1940-1967
box
2.325/D39b folder 2Handwritten chart, sports vs. commercial catches, 1944-1965
box
91-311/41283. Dr. Gordon Gunter, marine biologist, 1939-1969 and undated
box
91-311/42284. Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission, [includes minutes, 1956-1967 and undated 1957-1965]
box
91-311/43GSMFC minutes, 1966-1967
285. Statistics, 1927-1963
box
2.325/OD4 folder 2Charts/tables:
Gulf states fisheries statistics, 1918, 1923
Texas commercial catch statistics, 1880-1957,
1 draft copy, 1 typed copy
Texas catch of trout, redfish, and drum, draft copy, 1960-1965, September 28, 1966
box
2.325/D39b folder 2Texas commercial catch, draft copy 1890-1956,
Comparison of Texas catch of trout and portion of federal catch, 1962-1965
box
91-311/43286. Submerged lands, 1960-1962
box
3So38 folder 1Photostatic copy, Special Award, General Land Office, to City of Aransas Pass, Texas, May 22, 1944
box
2.325/OD4 folder 1Map, City of Aransas Pass and Aransas Pass Independent School District, 1960
box
91-311/44287. Conchs, 1964
288. Shrimp fishery, [see also Work file 273] 1960-1966 and undated
box
2.325/OD4 folder 1289. Land Office mineral development maps:
San Antonio Bay and vicinity, 1948
Mustang Island, (certification stamp from Land Office, 1945 1961)
Copano, St. Charles, Aransas, and Red Fish Bays, 1949
Copano, St. Charles Bays, Aransas, Red Fish, (with list of tracts in Heldenfels Brothers dredging application, 1952 1964)
Galveston area, (with list of tracts in Haden permit, 1949 undated)
box
91-311/44290. Big business [sport fishing, tourism, recreation], 1940-1968 and undated:
Correspondence, typescripts, notes, clippings
box
2.325/OD4 folder 1Land Office mineral development map, part of Laguna Madre, Nueces and Kleberg Counties, 1948
box
91-311/45Clippings
291. Redfish, 1941-1969 and undated
box
91-311/111Photograph of catch, 1963
box
91-311/45292. Jurisdiction/open beaches, 1957-1961 and undated
293. Canada, 1948-1968
294. Regulatory laws, 1952, 1966-1967
Research, 1952-1967
Cecil R. Haden, 1960, 1964
box
91-311/46295. Eight Acres, Rockport, 1953-1968
Audubon Society/shell dredging, December 8, 1968
Governor John B. Connally, 1965-1967
Texas Research League/Game and Fish Commission, 1960-1961
Laws, U. S., October 1964
Darwin C. Tabbs, undated
296. William N. "Bill" Patman, [see also Work file 254] 1960-1967
box
2.325/D39b folder 1Map, Calhoun County, attached to letter dated March 29, 1963
box
91-311/46297. Dr. H. T. Odum, SCOT's Technical Committee, 1957-1960
box
91-311/47298. Lures, 1962
Industrial fish, 1959-1965 and undated
box
2.325/D39b folder 2Chart, Mississippi catch, 1951-1957
box
91-311/47299. Latin Americans of Texas, 1966
Access sites, 1961-1968
299a. Paul B. Haring, State Representative, 1963-1965
300. Texas Department of Public Safety, 1961-1962 and undated
Appendix - Statistical data, compiled 1927-1960, 1961
Eagle, 1968
Javelina, 1968
Sturgeon caviar, 1966-1967
Redfish Bay, undated
Glacial period, 1944-1946, 1966 and undated
301. Conservation Federation of Texas (CFOT), 1963-1965
Jim G. Ferguson, Jr., 1964 and undated
Guppies, 1958 and undated
Spiders and roaches, 1961
Tidal waters, 1953 and undated
Man's destructiveness, 1963
Copano Reef, 1961 and undated
box
91-311/48302. Harvey R. Bullis, Jr. and exploratory fishing vessel Oregon, 1956-1968
302a. History of Texas fisheries, 1958-1968 and undated
303. Overfishing, 1964-1967 and undated
Shack [on Red Fish Bay], 1967 and undated
Grunion, undated
Scuba diving, undated
T. O. Foster, Jr., Texas Highway Department, 1961-1963
Progress report, South Texas, 1968
303a. Brownsville, 1962-1969 and undated
304. Frandolig Island/Key Allegro development, 1958-1964 and undated
J. Chrys Dougherty, attorney at law, 1968
Holes (winter), undated
Sportsmen pack load, 1958-1965
305. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, 1962-1968 and undated
Robert L. Armstrong, state representative, 1962-1968
Hurricane Beulah, 1967-1969
"Dope Sheet," Texas Game and Fish Commission, 1962
Two Rivers Ranch, 1964, 1968
Dr. Clarence Cottam, 1965
Harvey Weil, undated
306. California pamphlets and booklets, 1963
box
91-311/49307. Spawning, 1944-1964 and undated
308. Mrs. Teal (Jo) Adkins, 1963-1964 and undated
American Littoral Society, 1964-1968 and undated
Espiritu Santo Bay, undated
Trial and error, 1960
309. Public School Fund, undated
Metropolitan area, 1969 and undated
C. L. Friou, Texas Fish and Game [Parks and Wildlife] Commission, 1960-1966
310. Houston Chamber of Commerce, 1958-1961 and undated
310a. Houston Sportsmen's Club, 1965
311. Ancient age of fish species, 1960-1962 and undated
312. British Information Service, 1959
Brown Cedar Cut, 1964-1968 and undated
Bureau of Business Research, University of Texas, catalog of publications, 1967
Chase Field, Corpus Christi, 1967
313. Contests [deep-sea fishing], 1954-1969 and undated
314. Capelin, undated
Hormones, 1967
Ice box, 1963 and undated
box
91-311/50315. Harold S. Parish, state representative, 1955-1957 and undated
"Austin Reports" [empty folder]
316. Abraham Kazen, Jr., United States congressman, 1967-1969
Port Aransas, 1960-1967 and undated
Salt flats, 1964-1965
316a. Salt, 1964
317. Texas Academy of Science, 1961
Mosquitoes, 1968
Pismo clams, California, 1950, 1964
318. Robert G. Mauermann, director, Texas Game and Fish Commission, 1962-1967 and undated
Fishes of Texas, 1960
319. Big red [fish], 1962-1964 and undated
Sea breeze phenomenon, 1957, 1965-1966 and undated
Eels, 1966-1968
320. Port Lavaca, 1964-1968 and undated
Aransas River, 1954
320a. W. H. (Bill) Bauer, [see also Mudshell file 21] 1965-1967
321. Gulf explorations, 1961-1966 and undated
Lake Calcasieu and Sabine Wildlife Refuge, 1955-1964
321a. Aransas Wildlife Refuge, 1964-1967
322. Senate and House journals, United States Congress, 1961 and undated
Whooping cranes, 1966-1969 and undated
Albert Collier [nautical depth chart], 1966
323. Senator Ralph W. Yarborough, 1941-1966 and undated
Charles Cleveland, trout catch, 1940 and undated
Taxes, 1963-1969
324. L. D. Nuckles, Information and Education Officer, Region V, Texas Game and Fish Commission, 1962-1964
Dredge, 1934-1942, 1961
Pearce Johnson, Chairman, Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission, 1969
Uranium mining, 1968
325. Charles R. Johnson, Port Director, Port Mansfield, Texas, June 1963
Texas [poverty], 1966
Beasley property insurance, 1963-1967
Audubon Society [vs. Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission, et al., 1970], 1968-1970
Purple martins, 1970
Fish protein concentrate, 1967
326. Victoria, Texas, 1964-1967 and undated
box
91-311/51Shrimp Conservation Act, 1960-1967
United States fish catch, 1964
327. Sheepshead [statistics, 1887-1890, 1938-1965], 1962-1966 and undated
327a. Fluke, 1958-1963
328. Ground water, 1963-1966
Skipjack, 1967
329. Pollack [fish], 1961
Elliott and Waldron, Title and Guaranty Company, 1963-1968
330. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico sport fisheries map, undated
Road foundations, 1963-1964
Spanish mackerel, 1941, 1961
Fish "jubilee," Mobile Bay, 1966
331. Sabine Lake, 1957-1967
box
2.325/D39b folder 2Hand drawn map, undated
box
91-311/51William C. Renfro, biologist, 1958-1961
332. L. T. Barrow/coastal geology, 1942-1959 and undated
Bee County Junior College, 1967-1968
333. Mud Island, 1960-1963
Mid-Coastal Sportsmen's Club, 1962-1967
Jerry Sadler, Land Commissioner, 1961-1969
334. Hurricane Carla, 1961-1962 and undated
Dave Coover, 1961
Tantog [fish], 1963
State representative R. H. Cory, 1962-1969
box
91-311/52In progress: Miscellaneous materials on numerous topics, unarranged:
Correspondence, 1940-1970 and undated
Briefs and other material relating to mudshell hearings, 1953-1964
Typescripts, drafts, excerpts, 1929-1966 and undated
box
91-311/53Handwritten notes and drafts, roughly bulk 1952-1966, undated
box
2.116/OD1298Editorial page of New York America, "In Self-Defense We Should Hasten to Aid and Hearten Russia's Revolutionary Government," letter from William Randolph Hearst, March 1, 1918.
box
91-311/54Mudhsell files:
1. Early shell dredging, 1954 and undated
box
2.325/D39b folder 1Map, Texas shell regions, undated
box
91-311/111Aerial photographs, 1964
box
91-311/542. Pollution, 1963-1968 and undated
3. Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce report, [see also Mudshell file 12] 1964
4. Attorney general [Texas], 1940-1969
5. Buried shell, 1952-1964 and undated
box
2.325/D39b folder 1Hand drawn map, "Todd's Dump and Dollars, Reefs and Buried Shell from John G. Turney Survey," undated
box
91-311/546. House Bill 161 [Texas], 1963
7. Shell left in bays, 1912-1967
8. Limestone, 1963-1969 and undated
9. Redfish Reef, 1964-1965 and undated
10. Dredging companies and dredgers, 1959-1969 and undated
11. [not used]
12. Report, Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce Sub-committee, [see also Mudshell file 3] 1960-1965
13. [not used]
14. Alabama, 1958-1965
15. Rules and regulations, Texas Game and Fish Commission, 1942-1966
16. Licenses, Galveston Bay, in effect August 23, 1963; 1962-1963
17. Licenses, Galveston Bay, issued by the Department [empty folder]
18. Licenses, lower coast, in effect August 23, 1963; 1962-1963
19. Licenses, lower coast, issued by the Department, 1965-1968
20. Old licenses and permits, 1928-1964
box
91-311/5521. Bauer Dredging Company, 1960-1968 and undated
box
2.325/OD4 folder 1Land Office Mineral Development map (revised to 1959,) Matagorda Bay and Vicinity, showing dredging areas, undated
box
91-311/5522. Rules and regulations, Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission, 1963-1966 and undated
23. Cement plants in Texas, 1955-1968 and undated
box
2.325/OD4 folder 1Map, Shell Reefs to Be Protected, San Antonio and Guadalupe Bays, Calhoun County, Texas, 1968
box
91-311/5524. Dredgers case, 1960-1964 and undated
25. Oysters, 1880-1966 and undated
26. Department news releases [missing]
27. Why didn't the dredgers offer to move in 1963?, undated
28. Damage done by dredgers, 1958-1967 and undated
29. Dredging program, seven year plan (1963), 1962-1964
box
2.325/D39b folder 1Maps (3), Galveston, Trinity, and East Bays showing requested dredging areas, September 1962
Map (2), Galveston Bay, showing Phase I, and Phase II, 1964, 1963-1965, 1966-1969
Map, Galveston Bay, undated
box
91-311/111Photographs of maps showing proposed shell dredging areas, 1965-1969
box
91-311/5530. Shell roads, 1963-1965
31. Exploitation, 1960-1963 and undated
Subterfuge [of dredgers], 1964-1967 and undated
32. R. H. Cory, 1968 and undated
33. Closeness of a dredge to live oysters [missing]
34. Robert L. Richmond [missing]
35. Department hearing of September 30-Oct. 1, 1963; 1963-1964 and undated
box
91-311/5636. Save Our Jobs campaign, 1964
37. Dow Chemical Company, 1964-1967 and undated
38. Celanese Plant, Bishop, 1964
39. Haden briefs, 1958-1964
40. General Land Office rules and regulations, 1964
41. William B. Wilson, "Preliminary Report on the Effects of Dredging on Oysters in Copano Bay, Texas," 1948, 1955, 1964-1966
42. Dredgers' problem, undated
43. C. L. Friou, 1964-1970
44. Editorials, 1963-1964
45. July 17, 1953, Fish and Game Commission hearing on buried reefs, 1953, 1960-1966
46. April 22, 1960 commission hearing on tow heads, undated
47. Oil field, [empty folder] January 1962
48. Galveston Bay, remaining reefs, 1961-1967
box
91-311/5749. United States Bureau of Mines, 1960-1966 and undated
50. Reef markers, 1959-1964
51. Exposed shell [empty folder]
52. Commission hearings, Haden permit, 1960-1964
53. Mississippi, 1963-1964 and undated
54. Production cost, 1958-1966
55. What the dredgers want, 1964
56. The law, 1963-1964 and undated
57. The commission organizational history, 1891-1963, undated
58. Editorials and clippings, the commission, 1962-1963
59. Florida, 1956-1966 and undated
60. Louisiana, 1956-1964
61. Article, 1957-1961 and undated
62. Heldenfels application, 1959-1965
box
91-311/111Photographs from brief in protest of Heldenfels Brothers application to dredge Copano Bay, 1964
box
91-311/5763. Production, state and by-waters, undated
64. Virginia, 1964
65. W. N. Patman, Texas state senator, 1964-1965
66. Conservation, 1964
67. San Antonio Bay, 1964-1969
box
91-311/5868. Rockport recreation area, 1958-1965 and undated
69. Dr. Robert M. Ingle, 1952-1964
70. South Texas Chamber of Commerce, 1963
71. Mudshell dredging history, 1953-1965 and undated
72. Price of mudshell, 1958-1964
73. Gordon Gunter, 1959-1964
74. Interim Committee on Game and Fish (1959), 1958-1966 and undated
75. Committee Resolution No. 59 (1961), 1961-1964
76. Committee HSR 375 (1961), 1961-1964
box
91-311/5977. Senate Committee Resolution No. 60 (1963), 1963-1966
78. Bay survey, Lockwood and Andrews, Consulting Engineers, Corpus Christi, 1954, 1964
79. Sabine Refuge Oyster Shell (Stillwell), 1950-1964
80. Turbidity/water clarity, 1964
81. Marine Resources of the Corpus Christi Area, by Arvid Anderson, 1960
82. Birds, undated
83. Calcasieu Lake oysters, 1963
84. Texas shell production districts (maps), undated
85. Letter to Cecil R. Haden, July 22, 1960
86. State senator A. R. Schwartz, 1961-1963
87. State representative Robert C. Eckhardt, 1963-1966
88. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, 1963-1964
89. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department policy, 1963-1966
90. Philip A. Butler, Fish and Wildlife Service, United States Department of the Interior, undated
91. State representative Paul B. Haring, 1963-1965 and undated
92. Grady Harrison, 1965
93. Big business, 1965
94. Legislative bills, 1959, 1965 and undated
95. Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 9, 1965
96. Department budget/federal aid, 1965
97. Rockport Sportsmen's Club, 1964
98. Experimental reefs, 1957-1963
99. Goose Island, 1960
100. Time table, Earth history, 1946
101. Heldenfels Brothers, 1957-1962 and undated
102. Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission membership lists, 1929-1969
box
2.325/D39b folder 2Commissioners and department staff, and Coastal Fisheries staff, 1962-1963, 1967, 1967
box
91-311/60Public Hearing before Parks and Wildlife Commission of the State of Texas, on Application to Dredge Mudshell in Galveston and Trinity Bays: Transcript September 30-October 1, 1963,
Public Hearing before Parks and Wildlife Commission of the State of Texas, on the Application of Heldenfels Brothers to Dredge Mudshell: November 16 and 17, 1964
Transcript:
Pages 1-208
91-311/111
Photographs, transcript pages 66-72, 104, 106
91-311/61
Pages 209-394
91-311/111
Photograph, transcript page 383
box
91-311/61Testimony of Henry H. Hildebrand, 1964
Notes and clipping, undated
Public Hearing on the Applications of Five Companies to Dredge Shell in Galveston, Trinity, and East Bays, May 26, 1967:
Transcript:
box
2.325/D39b folder 1Shell dredging map from transcript page 379
box
3So39 folder 2Oyster production charts from transcript pages 927, 928
box
2.325/OD4 folder 1Map, Galveston Bay, transcript page 703
box
91-311/62Desk files:
General:
1-2. Mudshell article, 1955-1966 and undated
3. Artificial reefs, 1962-1969 and undated
4. Buried shell, 1962-1968
5. Can fish survive?, 1965
6. Coastal Bend and South Texas, 1968-1969 and undated
7. Conservation Federation of Texas (CFOT), 1965-1966
8. Committee legislation, undated
9. John B. Connally, 1953-1968
10. Contests [fishing tournaments], 1966-1967