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Descriptive Summary

Biographical Note

Scope and Contents

Restrictions

Index Terms

Administrative Information

Description of Series

Inventory

University of Texas, Center for American History

A Guide to the James Paul Buchanan Papers, 1896-1954



Descriptive Summary

CreatorBuchanan, James Paul, 1867-1937
TitleJames Paul Buchanan Papers
Dates: 1896-1954
AbstractCorrespondence, reports, financial records, legislative bills, legal documents, speeches, newspaper clippings, printed materials, notes, scrapbooks and photographs document the career of Buchanan, especially his service in the United States Congress.
Accession No.1968, 70-44
Extent229 ft., 2 in.
LanguageEnglish.
RepositoryCenter for American History, The University of Texas at Austin

Biographical Note

Born in South Carolina and brought to Washington County, Texas, as an infant, Buchanan earned a law degree from the University of Texas, was justice of the peace of Washington County from 1889 to 1892, prosecuting attorney from 1892 to 1899, and district attorney from 1899 to 1906. He served in the Texas House of Representatives from 1906 to 1913, when he was elected to the United States Congress, where he represented the 10th district of Texas until his death. He was chairman of the Appropriations Committee after 1933.

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Scope and Contents

Correspondence, reports, financial records, legislative bills, legal documents, speeches, newspaper clippings, printed materials, notes, scrapbooks and photographs document the career of Buchanan, especially his service in the United States Congress. Buchanan family relationships and activities are reflected in the correspondence and other materials of his wife Emma Nicholson Buchanan and son James Paul Buchanan, Jr.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Portions of this collection are stored remotely at the Library Storage Facility; at least 72 hours notice is required.

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Index Terms

Subjects (Persons)
Buchanan, Emma Nicholson.
Buchanan, James Paul, 1867-1937--Archives.
Buchanan, James Paul, Jr.
Buchanan family.
Subjects
United States. Congress. House--Election districts--Texas.
United States. Congress. House--History--20th century--Sources.
Legislators--United States--Archives.
United States--Politics and government--20th century--Sources.

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Administrative Information

Cite as

James Paul Buchanan Papers, 1896-1954, Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

 

Inventory

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3J382Correspondence:
Annapolis Appointments (District), 1935-1936
American Legion, 1936
"A", 1934-1936
"B", 1934-1936
Brooks, S. Raymond District, 1934-1936
"C", 1933-1936
Texas Centennial District, 1926, 1935-1936
Colp District, 1934-1936
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3J383"D", 1933-1936
"K", 1937
"N", 1934-1936
Naval Academy (Annapolis), 1935-1936
Newspaper (list) District, 1931
"O", 1935-1936
"P", 1934-1936
Post Offices, Postmaster (District), 1934-1936
"Q", 1934-1935
"R", 1933-1936
"S", 1933-1936
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3J384"T", 1933-1936
"V", 1934-1936
Veterans Legislation District and Others
"W", 1934-1936
West Point District, 1935
Worthy, Lewis (Luling, Texas), 1934-1935
"Y", 1935-1936
York Case, 1934-1936
"Z", 1935
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3J385Appropriations Files:
A. F. L. and other labor organizations (Independent Offices Appropriations), 1933-1934
Animal industry (Agriculture Appropriations Bill), 1935-1936
Biological Survey (Food Habits of Animals), 1934-1935
Biological Survey (Rodent and Predatory Animal Control), 1934-1935
Claims (Deficiency Appropriations Bill), 1934
Complaints, 1935
2nd Deficiency Bill, 1935
3rd Deficiency Bill, 1935
District of Columbia Appropriations, 1933-1934
Dry Land Agriculture, 1934
Engineering (Irrigation Agriculture), 1934
Entomology (Agriculture), 1934
Extension Service (Agriculture Appropriations Bill)
Federal Employees Cut in Salary (Independent Offices Appropriations), 1933-1934, 1935
Federal Employees 30-Year Retirement (Independent Offices Appropriations), 1933
Fire Insurance (Deficiency Appropriations Bill), 1934
Home Economics (Agriculture), 1934
Hospitals (Deficiency Appropriations Bill), 1934
Independent Offices Appropriations (Miscellaneous), 1934
Interstate Commerce Act, 1935
Irrigation (Agriculture), 1933-1934
Plant Industry (Agriculture), 1934-1936
Postal Employees (Independent Offices Appropriations), 1934
Procurement Division (Treasury Department), 1933-1935
Public Buildings (Deficiency Appropriations Bill), 1934
Public Roads (Deficiency Appropriations Bill), 1934
Public Utilities Commission of the District of Columbia, 1934-1935
Reconstruction Finance Corporation, 1934-1936
Red Cross (National), 1934
Relief Bill (Four Billion Dollars), 1933-1935
Rivers and Harbors (Deficiency Appropriations Bill), 1934
R. O. T. C. Armories (Deficiency Appropriations Bill), 1934
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3J386Schools (Deficiency Appropriations Bill), 1934
Soil Survey (Agriculture), 1934
Spanish-American War Veterans (Independent Offices Appropriations), 1934
Subsistence Homesteads, 1934
Surveying and Mapping (Deficiency Appropriations Bill), 1934
Tennessee Valley (Deficiency Appropriations Bill), 1934-1936
Tennessee Valley Authority (Morgan), 1935
Veterans (Miscellaneous) (Independent Offices Appropriations), 1933-1934
Veterans Bonus (Independent Offices Appropriations), 1934
Veterans Bureau (U. S. Department), 1933
Veterans Compensation: (Independent Offices Appropriations), 1934
Veterans Organizations (Independent Offices Appropriations), 1934
Vice President (U. S.), 1935
Vice President, 1935-1936
War Department (U. S. Department), 1935
White House, 1935
World War Veterans (Independent Offices Appropriations), 1934
Works Progress Administration Projects Records: Brazos River Project, 1935
Buchanan Dam Correspondence, 1934
Buchanan Dam Correspondence, 1935
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3J387Buchanan Dam Correspondence, 1936
Cotton Classification Project, 1935
Ickes-Hunt File, 1934-1935
Lower Colorado River Authority, 1935-1936
Mailing List (District), 1933-1936
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3J388Scrapbooks:
Buchanan Scrapbooks, 1935-1938
Tennessee Valley Authority Scrapbook, 1934-1935
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3J389Miscellaneous:
Egan File (re Palmer Case), 1934-1935
Palmer Case Records, 1930-1933
Palmer Case Records, 1934-1936
Palmer Case Records, undated
Buoys in Waters of the United States, 1939
Motor Boats (Bulletin), 1939
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4ZB38Sheet music:
"Father of the Land We Love"
Book for Mastering the Strings
"Concert Folio"
Progressive Orchestra Folio for Violin
box
4ZB39Orchestral part books, piano reductions:
Collections of "Marches"
Sabbath Collection
Concert Folio
Will Huff Orchestra Folio
Pamphlets
Sheet music "There's a Rainbow"
Receipt for gas bill
Orchestral part books, piano reductions:
Sabbath Collection
Marches
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4ZB40Progressive Orchestra Folio
Vocal and piano sheet music
Notebook
Song books
Music tablet
Handwritten accompanist part for song, "Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms"
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4ZB41Music: Vocal, orchestral:
1934 Sacred Cantatas
Songbooks
Sheet music, "Father of the Land We Love"
Instrumental accompanist music
Handwritten manuscripts
Sheet music
Sunday school lesson
Two penants
box
4ZB42Music:
Sheet music, Folios
Sheet music, Vocal and Instrumental
Handwritten manuscript
box
4ZB43Music and other items:
School Singing Music Book, inscribed by Emma Nicholson, dated October 15, 1891
Sheet music "Stars and Stripes Forever," inscribed by J. P. Buchanan, January 1918
Catalogs for Orchestras and Music Rolls
Sheet music, "Oh! You Beautiful Doll," from Woman's World Magazine, November 1912
The Youth's Companion Magazine, 1913
Souvenir Album "Ben Hur"
box
4ZB44Sheet music, Vocal
Sheet music, Band
box
4ZB45Mozart music book belonging to James Buchanan, Brenham, Texas
Instructions for playing the mandolin
Piano sheet music
Band and orchestra music
Cornet music
History book
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4ZB46Bill from Burnette's Service Station, to J. P. Buchanan September 1928,
Souvenir program, U. S. Army Band, Gregory Gymnasium, Tuesday, October 20, 1931
Cornet music
Campaign notes and re-election speeches for J. P. Buchanan to Congress
Two pictures: Aircraft Carrier; plane flying over an aircraft carrier
Band and orchestra Folios
Vocal sheet music relating to the war: sheet music "Homeward Bound" and others Handwritten manuscript
"For You a Rose," sheet music inscribed as above
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4ZB47-4ZB48Appropriation Bill, Department of Agriculture, 1929
box
4ZB49-4ZB50 Department of Labor:
Infant Care, 1933
box
4ZB50Copy of Code of Fair Competition for the Mayonnaise Industry, March 21, 1934
box
4ZB51Miscellaneous investment publications:
Decisions of Courts and Opinions Affecting Labor, 1931 and 1932
Act to Amend World War Veterans Act, 1924
Agriculture Appropriation Bill: Speech of James P. Buchanan, Tuesday, December 21, 1926
Consumer's Guide, May 7, 1934; June 1934
Code of Fair Competition for various industries
Standard [and Poor] Corporation Records, June 28, 1933
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4ZB52Miscellaneous printed materials:
Semi-annual report of the Recorder of Deeds, D. C.
Conference reports
Letter from the Secretary of War
(two copies)
Texas Law Journal, February 13, 1904
U. S. Department of Agriculture: Potato Culture, 1896
The Handbook of Oratory, 1901
Minutes of the Brazos River Navigation Convention, Oct. 26, 1899
Return to Secret Party Funds, by Perry Belmont
Congressional Records, 73rd Congress, 2d Session, 1934
Texas Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1911
Speech of James Buchanan, House of Representatives, March 15, 1928
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4ZB53Facts about Sugar, April 1934
McCall's, September 1929
The Union Postal Clerk, February 1934
Booklet: "Statement of the Facts in the Controversy between the Weirton Steel Company and the National Labor Board, December 28, 1933"
Seven House bills, March 1933
Periodicals: 1929, 1933, 1934, 1937
American Red Cross pamphlet
Reports: U. S. Steel Corporation, 1933
Federal Council Bulletin
Miscellaneous articles
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4ZB54Miscellaneous publications:
Neutrality: Correspondence between Secretary of State and Chairman Committee on Foreign Relations
(13 copies)
Three booklets on Prohibition, January 1916 and undated
Periodicals, 1915
Returned speech of James P. Buchanan, December 1914
Unmailed remarks of J. P. Buchanan on Americanism, June 1920
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4ZB55Miscellaneous government publications:
Letter books, journals, handbooks, Congressional Record, (73rd Congress, 2nd Session) February 1934
Commerce Reports, October 1929
Speech of James P. Buchanan "Agriculture Appropriation Bill," March 3, 1933
Periodicals, 1935
Travel brochures
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4ZB56Miscellaneous printed materials:
Miscellaneous Agriculture Department, Congressional Records, June 2, 1930
Campaign literature, 1930
Periodicals, 1929, 1931, 1933, 1935
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4ZB57The Democratic Text Book, 1912
The Campaign Book of the Democratic Party (Candidates and Issues in 1928)
Tariff Act of 1930
United States Tariff Commission, Washington, D. C. (Statistics of Import and Export Trade of U. S. with Foreign Countries for 1927), published June 10, 1930
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4ZB58Tariff Commission Publication:
Comparison of rates of duty in the Tariff Act of 1930 and in the Tariff Act of 1922
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4ZB59-4ZB62 Newspaper, 1926
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4ZB63Miscellaneous correspondence and printed materials:
Newspaper clippings of Congressman Clay Briggs' Death, 1933
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1930-1936
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4ZB64Non-Resident Hunting License, 1922
The Gospel of John
Map of area quarantined because of Japanese beetle, 1930
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4ZB65Miscellaneous desk supplies
Sewing pattern and maroon belt mailed to Evelyn M. Higgins, Room 472, H. O. B., Washington D. C.
Miscellaneous receipts
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1930-1933
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4ZB66-4ZB68Miscellaneous correspondence and printed material, 1922 and other dates
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4ZB69Material on Agriculture Speech, 1925
National Campaign Speech, 1923
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4ZB70Material on Agriculture Speech, 1925
Tariff Act of 1922
(two copies)
Shopping bag, Brenham, Texas
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4ZB71Miscellaneous correspondence
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4ZB72Miscellaneous correspondence subject file:
Communism: Telegram to John W. McCormack
Suggestions
Aliens: Letters advocating deportation of aliens promoting loyalty to foreign governments
Aeronautic research, 1934-1935
Building Trades and Lumber Dealers, American Federation of Labor, 1934
Civil Works Administration, 1934
Frazier-Lenke (Agriculture) Bill, 1934
Gold and silver: Revaluation of gold and restoration of silver as money, 1934
Labor Bill (Wagner-Connery), 1934
McLeod Pay Off Bill, 1934
Motion pictures, 1934
National Housing Act, 1934
National Securities Exchange (Fletcher-Rayburn), 1934
Oil Bill, 1934 and 1935
PWA Funds, Proper allocation requested, 1935
Radio, Importance in Education, 1934
Railroad traffic, long train service, 1934
Real estate bonds, 1934
Reciprocal Trade Treaties, 1934
Small Industries (Appropriations), 1934
Tugwell Bill (Drug Bill), Amending the Food and Drug Act, 1934
Meat packing, sugar, cotton, rice, coffee and other industries, 1934
Bills before the House, 1936
Seating of Claude Chandler, House of Representatives, 1934
Schools and education, 1934
Miscellaneous tax bills, 1934 and 1935
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4ZB73Miscellaneous correspondence and printed materials:
Department of the Interior, U. S. Geological Survey, 1914
Letter from daughter, January 28, 1928
Individual Income Tax Return for Congressman J. P. Buchanan, 1928
Individual Income Tax Return for Mrs. Emma L. Buchanan, 1928
A personal letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, on his second inauguration as President, from C. B. Helms, Secretary of State
Personal letter to J. P. Buchanan, August 8, 1914
Registered letter to J. P. Buchanan from A. F. Buchanan, Houston, Texas, January 18, 19??
Dr. Cartwell's bill to J. P. Buchanan, 1904
Carlton Club membership card, 1927
Halloween postcard, 1913
Personal thank you letter to Mr. and Mrs. Buchanan from Edith Allen for a visit in Washington, 1918
Statement in account with Sergeant at Arms, House of Representatives
Checks written by J. P. Buchanan, 1932 and 1933
File showing principal correspondence concerning Radford Drug Company, Houston, Texas, 1919
File showing action taken in case of Miss Wideman, 1920
Correspondence concerning the appointment of Scott Reed, Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue, 1919-1920
Personal endorsements of men and women to various job positions
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4ZB74Miscellaneous correspondence:
Letters acknowledging receipt of correspondence, Secretary to James P. Buchanan, 1924-1936
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4ZB75Correspondence, 1917-1919, 1925-1936
Employment recommendation letters, 1923
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4ZB76Correspondence, 1920-1936
Letter, 1934
The Austin News, March 8, 1930
Newspaper picture of James P. Buchanan campaigning for re-election to Congress in Taylor, Williamson County, Texas, March 24, 1920
Article in Austin Statesman, Buchanan Again to Run for Congress" March 6, 1930, "
Telegrams from Mr. Buchanan's secretary
Letter to Sam Rayburn, House of Representatives, February 11, 1936
Letter to J. P. Buchanan, House of Representatives, from W. T. Caswell, November 5, 1926
Telegrams and letters for and against passage of Social Security bill, 1935
J. P. Buchanan against Wheeler-Rayburn Utility Bill, 1935
Applications for Civil Service and request for assistance from Margaret C. Moore to J. P. Buchanan, 1936
Two bills introduced on January 6, 1936: Senate Bill 3483 by Mr. Norris and House Bill 968 by Sam Rayburn
Letter, to A. Gayle Mercer from J. P. Buchanan, May 17, 1935
Telegram to Tom Miller, Mayor of Austin, Texas, from J. P. Buchanan, May 24, 1936
Telegram from Mayor Tom Miller, of Austin, to J. P. Buchanan regarding President Roosevelt's probable visit to Austin, handwritten schedule of President Roosevelt's Texas trip (on back of telegram) May 23, 1936;
Two telegrams:
To and from Mayor Tom Miller of Austin and J. P. Buchanan regarding flooding and future dams in Austin, June 15, 1935, and undated
Letter from Dan Moody, Attorney, to Roy Miller, March 3, 1924
Report on proposed causeway, Aransas Pass-Port Aransas, with maps, descriptions and photos, June 18, 1935
Letter to E. H. Eheleng of Austin, Texas, from J. P. Buchanan, April 8, 1935
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4ZB77Correspondence, A-B, 1920-1937
Mrs. James P. Buchanan's report on physical examination, April 20, 1926
Roll call of House of Representatives
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4ZB78Correspondence
Appropriation bills, 1936
Newspaper clippings, February 20, 1935
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4ZB79Miscellaneous correspondence and printed materials:
Correspondence, 1928
Newspaper clippings and pictures of James P. Buchanan on re-election to Congress
Envelope from J. P. Buchanan's campaign for re-election to Congress
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4ZB80Correspondence, A-B, and printed materials 1922-1935,
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4ZB81Correspondence, U. S. government departments and agencies, 1929-1935
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4ZB82Office expense account and private business files, 1927-1928
Correspondence, appropriations, 1933-1936
Check books
Calling cards
Miscellaneous printed material
Miscellaneous envelopes, 1923-1930
Travel regulations of the Department of Labor, 1915
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4ZB83Miscellaneous printed materials:
Magazines, 1924-1936
Bill (S1130), establishing Social Security, 1935
box
4ZB84Bills passed in House of Representatives, 1933 and 1935
Magazines, 1934 and 1935
Souvenir of the New York's World's Fair, 1939-1940
Congressional Records, 1917
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4ZB85Bills in the House of Representatives, 1933 and 1935
Book of Services and Dedication of Peachtree Village Hall, 1914
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4ZB86The Philippines - Past and Present, inscribed by J. P. Buchanan, 1914
Pamphlet, "Washington's Washington"
Women's Auxiliary, to the Washington County Medical Society, membership handbook, inscribed by Mrs. J. P. Buchanan, Sr., Brenham, Texas, 1935
Daily devotions booklet, "The Upper Room," September, October, 1948
Paperback book on the Boulder Dam All-American Project, 1924
box
4ZB87The South: The Nation's Greatest Asset (oversized book)
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4ZB88The Philippine Yearbook, 1934-1935
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4ZB89Post Office Department: Appendix to Cost Ascertainment Report, 1934
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4ZB90-4ZB91Correspondence:
House of Representatives, 1921-1933
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4ZB91Personal, 1921 and 1923
Telegrams, 1921-1922
Miscellaneous, 1921-1922
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4ZB92House of Representatives, 1923 and 1936
Vest pocket Congressional directory, February 1934
Checks written by J. P. Buchanan, 1922
Bank statements, 1923, 1930, and 1932
Newspaper clippings, 1917, 1933, and undated
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4ZB93Correspondence: House of Representatives, 1921, 1922, 1924, and 1925
Sheet music, "Father of the Land We Love," by George M. Cohan
Magazines and pamphlets, 1935-1937
Personal correspondence, 1921 and 1922
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4ZB94Congressional Record:
No. 6, March 15-25, 1937
No. 10, May 10-21, 1937
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4ZB95No. 9, April 26-May 6, 1937
No. 12, June 7-18, 1937
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4ZB96Correspondence and other materials:
Miscellaneous clippings, newspapers and magazines, 1925-1926, 1933-1936
Correspondence: Mrs. J. P. Buchanan, 1925, 1932
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4ZB97Correspondence, B and D, 1921-1922, 1924, 1927-1929, 1932-1937
Public school statistics
Personal correspondence, 1920 and 1925
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4ZB98Correspondence, House of Representatives, 1926-1932
Personal correspondence, 1928
Miscellaneous printed material, 1931 and 1932
Newspaper, 1924 and 1925, 1935
Hospital chart, Mrs. Nicholson (Emma Nicholson Buchanan's mother), May-August 1921
Souvenir cardboard hand fan comparing Democratic and Republican Records in 1932
box
4ZB99Business correspondence, 1930, 1935, 1937
Personal correspondence:
J. P. Buchanan, 1902, 1925, and 1935
Mrs. Emma Buchanan, 1932, 1946, 1948-1951
James P. Buchanan, Jr., 1948 and 1949
Miscellaneous printed material, 1937-1938, 1948-1949
Christian Herald magazine, Thursday, May 19, 1881
Centennial maps of Texas, 1936
Returned letter, September 2, 1937
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4ZB100House Order Book, 63 Congress, 251-500
Application Status Report for Congressman James P. Buchanan, ending July 20, 1934
Newspapers, 1929-1931
box
4ZB101Correspondence and miscellaneous printed materials:
Mrs. Buchanan, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Buchanan, Jr., 1936, 1948-1949
Newspapers, April 5, 1883; 1881; 1924; 1931; 1933
Printed material and personal correspondence, J. P. Buchanan, 1925 and 1931
Congressional Record, Speech of J. P. Buchanan, 1924, 1925
box
4ZB102Magazines, 1932, 1935, 1937
Other printed materials, 1926, 1934, 1936-1937
Blank telegrams, envelopes
Map of Washington, 1942
box
4ZB103Austin Statesman, March 23, 1913
box
4ZB104-4ZB105 Correspondence:
Appointments, World War I claims, pensions, military academy admissions, 1922-1937
box
4ZB105Newspaper clipping, 1936
Personal correspondence, 1936
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4ZB106-4ZB108Appointments, World War I claims, pensions, military academy admission, 1910-1911, 1921-1939
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4ZB109Correspondence, 1913-1916, 1931-1933
Newspaper clippings, January 23, 1911
Letters from veterans on adjusted service, 1931-1932
box
4ZB110Correspondence, 1918-1928, 1930
box
4ZB111Correspondence, 1913-1916, 1926
Materials relating to Winslow Bill
Map of Washington, D. C., 1921
box
4ZB112Poll Tax Records, 1925 and undated
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4ZB113Poll Tax Records, 1923, 1930-1931
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4ZB114Poll Tax Records, undated
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4ZB115Correspondence:
C-F, 1922-1937
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4ZB116J, L-M, 1920-1937
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4ZB117M, 1921-1937
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4ZB118N, P, 1923-1936
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4ZB119S-T, Y, 1922-1937
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4ZB117-4ZB118 Newspaper clippings, 1879, 1924-1928
box
4ZB120Miscellaneous correspondence, 1931, 1937
Newspapers, 1932-1933
Post cards
Personal correspondence to James P. Buchanan, Jr
Miscellaneous printed material
box
4ZB121Correspondence, to James P. Buchanan, Sr., and James P. Buchanan, Jr., 1919, 1925, 1927-1930, 1932-1935
Voting record of James P. Buchanan, 10th Texas District, 65th Congress
Correspondence from J. P. Buchanan's son, and from his wife, and to W. E. Buchanan, his brother, 1928; 1927; 1930
Check written to a dentist by James P. Buchanan, March 27, 1934
Newspapers, 1933-1935
Telegrams
German newspaper with an article and picture of James P. Buchanan, 1934
Printed articles
Note pads
box
4ZB122Personal correspondence, undated
Newspapers and newspaper clippings, 1925, 1932, 1937
Personal correspondence to Mrs. J. P. Buchanan, and to J. P. Buchanan, Jr., 1933, 1953; 1931
Clippings from Ladies Home Journal and other magazines, 1923
Christmas cards, 1935
Correspondence from J. P. Buchanan to his daughter-in-law, 1929
box
4ZB123Magazine clippings, 1932
Post cards, 1931
Newspapers, 1927, 1929-1930, 1932, 1934
Christmas cards, 1935
Speeches, J. P. Buchanan, 1928-1929
Itinerary from James P. Buchanan's trip to Alaska
Personal correspondence, to J. P. Buchanan, Jr., 1927-1933, 1951
Magazine, 1933
Journal "Near East Relief," Outline of United States History" 1924; "
Map of United States, 1933
box
4ZB124Correspondence
Key to Yale Lock, 1936
Magazine clippings, 1916-1917, 1920
Newspapers, 1921, 1929, 1935-1936
Newspaper clippings, 1920, 1922, and undated
Note pads, 1936
Calling cards, Mr. J. P. Buchanan and Mrs. J. P. Buchanan
Personal correspondence to J. P. Buchanan, 1921, 1928, 1935-1936
Personal correspondence to Mrs. J. P. Buchanan, 1936
Miscellaneous travel literature
Post cards
Printed pamphlets, 1920, 1936
Picture of J. P. Buchanan, Tenth District, picture of Congressman and Mrs. Buchanan, 1931; 1928
Personal letters by J. P. Buchanan about his son, 1928
Christmas cards, 1922, 1935-1936
Recipes, Emma Buchanan
Miscellaneous correspondence
Glass paper weight
War records, James P. Buchanan's, Jr., 1917-1918
box
4ZB125Post card, 1939
Miscellaneous pamphlets, 1940
Newspapers, 1921, 1933, 1936, 1940
Calendar, 1938
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1936
Bills
Plans for dinner parties, 1936
Buchanan family correspondence, 1922, 1925, 1932, 1936, 1941
Grade reports, J. P. Buchanan, University of Texas
Calling cards, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Buchanan
Check book, J. P. Buchanan, Sr.
Clipping about Mrs. Buchanan, 1935
Map of Southeastern states with personal notes from trip, 1935
Lace veils, Mrs. Buchanan
Sunglasses
Blue fabric
Map of Texas, 1933
box
4ZB126Miscellaneous printed material, 1940, 1942-1945
Newspaper clippings, 1943-1944
Magazine clippings, undated
Correspondence, J. P. Buchanan, Jr., with Navy, 1942
Miscellaneous materials, undated
box
4ZB127Miscellaneous printed materials
Personal correspondence, James P. Buchanan, Jr. with Elizabeth Pangle, 1927, 1931-1934
Three chemistry notebooks, James P. Buchanan, Jr., 1915-1916
Buchanan estate information, 1934
Political correspondence of James P. Buchanan, Sr., check signed by James P. Buchanan, Sr., 1934; 1933
Personal correspondence by James P. Buchanan about his son, other correspondence, 1933; 1928, 1935, and 1937
Personal letter, James P. Buchanan, Sr. from his son, 1932
Christmas card to James P. Buchanan, Sr. from son's family
Personal correspondence to James P. Buchanan, 1934, 1936-1937, 1946
State of Texas World War II Honor list of dead and missing, 1946
box
4ZB128Bills, Magnolia Petroleum Company, James P. Buchanan, Jr., 1932, 1933
Personal correspondence, James P. Buchanan, Jr., 1929-1935
Letters to his mother from James P. Buchanan, Jr., 1931, 1933
Letters relating to Buchanan family genealogy
Printed materials, 1916, 1929, 1933
Personal correspondence, James P. Buchanan, Sr., 1916, 1930, 1935
Personal postcards with pictures of James P. Buchanan and one of James P. Buchanan, Jr., undated
James P. Buchanan, Jr. and wife's legal separation papers, 1932
Newspaper clippings, undated
box
4ZB129Miscellaneous correspondence, James P. Buchanan, 1916, 1934
Correspondence, Mrs. James P. Buchanan with son, 1930, 1935
Check to James P. Buchanan, 1933
Bills, James P. Buchanan, Sr., and James P. Buchanan, Jr., November 1931
Map of Texas, undated
Personal correspondence, James P. Buchanan, Jr., 1931-1933
Newspaper, 1934
Newspaper clippings, 1932
Copy, purported will of Benjamin W. Buchanan, unsigned, March 18, 1893
Copy, affidavit of L. D. Buchanan
Copy, summary of information pertaining to Buchanan estate
Affidavit of the Buchanan's, undated
Legal documents, undated
box
4ZB130Legal documents, undated
box
4ZB131Memoranda
Newspaper, 1920
Newspaper clipping, 1927
Campaign cards
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1928-1930
Sales slips, Houston Lighting and Power Company, 1928-1929
Pencil drawings, artist and date unknown
Miscellaneous materials, 1929
James P. Buchanan's, Jr. war medal (victory) and buttons
Bills, J. P. Buchanan, 1934-1935
box
4ZB132J. P. Buchanan's "Firemen's Manifest Ball" dance card, 1914
Miscellaneous penants, pens, and buttons
Campaign buttons for O. B. Colquitt and Jim Ferguson campaigning for Governor
Souvenir Post Card with O. B. Colquitt for Governor pin
Penant with "Austin" printed on it
Program, Annual Commencement Exercises, College Station, 1922
Personal correspondence regarding end of World War I, undated
box
4ZB133Personal correspondence, to J. P. Buchanan, Jr. from mother Emma Buchanan, 1936
Miscellaneous letters to Mrs. J. P. Buchanan, Sr., 1937-1942, 1949
Miscellaneous letters to J. P. Buchanan, Sr., 1937-1938
Church bulletin, November 7, 1943
Pamphlet, "Freedom of Religion," 1938
Travel folders of Washington, Alabama, and Virginia
box
4ZB134Correspondence, Mrs. James P. Buchanan, Sr., 1937-1944
Bills, Mrs. James P. Buchanan, Sr., and Mrs. James P. Buchanan, Jr., from the George Washington Inn, 1940-1942
Newspaper clippings, 1934, 1940, 1942
Miscellaneous correspondence, James P. Buchanan, Jr., 1940-1942
Miscellaneous printed material, 1935-1939; 1943-1944
Personal correspondence, James P. Buchanan, Sr., 1935-1939
Recipe pamphlets, 1943-1944
Travel brochures, 1938-1939, 1942
Map of Washington, 1942
Sunday worship booklet, March 12, 1939
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4ZB135The Sunday Star, the Washington Post, 1931-1932
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4ZB136List of radio broadcasters, 1935-1936
Newspapers, 1925, 1936-1937
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4ZB137Miscellaneous correspondence, 1934-1942, 1956
Newspaper clippings, 1918, 1934, 1937, 1939, 1951-1952
Note pads
Miscellaneous printed materials, 1941-1942
Personal correspondence, Mrs. James P. Buchanan, Sr., 1940-1942, 1951-1952
Church pamphlet, University Methodist Church, Austin, Texas, November 11, 1951
Personal correspondence, J. P. Buchanan, Jr., 1951
Personal correspondence, J. P. Buchanan, Sr., 1937-1939
A pair of pince-nez glasses
Postcard from James P. Buchanan, Sr. to James P. Buchanan, Jr.
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4ZB138Chemistry notebooks of J. A. Nicholson
Miscellaneous printed material, 1924-1925, 1938-1939
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1938, 1941
Personal correspondence, James P. Buchanan, Jr., 1941-1942
Personal correspondence, James P. Buchanan, Sr., 1925, 1938
Program, 23rd Annual Texas Round Up, 1952
Checkbook, 1926
Letter to Mr. R. F. Nicholson from Mrs. James P. Buchanan, 1942
Personal correspondence, Mrs. James P. Buchanan, Sr., 1951
Pictures, unidentified and undated
Bills from the George Washington Inn for Mrs. James P. Buchanan, Sr., 1940
Newspapers, 1925
Newspaper clippings, 1940-1941, 1951
Book, Elements of Navigation Records, inscribed by Jim Buchanan
Miscellaneous notes and other materials, 1928, 1939, and undated
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4ZB139Miscellaneous printed materials, 1925-1926, 1933-1935, 1943, 1946
Personal and family correspondence, Mrs. James P. Buchanan, Sr., 1934, 1942, 1945, and undated
Note pads, undated
Newspaper clippings, 1925, 1943, 1946
Unused Hallmark birthday cards
Stubs from a 1940 checkbook
Personal correspondence, James P. Buchanan, Sr., 1925, 1934
Record player needles
Pink bow for hair
Ready Reference Desk Diary, Mrs. James P. Buchanan, Sr., 1943
World War II map printed by Esso
Pieces of black lace
Speech, James P. Buchanan, Sr., 1934
Checkbook and one unsigned check for thirty dollars written to Mrs. James P. Buchanan, November 22, 1933
Copies of "Pledge of Allegiance and the American's Creed"
Recipes
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4ZB140Newspapers, 1925, 1934
Newspaper clippings, 1946
McCall Pattern Book, 1925
Magazine, 1925
box
4ZB141Newspapers, 1925, 1934, 1952
box
4ZB142Miscellaneous pamphlets, 1928-1929
School papers, 1911-1913
Miscellaneous telegrams and correspondence, 1927-1929
Photographs and negatives, 1927
Newspaper clippings, 1927-1929
Travel brochures of Europe, 1929
J. P. Buchanan's record book of expenses, 1920-1921
Buchanan family correspondence, 1929
Box of prescriptions
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4ZB143Buchanan family correspondence, 1924, 1927-1928
Newspapers, 1920, 1924, 1929
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1927-1929
Photographs and negatives, 1927
Newspaper clippings, 1927, 1929
Map of lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, undated; map of Cameron County, Texas, undated
University of Texas at Austin decals
Contract of property bought by James P. Buchanan, Jr., 1927
Automobile insurance policy for James P. Buchanan, Jr., 1927
Correspondence, James P. Buchanan, Jr. concerning genealogical research, 1928
Miscellaneous information, 1902-1903, 1918
License for amateur radio station issued to James P. Buchanan, Jr., 1926
Official Kiwanis Songbook
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4ZB144Newspapers, 1922, 1926, 1929, 1935-1937
Note pads, shorthand, undated
Newspaper clippings, 1916, 1919, 1920, 1924, 1927, 1929
Pamphlets 1922, 1924-1925, 1935-1937
Negatives of photographs, undated
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1924-1925, 1937
Campaign cards
Telegrams to and from J. P. Buchanan, 1916, 1924-1925
Personal correspondence, Mrs. James P. Buchanan, 1926
Pictures (several showing grave markers of "Buchanan and Nicholson"), 1927
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4ZB145Buchanan family genealogical materials
Newspapers, 1937
Alphabetical list of the Poll Tax Payers, Caldwell County, 1918-1919
Newspaper clippings, 1913-1919, 1932-1937
Pamphlets, 1921, 1931, 1935, 1937
Studio photograph proof (8" × 10") of J. P. Buchanan and 4 small photographs
Buchanan family correspondence, 1925-1929
Personal correspondence, 1925-1926; 1933; 1935
James P. Buchanan, Jr.'s bank statement, 1926
University of Texas at Austin decals
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4ZB146Personal correspondence, James P. Buchanan, Jr., 1925-1929 1936
Financial records: Bank statements of James P. Buchanan, Jr., 1920-1923, 1925
Newspaper clippings, 1925, 1929, 1935-1936, 1937
Miscellaneous correspondence, J. P. Buchanan, 1920-1937
Pamphlets, 1937
Personal correspondence, Elizabeth Pangle and James P. Buchanan, 1925, 1929, 1934
Personal correspondence, James P. Buchanan, Sr., 1921, 1926
Correspondence concerning J. P. Buchanan estate, 1935
James P. Buchanan's election campaign, 1926
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4ZB147Financial records, 1925, 1934-1935
Campaign broadsides
Postcard of "A Mexican Bath"
Miscellaneous correspondence, J. P. Buchanan, Sr., 1937
Miscellaneous and personal correspondence, J. P. Buchanan, Jr., 1920, 1924-1927
Miscellaneous correspondence, Mrs. J. P. Buchanan, Sr., 1919, 1936
Calendar, 1925
Booklets, 1925
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4ZB148Miscellaneous and personal correspondence, J. P. Buchanan, Jr., 1919-1921, 1924-1926
Personal correspondence, Mrs. J. P. Buchanan, Sr., 1935-1936
Personal correspondence, James P. Buchanan, Sr., 1920
Financial records, J. P. Buchanan, Jr., deposits, 1919-1922; 1919
Miscellaneous printed materials, 1920-1921, 1925, 1935
Campaign literature
Newspaper clipping, 1936
Blank check and check stubs, 1923
Newspapers, 1923, 1925-1926
Checks written on First National Bank, unsigned
University of Texas miniature pennant
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4ZB149Photographs of James P. Buchanan, undated
Miscellaneous printed materials, 1922, 1936
Postcards, scenes of Virginia
Financial statements, James P. Buchanan, Jr., 1923, 1925
Junior prom dance cards, undated
Miscellaneous and personal correspondence, James P. Buchanan, Jr., 1919-1936, 1951
University of Texas football schedule, Austin, 1936
James P. Buchanan, Jr., Inspection reports, 1924-1925
Miscellaneous and personal correspondence, Mrs. James P. Buchanan, Sr., 1935-1936
Amendment Numbers 78-79, 73-77, 72, 73-74 "Texas General Basis Schedule"
Miscellaneous and personal correspondence, James P. Buchanan, Sr., 1936
University of Texas decals (2)
Magazines, 1936-1937
Pin - O. B. Colquitt for Governor
French and German phrase book
Newspaper clipping, 1933
Miscellaneous pamphlets, 1936 and undated
box
4ZB150Congressional Record, 1931
Statutes of United States, (two) 1909-1910
box
4ZB152Government publications, 1917, 1918, 1920, 1934-1935, 1937
Books:
General Laws: The State of Texas, 1909
Labor in Politics, 1920
Standard dictionary
Miscellaneous printed materials, 1896, 1901, 1909, 1910
Speech, James Buchanan, 1928
Radio address, 1929
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4ZB154Congressional Record, 1932
Books:
The History of the Lithuanian Nation, 1918
Official Register of the U. S., 1933
Congressional Record, 1917
Miscellaneous printed materials:
Texas Legislative Manual, 1911
United States Shipping Board, 1918
Monty's Monthly, 1926
Other printed materials, 1918, 1934, 1953
Global Atlas of the World at War
Little Giant Webster Dictionary
Vest Pocket Congressional Directory, (2) 1935
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4ZB155Correspondence: C - E, P, 1923-1924, 1927-1937
Math and physics notebooks of James P. Buchanan, Jr.
Picture of mansion at Mount Vernon
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4ZB156Copies of editorial from the Atlanta Journal, April 6, 1928
Miscellaneous printed material
Senate bill (S.2800), 1934
Pamphlets:
"Refrigeration and Frigidaire Sales," 1934
"The Light," 1915
Newspapers, 1935-1937
box
4ZB157Financial Records, 1928
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4ZB158Correspondence: S - T
Personal correspondence, James P. Buchanan, 1932-1937
Pamphlets, "Memorial and Other Papers of C. F. Simmons", 1932
Personal correspondence, Mrs. E. Pangle and James P. Buchanan, 1925, 1934
Newspaper clipping, 1932
Personal correspondence, James P. Buchanan, 1923-1924; 1928, 1932-1937
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4ZB159Correspondence, 1934-1937
Christmas cards, 1927
Poll tax records, 1923
Bond certificate, 1937
Newspaper clipping, "Hamilton Dam renamed Buchanan Dam," 1935
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4ZB160Miscellaneous printed materials: 1929, 1931, 1933
Newspapers and newspaper clippings, 1933, 1935
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4ZB161Correspondence:
B, 1922-1924, 1926-1927, 1930-1937
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4ZB162B - H, 1923-1929, 1935, 1937
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4ZB163A - F, 1925, 1928-1937
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4ZB164G - J, 1921-1922, 1925-1926, 1929-1937
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4ZB165J - K, 1925-1926, 1929-1937
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4ZB166P - R, 1925-1927, 1929-1937
Newspaper clippings, 1936-1937
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4ZB167Correspondence: S, 1923, 1925-1926, 1928-1937
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4ZB168S - W, 1924, 1926, 1928-1937
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4ZB169Miscellaneous correspondence
Personal correspondence, 1921-1926
Newspaper clippings, 1925-1926
Writing tablets
Financial records
Christmas cards, 1924
Blank stationery and envelopes
Miscellaneous material, undated
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4ZB170Personal and miscellaneous correspondence, 1923-1926, 1936
Letter, with photographs, 1925
Newspaper clippings, 1924, 1925
Printed materials, 1924-1925, 1936
Financial records, 1924, 1926
Christmas cards, 1924
Invitations, 1925
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4ZB171Unused Christmas cards, 1924
Personal and miscellaneous correspondence, 1919-1920, 1922-1924, 1936
Unused stationery
Miscellaneous pamphlets, 1921
Financial records, 1919, 1921
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4ZB172Personal and miscellaneous correspondence, 1917, 1919-1924, 1929
Check stubs, 1918, 1921-1925
Miscellaneous printed materials, 1920, 1922
Bills paid, 1924
Newspaper clipping, 1929
Souvenir folders and cards of Beaumont, Texas
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4ZB173Personal and miscellaneous correspondence, 1923, 1927, 1929
Miscellaneous printed materials, 1922, 1928-1929
Many small Christmas gifts to Mr. and Mrs. James P. Buchanan
Newspapers, 1921-1922, 1925
Writing tablets
Newspaper clipping, 1919
Bills paid, 1927
Post cards, 1930
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4ZB174Newspapers, 1929
Magazines, 1907, 1934-1935