urn:taro:utexas.cah.00078 A Guide to the Oscar Branch Colquitt Papers, 1873-1941 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, April 2001. Finding aid written in English. August 6, 2002 Edited with XMetaL 2 by Kristy Sorensen, according to instructions in Editing TARO EAD XML Finding Aids with XMetaL. Tue Jul 22 15:26:50 CDT 2003 urn:taro:utexas.cah.00078 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (20030505). March 2004 Edited and reformatted by Evan Hocker Descriptive Summary Colquitt, Oscar Branch Oscar Branch Colquitt Papers 1873-1941. 45 ft. 6 in. Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Texas state senator (1895-1899); Texas railroad commissioner (1903-1911); governor of Texas (1910-1915); U.S. Senate candidate (1916); member of the United States Board of Mediation (1929-1933); representative of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (1935-1940). Newspaperman and lawyer. Papers concern Colquitt's career and political activities and include correspondence, letterpresses, scrapbooks, speeches, photographs, reports, campaign materials, voting records, bills and resolutions, financial documents, reference files, and genealogical materials about the Burkhalter family. English. Organization

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Papers concern Colquitt's career and political activities and include correspondence, letterpresses, scrapbooks, speeches, photographs, reports, campaign materials, voting records, bills and resolutions, financial, documents, reference files, and genealogical materials about the Burkhalter family.

 Biographical Note

Texas state senator (1895-1899); Texas railroad commissioner (1903-1911); governor of Texas (1910-1915); U.S. Senate candidate (1916); member of the United States Board of Mediation (1929-1933); representative of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (1935-1940). Newspaperman and lawyer.

 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Bailey, Joseph Weldon, 1863-1929. Ball, Thomas Henry, 1859-1944. Colquitt, Oscar Branch, 1861-1940--Archives. Colquitt, Rawlins M. Davidson, Robert Vance, 1853-1925. Ferguson, James Edward, 1871-1944. Ferguson, Miriam Amanda Wallace, 1875-1961. Johnson, Cone, 1860-1933. Poindexter, William, 1854-1923. Rankin, George Clark, 1849-1915. Troutman, Joanna Elizabeth, 1818-1879. Subjects (Organizations) Battleship Texas. Democratic Party (Tex.) Ku Klux Klan (1915-) New Mexico Military Institute. Railroad Commission of Texas. Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Texas. Legislature. United States. Board of Mediation. United States. Interstate Commerce Commission. Subjects Caricatures and cartoons. Churches--Texas. Education--Texas. Elections--Texas. Insanity. Industrial relations--United States. Petroleum industry and trade--Texas. Political poetry. Prisons--Texas. Prohibition--Texas. Railroads--Texas. Taxation--Texas. Places Kaufman County (Tex.) Texas--Governors. United States--Census--History--Sources. Cite as

Oscar Branch Colquitt Papers, 1873-1941, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

 Inventory 2E96. Letterpresses: 1889-1904 2E97. 1903-August 1905 2E98. August-November 1905 2E99. November 1905-August 1906 2E100. April-September 1906 2E101. August 1906-May 1908 2E102. May 1908-May 1909 2E103. May-December 1909 2E104. December 1909-March 1910 2E105. February-June 1910 2E106. March-July 1910 2E107. July-August 1910 2E108. August-November 1910 2E109. November-December 1910 2E110. January-September 1911 2E111. November 1911-March 1912 2E112. January-April 1912 2E113. April-August 1912 2E114. August 1912-April 1913 2E115. April 1913-January 1914 2E116. February-September 1914 2E117. Correspondence: 1884-July, 1898 2E118. August 1898-April 1900 2E119. May 1900-December 1901 2E120. Correspondence: January-April 1902 2E121. May 1902-February 1903 2E122. March 1903-April 1905 2E123. May 1905-May 1906 2E124. June-August 1906 2E125. August 1906-June 1907 2E126. June 1907-March 1908 2E127. March-September 1908 2E128. October 1908-May 1909 2E129. May-October 1909 2E130. November 1909-January 1910 2E131. January-March 1910 2E132. March-April 1910 2E133. April-May 1910 2E134. May-June 1910 2E135. June-July 1910 2E136. July 1910 2E137. August 1910-June 1911 2E138. July-October 1911 2E139. October-December 1911 2E140. January-March 1912 2E141. March 1912 2E142. April 1912 2E143. April 1912 2E144. May 1912 2E145. May-June 1912 2E146. June 1912 2E147. June 1912 2E148. Correspondence: July 1912 2E149. July 1912 2E150. July 1912 2E151. August 1912 2E152. August-December 1912 2E153. January-June 1913 2E154. June-July 1913 2E155. July-October 1913 2E156. November 1913-January 1914 2E157. January-March 1914 2E158. March-May 1914 2E159. May-August 1914 2E160. August 1914-January 1915 2E161. January-June 1915 2E162. July-October 1915 2E163. November 1915-February 1916 2E164. March-April 1916 2E165. April-May 1916 2E166. May 1916 2E167. May-June 1916 2E168. June-August 1916 2E169. August 1916-September 1918 2E170. October 1918-May 1926 2E171. June 1926-June 1927 2E172. June 1927-May 1929 2E173. May 1929-December 1933 2E174. 1934-1941 and Undated 2E175. Undated and Fragments Genealogical Correspondence 2E176. Reports, notes and memoranda, 1887-1939 and Undated Speeches by Colquitt: 1902-1906 2E177. 1907-1930 Political poetry, 1906-1928 Minutes and proceedings, 1894-1925 Campaigns and Elections: Speaking engagements 2E178. Ballots and Election returns, 1900-1928 Lists of Convention delegates County Chairmen and Democratic executive committeemen Mailing lists 2E179. Mailing lists and miscellaneous lists Financial Papers: Stock certificates Deposit slips Cancelled checks Bank notes Account papers, New Mexico Military Institute records, 1886-1935 2E180. Bills and receipts 1873, 1885, 1897-February, 1923 2E181. Bills and receipts 1923-1928 and Undated Notes and memoranda Printed statements Legal documents, 1875-1928 and Undated Legislative papers Texas: 1891 1895 House Bills and resolutions 1897 Senate bills 1-74, 1897 2E182. Senate Bills 75-368, and Resolutions, 1897, 1903-1905, 1935, 1939 and Undated Legislative Papers, Non-Texas: Bills and Acts Texas House and Senate Journals, United States Congressional Records Petitions, 1911, 1914, 1929 Resolutions, 1894, 1900-1932 and Undated 2E183. Proclamations 1907, 1911-1914 Certificates 1900-1936 Railroad Commission Papers: Circulars, Motions and Orders, Reports and Opinions, Tabulations, Bills of Complaint, Hearings, 1903-1905 2E184. Hearings, 1907 and Undated Texas and Pacific Railway Company vs.Railroad Commission, Examination of Colquitt Miscellaneous reports 2E185. Tax Survey Committee: Reports and Date, June 8, 1928 and Report to the 41st Legislature, January 8, 1929 United States Board of Mediation: Travel record (hotel and church records) 2E186. Records of Cases and Recapitulation Data Case Reports, 106-683 2E187 Case Reports, 684-1392 Miscellaneous-Railway Labor Act, Legal Opinions, Sample Forms Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Press Releases: 1933-1934 1938-1939 2E188. 1938-1939, re: Governmental Finances (City) Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Railroad Division: Report on the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Co. Data on Railroad companies 2E190. Political Cartoons Political Scrapbooks: 1895-1897 1899-1900 1900-1902 2E191. 1905-1909 1902-1938 1905-1911 1906 2E192. 1906 2E193. 1908 1910 (R. V. Davidson, George C. Rankin, William Poindexter) 2E194. 1910 (Cone Johnson, Colquitt's Campaign) 2E195. 1910-1916 1911-1914 1914 2E196. 1914 1916-1930 (Ku Klux Klan) 2E197. 1917-1924 1925-1929 1926-1928 2E198. Reference Files: Original Index: 1. James E. Ferguson 2. Thomas Henry Ball 3. (not included in the collection) 4. Tom McClure 5. W. D. Lewis and Peter Redford (Farmers' Union) 6. J. F. Wolters 7. F. C. Weinert 8. James L. Slaydon 9. Miscellaneous Editorials (Governors' Race) 2E199. 9. Miscellaneous Editorials (Cont.) 10. Governors' Race (1914) 11. J. H. "Cyclone" Davis 12. Joseph Weldon Bailey 13. Cone Johnson 14. (not included in the collection) 15. W. P. Lane 16. Anti-Resubmission and Submission (Prohibition) 17. Comptroller's Race 18. O. B. Colquitt 19. R. W. Simpson 20. B. F. Looney 21. Dr. J. H. Gambrell 22. Morris Sheppard 23. Samuel Palmer Brooks 24. Oceola Archer 25-28 (not included in the collection) 29. Cullen F. Thomas 30. J. L. Franklin 31. J. L. Wortham Assassination of Huey P. Long Johanna Troutman Memorial Silver Service for the Battleship Texas Alamo 2E203. Clippings: 1892; May, 1899-June 1910 2E204. July, 1910-April 1913 2E205. May, 1913-December 1915 2E206. January, 1916-December 1928 2E207. 1929-1941 and undated 2E208. Undated 3Y17. Postcards photographs 3Y18. photographs 3S183. photographs 3S169. Oversize materials: Charts certificates election returns reports political cartoons "Exhibits for Interstate Commerce Commission's Hearing of 15% Case" newsclippings 2.116 OD/2 Brochures Broadsides 1911