urn:taro:utexas.cah.00116 A Guide to the Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham Papers, ca. 1880-1917 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, January 2001. Finding aid written in English. August 26, 2002 Edited with XMetaL 2 by Kristy Sorensen, according to instructions in Editing TARO EAD XML Finding Aids with XMetaL. Tue Jul 22 15:27:20 CDT 2003 urn:taro:utexas.cah.00116 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (20030505). June 2005 Major reformatting by Evan Hocker Descriptive Summary Lanham, Samuel W. T. (Samuel Willis Tucker), 1846-1908 Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham Papers ca. 1880-1917 8 1/2 in Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Pertains to the political career and family of Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham (1846-1908), U.S. representative from Texas (1882-1892 and 1896-1902) and 22nd Governor of Texas (1903-1907). English. Scope and Contents

Pertains to the political career and family of Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham (1846-1908), U.S. representative from Texas (1882-1892 and 1896-1902) and 22nd Governor of Texas (1903-1907). Contains speeches, copybook, certificates, scrapbook, and photographs. Speeches are from Lanham's tenure as a congressman and as governor. The copybook contains personal correspondence while governor.

The collection is made up of manuscript, typescript, printed, photographic (albumen, gelatin, other) prints.

Papers also include Images of Lanham, various family members, politicians, and friends. Several are unidentified.

 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Culberson, Charles Allen Lanham, Edwin (Ned) M. Lanham, Frank, Jr. Lanham, Grace C. Lanham, Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham, Sarah Meng Neff, Pat Morris Sayers, Joseph Draper Subjects Democratic party Elections,Congressional Elections, Gubernatorial Gold Standard Greenback Part Politics and politicians Texas. Governor. Places Austin, Texas Washington, D.C. Related Material

See also Fritz Garland Lanham Papers for related materials and photographs.

 Inventory 2B131 1. Speeches, 1890-1905 and undated 2. Correspondence and resolution, 1886, 1905, 1907, undated 3. Governor's personal correspondence copybook; January 1903-December 1906 4. Political scrapbook, ca. 1880-1886 5. Loose scrapbook material, 1889-1896 and undated 6. Poem, Edwin (Ned) M. Lanham to Grace S. Lanham, undated; Waco High School yearbook, 1917 2.325/V10 Oversize documents; S.W.T. Lanham, LLD degree, Baylor University 1905 Sarah Meng Lanham, Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle certificate, 1898 Grace Lanham, Salem Female Academy Certificates, 1900 and 1901 3Y100 Photographs: 1. Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham, portraits and scenes in Austin and Weatherford 2. Grace Lanham, Edwin (Ned) M. Lanham and other family members 3. Political acquaintances, family friends and unidentified