urn:taro:utexas.cah.00504 A Guide to the Maury Maverick, Sr., Collection The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Austin, Texas

July 2006 Finding aid encoded by Courtney Chartier in EAD version 2.0 July 2006 Finding aid written inEnglish. Descriptive Summary Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Maverick, Maury, Sr. Maury Maverick, Sr., Collection 1769-1954, 1989 47 ft., 8 in. Papers document the personal life and professional career of Maury Maverick, Sr., lawyer, businessman, United States Congressman and Mayor of San Antonio, Texas. Materials are in English. Biographical Note

Maury Maverick, lawyer, Congressman, businessman, public official, was born in San Antonio, Texas, October 23, 1895. He attended Virginia Military Institute in 1912-1913 and the University of Texas in 1913-1916; in 1937 he took a special course in Economics at St. Mary’s University. He practiced law in San Antonio for several years. He also formed and served as Vice-President of the Kelley-Maverick Lumber Company in San Antonio.

Maverick was very active in civic affairs, and organized the Citizens’ League of San Antonio, Texas, in 1929. He served as tax collector of Bexar County, Texas in (1929, 1931) and as a Representative to the United States Congress (1935-1939), where he served on the Military Affairs Committee and the Sub-Committee on Aviation. In Congress, Maverick was known for his participation in passing and strengthening New Deal programs. Maverick was elected Mayor of San Antonio in 1939 and served until 1941; he is credited with bringing reform the to local government and led the restoration of La Villita, the historic Spanish village in modern San Antonio. During World War II he was a member of the War Production Board and chairman of the Smaller War Plants Corporation. Maverick was also an author and wrote the books A Maverick American (1937) and In Blood and Ink: The Life and Documents of American Democracy (1939), as well as numerous articles. He died in San Antonio, Texas, on June 7, 1954.

Scope and Contents

Materials document the personal and professional life of Maury Maverick, Sr., as well as the personal affairs of the Maury, Slayden and Maverick families.

Organization of the Papers

This collection is organized into 13 series:

I. Correspondence II. Speeches III. Proclamations IV. Literary production V. School and military papers VI. Legal documents VII. Notebooks, diaries and memoranda VIII. Newspapers and clippings IX. Scrapbooks X. Printed and mimeographed material XI. Family papers XII. Miscellaneous XIII. Duplicate material Arrangement of the Papers

Materials are arranged chronologically.

Related Material

Following is a list of related collections also available at the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History: Maury Maverick, Jr., Papers Maury Maverick, Sr., Photographs Maury Maverick, Sr., Speech Maverick Family Papers

Preferred Citation

Maury Maverick, Sr., Collection, 1769-1954, 1989, Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

Index Terms Subjects (Persons): Maverick, Albert, 1854-1947. Maverick, Maury, 1895-1954--Archives. Maverick, Samuel Augustus, 1803-1870. Slayden, Ellen Maury, 1860-1926. Subjects (Organizations): Smaller War Plants Corporation. St. Mary's University (San Antonio, Tex.) United States. Congress. United States. War Production Board. University of Texas at Austin. Virginia Military Institute. Subjects (Families): Maury family. Maverick family. Slayden family. Subjects: Legislators--United States--Archives. Mayors--Texas--San Antonio. Subjects (Places): La Villita (San Antonio, Tex.) San Antonio (Tex.)--History--Sources. San Antonio (Tex.)--Politics and government. Detailed Description of the Collection

Correspondence 2L19 General correspondence: 2L19 1912-1918 2L20 1919-1920, 1923-1924, 1926-1931 2L21 1932-1935 2L22 1936 2L23 1937-1938 2L24 1939 2L25 January-September 1940 2L26 October 1940-December 1941 2L27 January-June 1942 2L28 July 1942-March 1943 2L29 April-December 1943 2L30 1944 2L31 1945 2L32 1946-1947 2L33 1948 2L34 1949 2L35 January-September 1950 2L36 October 1950-May 1951 2L37 June-September 1951 2L38 October-December 1951 2L39 January-June 1952 2L40 July-October 1952 2L41 November 1952-February 1953 2L42 March-July 1953 2L43 August 1953-February 1954 2L44 March-June 1954 2L44 Correspondence relating to Maury Maverick, 1954-1959 2L45 Subject correspondence: 2L45 American Civil Liberties Union, 1928-1932, 1934-1940, 1944 2L45 Maverick's Mexican saddle, 1941 2L46 Bar associations, 1943, 1946-1954 2L46 Book collecting: 2L46 1948-September 1949 2L47 October 1949-December 1952 2L48 1953-1954 2L48 Campaign for Congress: 2L48 January-June 1936 2L49 July-December 1936 2L49 Democratic National Campaign, 1940 2L49 Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies, 1940-1941 2L49 Constitution book, 1937-1938 2L50 "Crackpot" file, 1937-1941 2L50 Diga colony and relief work, September 1932-October 1933 2L51 Family correspondence, 1942-1945 2L51 Far East, August 1949-December 1951 2L51 Harry Truman, 1952-1953 2L52 Great Seal, 1943-1944, January 1949-January 1954 2L52 La Villita, 1939-1941 2L52 Miscellaneous 1952, 1949-1954 2L53 "Rip Snorters", 1945 2L53 Texas history, 1948-1954 2L53 Trips abroad: 2L53 England, 1944 2L53 France, 1945 2L54 France, 1945 2L54 The Orient, June 1945-May 1946 2L54 H. B. Zachry Construction Company: 2L54 September 1949-1951 2L55 1951-1953 2L55 Most Mexican laws (pertains to contracts and Falcon Dam) 2L55 Notebook, re: Falcon Dam Project 2L55 Trips to Mexico Speeches 2L56 1920, 1930-1932 2L57 1933 2L58 1934 2L59 1934-1935 2L60 1936-1938 2L61 1939-April 1940 2L62 April 1940-1941 2L63 1942-1944 2L64 January-October 1945, February-December 1946 2L65 Campaign speeches: 2L65 February-May 1947 2L66 1947 fragments and undated 2L67 1947 fragments and undated 2L67 1952-1954, undated 2L68 1952-1954, undated Proclamations 2L69 Proclamations as Mayor, 1939-1941 Literary production 2L69 Before 1930 2L70 1930-1939, 1940-1949 2L70 Odyssey of a V.I.P., 1944-1945 2Q95 Typescript, Odyssey of a V.I.P.: Impressions of England and France in the Sixth Year of the War, by Maury Maverick 2L71 1950-1954 School and military papers 2L71 School papers: 2L71 Virginia Military Institute 2L71 University of Texas at Austin 2L71 St. Mary's University 2L72 Military papers, 1917-1920, 1940, 1942 Legal documents 2L72 Undated 2L72 Before 1939 2L72 1940-1954 2L72 Election documents, 1934, 1940 Notebooks, diaries and memoranda 2L73 Trips abroad, 1944-1945 2L74 Miscellaneous, 1924-1953 2L74 Receipts: 2L74 1919-1929 2L74 Campaign, 1947 2L74 Miscellaneous, 1949-1954 2L75 Notes and memoranda, miscellaneous, 1917-1954, undated 2L75 Legion of Honor materials, 1947 2L75 Miscellany 2L75 Korea-China letter, petition, clipping, 1950, 1951, 1989 Newspapers and clippings 2L76 English newspapers, 1919 2L76 Irish newspapers, 1919 2L76 Clippings: 2L76 1909-1939 2L77 1939-1940 2L78 1939, 1940-1945 2L79 1947 2L80 1950-1954 Scrapbooks 2L85 Virginia Military Institute, 1912-1913 4K110 1928-1931 4K111 1930 4K112 1931 4K113 1932-1933 4K114 1932 4K115 1932 4K116 1932 4K117 1932-1933 4K118 1934 4K119 Huey Long 4K142 1936 4K143 Congressional scrapbooks: 4K143 Number 1, 1935 4K144 Number 2, 1935-1936 4K145 Number 3, 1936-1937 4K146 Number 4, 1937 4K147 Number 5, 1937-1938 4K148 Number 6, 1938 4K149 Number 7, 1938 4K150 "Maverick American" 2L85 1939 4K120 1939 4K121 1939-1940 2.325/V25 1939-1955 4K151 1940-1941 4K122 1941 4K123 1941 4K124 Poll tax trial, 1941 4K125 1942 4N24f 1942-1944 4N24g 1944 4N1a 1944-1945 2L86 1947-1948 2L87 1949-1950 2L88 1951 2L89 1951 4K128 "Texas Declaration of Independence with Maverick Papers and Documents" 4K129 "The Bexar Facts" 4N8b "The Presidents" 4K130 Presidential autographs: 4K130 Washington-Arthur 4K131 Cleveland-Kennedy 4K132 "The Age of F.D.R." 2Q95 World War II Printed and mimeographed material 2L90 Printed material and press releases, Smaller War Plants Corporation, 1942-1945 2L90 Printed material, trips abroad, 1944-1945 2L91 Pamphlets: 2L91 Relating to Texas 2L91 Miscellaneous 2L92 Reprints 2L93 Periodicals: 2L93 1930-1949 2L94 1951-1954 2L94 1931-1954 2L95 Maverick's printed Congressional materials 2L95 Printed government documents, 1920-1954 2L96 Printed material: 2L96 Programs, 1915-1954 2L96 Magazine articles, 1904-1954 2L96 Photostats 2L97 Legal documents 2L97 Brochures 2L97 Broadsides 2L98 Mimeographed material: 2L98 1930-April 1952, undated 2L99 May-December 1952, 1953-1954 2L99 Certificates 2L99 Postage stamps 2L99 Confederate and Chinese money 2L99 Topo Chico stock 2L100 Miscellaneous printed material: 2L100 Christmas cards 2L100 Invitations 2L100 Miscellaneous manuscripts 2L100 Speeches 2L100 Poetry (not by Maverick) 2L100 Famous autographs 2L101 Famous autographs 2L101 Governmental documents, 1814-1917 2L101 Political posters 2L101 Plans for Trail Driver's Memorial, 1931 Maury-Slayden-Maverick family papers 2L102 Slayden correspondence, 1891-1924, undated 2L102 Maury family papers, 1769-1900 2L102 Ellen Maury Slayden notebooks, notes and memoranda 2L103 Slayden: 2L103 Invitations and programs 2L103 Pictorials 2L103 Printed 2L103 Legal papers 2L103 Clippings 2L103 Literary production 2L104 Original manuscript of Washington Wife, Chapters I-XXV 2L104 Albert Maverick: 2L104 Correspondence, 1874-1943 2L105 Notes and memoranda 2L105 Business papers 2L105 Printed material 2L105 Clippings 2L105 Samuel A. Maverick, miscellaneous Miscellaneous 2.325/V25 Argonne article, undated 2L111 Senator Alvin Wirtz’s Closing Argument (on behalf of Maury Maverick, Sr., in Maverick’s trial for vote fraud) [2008-160], 1939 2.116/OD1223A Reproductions of the Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights and Constitution 2.116/OD1223A Map of Maury Maverick's Oriental tour, 1945 2.116/OD1223A Certificate of French Legion of Honor, 1946 2.116/OD1223A Photostats of article on longhorns, San Antonio Express, August 8, 1929 Duplicate material 2L106-2L109, 2L112-2L113, 2L115 Duplicate material 2L111 Speeches: 2L111 1930-1954 2L110 1943-1954 2L114 Periodicals 2L116 Government documents