A Guide to the Maury Maverick, Sr.,
Collection
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Creator: |
Maverick, Maury,
Sr. |
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Title: |
Maury Maverick, Sr.,
Collection |
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Dates: |
1769-1954, 1989 |
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Abstract: |
Papers document the
personal life and professional career of Maury Maverick, Sr., lawyer,
businessman, United States Congressman and Mayor of San Antonio,
Texas. |
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Extent |
47 ft., 8 in. |
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Language |
Materials are in English. |
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Repository |
Center for American
History, The University of Texas at Austin |
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.
Materials document the personal and professional life of Maury
Maverick, Sr., as well as the personal affairs of the Maury, Slayden and
Maverick families.
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Organization of the Papers |
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This collection is organized into 13 series: |
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I. Correspondence |
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II. Speeches |
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III. Proclamations |
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IV. Literary production |
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V. School and military papers |
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VI. Legal documents |
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VII. Notebooks, diaries and memoranda |
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VIII. Newspapers and clippings |
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IX. Scrapbooks |
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X. Printed and mimeographed material |
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XI. Family papers |
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XII. Miscellaneous |
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XIII. Duplicate material |
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Arrangement of the Papers |
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Materials are arranged chronologically. |
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Subjects (Persons): |
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Maverick, Albert,
1854-1947. |
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Maverick, Maury,
1895-1954--Archives. |
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Maverick, Samuel
Augustus, 1803-1870. |
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Slayden, Ellen Maury,
1860-1926. |
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Subjects (Organizations): |
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Smaller War Plants
Corporation. |
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St. Mary's University
(San Antonio, Tex.) |
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United States.
Congress. |
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United States. War
Production Board. |
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University of Texas at
Austin. |
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Virginia Military
Institute. |
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Subjects (Families): |
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Maury family. |
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Maverick family. |
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Slayden family. |
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Subjects: |
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Legislators--United
States--Archives. |
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Mayors--Texas--San
Antonio. |
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Subjects (Places): |
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La Villita (San Antonio,
Tex.) |
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San Antonio
(Tex.)--History--Sources. |
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San Antonio
(Tex.)--Politics and government. |
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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
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Maury Maverick, Sr., Collection, 1769-1954, 1989, Center for American
History, The University of Texas at Austin.
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Correspondence |
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General correspondence: |
| box |
| 2L19 |
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1912-1918 |
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| 2L20 |
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1919-1920, 1923-1924,
1926-1931 |
| box |
| 2L21 |
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1932-1935 |
| box |
| 2L22 |
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1936 |
| box |
| 2L23 |
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1937-1938 |
| box |
| 2L24 |
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1939 |
| box |
| 2L25 |
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January-September 1940 |
| box |
| 2L26 |
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October 1940-December 1941 |
| box |
| 2L27 |
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January-June 1942 |
| box |
| 2L28 |
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July 1942-March 1943 |
| box |
| 2L29 |
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April-December 1943 |
| box |
| 2L30 |
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1944 |
| box |
| 2L31 |
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1945 |
| box |
| 2L32 |
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1946-1947 |
| box |
| 2L33 |
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1948 |
| box |
| 2L34 |
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1949 |
| box |
| 2L35 |
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January-September 1950 |
| box |
| 2L36 |
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October 1950-May 1951 |
| box |
| 2L37 |
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June-September 1951 |
| box |
| 2L38 |
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October-December 1951 |
| box |
| 2L39 |
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January-June 1952 |
| box |
| 2L40 |
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July-October 1952 |
| box |
| 2L41 |
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November 1952-February 1953 |
| box |
| 2L42 |
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March-July 1953 |
| box |
| 2L43 |
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August 1953-February 1954 |
| box |
| 2L44 |
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March-June 1954 |
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Correspondence relating to Maury Maverick,
1954-1959 |
| box |
| 2L45 |
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Subject correspondence: |
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American Civil Liberties Union,
1928-1932, 1934-1940, 1944 |
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Maverick's Mexican saddle,
1941 |
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| 2L46 |
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Bar associations,
1943, 1946-1954 |
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Book collecting: |
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1948-September 1949 |
| box |
| 2L47 |
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October 1949-December 1952 |
| box |
| 2L48 |
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1953-1954 |
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Campaign for Congress: |
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January-June 1936 |
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| 2L49 |
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July-December 1936 |
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Democratic National Campaign,
1940 |
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Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies,
1940-1941 |
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Constitution book,
1937-1938 |
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| 2L50 |
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"Crackpot" file,
1937-1941 |
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Diga colony and relief work,
September 1932-October 1933 |
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| 2L51 |
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Family correspondence,
1942-1945 |
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Far East,
August 1949-December 1951 |
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Harry Truman,
1952-1953 |
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| 2L52 |
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Great Seal,
1943-1944, January 1949-January
1954 |
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La Villita,
1939-1941 |
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Miscellaneous 1952,
1949-1954 |
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| 2L53 |
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"Rip Snorters",
1945 |
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Texas history,
1948-1954 |
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Trips abroad: |
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England,
1944 |
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France,
1945 |
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| 2L54 |
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France,
1945 |
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The Orient,
June 1945-May 1946 |
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H. B. Zachry Construction Company: |
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September 1949-1951 |
| box |
| 2L55 |
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1951-1953 |
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Most Mexican laws (pertains to contracts and Falcon
Dam) |
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Notebook, re: Falcon Dam Project |
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Trips to Mexico |
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Speeches |
| box |
| 2L56 |
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1920, 1930-1932 |
| box |
| 2L57 |
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1933 |
| box |
| 2L58 |
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1934 |
| box |
| 2L59 |
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1934-1935 |
| box |
| 2L60 |
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1936-1938 |
| box |
| 2L61 |
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1939-April 1940 |
| box |
| 2L62 |
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April 1940-1941 |
| box |
| 2L63 |
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1942-1944 |
| box |
| 2L64 |
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January-October 1945, February-December
1946 |
| box |
| 2L65 |
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Campaign speeches: |
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February-May 1947 |
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| 2L66 |
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1947 fragments and undated |
| box |
| 2L67 |
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1947 fragments and undated |
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1952-1954, undated |
| box |
| 2L68 |
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1952-1954, undated |
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Proclamations |
| box |
| 2L69 |
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Proclamations as Mayor, 1939-1941 |
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Literary production |
| box |
| 2L69 |
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Before 1930 |
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| 2L70 |
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1930-1939, 1940-1949 |
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Odyssey of a V.I.P.,
1944-1945 |
| box |
| 2Q95 |
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Typescript, Odyssey of a V.I.P.:
Impressions of England and France in the Sixth Year of the War, by Maury
Maverick |
| box |
| 2L71 |
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1950-1954 |
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School and military papers |
| box |
| 2L71 |
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School papers: |
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Virginia Military Institute |
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University of Texas at Austin |
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St. Mary's University |
| box |
| 2L72 |
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Military papers,
1917-1920, 1940, 1942 |
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Legal documents |
| box |
| 2L72 |
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Undated |
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Before 1939 |
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1940-1954 |
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Election documents,
1934, 1940 |
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Notebooks, diaries and memoranda |
| box |
| 2L73 |
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Trips abroad,
1944-1945 |
| box |
| 2L74 |
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Miscellaneous,
1924-1953 |
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Receipts: |
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1919-1929 |
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Campaign,
1947 |
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Miscellaneous,
1949-1954 |
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| 2L75 |
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Notes and memoranda, miscellaneous,
1917-1954, undated |
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Legion of Honor materials,
1947 |
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Miscellany |
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Korea-China letter, petition, clipping,
1950, 1951, 1989 |
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Newspapers and clippings |
| box |
| 2L76 |
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English newspapers,
1919 |
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Irish newspapers,
1919 |
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Clippings: |
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1909-1939 |
| box |
| 2L77 |
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1939-1940 |
| box |
| 2L78 |
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1939, 1940-1945 |
| box |
| 2L79 |
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1947 |
| box |
| 2L80 |
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1950-1954 |
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Scrapbooks |
| box |
| 2L85 |
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Virginia Military Institute,
1912-1913 |
| box |
| 4K110 |
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1928-1931 |
| box |
| 4K111 |
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1930 |
| box |
| 4K112 |
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1931 |
| box |
| 4K113 |
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1932-1933 |
| box |
| 4K114 |
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1932 |
| box |
| 4K115 |
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1932 |
| box |
| 4K116 |
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1932 |
| box |
| 4K117 |
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1932-1933 |
| box |
| 4K118 |
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1934 |
| box |
| 4K119 |
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Huey Long |
| box |
| 4K142 |
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1936 |
| box |
| 4K143 |
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Congressional scrapbooks: |
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Number 1,
1935 |
| box |
| 4K144 |
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Number 2,
1935-1936 |
| box |
| 4K145 |
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Number 3,
1936-1937 |
| box |
| 4K146 |
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Number 4,
1937 |
| box |
| 4K147 |
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Number 5,
1937-1938 |
| box |
| 4K148 |
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Number 6,
1938 |
| box |
| 4K149 |
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Number 7,
1938 |
| box |
| 4K150 |
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"Maverick American" |
| box |
| 2L85 |
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1939 |
| box |
| 4K120 |
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1939 |
| box |
| 4K121 |
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1939-1940 |
| box |
| 2.325/V25 |
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1939-1955 |
| box |
| 4K151 |
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1940-1941 |
| box |
| 4K122 |
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1941 |
| box |
| 4K123 |
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1941 |
| box |
| 4K124 |
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Poll tax trial,
1941 |
| box |
| 4K125 |
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1942 |
| box |
| 4N24f |
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1942-1944 |
| box |
| 4N24g |
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1944 |
| box |
| 4N1a |
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1944-1945 |
| box |
| 2L86 |
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1947-1948 |
| box |
| 2L87 |
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1949-1950 |
| box |
| 2L88 |
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1951 |
| box |
| 2L89 |
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1951 |
| box |
| 4K128 |
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"Texas Declaration of Independence with Maverick
Papers and Documents" |
| box |
| 4K129 |
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"The Bexar Facts" |
| box |
| 4N8b |
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"The Presidents" |
| box |
| 4K130 |
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Presidential autographs: |
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Washington-Arthur |
| box |
| 4K131 |
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Cleveland-Kennedy |
| box |
| 4K132 |
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"The Age of F.D.R." |
| box |
| 2Q95 |
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World War II |
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Printed and mimeographed material |
| box |
| 2L90 |
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Printed material and press releases, Smaller War
Plants Corporation,
1942-1945 |
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Printed material, trips abroad,
1944-1945 |
| box |
| 2L91 |
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Pamphlets: |
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Relating to Texas |
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Miscellaneous |
| box |
| 2L92 |
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Reprints |
| box |
| 2L93 |
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Periodicals: |
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1930-1949 |
| box |
| 2L94 |
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1951-1954 |
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1931-1954 |
| box |
| 2L95 |
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Maverick's printed Congressional materials |
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Printed government documents,
1920-1954 |
| box |
| 2L96 |
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Printed material: |
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Programs,
1915-1954 |
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Magazine articles,
1904-1954 |
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Photostats |
| box |
| 2L97 |
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Legal documents |
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Brochures |
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Broadsides |
| box |
| 2L98 |
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Mimeographed material: |
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1930-April 1952, undated |
| box |
| 2L99 |
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May-December 1952, 1953-1954 |
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Certificates |
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Postage stamps |
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Confederate and Chinese money |
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Topo Chico stock |
| box |
| 2L100 |
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Miscellaneous printed material: |
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Christmas cards |
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Invitations |
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Miscellaneous manuscripts |
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Speeches |
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Poetry (not by Maverick) |
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Famous autographs |
| box |
| 2L101 |
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Famous autographs |
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Governmental documents,
1814-1917 |
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Political posters |
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Plans for Trail Driver's Memorial,
1931 |
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Maury-Slayden-Maverick family papers |
| box |
| 2L102 |
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Slayden correspondence,
1891-1924, undated |
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Maury family papers,
1769-1900 |
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Ellen Maury Slayden notebooks, notes and
memoranda |
| box |
| 2L103 |
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Slayden: |
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Invitations and programs |
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Pictorials |
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Printed |
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Legal papers |
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Clippings |
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Literary production |
| box |
| 2L104 |
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Original manuscript of Washington Wife, Chapters I-XXV |
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Albert Maverick: |
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Correspondence,
1874-1943 |
| box |
| 2L105 |
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Notes and memoranda |
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Business papers |
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Printed material |
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Clippings |
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Samuel A. Maverick, miscellaneous |
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Miscellaneous |
| box |
| 2.325/V25 |
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Argonne article,
undated |
| box |
| 2L111 |
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Senator Alvin Wirtz’s Closing Argument (on behalf of
Maury Maverick, Sr., in Maverick’s trial for vote fraud) [2008-160],
1939 |
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| 2.116/OD1223A |
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Reproductions of the Declaration of Independence, Bill
of Rights and Constitution |
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Map of Maury Maverick's Oriental tour,
1945 |
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Certificate of French Legion of Honor,
1946 |
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Photostats of article on longhorns,
San Antonio Express,
August 8, 1929 |
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Duplicate material |
| box |
| 2L106-2L109, 2L112-2L113, 2L115 |
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Duplicate material |
| box |
| 2L111 |
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Speeches: |
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1930-1954 |
| box |
| 2L110 |
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1943-1954 |
| box |
| 2L114 |
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Periodicals |
| box |
| 2L116 |
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Government documents |
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