Descriptive Summary
Mullinax, Otto
Otto Mullinax
Papers
1935-1998
Materials are written in
English.
2008-158
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inches)
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The
University of Texas at Austin
Otto Mullinax was a
Dallas lawyer who participated in labor and segregation litigation. The bulk of
the papers are subject files related to notable cases regarding free speech,
communist, labor and union activity, segregation, etc; democratic and
progressive causes and politics; activities of friends and colleagues; and
progressive publications.
Biographical NoteOtto Mullinax was born in Clearwater, TX
on June 28, 1912. He attended the University of Texas and received a BA and
LL.B degree in 1937. While at the University of Texas, he became involved in
progressive politics and ran for Texas public office as a student. He went on
to found and participate in many progressive organizations, including the
Progressive Democrats, Chaparral Club, and others. He co-founded the Dallas law
firm Mullinax & Wells in 1947, which participated in labor and segregation
litigation. It also served as general counsel to the Texas State Federation of
Labor. He represented cases for the ACLU and was one of the founders of the
progressive biweekly journal, Texas Observer. He is considered by many to have
played a leading role in progressive politics in Texas. Otto Mullinax died in
Dallas, TX on March 14, 2000.
Biographical note prepared using material from the collection and
biographical information published in Marquis Who’s Who
on the Web.
Scope and ContentsThe bulk of the papers are subject files
related to notable cases regarding free speech, communist, labor and union
activity, segregation, etc; democratic and progressive causes and politics;
activities of friends and colleagues; and progressive publications. One file
contains correspondence and notes to be used for a planned published history of
the Progressive Democrats. The subject files contain clippings, correspondence,
drafts, printed material, legal documents, and a few photographs. In addition,
there are several scrapbooks with clippings documenting similar topics. There
is a small amount of published government reports.
Access RestrictionsUnrestricted access.
Index Terms
Subjects (Persons)
Mullinax, Otto -- Archives.
Subjects (Organizations)
Texas observer.
Subjects
Liberalism -- Texas -- History -- 20th
century.
Preferred CitationOtto Mullinax Papers, 1935-1998, Center
for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
Detailed Description of the Papers
Inventory
2.325/D47
Subject Files:
2.325/D47
Dr. R.H. Montgomery,
1936-1938
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Young Democrats,
1939
2.325/D47
Progressive Democrats,
1982
2.325/D47
Clay Cochran (includes letter from Lyndon B. Johnson),
1936-1941
2.325/D47
<emph render="italic">In Fact: For the Millions Who Want a
Free Press</emph> newspaper,
1941-1942
2.325/D47
Progressive Democrats,
1993
2.325/D47
Yarborough, Ralph (letter and ephemera),
1938
2.325/D47
<emph render="italic">The Texas Citizen,</emph>
1939
2.325/D47
Rapoport & Adams,
1983-1984
2.325/D47
Chaparral Club,
1938-1939
2.325/D47
1936 Campaign for Legislature
2.325/D47
Labor (clippings, excerpts from Congressional Record,
speech draft),
1937-1939
2.325/D47
Minnie Fisher Cunningham,
1965-1975, 1994-1995
2.325/D47
American Vigilant Intelligence Federation (with 1989
annotation),
1936
2.325/D47
[Utilities & Southern Conference for Human Welfare]
(clippings, printed matter),
1938-1939
2.325/D47
“Personnel File”,
1938-1947
2.325/D47
Houston Social Hygiene Committee,
1938
2.325/D47
Division Orientation Officer (contains drafts and
clippings from column, “The Best Informed Soldier…”),
1944
2.325/D47
Equalization File,
1936
2.325/D47
My References for Bar Admission,
1935-1943
2.325/D47
Democratic Politics & Candidates-Texas and national
(clippings and ephemera),
1915, 1935-1937
2.325/D47
Herman Wright, Clay Cochran, Creekmore Fath, Chris
Dixie,
1984- 1988
2.325/D47
S.S. Barbaria vs. Otto B. Mullinax (Partnership
Agreement),
1947- 1948
2.325/D47
Campus Life,
1987-1989
2.325/D47
Irvin Boarnet (includes assorted clippings,
correspondence, report cards, etc. unrelated to original folder title),
1926-1939
2.325/D47
Lindley Beckworth,
1936-1938
2.325/D47
Jeffrey-Maverick [Maury],
1937-1939
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Mullinax & Son, cattle (receipts),
1946
2.325/D47
[Judge Clarence Guittard],
1981
2.325/D47
[Republican Senatorial Inner Circle] (letter from Dan
Quayle),
1989
2.325/D47
[Oral History Interview],
1985, 1993
2.325/D47
[Enlargement of Supreme Court] (clippings, etc.),
1937
2.325/D47
Creekmore Fath,
1938-1939
2.325/D47
Progressive Democrats Research File,
1935-1995
2.325/D47
Manuscript, “The Historical Jesus and His Beloved
Disciple,”
1998
2.325/D46
Report on the Economic Conditions of Texas (edited
draft)
2.325/D46
Printed Government Reports,
2.325/D46
Report on Economic Conditions of the South,
1938
2.325/D46
Police and Allied Powers of Municipalities in Texas,
1938
2.325/D46
Hearings Before the Committee on Education and Labor US
Senate,
1936
2.325/D46
Violations of Free Speech & Rights of Labor,
1939
2.325/D46
Scrapbooks
2.325/D46
labor and other cases,
1938-1941
2.325/D46
Democratic Primary-Mullinax running for county judge,
1940
2.325/D46
Texas Legislative Investigation of Communism at
University of Texas,
1936
2.325/D47a
Herman Wright,
1936
2.325/D47a
Wallace for President,
1948