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Inventory
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A Guide to the Morris Sheppard Papers,
1894-1953
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Creator: |
Sheppard, Morris |
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Title: |
Morris Sheppard
Papers |
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Dates: |
1894-1953 |
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Abstract: |
The Morris Sheppard
Papers reflect Sheppard's contributions as a U.S. Congressman and Senator, as
well as his literary efforts. |
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Extent: |
14 ft. |
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Language: |
Materials are written in
English. |
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Repository: |
Center for American History,The
University of Texas at Austin |
Morris Sheppard was born May 28, 1875,
in Wheatsville, Texas. He received his AB degree from the University of Texas
in 1895 and his LLB in 1897. He also earned LLB degrees at Yale and Southern
Methodist University, before beginning his law practice in Pittsburgh and
Texarkana.
In 1902 Sheppard was elected to the U.S. House of
Representatives to fill the space left vacant by his father’s death. He served
until 1913 when he became a U.S. Senator, a post he would hold until his own
death in 1941.
Among his notable legislative achievements, Sheppard
introduced the law that would become the Eighteenth Amendment, outlawing
intoxicating beverages and ushering in the era of prohibition. He also assisted
Andrew J. Volstead in writing the prohibition enforcement law. Sheppard served
as chairman of the expenditures committee for the Department of Agriculture and
in 1932 became chair of the military affairs committee. Among his other
committee assignments were commerce, irrigation and reclamation,
appropriations, and manufactures.
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The Morris Sheppard Papers reflect his contributions to national
politics as well as his literary efforts. Included are political speeches
written by Sheppard on a wide range of topics, as well as a large collection of
speeches devoted to the Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Association.
Another large component of the papers consists of material relating to
Sheppard’s work What Shakespeare Says About It: Comments
of Shakespeare on Over Four Thousand Subjects. This includes
typescripts, manuscript notes, typeset proofs, and galley proofs. The
manuscript was created in the 1930s and published posthumously in 1953. The
edited typescript includes a 25-page introductory biography of Sheppard
condensed from the biography written by his daughter, Lucile Sheppard
Keyes.
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Access Restrictions
Unrestricted access.
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Morris Sheppard Papers, 1894-1953,
Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
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Inventory |
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| 3N187 |
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Speeches and addresses: |
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Agriculture, 1935 |
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Business and economic policies, 1923-1940 and undated |
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Commerce and shipping, 1922-1939 and undated |
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Congressional career, 1936 |
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Democratic Party, 1924-1934 and undated |
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Education, 1927 and undated |
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Fraternal and service organizations, 1919-1928 |
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| 3N188 |
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Fraternal and service organizations, 1931-1940 and undated |
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Military affairs, 1922-1939 and undated |
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New Deal, Franklin Roosevelt, and Sam Rayburn,
1934-1941 and undated |
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Prohibition, 1930-1935 and undated |
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Religion and religious beliefs, 1930-1934 and undated |
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Southern patriotism, 1897 and undated |
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Women’s Suffrage Amendment, 1918 |
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Remarks about Morris Sheppard, 1936-1941 and undated |
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| 3N189 |
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Printed Material: |
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Hearings and Reports of the
Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds of the House of
Representatives, 1st Session, 62nd Congress, embossed with Sheppard’s
name, 1911 |
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Report of the Mississippi Valley
Committee of the Public Works Administration, annotated by Sheppard,
1934 |
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“We Still Need a Bill of Rights,” by Raymond L. Wise,
reprint from The Nation, March 11, 1939 |
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“The Twenty-third Amendment,” by Raymond L. Wise,
undated |
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Literary Productions: |
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Galley proofs: What Shakespeare
Says About It, undated |
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| 3N190 |
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Typescript (edited): What
Shakespeare Says About It, compiled by Morris Sheppard |
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| 3N191 |
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Typescript (carbon copy): What
Shakespeare Says About It |
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| 3N192 |
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Typescript (carbon copy): What
Shakespeare Says About It |
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| 3N193 |
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Typescript (carbon copy): What
Shakespeare Says About It |
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| 3N194 |
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Typescript (carbon copy): What
Shakespeare Says About It |
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| 3N195 |
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Typescript (carbon copy): What
Shakespeare Says About It |
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Typescript proofs: What
Shakespeare Says About It |
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| 2G193 |
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Political Correspondence: |
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Letter to Gov. O.M. Roberts (copy), 1894 |
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Letters written, 1912-1940 |
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| 2G194 |
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Letters received, 1912-1936 |
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| 2G195 |
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Letters received, 1936-1942 |
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| 2G196 |
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Speeches and addresses |
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Business, industry, and economic policies,
1910-1940 and undated |
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Campaign speeches, 1913-1940 and undated |
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The New Deal, 1934-1940 and undated |
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Commerce and shipping, 1905-1940 and undated |
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Land and home ownership, 1915-1939 |
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The Townsend Plan, undated |
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Maternal and Infancy Act, 1926-1930 |
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Federal Credit Union System, 1934 |
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Immigration and prostitution, undated |
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Anti-lynching, undated |
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Irrigation and reclamation, 1914 and undated |
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| 2G197 |
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World War I, 1929 and undated |
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Foreign relations, 1919-1924 |
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Military affairs, 1935-1941 and undated |
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Prohibition, 1914-1941 and undated |
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Federal Corrupt Practices Act, 1912-1937 |
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U.S. Judiciary and the U.S. Constitution, 1937 and undated |
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Religion and religious beliefs, 1896-1934 and undated |
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| 2G198 |
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Democratic Party, 1928-1937 and undated |
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Patriotism, 1897-1926 and undated |
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American flag, undated |
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Tributes and dedications, 1911-1939 and undated |
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Speeches by others, 1926-1940 and undated |
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Notes and data for political activities, 1920-1940 and undated |
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Campaign material: vote counts, expenditures, and
itinerary, 1930-1936 and undated |
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| 2G199 |
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Voting records and index, 1913-1915, 1930-1934 |
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Acts and bills, 1919-1940 and undated |
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Proposals, amendments, and resolutions, 1935-1939 and undated |
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Cases, decisions, and opinions, 1870-1937 and undated |
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Reports, 1934-1940 |
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Newsclippings and statements to the press, 1900-1936 and undated |
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Printed material, 1914-1940 and undated |
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Lecture notes, at the University of Texas, ca. 1896 |
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Personal receipts, 1930-1940 and undated |
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Biographical material, undated |
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Radio script and interview, 1939-1941 and undated |
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| 3K149 |
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Literary productions, undated |
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Shakespeare index, A – K |
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| 3K150 |
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Shakespeare index, L – Z |
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Shakespeare index: list of terms, preliminary index,
and index key |
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Scrapbooks |
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Scrapbook 4, 1902-1903 |
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Scrapbook 5, 1902-1903 |
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Scrapbook 9, 1906-1910 |
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Scrapbook 12, 1911-1912 |
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Scrapbook 10, 1906-1908 |
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Scrapbook 13, 1911-1914 |
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Scrapbook 21, 1920-1927 |
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Scrapbook 24, 1927-1929 |
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Scrapbook 25, 1927-1929 |
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| 3L471 |
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Scrapbook 26, 1929-1931 |
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Scrapbook 28, 1933 |
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Scrapbook 3, 1899-1905 |
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Scrapbook 1, 1888-1903 |
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Scrapbook 2, 1849-1902 |
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Scrapbook 6, 1903-1906 |
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Scrapbook 7, 1904-1906 |
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Scrapbook 8, 1906-1910 |
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Scrapbook 11, 1908-1911 |
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Scrapbook 14, 1912-1920 |
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Scrapbook 16, 1914-1916 |
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Scrapbook 15, 1914-1917 |
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Scrapbook 18, 1916-1919 |
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Scrapbook 17, 1916-1917 |
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Scrapbook 19, 1919-1922 |
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Scrapbook 20, 1919-1923 |
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| 3M4 |
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Scrapbook 22, 1922-1924 |
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| 3M5 |
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Scrapbook 27, 1930-1935 |
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Scrapbook 33, 1938-1939 |
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Scrapbook 29, 1935-1941 |
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| 4L391 |
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Scrapbook 23, 1924 |
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| 4L392 |
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Scrapbook 30, 1935-1936 |
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| 4L393 |
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Scrapbook 31, 1936-1937 |
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Scrapbook 32, 1938-1939 |
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Photographs |
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| 3S2 |
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Photographs |
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| OD1301 |
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Broadside: “Record of Morris Sheppard in the United
States Senate,” 1915 |
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