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Descriptive Summary
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A Guide to the Olin Wellborn Nichols Culberson Papers,
1860-1964
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Creator: |
Culberson, Olin Wellborn
Nichols |
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Title: |
Olin Wellborn Nichols
Culberson Papers |
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Dates: |
1860-1964 |
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Abstract: |
Olin Culberson was a
Texas Railroad Commissioner known for championing the causes of independent oil
producers. |
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Accession No.: |
73-120; 82-389; 90-373 |
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Extent: |
10 ft. |
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Language: |
Materials are written in
English. |
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Repository: |
Dolph Briscoe Center for American
History,The University of Texas at
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Olin Culberson was a Texas Railroad
Commissioner known for championing the causes of independent oil producers.
Culberson was born October 26, 1886 in Turnerville, Texas. He began his working
life in the railroad yards at the suggestion of his relative Charles A.
Culberson, Texas governor and U. S. Senator, before enlisting for World War I.
Culberson returned to Texas and was elected Hill County Clerk and then County
Judge. Culberson was then appointed examiner for the Commission in the late
1930s. He was elected to the Texas Railroad Commission in the summer of 1940.
Culberson served on the three-member commission for over 20 years,
administering the affairs of Texas’ oil-gas industry, the state’s public
carriers, and its gas utilities. Culberson was active in local politics and a
forerunner in urging the conservation of natural gas.
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Papers document the career of Culberson
(1886-1961) as a member of the Texas Railroad Commission from 1940-1961, his
interest in the regulation of the oil and gas industries by the state rather
than the federal government, and the elimination of discriminatory freight
rates against southwestern Texas. Included are correspondence, a diary,
financial accounts, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, speeches, legal records,
reports, sound recordings, motion pictures, photographs, and a large volume of
Texas Railroad Commission maps (oil and gas division) embossed with Ernest O.
Thompson’s name. Photographs contain images of Culberson’s family and friends
and his colleagues at the commission.
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Access Restrictions
Access to the audio and moving image portions of these papers is
restricted for preservation purposes. Contact repository for more
information.
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Subjects (Persons) |
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Craven, Walter |
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Culberson, Charles Allen,
1855-1925. |
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Culberson, Olin Wellborn
Nichols |
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Daniel, Price |
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Davenport, John |
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Fields, William A. |
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Jester, Beaufort Halbert |
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McCalla, Kenneth |
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Mitchell, George |
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Murray, W. J., Jr. |
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Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William),
1885-1966. |
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Pressler, Herman P. |
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Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961. |
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Scrivener, Arthur |
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Thompson, Ernest Othmer, 1892-
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White, Ben |
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Yarborough, Ralph Webster, 1903-1996
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Young, John |
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Subjects (Organizations) |
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Railroad Commission of Texas |
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Subjects |
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Petroleum industry and
trade--Texas. |
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Politicians--Texas |
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Railroads--Texas. |
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Places |
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Houston (Tex.) |
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Olin Wellborn Nichols Culberson Papers,
1860-1964, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas
at Austin.
Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s "History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light" project, 2009-2011.
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Inventory: |
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Correspondence: |
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1942-1960 |
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Speeches: |
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“Americanism,” Women’s Club of San Antonio, Texas,
Feb. 24, 1960 |
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“Anglo American Treaty,” Public Affairs Club, Dallas,
Texas |
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“Armistice Day,” American Legion,
November 11, 1948 |
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“Bill of Rights” |
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“Boy Scout Speech” |
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“A Calm Appraisal of A Vital Question,”
Houston Post,
February 12, 1951 |
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| 3G311 |
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“Campaign Speeches of Olin Culberson,”
May 4, 1940 – July 25, 1946, and
undated |
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“Christopher Columbus,” Italo-American Club, San
Antonio, Texas,
October 19, 1951 |
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“Citizenship,”
June 5, 1956, and February 27,
1958 |
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“A Citizen’s Duty To His Country,” Denton Lions Club,
Denton, Texas,
April 17, 1959 |
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“Communism” |
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“Conservation,”
Sept. 10, 1953, and May 5,
1959 |
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“Constitution” |
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“Culberson’s Banquet Speech,” Dallas, Texas,
November 5, 1951 |
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“Dallas Testimonial Dinner,” Dallas, Texas,
September 13, 1957 |
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“Danger of Military Control” |
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“Decontrol,” North Texas Oil and Gas
Association |
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“Dedication of Monument – Seventy Years of Oil
Celebration,” San Antonio, Texas,
Sept. 1, [?] |
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“Dedicatory Address,” Gatesville, Texas,
December 14, 1946 |
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“Delinquency Blame Falls Upon Us All” |
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“Democracy Must Survive,”
1945 |
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“Determination of MER in Texas,” The Phoenix IOCC,
May 1952 |
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“A Diagnosis of Our Uneasiness” |
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“A Discussion of States’ Rights,” Friday Club,
Houston, Texas |
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“Divine Destiny Shaped America” |
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“The Early Days of Oil,” Exchange Club,
March 7, 1956 |
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“Easter” |
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“Economics,”
September 10, 1952 |
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“For American Families: A Pattern That Is
Changing” |
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“Freedom,” Daughters of American Revolution, April,
1954 |
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“Freedom, (Individual Rights)” |
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“Freight Rates Ruling,” West Texas Today, pp. 11-12,
November 1945 |
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“God and The Atom (Atomic Energy),”
1949 |
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“Glass Making – An Ancient Art” |
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“Government,”
1935-1951 |
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“Graduation,”
1942, 1945, 1951-1952 |
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“Hidden Texas” |
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“Holy Week” |
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“The Illusion of Permanence” |
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“Independence Day,”
July 4, 1947, and undated |
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“Internationalism And The Survival of State Powers,”
Wichita Falls, Texas,
March 29, 1958 |
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“Jokes and Poems,“
1950-1951 |
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“Jenken Lloyd Jones,”
October 17, 1950 |
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[Love For Our Government] |
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“Magic Barrel” |
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[The Magna Charter] |
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“Masonry and Education” |
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“Memorial Day,”
November 4, 1945, and undated |
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“Mother’s Day,” Luling Kiwanis Club, Luling, Texas,
May 16, 1945 |
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“National Defense” |
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“Need For Christian Citizenship” |
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“The Need For Looking Ahead” |
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[A Nuclear Arms Race] |
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“Oath of Office,” [Austin, Texas],
January 2, 1941 |
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“Oil-Gas Depletion,”
Houston Post,
October 5, 1951 |
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“Oil-Gas Depletion Allowance,”
San Angelo Standard Times,
October 3, 1951 |
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“Oil-Gas Statistics” |
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“Oil and Its Effect On Texas Economy,” Dallas (Ft.
Worth/Dallas SKAL Club),
October 21, 1957 |
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“Oil Imports and Us,” Downtown Rotary Club, Dallas,
Texas,
June19, 1957 |
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“Oil’s Progress,” Civic and Business Groups on Oil
Progress Day,
October 14, 1948 |
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“Oil and Gas Resources of Texas,”
1944-1945, 1947-1949,
1951-1952 |
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“Old Trail Drivers,”
1950-1951 |
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“Organization And History Of The Railroad Commission,”
November 18, 1941 |
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“Our Constitution, U. S. A.,” Fort Worth Kiwanis Club,
Fort Worth, Texas,
February 17, 1955 |
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“Oysters or Eagles?” |
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“The Political Career of Thomas Jefferson,” Patrick
Henry Chapter, No. 11, Austin, Texas,
February 22, 1943 |
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“Preamble” |
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“Procedures, etc. of Railroad Commission,” Dallas Bar
Association Clinic Meeting, Dallas, Texas,
March 19, 1955 |
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“Progress In The Permian Basin of West
Texas” |
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“Religion” |
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“Responsibilities of Man” |
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“Riders Wanted” |
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“The Rights of Man” |
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“The Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the University of
Texas,”
1958 |
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“The Spirit of George Washington” |
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“Squeeze Is On For Oil Industry,”
The Odessa American, p. 15A,
Sunday, October 13, 1957 |
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“States Rights and Constitutional
Government” |
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“The State’s Rights In Conservation,” Conference on
Petroleum Land Management, McMurry College, Abilene, Texas,
October 23-24, 1957 |
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“The Texas Cowboy,” Old Trail Drivers’ Association,
San Antonio, Texas |
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“The Texas Fraternal Congress,” Houston, Texas,
November 20, 1953 |
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“Texas History” |
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“Texas Oil and The Railroad Commission of Texas,”
May 8, 1958 |
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“Statement by Olin Culberson,”
Texas Oil Journal,
February, 1951 |
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“Transportation In Texas,” Galveston-Firemen’s
Convention, Galveston, Texas |
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“West-Central Texas Oil & Gas Association,”
August 22, 1940 and October 3,
1940 |
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“Who Will Write Present History For Future
World?” |
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“Why The Iron Curtain Helps The West,” Readers Digest,
March, 1952 |
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“Women In Federal Government” |
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“The World Today” |
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May 31,1940 – August 12, 1940 |
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August 13, 1940 – August 23,
1940 |
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1941-1942, 1946 |
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1947, 1951, 1954, 1956-1958, and
undated |
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| 3G316 |
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Press releases,
1941-1961 |
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| 3P37 |
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Photographs: |
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“Vote for Olin Culberson for Railroad
Commissioner”
[lantern slide] |
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[young girl] |
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[Olin Culberson working]
[Click for image] |
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[Olin Culberson being sworn in]
[Click for image] |
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| 3S28 |
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My trip down the Houston Ship Channel,
May 21, 1949
(Album) |
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Olin Culberson and associates |
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The Olin Culberson family and homes |
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| 3S130 |
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Texas Railroad Association Dinner, honoring members,
Texas Railroad Commission, Austin, Texas,
October 17, 1955
(Album) |
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| 3S182 |
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Chester W. Nimitz, et al, autographed |
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Olin Culberson |
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Drawings: |
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Political Cartoons:
[Click for images] |
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“Decline and Fall of Independent Oil Producers,”
Bill McClanahan |
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“Nibble or Bite?” Herc Ficklen |
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[Oil Industry],
1940, 1950 |
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Culberson Family Coat of Arms |
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Moving image: |
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16mm reels of film on Olin Culberson, KRLR-TV, Dallas,
undated |
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| 3P37 RESTRICTED |
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Unidentified reels of film
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Olin Culberson, KRLD-TV, Herald Square Texas,
undated |
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| 2.325/S Oversized RESTRICTED |
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Sound Recordings
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Opening speech for Railroad Commissioner, Hillsboro,
Texas,
1940 |
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Discs, Part 1 and Part 2, Seguin, Texas,
July 4, 1941 |
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Disc No. 126 and 127, Commissioner Olin Culberson,
Duncan Coffee Company,
March 23-24, 1942 |
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Discs Part No. 1 and Part No. 2, W. L. Coker Campaign,
Monday,
July 1, 1946 |
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Ser. 10-2732, Mr. Olin Culberson, VOX POP CBS. AIR,
October 15, 1946 |
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Union Bus Lines, Hon. Olin Culberson, KRGV, American
Broadcasting Company,
November 10, 1946 and November 17,
1946 |
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No. 1, Set 1 and No. 1 Set 2, Olin Culberson, Lubbock
Texas,
March 23, 1952 |
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No. 3, Set 1 and No. 4, Set 1, Olin Culberson,
March 23, 1952 |
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No. 7, Set 1 and No. 8, Set 1, Olin Culberson,
Lubbock, Texas,
March 22, 1952 and March 23,
1952 |
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No. 5, Set 1 and No. 6, Set 1, Olin Culberson,
March 22-23, 1952 |
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Part 1 and Part 3; Part 2 and Part 4, Paul Harvey,
KNOW, Pioneer Broadcasting Company C., Austin, Texas,
Sunday, April 13, 1952 |
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KOLE, Port Arthur, Texas, Olin Culberson – Interview,
November 19, 1955 |
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THIS IS YOUR LIFE, Olin Culberson, Side 2 and Side 4;
Side 1 and Side 3, Program at Appreciation Dinner, Petroleum Club, (KCRS),
Midland, Texas,
March 28, 1957 |
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No. 1 and No. 2, Roy Terry Introduction |
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No. 3 and No. 4, Roy Terry [Introduction] |
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No. 5 and No. 6, Fred Erisman, George A. Holder and M.
W. Day |
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No. 7 and No. 8, M. W. Day, L. H. Reed, W. D. Watson
and John Wrather, |
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No. 9 and No. 10, John Wrather |
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No. 11 and No. 12, Bill Murray |
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No. 13 and No. 14, Bill Murray, Foster Bean, Gen.
Thompson, A. B. Childs |
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No. 15 and No. 16, A. B. Childs, Mrs.
Culberson |
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Play 1 and Play 2, Olin Culberson, KOCA,
March 10, 1950 |
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A115 and B115, Part 1 and Part 3, Nesbitt and Olin
Culberson,
December 16, and December 22,
[?] |
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29120 A, Side 7, EILI, EILI (My Lord, My Lord), by
Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians; and 29120 B, Side 8, THE LOST CHORD (Sir
Arthur Sullivan-Adelaide A. Procter), by Fred Waring and His
Pennsylvanians |
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Part One, 784B, Funny Papers, December 19, [?], Part
Two, 784A, Olin Culberson, December 16, [?] |
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Part One 783B, Olin Culberson, December 16, [?], and
Part Two 783A, Cedril,
December 17, [?] |
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Audio Disc 6078, Dee Humphery, August 13, 1940, and
other side unlabeled |
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Blank discs |
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Scrapbooks: |
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1860-1865, 1895, 1901, 1916, 1925,
1939-1953 |
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July 1935 – February 1940 |
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1939 – 1942 |
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January – April 1940 |
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May – August 1940 |
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August – October 1940 |
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January 1943 – December 1944 |
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January 1947 – December 1948 |
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January 1947 – December 1948 |
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1951 -1955 |
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1891, 1903, 1935, 1948, 1953 –
1961 |
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1954 – 1961 |
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Broadside: |
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“They Are Outstanding,”
Austin American Statesman,
Austin, Texas,
January 12, 1964 |
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Maps: |
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Railroad Commission of Texas Oil and Gas Division,
Ernest O. Thompson,
1940-1941 |
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Memorabilia: |
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Certificate of Membership, presented to H. C. Lindsey
by C. A. Culberson, Governor of the State of Texas, Austin,
July 29, 1898 |
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Certificate for Master of Scottish Rite,
April 1951 |
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Proclamation of Honorary Citizenship, Waco, Texas,
1957 |
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Certificate of Appreciation, Houston, Texas,
1958 |
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Certificate of Honor, Members and Personnel of the
Railroad Commission of Texas,
May 24, 1941 |
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Biography of Olin Culberson,
1886-1961 |
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Certificate of Appreciation, Rotary Club of Corpus
Christi, Texas,
May 1, 1958 |
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Certificate of Honorary Membership, American Legion,
May 10, 1961 |
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Certificate of Merit, State Railroad Commissioner of
Texas,
January 2, 1941 |
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Certificate of Merit, American Cancer Society, Inc.,
1960 |
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The Mike Flynn Citizenship Award Data, Established by
Olin Culberson,
1948-1958 |
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Miscellaneous certificates, proclamation, and diploma,
1947-1959 |
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Guest log, Olin Culberson’s birthday,
October 26, 1948 |
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Honor guest ribbon, 58th Annual Washington’s Birthday
Celebration, Laredo, Texas,
February 17-23, 1955 |
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Ernest O. Thompson’s Resignation, Texas National
Guard, Camp Mabry, Austin,
July 13, 1947 |
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Guest book from Edna Lodge No. 767,
February 7, 1958 |
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Olin Culberson’s personal diary, “My trip to Europe,”
July – October 1958 |
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The TIPRO, Tyler, Texas,
1953-1960 |
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Pension Plan Study Committee, State Firemen’s and
Firemen’s Association of Texas,
May 7, 1958 – February 17,
1960 |
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Culberson’s personal birthday greetings,
1960 |
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Announcements and resolution,
1961 |
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[Humorous Military regulations for Staff Officers],
from Ernest O. Thompson |
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Proverb
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[Illustrated program from dinner honoring Mr. Olin
Culberson],
November 5, 1941 |
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TIPRO Reporter, August 1953
[“Olin Culberson—Champion of the Independent” on cover] |
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School enrollment ledger, 1876-1906 [for “The Story of
the Public Schools of Hill Co. Thompson”?] |
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Culberson Family Bible |
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Framed bookplate of Tom Edward Pooley |
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Bookplate of Martha Vogeler W |
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Publications: |
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"A Layman’s Impressions"
Harry Hines
[signed booklet] |
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"More Leaves from the Scrapbook of
M. W. Terrell"
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"The Greatest Confederate
Commander" |
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"The Old Plantations and Their
Owners of Brazoria County, Texas," Abner J. Strobel |
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"A Century of Texas Governors and
Capitols, Republic and State," Citizenship Series Number Five, Flag Day,
June 14, 1943 |
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"The National Word-Lists: 7 and 8
Letter Words, with a Treatise on How to Solve Word Building Puzzles,"
The National Book Club,
1953 |
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"The National Word-Lists: 2, 3 and
4 Letter Words," The National Book Club,
1953 |
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"Collier’s," July 7, 1951 |
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Albums: |
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Acknowledgment of invitations,
August – September, 1957 |
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This Is Our Life, The Culbersons,
1935-1961 |
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| 4M627 |
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A Tribute to Olin Culberson, Dinner Dance Honoring
Judge Olin Culberson, Houston, Texas,
February 28, 1958 |
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| 4M628 |
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Tributes to Olin Culberson,
1943-1962 |
| box |
| 3G321 |
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World Atlas, Rand McNally & Company |
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Tributes to Olin Culberson,
1961, 1967 |
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Miscellany: |
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Political file of Olin Culberson,
1940-1947 |
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Campaign expense account,
1946 |
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Campaign endorsers,
January 15, 1940 |
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Radio and television speeches |
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Fragments of speeches |
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Speeches by friends: |
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1925 - 1961 and undated |
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Clippings: |
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Newspaper and magazine excerpts |
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Communism and un-American activities,
1945-1949 |
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Miscellaneous |
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