urn:taro:utexas.cah.01552 A Guide to the Lucchese Boot Company Records, 1910-1968 Original EAD encoding by Jessi Fishman according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. May 2010 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Lucchese Boot Company Lucchese Boot Company Records 1910-1968 Materials are written in English. 72-022 29 ft., 1 1/2 in. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Day to day records of the operation of the Lucchese Boot Company, opened in San Antonio around 1883 by Sam Lucchese and his brothers, include correspondence, day books, journals, measurement books, tax records, receipts, and bills. Biographical Sketch

Sam Lucchese and his brothers, who emigrated from Sicily to the United States in 1883, founded the Lucchese Boot and Shoe Factory in San Antonio shortly after settling there. After his stroke in 1923, Sam’s son Cosimo took over the business, and in turn Cosimo’s son, Samuel James Lucchese, took over after Cosimo’s death in 1961.

The Lucchese Boot Company was well known for the beauty and quality of its boots, and Samuel James Lucchese designed boots for many famous people, including John Wayne, Gregory Peck, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Lady Bird and Lyndon B. Johnson, and Arkansas governor Winthrop Rockefeller. In 1970, Lucchese sold the Boot Company to Blue Bell, Incorporated, of Greensboro, North Carolina, the parent company of Wrangler, for whom Lucchese had been doing consulting work.

Sources: Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. Lucchese, Sam, http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/LL/fluan.html (accessed June 22, 2010).

Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. Lucchese, Samuel James, http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/LL/flutp.html (accessed June 22, 2010).

Scope and Contents

The Lucchese Boot Company Records, 1910-1968, consist of day to day records of the operation of the Company, including correspondence; financial records including employee pay records, tax records, day books, receipts, and bills; journals; and measurement books.

Access Restrictions

Employee pay records and tax statements are restricted.

Use Restrictions

These records are stored remotely. Advance notice required for retrieval. Contact repository for retrieval.

 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Lucchese, Sam, 1868–1929 Lucchese, Samuel James, 1923–1980 Autry, Gene, 1907-1998 Belli, Melvin M., 1907-1996 Briscoe, Dolph Bryant, Anita Connally, John Bowden, 1917-1993 Crosby, Bing, 1903-1977 Daniel, Price De Carlo, Yvonne Dee, Vincent Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 Peck, Gregory, 1916-2003 Schramm, Texas E., 1920- Shivers, Allan, 1907-1985 Robertson, Dale, 1923- Subjects (Organizations) Lucchese Boot Company--Archives. Variety. New York, 1905- Subjects Boots Family-owned business enterprises Business records Places San Antonio (Tex.) Preferred Citation

Lucchese Boot Company Records, 1910-1968, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

 Processing Information

This collection was processed by W. H. Richter, January 1975.

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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