urn:taro:utexas.cah.03092 A Guide to the Edward Crane Papers, 1883-1963 Original EAD encoding by Evan Usler according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. September 2011 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Crane, Edward, 1883-1959. Crane (Edward) Papers 1883-1959 Materials are written in English. 80-51 29884535 6 ft., 2 in. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Correspondence, photographs, maps, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous certificates, legal documents, and financial records comprise the Edward E. Crane Papers, 1883-1963, documenting Crane’s personal life and career. Biographical Note

Attorney, law professor, and university regent Edward E. Crane (1883–1959) was born to Eula Olatia (Taylor) and Martin McNulty Crane in Cleburne, Texas. He graduated from the University of Texas with B.Litt. and L.L.B. degrees in 1906. The After practicing law with his father in Dallas, Crane fought in World War I in France from 1917 to 1919. In 1927, he was appointed to the University of Texas board of regents and served as chairman of the Board for Lease of University Lands until joining the law faculty in 1933. Crane married Donna (Roberts) Fitzgerald, widow of Hugh Nugent Fitzgerald, in 1937 and became regional attorney for the Office of Price Administration in 1942.

Source:

Smyrl, Vivian Elizabeth, “Crane, Edward E.,” Handbook of Texas Online. Accessed September 16, 2011. http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fcr60.

 Scope and Contents

Correspondence, photographs, maps, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous certificates, legal documents, and financial records comprise the Edward E. Crane Papers, 1883-1963, documenting Crane’s personal life and career. The bulk of the material is personal and family correspondence, much of it reflecting his association with the University of Texas. Correspondents include Winnie Allen, Eugene C. Barker, William James Battle, Roy Bedichek, H. Y. Benedict, Tom Connally, J. Frank Dobie, J. Evetts Haley, John A. Lomax, and Dan Moody.

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 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Crane, Edward, 1883-1959 -- Archives. Allen, Winnie. Barker, Eugene Campbell, 1874-1956. Battle, William James, 1870. Bedichek, Roy, 1878-1959. Connally, Tom, 1877-1963. Crane, Martin McNulty, 1855-1943. Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964. Haley, J. Evetts (James Evetts), 1901- Lomax, John Avery, 1867-1948. Moody, Daniel James, 1893-1966. Subjects (Organizations) Democratic Party (Tex.) -- History -- 20th century. University of Texas -- History -- 20th century -- Sources. University of Texas. Board of Regents -- History -- 20th century -- Sources. University of Texas. School of Law -- History -- 20th century -- Sources. Subjects Law teachers -- Texas. Lawyers -- Texas. World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- France. Places Germany -- History -- Allied occupation, 1918-1930 -- Sources. Preferred Citation

Edward Crane Papers, 1883-1963, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.

 Processing Information

This collection was processed by archives staff. Subsequent revisions were made by Evan Usler, September 2011.

 Detailed Description of the Papers Inventory 3R123 University of Texas affairs: Miscellaneous correspondence, 1905-1962, undated Rainey controversy, 1944-1947, undated UT Law School correspondence, 1905-1948 Board of Regents: General correspondence, 1927-1929 3R124 General correspondence, 1930-June 1954 Board for Lease of University Lands: Correspondence, 1920-1931 3R125 Correspondence, 1932-1963 Landreth Corporation litigation, 1929-1931, undated Regents Committee to Investigate Athletics at UT, 1927-1931 Business correspondence: 1917-1940 3R126 1941-1959, undated Torch Club correspondence, 1925-1927 Legal affairs: General correspondence, 1907-1949, undated Letters of congratulation on return to the practice of law, 1941 Political correspondence, 1913-1959, undated Office of Price Administration correspondence, 1942, undated Tax Relief Commission correspondence, 1939 Classified personal correspondence: S. M. Adams, 1936, 1949-1950 Winnie Allen, 1949-1952 Suzanne Ashford, 1942 3R127 Eugene Campbell Barker, 1944-1952 William James Battle, 1945-1951, undated Roy Bedichek, 1931-1956, undated Harry Yandell Benedict 1927-1936, undated William B. Blocker and family, 1936-1959 Albert Boggess, 1957 Hal Browne, 1937-1943 Henry P. Burney, 1932, 1950 George L. Charlton, 1950-1956 John J. D. Cobb, 1948-1956, undated Tom Connally, 1927-1950 George B. Dealey, 1930-1941 J. Frank Dobie, 1942-1950 Bess Ferguson, 1946-1948, undated Mrs. Carter Fisher, 1938-1941 Hugh Nugent Fitzgerald, 1926-1935 Bruce Frazier and family, 1948-1956 J. Evetts Haley, 1950-1956 3R128 Marcelle L. Hamer, 1940-1945 Dexter Hamilton, 1928-1949 Joseph B. Hatchitt, 1927-1953, undated F. L. Hawkins, 1939-1949 Robert L. Holliday, 1927-1952 G. Drummond Hunt, 1935-1952 Ardon B. Judd, 1950 John Avery Lomax, 1919-1948, undated 3R129 James W. McClendon, 1932-1950 Edward F. McGlachlin and family, 1940-1954 T. H. McGregor, 1923, 1938, 1941, undated Dan Moody, 1925-1950 Robert T. Neill, 1933-1952 Thomas Edward and Rebecca Nelson, 1937-1950 Patrick I. Nixon, 1942-1950 Will E. Orgain, 1906-1907, 1921-1956 Charles S. Potts, 1928, 1945-1951 William Doniphan and Ann Robinson, 1904-1906, 1934-1954, undated William B. Ruggles, 1948-1954 Dallas Scarborough, 1932, 1955, 1957 James Shaw, 1931-1950, undated Maurice Wolf, 1950, 1953 Miscellaneous personal correspondence, 1903-1908, 1922-1959 Eula Olatia Crane: 1903-1917 3R99 1918-1919, 1936-1939, undated Martin McNulty Crane: 1894-1937 3R100 1938-1941, undated Erin Crane,1906, 1917-1918, 1935-1938 Martin McNulty Crane, Jr., and family,1905, 1918, 1934-1957, undated Nora Crane,1918 Abigail Crane,1918-1919 Olatia Crane, 1918-1921, 1935-1940, 1958 Carrie Crane Kearney and family, 1906, 1919-1957, undated Donna Roberts Fitzgerald Crane, 1916-1938, undated Miscellaneous and unidentified,1948, undated Estate administration: Raymond W. Kearney estate, 1932-1933 Hugh Nugent Fitzgerald estate, 1936-1937 Donna Roberts Fitzgerald Crane estate: General correspondence, 1937-1942 3R101 Land correspondence,1937-1941, undated M. M. Crane estate: General correspondence1940-1948, undated Oil and gas lands1939-1956, undated Military affairs: World War I official correspondence1917-1919, undated 3R102 Miscellaneous correspondence, 1925-1943 First Officers Training Camp Association correspondence, 1936-1958, undated Reminiscences, 1937-1972, undated Invitations and greeting cards, 1907-1908, 1933-1953, undated Historical research and correspondence, 1943-1950, undated Miscellaneous clippings, notes and excerpts, 1928-1959, undated Letter drafts, 1948-1957, undated 3R103 Miscellaneous notes on envelopes, undated Ed Crane obituaries and condolences, 1959 Miscellany, 1920, 1936, 1942, 1959, undated Hugh Nugent Fitzgerald papers: Letters to HNF, 1913-1935, undated Classified letters: Gutzon Borglum, 1932-1933, undated Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1931-1936, undated Tom Connally, 1928-1934 Newspaper clippings, 1916-1934, undated Printed material: Masonic magazines, 1952, 1955 Public affairs publications, 1943, 1948, 1950 Miscellaneous, 1943-1959 2.325/V41 Oversize documents 2.325/OD17 Maps 3S20 Photographs and postcards 3S49.1 Photographs