urn:taro:utexas.cah.03160 A Guide to the Don Yarborough Collection, 1968 Original EAD encoding by Mark Firmin according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. March 2012 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Yarborough, Don, 1925-2009 Yarborough, Don, Collection 1968 Materials are written in English. 2000-204 782071143 5 in. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin The Don Yarborough Collection comprises five sixteen-millimeter films documenting the 1968 Democratic gubernatorial primary campaign of Don Yarborough. Biographical Note

A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin (UT) and the UT Law School, Donald Howard Yarborough (1925-2009) was a Democratic politician, whose ability to articulate liberal values helped bring reform to the Texas Democratic Party. His first foray into politics came in 1960, when he unsuccessfully ran for Lieutenant Governor. In 1962, he shocked the Democratic establishment in Texas by coming within 28,000 votes of defeating Lyndon Johnson’s protégé, John Connally, Jr., in the Democratic gubernatorial primary. He unsuccessfully challenged Connally again in 1964 and lost to Preston Smith in 1968. Centered around civil rights, the environment, and social justice, his campaigns galvanized labor and minorities, building a strong foundation for the liberal faction of the Texas Democratic Party.

Sources:

Grimes, William. Don Yarborough Dies at 83; Stirs Texas Politics. New York Times, September 23, 2009. Accessed March 20, 2012.http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/24/us/24yarborough.html?_r=1.

Tolson, Mike Texas Politician Donald Yarborough Dies at 83.Houston Chronicle, September 23, 2009. Accessed March 30, 2012.http://www.chron.com/news/ houston-texas/article/Texas-politician-Donald-Yarborough-dies-at-83-1736099.php.

Scope and Contents

Five sixteen-millimeter films compose the Don Yarborough Collection, 1968. Each film focuses on a different plank in Don Yarborough’s Democratic primary campaign against Preston Smith in 1968. One film discusses his biography, and one is ad for his gubernatorial campaign. Other films focus on issues such as pollution and insurance.

Access Restrictions

Use of video material by appointment only; please contact repository for more information.

Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Yarborough, Donald, 1925-2009 -- Archives. Smith, Preston, 1912- Subjects (Organizations) Democratic Party (Tex.) Subjects Political campaigns -- Texas. Pollution -- Texas. Insurance -- Texas. Places Texas -- Politics and government -- 1951- Preferred Citation

Don Yarborough Collection, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

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