urn:taro:utexas.blac.00112 Gustavo C. (Gus) Garcia Papers, 1936-1977 Benson Latin American Collection, 2004 Finding aid encoded by Christian Kelleher, CA, January 2005Finding aid written inEnglish. Descriptive Summary Garcia, Gustavo C. Gustavo C. (Gus) Garcia Papers 1936-1977 English 1990-20 3 linear inches Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin Photocopies of correspondence, newsclippings, photographs, and legal and written works reflecting the life and activities of Mexican American lawyer and civil rights advocate Gustavo C. "Gus" Garcia. Biographical Sketch

Gustavo C. "Gus" Garcia was born in Laredo, Texas, on 27 July 1916 and raised in San Antonio, Texas. He graduated as valedictorian from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1932, received his BA from the University of Texas in 1936, and his LLD in 1938. He served in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate Corps, as first assistant city attorney in San Antonio, and as a member of the San Antonio Independent School Board. Mr. Garcia is best remembered for his legal efforts to improve education and working conditions for Mexican Americans, including his impassioned arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court on segregation of juries in the case of Hernandez v. The State of Texas in 1954. Gustavo C. Garcia died on 3 June 1964 in San Antonio, Texas.

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Photocopies of correspondence, legal cases, newsclippings, photographs, and written materials, 1936-1977, reflect the life and career of Mexican American civil rights lawyer and advocate Gustavo C. "Gus" Garcia.

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Cite as: Gustavo C. (Gus) Garcia Papers, Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas Libraries, the University of Texas at Austin.

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The Gustavo C. (Gus) Garcia papers are classified under the following Subject Headings:

Garcia, Gustavo C.--Archives Mexican Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.--History--Sources Discrimination in criminal justice administration--Texas--History--Sources Related Material

Other material on Gus Garcia and Mexican American civil rights in Texas can be found in the George I. Sánchez Papers and the Eleuterio Escobar Papers, among other places at the Benson Latin American Collection.

 Box and Folder Inventory Inventory 11Correspondence, 1952-1972, N.d. 12Address delivered February 13, 1952 13"So Said the Dead," N.d. 14Hernandez v. State of Texas, 1953-1954, N.d. 15Villarreal v. Mathis ISD, N.d. 16Winfield v. State of Texas, 1955 17State convention of Latin American leaders creating a Texas Pro Human Relations Fund, 1951 18"Project Report: De Jure Segregation of Chicanos in Texas Schools" (Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review), 1972 19Viva Tejas by Rubén Rendón Lozano, 1936 110Newsclippings, 1952-1972 111Biographical Material, 1963-1977, N.d. 112Mailing List, N.d. 113Photographs, 1943-1960s