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Guide to the Keeton v. Erwin Files at the Tarlton Law Library
Contents of the CollectionThe papers chronicle Law School dean Page Keeton's controversial fight against Frank C. Erwin, and a rider in Texas House Appropriations Bill no. 5, for fiscal year ending August 1969. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Heatly of Paducah and instigated by Erwin, would have made UT Law School professors' salaries into line-items, under the direct control of the Governor. The bill's rider stemmed from a conflict between Dean Keeton and Frank C. Erwin, the president of the Board of Regents for the University. Erwin felt that Keeton was hiring too many "radicals," leaving the University and the Law School open for conflict, campus radicalism, and eventual loss of legislative funding. These papers include correspondence, clippings, and other papers collected by Keeton as he attempted to convince legislators to vote the motion down. The correspondence reflects his lobbying efforts, containing letters of support for Keeton and copies of letters to congressmen from students and alumni. The rider was eventually dropped from the bill. Return to the Table of Contents
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Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationCite AsKeeton vs. Erwin Files, Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin. Acquisition InformationTransferred from The University of Texas at Austin, School of Law, Office of the Dean. Return to the Table of Contents Detailed Description of the Collection
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