Earle Cabell papers 1950-1975 1961-1973

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Earle Cabell papers 1950-1975 1961-1973

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Earle Cabell (1906 – 1975) was a dairyman, food merchant, Dallas mayor, and United States Congressman. One of the founders of Cabell's, Inc., a dairy and early convenience store, Cabell served as the company's president from 1952 until it was sold to Southland Corporation in 1959. Cabell served as mayor of Dallas, just as his father and grandfather had done. His term was from 1961 to 1964, during which time he guided the city after the John F. Kennedy assassination. Cabell served four consecutive terms as Texas' Fifth District Congressman in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1964 to 1972. Almost 90 percent of this collection reflects his time as a Democratic Congressman. This compilation includes legislative and constituent correspondence, business papers, speeches, photographs, other assorted printed materials, and legislative, campaign, and mayoral files related to Cabell's career. Only a few family materials, personal papers, and genealogical materials are contained in the archive. The files of Sid Pietzch, Cabell's campaign manager, are also included in this collection.

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Cabell, Earle, 1906-1975

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Earle Cabell's grandfather William L. Cabell ("Old Tige"), who served as a Confederate general during the Civil War, moved to Dallas in 1872 to practice law. A short time after his arrival in the city, he was elected mayor of Dallas, a position his son and grandson would also hold. A popular official, he served three terms: from 1874 to 1876, from 1877 to 1879, and from 1883 to 1885. His oldest son, Ben E. Cabell, pursued a career as a lawmaker, after which he served as mayor of Dal...

Dallas (Tex.)

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Pietzch, Sid.

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Cabell's, Inc.

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Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917, to Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy of Brookline, Massachusetts. John Kennedy, the second of nine children, attended Choate Academy (1932-1935), Princeton University (1935-36), Harvard College (1936-40), and Stanford Business School (1941). In 1940, he published a book based on his senior thesis entitled "Why England Slept." The book criticized British policy of Appeasement. In 1941, Kennedy enlisted in the Navy. In August 1943, Kenn...

Dallas Crime Commission.

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