Records of Ben F. Barnes: Correspondence files (Part II: Lieutenant Governor) 1968-1972

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Records of Ben F. Barnes: Correspondence files (Part II: Lieutenant Governor) 1968-1972

These records include incoming letters and copies of outgoing letters, telegrams, news clippings, postcards, petitions, invitations, brochures, studies, opinion surveys, and periodicals. Records date from 1968 to 1972 and are the correspondencefiles of Ben Barnes during his tenure as Texas Lieutenant Governor. Correspondence,with attachments, is generally with constituents, officials, other legislators,and with members of state or federal boards, agencies, and commissions.

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