Olin Wellborn Nichols Culberson Papers 1860-1964

Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966

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Chester William Nimitz, Sr. (/ˈnɪmɪts/; February 24, 1885 – February 20, 1966) was a fleet admiral of the United States Navy. He played a major role in the naval history of World War II as Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet and Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas, commanding Allied air, land, and sea forces during World War II. Nimitz was the leading US Navy authority on submarines. Qualified in submarines during his early years, he later oversaw the conversion of these vessels' propu...

Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961

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Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn was born on January 6, 1882, in a rural area of Roane County, Tennessee. At age five, Rayburn, along with his parents and nine siblings, moved to a forty-acre cotton farm in Flag Springs, Texas. One more child was born after the move to Texas, and every member of the family had to do their share to make the farm profitable. Rayburn's interest in government coincided with the family's move, and it has been suggested that his curiosity intensified due to the "great golden...

Craven, Walter

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Pressler, Herman P.

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Culberson, Olin Wellborn Nichols

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Olin Culberson was a Texas Railroad Commissioner known for championing the causes of independent oil producers. Culberson was born October 26, 1886 in Turnerville, Texas. He began his working life in the railroad yards at the suggestion of his relative Charles A. Culberson, Texas governor and U. S. Senator, before enlisting for World War I. Culberson returned to Texas and was elected Hill County Clerk and then County Judge. Culberson was then appointed examiner for the Commission in the late 193...

Mitchell, George

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Yarborough, Ralph Webster, 1903-1996

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Ralph Webster Yarborough (b. June 8, 1903, Chandler, Tex.-d. Jan. 27, 1996, Austin, Tex.), U.S. Senator from Texas, attended West Point and the Sam Houston State Teachers College, taught school in Texas, and spent one year in Germany as assistant secretary for the American Chamber of Commerce. He served in the Texas National Guard for three years before graduating from the University of Texas law school in 1927. He was assistant attorney general of Texas in the early 1930s and was elected distri...

Murray, W. J., Jr.

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Davenport, John

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McCalla, Kenneth

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Fields, William A.

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Railroad Commission of Texas

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See the online finding aid for the agency history. From the description of Railroad Commission minutes, 1891-2004. (Texas State Library & Archives Commission). WorldCat record id: 320549398 From the description of Arkansas-White-Red River Basins Inter-Agency records, 1954-1956 bulk 1955 (Texas State Library & Archives Commission). WorldCat record id: 320551070 See online finding aid for agency history. From the description of Railroad Commission ...

Jester, Beaufort Halbert

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White, Ben

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Daniel, Price

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Young, John

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Scrivener, Arthur

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Culberson, Charles A. (Charles Allen), 1855-1925

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Charles Allen Culberson (1855-1925), son of prominent lawyer and legislator, David Browning Culberson, was a Texas state attorney general, Texas governor, and a United States senator. After attending the Virginia Military Institute and the University of Virginia law school, Culberson was elected county attorney of Marion County, Texas, in 1877. Culberson and his wife, Sally Harrison, moved to Dallas in 1887, where he practiced law. From 1890 to 1894, Culberson served two terms as Te...

Thompson, Ernest Othmer, 1892-

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