Oral history interview with William J. Lawson, 1968 March 15 and April 19.

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Oral history interview with William J. Lawson, 1968 March 15 and April 19.

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Interview with William J. Lawson, former executive assistant to Governor W. Lee O'Daniel and former secretary of state for Texas. Lawson discusses his associations with the administration of Governor W. Lee O'Daniel, his appointment as executive assistant to O'Daniel in 1941, his personal impressions of O'Daniel, the transactions tax, the relations between O'Daniel and the Legislature, O'Daniel and the Democratic State Executive Committee, O'Daniel and patronage, his appointment as secretary of state for Texas in 1941, and O'Daniel's senatorial campaign in 1941.

24, 30 leaves ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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