Butte, George Charles, papers, 1896-1938.

United States. Department of Justice

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The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the United States government responsible for the enforcement of the law and administration of justice in the United States, and is equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries. The department was formed in 1870 during the Ulysses S. Grant administration, and administers several federal law enforcement agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigat...

Townes, John Charles, 1852-1923

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John C. Townes practiced law privately and served twice as state district judge before becoming professor of law at the University of Texas in 1896. In 1901, Townes became the first dean of the UT Law School. He soon resigned to teach full time but resumed the deanship in 1923. He authored several law books and was active in the founding of the University Baptist Church (Austin, Texas). From the description of John C. Townes papers, ca. 1887-1923 1901-1923. (University of Texas, Tarl...

Lomax, John A. (John Avery,), 1867-1948

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Collector and publisher of North American folk songs, born in Mississippi; settled near Meridian, Texas (1869); served University of Texas as secretary to the president and to alumni organizations until 1917. He published collections of folk songs (1910, 1927-1947) and a memoir (1947); and served as curator, Archive of American Folksong, Library of Congress. Married Bess Baumann Brown (1904), who died in 1931, and Ruby R. Terrill (1934). Fathered four children: Shirley Lomax Mansell Duggan; John...

Battle, William James, 1870-1955

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William James Battle, born in Raleigh, North Carolina, received a B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1888 and a Ph.D. from Harvard in 1893, the same year he went to the University of Texas as associate professor of Greek. Dean of the College of Arts by 1908 and Dean of Faculty by 1911, Battle was elected acting president of the university in 1914. After a controversial two years he stepped down and in 1917 went to the University of Cincinnati until 1920 when he returned...

Butte, George C. (George Charles), 1877-1940

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Educator, attorney, soldier, judge. Served as professor and dean of the University of Texas School of Law; as attorney general of Puerto Rico; as vice-governor, acting governor-general, and Supreme Court justice in the Philippine Islands; and as assistant United States attorney general. Butte also ran unsuccessfully for governor of Texas against Miriam Ferguson in 1924. From the description of Butte, George Charles, papers, 1896-1938. (University of Texas Lib...

University of Texas. School of Law

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