Papers, 1926-1976, bulk 1944-1974.

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Papers, 1926-1976, bulk 1944-1974.

Correspondence, minutes, speeches, reports, newspaper clippings, photographs, printed material, and memorabilia. Correspondents include: Lyndon Johnson, Jim Wright, Ralph Yarborough, Adlai Stevenson, Eugene McCarthy, Sam Rayburn, John F. Kennedy, Sarah T. Hughes, Lillian Collier, and Minnie Fisher Cunningham. Includes materials on topics such as labor reform, civil liberties, atomic energy, the United Nations, facsism, communism, labor unions, the right-to-work issue, McCarthyism, voting machines, Vietnam, and women's rights. Has material on politicians and the political climate of Texas. Includes information on Business and Professional Women's Club of Fort Worth, Texas Election Law Study Committee, Texas Regular Party, American Civil Liberties Union, Neighborhood Action, Inc., Sid Richardson Foundation and University of Texas controversy regarding Homer P. Rainey. Includes the publications, A Democratic Newsletter, and Friends of Democracy's Battle.

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