Records, 1913-1974 1932-1973.

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Records, 1913-1974 1932-1973.

Includes correspondence, legal and financial material, printed materials, photographs and literary productions pertaining to the association's workings within the Texas, Southern, and U.S. cotton industry. Collection bulks with correspondence between Frank Brooks, the General Counsel and Secretary of the association, and other directing members of the organization, and with other cotton-related businesses with which the orgainization had dealings. Of particular interest are documents outlining preferred political candidates in Texas elections, as well as correspondence dealing with tariffs, loading, marking and shipping problems, and legislative issues affecting the cotton industry.

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