Briscoe, Dolph, papers, 1932-1999 1940-1980.

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Briscoe, Dolph, papers, 1932-1999 1940-1980.

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Correspondence, newspaper clippings, financial records, legal documents, printed materials, legislative bills, speeches, reports, press releases, scrapbooks, photographs, audiotapes, and memorabilia, document both the public and private careers of Dolph Briscoe.

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South Texas landowner, rancher, oilman, banker, civic leader, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1949-1957) and Governor of Texas (1973-1979). Briscoe was active in the Democratic Party of Texas throughout the 1950s and the 1960s and ran unsuccessfully for Governor in 1968. He was elected governor of Texas in 1972 and reelected in 1974 to the state's first four-year gubernatorial term. He was defeated in 1978 by Republican Bill Clements. From the d...