Oral history interview with Sarah T. Hughes, 1969 January 15, February 7 and 28, March 21, April 11, and May 16 and 27.

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Oral history interview with Sarah T. Hughes, 1969 January 15, February 7 and 28, March 21, April 11, and May 16 and 27.

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Interviews with Sarah Tilghman Hughes concerning her experiences as a member of the Texas House of Representatives (1930-1935), as a judge of the Fourteenth District Court of Texas (1935-1961), and as U.S. district judge of the Northern District of Texas (1961-1982). The interviews also concern her unsuccessful congressional campaign (1956), her activities during the Kennedy-Johnson campaign (1960), her administration of the oath of office to Lyndon Johnson after the assassination of President Kennedy (1963), and her organizational work.

28, 28, 33, 30, 60, 36, 30 leaves ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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