Norvell, James R., Papers, 1909-1969

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Norvell, James R., Papers, 1909-1969

Consisting of correspondence, genealogical materials, newspaper clippings, speeches, lectures, articles, notes, journals, case reports, and photographs, the James R. Norvell Papers, 1909-1969, document Norvell's family history and career in the legal profession, as an associate justice in the Fourth Court of Civil Appeals and in the Texas Supreme Court, and as a professor at St. Mary's University.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8109988

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St. Mary's University (San Antonio, Tex.). School of Law

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Texas. Supreme Court

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Greenhill, Joe R., b. 1914

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Raba, Ernest A.

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Norvell, Mabel Elizabeth Keeley, 1903-1990

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Samachson, Joseph, 1906-1980

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Born at Kaskaskia, Ill., a descendent of Pierre Menard, Hugh Maxwell, and William Morrison, all early settlers and prominent in Illinois history, he studied law and practiced in St. Louis until he moved to Texas where he continued to research his family genealogy to establish heirship and used the information in a 1943 law suit to recover Menard's land for the family heirs. He also wrote unpublished family histories on the Maxwell and Morrison families, co-authored "Alias, Billy the Kid" in 1955...

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Kilday, Paul Joseph, 1900-1968

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Paul Joseph Kilday (1900-1968) was born in Sabinal, Texas, and raised in San Antonio, Texas. He attended St. Mary's College. Kilday was elected representative of the 20th Congressional District of Texas in the U. S. House of Representatives and later served as a judge on the U. S. Court of Military Appeals. From the description of Kilday, Paul, papers, 1938-1961. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 70731149 ...

Daniel, Marion Price, 1910-1988

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Connally, John Bowden, 1917-1993

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Keeton, W. Page, 1909-1999

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Connally, Tom, 1877-1963

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Sheppard, John Morris, 1875-1941

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Calvert, Robert W. (Robert Wilburn), 1905-1994

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Wright, Charles Alan.

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Walker, Moses B., 1819-1895

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Norvell, James R., 1902-1969

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Born in Hayden, Colorado, James Rankin Norvell (1902-1969) was the son of Robert and Jane Norvell. An attorney and judge by profession, Norvell graduated from the University of Colorado with both a baccalaureate and law degree and was admitted to the Texas bar in 1926. On April 21, 1927 he married Mabel Elizabeth Keeley (1903-1990) and settled in Edinburg, Texas, where he practiced law for thirteen years as a partner in the firm Kelley, Looney, and Norvell. In 1940, Norvell was elec...

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