Edwin Bud Shrake Papers 1900-2010 (bulk 1900-2009).

Richards, Ann, 1933-2006

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Dorothy Ann Richards (née Willis; September 1, 1933 – September 13, 2006) was an American politician and 45th Governor of Texas (1991–95). A Democrat, she first came to national attention as the Texas State Treasurer, when she gave the keynote address at the 1988 Democratic National Convention. Richards was the second female governor of Texas and was frequently noted in the media for her outspoken feminism and her one-liners. Born in Lacy-Lakeview, Texas, Richards became a schoolteacher after...

Austin History Center

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The Austin History Center recognized the need to document, as stated by curator Audray Bateman in the “Austin Seen” exhibition catalog, “our rapidly vanishing recent heritage.” To encourage this documentation, the “Austin Seen” photo competition was created. The general public was invited to submit a piece of history as seen through the lens of their own cameras. The contest criteria for photos submitted was that each “show a recognizability of people, places, and events, or an esse...

Growald, Richard H.

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King, Larry L.

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Larry L. King, playwright. From the description of The night Hank Williams died: typescript, 1985. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 144651997 Author and playwright. From the description of Larry L. King Collection : 1948-[ongoing], (bulk 1967-1991). (Texas State University-San Marcos). WorldCat record id: 24446135 Lawrence Leo King, the youngest child of Clyde Clayton and Cora Lee Clark King, was born January 1, 1929 in Putnam,...

Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917, to Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy of Brookline, Massachusetts. John Kennedy, the second of nine children, attended Choate Academy (1932-1935), Princeton University (1935-36), Harvard College (1936-40), and Stanford Business School (1941). In 1940, he published a book based on his senior thesis entitled "Why England Slept." The book criticized British policy of Appeasement. In 1941, Kennedy enlisted in the Navy. In August 1943, Kenn...

Nelson, Willie, 1933-

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Willie Hugh Nelson, (b. April 29, 1933, Abbott, Texas), award-winning singer-songwriter, social activist, and actor Willie Nelson was born in 1933, and raised in Abbott, Texas. After selling many songs to other singers in Nashville in the 1960s, Nelson returned to Austin in 1971, and quickly became known as a performer in his own right on a national and international scale. His most famous songs include "Crazy", "Georgia On My Mind", "Whiskey River", "Blue Eyes Cryin' in the Rain", and "On the R...

Brammer, Billy Lee

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Novelist, journalist, political aide to Lyndon Baines Johnson. From the description of Billy Lee Brammer papers, 1946-1993. (Texas State University-San Marcos). WorldCat record id: 26650982 Billy Lee Brammer was born April 21, 1929, in Dallas, Texas. He graduated from North Texas State College in 1952 with a degree in journalism. Brammer was a reporter for the Corpus Christi Caller Times and the Austin Statesman, where he won a press award for excellence in writ...

Shrake, Edwin

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Edwin Shrake, born Sept. 6, 1931 in Fort Worth, Texas, has written Blood reckoning (1961), But not for love (1964), Strange peaches (1972), Peter Arbiter (1973), and co-authored Limo (1976) with Dan Jenkins. He also wrote the screenplays for J.W. Coop (1972, with Gary Cartwright), Kid Blue (1973), Nightwing (1978) and Tom Horn (1980) as well as numerous short stories. From the description of Papers, 1943-1975, 1960-1972. 1943-1975. (Austin Public Library). WorldCat record id: 2432976...

Cartwright, Gary, 1934-....

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Journalist, freelance writer. From the description of Gary Cartwright papers, 1981-[ongoing], (bulk 1981-1991). (Texas State University-San Marcos). WorldCat record id: 28253768 Gary Cartwright, born Aug. 10, 1934 in Dallas, Texas, has written The hundred yard war (1968), Thin ice (1975), Blood will tell (1979), Confessions of a washed-up sports writer (1982) and Dirty dealing (1984). From the description of Papers 1963-1984. 1963-1984. (Austin Public Library). W...

Rudman, Michael Edward, 1939-

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Jenkins, Dan

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