Texas State University for Negroes library acquisitions records, ca. 1946-1950.

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Texas State University for Negroes library acquisitions records, ca. 1946-1950.

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The collection consists of the acquisition records and correspondence created by Helen Hargrave, Head Librarian, Tarlton Law Library, while she was involved in the establishment of the Texas State University for Negroes law library.

1.25 linear ft.

University of Texas, Tarlton Law Library, Jamail Center for Legal Research

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University of Texas, Tarlton Law Library, Jamail Center for Legal Research

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Hargrave, Helen, 1894-1985

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Helen Hargrave, a 1926 graduate of the University of Texas School of Law, served as Assistant Law Librarian (1930-1939) and Law Librarian (1939-1965) at the Tarlton Law Library, University of Texas, and continued to work part-time for the library from 1965 until her retirement in 1971. She served as President of the American Association of Law Libraries and contributed substantially to the planning of the law libraries of UT Austin, Texas Southern University, and the Texas Supreme Court. ...

Texas Southern University. Law Library

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Texas Southern University. School of Law

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Texas State University for Negroes was founded by the Texas Legislature in 1947, in response to the lawsuit of Sweatt v. Painter, challenging racial segregation at the University of Texas School of Law. The legislature created Texas State University for Negroes to provide "separate but equal" education. The university's law school and law library were located in a building on the north side of the State Capitol grounds in Austin, and shared faculty with the University of Texas School of Law. In ...