Ireland Graves papers, ca. 1883-1945 1905-1927.

ArchivalResource

Graves, Ireland, 1885-1969. Ireland Graves papers, ca. 1883-1945 1905-1927.

Ireland Graves papers, ca. 1883-1945 1905-1927.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/83512271

Correspondence, printed material, legal documents, business papers, and creative works, document the legal, business, administrative, educational, and personal activities of Ireland Graves. The largest series, almost half the collection, relates to to Graves' experience as a law student at the University of Texas, from 1905-1908. There are essays, exams, and exercises for his new classes, and notes from 1908 chronicling his editorship of the University of Texas yearbook, the Cactus. In addition to these, the series contains class notes, bank and expense books, and a petition written in 1907 to the governing council of Delta Chi Law Fraternity to found a Texas Chapter (it was ultimately successful). Also present are the brief books of N. A. Steadman, Graves' father-in-law, which he wrote in as a student in the 1880's-1890's. Correspondence relating to Graves' experiences as a lawyer and landowner, involved with construction and the administration of McElwrath Land & Cattle Co., 1913-1922, comprise roughly 1/3 of the material. A small series of business papers includes an application for writ of error that Graves' firm argued before the Texas Supreme Court in 1927, as well as various tax receipts and cancelled notes.

1.5 linear ft. (3 boxes).

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