Skip to main content

Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives

 Organization

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

L. DeWitt Hale Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll-6
Abstract

This collection revolves around state representative DeWitt Hale and his long legislative career in the Texas House of Representatives. Hale was a champion of education, equal rights, and served as a delegate to the Texas Constitutional Convention in 1974.

Dates: 1952-1991
Found in: Special Collections and Archives, Mary and Jeff Bell Library, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi / L. DeWitt Hale Papers

South Texas Railroad Historical Society Records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll-168
Abstract The South Texas Railroad Historical Society was formed sometime in the late 1950’s or early 1960’s as a way for railroad enthusiasts local to the Corpus Christi region to connect with each other and share information. The Society spent nearly two decades attempting to set up a rail exhibit with genuine full-size railcars at the Corpus Christi Museum (now the Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History). After much lobbying and work by the group, it became apparent that the project was not...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1964 - 2004
Found in: Special Collections and Archives, Mary and Jeff Bell Library, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi / South Texas Railroad Historical Society Records

W. E. Pope Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll-15
Abstract

Walter Elmer Pope was a Corpus Christi attorney, real estate developer, civic leader, and longtime state representative from South Texas. The collection includes seventy linear feet of historical papers from Pope’s legal practice, business office, as well as his correspondence as a state legislator. The documents date from 1832 to 1944, with a few biographical items concerning Mr. Pope written during the 1960s and 1970s.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1832-1970; 1832 - 1979
Found in: Special Collections and Archives, Mary and Jeff Bell Library, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi / W. E. Pope Papers

Additional filters:

Subject
Cabooses (Railroads) 1
Corpus Christi (Tex.) 1
Dining-car service (Railroads) 1
Impeachment 1
Judiciary 1
∨ more
Law firms 1
Lawyers -- Texas 1
Legislatures -- Texas 1
Mixed drinks 1
Passenger trains 1
Political parties 1
Politics 1
Railroads -- Livestock transportation 1
Real property 1
Steam locomotives 1
Texas -- Leon County 1
Texas -- Nueces County 1
Trains, Railroad 1
Women's rights 1
World War II 1
+ ∧ less