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Luther Jones Papers
Mayor Luther Jones served eight years as mayor, ending in 1987, he also once served as commander of the Corpus Christi Army Depot. During his tenure as mayor, Corpus Christi acquired Naval Station Ingleside and the Texas State Aquarium, a new city hall and a new central library were built. Included in the collection are documents relating to the establishment of a four-year university in Corpus Christi, awards, plaques, campaign records, photos and correspondence.
Manuel Narvaez Papers
Manuel Narvaez, a pioneer of the Hispanic people in human rights and educations, preserved documents, publications and news clippings on the Cisneros v Corpus Christi Independent School District case and its ruling by Discrit Court Judge Woodrow Seals in 1970. The ruling was in favor of the plaintiffs and was a landmark case for Mexican American civil rights against segregation and discrimination in the public schools.
Maria Luisa Hinajosa de Camacho's collection on Jovita Gonzalez Mireles
This collection of papers focuses on Jovita Gonzalez Mireles’ early notes, and poems. Donated by Mireles’ husband’s cousin in 2000, it touches on the Mireles, Ramirez, and Hinojosa family’s tree and connections. Photographs, a scrapbook of poems from 1931 to 1933 written by Jovita Gonzalez Mireles and genealogy materials are included.
Mary Beth Nelson Papers
These are the papers of Corpus Christi progressive activist and political consultant May Beth Nelson. Ms. Nelson was known for having been the manager of the Mary Rhodes mayoral campaign and for publishing the Observer, a Corpus Christi progressive newsletter. The collection includes photographs, publications, correspondence, manuscripts, CDs, and political files from 1987 to 2004.
Mary Packwood Papers
Mary Packwood was an art Professor and writer that for a time lived in Corpus Christi. She dedicated her life to the arts, and this collection contains the manuscript for Art and Industry in American Life, a book she wrote for primary school aged children explaining art in American life before it was mass produced.
Mayor Betty N. Turner Papers
The Betty Noble Turner Papers contains correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks and newspaper clipping dealing with her political career from 1979 to 1991 when Turner was a former Corpus Christi City Councilman and first woman Mayor of Corpus Christi.
Mayor Gabe Lozano Papers
Gabe Lozano was a business man and politician that spent his life working to improve Corpus Christi. He was active in a large spectrum of activities in the area and was the first Hispanic American Mayor of Corpus Christi. Son of pioneering local legend Vincente Lozano, Gabe was a pioneer himself; persistently pushing for causes he felt strongly about and helping transform Corpus Christi into the city it is today.
McGloin and Sween Collection Regarding the Restoration of the Nueces County 1914 Courthouse
The collection is comprised of newspaper clippings and other assorted documents on the ongoing struggle to restore the 1914 Nueces County Courthouse.
Doc McGregor Papers
Melvin H. (Mack) McKinney Seaside Software (dba askSam Systems) Records
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Special Collections and Archives
Mary and Jeff Bell Library
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
6300 Ocean Drive, TX 78412
361-825-4500
specialcollections@tamucc.edu