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Texas -- Nueces County

 Subject
Subject Source: Other

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Charles F. H. von Blucher Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll.-4
Abstract

This collection contains over a century of material from one of the first Prussian families to permanently settle in Corpus Christi. The family arrived in Corpus Christi in 1849, and Felix Hans Hellmuth von Blucher became the first Nueces County Surveyor. Three generations of the Blucher family served Nueces County as surveyors across a span of a hundred years.

Dates: 1720-2006
Found in: Special Collections and Archives, Mary and Jeff Bell Library, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi / Charles F. H. von Blucher Family Papers

Emory, Young & Associates Campaign Records

 Collection
Identifier: 30
Abstract

These records comprise materials from three campaigns for which the Austin-based Emory, Young & Associates served as campaign consultants. There are materials on Senator Carlos F. Truan’s 1986 Governor for a Day event and his Block Captain Program, Vilma Luna campaign materials and election data (1993-2001), and the Forward Corpus Christi 2002 bond proposition campaign.

Dates: 1986-2002; 2023
Found in: Special Collections and Archives, Mary and Jeff Bell Library, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi / Emory, Young & Associates Campaign 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