Texas--Politics and government

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The A.M. Aikin, Jr. Papers consists of six broad series: Press Files, Correspondence, Legislative Files, Bills and Amendments, Resolutions, and Speeches from Mr. Aikin's career as as Texas state senator. His papers are incomplete, only covering his first twenty years in the State Senate, 1939-1959.

Scope and Contents This collection contains documents, correspondence, photographs, publications, artifacts, and ephemera that depict the personal and professional lives of Ivory and Lennie Moore and their family. The collection includes 15 series: Personal Papers, Family Papers, Professional Papers, Government, Legal, Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, Clubs and Organizations, Town and Gown, Newspapers, Publications, Programs, Photographs and Negatives, Scrapbooks, Framed Items, and Audio Visual Materials. ...

Scope and Contents This collection is divided into six series: correspondence, magazines, newspapers, other documents, photographs, and publications. It also includes a separate scrapbook.Series I. Correspondence contains letters, telegrams, and other forms of correspondence between Davis and his family, friends, political colleagues, newspaper editors, and others. It also includes correspondence materials sent on Davis' behalf by family members as well as materials...

Scope and Contents The Peyton McKnight Papers document the activity and work of Texas State Senator Peyton McKnight (1925-1995). Serving as a state senator from 1973-1983 this collection contains McKnight's general correspondence, legislative notes, newspaper clippings, and speech materials. Additionally, the collection contains several types of records common to a state senator's office. These include copies of house and senate bills, notes and schedules pertaining to legislative committees, a subset of files...