Congressional & Political
The Congressional and Political History Collections acquire, preserve, and make available for research archival materials for studies in congressional and state political history. The collections have a special focus on significant elected officials from Texas, including the Texas Congressional delegation, Texas governors, and House Speakers.
The Congressional History Collection contains papers relating to the careers of more than 50 former and present members of Congress, including House Speaker Sam Rayburn and House Speaker and Vice President John Nance Garner. Measuring more than 6,400 linear feet, the collection is one of the most extensive and significant in the United States.
The Political History Collection includes the papers of former Texas governors, from Sam Houston and James Stephen Hogg to Dolph Briscoe and Ann Richards. Many other local and state officials, state and federal employees, and media are also included. An important collection component is the Texas House Speakers Oral History Project, which includes interviews and information on 11 Speakers of the Texas House of Representatives.
 TMC Historical Resource, Frances Goff, Interview by Don Macon
Source: Goff (Frances) Papers
Title on video is "Video Profiles: An Interview with Frances Goff". Contains an in-depth interview with Goff recalling her personal
and professional history, from working for Texas Governors W. Lee "Pappy" O’Daniel and Coke Stevenson to early fundraising and lifelong support for The M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. In a
notable moment, Goff points out and comments on individual pictures of the members of the 1947 Texas Legislature, including Wardlow Lane, A.M. Aikin, Jr., Jim Taylor, Grady Hazlewood and
Rudolph A. Weinert. |  The Chancellor’s Report [Governor Ann Richards Birthday Greeting]
Source: Goff (Frances) Papers
First two-and-a-half minutes of title program are recorded over with a birthday greeting to Frances Goff from Texas Governor Ann
Richards. The remainder of the recording covers innovations in research at multiple University of Texas campuses. |  Ralph Yarborough 5 Min. [Campaign Film for 1964 Texas Senate Race]
Source: Yarborough (Ralph W.) Papers
Campaign film for Ralph Yarborough's 1964 senate race, with a short history of his career, testimonials from John F. Kennedy and
Lyndon B. Johnson, and an appeal to voters from Yarborough. Kennedy mentions 1961's Hurricane Carla and the September 28, 1962 establishment of the Padre Island National Seashore [Kennedy
mentions signing the national seashore bill into law "last year", dating his footage to 1963]. Includes footage of The University of Texas, Travis County Courthouse and the Texas State
Capitol. Black and white picture with sound. Has synchronization punch hole.
|  Gubernatorial [Democratic Primary] Campaign Speech re: water policy
Source: Yarborough (Ralph W.) Papers
Campaign advertisement for the July 24, 1954 Texas Democratic Primary. Yarborough talks about water supply and conservation
problems in Texas, and outlines a three-point solution using a series of dams, based on a plan he implemented in Austin while serving on the Lower Colorado River Authority. Black and white
picture with sound.
|  Kinescope of Allan Shivers during television appearance attacking Pres. Kennedy
Source: Ralph W. Yarborough Papers
Film contains kinescoped footage from a speech by former Governor of Texas Allan Shivers on why Texas Democrats should not vote for
the Kennedy-Johnson ticket, emphasizing that Kennedy is not from the same democratic party as the Texas audience’s fathers and grandfathers. Shivers mentions Texas Representative Sam Rayburn,
Oklahoma Senator Robert Samuel Kerr, Minnesota Senator Hubert Humphrey, Michigan Senator Patrick V. McNamara, President Harry S. Truman and his Secretary of State Dean Acheson. Also mentions
the Americans for Democratic Action, the Southern Coalition, the oil industry and the Korean War. Kinescoped from a broadcast on San Antonio’s WOAI-TV. Black and white picture with sound.
Audio drops out to a very low volume during middle of recording, which was amplified for the access copy by Briscoe Center staff. The creator explains this problem in an included letter to
John F. Kennedy: "The batteries and the amplifyer [sp] on one of the cameras used was bad, and for that reason at certain points during the film there will be a noticeable drop in the
sound." |  Mr. Speaker, Mr. Sam
Source: Sam Rayburn Papers
Documentary video produced for the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, chronicling the life and career of long-time Speaker
of the House for the U.S. House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn. |
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