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John Connally deserves your vote in the runoff primary

Description: Houston Chronicle editorial endorsing John B. Connally in the runoff primary elections, since the Chronicle's other choice, Price Daniel, did not make it into the runoff. Connally's qualifications as the newspaper sees them are explained, and the paper's reservations about Don Yarbrough are mentioned.
Date: May 7, 1962
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Wallace on Stage]

Description: Photograph of Governor Wallace on stage bending over talking to another gentleman. He appears to be motioning someone over to the stage.
Date: September 17, 1968
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Partner: Midwestern State University

Oral History Interview with L. DeWitt Hale, December 19, 1967

Description: Interview with former Democratic Texas House of Representatives member L. DeWitt Hale from Corpus Christi, Texas. The interview includes Hale's personal views on issues such as lobby influences, revenue legislation, changes in House rules, the evolution of House membership, one-year versus two-year budgets, annual legislative sessions, constitutional revisions, and higher education. The interview also includes biographical information about Hale as well as his comments on fellow politicians.
Date: March 25, 1968
Creator: Odom, E. Dale & Hale, L. DeWitt
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with David Allred, August 9, 1967

Description: Interview with former Democratic journalist and member of the Texas House of Representatives David Allred from Wichita Falls, Texas. The interview includes Allred's experiences while serving in the Sixtieth Legislature as well as his personal views on the influence of lobbyists, rules of the House, power of committee chairs, defeat of pari-mutuel betting bill, the value of the Texas Legislative Council, and annual legislative sessions. The interview also contains Allred's thoughts on fellow pol… more
Date: November 20, 1968
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.; Kamp, H. W. & Allred, David
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interviews with Coke R. Stevenson, March 1967 - May 1969

Description: Interviews with Coke R. Stevenson concerning his experiences as a member (1929-1939) and Speaker (1933-1937) of the Texas House of Representatives, as Lieutenant Governor (1939-1941), and as Governor (1941-1947). The interview also includes his observations concerning William Jennings Bryan, Miriam Ferguson, James Allred, and Franklin Roosevelt. Appendix includes transcript of September 11, 1970 speech by Coke Stevenson at the Texas Woman's University campus before the Daughters of the American… more
Date: 1967/1969
Creator: Gantt, Fred & Stevenson, Coke R. (Coke Robert), 1888-1975
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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