J.
Edwin Smith Collection
1958-1992
.10 linear feet
3 folders
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Acquisition: Gift donated by J. Edwin Smith, 1992.
Access: Direct inquiries to Archivist, Albert
B. Alkek Library, 601 University Drive, San Marcos, Texas 78666-4604. (512) 245-2313.
Processed
by: Amanda Oates, 1999.
BIOGRAPHICAL
NOTE
Noted
Texas attorney James Edwin Smith, who won a U.S. Supreme Court case striking
down an election primary system that excluded black voters, was born in Sonora,
Texas on October 18, 1911. He ran for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of
Texas in 1958, as a member of the Democratic Party. Publicity photographs for
this campaign were taken by Russell Lee.
Smith lived and worked in Houston for much of his life. He died on
Feburary 1, 2001.
SCOPE AND
CONTENTS
Photographs,
correspondence and political campaign literature comprise the bulk of this
collection. Dates range from 1958-1992.
COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Please contact
the Center for American History, Univ. of Texas at Austin, for reprints or
permission to publish these photographs.
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