Jefferson County (Tex.)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Clinton Bill Glasgow Collection
Collection
Identifier: AC-257
Abstract
This small collection includes fifty-six photographs of Dodge trucks sold by the Jackson Motor Company in Beaumont, Texas, with logos of local area businesses painted on them. Some of the businesses displayed on the trucks are for bakeries, coffee companies, feed companies, the fire department, florists, funeral homes, furniture companies, grocery stores, hardware stores, ice companies, lumber companies, newspaper companies, office suppliers, oil companies, plumbers, and tobacco companies...
Dates:
1838-2001
Found in:
Tyrrell Historical Library Archives
Francis Norman Wagner Papers
Collection
Identifier: AC-462
Abstract
Francis Norman Wagner, born in 1910, lived in Nederland and Port Arthur most of his life. He wrote two books about life in Southeast Texas, and so amassed a large collection of newspaper clippings on topics related to the area. These clippings, and some other personal files related to his involvement in the Rotary Club, are collected here.
Dates:
1927-1983
Found in:
Tyrrell Historical Library Archives
O'Brien Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: AC-108
Abstract
The O'Brien Family Papers document the remarkably parallel lives of three generations of the O'Brien men. George, Chenault, and Chilton O'Brien were leaders who improved Southeast Texas with their service in the military, political, business, religious, and organizational life in Beaumont, Texas.
Dates:
1835-1987
Found in:
Tyrrell Historical Library Archives
United Citizens for Law Enforcement (UCLE) Records
Collection
Identifier: AC-274
Abstract
On January 1, 1961, citizens of Jefferson County, Texas gathered to devise a plan of action against what they percieved as "organized gambling, prostitution, graft, vice, and corrupt officials" running rampant in the county. Civic leaders, labor spokesmen, and members of churches and schools met with members of the House General Investigating Committee (the James Commission), forming The United Citizens for Law Enforcement (UCLE). The collection consists of organizational and administrative...
Dates:
1929 - 1973
Found in:
Tyrrell Historical Library Archives
- Tyrrell Historical Library
- P.O. Box 3827
695 Pearl Street - Beaumont, TX 77704-3827
- (409) 833-2759
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