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“3 Blasts Rock Texas City,” Jackson Daily News, newspaper, April 17, 1947

 Item — Box: 10, item: 1

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

This collection consists of materials related to Bill Minutaglio’s book City on Fire, chronicles the explosion of two ships in 1947 that devastated Texas City, Texas and his biography on Molly Ivins. Most of the material is related to research for these two books, but there are some documents related to the production of the books including drafts. Original titles are in quotation marks.

Dates

  • April 17, 1947

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Series: 10 Linear Feet

From the Series: 10 boxes (Newspapers)

Language of Materials

From the Series: English

Repository Details

Part of the The Wittliff Collections Repository

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